i want to understand with the bulgarian football union thinks about this. he thought the supporters behave rather well, and that the england players overreacted. the head of the football union has now resigned, but he was originally saying that he didn't think there would be a problem at the game. does bulgarian football understand it has a problem in its midst? the short a nswer a problem in its midst? the short answer is no. why? the position of the bulgarian captain of the national team, who was very openly speaking defending the reaction of the english team, and you must take in mind that he plays in russia. you will have to remember that the team of bulgaria, the national team is not the famous one from the mid—90s, meaning many young people on this tea m meaning many young people on this team are not playing in many international, like german, spanish, english, italian tournaments. they don't understand the standards for racism or what is allowed and what is completely unacceptable on an international scale. but my point is that it international scale.

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the headlines at 11:00: the president of the bulgarian football union resigns after last night's match football fans to wage war on the racists. heard it before i even g other i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... we spoke about it coming off the pitch after the warmup and then obviously it was happening in the game. crunch time for brexit talks — both sides say there's still work to do — but hopes rise of a deal. turkey moves more troops to the border with syria as the united states imposes sanctions. the family

and these are the charges that have been made against the bulgarian football union.acist behaviour, chants and nazi salutes, the throwing of objects, the disruption of the national anthem, and a charge relating to replays on the giant screen. and there are two charges against the english fa that of disruption of national anthem and an insufficient number of travelling stewards. the case will be dealt with by uefa's control, ethics and disciplinary body with a date of the meeting yet to be confirmed. austin halewood is with us. austin, uefa will be judged closely on how they respond. the charges which will be meted out in this instance. what are the precedents that have been set here with how they dealt with previous cases in the past. the precedent has been set but the sanctions to a certain level, it is important to remember this was largely expected to happen last night and already the stadium was partially closed because bulgaria fans racist abuse against kosovo and the czech republic in june so what kind of punishment if any can the bulgaria fa expect from uefa 7

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the president of the bulgarian football union resigns — after last night's match with england was marredracism. uefa calls on football fans to wage war on the racists. i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... we spoke about it coming off the pitch after the warmup and then obviously it was happening in the game. crunch time for brexit talks — both sides say there's still work to do, but hopes rise of a deal. turkey moves more troops to the border with syria as the united states imposes sanctions. the family of harry dunn — killed in a road accident in northamptonshire involving an american diplomat‘s wife are holding talks with officials at the white house. in northamptonshire involving an american diplomat‘s wife are holding talks with officials at the white house. mps grill thomas cook's former boss over his half million pound bonus when his company was in debt. the duke of sussex has broken down at an award ceremony after paying tribute to "inspirational" children, talking about how his own journey into fatherhood meant learning about those with

in, the bulgarian prime minister has called for the resignation of the president of the bulgarian football union those incidents, those racist gestures and chanting at last night's game. the bulgarian presidentjo prime minister has called for the resignation of the president of the bulgarian football union. —— the bulgarian football union. —— the bulgarian priming is to has called for. let's discuss this further with paul canoville, the former chelsea footballer who was subject to racist abuse from some of his club's own fans in the 1980s, and has campaigned to end racism in the sport. paul, you are very welcome and bbc news, thank you forjoining us. now it is 2019 and it is still going on, what is your reaction, first of all, to what happened at the game last night. good morning. festival can i say congratulations to gareth southgate and the england team, also tyrone mings on his legendary debut in sucha tyrone mings on his legendary debut in such a hostile environment. —— first of all, can i say. disgusting scenes. clearly calls for uefa to get off their backsides take action. we can all remem

the head of the bulgarian football union today earlier resigned after political pressure. campaigners feel that uefa feel that the issue should have been taken more seriously, earlier on. what happened last night was embarrassing for football. it was embarrassing for football. it was embarrassing for football. it was embarrassing for people in that stadium and embarrassing to read all of the reports, but also hear the level of chanting and noises that we re level of chanting and noises that were coming up from the fan base. u efa were coming up from the fan base. uefa were in the ground, there are delegates in the ground, the responders in the ground. so, for me, they fouled the players in england as a nation in terms of really identifying and putting into practice their own procedures to protect the players in the layers of abuse which we heard was going on during the warm up. so did the officials here at going on in the warm up? to the spot is here going on in the warm up? these are questions i would be able, love to be able to ask uefa. but a strong message, i am sorry,

the bulgarian football union might have been caught out by events on monday night that things have beeng at blistering speed. technical. first of all the —— first for the resignation of the head of the union. they have identified 15 people on cctv pictures who they believe are involved in the racial abuse or the nazi salutes which were witnessed here on monday night. they have identified nine of those 15 people and worked out who they are and have really got six of them in custody. it is now up to prosecutors what should be done with them but they will be dealt with either they say under the criminal code prosecute for criminal offences or debt with under the football hooligans act which is a specific legislation for dealing with misbehavior in football stadiums. the mood has shifted slightly here in bulgaria from first of all people saying the english are being unfair and criticising the english newspapers of the coverage to actually bulgarian starting to say they want to put their house in order. the bulgarian president for example today suggesting darkly that politicians should stop

the head of the bulgarian football union resigns. we'll be in spain to learn how the next generation of european golfers hope to defend the solheim cup. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start with football — and spain have become the latest team to qualify for next year's european championship finals, but they left it late to salvage the point they needed in sweden to qualify. marcus berg put the home side in front, five minutes after the re—start. but valencia's rodrigo prodded home an equaliserfrom close range in stoppage time. it means roberto moreno‘s side become the sixth team to qualify for next year's tournament after belgium, italy, russia, poland and ukraine. elsewhere, the republic of ireland missed their chance to qualify when they lost 2—0 in switzerland. in group f, norway kept alive their hopes of qualification with a 1—1 draw in romania. both sides are locked in a three—way fight with sweden for second place. in groupj, andrea belotti scored twice as italy thrashed liechtenstein 5—0 to make it eight wi

the president of the bulgarian football union resigns, after last night's match with england was marred by racism. the euro 2020 qualifier in the capital sofia was halted twice, with black england players the target of racist abuse. we've made a huge statement and, frankly, we were in an impossible situation. uefa, who i've spoken to throughout the game at half—time and at the end of the game, will be carrying out a thorough investigation. we'll be speaking to the former professional footballer fabrice muamba, who also experienced racist chanting in bulgaria. also coming up... the eu says they must agree details of a brexit deal by the end of the day — but the irish pm warns there might not be time. where there will be able to conclude a revised withdrawal agreement, which after all is an international treaty, in time for the summit on thursday, that is as of now unclear. the number of hate crimes reported to police in england and wales reaches a record high. former bosses at thomas cook are told to "do the right thing" and hand back their bonuses, as they face mps over the travel firm

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the president of bulgaria's football union resigned after the match. i think the bulgarian had known what the consequences were of what happened last night, that he would effectively lose hisjob, they would have done more about it. clearly this was a major miscalculation. they either thought the fans would not turn up, that is the fans who were pulling these nazi salutes, they are a small group from a few clubs, or they thought they would not do what they did or, perhaps, they thought that uefa would not react the way they did. either way the head of the football has now lost his job and sent a strong signal to other football associations across eastern europe. it may mean that something gets done about this issue. the duke and duchess of cambridge have met pakistan's prime minister, on the first full day of their visit to the country. imran khan was a friend of the duke's mother princess diana. secunder kermani has this report — there are flashing images coming up. arriving by rickshaw, the royal couple pulled up at their last engagement of the day — a reception designed t

football union resigned after the match. daniel sandford has this update from sofia. i think the bulgarianf shock. the head, if he had known what the consequences were of what happened last night, he that he would effectively lose hisjob, they would have done more about it. clearly this was a major miscalculation. they either thought the fans would not turn up, that is the fans who we re not turn up, that is the fans who were pulling these nazi salutes, they are a small group from a few clu bs, they are a small group from a few clubs, or they thought they would not do what they did or, perhaps, they thought that uefa would not react the way they did. either way the head of the football has now lost hisjob the head of the football has now lost his job and sent a strong signal to other football associations across eastern europe it may mean that something gets done about this issue. hong kong's chief executive is due to deliver her annual policy address at the re—opening of the legislative council. carrie lam is expected to announce economic measures and also the official withdrawal of the e

laura: the president of the bulgarian football union has resigned after the monday night qualify between bulgaria and enand was stoppedce due to friends.hanting from home prime minister demanded he step down after the reporter: it began when england's players first heard the "moey chants. >> i heard it before i got to the side of the page in the warm-up. we spoke about it coming o the pitchfter the warm-up. reporter: there were intee scussions between englan players, management, and officials through theirst half. an announcement was ma to the crowd that the referee might suspend the game if the abuse continued. it was greeted by boos. there were nazi salutes in e ground. when e eland's players left of the pit, they discued whether they should carry on with the match. they decided to carry on, and england's captain told me he believes it was the right desion. >> everyone did talking on the pitch, which i'm extremely proud of. reporter: england's manager felt they handled the situation in the best way. >> we could be criticized for not going far enough, but i think we made a huge statemen

the president of the bulgarian football union resigned after the match. are up—to—date on the headlines. it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am at stephen sackur. what makes a whistleblower? what prompts someone to break rank, maybe break the law in order to expose a secret, often at great cost to themselves? well, my guest today is katharine gun. in 2003 she worked at the uk's signals intelligence agency, gchq, she looked potentially explosive information about america's covert effort to sway un diplomats to support the iraq war stop she risked everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life. now her story has been made into a movie. but 16 years on, has her perspective changed? katharine gun, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you are in the public eye today because of the release of a film which focuses on a fateful decision you talk 16 years ago. and we will talk about it in some detail. ijust want ago. and we will talk about it in some detail. i just want to ago. and we will talk about it in some detail. ijust want to

england's black players were targetted with racist abuse during the match, but the bulgarian football union results. they lost 6—0 on monday. the england players are back at their clubs as the premier league returns, as does the timely return of their no room for racism campaign, with fans at every club urged to report any type of discrimination that they might witness at matches. there is room for every kind of emotion. but there's never room. for racism. there's no room for racism. in the premier league or anywhere else. if you see it, report it. that is the message from the premier league, that you will see across this weekend and next week as well. the antiracism initiative. shola ameobi, who sits on the premier league advisory committee behind this, is with me. we have had lots of these initiatives. it was show racism the red card for many years, now we have no room for racism. do you think they are actually working? i think they have done a heck of a lot over the past ten or so years in raising awareness of these issues and helping people to educate, to educate society, as to what is

the racist abuse directed at black england players in sofia last night, the head of the bulgarian football unionve at the premiere of philip pullman's his dark materials, one of the most expensive dramas ever to come to the bbc. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, after a record—breaking medal haul at the world gymnastics championships, we'll be hearing from three of the four medal winners from the gb team. the duke and duchess of cambridge have met pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, on the first full day of their visit to the country. mr khan, who played cricket here, was a friend of princess diana and knew prince william as a child. our correspondent secunder kermani, has been following the royal couple, and his report does contain some flashing images. the royal visit kicked off with a visit to a school in islamabad. education, along with climate change, are understood to be the issues the duke and duchess of cambridge want to focus on in particular whilst in pakistan. the couple also met pakistan's prime minister, the cricketer turned politician imran khan. for both countries, this is a

the president of the bulgarian football union resigns after racist abuse against england players duringatch against bulgaria in the capital sofia. uefa calls on football fans to wage war on the racists. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. as thomas cook bosses apologise for the travel firm's collapse... i'm deeply sorry about this failing and i am deeply sorry the distress we caused to millions of customers who booked holidays with us. but sorry isn't enough for angry mps. your apologies would perhaps ring a bit more true if you are willing to do something about it. at the moment, i'm afraid the number of times you've said sorryjust rings rather hollow. also in this programme, jacob rees—mogg settles one of those perennial domestic arguments once and for all. i always thought one was in the habit of drawing a bath rather than running a bath and i'm sure the house would be most capable of drawing a bath. more from him later. but first, thomas cook's former boss has apologised for the holiday firm's collapse. peter fankhauser and other execu

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to wage war on the racists to eliminate this disease from football.‘ they‘ve charged the bulgarian football unionf the national anthem. troy townsend says an example needs to be made of bulgaria. bulgaria are not going to be qualified anyway. for me, it needs to be expulsions with warnings about future competitions. the republic of ireland missed a chance to qualify for next summer‘s european championships after losing 2—0 to switzerland. a shot from haris seferovic, which went through shane duffy‘s legs, got ireland off to a disappointing start. edimilson fernandes got the second in extra time. ireland‘s hopes of a spot now rest on next month‘s group game against denmark. there is a worry for manchester united. david tejeda limped off during the match. of course united face league leaders liverpool on sunday. spain qualifies for next year‘s finals. andy murray is through to the second round of the european open in belgium. he beat the home favourite kimmer coppejans in straight sets in antwerp, winning 6—a, 7—6. murray said he would have given up on the game had it not been for the support and e

balakov and the entire bulgarian football union executive committee are said to have resigned.e video which will be broadcast on big screens in stadiums this weekend. the objective is to get fans to report any racist language or behaviour at the ground. there's room for every kind of emotion. but there's never room for racism. there's no room for racism. in the premier league, or anywhere else. if you see it, report it. if you see it, report it. the former newcastle and england forward shola ameobi is part of the eight—man bame panel, advising the premier league on racism issues ahead of this weekend's campaign. he says nothing has changed since he played because not enough has been put in place to combat racism in football. it's about, you know, tackling these issues head on, and i think obviously, coming off the back of what was, you know, tumultuous week, in terms of the england team and what the experience in bulgaria, these are issues that really need to be looked at, and i think it's really important that you know, as this campaign no room for racism, it is no just this c

the president of the bulgaria football union has resigned following the match. well, i think the bulgariantball authorities tonight are in a state of shock. clearly the head of the bulgarian fa, if he had known what the consequences were of what happened last night, then he would effectively lose his job, then happened last night, then he would effectively lose hisjob, then they would have done more about it. this was clearly a major miscalculation. they either thought that these fans wouldn't turn up, that the fans that we re wouldn't turn up, that the fans that were pulling these nazi salutes were effectively a small neo—nazi group of ultras from a couple of clubs, or they thought that they wouldn't do what they did, or perhaps they thought that they wouldn't —— ufo wouldn't react in a way that they did. but either way the head of bulgarian football has now lost his job and it has sent a strong signal to other football associations across eastern europe. and it may mean that something is done about this issue. also making news today: japan's prime minister has warned the economic effects

while gary's football union says england's plan to walk off is offensive and their coach says that english football has a bigger problem with racism than they do. so to put in the bulgarian championship we have a lot of players of different ethnicities and skin color i don't think that we have this problem like for example england i'd like to focus on football because at the end of the day we're all civilised europeans and we're all working for the sport and this is all that matters. we had to prepare our players because of what happened to us in montenegro so that was a process that we needed to go through before next away fixtures but. outside of that we trust the authorities to make sure everything is in place and we are all you know everybody involved with the game from both countries is is wanting to speak about the match ok for president jonny and tino has no concerns about hosting the world cup and kept our despite low attendance says at the recent world athletics championships in the country it was speaking at an event in lebanon promoting football in schools alongside former manchester united coach josie marino and brazil legend kaka and 14 i was confident the s

wild areas football union says in once planned to walk off is offensive and their coach says that english football has a bigger problem with racism than they do. for both but in the bulgarian championship we have a lot of players of different ethnicities and skin color i don't think that we have this problem like for example england i'd like to focus on football because at the end of the day we're all civilised europeans and we're all working for the sport and this is all that matters. we had to prepare our players because of what happened to us in montenegro so that was a process that we needed to go through before next away fixtures but. outside of that we trust the authorities to make sure everything is in place and we are all you know everybody involved with the game from both countries is is wanting to speak about the match they for president jonny and frontier know has no concerns about hosting the world cup and kept our despite low attendances at the recent world athletics championships in the country he was speaking out and vent in lebanon promoting football in schools alongside former manchester united coach joe samaria neo and brazil legend kaka in 15 i was confi

the bulgarian prime minister has called for the head of the country's football union to resign, and thehe most appalling nights i have seen in football. we talk to the players at half—time and they got together and said no, we want to play, we want to finish, we want to win the game, we do not want the racists to win. let's speak to 0sei sankofa — he is a former professional footballer who started his career at charlton. he is the education officer at kick it out. that is an anti—discrimination charity. alsojoining us is imrul gazi — he is the manager of semi—pro team sporting bengal. he brought his players off the pitch due to racist abuse and says the way it was dealt with by the fa left a sour taste. and also william kedjanyi, he is a betting analyst and a podcaster and sportswriter. he appeared on our programme as part of "56 black men" — which highlighted racism. welcome, all. osei, how do you think the players and the manager handled it, from an england point of view? the players and the manager handled it, from an england point of view?” think the players did tremendously well, w

the state of bulgarian football has been going for some time and he has resigned the day after racist chanting towards england players. there was a raid on the uniond something to do with refereeing, several issues compounding and becoming relevant at months. bbc monitoring, monitors media all around the world and i wonder how this has played out in the bulgarian media. bulgarian media has mostly had a negative reaction to the outcome of the game and this is because the margin of the defeat, it is the biggest home defeat so it reflected a d i re it is the biggest home defeat so it reflected a dire state of bulgarian football at the moment, but also there has been quite prevalent condemnation of the fan behaviour. one national daily called it a cause for despair and bulgarian football, another one said that the game illustrated all of the problems the bulgarian football places now, poor organisation, poor organisation and a direct quote, uncontrollable fans. back to our lead story, here's a here's a tweet from the democratic senator chris coons. it could easily have come from a republican. winner or not, russia is more central now and this is why.

the bulgarian football union say he has left his role because of unsatisfactory results in recent months was a euro qualifier, had to be stopped twice because of monkey chants and nazi salutes among the home support. after first saying that he didn't see any abuse, he later apologised to the england players. this month's el clasico between barcelona and real madrid has been postponed because of fears of civil unrest. the match was scheduled for 26 october, but there have been several days of protest in barcelona after nine catalan separatist leaders were jailed on monday. both barcelona and real madrid disagreed with calls to switch the game to madrid. barcelona have proposed a new date of 18 december. in tonight's championship game, cardiff scored a late equaliser to salvage a draw against sheffield wednesday. the 0wls took the lead throuthulian borner in the first half before this late free kick from lee tomlin ensured the points were shared. wednesday move in to the top six. andy murray is through to his first tournament semifinal, since returning from hip surgery. the two—time wimble