they also announced the signing of winger leon bailey from bayer leverkusen for £25 million pounds.way until next tuesday. there'll be plenty of heavy downpours between now and then as a result. certainly quite wet across northern ireland during thursday morning. more widely across western parts, even though you may start dry, you'll see rain moving in. that extending further east as the day goes on, replacing any sunny spells to the east. all parts with winds strengthening. brightening up a bit in the afternoon in northern ireland. slow—moving thundery downpours, though, bring a risk of localised flooding here. and temperatures high teens, low 20s. plenty of showers, maybe some thundery, still around as we go on through thursday night and into friday, and some outbreaks of rain towards the north and east of scotland. mid—teens as we start off on friday. that low pressure right across us on friday, slow—moving torrential downpours threaten the central belt, southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north wales and parts of the midlands. few showers running through south

celtic take on germany's bayer leverkusen along with real betis and ferencvaros.ootball, are in the same group with dinamo zagreb, genk and rapid vienna. tottenham are the sole british representatives flying the flag in the new europa conference league. they'rejoined in group g by french side rennes, vitesse arnhem from the netherlands and slovenian outfit mura. quick round—up now of some of the dya's other stories now and... west ham are close to signing chelsea's kurt zouma. the defender is having a medical and it is understood personal terms have been agreed, with a 25 million pound deal close to completion. going into the final day of the curtis cup, the amateur team from the usa hold this to make it six all against great britain and ireland heading into tomorrow's singles. french rider florian senechal held off the challenge of matteo trentin to win stage 13 of the vuelta a espana. there was no change to the overall standings with norway's 0dd christian eiking retaining the leader's red jersey. britain's adam yates remains eighth. formula one returns from its

it's been really busy in the bundesliga as well, bayer leverkusen are top of the table after a 4—1 winer beating stuttgart 3—2, while defending champions bayern munich beat hertha berlin 5—0. in spain, real madrid are in action against real betis 110w. it's still 0-0. celta vigo lost 1—0 at home to athletic bilbao. in italy, juventus have started life without cristiano ronaldo against empoli, and they are losing 1—0. fiorentina are beating torino. england's cricketers have levelled the test series against india after a huge win in the third test. they bowled india out by lunch on day four to win by an innings and 76 runs. the series now stands at 1—1 with two to play. extremely proud and it shows the character in the dressing room, four players to be able to take a loss like that and come back and play and such a clinical performance shows a huge amount of what the group is about and it can be a difficult place, test cricket, when it is not going your way and you have to really be able to stand up and look at in the face and be ready to put yourself back out there under pressure and de

and bayer leverkusen finished 4—0 up against borussia moenchengladbach — all the bundesliga results aren in carnoustie there has been plenty of movement on the leaderboard throughout day three — there were eight different leaders during the third round but one of the stand out golfers was scottish amateur louise duncan, with a four—under par round of 68 which moves the 21 year old to just two shots off the lead. former major champions anna nordquist of sweden and denmark's nanna koerstz madsen both impressed today and they are the join leaders going into the final round on sunday. it is great, obviously want to be there, i need to see if i can, my nerves and remember i am playing good golf right now. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. now, losing a sense of smell is one of the most common symptoms of covid—19. for many it's a big nusiance but for a food critic, it can be devastating. that's what happened to michele crippa, a gastronome and "super taster" in italy. we can speak to michele now from milan. thank you for being with us on bbc

they also announced the signing of winger leon bailey from bayer leverkusen for £25 million pounds.even though you may start dry, you'll see rain moving in. that extending further east as the day goes on, replacing any sunny spells to the east. all parts with winds strengthening. brightening up a bit in the afternoon in northern ireland. slow—moving thundery downpours, though, bring a risk of localised flooding here. and temperatures high teens, low 20s. plenty of showers, maybe some thundery, still around as we go on through thursday night and into friday, and some outbreaks of rain towards the north and east of scotland. mid—teens as we start off on friday. that low pressure right across us on friday, slow—moving torrential downpours threaten the central belt, southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north wales and parts of the midlands. few showers running through southern england, maybe not too many here. there will also be a few sunny spells around as well. welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — anger on the steet

fellow scottish premiership side celtic take on germany's bayer leverkusen.f the sports. yes, it will be interesting if renaldo came back to the premier league. thank you very much. let's return to our top story now and the situation in afghanistan. the taliban's takeover poses a major challenge for the international community. there was plenty of rhetoric at the g7 meeting earlier this week on the leverage the west might use against afghanistan's new rulers. but, after 20 years on the ground, what influence can western nations actually have, now that they're gone. here's caroline hawley. the taliban triumphant inside the presidential palace when they took kabuljust 12 days ago. its leaders are sanctioned as terrorists, but they are in charge of afghanistan now and calling the shots. as the taliban advance through the country, western leaders had warned they would be international pariahs if they took power by force. they would be cut off from funds. now it has happened, and there is the dilemma of exactly how to respond. the g7 leaders, and leaders across th