katie gornall, bbc news, como.ate in the series against pakistan. the all—rounder has been out with a hamstring injury since the beginning of august but has had what's been described as a "positive scan". england travel to pakistan on tuesday with the three—test series getting under way on october 7th. even if he is on track to lead the team, there's doubt over whether he'll be able to bowl. the former world number one naomi osaka opened her challenge at the china open with a straight—sets victory over lucia bronzetti of italy. the four—time grand slam champion closed out her first round match against the 77th ranked italian in 83 minutes in front of her new coach, patrick mouratoglou, former coach of serena williams. osaka faces a tough second—round clash against 21st seed yulia putintseva. they've met five times, with putintseva winning the first three matches, but osaka taking the two most recent meetings. just a reminder of our top story. the europa league is up and running. manchester united were in action. it

katie gornall reports from the italian city.cation that has always attracted investors, and now they're here for women's football. i've always thought it was a good business. six months ago, a new investment group bought fc como women. the ambition is very much to build a global portfolio, starting with women's professional teams in europe. we believe that there is an incredible opportunity to give those clubs the fuel that they need to ride, you know, obviously a big wave that we're seeing in women's sport. it was here in these glamorous surroundings that mercury 13 first launched their project. but they have ambitions that extend far beyond the shores of lake como and see investments in english women's football as a priority. the group want to invest over £80 million into the women's game and turn their teams into global brands. they've already given como — a mid—table team in italy's top flight — a whole new look. the training ground has been upgraded and rebranded since the new owners took over, and a raft of new signings ha

erica gornall is the director, and cassie cornish—trestrail the producer, of the bbc two documentarytor at harrods�*. they had more about the testimony they heard from the women in the documentary. sexual abuse is obviously incredibly hard to talk about for anyone, incredibly hard to talk about foranyone, let incredibly hard to talk about for anyone, let alone on a documentary. they are incredibly serious allegations. we are talking about serious sexual abuse, assaults, attempted rape and of course rape. i think what is significant about this particular case is that these women were going to work. they were in a professional environment and mohammed alf i had was their boss, which puts them in a very difficult position. —— mohamed al fayed. the women we spoke to ranged from the 80s to the late 2000. so throughout his whole tenure there. i 50 throughout his whole tenure there. ~ so throughout his whole tenure there. ~' ~ ., ., so throughout his whole tenure there. ~ ~ ., . �* there. i think when mohamed al fa ed there. i think when mohamed al fayed died _ there. i think when mohamed a

three drones hiding in the bushes, but this monastery, which he had not divided before, miropolye and gornal one territory, there was no border. the religious procession with the pryazhevskaya icon of the mother of god took place every year along the territory of both ukraine and russia and prayed, then the nationalists blew up the bridge, and what happened was that they approached the river from this side of miropol, stood, sang a prayer service, prayed, bowed to each other and dispersed, well then the enemies came, burned two wonderful churches, we actually managed to save our last tv channel group to film these churches before they were destroyed, but they went further, i am great... then the grand duke of the moscow principality, what is this because here we came out, stood up, yes, no, he recorded this miracle of the vladimir icon mother of god, why am i talking about this, today the whole kursk region, and i have there... today a lot of friends, a lot of relatives, i called alexey borisovich smirno in the morning, congratulated him on the elections, asked what the situation was, becaus

katie gornall, bbc news, como.troyed after a nearby river burst its bank. a sinkhole has appeared at their plough lane stadium, and now the fan—owned club is getting to grips with the scale of the devastation and the repair job ahead of them, as patrick geary reports. even from a distance, it's clear what has happened to afc wimbledon's plough lane pitch is beyond the work of a groundsman's rake. the surface scarred after the flooding of the nearby river wandle on sunday night caused an underground eruption of pressure. at one point, the whole stadium was submerged, 100,000 litres of water were pumped out, and the damage is still being calculated. i mean, it's absolutely devastating. we're a fan—owned club. there isn't somebody at the end of the phone writing a big cheque for us, like the majority of football clubs in this circumstance. so there's no getting around it, this is a serious incident for this football club to face. but the club has proved time and again that it overcomes adversity. there's no football c

with me is erica gornall, the director, and cassie cornish—trestrail the producer, of the bbc two documentarye world of secrets podcast about it from the bbc world service. you heard testimony from more than 20 women, what did they say? it is an unprecedented number of survivors on a documentary like this, sexual abuse is incredibly hard to talk about for anyone let alone on a documentary. they are incredibly serious allegations, serious sexual abuse, assaults, and what is significant about this particular case is that these women were going to work, they were in a professional environment and mohamed al—fayed was their boss which puts them in a difficult position. we are notjust talking about a couple of years, the women range from the 19805 years, the women range from the 1980s until the late 2,000s, throughout his whole tenure. why have you decided to make this documentary now? when mohamed al— fayed when mohamed al—fayed died last year it_ when mohamed al—fayed died last year it brought back a lot of bad — year it brought back a lot of bad memories for these women. and it _ bad memories f

we started this week's show with the director of the documentary, erica gornall.stone, who's a journalist himself, his wife, he discovered, was actually a survivor,

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we started this week's show with the director of the documentary, erica gornall.his has been a culmination of months and months of work and investigation. and actually, i think over a year ago, a man called keaton stone, who's a journalist himself, his wife, he discovered, was actually a survivor, and a survivor of one of the worst abuses that fayed has kind of committed against these women. and he did some investigation and found many, many more women. i came on board at the end of last year. i've had loads of experience in this kind of area. i've, you know, interviewed lots of women of sexual abuse and domestic abuse, in the past. but when i saw the amount of women, over a significant period of time, talking decades, and the seriousness of the allegations against fayed, which i'd never seen before, myjawjust dropped, and ijust knew that a film like this had to be made. and i did wonder at the time why it hadn't been made before. and how do you approach those conversations with women who have had these experiences, when you raise the possibility of recording a co

our correspondent katie gornall has been looking at this today. make clubs safer, more inclusive, nicer, and then a survey comes out like this and it is obviously clear that so much more work needs to be done.— work needs to be done. you're absolutely _ work needs to be done. you're absolutely right. _ work needs to be done. you're absolutely right. i _ work needs to be done. you're absolutely right. i think- work needs to be done. you're absolutely right. i think this i work needs to be done. you're| absolutely right. i think this all points to an issue that many women who regularly attend football matches will be more than familiar with. today, as part of their campaign, to get out released a video that showed how it might look if the roles were reversed and men were subjected —— kick it out. it's all part of a push to get more people to recognise and challenge sexism when they see it. i've been speaking to female fans about their own experience. one fan, a lifelong sheffield wins a fan, set her worst experience came last year which is walking b

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the environs of gornal are on the unesco list as one of the most beautiful places in the world.uminated by the prayers of monks of the 16th century, was desecrated by ukrainian barbarians in the 20th century. every summer in thousands of pilgrims flocked to the monastery, believers walked in a religious procession with the miraculous pryazhevo icon of the mother of god, from russia to the ukrainian miropolye, as if the border did not exist. one of the main shrines of the kursk region from the border monastery, the monks took it out in advance, as if they sensed the danger. services are held in front of the face of the mother of god in the kursk temple, all prayers are for the warrior defenders and the imminent onset of peace. ruslan bikbulatov, azad atagonov, moriah dobroradnykh, alexandra berezkina. news, kursk region. inspectors the iaea is ready to immediately arrive at the kursk npp if additional threats to its operation arise. an agreement on this was reached during negotiations that rosatom head alexey likhachev held today in kaliningrad with the agency's director general

katie gornall travelled to como and sent this report. now they're here for women's football. i've always thought it was a good business. six months ago, a new investment group bought fc como women. the ambition is very much to build a global portfolio, starting with women's professional teams in europe. we believe that there is an incredible opportunity to give those clubs the fuel that they need to ride, you know, obviously a big wave that we're seeing in women's sport. it was here in these glamorous surroundings that mercury 13 first launched their project. but they have ambitions that extend far beyond the shores of lake como, and see investments in english women's football as a priority. the group want to invest over £80 million into the women's game and turn their teams into global brands. they've already given como — a mid—table team in italy's top flight — a whole new look. the training ground has been upgraded and rebranded since the new owners took over, and a raft of new signings have come through the door. they're getting read

joining us now is the director of that documentary, erica gornall, and bruce drummond, a lawyer representingve had lots of people get in touch with me personally and the wider team. brute personally and the wider team. we were hearing that there were allegations as far back as the 19905. what is different about now? there is lots of new information coming out all over the weekend. one of the things that is particularly new for me is that i'm starting to get contact from women where the timeline might be longer than we think, potentially before harrods and maybe even afterwards. bruce, if we turn to you- _ and maybe even afterwards. bruce, if we turn to you. you _ and maybe even afterwards. bruce, if we turn to you. you are _ and maybe even afterwards. bruce, if we turn to you. you are now- and maybe even afterwards. bruce, if we turn to you. you are now bringing | we turn to you. you are now bringing a civil case against harrods. can you explain, what does that involve, a civil case?— a civil case? yes, can i 'ust first sa a a civil case? yes, can i 'ust first say a huge * a civil case? yes,