my competitor, nafi thiam, from belgium, she is our olympic, world and european champion. know that to beat her you have to score those big scores, and iam going have to score those big scores, and i am going to have to score more. i am fully prepared to go to training and try and better myself and i am fortu nate and try and better myself and i am fortunate enough to have a couple of events that didn't go too well for me, like the 200 and maybe even faster in the 800. so hopefully there is a scope there to go and grab those better performances. tennis, and another seed is out of the european open in antwerp. the number six seed, jo—wilfried tsonga, has been sent packing. the frenchman, who won the title in 2017, was beaten in straight sets by compatriot gilles simon. but they were two hard—fought sets. simon, ranked 47 in the world, came through 6—4, 7—5. and he will now face the number four seed, stan wawrinka, in the quarter—finals. elsewhere, belinda bencic was among the winners at the kremlin cup in moscow, but the number three seed from switzerland had to come from a

and just a word on kjt, she was matching nafi thiam, they both jumped the same height and she is nowews presenter peter sissons has died, aged 77. it is just after five in the morning here in the desert... his career, which began at itn in the 1960s, spanned five decades and included stints presenting the bbc‘s question time and the six o'clock news. bbc director—general tony hall described him as "one of the great television figures of his time". peter sissons, who died yesterday. time for a look at the weather, with darren bett. what a difference a day makes. we have had some sunshine today, some much—needed dry weather and some sunshine across the uk. it is probably the calm before the storm, mind you. one or two showers continuing across northern scotland. on the whole it will be dry over night with some clearer skies and it will be turning quite chilly. close to freezing in some rural areas. across the far south—west of england, west wales and northern ireland, we will see the cloud increasing and it will not be so chilly. already you can see cloud arriving. you can see way how

the 200 metres, she had an overnight lead on her major rival world, olympic and european champion nafi thiamday forjohnson—thompson and a day where asher—smith will wake up as world champion. no, dina, you're not dreaming. natalie pirks, bbc news, doha. many tributes have been paid today to the former bbc and itn news presenter peter sissons, who's died at the age of 77. his career in broadcastjournalism spanned more than four decades — he was the first presenter of channel 4 news — and during his time at the bbc he presented question time. tony hall — the bbc‘s director—general — described him as one of the most recognisable and well—respected faces of television news. 0ur correspondent liso mzimba looks back at his career. for decades, he was one of the country's news presenters, for decades peter sissons was one of the huge names of television news. good evening. you're watching channel 4 news. it's just after five in the morning shortly after dawn here... he reported from around the world for itn, after losing both legs covering the war in nigeria he eventually moved into the studio as a

she was leading the olympic champion nafi thiam heading into the final three events today. her lead after one of her preferred events, one of her best events. the javelin is under way with just the 800 metres standing between her and a first global gold medal. it has been a long road at times for the british athletes. did not want to be here, it has been a horrible day, ijust to be here, it has been a horrible day, i just want to get through this. four years ago in beijing, a 22—year—old caterina thompson johnson's hopes of the metal were crushed and last night in delhi, older, focus and in top form, she put on the performance her life. an excellent run! personal best and be 100 metre hurdles got dropped to a brilliant stop coming start and her hijohn aced the brilliant stop coming start and her hi john aced the event in which she is the british record holder and then in the last third of the competition, she produced this. another personal best in the back and even she could not believe it. you do not often see that sort of reaction from her. i was happy i was able to resp

the world and olympic champion nafi thiam is the belgian record—holder.the penultimate event. the javelin is where she had a meltdown in rio that left her in a really bad place. another season's best would be handy right now. look at the smile on her face! she knows. thiam can throw almost 60 metres on a good day. but with an elbow injury, this was turning into a bad one. the reigning champion‘s second throw. it's high. it's out towards 50 metres. with that, she left the stadium and forfeited her final throw. and with just the 800 metres to go, johnson—thompson was staring down the barrel of the world title. in the last ten minutes britain has a new world champion. johnson—thompson, her lead going into the final that she had a ten second buffer but she still ran a lifetime best betting the record of jessica ennis—hill that she set in 2012. a lifetime best in four out of seven 2012. a lifetime best in four out of seve n eve nts 2012. a lifetime best in four out of seven events and she looked a different athlete to the one we saw implode in other world even

in breaking ennis—hill's british record, johnson—thompson beat her rival, nafi thiam, by the biggests total was the sixth best in championship history. next stop is tokyo, as the world's best. natalie pirks, bbc news, doha. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on tonight's programme... reigning world champions great britain ease through to the final of the mens 4x100 relay while the women keep dina asher—smith's hopes of a third medal alive. just 12 months after battling to avoid relegation, salford reach their first ever super league grand final after upstaging five—time champions wigan warriors. and england's biggest challenge so far as eddiejones warns his side will have to be at the top of their game to beat argentina. hello and good evening. we start tonight's programme in doha where britain's relay teams have ensured their place in tomorrow night's final. the men's team — the defending champions, made it through their heat placing first — while the women did without their golden girl dina a

in breaking jessica ennis—hill's british record, katarina johnson—thompson bet her rival nafi thiam. here's helen willetts. behind me, living large, that we can's rainmaker. this looks to give more rain than lorenzo has. some showers out and about this evening is well ahead of that weather system but a relatively quiet spell of weather for the next 12—18 hours. quite chilly under the starry skies in the north and east add more cloud for the south and west. here, relatively mild but there could be a touch of frost in the glens of scotla nd touch of frost in the glens of scotland and there may be mist and fog for central and eastern areas. first thing in the morning, it is october so don't expect it to clear the 49 or ten o'clock. looks a fairly decent day for many parts of england and wales and eastern scotla nd england and wales and eastern scotland as well but for northern ireland rain sets in as that southerly wind picks up and through the afternoon we will see spots of rain coming into western england and wales. but i think heavier rain comes in through the evening. generally spea

but her time ofjust over 23 seconds gave her a 96—point lead over defending champion nafi thiam.d the day on top after not the best 200, my 200 hasn't been great this year, so that's definitely something to work on for next year, i'm happy that i'm on top after that. in the women's shot put, britain's sophie mckinna threw a lifetime best of more than 18.5 metres to automatically qualify for the final. a5a as a thrower, you generally know when you let go if it is going to be a good throw. i let go of it and i turned around to my coach and i was 5hocked. training's been going really well, but to go 61, i didn't expect that. to go into a final and perform to the best of my ability at a world championship in october, it means the world. to qualify for the olympics, or 50% there, with the trials next year, that's all i've ever wanted. laura muir came through her heat in the 1,500 metres without any problems. the european champion has been trying to recover from a calf injury in time for doha, and claimed it was 100% before herfirst of a possible three races. she came third in her heat

but her time ofjust over 23 seconds gave her a 96 point lead over defending champion nafi thiam.three runs tomorrow, but i've got to negotiate, including another throw, but during the day on top after, you know, not the best 200, my 200 hasn't been great this year, so i still have something to work on for next year. i'm happy that i'm on top after that. in the women's shot put britain's sophie mckinna threw a life time best of more than 18 and a half metres to automatically qualify for the final. isa is a thrower, you generally know that when you let go of it, it's going to be a good throw, i let go of it and turned around to my coach and was shocked. training has been going really well, but to go 61, yeah, ididn't going really well, but to go 61, yeah, i didn't expect that. to come into a final yeah, i didn't expect that. to come intoafinaland yeah, i didn't expect that. to come into a final and actually you know, perform to the best of my ability in october, yeah, no, it means the world coming to qualify for the olympics, with the trials next year as well, it's all i've ever wa

overnight lead after the first four events, and she has now extended her lead over nearest rival nafi thiametres still to come. she is putting in the performance of her life. a huge chance to become britain's second gold medallist of these games. dina asher smith, of course, was the first last night, world champion in the 200 metres. she's been given her gold medal. that goes with her silver she won in the 100 metres. there are five british sides in action in the europa league this evening — three of those games have already finished. wolves left it very late in istanbul where they scored a 93rd minute winner against besiktas. willy boly with the only goal of the game to secure his sides first points in the competition this season. there was late drama in switzerland too where young boys also scored in the final minute to beat rangers 2—1. steven gerrard's side had taken the lead in that match. it finished 3—0 in the netherlands where manchester united were held to a 0—0 draw by az alkmaar. the third from joe willock in the last few moments. it finished 0—0 in the netherlands where manchest

world and olympic champion nafi thiam's best effort was far shorter.ith just the 800m to go, only disaster would deny kat gold. the best heptathlon of her life! fans so used to seeing her implode on the world stage could come out from behind theirfingers now — this was going to be a master—class. her fourth lifetime best at these championships. she breaks the british record. she's the world champion. no, it doesn't make sense to me, honestly. these whole two days, it has been... cos it's been so fast and it ' been at night time so it actually felt like a dream and the lights and everything, it's just been unbelievable. and i can't believe this is the result. just been so many attempts, just trying to perform on this stage. i am just so, so happy. she wasn't dreaming. it was a score so high it ranked 6th in world heptathlon history. no longer in shadows, now top of the world. natalie pirks, bbc news, doha. and we'll be speaking to the newly—crowned world champion, we will be speaking to hearing about 20 minutes or so. she will be on top of the world, ri

she leads the olympic and current world champion nafi thiam of belgium by 96 points. reaction and analysis now on the prime minister's latest brexit proposals — the plan that he outlined earlier to the house of commons. we can cross to westminster and speak to the crossbench peer lord jones. is it something that you think will be acceptable not only to parliament here but also to the european union? the mood music suggests not. there are three parties in this, the european union, that place and there are the people and i think the people have had enough. around the country, little businesses, big businesses, remainers brexiteers have had enough and they want us all to say, stop all this and start telling us what you do want. from a conservative party point of view, i think this will be sufficient to bring all but the really two or three diehards out of the european reform group and into the tory mainstream to vote for it. i think the 21 who cross the chamber when they were expelled before prorogation, i think they will come back. and therefore he can work that through

watch her heat — she moved away from the favourite nafi thiam straight away and eased ahead of the resttathlon. say you can keep across all the action via the bbc sport website and app and live on bbc two this afternoon. in the women's shot put britain's sophie mckinna threw a lifetime best of 18 metres and 61centimetres to automatically qualify for the final. and you can see how much it meant to her! fantastic scenes from the world athletics championships. fantastic scenes from the world athletics championships. meanwhile, dina asher smith is favourite to win the 200 metres later this evening. notjust because she's performed so well, but also because several other contendors have pulled out. the olympic champion elaine thompson from jamaica, the 100m champion shelly—ann fraser—pryce, and the dutch defending champion dafne schippers have all pulled out for topnights race. out for topnight‘s race. asher—smith comfortably won her 200—metres semi final. if she wins later, she'll become the first british woman to win a world sprint title. she holds the british record in the 200m after her e