from tokyo, here's our correpsondent andy swiss.ardly surprising that eddiejones is sticking to the exact position that performed so brilliantly against the all blacks in the semifinals and the george ford continues and owen farrell outside at centre. there is one interesting new name though on the bench, then spencer. now spencer only arrived here injapan on monday, he wasn't in the original squad, he was called out as an emergency cover last weekend. he is on the bench and very likely to play a role at some stage, so likely to play a role at some stage, so what a story that could be. england will start the final as favourites after that stunning performance against new zealand, but eddiejones says he is taking nothing for granted. we have spent four years getting for this occasion and that is why i can be relaxed because we know we have done the work but we know it is in front of us, we know that they're going to come out as hard. there were the most intimidating teams in the world and they know what is ahead of them and they know

andy swiss, bbc news.eady through to the last date, but their final pool match against france on saturday could be cancelled because of the weather. it's all because of this — typhoon hagibis. it's currently tracking towards toyko and it's expected to make landfall on saturday. that england—france match is in yokohama just south of toyko and it's the most vulnerable to the weather. scotland have their crucial last group match against japan at the same venue on sunday, but the weather is expected to have improved by then. we'll know more in the early hours of tomorrow morning. england's footballers say they're prepared to walk off the pitch if one of their team receives racist abuse in this week's euro 2020 qualifiers. england face the czech republic on friday, before their match against bulgaria on monday takes place in a partially closed stadium, that's due to the racist behaviour of bulgarian fans in two matches earlier this year. it doesn't matter whether it is one player that is being abused or the who

andy swiss, bbc news, yokohama. better news for wales. they beat uruguay this morning.nd in the quarterfinals. it looks like it would be a co mforta ble it looks like it would be a comfortable victory but only led by a single point at half—time. lauren gatlin made 13 changes to the team that beat fiji and it took them a while. —— warren gatland. they eventually ran out, 35—13 winners, and they will play france in the last eight. a better result for scotland in the football. a 6—0 win over san marino ona football. a 6—0 win over san marino on a rather soggy hampton park this afternoon —— hampden park. john mcginn scoring his first hat—trick, the first scottish player to score a first—half trouble since 1952. the free kick from stuart armstrong added elite sticks. they can still get to the final lecture via the euro 2020 play—offs which begin in march. they can get over kazakhstan, who lost to belgium earlier, and cyprus, who lost to russia. wales are in action tonight in the next few minutes. they take on croatia and cardiff, but with aaron ramsey rolled out, he is injur

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.final action tomorrow morning, and they'll be at full strength when they face france. coach warren gatland has named the same team that beat georgia and australia in the pool stages. wales have won seven of their last eight games against france — including a 2a—i9 victory in paris in february en route to clinching the grand slam. and wingerjosh adams says having the tag of favourites is something his teammates will relish. they said we are favourites going into australia game. it was a tag we don't mind having. we've worked hard to earn a tag of being one of the best teams, and if teams want to pick us as favourites, that's fine. we go about our business like we do. we don't really look into things like that, to be honest with you. we know it needs to be done and we are all focused on doing that. now, with the ugly scenes of racism at england's european qualifying match in bulgaria still fresh in the mind, today, there was an incident here in the fa cup which resulted in a game being a

andy swiss reporting there.arsenal made it three wins out of three, in the europa league but they had to come from behind at home to vitoria guimaraes to maintain their 100% record. twice the portuguese side led through goals from marcus edwards and bruno duarte. but twice they were pegged back with gabriel martinelli and nicolas pepe equalising for the gunners. the match was heading for a draw until pepe popped up with the winner in stoppage time. pepe is a very good player and we believe in him totally. also, the way he is doing is sometimes feeling better, sometimes feeling more difficult on the pitch. it depends on the position. but it is improving. two goals tonight, very important for us. the first and second for him. elsewhere, sevilla also made it three wins out of three. franco vasquez scored twice as the record five—times winners beat dudelange of luxembourg 3—0. group e leaders celtic came from a goal down to beat lazio with christopherjullien scoring the winner two minutes from time. young boys of sw

andy swiss, bbc news, yokohama.their place in the quarter finals of the world cup with a 35 to 13 bonus point victory over uruguay. the result means wales top their pool and will face france in the last eight next weekend. the four—time olympic champion simone biles has become the most decorated gymnast in world championships history. biles won two more golds today on the beam and in the floor final. she now has 25 medals, 19 of those are gold, she's surpassed the overall medal record of 23 previously held by vitaly scherbo. and it's the first time that the great britain team has won more than one gold medal at a single world gymnastics championships. joe fraser took gold on the parallel bars today, the first time a british gymnast has ever won a medal in that discipline. paula radcliffe's marathon record, which stood for 16 years, was broken today in chicago by kenya's brigid kosgei. kosgei recorded a time of two hours, 14 minutes and 4 seconds, taking over one minute off radcliffe's record. there was disappointmen

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.em... leaders liverpool beat leicester 2—1 in injury time to make it eight wins out eight this season after being thrashed in the champions league this week, tottenham lost 3—0 at brighton. they haven't won away in the league since january. elswhere, there were wins for burnley, aston villa and crystal palace. in the scottish premiership, there were draws at aberdeen and ross county, kilmarnock beat hearts and motherwell are still third — they beat st mirren 2—0. the top two, celtic and rangers, are in action tomorrow. england's women have now gone five games without a win. over 29,000 were at middlesbrough‘s riverside stadium — that's a record for a lionesses‘ match outside wembley. but they were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly. toronto wolfpack, have won the million pound game in rugby league. they beat featherstone 211—6 in their championship play—off final. they were playing on home soil but trailed at half—time before three second—half tries secured the victory and a place in n

andy swiss, bbc news, yokohama.he quarterfinals of the world cup with a 35—13 bonus point victory over uruguay. the results means wales top their pool and will face france in the last eight next weekend. it's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know the results of today's european football qualifying games as sportscene follows soon on bbc one in scotland. gareth bale equalised for wales as they drew 1—1 with croatia. wales could still qualify without needing a play—off. scotland beat san marino 6—0 and can only qualify via the play—offs. the four—time 0lympic champion simone biles has become the most decorated gymnast in world championships history. biles won two more gold medals today on the beam and in the floor final. she now has 25 world medals, 19 of those are gold, and she has surpassed the overall medal record previously held by vitaly scherbo. and great britain has won more than one gold medal at a single world gymnastics championships for the first time afterjoe fraser took gold on the paralle

andy swiss is in yokohama.he second half, and a later score, i can tell you, isjapan, 28, half, and a later score, i can tell you, is japan, 28, scotland, 1a. the fa ct you, is japan, 28, scotland, 1a. the fact that this match is happening at all is fairly remarkable. just hours after the typhoon. in fact, before kick—off, there was a minute's silence to remember those affected. scotla nd silence to remember those affected. scotland have to win this match to have any chance of going through to the quarterfinals, and i got off to a perfect start with an early try, but japan hit back a perfect start with an early try, butjapan hit back in quite a perfect start with an early try, but japan hit back in quite dazzling fashion, three superb tries before half—time, including this one. they led 21-7 half—time, including this one. they led 21—7 at half—time. since the break, both teams have scored tries, but as things stand, japan are going through to the quarterfinals, and scotla nd through to the quarterfinals, and sc

andy swiss, bbc news, shizuoka.inst france on saturday could be cancelled because of the weather. it's all because of this — typhoon hagibis. it's currently tracking towards toyko and it's expected to make landfall on saturday. that england — france match is in yokohama just south of toyko and it's the most vulnerable to the weather. scotland have their crucial last group match against japan at the same venue on sunday, but the weather is expected to have improved by then. we'll know more in the early hours of tomorrow morning. and finally professional sports—men and women often go into different careers after they retire from competing but i bet you didn't see this one coming. the former chelsea and arsenal goalkeeper, petr cech, is now an ice hockey player! that's right, the 37—year—old, who's still a performance advisor at chelsea, has swapped the pitch for the rink. he's signed for guildford phoenix until the end of their season. cech said it'll be "wonderful" to play the sport he grew up "watching as a kid". be

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.was on the receiving end of an illegal high tackle, for the second time at this world cup, but the england captain said he didn't need a head injury assessment. i feel fine. it's obviously concussion, that is the worry but i didn't really get hit anywhere near the top of the head. so yeah, maybe yourjaw gets a bit sore, but i was fine. there is no need for a hia. if england win their final group game against france, australia would be their most likely opponents in the last eight, while defeat could mean a quarterfinal against wales. the wallabies beat uruguay 45—10. jordan pettaia, the youngest player to start for australia in a world cup, crossed over for their second try. tevita kuridrani scored two tries, this his second, a lovely break. dane haylett—petty also got two. that was australia's final score, they crossed for seven tries in total and will qualify, if wales beat fiji next week. but their head coach michael cheika feels it's taking them too long to settle into their games.

andy swiss, bbc news, yokohama.ld to restore their 6—point lead at the top of the premier league table. harry kane put spurs in front after just 47 seconds, and goalkeeper paulo gazzaniga pulled off several saves to maintain their lead. but liverpool captain jordan henderson equalised six minutes after the break. mo salah then completed their comeback with a penalty. liverpool have equalled the premier league record of 28 points after the first 10 fixtures. defending champions arsenal beat title rivals manchester city in the women's super league. top scorer vivianne miedema got the goal of the game to end city's unbeaten run this season. arsenal have now won 15 of their past 16 home games. elsewhere, in the early game, 10—man newcastle drew with wolves. in scotland, rangers came from behind to beat motherwell 2—1 in the scottish premiership. they're back level on points with celtic at the top of the table. that's after the champions easily beat aberdeen 4—0 at pittodrie. it's celtic‘s biggest win over aberdeen in 11

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.l results, please avert your attention now. liverpool's 17 match winning run has come to an end. the premier league leaders could only manage a late draw at rivals manchester united after more var controversy. meanwhile, rangers missed out on the chance of going back to the top of the scottish premiership. they drew at hearts to stay second — behind celtic on goal difference. andy murray's incredible comeback continues with an emotional first tour title for two and a half years. britain's three—time grand slam champion had to fight back from a set down to beat stan wawrinka in the final of the european open in antwerp. murray had major hip surgery injanuary. and find out who's been picked for cricket's new team competition — the hundred — on the bbc sport website. back to you, clive. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. 00:22:44,615 --> 2147483051:48:07,022 but now on bbc one, time 2147483051:48:07,022 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 for the news where you a

andy swiss was there for us.ght whenjapan‘s thrilling world cup adventure finally came to an end as south africa proved that one test too far for them. four years ago, japan pulled off one of the great upsets in rugby when they beat south africa at the world cup. south africa soon took control with the first try after just three took control with the first try afterjust three minutes, courtesy of mac are so lame aplenty. at that stage, japan would have been fearing the worst. but they battled back and a penalty narrowed the gap to just 5-3. at that a penalty narrowed the gap to just 5—3. at that stage japan were still in it but in the second half south africa stretch clear. three penalties from fly—half andre pollard and penalties from fly—half andre polla rd and then penalties from fly—half andre pollard and then two late tries sealed their passage through. the first from scrum—half faf de klerk before they got a second to seal the victory. so south africa go through to the semifinals, where they will face wales

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. in quarterfinal action tomorrow morning. they play france with coach warren gatland naming the same full strength side that beat australia in the pool stages. wales have won seven of their last eight games against france — including a 211—19 victory in february en route to clinching the grand slam. and wingerjosh adams says — having the tag of favourites is something they'll relish... they said that we are favourites going into the australian game. we do not mind having that title. we have worked hard to earn a tag of being one of the best teams. and, if teams want to pick us as favourites, thatis teams want to pick us as favourites, that is fine but we just go about oui’ that is fine but we just go about our business and don't look into things. we know what needs to be done and we are focused on doing that. to football next, and less than a week after england players were racially abused in bulgaria, an fa cup tie was abandoned this afternoon after more alleged abuse from the terrace

andy swiss from tokyo. to the former scotland international andy nichol about how this is affecting the scotland squad heading towards that match on sunday. we have just got to prepare now as if the game was taking place on sunday night. the weather will come in on saturday as we know, and they will only know on sunday morning what the collateral damage is and whether this game will go ahead. it is going to be very difficult. no one in the squad will ever experience something like this, that you are waking up on game day not knowing if in fact it is going to be game day because you don't know if the game is happening. i don't think anyone has got a president to say this is how you cope with it. they have to make sure that they think that they are playing on sunday night and prepare for it. in footballjames playing on sunday night and prepare for it. in football james madison has withdrawn from the england squad for the euro qualifiers against the czech republic and bulgaria because of illness. the leicester

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.— known as ehic — allows you to get medical care forfree, or at reduced cost, in 31 countries. but if the uk leaves the european union without a deal, only three countries say they will offer anything similar. the government's advice is to take out travel insurance, but the insurance industry is warning about price rises, especially for people with medical problems. catherine burns reports. michaela sheehan loves yoga, as a way to look after her mind and body. it tends to relax my muscles if i've had a seizure. it's not always easy, though. she has epilepsy and is struggling to get it under control. her first seizure happened when she was a teenager, in paris. i was in disneyland, on a school trip. i was queueing for a ride and i had a seizure. i was taken to hospital by ambulance and they did blood tests and observations every 15 minutes. and i was in hospital the rest of the day, and it was all completely free because of my ehic card. michaela always takes her ehic card on holiday, i

andy swiss, bbc news, shizuoka. mammoth game againstjapan and that game is under threat because there is a super typhoon make its way to japan and sit to hit the area where the game is due to take place we do not know the contingency plans and when or where the game will take place for the wales do not need to worry about the weather as they are to the quarterfinals after a thrilling game against fiji for that it was capped off with a wonderful child from liam williams. but they came through a physical battle here. momentum swung one way and then fiji took an early lead. but wales are now true to the quarterfinals with a game to spare. women in iran will be allowed to attend a men's international football match in tehran tomorrow — the first time in decades that women will have been permitted entry to a game in the country. football's world governing body fifa demanded the change in rules after a female football fan set herself on fire and subsequently died, having been refused entry to a match earlier this year. da

andy swiss reports.eemed in an toughest test so far against an argentina team playing for world cup survival, and although england took the lead through for world cup survival, and although england took the lead throuthonny may, the early stages proved predictably tight. but in a split second,it predictably tight. but in a split second, it all changed. a shuddering challenge from tomas lavanini on 0wen farrell that was high, dangerous, and it was a red card. from there, there was no way back for argentina, as england set about running them ragged, elliot daly in helping them to a 15—3 lead at the break, and afterwards they stretched out of sight. 0nce george ford had gone over, it was surely game over. ina gone over, it was surely game over. in a disjointed match, though, england certainly won't at their slickest. indeed, argentina's1li men even managed a try of their own. but it proved a purely consolation value as, on his comeback from injury, jack noel gave a reminder of what he can do. hardly a knock

from tokyo, our sports correspondent andy swiss reports.for the new japanese emperor, a very different gathering for the prince of wales, given a signed shirt by the welsh players ahead of their world cup semifinal. the prince presented new arrival owen lane with his tournament cap, but what words did he offer about the south african team? "quite big people," he said, and the message certainly got through. he just said, "they're bloody big buggers, aren't they?", and left it at that. he wished us all the best and we had a bit of a chat, butjust wished us all the best, really. wales' preparations might have had royal approval today, but now it's all about the rugby. can they make history and reach their first world cup final? this time last year, they beat south africa, but the springboks were understrength. they will be favourites this weekend, but many here have belief. can they get to the final? they can, yeah. they beat south africa four times in a row. they're a group of players and a group of management who know how to win big games. t

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.e at london city airport as protests continue over global warming. the man — identified as a former paralympian cyclist — got on top of the plane as part of demonstrations by extinction rebellion. he was later removed. dyson has scrapped its £2.5 billion project to build electric cars. the firm — famous for its vacuum cleaners — had been planning to develop the cars in the uk and build them in singapore. it abandoned the project because it said it was not "commercially viable". a court heard today that what was described as "extraordinarily bad failings" of hillsborough match commander david duckenfield led to a fatal crush at the fa cup semi—final in 1989. duckenfield denies the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool supporters who died at sheffield wednesday's ground. from preston crown court, judith moritz reports. back at court again. david duckenfield arrived to face another jury. the retired chief superintendent being retried after his last trial ended without a verdict

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.only at westminster, but around the world. well, today after ten years in the chair, it's his last day as commons speaker. his sucessor will be elected on monday. here's mark lowen. order! order! bellowing. .. behave yourself! colourful... i couldn't give a flying flamingo what your view is! unforgettable. leave the chamber, get out, we'll manage without you! as john bercow leaves the speaker's chair after a decade, the tributes are piling up. if i may say, it's been my particular privilege to address the chair when you are in it. i find it very hard to imagine this chamber without you. the highest duty of the speaker of the house of commons is to be the champion of our house and its members, and to defend our right to freedom of speech, the defence of our constituents, and, mr speaker, you have done that. even at 18, john bercow had the rhetorical flourish — and the crowd—pleasing lines. i would suggest to mrs castle that the reason she sought tojoin the european parliament was precis

indeed, many thanks, andy swiss, there.blican rivals of compromising national security, after more than 20 of them forced their way into the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the hearings are considering whether mr trump put pressure on ukraine to investigate one of his political rivals. richard galpin reports. this is the moment a group of republican lawmakers moved in to disrupt the ongoing impeachment inquiry. let's see if we can get in. it followed encouragement from president trump for tougher action against the attempt to impeach him. the republicans here demanding the hearing be open, as they say happened in previous impeachments. the press was in the room for nixon and clinton. the legal counsel for the president was allowed in the room. all of that is being denied by the chairman, running this one—sided, soviet style scam. the republicans' extraordinary move on what is a secure facility prevented this witness, laura cooper, a us defense official, from giving evidence forfour hours. this is, as you can imagi

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. a big weekend ahead.le so far. lunchtime and often time for a sandwich but that is what we have in the weather. this is your slice of bread, a frontal system to the north—west and here is the other slice in the south—east and the bit in the middle, clear skies that we will continue to have this afternoon in the south—west, wales, the midlands and parts of northern england. essentially we will squash our sandwich in the next 2a hours, the two fronts merging together and then clear skies coming in from the west. this evening, we have clearer skies push into scotland and northern ireland, perhaps a much sharper showers and quite windy. a few gaps in the cloud in the midlands and north england, still a few chilly

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.of the quarterfinals, then we've got the other two on sunday. austin halewood is here to look at those. austin, some good news for wales. absolutely. wales fans would've been delighted when they woke up this morning, 0lly, and saw the team to face france. warren gatland has brought back the big guns — and it starts in midfield with his strongest centre partnership ofjonathan davies and hadleigh parkes. they've both got over their injuries — ready to bring plenty of power and experience to the side. but the best news came at fly—half because this man, dan biggar, is back in the 10 jersey, despite suffering a concussion against fiji just 9 days ago. the french head coach jacques brunel said he wouldn't have been allowed to play under french rules, but biggar is in the team. so far in 2019, he's scored 76 points with a kicking accuracy of 88%. but this is why he's so crucial for wales — because he's such a strong presence at fly—half. he averages 6 meters with every carry and he makes 88%

some fans have been going to extraordinary lengths to be there, as andy swiss reports.ld have the world at their feet. england's players relaxed but ready. their preparations are almost complete. an unchanged team for the final — hardly surprising after their win over new zealand. and if that was some display, well, south africa, watch out. oh, we can definitely play better, there's no doubt about it, and the players know that. yeah, i've been so impressed by the preparation of the players throughout the tournament, and particularly this week, there is a steeliness about them, but also a nice relaxed feeling, because they know they've done the work. but if it's been some journey here for the players, well, how about these two fans? mark and sue farrell drove some 12,000 miles to get here over four months — from their home in devon all the way to japan. they've seen every england game, but tickets to the final, well, they're still searching. hence the hat, yep! i don't mind making a spectacle of myself, as long as we end up with a ticket. so we are determined to be there

but it might have come at a cost forforward billy vunipola — andy swiss is with the team injapan.hey prepare for their final training in tokyo if they prepare for theirfinal group training in tokyo if they prepare for their final group game against france. so find in this tournament they have been pretty lucky with injuries but there is some concern over billy vunipola after he left the field at half—time against argentina with an injury to his ankle. the good news is that england say he is up and walking around but they say they are still waiting to find out the extent of his injury. he has another 24—hour is after tomorrow and then we will make a firm diagnosis. he has seen the physio this morning and he is around, walking around a big smile on his face, nearly lunchtime so he's pretty happy, but he is all good. we will know a lot more by tuesday. billy vunipola are a key player for tuesday. billy vunipola are a key playerfor england. tuesday. billy vunipola are a key player for england. they are tuesday. billy vunipola are a key playerfor england. they are keeping a close eye o

eddiejones will have one change to his squad forced upon him too, as andy swiss explains.d have been continuing their preparations ahead of the final on saturday and there was a new face at the training session. scrum—half ben spencer has arrived as a replacement for willi heinz after he was injured during the victory over the all blacks on saturday. spencer is expected to be named on the bench for the final so he could be making his world cup debut on saturday which would be some story. as well as him, the rest of the england players were out there training, including jonny may, 0wen farrell and kyle sinckler who have been recovering from injuries they picked up at the weekend. england say they expect all of them to be fine for saturday and they are looking forward to the challenge of facing south africa. they are very big people, but then again we have a few big blokes on our team, they have already come out and said they will fight fire with fire, so bring it on. it is a final, you have to front up to it, and it is one of their biggest assets, so something we have been

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.k with the late news at 10:10. now on bbc one it‘s time for the news where you are. more sport news now. i won‘t make you talk any more about spurs for the time being. i knew that was coming! we‘ll have the latest football results coming up, but we‘ll start in japan, where england are the first team through to the rugby world cup quarterfinals. it was a feisty game in tokyo, where argentina had a man sent off early on and england secured another bonus point win, 39—10. our sports correspondent andy swiss was at the game. a case ofjob done for england after a pretty emphatic victory. argentina needed to win to keep their world cup hopes alive. and they got off to a good start, taking the lead through an early penalty. but england responded with a try from johnny may to lead 5—3. then at the moment that willie swung the match around 20 minutes in, a shovelling challenge on owen farrell. it was high, it was dangerous, and after looking at the replays, the referee showed the red card. so e

our correspondent andy swiss reports.all 31 players available for selection, he opted for a team that began the opening game against tonga and the only change is one coming and the only change is one coming andi and the only change is one coming and i had of courtney lawes meaning the captain owen farrell once again sta rts the captain owen farrell once again starts at centre with george ford at fly half. it also means thatjoe marler keeps his place in the front i’ow. marler keeps his place in the front row. another who has recovered from a hamstring injury starting on the bench. alongsidejack nowell who has recovered from an ankle injury. eddiejones team have at times in the build—up to this world cup seen something other work in progress but he now believes england have found a winning form. we've worked hard on creating training situations to equip the players. the players have worked hard off the field. to handle situations well. like anything, it is a bit like a tea bag, isn't it? you don't know how good it is until

, but the springboks still in the hunt for a third world cup crown, as our sports correspondent andy swisse anticipation was deafening, wales fans hoping for history, could they join england in the world cup final? their passion was obvious. but they would need poise as well. the springboks edged it. booted 9—6 ahead at the break. after it, the task for wales got tougher. bulldozing through to put south africa in command. wales are a side of remarkable resilience and back they came. commentator: world cup semifinal... i thought those last few minutes, you know, they might pull it through. a little bit of luck on our side. it is hard to win against a team like wales. agonisingly close, for wales. but for the fans, not much consolation. south africa will face england here next weekend in the world cup final. liverpool have restored their six—point lead at the top of the english premier league after they came from behind to beat tottenham hotspur at anfield, in a re—run of last season's champions league final, it was spurs though who were out of the blocks the fastest. scoring afterjust 48 se

his royal highness and andy swiss too. it was a day rugby royalty met the real thing.ing yesterday ata real thing. after spending yesterday at a ceremony for the new japanese emperor, a very different gathering for the prince of wales, given a signed assurance by the welsh players, ahead of their world cup semi final. the prince presented new arrival, owen lane, with his tournaments capped, but what words did he offer about the south african team? quite a big people who, he said, and the message certainly got through. hejust said they through. he just said they are bloodied big... and left it at that, hejust wished us all the best, and we had a little chat. you know, just wishing us little chat. you know, just wishing us all the best, really. well, whales‘s of preparations may have had royal approval today, but now it's all about the rugby, can they reach history and reach their first world cup final? this time last year, they beat south africa, the springboks though were understrength. they will be favourites this weekend, but to many here have belief. can they get to

andy swiss reports from tokyo.y tale world cup came to an end as south africa were too much for them. japan pulled off one of the greatest upsets in rugby when they beat south africa in the world cup once, but south africa soon took control after the first try after three minutes by mapimpi. japan would have been fearing the worst at that stage, but they got a penalty which narrowed the gap, at that stage depend very much still in it. in the second half, south africa stretched clear, three penalties from pollard, and two late tries sealed their passage through to the last four. the first one was from de klerk. there scored another one to seal their victory. south africa go through to the semifinals where they will face wales. as forjapan, it has been some journey for them, this, their first—ever quarterfinal in world cup history. but their brave efforts of making it through to the last four have ended in disappointment. andy murray has won his first singles title since career—saving hip surgery, by beating stan waw

andy swiss in the yokohama this morning.supporters the government will have to make compromises to get a deal. his comments in the sunday telegraph come as a downing street source suggests the uk is still a long way from agreeing a deal with brussels, and talks remain critical. borisjohnson is due to meet the leaders of france and germany in the coming days to try to secure support. kurds, who‘re under attack from turkey in northern syria, say they will no longer prioritise guarding detainees from the islamic state group, if the offensive continues. since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died and more than a 100,000 people have fled their homes. the uk has called on turkey to end its military operation in the area. rescue teams are trying to reach two workers trapped in the wreckage of a building under construction in new orleans. at least one person died and 18 others were injured when part of the new hard rock hotel collapsed. officials say the building remains unstable and further co

it means there now won't be an all—british final as our sports correspondent andy swiss explains from the anticipation was deafening, wales fans, hoping for history, could they join england in the world cup final? well, their passion was obvious. but they would need poise as well. a scrappy first half won't have revealed much to watching england coach, eddiejones, but the springboks edged it. andre pollard booting them 9—6 ahead at the break. after it, wales‘ task got even tougher, as de allende bulldozed through to put south africa in command. but wales are a side of remarkable resilience, and back they came. commentator: world cup semifinal try! josh adams giving their fans fresh hope. suddenly it was 16—16. what drama. with less than five minutes to go, a penalty to south africa, and pollard held his nerve. it had not been pretty from the springboks, but it was enough, and while they celebrated, for wales, the dream was once again dashed, a third world cup semifinal defeat and desperate disappointment. proud of us when we went to 16—16 but obviously we piggyback to the penalties do

our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching.tland knew they had to beat russia to keep their hopes alive. fairto russia to keep their hopes alive. fair to say they did so in some style with a thumping morale boosting victory. they got off to the perfect start when adam hastings scored too early tries to give them the initiative. russia did not help themselves, a series of calamitous areas, including an interception on that line, which gifted george horne the first of his hat tricks of tries. scotland were really out of site after the first 20 minutes. they got a bonus point when horne completed the hat—trick with another scintillating try. from then, russia ran out of steam scotland ran bracket. nine tries in total, disappointing and to russia's world cup. it now comes down to the final group game for scotland, against the hosts, japan and scotland know they simply have to win it would come down to bonus points but scotland no their hopes of reaching the knockout stage are still alive. in the day's other game, argentina thrashed

it finished 28—21 in yokohama and its where our correspondent andy swiss sent us this report.hat a match and what to win but thousands of japan fans, their what a match and what to win but thousands ofjapan fans, their side through to the world cup water finals for the very first time. remember, scotland had to win to have any chance of qualifying and they got up to the perfect start when finn russell scored an early try the japan hit back. three superb tries before halftime, some stunning running rugby and they led by 21 points. after halftime, second try of the match, japan led 28—7, the match seemed as good as over. but then scotland scored two quick tries of their own. to make it 28 — 21 with 20 minutes left. it was a nailbiting finish to the match, japan held on for the victory through to the knockout stages of the rugby world cup for the very first time stop it was an emotional evening for many reasons forjapanese fans. japan came so close four years ago when they won 3 pool games but still missed out. they're the first team from asia to reach the quarter finals at a wor

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.bout reports of racism, which today caused an fa cup qualifying match to be abandoned. non—league haringey borough stopped playing amid allegations that team members were being abused during the game against yeovil town. there were also claims of bottle throwing and spitting, with the london club describing the afternoon at their ground as "horrendous". now it's back to huw in westminster for the latest on the brexit debate. here at westminster, we were expecting mps to have their say on the deal boris johnson struck in brussels a few days ago. instead, they voted to delay their decision until the necessary legislation has been passed. it means borisjohnson has written to brussels, tonight, asking for an extension to the brexit process. there could be another parliamentary vote on the deal on monday. so what do people beyond westminster make of it all? our political correspondent alex forsyth has spent the day with voters in birmingham. at moseley rugby club this morning, people were c

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andy swiss watched this game.rive going to keepers very much on. anything other than victory against russia and their world cup hopes were banished. so, how about this for the perfect start? adam hastings, son of former captain gavin, settling nerves. russia needed a comeback, but instead found only calamity. first a horrible slip if the tasting is another and if that was a touch of bison, well, watch this. george horne handed a try on a plate, barely 20 minutes gone and scotland already out of sight. but crucially, they needed a fourth try and without a vital bonus point. soon after the break, they got it in style. darcy grimes setting up horn once again and it wasjob done. for now, russia setting up horn once again and it was job done. for now, russia was run ragged. horne completed a impressive hat—trick. a place in the quarterfinals could still be doubts. and so, to what promises to be some showdown. scotland will now have to beat the host japan showdown. scotland will now have to beat the hostjapan in showdow

let‘s head live to yokohama and speak to our sports correspondent andy swiss. st the hosts, japan, and one ultimately pretty co mforta bly japan, and one ultimately pretty comfortably in that much. wales struggled for large periods against france, only scraping by with one point at the end of their match. because of that, south africa will be the favourite. wales have also had a lot of injury problems, as you mentioned, including a new one that has surfaced this week. fullback liam williams, a key player for them, out for the rest of the tournament with an injury. leigh halfpenny comes into the side, he is immensely experienced, but it is still a big loss for wales. wales have developed this winning mentality in the last decade under warren gatland. we saw that in the france game, even when they were not playing particularly well, they found a way to win. of course, they are six nations champions as well, winning the grand slam earlier this year. they do have a good record recently against south africa. they have won their last four matches against the springbok

let‘s head live to yokohama and speak to our sports correspondent andy swiss. les fancier, and i am delighted to say i am joined by a very big group of them. now, i cannot talk to all of them. now, i cannot talk to all of you, but i can‘t talk to the two of you, but i can‘t talk to the two of you, but i can‘t talk to the two of you here at the front, jacob and dan. you have a particular link with one of the players? yes, john davis. no, i'mjoking! alan wainwright. we we nt no, i'mjoking! alan wainwright. we went to school with him. you went to school with him! and obviously to show your support you have the same facial hair? yeah, well, he copied us. we went to prague and greeley moustaches, so he copied us, so we could get photoshopped into the picture, basically. same facial hair, same headband. how proud are you wanting? i can't describe how proud i am. he's going to try. i am crying. ts is astounding, guaranteed. he has been one of the stars, the man of the match. it has been incredible, great to see. we taught him what he knows that it is amazing to see, he

his royal highness attended a training session in tokyo and our sports correspondent andy swiss was theread a special visits are at their training camp here today. prince charles who has been here in tokyo for the interment ceremony of the new emperor, that happened yesterday but today he met up happened yesterday but today he met up with the wail of players, first of all he met warren gatland, the coach and captain, allan lamb of all he met warren gatland, the coach and captain, allan lameones as well before meeting up with the rest of the whales prayers, he was presented with a signed rugby shirt by the whales squad after receiving that prince charles said he wasn't sure that prayer would make everyone proud. he went to present one of the players with his rugby world cup because he has just arrived out here as an injury replacement so that's what a proud moment for him. of course we have both of his sons very keen and rugby fans, william is a patron of the w that allows rugby union there as harry is a patron of the english rfu and he and the rest of the wealth players seem to enjoy them

from tokyo here's our correpsondent andy swiss. hardly surprising that eddiejones is sticking to exactly the same starting team that performed so brilliantly against the all blacks in the semifinal so that means that george ford continues at fly—half with a captain 0wen farrell outside and at centre. there is one interesting new name though on the bench, scrum—half ben spencer. now spencer only arrived out injapan on monday, he wasn't in the original squad. he was called out as emergency cover when willi heinz was injured during the game against the all blacks. he is very likely to play a role at some stage, so what a story that could be. england will start the final as favourites. they had a stunning performance against new zealand. eddie jones says stunning performance against new zealand. eddiejones says he is taking nothing for granted. we have spent four years getting ready for this occasion so that is why the players can be relaxed, why ican be why the players can be relaxed, why i can be relaxed, because we know we've done t

andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. time for a look at the weather... here's nick miller. on the way in the weather. for many others there has been a lull and we have enjoyed some drier days. that is about to change and perhaps heading out this evening, there is patchy rain across western parts of the uk. that becomes more extensive and pushes further north and east as we go through the night, avoiding northern scotland. cloud moving in with temperatures dropping nowhere near as low as they have recently, particularly in scotland. a mild start but worked for some, rain pushing north for the rest of scotland, through the east of england and behind it drier brighter spells coming through, with further rain pushing in. with that there will be a strengthening south—westerly wind. the winds start to pick up and it will be much milder with some of us tomorrow in england and wales and northern ireland, on the cool side in parts of scotland. potentially stormy conditions across southern parts of the uk. more on thatjust before 6pm. this is bbc news. the headlines: labour launch th

andy swiss, thank you very much. here's tomasz with a look at this morning's weather.ds bubbling and churning away across the uk thought about the moment, it is wet in edinburgh, a thoroughly wet night and that is the wettest spot in the uk at the moment but i think the rain in the cloud will continue for a little while yet but by the time we get to the early afternoon, it will start to dry out in the lowlands. some rain in the la kes, in the lowlands. some rain in the lakes, too. elsewhere across the uk, lengthy, sunny spells and occasional showers coming through. and then through tonight, the skies clear and apart from one or two showers in scotla nd apart from one or two showers in scotland in the north—eastern —— north—east of england, it will be a nippy night. here is the good news for tomorrow, tomorrow will be drier with fewer showers. naga, for tomorrow, tomorrow will be drier with fewershowers. naga, overto you. tomasz, thanks very much. let's show you what it looks like in westminster. the sun is about to pop up, well, here it is. a momentous day, parliament