in the vehicle had alleged ties to the october 7th attacks. counting is under way in ireland's general election, with an exit poll suggesting a tight race between the three main parties. zagreb has been voted europe's best christmas destination. it just opened this year. so often it withdrew to let others shine. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm tulsen tollett. england's cricketers close in on victory in the first test against new zealand in christchurch, thanks to two quick chris woakes wickets.

team work makes the dream work in qatar as a mclaren one—two in the sprint race takes them a step closer to becoming formula one constructors champions. cian healy breaks the record for most number of irish rugby caps — 134 — as he moves past the great brian o'driscoll. also coming up on sportsday: world number onejudd trump is through to the uk snooker championship final after victory over world champion kyren wilson. and with the second round of the fa cup underway — we hear from tamworth's tommy tonks with the torpedo throw ins, ahead of their game tomorrow. hello there and welcome to the programme where we start with cricket and england are closing in on victory over new zealand in the opening test in christchurch.

the black caps will resume on day 4 in the next few hours just foru runs ahead with four wickets in hand. joe lynskey reports. as a captain, as a batter, this was ben stokes redeemed for the england so far it's been the perfect test match set up. stoakes had come to bat with his team still trailing new zealand. but he and harry work brought force to the chase burke already had his century. now he soared past 150 for the by the time he lost his wicket they found a precious lead. in the city stokes was born he took time to settle in in 105 balls he reaches half—century while big hits and huge runs came from others down the table. last month in pakistan stokes took the blame for the defeat and only went out

here for 80 he set england well on course. his team in the field now went to stay on top. new zealand were three down and still 80 runs behind but kane williamson came in and put the test back into balance. stokes called for chris woakes who bowls at 35 years old. in two balls in three minutes he found the moment of thought match. new zealand's six wickets down in just four runs ahead. this was a day or england where so much came together. that test resumes this evening, but england's women have beaten south africa by nine wickets to clinch a clean sweep in the third and final t20 match in centurion. the tourists won the toss and chose to bowl — england already had an unnassailable series lead after winning the prior two matches. south africa slumped to 45 for 5 at one stage, before finishing on 124 all out.

england then cruised through the chase danni wyatt—hodge scoring a half century, as they reached their target within 12 overs. let's go to football now and to the premier league — arsenal are up to second in the table for at least the next 2a hours, after a 5—2 win over west ham united. all of the goals came in a crazy first half, with kai havertz with kai havertz putting arsenal four up putting arsenal four up afterjust 36 minutes afterjust 36 minutes at the london stadium. at the london stadium. but two quickfire goals but two quickfire goals from aaron wan—bissaka from aaron wan—bissaka and emerson put the home and emerson put the home side back in it. side back in it. that before bukayo saka's that before bukayo saka's penalty gave arsenal breathing space again and mikel arteta's penalty gave arsenal breathing space again and mikel arteta's side were able to see out side were able to see out the second half to make the second half to make it three wins in a row it three wins in a row a job the dutchman has to do. in all competitions. in all competitions. west ham stay at 14. west ham stay at 14. elsewhere, ruud van elsewhere, ruud van nistelrooy was in the stands nistelrooy was in the stands to watch his new side leicester to watch his new side leicester get thumped 4—1 by brentford. get thumped 4—1 by brentford. the foxes took the lead the foxes took the lead after 20 minutes, but a hat after 20 minutes, but a hat trick from kevin schade ended trick from kevin schade ended hopes of a shock win hopes of a shock win and highlighted just how big and highlighted just how big

a job the dutchman has to do.

chris wood with the winner from the spot early in the second half. his ninth league strike of the season saw him equal brian roy's club record of 2a premier league goals. ipswich remain in the relegation zone, with defeat ending their three match unbeaten run. the basics for us is not a clean sheet. the basis for us is attitude. i think we started well in the game. we pressed really wide. we didn't allow them to play too much. that is what i call the basics. i don't think we can say that we had _ i don't think we can say that we had our best level to go when — we had our best level to go when the game but i think we deserve — when the game but i think we deserve something from the game — deserve something from the game. we got to keep going. if vou're — game. we got to keep going. if you're away from home against a good _ you're away from home against a good side — you're away from home against a good side and it's really much and even _ good side and it's really much and even gave him and you have bil and even gave him and you have big chances then you're doing some — big chances then you're doing some things well for that we somethings well for that we know— some things well for that we know to _ some things well for that we know to win consistently we've -ot know to win consistently we've got more — know to win consistently we've got more steps to make. at selhurst park, daniel munoz scored a stoppage—time equaliser as crystal palace denied newcastle victory and moved out of the bottom three. the eagles had been trailing

from the 53rd minute when marc guehi scored an own goal but the 1—1 draw sees them climb out of the releagtion zone on goal difference. newcastle remain 10th. i thought the way we defended i can see the majority of goal coming. we defend across as well, the bits and pieces in the details that you need to do here. 1—0, there's only one moment a one moment cost us today and it's usually frustrating because we feel that in two games we've let a lot of points slip. premier league history at molineux, but not for wolves. bournemouth'sjustin kluivert is the first player to score a hatrick of penalties. there were 4 goals in the first 18 minutes as the cherries eventually ran out 11—2 winners. not quite confident in the situation for the probably the first two were clear, the third i think, i don't know if you should be the one foot above

probably in that moment was difficult not to tell him to shoot the penalty for them every time you take a penalty, it becomes more difficulty becomes of the end its information to the keeper and you have to try different things. celtic cruised to victory against ross county, with a 5—0 win giving them a five point lead at the top of the scottish premiership. all five of celtic�*s goals came in the first half at celtic park. hibernian are off the bottom of the table after a 3—0 win away to motherwell while dundee united beat st mirren 2—0 and kilmarnock drew with dundee. leeds united missed the chance to go top of the championship, losing 1—0 away at blackburn rovers. play—off chasing middlesbrough made it four wins in five as they beat hull city 3—1 at the riverside stadium. midfielder finn azaz opened the scoring for michael carrick�*s side with his fifth goal of the season. managerless hull missed a chance to lift themselves out of the relegation zone. frank lampard's coventry city came from behind

against cardiff city to draw 2—2 in his first match in charge. burnley are up to second in the table, two points off leaders sheffield united, after a 2—0 win away at stoke city. there were also wins for norwich city and bristol city. for more head to the bbc sport website. round two of the fa cup continues this weekend, but there was no giant—killing in the early kick—off, as wycombe beat non—league wealdstone 2—0. the league one leaders opened the scoring shortly before the half hour mark thanks to beryly lubala's superb free kick. and despite a difficult spell in the second half, richard kone came off the bench to score the second late on and put wycombe through to the next round. leyton orient left it late to book their place in the third round, twice, beating oldham athletic 2—1. they equalised in the 99th minute thanks to goalkeeper josh keeley, which took the game to extra time. they then missed a penalty before getting the winner through daniel ajeye in the 121st minute.

all the scores from today's games are on the bbc sport website. so its fa cup second round weekend. it got under way last night, as harrogate of league 2 beat non league gainsbororugh trinity, but elsewhere, a number of other non league teams, are hoping to reach the 3rd round jackpot, when they could be drawn to play a premier league teams — one of those part time clubs, is tamworth, who go to league one burton albion, tomorrow, having dumped out huddersfield so famously in the last round. and their fa cup run is partly down to a special delivery. mike bushell has this report. a special delivery for offices and factories around the west midlands. and just like batman, whose theme tune he arrives to, this sausage roll sandwich and snack seller has a special superpower. nice one. because come the evening or matchdays, tamworth's tommy tonks is known for his tumultuous throwing.

revered and feared across non—league football and in the fa cup first round this tonks torpedo knocked league one huddersfield out of the fa cup. # i don't believe that anybody feels the way i do about...# and since that goal and the giant killing celebration scenes were seen live on the bbc and went viral. his secret is now out wherever he goes. honestly, it's been so bizarre. the monday after the game, from the friday, ijust got people walking out just doing this and going, where do they know? but there's like, oh, what a throw, what a game, what? well played and all this. so yeah, it's been unreal, to be fair, chris. of course you can go on. people have just been having the odd joke and say, can you throw me this pasta or can you throw me this sandwich? decent service from him. definitely.

beyond tom's, ariel's superpower is now the talk of the town and beyond, with fans queuing around the block to get a ticket next for the trip up the a38 to league one burton albion in the second round. and there's such an air of confidence and anticipation whenever their team, tamworth, gets a throw in and wherever tom goes. # tom, tom, tomks.# he's got no air. he's just it's fantastic to to be able to throw from virtually the halfway line to the far post is unbelievable. well, we're just ready| to see what he's going to do with it next. and that's as simple as that. it could be anywhere. it's my favourite player because of his bones, like mine. and now you can see that everybody wants to go. and the numbers of the people going to the game is increase and increase, and now everybody's just feels they've got something so they can all be part of. when the opposition kick the ball out, -

you think, oh that's great. we've got a throw in. and then tommy comes along. so yeah it does, it does get the crowd all excited. my dad comes in here after games after the home games as well. and there's fans in here. it's great. and then i walk in and i get the same the same reaction. he's playing football with his dad. um, he he doesn't take after his dad. he doesn't have a long throw. it did all start though, outside his dad's back gate at darlaston football club, 25 miles away, when he started throwing the ball while still at primary school. yeah. it's so bizarre, really, people say, you know, how do you do it? where did it come from? and i was like, i don't really know, to be honest. there's not i can't really pinpoint any anything. it's just i've been given a gift. i'll neverforget my head teacher, mr higgs. he wasn't quite looking at me. and the ball went by him because he was by the goal. and he says, you didn't just throw that. and i says, i did. yeah, he says, do it again. so i did it again. and that's my earliest memory, and i've used it ever since. you can see why it causes such chaos facing one of tom's throw ins,

because they can travel its estimated 44 yards. and when you think you can hardly see them, they're on the touchline as he starts to launch one of his attacks, coming in all the way through a crowded box of defenders and the goalkeeper here on the line. it's like... oh dear, oh dear. you see? of course it does have to touch a player or a goalkeeper before it goes into count. but there and you can see that's why he's so successful with them. yeah, it's a little bit of a little bit of technique, a little bit of timing, maybe a little bit of work in the gym and stuff. but yeah, i'd like to see what you've got, to be honest. ready? one. two, three. i think i've probably doubled you, to be honest. mine hasn't even reach the penalty spot. we'll get you there one day. yeah. it's had an impact as well on the number of youngstersjoining the club's community programmes and volunteering to be mascots on match days. massively.

it's lovely to see the players with the children and theyjust they kind of come off afterwards going, i want to be like him, he's my idol and they get so excited, which isjust incredible. tommy couldn't stay long with his team—mates as they celebrated his famous goal assist in the last round because he had to get back to his pregnant partner, lindsey. so we were all all the family that wasn't at the game were at his nan's house. and we were just watching as i do. i'll watch every throw. i think i nearly went into labour that day from the excitement, but no, it was a fantastic moment to to see. and now, this week, just days before tomorrow's second round match, baby theo tonks did arrive. another timely delivery for tommy, who, once he's finished his latest sandwich run, will be trying to terrify burton every time tamworth get a throw in. # we are tamworth two with tamworth, we are tamworth from the lamb. # a special delivery for offices

and factories around the west spanish and factories around the west league leaders barcelona spanish league leaders barcelona have been beaten to — one at home by bus polymers. we will get to that in a little bit of time. let's have a look at england. the women have played in a friendly at wembley stadium against olympic champions the united states of america. emma hayes the former chelsea boss and joe curry with this report. usa, usa! england and traditionally have enjoyed and traditionally have enjoyed a special relationship. but this clash will be anything but friendly. is the top two teams in the world arguably the top two coaches who for the next 90 minutes at least will have to put their friendship on hold. for emma hayes at wembley will always feel like home. serena weigman meanwhile will be hoping the home advantage will give england the edge. despite all the build up the first half came and went with a whimper. the usa showed early promise

and kept prodding. neither side looked up to their billing. the second half started with the ball finally finding the net, not that this one would count. this scares the lionesses kept coming when the usa rewarded a penalty for this. alex, had to hit her arm, var agreed and overruled. h0 hit her arm, var agreed and overruled-— hit her arm, var agreed and overruled._ and i hit her arm, var agreed and - overruled._ and from overruled. no penalty. and from there the second _ overruled. no penalty. and from there the second half _ overruled. no penalty. and from there the second half never - there the second half never really sparked into life with no real chances on goal, it ended 0—0 for the 70,000 fans in the crowd, a world record for women's friendly word of hope a better match up between the european championships and the european championships and the olympic gold medalist. but on the night this one just did not deliver. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other sports stories. spanish league leaders barcelona have been beaten 2—1 at home by las palmas, fabio silva with the second goal. barca stay top, 4 points ahead of real madrid who now have 2 games in hand.

marco jansen returned match figures of 11—86 as south africa beat sri lanka by 233 runs in the opening test in durban. the left—arm seamer picked up fourfor 73, after claiming 7—13 in the first innings. britain's dakota ditcheva stopped taila santos in the second round to become the first british woman to win an mma world title. the professional fighters league victory extends the unbeaten start to her career to 1a, a run which has seen a remarkable 13 stoppages. max verstappen retained his formula one drivers�* title last weekend in las vegas, but that doesn't mean there's nothing else to fight for on the last two weekends of the season. the constructors title is still up for grabs. it's important because it decides how much prize money the teams get. in qatar mclaren took a step closer becoming champions for the first time in 26 years

after a one two finish in the final sprint race of the season. their rivals ferrari could only finish fourth and fifth. nick parrott reports. in qatar lando norris had to put the disappointment of missing out on the driver's title behind him to the benefit of his mclaren team. only once had he held onto the lead when starting from pole but there was no catching him this time. while he was surging ahead new champion max verstappen was falling behind, losing three places on the opening lap before finally finishing eighth. it leaves red bull needing a miracle to retain the constructors title. george russell was also having a frustrating time. he started alongside norris but slipped behind the other maclaren of oscar piastri despite every effort there was no way back. norris was on course to win but handed victory to oscar piastri returning the favor at the australian gave him in the brazil's race. their stage managed

finish was the closest in the history of this short format. also the first time a team had recorded a second 1—2 finish. repeat this feet in the grand prix and the title will be within reach. well, as you saw in that report on the sprint race max verstappen had been struggling so far this weekend. but he turned things round in qualifying for tomorrow's grand prix. the dutchman was flying in qatar, saving his best run till last to snatch pole from george russell by just five one hundredths of a second. it's the first time he's claimed the top spot on the grid since austria back injune. lando norris was third with mclaren team mate oscar piastri fourth, ahead of their constructors' championship rivals ferrari. in rugby union — ireland have beaten australia 22—19 in their final match of this year's autumn series. it was former ireland coach joe schmidt returning to dublin, while andy farrell was in charge for the last time before he takes a year out to concentrate on the british and irish lions who tour down under. alex fletcher reports.

the conclusion of the autumn internationals and all roads lead to dublin. kyren healy creating irish history with a 134 from the bench. as he struggled to handle his emotion both sides struggled to handle the ball. that in a play by the wallabies saw the ball. that in a play by the wallabies sanurgenson find space and find the open try up the irish response was swift. power and determination saw josh benderflayer get the home site on the ball. the boot of noel keeping them at arms length and despite too early schools after the break is consistency and kicking reserve the wallabies lead. enter ireland's number 17, now his all—time appearance maker, now all—time appearance maker, now a boost felt all around for the playing the part as gus mccarthy forced his way over to secure victory for ireland on a

day in dublin belong to this man. world number onejudd trump is through to the final of the uk snooker championship. trump who last won this tournament in 2011 will play either barry hawkins or mark allen who take to the baize shortly. hazel irvine is at the barbican in york for us. first united kingdom championship semifinal here in york. we give it the big build up, the world level one judge from taking all the world champion karen wilson. in the end it was really only one winner. it was fairly self—evident that it was good to bejudge from quite early on. the way it started to— take care and for the very impressive, focus and concentration bounced around the table. what it way to— two and came back everything didn't make a break in last fourframes he didn't make a break in last four frames he played. didn't make a break in last fourframes he played. his opponent played good—hearted smoker and that was enough.

when you look back atjudge performance, he had the one century foot the past eight century so far this season. a very different type of performance from the ones that was yesterday, for four centuries and three on the spin. how would you contrast his job today with that of yesterday? totally different. it's comparing apples and oranges between the player of wilson's class and level and achievement versus the player be in the previous round. totally different test today for the one he stood up to with great aplomb, i would say. it's very rare in matches what you've got the world level one against a world champion and one of those players win six frames on answered. it's very strange for them you don't see that very often. i'm not 100% sure what happened in that match. kyren started so well and seem to totally— kyren started so well and seem to totally fall away. had the air of— to totally fall away. had the air of something maybe not quite — air of something maybe not quite right off the table. i hope _ quite right off the table. i hope he is ok because it was a peculiar— hope he is ok because it was a peculiar match.— hope he is ok because it was a peculiar match. would you agree that it was _

peculiar match. would you agree that it was on _ peculiar match. would you agree that it was on kyren _ peculiar match. would you agree that it was on kyren like - peculiar match. would you agree that it was on kyren like in - that it was on kyren like in the end?— the end? he 'ust feels he hasn't the end? he 'ust feels he hasn-t got _ the end? he just feels he hasn't got his _ the end? he just feels he hasn't got his game - the end? he just feels he hasn't got his game in . the end? he just feels he i hasn't got his game in good shape he got through relatively unchallenged, you could say the draws were not that bad for that that made a difference for him to get to where he's got. if you look at the two players in the way they progress judge has had more game. kyren may be got a bit of ability.— got a bit of ability. kyren we will see. _ got a bit of ability. kyren we will see, judd _ got a bit of ability. kyren we will see, judd trump - got a bit of ability. kyren we will see, judd trump we - got a bit of ability. kyren we will see, judd trump we willj will see, judd trump we will see tomorrow where he will play either barry hawkins, the world number 20 who knocked ronnie o'sullivan out on the opening day of the man won the title two years ago, mark alan. they play this evening in the second semifinal. these are live pictures we can see. it is the opening frame with barry hawkins currently 61—43 to the good. the first of six will go through to the final to play judd trump. before we go on sportsday,

just time to tell you you can watch the final of the copa libertadores this evening on bbc three and the iplayer and it gets under way in the coming minutes. it's an all brazilian final, between atletico mineiro and botafogo — the fourth time two brazilian teams will contest the final in the past five years, and it will be the sixth consecutive time a brazilian club has won the trophy. but the match takes place in argentina. you can also follow it on the bbc sport website and app. that's all from sportsday. bye for now. hello, there. well, it's turned milder over the last 24 hours or so. plenty of cloud, along with that mild feeling air. misty murky conditions, with some patchy light rain and drizzle, particularly

for western hills, here is lancashire underneath the cloud. best of the breaks in the cloud and sunshine to the north east of higher ground, such as here in aberdeenshire, of course for st andrew's day. tomorrow, we will be keeping the mild air. there will be some showers. some of those showers possibly heavy, especially towards the west, but also some spells of brightness and sunshine. this weather front gradually approaching from the west. we are keeping the strength of that southerly to south—westerly wind as we head through this evening and overnight. it will feel brisk at times through these irish sea coasts. bands of rain tracking eastwards, plenty of cloud around, some clearer spells developing across parts of western scotland into northern ireland, but temperatures do remain in double figures to start off the day tomorrow, so it's a mild start to the day for this time of year. and then into tomorrow morning itself, these bands of rain and showers keep tracking further eastwards, there will always be a lot of cloud across parts of east anglia for much of the day but some brighter skies developing for central western areas, another rash of showers, some of which could turn out to be heavy, across northern ireland,

towards the far west and across western scotland later on through the day. but it does stay mild, temperatures again above the seasonal average. but just look at what happens on sunday night into monday. so our fronts clear eastwards and then we start to draw down more of the northerly wind and that will push down colder air from the arctic and we are all into that colder air by the time we get to monday night and into tuesday so there will be a widespread frost as we start off tuesday morning. let's look at monday, you will notice the cold conditions out towards the north and the west, a few wintry showers across the higher ground of scotland in particular, as that front gradually tracks its way further southwards, bringing cloud and some outbreaks of rain with it, but it will brighten up behind the front and you notice a clear contrast between colder air in the north and still that milder air hanging on for a time further south. so, widespread frost as we start tuesday morning, then we look out towards the atlantic, this band of rain, as it bumps into the colderair across the higher ground of the north in particular, is likely to turn to snow.

for some we're staying in that colder air on tuesday. it will turn milder again later on through the week. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. syrian rebels celebrate after seizing aleppo — with reports they're now sweeping south towards hama — another major city in syria. and these are live pictures from tbilisi. anti—government protests are taking place across georgia for a third night.

counting is under way in ireland's general election. an exit poll suggests a tight race between the three main parties. support has collapsed for the green party. and cate blancett talks to the bbc about her �*deep concerns' on the use of ai and its role in the film industry. we start in syria where the biggest offensive by islamist rebels in years has taken government forces by surprise. it comes eight years after the rebels were forced out of aleppo at the height of the civil war. rebel fighters, who control much of the northern city of aleppo, are now reported to be sweeping south towards another major population centre: hama.

it lies south of idlib province which is now fully in rebel hands.