he needs to beat estonia to boost their hopes for a playoff place in the early signs were encouragingason awards, but he was not complaining. a good old—fashioned scramble and wells were ahead. but it was a lead nearly gave away. a defensive mix—up in they needed jill's goal line clearance to spare their blushes. and again, it was estonia asking the questions only a stunning save kept him from france where the end, the struggle to create chances, mark harris was one of the select few. are the pretty but wells held on to the victory and another night were winning was the key and it was job done. despite their last minute win over israel at the weekend, scotland manager steve clarke has warned his players that their next opponents, the faroe islands, are not to be underestimated. clarke confirmed that che adams will miss the match tomorrow after picking up an injury in their win over israel, but that there were no other injuries. scotland have played the faroe islands many times in the past, but clarke says their squad has developed significantly and will also have home advantage. the a

wales boosted their chances as they are now second in their group after a win over estonia. after thrashing latvia 10—nil as joe currie reports. stepping out in chile latvia, looking for another big win, they only had to wait seven minutes to find their opener. intimate time and space on the edge of the box, no problem signing at home. minutes later, she was at it again with the most a carbon copy of her fairest. good work from fran kirby and her 50th cap, set to tune—up to score again with white and bright adding two more before the break. england made four changes at the start of the second half, but there was no change of pace. beth continuing her good farm with this individual effort for england's fed. before neck to perhaps recommend taking herself up and going it alone to make a very special night with her on the sixth appearance. the goals kept coming with rachel daly eventually wrapping up proceedings and a 10— zero into make four winds from four and a very happy birthday for the manager. elsewhere in group d, northern ireland came within seconds of a famous win afte

they needed to beat estonia to boost their hopes for a playoff place in the early signs were encouraging a lead they nearly gave away. an offensive mix—up in they needed jill's goal line clearance to spare their blushes. and again, it was estonia asking the questions only a stunning save from danny kept wales in front. where the end, the struggle to create chances, mark harris was one of the select few. are the pretty but wales held on to the victory and another night where winning was the key, it was job done. despite their last minute win over israel at the weekend, scotland manager steve clarke has warned his players that their next opponents, the faroe islands, are not to be underestimated. clarke confirmed that che adams will miss the match tomorrow after picking up an injury in their win over israel, but that there were no other injuries. scotland have played the faroe islands many times in the past, but clarke says their squad has developed significantly and will also have home advantage. the atmosphere and what we are going to face over there will be different to what a lot of th

against no disrespect to estonia, lesser opposition.in the box a little bit, the pose a threat on the counter which is what we saw them play at home. and will factor that into it but we are getting go from it from the first minute and we want to get off to a great start. and then build on that.- and then build on that. wales failed to break down _ and then build on that. wales failed to break down a _ and then build on that. wales failed to break down a stubborn _ and then build on that. wales failed to break down a stubborn estonian i to break down a stubborn estonian sidejust over a month to break down a stubborn estonian side just over a month ago. for the page shows that frustration will actives motivation in talent tonight. they'rejust actives motivation in talent tonight. they're just three games left to see the play of place and it's closer to their first world cup finals in more than 60 years. coverage a cross coverage across the bbc of that came later and of course england, scotland and northern ireland play on tuesday for thei

they're in qualifying action away to estonia. good evening.men are being urged by the nhs to get fully vaccinated against covid. the appeal was made following official figures which show a significant proportion of patients needing intensive care treatment are unvaccinated, pregnant women with covid. the royal college of midwives says pregnant women have a higher risk of becoming seriously ill from coronavirus. nhs england found that betweenjuly and september, out of 118 people who needed the most intensive kind of life support, 20 were pregnant women, with 19 of those unvaccinated. one of the women had received a single dose of a covid vaccine. with more details on the findings, here's our health editor, hugh pym. we've been trying to have a baby for a long time now. i can't believe we're still both here, to be honest. it's not long now and he's going to be in the world. claire is reliving her covid ordeal injuly, seriously ill when she was 26 weeks pregnant and then on a ventilator in intensive care 12 days. i thought i was going to die and

a couple of things are island, whole island, hungary and estonia with countries that had really held out. and so yes, island had to get on board. so i am played a role because it's a tax haven for so many u. s. companies. and of course, that's help keep a lot of stability in ireland. the robot on them played was that as the catalyst for other countries to follow since, because they know that if island gets on board, this is more palatable to them. there are some countries that are still holding out kenya, for example, on sri lanka and pakistan. and they won't do, they're not still not on board. so islands roll, very importantly was to put their foot down until the wording was changed. that it would be up to 15 percent. and that that global minimum tax wouldn't go higher than 15 percent. so there ro, really did hold it at that threshold. well, it's something we've heard a lot about during this debate was countries like ireland say, well that's how we attract business. yes. well, i hate to be a pessimist heared towards a country like ireland. but in reality, if you want to attract this

i am ha - to against estonia on monday. i am happy to be _ against estonia on monday.t i said earlier looking forward to these big games and obviously to captain my country as well and to lead the boys out it will be special so i've experienced it before and i loved every minute of it. so i'm sure it will be a very proud moment for me and my family.— sure it will be a very proud moment for me and my family. from football to cricket and _ for me and my family. from football to cricket and england _ for me and my family. from football to cricket and england all _ for me and my family. from football to cricket and england all rounder. to cricket and england all rounder is unlikely to pay — play this winter after a second operation on his injured left index finger. he tipped an indefinite breakfrom cricket injuly to tipped an indefinite breakfrom cricket in july to protect tipped an indefinite breakfrom cricket injuly to protect his mental health and rest his finger which he first injured in april and a second operation was to remove two screws and scar tissue. they argued

scotland are taking on sweden in a friendly, but wales face estonia in cardiff as they try to bounce the group, so the welsh target will be on clinching second. that's where they sit after three games and will see tomorrow night's match against bottom side estonia as the perfect opportunity to establish themselves in that position, and wales are expecting a record home crowd for this match. i know tomorrow that it is notjust their —— it is theirfirst i know tomorrow that it is notjust their —— it is their first football game. we are expecting to win certain games. in the past it was just, go out and do your best. now it is actually, no, whales should be winning. that is the mentality in this team and i thing we're doing really well with that as senior team. let's take a look at some more of the day's sport now. british number one cameron norrie will lead the bid to win the davis cup finals after being named in an initial four—man squad. dan evans is the second singles player along with doubles specialistsjoe salisbury and neal skupski also included. andy murray is missing the event m

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estonia, but that is throughout europe before russia started to invade ukraine. we will continue to engage. i also give another example of the philippines. we work with our closest allies and partners since 2001 and it is important. it is the only named operation in all of the indo pacific with operation pacific evil, with an ally and trusted partner. as i went and visited the philippines, when i first came into command, it was obvious that our forces were there as a partner of choice, not just in the philippines but i would argue, inside the entire indo pacific region. both examples i just gave, soc has been at the behest of the host nation, using language and cultural expertise and leading with our values. the third area of discussion is how we are modernizing for the future, and one of the most important aspects is in our artificial intelligence. it is one aspect of data-driven technologies along with machine learning, that i would argue we've been a pathfinder inside the department of defense leading the effort to incorporate ai into everything we do. from ou

with belgium eight points ahead at the top of the group, scoring goals in estonia could prove vital iflay offs. yes, we are approaching every game that we want to win it, three yes, we are approaching every game that we want to win it,— that we want to win it, three tough names left that we want to win it, three tough games left in _ that we want to win it, three tough games left in their _ that we want to win it, three tough games left in their own _ that we want to win it, three tough games left in their own right, - that we want to win it, three tough games left in their own right, we l games left in their own right, we will be playing to win every game of football, with the players you see on the pitch tomorrow, with what we did at the back end of the game against the czech republic, you see our intent, we will have players on the pitch you can get us those goals. che adams will miss scotland's game with the faroe islands tomorrow after picking up an injury in their thrilling win over israel at the weekend. adams will not travel for the world cup qualifier in torshavn, instead retu

and after the break, again, it was estonia asking questions.key, it was job done. andy swiss, bbc news. it has been a great camp for us, two away games, the performance we gave on friday in the czech republic was outstanding. we're still a young group as well. they're learning from these experiences. to come to a place like this, we knew we were never really going to dominate. we knew it was going to be an ugly game. we had to match that, first and foremost. with the players we have on the pitch, we knew we would cause them problems. and last night, germany became the first country to qualify for the world cup in qatar. tonight, scotland are two more wins away from securing a place in the play—offs, after their thrilling comeback to beat israel on saturday. they've travelled north to face the faroe islands. steve clarke's team are second in group f, seven points behind leaders denmark, but four ahead of israel and austria. and the scotland boss says a lot of what they've achieved is down to the team spirit. england are also in action later they

. >> ireland and estonia have agreed to support the global deal to establish a 15% corporate tax rate, meaning ireland will give up its highly prized 12.5% tax rate, wch has helped attract corporations to put down european bases. the decision came after european leaders agreed to settle on a fixed rate. the irish government expects to lose some 2 billion euros in revenue each year from the changes. the finance minister said he was coident ireland would remain an attractive location for international businesses. >> joining this agreement is an important decision for the next stage of ireland's industrial policy, a decision that will ensure that ireland is part of the solution in respect to future international tax frameworks. this is the right decision. >> that announcement does add momentum ahead of a major meeting friday. hungary istillolding out. finance minisrs said while there could be an announcement friday, the deal will not likely be official until later this month. u.s. lawmakers agreed on a stock that measure to raise the debt ceiling. the agreement will increase the governme

wales boosted their chances as they are now second in their group after a win over estonia.utes later, she was at it again with almost a carbon copy of her first. good work from fran kirby and her 50th cap, set to tune—up to score again with white and bright adding two more before the break. england made four changes at the start of the second half, but there was no change of pace. beth meade continuing her good form with this individual effort for england's fifth. before knocking up a hat—trick, taking herself up and going it alone to make a very special night with her on the sixth appearance. the goals kept coming with rachel daly eventually wrapping up proceedings and a 10—zero win to make four winds from four and a very happy birthday for the manager. elsewhere in group d, northern ireland came within seconds of a famous win after going behind in the first half, they hit back twice after the break with van scoring a stunning free kick to get them the lead but can cling onto it though and conceded an injury time to settle for a draw. many of northern ireland's squad are s

wales are back in action when they travel to estonia in group e.n victory will do with the checks up against bottom of the table belarus. max first up and has taken the lead of the formula one after the term —— turkish grand prix. thanks verstappen. lewis hamilton got as high as third until the late pitstop put in fifth. his mercedes team—mates took the chequered flag for the first time this season. 11 hamilton standings, with six races to go. andy murray has moved to the third round of the indian wales masters after a win over his spanish opponent. he recovered after losing the first set, dropping just five games and after that, to get 5— 76-3, 6-2. games and after that, to get 5— 76—3, 6—2. later on monday, defending champion and former us us open champion bianca andreescu played. that is the latest sports stories. the prince of wales are spoken exclusively to the bbc ahead of the cop26 talks of climate change. 0ur correspondence was invited to his arboretum near aberdeen. this was a rather empty field of the farmer didn't need any more. the thin

1st the wet weather and we're getting a solid band of rain over denmark and doubts with rain for estonia on wednesday. now on to those winds, the united kingdom looking for wind gusts here of about 65 kilometers per hour, could even see them worse for western areas of france, cranking up to 85 kilometers. now on thursday we'll see that wind out of the north that's going to dig down some cool air landed just 12 degrees. brussels 11 started the week in the twenty's. we have a run of rain for northern parts of portugal, the northwest of spain. this could produce about 15 millimeters of rain and an hour that's enough to cause some disruption. central southern parts of europe looking pretty goods belgrade, $22.00 degrees in sarajevo. a high of 19 turkeys northeast black sea region has been hammered with heavy rain as of late. it will start to peter out on wednesday and will and this weather broadcast in africa where we've got some storms calling cross southern molly into central areas of guinea on wednesday. ah. but examining the impact of today's headlines, let's move to cope it. 90 terrible

they began their campaign with wins over kazakhstan and estonia last month, and manager gemma graingerhem confidence against solvenia. in septemberwindow in september window the were there because _ in september window the were there because we need potentially had potentially had but had not delivered it in a qualification round — delivered it in a qualification round. now we know what we are capable _ round. now we know what we are capable of— round. now we know what we are capable of but looking forward to who we _ capable of but looking forward to who we want to be as a team. england women host northern ireland tomorrow, in their first competitive fixture at the new wembley stadium. leah williamson will continue to captain the side in the absence of steph houghton, who's injured. however, head coach sarina wiegman refused to say whether the arsenal defender would get thejob on a more permanent basis. we haven't had steph and the other ones in our group, and they have captained the team before. we just take a little time and whenever the form is well, is fit, first, performs well an

if with belgium eight points ahead at the top of the group, scoring goals in estonia could prove vitals, we are approaching every game, we want to win it, we've got three games left, three tough games left in their own right and we will be planning to win every game of football, and with the players that you see on the pitch tomorrow, and with what we did at the back end of the game against the czech republic, you will see our intent, we will have players on the pitch that can get as those goals. che adams will miss scotland's game with the faroe islands tomorrow, after picking up an injury in their thrilling win over israel at the weekend. adams will not travel for the world cup qualifier in torshavn, instead returning to his club southampton for treatment on a muscle problem. scotland manager steve clarke has confirmed no one else is injured. derby county have appealed against the 12 point deduction they have received for going into administration. the punishment was automatically triggered when they went into administration last month, but the club argue it was because of the financ

aimed at discouraging businesses from declaring profits in low tax territories. ireland hungry and estonia were among the last to join the agreement after lengthy negotiations. pakistan, nigeria, kenya, shall anchor didn't sign up at all. we're gonna talk to alex called them about this chief executive of the tax justice network, which is a u. k based angio focused on tackling global tax abuse. he's on skype from grand canary. las promise. thank you for your time. it sounds good, but 15 percent isn't that much? is it not for these companies? it's no and when you look at the detail of this deal, what you see is that it is really failed to deliver on any of the ambition numbers that when they began in 2019. so you have 2 pillars, pillow in which you switch to a line, the right to tax with way companies are actually making that money that we can are applying to both multi nationals and all of their profits. and that would really be revolutionary. and instead it's only applying to about $100.00 multi nations and a small bit of land profits. so that's really kind of small been tele to is the one

aimed at discouraging businesses from declaring profits in low tax territories, ireland hungary, estonia with a loss to join the agreement after lengthy negotiations. pakistan, nigeria, kenya, and sri lanka didn't sign up to the final deal at all. security forces of freed, at least 287 people kidnapped by armed gangs in northern nigeria. the hostages, including babies, were rescued from a forest in some far a state. they had been held for weeks, and urine forces recently launched a major security operation against kidnappers, in that state that borders nisha m a day after a powerful earthquake hit pakistan's, southwestern region and families are burying those killed and taking in the full extent of the destruction at least $22.00 people are confirmed at rescue as though still searching for survivors. any more i wounded and have been left homeless in balak. stunts are nigh the worst hit region. the support from us bake 1st came the 5.9 magnitude earthquake. then the death and destruction, and now people are burying their dead in this impoverished region of focused on the survivors have to

and we see some heavier pockets of rain over estonia, pushing into western russia rainfalls in across the low country's western areas of france. and at times we will see some heavy burst of rain here. up until now was the best weather on the continent. and okay, it's still pretty much is for spain, seville at $31.00 degrees, but toward the northwest of spain, northern and central areas of portugal. we do have a run of rain and this could disrupt some travel when you consider about 15 millimeters of rain in an hour over the central and southern parts of europe. we've got some clouds drifting in and out in belgrade at 22 degrees. it's actually pretty good above average for where you should be the sand the year. but some rain will kick down your temperature on friday to 900 degrees. you know, a turkey we were dealing with some driving rain toward the northeast black sea region. it's still there on wednesday, but we will see it dow back a bit as we get throughout the day on wednesday. lot of sand and dust being spin around through chad, new jerry as we had toward libya, and also algeria o

that's con to bite, has secured a spot in the season ending w finals becoming the 1st player from estonia to do so. the 25 year old beats won't . how up in the funnel the transylvania open to do it? the title is con, divides 4th this year, and thanks to her, the 8th and final thoughts in mexico. yeah, i mean i think of believe to myself a little bit more tied a little bit more confidence with each when and um i've really been enjoying myself out there. i've really been having a good time on the court. i think that's been the main key. i'm the atlanta braves can secure the world series later on sunday, for the 1st time in 26 years. i had of the game for against the houston astros donald trump join the atlantic crowd for their traditional pre game tomahawk chop a. all the braves took the games, 32 home runs from dansby swanson and jorge. so lou proving the difference at land to lead the series 3 games to one. i'm just thankful to be here. but like i said, i think that, um, you know, there's still a lot love to be written in. i think that we need to go out and, and continue to compete for ou

indian wells _ out of the indian wells tournament in california after she went down a straight is to estonia'sth the power game are both players coming to the fore. the estonian eventually winning on herfit set point in the tie—break before a second set that saw the 18 seed real off four consecutive games on her way to a 7—6, 6—3 win and a place in the fourth round. later on tuesday, alexander zverev will face andy murray who is a finalist at this event backin who is a finalist at this event back in 2000 —— was. amy hunter made history on monday when she marked her 16th birthday by becoming the youngest player, mail or female, becoming the youngest player, mail orfemale, to becoming the youngest player, mail or female, to score a century in a one—day international. she is an unbeaten 121. she helped ireland to an 85 run victory over zimbabwe. the fourth one—day international in harare. she breaks the india held —— the record when she made her century against ireland in 1999. obviously it feels really _ ireland in 1999. obviously it feels really good. _ ireland in1999. obviously it feels really

ireland, hungary and estonia, all of which have corporate tax rates below 15%.ed this but they are now on board. kenya, nigeria, pakistan and sri lanka, they have not yetjoined the agreement, do you think they will? and what could be the repercussions if they don't? it is repercussions if they don't? it is very important _ repercussions if they don't? it 3 very important that we already have 136 countries that are signatories to this potential deal which is over 90% of global gdp. this is a step in the right direction. in particular in an environment where there has been greater fragmentation globally. seeing these large countries all agreeing to this new framework, which has two pillars, more fair distribution of profits and a global minimum to corporate tax, that is a step in the right direction. it will move us towards an environment where there will be less tensions globally on the corporate front and where we are going to be able to generate greater profits from some of these... greater tax revenues from some of these large multinationals that generate larg

despite having not finishing, aaron ramsey will lead wales in the next two world cup qualifiers against estoniajohn rahm there world number onejohn rahm is nicely placed in the golf spanish open in spain. this will be three wins in a row and trailing rose mcgowan after an eight under opening round. elsewhere, on the lpga, the defending champion from two years ago carded nine birdies in an eight under parfirst round of 63, leading by three shots from sandra gal. the world number one, nearly quarter, is a further shot back at four under par, she is the reigning pga championship and looking for herfourth reigning pga championship and looking for her fourth victory of the year. the day after seeing his shoes disappear under the car while his wedding ring was attached to them, anti— murray had good news to report as it prepares for the opening match at indian wells on friday. it is a return he has been talking about and this is what happens.— is what happens. hello everyone. _ is what happens. hello everyone. i— is what happens. hello everyone, i hope - is what happens. hello | everyone, i hope you'

want the tax rate to be higher. ireland, hungary and estonia were among the last to join the agreement. the u. s. appeals court is allowing the state of taxes to resume a band on most abortions. the legislation passed last month is regarded as the most restrictive in the country. it's been challenged by the biden administration and could end up in the supreme court. kenya has launched a new conservation drive, offering people the chance to name an elephant for round $5000.00. the country needs the money to keep its initiatives going that strengthening its fight against ivory poachers. catherine sawyer reports from under sally national park in southern kenya. this is one of the most photographed landscapes in kenya, elephants and other wildlife roam freely attracting thousands of tourists every year and was selling national park is also the heart of conservation works that have seen poaching in canyon nearly eliminated. we have a very good relationship with canal left service for whenever there is an artist, whether it's by the community renters, they work very closely with the, with th

already being criticized in developing nations who want the tax rate to be higher island, hungary and estonia were among the last to join the agreement. volcano on the spanish island of la palmer is continuing to spew lava after began interrupting nearly 3 weeks ago. 6000 people have been forced from their homes and more than a 1000 buildings have been lost upon as airport does remain closed last week. the spanish government placed $239000000.00 to help the island recover from the devastation still to come here on the al jazeera news of the sports news with santa a terrible moment. this goalkeeper invoke qualifying santa will take us through the pain. gonna come ah, talk to al jazeera, we ask what gives you hope that it is going to be peace because the situation on the ground seems to be pointing, otherwise we listen. we were never on the whatever road to off migration we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera, revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al jazeera, incarcerated, the other half his life convicted by a non unan

aimed at discouraging businesses from declaring profits in low tax territories. ireland hungry and estonia were the last to join the agreement. security forces of free, at least a 187 people kidnapped by armed gangs in northern nigeria. the hostages, including babies, were rescued from a forest in some far a state where they had been held for weeks and a rocks primus, and most most of our academy says he will do everything to ensure fair elections as early voting began for sunday's poll. security forces, prisoners, and internally displaced people accosting their ballots. 2 days ahead of the general vote. were back with another news are for you in about 25 minutes sentence al jazeera adrian's along next with inside story. ah a dispute is growing between molly and fuss? paris is accused of abandoning banneker and it's fight against on groups. and this a hell legion. russian mercenaries were expected replaced french soldiers. so what are the risks? this is inside story. ah ah. hello, welcome to inside story. i'm adrian finnegan, a spat between the french and molly and government says, threate

after the break again it was estonia asking the questions.'t be a team that has a day off and we want to keep the consistency of performances. we've had that definitely throughout calendar year. everybody knows there is that competition for places, everybody knows that they can't afford a day off. and they've got pride in putting the shirt on every time they play, and they want to show what they're capable of as a team. northern ireland's world cup hopes were effectively ended by losing to switzerland on saturday. that left them third in their group on five points, only above tonight's opponents bulgaria on goal difference. preston north end owner and three—time grand national winner trevor hemmings has died at the age of 86. hemmings took over the club in 2010, but was as well known for heavily investing in horse racing. he owned over 100 racehorses, including many clouds, who earned him his third grand national win in 2015. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california, after losing to argentine diego schwart

the midfielder missed last month's win over belarus, and damaging goaless draw with estonia, and hiser. that games can be when your big players in there, and again, disappointed in recent months and years with helping us qualify for the euros with the two goals and like i said, big games, he steps up to the plate, and this is a big game for us. 7:45 pm that one kicks off tonight. the andorran fa has confirmed that their world cup qualifier against england tomorrow will go ahead, thats despite a fire at the estadi nacional this afternoon. parts of the dugouts and commetary gantrys were engulfed in flames just hours after the england squad had trained there. you can see though there is some damage to the side of the pitch. one of the dugouts had melted, while the video assistant referee monitor had been left burnt. four of gareth southgates squad have been named on the fifa ballon d'or shortlist. captain harry kane makes the 20 man list, as does chelseas mason mount. the manchester city pair of phil foden are also included. almost half of those nominated currently play in the premier l

and coming up on the bbc news channel, wales prepare for their crucial world cup qualifier against estoniaht, their third in the group winning the play—offs are the most likely hope of qualifying. —— meaning the play—offs are their most likely hope. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. ministers are holding more talks today with manufacturers who are struggling because of the sharp rise in energy prices. industries such as steel and glass have called for emergency support, and yesterday the business secretary kwasi kwarteng claimed he has been discussing with the treasury how best to help hard hit companies. the treasury, though, denied there'd been any such talks, with a spokesperson accusing mr kwarteng of "making things up." our business correspondent theo leggett reports. industries hit hard by soaring energy costs are growing ever louder in their calls for government action. steel makers, cement companies, ceramics firms and glass—makers, they are warning that furnaces could go cold and factories shut down. we furnaces could go cold and factories shut down. ~ ., _, , fur

tunisia's ons jabeur will move into the world's top 10 after beating estonia annette kontaveit in straightg the first set to love, he wrapped up the second set 6—2, against the world number 15 from argentina. the whole match tookjust under an hour and a quarter as he cruised into a first ever masters series semifinal where he'll face bulgaria's grigor dimitrov. organisers of the tour de france have announced the route of next year's race and it'll feature two major time trials which should suit the defending champion tadej pogacar as he aims to win his third consecutive yellow jersey. after two tours, the confidence grew a little bit but still we restarted everywhere from the same, from zero, and every year is different. i will do everything i can to prepare good, like always, and try to do my best. the race begins with a 10km time trial in copenhagen. that'll be the first of three stages in denmark which becomes the 11th different country to stage le grand depart and the first in scandinavia. meanwhile, the women's tour de france returns to the calendar next year for the first time since

just over a few hours until wales kick off against estonia in their world cup qualifier. and wales may need to beat estonia by a large margin if they're to qualify for the world cup via the play offs, but page says they have already shown they have the capability to do that. it's not just about it's notjust about gareth balin, ramsey, we've the other goals in the team the gatekeeper and they experience a great characters like alan and modi. it's notjust about putting the pressure on one person in gareth balin the captain and alan ramsey who is captain al. it's about sharing that responsibility and i think we show that against the czech republic and abundance. think we show that against the czech republic and abundance. despite their last minute win over israel at the weekend, scotland manager steve clarke has warned his players that their next opponants, the faroe islands, are not to be underestimated. clarke confirmed that che adams will miss the match tomorrow after picking up an injury in their win over israel, but that there were no other injuries. scotland have playe

wales have beaten bottom sides estonia and kazakhstan in ther opening two matches.n minutes. finally, it's been another day of records forjockey holly doyle. last year, she was third in the bbc�*s sports personality of the year. today she's set a new record of wins for a british female rider in one year. she clocked up her 152nd victory in 2021 at doncaster this afternoon. that surpasses her oen record of 151 last year. she's now broken the record three years in a row. that's all the sport for now. now it is time for the weather with being rich. good evening. the weather has thrown a little bit of everything at us this week, some wet weather, some squally winds, some mild conditions, some chilly conditions. today has been one of the quieter days of the week, with sunshine in some places, but a lot of cloud in others. and that cloud, as you can see from the earlier satellite and radar picture, has been producing some showers. and we will keep a lot of cloud as we head through this evening and tonight. it could turn a bit misty and murky over hills in the west and mor

they take on estonia in tallinn. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six.hs is appealing to all pregnant women to get their coronavirus jabs, as new figures show one in six of the most critically ill covid patients is pregnant and unvaccinated. the royal college of midwives says pregnant women are at a greater risk of becoming severely ill from the virus. nhs england found that betweenjuly and september, out of 118 people who needed the most intensive kind of life support, 20 were pregnant women, with 19 unvaccinated. one had received a single dose of a covid vaccine. here's our health reporter, hugh pym. we've been trying to have a baby for a long time now. i can't believe we are still both here, to be honest. it's not long now and he's going to be in the world.— be in the world. claire is reliving her covid deal _ be in the world. claire is reliving her covid deal in _ be in the world. claire is reliving her covid deal in july, _ be in the world. claire is reliving her covid deal in july, seriouslyl her covid deal injuly, seriously ill when she was 26 wee

was a i did not fingers crossed her mind that they will have plenty of support at home as they face estoniarespect to qualified comfortably wales will certainly be iitt up that second spot for the astoni at the bottom placed team —16 goal difference, they should be a win for wales and an important one of the air to that second spot. maw; of the air to that second spot. many thanks for the _ of the air to that second spot. many thanks for the update. _ of the air to that second spot. many thanks for the update. go _ of the air to that second spot. many thanks for the update. 60 to the of the air to that second spot. many thanks for the update. go to the bbc sport website to keep across at all. quick round up now of some of the day's other stories now and... emma raducanu is currently in action at the transylvania open in romania, she's taking on polona hercog in the first round and she'll have to come from behind to win having dropped the first set 6—6. it's currently 6 all to raducanu in the second set. the uk is to bid to host the 2026 tour de france grand depart. chancellor of the exchequ

david brooks and ben davies are both out of wale's world cup qualifiers with the czech republic and estoniaregnant while winning team pursuit silver in tokyo. barker posted this picture with her partner casper saying they were "so excited to start the next part of our lives together". the dutch writer is the new leader of the women's tour of britain. she won the time trial in stage three and leads by over a minute. there's plenty of british interest in the californian desert as one of the most prestigious events outside the grand slams gets underway in the next 15 minutes or so. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller is at indian wells, a lot of attention on emma, our tennis correspondent is there for us and told me that she is in no rush to find a full—time coach and will just be looking to see out the year with plenty of time uncorked. she didn't play much in the first forfive months of she didn't play much in the first for five months of this year or barely at all because of the pandemic and also because she was studying for her a—levels. so i think to schedule a run of tournaments at t

ireland, estonia and france are calling for existing sanctions against the north. and the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. says washington hasn't given up on diplomacy. take a listen. >> these are unlawful activities. they are in violation of multiple security council resolutions and they are unacceptable. each new advancement of the d.p.r.k.'s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs destabilizes the region and threatens international peace and security. >> experts say this latest launch and the latest of the hypersonic missile last month, if true, make north korea a much bigger threat to u.s. forces in the region and allies of south korea and japan. >>> i'll stay in the region. u.s. president joe biden oops ambassador nominee to china is concerned they could be building up the nuclear arsenal. nicolas burns said he favors the long-standing one-china policy but wants china to stop bullying taiwan and has this assessment of china's capabilities. >> there's no question in the 21st century giving chinese power, we talked about this morning, china is the greatest thre

estonia, bulgaria, lithuania, japan, latvia, norway, slovenia, all offer more than a year's worth of paid leave to new parents. they all do it. while the united states is the only rich country on earth that offers no national paid parental leave to its citizens. take child care. norway's government spends nearly $30,000 per toddler per year. yet this graph from "the new york times" that went viral this past week, we come in last, spending a pathetic $500 per toddler per year. most democrats are trying to ever so slowly bring us in line with the rest of the civilized world. joe biden's build back better expands medicare and medicaid. it provides two free years of community college. it guarantees 12 weeks of guaranteed medical and family leave for the first time in history. not as much as progressives want, but it's a start. so why would any self-proclaimed democrat oppose any of that? what we are witnessing in congress is not just a fight over price tags and polydetails but a battle for the soul of the democratic party and who it stands for. corporations or people. joining me now some

and wales are at home to bottom placed side estonia as they aim to stay second in the group behind franceel out to slovenia on friday and it was brilliant to have been there. and then to think we can now come home and really hopeful we can break the record first solve a number of fans but also plays an incredible part in who we are as a team. when we played in kazakhstan the noise was incredible. the former south africa captain quinton de kock pulled out of his side's match against the west indies earlier today because he didn't want to take a knee. south africa went on to win the match by eight wickets. the governing body had told the south african team all were to take a knee before the match— the first time all eleven players have done so together — but de kock chose not to play for what was described as "personal reasons". south africa restricted west indies to 143 from their 20 overs, which never looked likely to be enough. and a 50 from aidan markram took south africa to an easy victory. in today's second match pakistan are hoping to make it two wins out of two after restricting new

meanwhile, wales claimed a comfortable 4—0 victory at home to estonia in cardiff in front of a recordue cup. they beat leeds 2—0 at the emirates stadium. calum chambers scored the first, then a mistake in the leeds defence allowed former leeds loanee eddie nketiah to get arsenal's second and secure their place in the next round. chelsea are also through to the quarter finals after beating southampton on penalties at stamford bridge. the game finished 1—1. reece james scored the decisive spot—kick for chelsea. elsewhere, sunderland beat qpr, also on penalties. and emma raducanu has won her first match since her stunning us open triumph, and herfirst ever wta match, at the transylvania open in romania. she came from a set down to beat polona hercog to move into the second round. this was her first time competing in her father's homeland. there were no fans present but her 88—year—old grandmother niculina was there to watch her. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on the chancellor's budget speech — which you can watch live here on bbc news at midday. mike cherry is chair of

they began their campaign with wins over kazakhstan and estonia last month, putting them level with francedefender would get the job on a more permanent basis or not. we have not had staff and the other ones in our group, they have kept into this team before. so we just take a little time and when everyone performs well or his first fit performs well or his first fit performs well or his first fit performs well comes in the squads, and then i can see what is best for the team. but for now leah is doing a very good job. more on all the stories. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. jane, thank you so much. there's renewed pressure on ministers to come up with a long term plan, to help schools in england recover from the pandemic. earlier this year, the governments education recovery commissioner, sir kevan collins, resigned in protest, saying the funding earmarked was inadequate. now, the department for education says it's to spend millions of pounds, helping pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds unable to attend school due to covid, access lessons with hew laptops and tabl

rails taking on estonia in the game that could see them move to second and depending on them move tof newcastle has met the manager at the training grounds and speculation about his future. he earns 10% of the four players along with her partner as the squad cut preparations under way for their match this weekend. a large proportions of fans wanting to leave after a poor start to the season. the owners where a saudi led consortium who took over the club and they have been linked with primary department manager and for chelsea boss as part of the replacement. dan evans is a real scrap in california. his third round match against diego schwartzman. he had to battle against the argentinian sportsmen who was in evidence coming from 4—1 down to take the first set and he's already a break—up in the second. mark selby moved into the second round of snuka but only after being taken to the wilds by chain is compelling there. he had the chance to win it before missing and leaving the finish for the reigning world champion who claimed forframes. commonwealth claimed for frames. commonwealth gam