it's dina asher—smith! she's the champion! world champion! dina asher—smith has done it. ld athletics champion. following the likes of jess ennis hill, christine 0huruogu, and paula radcliffe. her time, which was rounded down to 21.88 seconds, is a new british record. breaking her own mark by one hundredth of a second. after the race she spoke to jea nette kwaj ke. ijust don't know what to say. i don't think it's properly sunk in, it'sjust something don't think it's properly sunk in, it's just something that... don't think it's properly sunk in, it'sjust something that... between now and the last world championship, john and i knew that i could do it. but it's a different thing kind of going and doing it, and to run that time, i'm tired, it's been a long chance, i'm tired. it means so much. i'mjust like chance, i'm tired. it means so much. i'm just like lost for words, because it's a different thing of everybody but you not like, oh, you are the favourite, or whatever. but you still have got to go into it, you still have got to go into it, you are only the favourite if you

it i5 dina asher—smith, with brown trying to chase, and brown is getting closer, but dina asher—smithr—smith, 5he gold medal. it's dina asher—smith, she is the champion. world champion. dina ‘5 done it. she is the champion. world champion. dina 's done it. i amjust, like, lost for words. because it is a different thing everyone being like, oh, you are the favourite, but you still have to go and do it. you are only the favourite if you perform how you are expected to. so i was really focused on putting on a good race. i dreamt of this, but it is real now. meanwhile, there could be another british golden girl by this time tomorrow, and katarina johnson—thompson recorded two personal be5t5 to lead the heptathlon after day one. she was in second place going into the fourth and final event of the day, the 200 metres. but her time ofjust over 23 seconds gave her a 96—point lead over defending champion nafi thiam. it is really important to end the day on top. obviously there is two events tomorrow i have to negotiate, but to end the day on top after not the best 200, my 200 hasn't been great

reasons but all providing more reasons but all providing more reason why this just might be dina asher—smith'seen going for a few hours now and we can go live to doha and join ade adedoyin. at 23, we are already talking about dina asher—smith as the best female spread runner we have had, but it really is shaping up for her. as we heard, a lot of big names absent from the field add you will anticipate she will go on as favourite. she came into the championship as a strong favourite to wina championship as a strong favourite to win a medal because she has performed very well in the diamond league circuit, very consistent, beaten a top names, but it has been helped by the fact that the three athletes that finished ahead of her athletes that finished ahead of her at london 2070 will not be in this final. 0ne pulled out by injury, and other bored out of the semifinal in the 200 metres, the iranians 0lympic champion also pulled out through injury, so it looks like it is dina asher—smith's medal to lose. but without those big names, how they been on the field, i still would have considered her a stro

dina asher—smith becomes the first british woman to win a global sprinting gold commentator: it's dinasher-smith, she is the champion! asher—smith blew the field away in the 200 metres. she's now a world champion, and its taking some getting used to. it is slowly coming to me that i am a world champion which means so much to me. around four million women will hear if changes to their state pensions amounted to discrimination. as the last emergency flights bring back stranded thomas cook customers, i'm at customers, manchester airport, where later today there'll a jobs fairfor ex—thomas cook workers. afair bit a fair bit of sunshine, changing as storm lorenzo approaches introducing hailfor storm lorenzo approaches introducing hail for some. it's thursday, the 3rd of october. our top story: boris johnson's plans for a new brexit deal will go under scrutiny today following their announcement at the conservative party conference. in westminster they'll be debated by mps. meanwhile european leaders are still considering a detailed response. the question is whether the prime minister's propo

dina asher smith. , and she's going to take the gold medal! it's dina asher smith! she's the champion! world champion! dina asher smith's has done it and look at the time. 21.88. it's not a lot faster than berlin, only 100, time. 21.88. it's not a lot faster than berlin, only100, but time. 21.88. it's not a lot faster than berlin, only 100, but it's a new national record. she jumps as she realises she's got the bronze. well, she's dazzled everybody all year long, and she did it again here. dina asher smith is of the world champion. when she looks back on this, she will know that it would have taken something special to beat her on this day. she ran a superb race. and she's planned this so well, she talked about that in her interview. the whole season gearing towards this moment. which she can now enjoy, a silver in the 100 metres, a gold medal in the 200 metres. best in the world! best ever british athlete. dina asher smith. and so there it is, dina asher smith, an extraordinary moment for great britain

it is dina asher—smith. ish sprinter dina asher—smith is the 200m world champion after a brilliant run at the world championships in doha. you are only the favourite if you perform, and i was really focused on putting together a good race and that was real, man. you join a club of amazing women, janik circa —— jessica ennis hill, fatima whitbread, so many women as a world champion, dina asher—smith, and to join that club, what does it mean? you're going to make me emotional. stop saying it. we'll be celebrating her win. belfast‘s high court is about to decide whether northern ireland's abortion laws are in breach of the uk's human rights commitments. the case was brought by sarah ewart who travelled to england to have a termination after she was told her unborn child wouldn't survive outside the womb. ifi if i have had this procedure at home, i would if i have had this procedure at home, iwould have if i have had this procedure at home, i would have had a grave to visit, or ashes. that breaks my heart. i'll b

gold medallist and world champion dina asher—smith. er-smith. last night she was overcome with emotion. today, the trademark grin was back. britten‘s golden girl is slowly adjusting to her new title. standing up there with the national anthem, when they we re with the national anthem, when they were announcing that i was world champion, it is something that is really surreal and i think i'm going to have to hear it a few more times to have to hear it a few more times to believe it but it is insane. she was the red—hot favourite to win with all of her big rivals missing, but with expectation comes pressure to deliver. and how she did. it was a race executed to perfection. and she's going to take the gold medal! it is dina asher—smith! she is the world champion. her time would have won gold in 13 of the last 17 world championships. her mum didn't have to say much for the happy tears to flow. she willjoin the pantheon of british sprinting history.|j flow. she willjoin the pantheon of british sprinting history. i saw a picture saying that i

it is dina asher—smith. n putting together a good race and that was real, man. you join a club of amazing women, janik circa —— jessica ennis hill, fatima whitbread, so many women as a world champion, dina asher—smith, and to join that club, what does it

dinner asher smith went into the women's 200m final as a favourite and she delivered in emphatic style —— dinaord, it would also have been good enough to win four of the last five championships, and she struggled to hold back her emotions. championships, and she struggled to hold back her emotionslj iamjust, like, lost forwords. because it's a different thing everyone being like, oh, you're the favourite, but you still have to go and do it. you're only the favourite if you perform how you're expected to. so i was really focused on putting on a good race. i dreamt of this, but it's real. oh, my god. and it was a night of high drama in the men's 110m and it was a night of high drama in the men's110m hurdles, race which featured the defending champion, mcleod, and the former champion. but it was a little—known american, grant holloway, who stole the headlines. he held his nerve and his form while mcleod faulted, clattering into the hurdles and hitting the deck. the defending champion now the world champion at the first time of asking. a really good day for katarina johnson—thompson in the heptath

sunshine off the track, and assassin on it, dina asher—smith became the first british athlete to win oot. it's dina asher—smith! she's the champion. yeah, i don't know what to say. i don't think it's properly sunk in. but i dreamt of this, but it's real now. katarina johnson—thompson came to doha like a woman reborn. this stadium now forever etched in the memory as the scene of her greatest heptathlon victory. that's an excellent run — 30.08! it actually felt like a dream and the lights and everything. it has been unbelievable and i can't believe this is the result. world athletics is in a very healthy state and british athletics is very much a part of that. you know, we have gold medallists here, we have finalists here, and that means that we're punching with the rest of the world. well, the performances have been fantastic, but as always there have been plenty of issues organisers to deal with. the atmosphere tonight is amazing, but it hasn't always been this way. when dina asher—smith made history last weekend, the lack of crowds was a depressing sight. the humidity was also an iss

commentator: it's dina asher-smith! she's the champion! hampionships, dina asher—smith has become the first british woman to win a world sprint title. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, champions liverpool attempt to return to champions league form as they look for their first win of this season's competition, against salzburg. good evening. in his first party conference speech as leader, borisjohnson has unveiled his plans to strike a brexit deal with the european union with just two weeks to the crucial eu summit in brussels. the prime minister claimed the uk had compromised and he called on the eu to do the same. so, let's look at the main elements of his brexit offer. the main changes relate to northern ireland. it would stay in the eu single market for all goods and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. but northern ireland would leave the customs union and that would result in new customs checks — a highly controversial idea which has already been rejected in principle by the eu. and all of this would depend on a fut

dina asher—smith's race is about two hours' time, none of her main rivals are running, they have either the final tonight. and just a word on kjt, she was matching nafi thiam, they both jumped the same height and she is now 40 points clear going into the shot put, the third event, which isjust about to start. the former bbc news 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

and has all been sinking and for dina asher smith as she receives her gold. sleep at 6am after lying in bed and being like wow, i did that really happen? ireland's fate is back in tehir hands after a bonus point win at the world cup. also coming up in the programme... from london spirit to the transient rocket we will tell you which cricketers have been snapped up and today's draft for a new look 100. katarina johnson thompson could win great britain's second gold medal of the world championships tonight. she was leading the olympic champion nafi thiam heading into the final three events today. extending 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 a

dina asher—smith becomes the first british woman to win a global sprinting gold commentator: it's dinaeld away in the 200 metres. she's now a world champion, and its taking some

we've got dina asher—smith, ashley nelson, daryll neita.al. let's have a chat with them and see it was about. what happened five minutes before you went out? well, these things happen in relays. basically amani didn't feel comfortable running. she said, i basically amani didn't feel comfortable running. she said, lam going to take myself out for the team. i stepped in and basically had to get myself ready, even though they had a b team said. she is fine but she wasn't going to risk anything for the team and did what was best. that is what team spirit is all about. you guys are chatting about how important it was that you came out and had a routine ready for your big entrance. what happened there? passing the bagon is the most important thing! they cancelled our walk—out. then we had to keep going. imight get walk—out. then we had to keep going. i might get you to do that in a minute. dina, you were meant to run the anchor leg and you ended up in second next to shelly—ann fraser—pryce. what was going through your mind? i wasjust focusing on

dina asher—smith is away! and she's going to take the gold medal! it's dina asher—smith!of british sporting greats. i saw a picture that said, dina joins paula radcliffe, chrissie 0, jess ennis, i think it was fatima whitbread, liz mccolgan. and i wasjust like, wow! because that is just such an illustrious list and it feels so strange that my name would be there as well. well, that was britain's first gold of the championships, but could there be a second today? katarina johnson—thompson led the heptathlon overnight. there's three more events to go, and first up is the long jump. she has long had a love—hate relationship with the sandpit. she is good at it, but it has also seen her quest for gold unravel spectacularly in the past. what a beautiful jump forjohnson—thompson! not today, though. after two lifetime bests yesterday, she pulled a season's best out of the bag. it's 6:77! the world and olympic champion nafi thiam is the belgian record—holder. but her best was far shorter and it sanohnson—thompson‘s lead extend before the penultimate event. the javelin is where she

but dina asher—smith has more than delivered.uld be tricky again, a last minute injury so asha philip drafted in to kick things off. asha philip, the united states outside her... dena was swapped from the last lecture second, charged with chasing jamaicamike100 metres champion shelly—ann fraser—pryce but she was long gone by the time the bat on which daryll neita, britain in a straight fight for second. united states, the bronze! remarkably, despite ripping up the script, britain's women delivered the silver medal in back—to—back championships. ina timejust medal in back—to—back championships. in a time just short of the national record. but with the men also be jumping for joy? britain record. but with the men also be jumping forjoy? britain were the defending champions but the speed and the american team is ferocious and the american team is ferocious and there would be no catching them. united states gold, silverfor great britain! bronze forjapan. it was a blisteringly fast european record, no golden moment this time but silve

it has me a good week for dina asher—smith, a gold medal in the 200 metres, two silver medals.lympic year, she is not about the confidence boost going into the olympic games. these are her peak careers, this is a time she can maximise, she goes into in olympic year perfectly set to do that. coming to the end of the championships, is now time to reflect. we have been hearing from the man in charge, lord coe? yes, lord sebastian coe had a press conference earlier, he was pressed about some of the issues we have seen on at least throughout, the —ish about the weather, empty stadium, the issue of alberto salazar who has been banned by the asada. he had a number of athletes competing here. lord coe says that he is not surprised that questions have been raised about some of alberto salazar's athletes. he talked about his own personal experience and understand that people have been sceptical. regarding these championships, he said the were... it is pretty clear to us that on athlete performance, this is the best world championships that we have ever had. i passionately believe that sp

dinner at smith -- dina in the 4x100m relay. dinner at smith —— dina asherldiers using live rounds and tear gas on crowds. borisjohnson has urged the european union to show that it urged the european union to show thatitis urged the european union to show that it is willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal. writing in two of the sunday newspapers, the prime minister appears to the eu to begin serious negotiations, saying that his proposals are picking up support among mps on all sides. his comments come after the irish taoiseach, the override car that mrjohnson's plans do not form the basis for deeper negotiations —— leo varadkar. mental health patients are at increasing risk due to poor treatment facilities and ageing buildings, that's according to new evidence gathered by the organisation which represents nhs hospital, ambulance and community services. nhs providers found there were nearly 1,400 more "safety incidents" last year than in the previous 12 months, including a patient who fell from a window. the group is questioning the government's c

sunshine off the track and an assassin on it, dina asher—smith became the first british athlete to winecame a world championship and became a world champion to boot. it's dina asher—smith! she's the champion!” don't know what to say, i don't think it has properly sunk in. i dreamt of this but it is real now. and katarina johnson—thompson came to dhofar like a woman reborn, the stadium now forever etched in the memory as the scene of her greatest heptathlon victory. that's an excellent run, 13. 08! heptathlon victory. that's an excellent run, 13.08! it actually felt like a dream, the lights and everything, it'sjust felt like a dream, the lights and everything, it's just been unbelievable and i can't believe this is the result. world athletics is in this is the result. world athletics isina this is the result. world athletics is in a very healthy state and british athletics are very much part of that. we have gold medallists, finalists here and that means we are punching with the rest of the world. well, the performances here at the khalifa stadium have been fantastic, but away from the

champions, made it through their heat placing first — while the women did without their golden girl dina asher smith championships remain in tact. 0ur reporter ade adeoyen rounds up the action. she is having the season of her life, breaking the world record at the trials, and she came here to attend to win one gold medal that eluded her but she was under pressure from a compatriot who beat her twice on the dining league circuit and she took the last hurdle for us and in that pressure for the closing stages but she lowered her world record and in the process she and herself $100,000 and katrina johnson thompson retrieved her gold wet stomach metal and the other golden girl remains in question when her third metal and she was not involved in the action tonight but her team—mates successfully made their way into the final. the men who are the defending champion also qualified and they clocked the fastest time the well this year and finish somewhere ahead of an american quartet. three britons will contest the 50 metres final. they successfully negotiate their way through the final dash to the final. and

it means dina asher—smith and these championships with three medals.cally. i think if a testa m e nt situation fantastically. i think if a testament to how much experience we all have as a squad. it means is the first bit is ugly to win three medals at the same were championships, with a little help from herfriends. natalie pirks, bbc news, zohar. —— doha. liverpool have maintained their 100% record in the premier league, but onlyjust, james milner scored a 95th minute winner from the penalty spot at anfield against leicester. the final score was 2—1. leicester's frustrations boiled over at full—time, sadio mane had put liverpool ahead before half—time, but james maddison scored an 80th minute equaliser with leicester's only shot on target. however, they then conceded an injury time penalty with a foul on sadio mane. that's eight from eight for liverpool, heading into the international break. let's take a look at the other results in the premier league: tottenham's miserable week ended with another defeat — this time 3—0 at brighton. jeff hendrick scor

well which features shelly—ann fraser—pryce and thomson, she has an achilles injury but the dina asher—smith through to the final finished ahead of the american quartet which included christian coleman and justin gatlin. it has been a very good performance from the relay squad and you hope britain will win two medals in the relay. we will find out in a few hours. many thanks. coverage of the penultimate day at bbc two right now. let's return to football, and it's now five games since england's women last won a match. earlier today they lost 2—1 to brazil in middlesbrough in an international friendly. a crowd of more than 29,000 watched a brazilian double from debinha, while beth england scored herfirst goal for the lionesses jo currie was watching at the riverside. it may have been a bumper crowd watching here at the riverside, in fact more than 29,000 fans turned out, which is a record crowd outside of wembley. however, for the lioness fans watching their team play on home soilfor the first time since the world cup, it was a result to forget. england had bundled the ball into the back of th

meanwhile there was another impressive performance from dina asher smith.0—metres semi final. she's now the big favourite to win gold in tonight's final. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. borisjohnson, says he's sent constructive and reasonable proposals to the european union on britain's planned withdrawal at the end of the month. speaking at the conservative party conference in manchester the prime minister gave few details, but said there would be no customs checks at or near the border between ireland and northern ireland. the issue has been a sticking point in negotiations with the eu. he warned the only alternative was a no—deal exit. after three and a half years people are beginning to feel they are being taken for so and they are beginning to suspect that our people in this country who do not want brexit delivered at all. it turned out to be right in that suspicion, there will be grave consequences for trust in her democracy. let us get brexit done on 31st of october because of the opportunities it will bring, not just to

commentator: it is dina asher—smith, she is the champion! at the world athletics championships, dina asher—smith becomes the first british female to win a global sprint title. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers, with our reviewers, the observer's sonia sodha, and sebastian payne from the financial times. stay with us for that. good evening. in his first party conference speech as leader, borisjohnson has unveiled his plans to strike a brexit deal with the european union, with just two weeks to the crucial eu summit in brussels. the prime minister claimed the uk had compromised and he called on the eu to do the same. so let's look at the main elements of his brexit offer. the main changes relate to northern ireland — it would stay in the eu single market for all goods, and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. but northern ireland would leave the customs union and that would result in new customs checks — a highly controversial idea which has already been rejected in principle by the eu. and all of this w

all eyes on dina asher—smith as she looks to win her first global gold medal later when she goes in the0 metres, hoping to add gold to the silver that she won in the 100 metres. katarina johnson—thompson under way in the shop at. coverage continuing at the moment on bbc two. before switching over to bbc at eight o'clock, katarina johnson—thompson making a brilliant start in the heptathlon. for events today, three more to come tomorrow. she leads currently after an impressive performance already in the hurdles at the high jump. an impressive performance already in the hurdles at the highjump. you can the hurdles at the highjump. you ca n follow the hurdles at the highjump. you can follow it all by the bbc sport website and the app. courage switching to bbc one from eight o'clock. katarina johnson—thompson emerging there in the shop at. that is just about it for this additional sportsday. you can follow the latest from doha, updates throughout the evening, but for now form the address of the team, goodbye. wednesday's sunshine was a welcome relief for many from all the rain we have seen o

dina asher—smith said the experience within the british women's sprint team was behind their successst night's four by 100 metres relay, in which they won silver. the women were just edged into second place byjamaica. but it was a season's best time for britain, and it gave dina asher—smith her third medal of the competition — two silvers and that gold from the 200 metres. she and the team have been talking this morning to natalie pirks. we didn't practice any of those changes. they were all successful and we ran a really first time, so we crossed the line and we were like, look at that, silver medallists after a very minimal practice! it is testament to our ha rd practice! it is testament to our hard work, individual ability, talent and experience. also the trust we have in each other. it is great to share a medal with these ladies. seeing their success over the years has really inspired me. i have really wanted to get involved. it is about how much you love each other, care for each other, and know that you can... you can be as fast as you like but if you don't have the bond, you a

but all that could change tonight as the golden girl of the british team dina asher smith takes to the night as you said for adam gemili. he has become the nearly man of wealth athletics, missing out on bronze at the olympics byjust missing out on bronze at the olympics by just a missing out on bronze at the olympics byjust a fraction of the second and here last night he was leaving and going through the band and in the last kind of 60 metres in his own words he just tightened up and failed to execute and felt the medal slip from his fingers. he was still incredibly rule when i interviewed him but said he would use those emotions to put it right for the tokyo olympics. but we have the british indoor champion heptathlete katerina johnson—thompson starting her quest for gold in the sprint hurdles. the world champion will have something to say about that as she has posted personal best through the season. kay jt says she has had personal best through the season. kayjt says she has had her personal best through the season. kay jt says she has had her best run—up in terms of preparation eve

dina asher-smith, she will likely leave qatar with three medals. silver and she has the gold. as i said, britain got silver at the world championships in london in 2017 and there isn't a big favourite for that race because the usa always going to be there or thereabouts and so are going to be there or thereabouts and so arejamaica. it going to be there or thereabouts and so are jamaica. it will be a tussle to see who gets gold, silver and bronze in that one. i think that is around 8pm your time. but of course we have britain's men in the four by 100 and britain used to be pretty terrible at man's only race leading up terrible at man's only race leading up to london in 2017 but in 2017 and of course, they became the defending champions. since then it has all looked quite rosy. they posted on friday, the fastest time in the world since 2017. jamaica, by the way, didn't qualify. america had quite a couple of messy changes in their heat so it could be quite interesting to see who gets on the podium. it is terribly loud here, i can barely hear myself th

and it means that dina asher—smith ends these championships with three medals.tuation, like, fantastically. i think it's a testament to how much experience you've all got as a squad. it means she's now the first british athlete to win three medals at the same world championships, with a little help from herfriends. natalie pirks, bbc news, doha. we will be speaking to the relay teams during the course of breakfast this morning, live in doha, in a few minutes' time. roman catholic bishops are gathering at the vatican this morning for the start of a 3—day meeting which will include discussions on whether to allow married men to become priests. the move, which would break centuries of tradition, would help to alleviate a shortage of clergymen. david willey has been reporting at events at the vatican for nearly 50 yea rs. events at the vatican for nearly 50 years. good morning to you, david. good morning. thank you forjoining us on good morning. thank you forjoining us on breakfast. sorry to remind you about the length of your career, but i guess in many ways you wo

metres which will see her claims the gold—medal letter stomach later on and we will see herjoint dina asher smithially winning gold at the world championships. that is it for myself and i9 gold at the world championships. that is it for myself and 19 on this edition of sports they. good night. —— on this edition of sports they. storm lorenzo is heading slowly into the uk but it is not having much of an impactfor the uk but it is not having much of an impact for many parts of the uk, when the air out towards western areas near the coast and rain earlier on earlier and it is very dark for a while and northern island and it is here that we had some of the winds this evening, just add 50 or 60 mph. the pressure earlier on, out west for a while and the strongest winds were out towards ireland it is heading its way towards northern in the strip day winds will be strong for a while but they would ease overnight and they will keep some rain going. further south into the southwest of england and wales this is where we will have the strongest winds later in guests of perhaps 60 mph and nothing batting usua

her victory came 2a hours after dina asher—smith won gold in the 200 metres. was watching. hers is a story of redemption, of being stuck in the shadows of a british legend, to winning her own goal with the biggest margin of victory in 32 years and the most brilliant it, it was never in doubt. katarina johnson—thompson had been leading overnight after four events, but she has long had a love hate relationship with the long jump. her quest has unravelled here spectacularly in the past but not this time. her lead was growing over her closest rival but the javelin is where she had a meltdown in rio. another personal best would be handy now. nafissatou thiam can throw almost 60 metres on her good day but nursing and elbow, this was not her day. and with just the 800m to go, only disaster would deny katarina johnson—thompson god. fans are used to seeing her implode on the world stage can come out from behind their fingers now. she breaks the british record. she is the world champion. no, it does not make sense to me, honestly. these two days, it has been so fast and

doha delight for dina asher—smith. she is a 200 metre world champion.nd crush canada at the rugby world cup, with the help of three barrett brothers. thanks forjoining us. we will starting in europe, and the defending champions league winners, liverpool. after 36 minutes, theirfirst home game of this year's competition seemed a breeze. 3—0 up, only an incredible salzburg fightback levelled the match, only for liverpool to sneak a 11—3 win. it is the first points of the group stage after an opening defeat to napoli. mo salah added to sadio mane and andrew robertson efforts.

her victory came 2a hours after dina asher—smith won gold in the 200 metres. thoughts go through your head. the 800 is a very difficult event, so, your legs are full of lactic, and you're just thinking just try to make it to the line. going into the event, i knew i had to win if i wanted to place first. and i was stilljust waiting to see my name on the scoreboard because i didn't believe that it had happened. katarina, you had, ithink, correct me if i'm wrong, four personal bests out of your event this time? what has changed? one, that is brilliant, but what has changed? what has spurred you on this time to perform not the best but the best for yourself, of yourself as well? just my approach and my focus, and my confidence more than anything. i do feel like these last couple of years i've just slowly been starting to believe in myself and believe in my abilities. i just tried to focus on me and tried to win, break records, funnily enough, just try to get the best out of each performance in the hurdles. and at the start of the hurdles when i did that i moved on

sunshine of the track, and assassin on it, dina asher—smith became the first british athlete to win threerld athletics is in a very healthy state and british athletics is very much a part of that. you know, we have gold medallists here, we have finalists here, and that means that we're punching with the rest of the world. well, the performances have been fantastic, but as always there have been plenty of issues organisers to deal with. the atmosphere tonight is amazing, but it hasn't always been this way. when dina asher—smith made history last weekend, the lack of crowds was a depressing sight. the humidity was also an issue, a third of the starters in the women's marathon, held at midnight, failed to finish. when the news fell that mo farah's former coach, alberto salazar, had been banned for four years for doping offences, it hung over the stadium like a dark cloud, shrouding his star athletes who'd done nothing wrong. and human rights were high on the agenda, with the governing body defending the decision to hold the championships here. i passionately believe that sport can shine a sp

let's look ahead to the world athletics championships and all eyes on doha and dina asher—smith. uch so because she is the favourite for the 200 metres final, not just because favourite for the 200 metres final, notjust because she has performed so well this season, but also because so many of the other contenders have pulled out. the olympic champion, elaine thompson jamaica has pulled out and daphne schippers has also pulled out. also, a nigerian athlete who ran faster than her this year, she was disqualified on monday. it could put more pressure on her being the favourite. but she also won silver in the 100 metres the other night and looked in great form. she co mforta bly and looked in great form. she comfortably won the 200 metres semifinal. if she wins it later on this evening, she will become the first british woman to win a world sprint title ever. katarina johnson thompson starts her hack tackling —— heptathlete campaign this afternoon. the first event is the 100 metres hurdles and that starts just after three o'clock. she is a medal hope but has never had a podium finish

dina asher smith has become a magnificent seventh female world athletics champion for great britain.ry while on her way to complete her post—race media commitment. she got a call from somebody in the crowd... and after turning around... she realised it was her mum. so itjust goes to show... behind every golden girl... is another... just as important magnifixcent mum... that's all from sportsday. coming up next on bbc news, the papers. goodnight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are chief leader writer for the observer sonia sodha and whitehall correspondent, for the financial times, sebastian payne. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. most of them leading with the new brexit proposals. the metro goes with the prime minister's letter to eu commission president jean claude—juncker, outlining his conditions for a brexit deal. the daily telegraph says borisjohnson has put pressure on ireland to accept his brexit proposals after hardline brexiteers, and some labour rebels, say they'd back his deal — which could giv

month, so i will begin by paying tribute to a young woman already making history this month, dina asher—smithen she won silver at the 100 metres in delhi or. can i think the right honourable lady and my eagerness to get rights to the despatch box was only because it is fitting and black history month at the right honourable lady becomes the first black mp to take to the despatch box for pmds. to say that she has blazed a trail, she made it easier for others to follow in her footsteps and that is something that i and every member can take pride and contribute to. may ijoin in the tributes paid to the right honourable lady on her historic achievement today. mr speaker, today marks the 150th birthday anniversary of mahatma ghandi and may my friend agree with me that his views are as applicable today as they were in his lifetime my honourable friend is absolutely right and i would go when forward and and martin luther king, i think on all sides of the house believe in a society that judges on the content of your character and not the colour of your skin. and that's the end of this wednesday in pa

for elite athletes like dina asher—smith, powering her way to gold at the 200 metre world championships for mountaineers at high altitudes, oxygen levels can be dangerously low, akin to what patients experience in intensive care. discovering how the human body adapts to extreme situations has many medical applications. most human diseases are complicated by low oxygen. we call it hypoxia. that includes heart disease, anaemia, the primary target now, cancer, in a slightly different way. we are right on the threshhold of hearing the outcome of trials in the us, in europe, injapan. sir peter's share of the prize money is nearly a quarter of a million pounds. he says he has no idea how he will spend it and seemed anxious to get back to his lab. fergus walsh, bbc news, oxford. before we go, it's not every day you see something like this, swimming in the thames. a humpback whale has been spotted in london near the dartford crossing. it's over 80 foot, or nearly 30 metres long, and doesn't seem to be in any distress. scientists monitoring the animal say its behaviour is "perfectly normal". tim

for elite athletes, like dina asher—smith, powering her way to gold at the 200 metre world championshipsibrated to get maximum explosive power. for mountaineers at high altitudes, oxygen levels can be dangerously low, akin to what patients experience in intensive care. discovering how the human body adapts to extreme situations has many medical applications. most human diseases are complicated by low oxygen, we call it hypoxia, that includes heart disease, anaemia the primary target now, cancer in a slightly different way. we're right on the threshold of hearing the outcome of trials in the us, in europe, injapan. sir peter's share of the prize money is nearly £250,000. he says he has no idea how he will spend it and seemed anxious to get back to his lab. fergus walsh, bbc news, 0xford. congratulations to all of them. let's return to our top story now. donald trump has threatened to "totally destroy and obliterate" turkey's economy if the country goes "off limits" after the us president decided to pull american troops out of syria. critics fear it could open the way for turkey to attack

defending champions, made it through their heat while the women did without their golden girl dina asher smithday eight of the competition — including a new world recrod in the women's a00m hurdles. our reporter ade adeoyen rounds up the action. mohammed is having the season of her life. she broke the world record at the american trials in the limb kick champion came he is attempting to wind a gold medal that has eluded her. she was under pressure from her compatriots, a rising star in the sport. mohammed took the last hurdle first and under pressure in the closing stages but she held onto the victory, lowering her world record. in the process she earned herself $100,000. on a night when katrina johnson thompson received her gold medalfor the johnson thompson received her gold medal for the heptathlon there was more success for britain. asher smith remains on course to wind a gold medal. her teammates successfully made the way into the final. the defending champion also qualified. and finished some way of an american quartet. three british men will contest the 500 metre final. they negotiated

dina asher—smith playing the biggest role with a gold in the 200 metres and silvers in the 100 metres frankie dettori and enable missed out on a record third win in europe's richest race, the prix de l‘arc de triomphe. the hot favourite and winner for the last two years was clear in the final stages at longchamp but was just pipped on the line by pierre—charles boudot riding waldgeist. that's a record eighth win in the arc for trainer andre fabre. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including details of a sixth motogp title for marc marquez after the spaniard won in thailand. the united nations is calling for an end to "senseless loss of life" in iraq, after days of unrest claimed more than 100 lives and 6,000 others have been wounded. iraqis have been demonstrating against corruption and high unemployment. today at least five people have been killed in clashes between anti—government protesters and police in eastern baghad. iraq has denied its security forces have been firing directly at demonstrators. here's our middle east

for elite athletes like dina asher—smith, powering her way to gold at the 200 metre world championshipsosive power. for mountaineers at high altitudes, oxygen levels can be dangerously low, akin to what patients experience in intensive care. discovering how the human body adapts to extreme situations has many medical applications. most human diseases are complicated by low oxygen, we call it hypoxia, that includes heart disease, anaemia the primary target now, cancer in a slightly different way. we're right on the threshold of hearing the outcome of trials in the us, in europe, injapan. sir peter's share of the prize money is nearly a quarter of a million pounds. he says he has no idea how he will spend it and seemed anxious to get back to his lab. fergus walsh, bbc news, 0xford. congratulations to him. the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced tomorrow night. there are six nominations for britain's best new building 2019, which include a railway station, an opera house and a scheme of council housing. sin

butjessica ennis—hill was saying that this could be the day, and of course, it is after dina asher—smithhas been talk, though, about the lack of attendance. that's right, the athletics championships are taking place in doha, in qatar, where it is quite hot and difficult to get athletics fans to go to. looking forward to the controversial foot ball world forward to the controversial football world cup in 2022, it is not a good sign that these air—conditioned stadiums in the desert in quite a traditionalist country i considered a place to hold sporting events. that‘s it for the papers tonight. don‘t forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, henry zeffman and nicola bartlett. good evening. it has been another golden night for great britain at the world athletics championships in doha. katarina johnson—thompson has ended her wait for her first global outdoor title by powering to heptathlon gold. she

hello, i'm ben croucher with your thursday sport briefing great britain's dina asher smith says she'lless at next year's olympics. the fou time—european champion was the clear favourite to win the 200 metres in doha and ran a personal best to storm to victory ahead of american brittney brown and switzerland's mujinga kambundji. ijust do not know what i just do not know what to say. it is something that, between now and the last well championships, john andi the last well championships, john and i knew i could do it but it is different about knowing and doing and an running like that is tiring but it means so much and i am at a loss for words because it is a different thing. being the favourite, you still have to go and do itand favourite, you still have to go and do it and you are only the favourite if you perform like everybody expects you to. it was an eventful night in europe with liverpool and barcelona both enduring nervous moments to pick up their first wins in this year's group stage. reigning champions liverpool had led rb salzburg 3—0 in the first half, only for the austrian c

it means dina asher—smith has another silver medal to go with the one she won in the individual 100 metres first time a british woman has won a sprint gold. laura muir produced a gutsy display in the 1500m final as she finished fifth behind winner sifan hassan. muir tried to catch front—runner hassan but was caught with 150m remaining in doha. hassan, who also won the 10,000m title, took victory in a championship record time of three minutes 51.95 seconds. she had previously worked under banned coach alberto salazar. liverpool have maintained their 100% record in the premier league, but only just. james milner scored a 95th minute winner from the spot at anfield against leicester. 2—1 the final score. leicester's frustrations boiled over at full—time. sadio mane had put liverpool ahead before halftime, butjames maddison scored an 80th minute equaliser with their only shot on target. but they then conceded an injury time penalty with a foul on mane. that's eight wins out of eight for liverpool heading into the international break. here are the other results in the premier league, jeff hendr

it was dina asher—smith's third medal of the competition. good medal of the competition. morning.ng across parts of northern scotland, and parts of england. the

there was another hugely imperssive performance from britain's dina asher smith.s. she will now be one of the big favourites for tomorrow night's final. johnny sexton will captain ireland for the first time in their rugby world cup pool match against russia on thursday. the returning fly—half is one of 11 changes to the side that lost to the hosts japan on saturday. ireland's fate is still in their own hands, they'll be sure of a quarterfinal place if they record bonus—point wins against russia and samoa in theirfinal game. that's all the sport for now. good morning. we've all had ourfair share of rain, haven't we, just recently? i'm sure you're well aware of the flooding rains but we have had through the north of england. but they have gradually drifted their way south—east over the last few hours and we are seeing a slow improvement. so the sharp, thundery downpours easing as well in the south—east, and they will continue to clear. by dawn, temperatures are going to be the talking point, not the rain. and in fact, with the northerly wind kicking in, temperatures