gareth southgate, i think this puts things in perspective. my players when asked whether they might be scarred by the experiences last night, he said sadly, because of their experiences in our own country, they are hardened to racism. many thanks indeed for that. it isa racism. many thanks indeed for that. it is a story we will be covering in great detail at the bbc sport centre today. do not forget the rest of the day's had lined over on the website, as well as for now, that is all for me. the have another update at half past two. more now on the racist abuse suffered by england players during last night's european qualifier against bulgaria in sofia. borisjohnson has described the actions of bulgarian fans as ‘vile' and said they have ‘no place in football or anywhere else'. this was echoed by the sports minister, nigel adams who was answering an urgent question on the matter in the commons in the last hour. whether you are a player, a manager, a supporter, in member of the staff, no participant in sport should have to tolerate discriminati

ringworm's manager, gareth southgate was myjob was to prepare his players for anything.anything. inside the stadium. england took control of the football almost instantly, marcus rashford's goal the first. but the other dimension of the game was soon unfolding. racism. commentator: the referee has clearly brought things to a halt here. we've had fears of incidences of racist abuse. england's captain talking urgently to match officials, and we then heard in the statium the first protocol. an announcement warning that the referee might suspend the match because of racism. the goals continued, so did the complaints, with gareth southgate in intense discussions. the match did continue, but a group of home supporters left. england scored the fourth goal before half—time. the message from their football could not be louder. bulgaria's manager had assured us there was no racism in the country's football. the game featured nazi salutes from the stands. on the pitch, england's fifth goal came from raheem sterling, they had come to win, to rediscover their football belief and they

gareth southgate handled this, i think, to do it.alm, com pletely brilliantly. he was so calm, completely in control of what was happening, and for the players to have the confidence to just say we are not putting up with this, that is obviously a symptom of the culture he has developed within that whole set up. that is the incident there. you can see him turning around to the fourth official and saying did you hear that? but also, henry winter points out, one of the really interesting moments was the moment that there fa chairman, greg clark, left the posh seats where the officials and the dignitaries were sitting. recently got up and walked away to stand with gareth southgate. did you see, as well, there were pictures last night obviously but the bulgarian captain went and pleaded with the fans at halftime, spent most of half time talking to them, i don't know what he said but you get the idea it was we have just got to stop this. yes, and he was there on his own doing that, which was quite interesting, because did you then hear th

i don't think gareth southgate and the players could have handled it any better. us —— leaving on masse. at the moment, it was better in the second half according to the players so i think the protocol was followed and abandon the game would have been for the racist who win and i think gareth southgate and the team, as long as they decided they wanted to play, that is the key thing, it is not for show racism the red card to anyone in england to decide. but if they want to play the second half and others say they were 3— set up that stage, good on them, because they set a really good example of challenging racism, but also been prepared to continue the game and jealousy when the match. as things stand, do you think that uefa has a strong enough ability to punish teams whose fans are this? just back to earlier this year when england we re to earlier this year when england were playing montenegro there was a racist abuse against the england players then and the punishment, the u efa players then and the punishment, the uefa punishment for montenegro was to gaze —— tw

festival can i say congratulations to gareth southgate and the england team, also tyrone mings on hisrone mings on his legendary debut in such a hostile environment. —— first of all, can i say. disgusting scenes. clearly calls for uefa to get off their backsides take action. we can all remember what they did after the heysel stadium disaster in 1985, they banned all clubs. see is for any european football. —— they banned all clubs for six years for any european football. we heard the protocol and i will be honest, i didn't know about the protocol until thursday last week when i read it. that speaks volumes, doesn't it? if you didn't know about it, does anybody know? ifi had you didn't know about it, does anybody know? if i had to make a focal, my colleague paul mortimer said, when did that come in? this has gone on for how long and we have not seen it. what are they going to do? uefa's methods are not working, as far as you are concerned, in terms of tackling racism. so what are they need to do? they have not been working, especially eastern european sides, they have not been working

gareth southgate, again, has shown what a magnificent ambassador for england and, indeed, the uk he isly also the team behaved in circumstances of intense provocation and vile behaviour by so—called fans, they conducted themselves with extraordinary dignity. one of my own children was watching the match and came in to say how visibly shocked and upset he was and i think the minister's reaction is one i have a sense that will be shared right across the house and by millions of people across the country. labour said players who chose to walk off the pitch should be supported. we ourselves, however, are not exempt from this problem. it would be irresponsible for us to condemn the behaviour of fans around the world without addressing the fact that many players have indeed suffered racist abuse online, from the stands and in their day—to—day lives at the hands of a very small section of our own fans. uefa has a duty to act here. the world is watching. a fine is not enough. so i am asking our government to ensure that we are backing up the fa to seek the harshest possible punishments. stadiu

yes, the football association also has to recognise, as gareth southgate does, that this country hasm. so he is not trying to say it is other countries, it is not us. say it is other countries, it is not us. he is recognising that. absolutely, but the way you defeat racism is by being absolutely clear that you will not tolerate it. there needs to be a punishment, so if you are going to threaten to call off a match, call it off. don'tjust are going to threaten to call off a match, call it off. don't just allow this to go on, expecting players to continue in the face of that noise and abuse. it is extraordinary that they played so brilliantly, scored they played so brilliantly, scored the six goals. and they are rightly proud of themselves, but you do wonder. we have heard footballers increasingly talking about the emotional toll it takes on them when they have to put up with this kind of awful behaviour. to hear monkey chance when you are going out to do your job, chance when you are going out to do yourjob, it is disgusting —— chants. on the flipside, if the match had been called off

the goals continued, so did the complaints, with gareth southgate in intense discussions.e, but a group of home supporters left. england scored the fourth goal before half—time. the message from their football could not be louder. bulgaria's manager had assured us there was no racism in the country's football. the game featured nazi salutes from the stands. on the pitch, england's fifth goal came from raheem sterling, they had come to win, to rediscover their football belief and they did that. they also displayed the confidence to report racism. and that has forced the issue to the point where it cannot be hidden or ignored again. one england supporter has just told me that he heard monkey noises from bulgarian fans from the first minute of this game. england have experienced this kind of thing before, so what has changed? clearly 110w before, so what has changed? clearly now they have the confidence and determination to report racism, and there was a response. the second piece of the protocol should, could, have involved again being suspended. it could well be argued that

bea wonder if gareth southgate's parity might be a strong defensive performance, a victory to securecraft forjust over 12 minutes attached to the craft‘s airlock by only a 16ft long tether. born in siberia in 193a, he became a fighter pilot in his 20s before joining the soviet space programme with yuri ga ga rin who became the first man in space. leonov made his pioneering walk during the cold war battle for supremacy in space between

there has been a lot of focus on the young attacking exciting players available to gareth southgate,nt to that list. remembering all the goals that flew in against kosovo, i wonder if gareth southgate's priority might be a strong defensive performance this evening, a victory to secure qualification. maybe then he could experiment a bit in bulgaria on monday. still to come... we look ahead to the inaugural beach games in loja with great britain's women one of the favourites for a medal in the beach that will —— in doha. rushehs the beach that will —— in doha. rusher‘s nikita in won gold in the men's all—round event at the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart after winning gold in the tea m eve nt stuttgart after winning gold in the team event on wednesday, he edged out his compatriot to win his first individual world title. not the best day for great britain as joe individual world title. not the best day for great britain asjoe fraser and james hall could only finish eighth and 14th respectively. nile wilson had hoped to be at the world champs but a series of injuries means th

wanted to rise above the races and they wanted to finish the match which they won 6 nil and gareth southgate the english england coach actually said after the game is very very proud of the way his players conduct themselves so let's have a listen to what he had to say about that now naturally because if they want to be recognized for their football and they want they were playing so well that they didn't want to leave the pitch moment as well and i'm sure that would have been part of their thinking so. i'm incredibly proud of all of the players and all the staff i don't think. course we could be criticised for not going far enough but i think we've made a huge statement and. frankly we were in an impossible situation to get it right to the satisfaction of everybody i think it was really fantastic decision for the players to stay on the field or what about or garia what possible consequences do they face now well i think it. worth mentioning that actually for this game all garia had 5000 seats reduced inside their stadium capacity because of previous racist behavior against the czech republi

even then, england manager gareth southgate spoke at racism at a domestic level. because of their experiences in our own country, are hardened to racism. and i don't know what that says about our society, but that is the reality. there is no room for racism. there have been a spate of alleged racist incidents across britain on the very weekend the premier league relaunch their antiracism video. in the championship, some bristol city fans are alleged to have used racist language in their match against luton town. in scotland, allegations of racism at tynecastle in heart of midlothian against rangers. the fa says they are deeply concerned at the situation but the fa ct a concerned at the situation but the fact a non—league side has taken this stand may now set a precedent for other clubs. former british noi kyle edmund has slumped to his eighth—straight defeat. he was beaten in three sets by us open semi—finalist matteo berrettini in the first round of the vienna 0pen. edmund showed glimpses of his best form, taking the opening set but errors crept into his game and

the cheslea striker is eligible for nigeria through his father, but he's been called up by gareth southgatemonths euro qualifiers against the czech republic and bulgaria. abraham, who's 22, scored in the champions league against lille last night. he won two england caps two years ago against brazil and germany, but they were friendlies so he could still have played for nigeria. his chelsea teamate fik—ayo tomori has his first call up. i don't think it is ethically right just to give a play or a cap to make sure that they can't play for somebody else. so the two boys that are in the squad this time — i won't guarantee that they will get on the pitch. but they have both been a part of ourjunior system right the way through. two scottish sides in action as well this evening. victory for celtic, but late heartbreak for rangers. lydia campbell was watching. and glasgow, so take her out for revenge. they were dumped out of the champions league just seven weeks ago. in 20 minutes and, they started to banish those memories. they thought they would equalise. but celtic was seen by the off—site flag.

gareth southgate has said that england has its own rate issues with racism, but this kind of thing cannotrom uefa is now of the upmost importance. this evening a few thousand seats closed off, it made no difference. joe wilson in sofia. 80 more reaction to that developing story on the bbc sport website. elsewhere northern ireland have finally won a friendly away from home, ending a barren run of 13 yea rs. from home, ending a barren run of 13 years. the 3— to defeat over the czech republic was far from easy. freddie matches are a charter to try out tactics. it looked like the czech republic had made too many changes following their win over england. northern ireland were quick to pounce on their defensive frailties, with paddy mcnair opening the scoring inside ten minutes. both he and jonny evans played on thursday's euro qualifying defeat against the netherlands and working to make amends. a typical defender‘s goalfrom the to make amends. a typical defender‘s goal from the leicester man was followed by one from the mid—boro midfielder. that was as good as it got for the men in green. the

as for the game, there's been a lot of focus on the young attacking players available to gareth southgate, add mason mount to the list. but remembering all the goals that flew in against kosovo, i wonder if gareth southgate‘s parity might bea wonder if gareth southgate‘s parity might be a strong defensive performance, a victory to secure qualification —— his priority. alexei leonov made history in march 1965 when he stepped outside his spacecraft forjust over 12 minutes attached to the craft‘s airlock by only a i6ft long tether. born in siberia in 193a, he became a fighter pilot in his 20s before joining the soviet space programme with yuri ga ga rin who became the first man in space. leonov made his pioneering walk during the cold war battle for supremacy in space between the ussr and the united states. later in life he became the commander of the first ever joint us soviet mission. now it's time for newswatch and we hear your views on the bbc‘s coverage of climate change. hello and welcome to newswatch. as extension rebellion protesters make their presence felt, has the bbc got their pr

england play tomorrow night manager gareth southgate has said they'll abide by uefa's three step protocol racial abuse during their game in the czech republic or in bulgaria next week. (00v )england will qualify for the euros if they beat the czechs. england will qualify for the euros if they beat the czechs. yesterday, tammy abraham said the players were prepared to come off the pitch all together if they were not happy. uefa's protocol for racial abuse ends with the officials abandoning a match if announcements inside a stadium do not stop the problem. there is the ua for process. we have to have faith in that process in a game that was recently stopping italy because of that. and then everything else is hypothetical because we don't know the situation that we will be in as a team or that i will be in as a manager. but are very clear in terms of all of the staff but would need to happen. we wa nt to staff but would need to happen. we want to be able to concentrate on football. —— the uefa rules. it's the simone biles show at the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart. the american

problems with racism have been a recurring theme throughout england's qualification campaign gareth southgate's players were subjected to racist chanting in montenegro in april he's called on your way for to take tougher measures to prevent it from happening in future. we have to prepare our players because of what happened to us in montenegro so that was a process that we needed to go through before next the way fixtures but. outside of that we trust the authorities to make sure everything is in place england players w.a. for sanctions against montenegro too lenient repeated pleas to wait for to hold the guilty parties to account has evidently been taken as an accusation by bulgarian officials a hostile atmosphere awaits in sofia but one that both sides hope doesn't spill into anything more sinister. the nobel prize for economics goes to 3 economy. from india europe and the united states monica jumps examines the 3 in the roots of network up next to the computer business after a day. coming . from the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the from the old sch

gareth southgate, england manager, has admitted that england has its own issues with racism in footballaddress, but this kind of thing here cannot stand. and the response from uefa is now of the utmost importance. this evening a few thousand seats closed off. it made no difference. as for the match itself, marcus rasch had opened the scoring with a stunning strike after only seven minutes. barkley scored twice before sterling added two more either side of the break, and england captain kane completed the rout five minutes from time, 6—0 the final score. you have become the latest team to qualify for next year's finals, after beating the holders in kiev. they want to—i. both goals coming in the first half —— won 2—1. cristiano ronaldo‘s penalty was the 700th goal of his career. kosovo beat montenegro 2—0 to keep their hopes of qualifying alive. the result means that group a leaders england are not certain of their place in next year's finals. the world champions, france, were held toa i—i world champions, france, were held to a 1—1 draw by turkey in paris. both remain level on points, bu

i thought they handled it tremendously well, extra praise to gareth southgate and also greg clark, iough this indignity, i think england responded as well as they could have, especially given the young age of the players being abused. —— not only black players but also lack fans. they were all under30, but also lack fans. they were all under 30, tyrone mings was having his first match, they coped incredibly well. imrul, i have looked at various punishment uefa have handed out over the last year 01’ have handed out over the last year or two years, greece were handed a partial stadium ban and a fine because of racist behaviour in a 1—0 win over estonia, remaining fa, £44,500 fine. red star belgrade, stadium ban and 61,500 p van. 0ut £44,500 fine. red star belgrade, stadium ban and 61,500 p van. out of bulgaria cosmic stadium was closed last night because of previous racist incidents, which did not work. what should happen to bulgaria now? listen, i think work. what should happen to bulgaria now? listen, ithink we work. what should happen to bulgaria now? listen, i think we need to be h

half—time and was restarted after discussions between the officials and the england manager, gareth southgaterian fa ns southgate. a number of bulgarian fans who were making racist chance and gestures and then left the stadium. ifa and gestures and then left the stadium. if a third incident had occurred the game would have been totally abandoned. we can speak to the former watford and england formerfor the —— the former watford and england former for the —— ambassador for kick it out. hejoins me from aylesbu ry. kick it out. hejoins me from aylesbury. what was your reaction as you saw what was going on? disbelief. i played in bulgaria in the under 21 is a must be almost 42 yea rs the under 21 is a must be almost 42 years ago. i stood in the tunnel. i was getting that sort of vile treatment from some of their players as we stood in the tunnel waiting to come out to play the game. to think we are so many years later, it still goes on, and more to the point the coach denies they have racism at all in their country. that is beyond disappointment. i think it is just... talk about sticking your hea

bulgaria's football union have called that "offensive", but gareth southgate says the team have beenwe had to prepare our players because of what happened to us in montenegro. so, that was a process that we needed to go through before our next away fixtures, but outside of that we trust the authorities to make sure everything is in place and we are all, you know, everybody involved in the game from both countries is wanting to speak about the match. wales manager ryan giggs says the point they earned against croatia last night could prove vital to his side's qualification bid. gareth bale equalised just before half—time in cardiff to hold the group leaders to a 1—1 draw, but wales are still fourth in the table and they need to win both their remaining games and have slovakia drop points if they're to go straight through. i think on the balance of the game, pleased with the draw. it was a very -- it pleased with the draw. it was a very —— it was against a very good team and especially going 1—0 down, showed character and to get to go to get us back into it. but it goes down to the las

no further replacements are planned as gareth southgate's preparations begin with a 24—man squad.e back from their defeat to brazil. since reaching the world cup semi—finals, phil neville's side have been struggling — with four defeats in five games. they'll also be without midfielderjill scott who's withdrawn with injury. her absence will give her more time to focus on coaching — a career she's looking to pursue once her playing days are over. as you're getting a bit older it is such think about what next? it would be great to get on a coaching journey. it would probably be like starting all over again. i love the game, so maybe afterfit starting all over again. i love the game, so maybe after fit but it is something i can look into. i know how important coaches whether the development of me and me make my debut for england and that is something that i would love to contribute to the youngsters. so, yeah, anybody wants to employ me, me up. and that game between portugal and england tomorrow night will be live on bbc four. the game kicks off at seven o'clock. in the last hour, gre

they opened the scoring at st mary's through tammy abraham, who was called up to gareth southgate's englandere soon two up thanks to another of their young players, mason mount. and although danny ings did pull a goal back for southampton, ngolo kante's deflected effort restored chelseas two—goal lead before the break, michy batshuayi added another late on to make it a comfortable afternoon for frank lampard's side. arsenal are up third in the table. david luiz scored the only goal of the game at the emirates stadium against bournemouth. one more game today newcastle face manchester united, they kick off in the next ten minutes or so. celtic have been beaten for the first time this season in the scottish premiership. they had a man sent off inside half an hour at livingstone and lost 2—0. with rangers currently beating hamilton, celtic are also going to get knocked off the top of the table. michael redford reports. having dropped points for the first time this season last weekend, celtic headed to livingston looking for a response. where better to get it than at the side who had lost four s

call fires continue on friday england are taking on the czech republic later on england manager gareth southgate has stressed that his players will follow us for protocols if they experience any racist abuse during these call fires on monday england will face bulgaria where the match will be played in a party close stadium after racist behavior in the past this week chelsea striker tammy abraham said that the players are prepared to leave the pitch if they are targeted by racist abuse regardless of the us protocols. the play is also at the same time have the right to have a voice and speak their mind openly. and i encourage them to do that because we have a chance to make a difference on a very important topic as well. but my priorities are creating the environment that they feel going into any match they can they can focus on football and be judged on that. they need a clinic's academy iran a but alberto salazar has been closed off to the american coach was banned for 4 years due to doping violations salazar had coached various elliptic champions at the nike oregon project including britain's m

manager gareth southgate has openly acknowledged that english football has its own issues to deal withplayed in its darkest, most blatant form here in bulgaria. england's players exposed it, but the reaction can't stop here. many have been in touch with your thoughts on this. one viewer says banning teams and giving five figure finds does not work. it is time you ever got harsher. lots of comments coming into our hashtag, we will share more of those later in the programme. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: a white fort worth police officer has been charged with murder over the shooting dead of a 28—year—old black woman in her home. atatiana jefferson was shot through a closed window whilst playing video games. aaron dean resigned earlier in the day. local leaders have called for a probe of the department. sincejune, there have been six fatal shootings by police officers in fort worth. six people have died and at least 40 have been injured when a hailstorm caused a roof collapse during a party in peru. local media reported that over 1,000 people were standing

england manager gareth southgate has admitted his side were "simply not good enough" after they were night. if england had won that match they would have sealed their qualification for next year's european championship, but zdenek 0ndrasek‘s strike sealed the victory for the czech republic late in the game. england face bulgaria on monday and will be without danny rose who is suspended and callum wilson and james maddison who are ill. southgate won't though be calling up any new players. we obviously have to assess a couple of the players, but the preference wouldn't be to call any more up because they haven't been training with the team of the week. we have only a couple of days to prepare for the game, it wouldn't be a beneficial training parting for them ahead of that. we should have the bodyis ahead of that. we should have the body is here. to sail through a qualifying group with no issues is a very unusual, so qualifying group with no issues is a very unusual, so we qualifying group with no issues is a very unusual, so we had to respond. simple as that. manchester city moved top

the 43rd minute before restarting after discussions between the referee and england manager, gareth southgatethe bbc sport live page, england leading 570 at the moment. dust 5—0. the game has been halted a couple times. the associated press says... lots of people are highlighting that there is a 3—step process. they have been through two steps already, so one more incident of racist booing, if the referee decides that is what he has heard, then he could stop the game completely. that has yet to happen, but this is really one of the first times we've seen fee for‘s protocols and uefa's protocols around racist behaviour from crowds being and uefa's protocols around racist behaviourfrom crowds being put to the test, and regardless of the fact that england will win very easily, the whole match will be in the context of what has happened in the stands. just to reiterate what our lead story is — we have a situation where the un is saying thousands of civilians have already been killed because of the conflict in northern syria, where 150,000 because of the conflict in northern syria, where150,000 pe

"a wake—up call" — that's how manager gareth southgate's descibed england's first defeat in a qualifier republic in prague, despite taking the lead through harry's kane's early penalty. if england had won the match, they would have qualified for euro 2020 with three games to spare. england have another qualifier, against bulgaria in sofia, on monday. in terms of a wake—up call, i think we've had a lot of plaudits. i think we've had a lot of plaudits. i think we've always maintained that there isa we've always maintained that there is a lot of work to be done to be a really top team. i think tonight was clear evidence of that. we have to respond in the right way. the super league grand final takes place later today, salford red devils are hoping for a fairy tale ending to a surprising season. they take on the runaway league leaders st helens at old trafford for the right to be crowned champions. the cash—strapped red devils were relegation candidates at the start of the season, but are on the brink of what would be an extraordinary success. kind of try not to think about it. i think othe

but gareth southgate's man will have to wait a little bit longer to confirm their place in next year prop. joe wilson is there. about four minutes in this match, it looks like their normal service would resume. you would always guarantee harry kane would always guarantee harry kane would score this penalty. and he did but very quickly, we were focusing on the other side of things was up england on—site defensive frailties because when they allowed the czech republic to equalise, you could feel the belief just republic to equalise, you could feel the beliefjust to re—energize and grow not just a the beliefjust to re—energize and grow notjust a months the check press but here inside the ground. the game did become open as it were on. the second half england needed good saves. harry kane also had opportunities to score england's second goal. but in the last five minutes of the match, we were thinking again about the same things we saw in the opening ten, 15 minutes. england seemed almost as uncertain as the end of the game as they did the beginning and there was they did the beginning a

the cheslea striker is eligible for nigeria through his father, but he has been called up by gareth southgate, who is 22, scored in the champions league against lille last night. he won two england caps two years ago against brazil and germany, but they were friendlies, so he could still have played for nigeria. his chelsea teamate fikayo tomori has his first call—up. i don‘t think it is ethically right just to give a player to make sure that they can‘t play for somebody else. so the two boys that are in the squad this time, fikayo and tammy, rn on merit. i am not going to guarantee that they are going to get on the pitch, but they have both been part of ourjunior system right the way through. to the rugby world cup, then, where ireland got the win they needed, beating russia 35—0 following their shock defeat to japan. england are the next of the home nations to play — their toughest match yet, against argentina on saturday. eddiejones has picked his strongest 15 for that one. owen farrell returns as captain from inside centre, george ford at fly—half. one change to team that started the tour

problems with racism have been a recurring theme throughout england's qualification campaign gareth southgate's players were subjected to racist chanting in montenegro in april he's called on you a foot to take tougher measures to prevent it from happening in future. we have to prepare our players because of what happened to us in montenegro so that was a process that we needed to go through before next away fixtures but. outside of that we trust the authorities to make sure everything is in place england players w.a. for sanctions against montenegro too lenient repeated pleas to wait for to hold the guilty parties to account has evidently been taken as an accusation by both gary and officials a hostile atmosphere awaits in sofia but one that both sides hope doesn't spill into anything more sinister. and former chelsea and czech republic goalkeeper pet or check. hung up his gloves in 2019 few gaffes that it would be to try on a different pair but after a glittering football career the champions league winner is now trying his luck on the ice rink the 37 year old has signed a semiprofessional co

want to do that and eventually won the game 6 mil so possibly the best response possible and gareth southgate was actually really thrilled with the way his players reacted so let's hear what he had to say after the game now naturally because if they want to be recognized for their football they want they were playing so well that they didn't want to leave the pitch moment as well and i'm sure that would have been part of their thinking so. i'm incredibly proud of all of the players and all the staff i don't think. of course we could be criticised for not going far enough but i think we've made a huge statement and. frankly we were in an impossible situation to get it right to the satisfaction of everybody. and what are the consequences you know what could dog area face was actually worth mentioning that for this toy dog area were ordered to reduce their stadium capacity by 5000 seats do so racist behavior in 2 previous euro 2020 qualifying games against the czech republic and kosovo now clearly that had no effect they were just as racist as they had been again against england and people are n

one theory is that because gareth southgate spoke out so strongly ahead of the game about racism thattely have been provocative as a result. i have to say that actually more people here think it was some kind of political act tied into local politics here in bulgaria, linked to local elections, and this was a deliberate provocation which prompted an act which allowed the prime minister to get rid of the head of the bulgarian fa, so it is all very murky as to why it was these men had so blata ntly ta ken to why it was these men had so blatantly taken to the terraces, performing these nazi salutes and blata ntly performing these nazi salutes and blatantly insulting these black english players. doctors in italy who are caring for a seriously brain—damaged girl from london say they hope that eventually she will be able to return home and be cared for by her family. five—year—old tafida raqeeb was flown to genoa yesterday, after a high courtjudge ruled that life sustaining treatment should continue. fergus walsh is in genoa. his report contains flash photography. slowly, painstakingly, taf

and coming up on bbc news, england manager gareth southgate says his side must deliver in sofia laterwin in their qualifier against bulgaria could see them qualify for euro 2020. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six from westminster, where, earlier today, the queen set out the government's future policies on issues such as crime, health and the environment and, of course, brexit. but given that the prime minister has no majority in parliament, many of the bills may not become law. mps are debating the speech now and will do so for the coming days. if they reject it, there are likely to be renewed calls for a general election. and hanging over it all, the brexit negotiations which are continuing in brussels. our political editor laura kuenssberg now on today's events here at westminster. plenty of pomp... but very bizarre circumstances. the band playing for the monaco's arrival, the queen and the monaco's arrival, the queen and the crown here to announce the government's plans —— the monaco's. but they are a wish list at the very best. going through the traditional motions..

but gareth southgate's man will have to wait a little longer to confirm their place in next year's finalsy call prague the city of 100 spires. it is also, someone counted, a city of 600 bars on a friday night. british police urged english travellers to remember they were here for football, not a stag do. czech police made their point in the old town. england's players arrived here at the stadium with confidence — after all, they'd been making these euro qualifiers seem easy. it was the fourth minute of tonight's match when raheem sterling burst forward for the first time, when the referee had a decision to make. well, penalty means harry kane. means this. no mistake. scoring is not england's problem. defending is england's problem. deal with this? no, they couldn't. the czechs were back in the match. many thanks. as news came through of some arrests in central prague, england were still level in the game, althouthordan pickford needed his agility. for england, there were opportunities. for harry kane, the second goal didn't come. well, not for england. as they chased a winner, england wer

england have to deliver agaisnt bulgaria — gareth southgate rallies his side as they return to euro 2020fying following friday's surprise defeat to czech republic. good afternoon from westminster, where the queen has just unveiled the plans for the year for boris johnson's government. she said the government's priority was to take the united kingdom out of the eu at the end of the month. but the queen's speech also set out plans to introduce tougher sentences forforeign offenders, investing more in the nhs and scrapping the rail franchise system. on brexit, there are plans to end free movment of eu citizens to the uk. the queen outlined 26 bills but with the prime minister no longer having a majority, and an election widely predicted, many of them may not become law. labour has described the whole exercise as a political stunt and an uncosted wish list. jonathan blake reports. tradition has its place, even at a time of turmoil. the queen's arrival, part of the spectacle of the state opening of parliament. ancient rituals and splendour on show, but this was westminster preparing for a que

that night in sofia, england manager gareth southgate was quick to point out that racism exists across but the effects of that match are being felt keenly, not least here in north london. non—league haringey borough were thrust into the media spotlight earlier this month when they abandoned their fa cup match. players including their goalkeeper, seen here, alleged they were racially abused by visiting yeovil fans, and were too upset to play on. tonight, with two fans since arrested, the clubs will replay that match, with a lucrative place in the fa cup first round at stake. the manager says at international level there is help, but that day, there was nothing. that's what happens at a high level, but our level, there is no... we haven't been told anything. so we or ijust done things off my own back. and i hope i never have to make that decision again. i think other people should be making that decision. this small club from a diverse borough of london has never needed such security before. the focus on them for all the wrong reasons. but the club hope their small part in the fight agai

manager gareth southgate has openly acknowledged that english football has its own issues to deal withits starkest, most blatant form in bulgaria. england's players exposed it, but the reaction can't stop here. it is worth remembering that the bulgarian football authorities were angry when england even brought up the issue of racism in the build—up to this game. we heard bulgaria's manager tell us there was not an issue in this country with racism. clearly, racism stretches way beyond bulgaria, but nothing was ever changed in a spirit of denial. joe wilson, bbc news, in sofia. hate crimes in england and wales have reached a record high. figures from the home office show there has been a 10% rise from the previous year. more than three quarter of the offences were related to racism. transgender hate crime increased by more than a third from the year before. our home affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. there has been a rise in all types of hate crimes reported to police. but it is racially motivated offences that make up the majority. at the east london mosque, this woman support

england manager gareth southgate says they'll abide by uefa's three—step protocol if they encounter any england will qualify for the euros if they beat the czechs. on wednesday, tammy abraham said the players were prepared to come off the pitch all together if they were not happy. uefa's protocol for racial abuse ends with the officials abandoning a match if announcements inside a stadium do not stop the problem. there is of course the uefa process, and we have to have faith in the process , and we have to have faith in the process, again was recently stopped in italy because of that. and then everything else is hypothetical because we don't know the situation we will be in as a team, or that albion as a manager. but we are very clear —— i'll be in, but we are very clear —— i'll be in, but we are very clear in terms of the staff, what would need to happen. we want the players to concentrate on football. the american superstar simone biles has won another world gymnastics title, her 16th in all and 22nd medal in all at the championships. she's already become the most successful female gy

manager gareth southgate knows english football has its own issues to address. down to, you know, not really understanding people's background and cultures and things and kind of feeling threatened by it. but it's one way if you kind of open up and show that love and respect and learning new cultures, you know, you find out that everyone's just exactly the same really. so, the football match. well, czech republic were a mighty team once. and he scores! they lead in the final of euro ‘96, almost won it. but in march this year, england beat them 5—0. it is a night to win to qualify, and to leave with only good memories everywhere. joe wilson, bbc news, in prague. the scottish rugby union are considering legal action if their crucial world match is called off because of the super typhoon heading towards japan this weekend. andy swiss is in tokyo. how big a blow will this be for scotland ? well, it is already reining in tokyo and there is real concern about this typhoon which will arrive here at some point tomorrow. the authorities say it could be the biggest storm

even then, england manager gareth southgate spoke of racism at a domestic level.xperiences in our own country, are hardened to racism. and i don't know what that says about our society, but that's the reality. there's no room for racism. they have been a spate of alleged racist incidents across britain on the very weekend that the premier league relaunched their antiracism video. in the championship, some bristol city fans are alleged to have used racist language in their match against luton town, while in scotland there are allegations of racism at tynecastle in hearts' match against rangers. chanting: we are hanringey! both haringey and yeovil will go into tonight's fa cup first round draw. the fa say they are deeply concerned at the situation, but the fact a non—league side has taken this stand may now set a precedent for other clubs. jane dougall, bbc news. former football players have a three and a half times higher rate of death due to diseases like parkinson's and alzheimer's than expected. the study looked at causes of death of more than 7,500 scottish mal

one theory is that because gareth southgate had spoken out so strongly ahead of the game about racism to say, actually, more people here in sofia actually think it was some kind of a political act, tied into local politics here in bulgaria, linked to local elections. and, actually, this was a deliberate provocation, which then prompted an act which allowed the prime minister to get rid of the head of the bulgarian fa, so it's all very murky as to why it was that these men had so blatantly taken to the terraces, despite all the warnings, and performed these nazi salutes, and so blatantly insulted the black english players. the transport secretary has confirmed he's considering whether one of the country's biggest rail franchises should be taken out of private hands. grant shapps told mps today that the northern franchise cannot continue" delivering such poor levels of punctuality. it's the second largest rail franchise in the country, accounting for the vast majority of services in the north of england, but has been losing money for years and has struggled with late trains, poor custom

the cheslea striker is eligible for nigeria through his father, but he's been called up by gareth southgatey were friendlies so he could have still played for nigeria. his chelsea teamate fikayo tomori has his first call up. there could be another gold on the way for great britain at the world athletics championships in doha. after dina asher smith's victory in the 200m last night, katerina johnson—thompson leads the way in the heptathlon after four events. she had a dream start when she set a personal best time in the hurdles and in the shot put. she leads the olympic and current world champion nafi thiam of belgium by 96 points. long jump, javelin and 800 metres to come. the javelin is going to be the key for her. that is her weakest event. we will see how she goes. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's get more reaction and analysis now on the prime minister's latest brexit proposals — the plan that he outlined earlier to the house of commons. we can cross to westminster and speak to the crossbench peer lord jones. is it something that you think wil

look, i have full support for the england side and gareth southgate. there wasn't they would have done exactly the same as what i did with my football team yesterday afternoon. just tell us what happened exactly? have you encountered anything on this level before? i have. i have. i have been in football for a long time. but i suppose not at this level. things have happened in the past but because we are a small non—league side, nobody takes any notice of us. no matter how many times we have complained and moaned about it, nothing has happened. it wasn't on my mind because we are playing in the fa cup, let's make the team makes headlines. what made me pull my football team off was the lock on the faces of of my players. they we re the faces of of my players. they were disturbed, they were frightened. and i had to make the decision off my own back. we are just going to have to live with that decision whether it was the right or wrong thing to do. it does look like you have received widespread support. we should also mention there were incidents involving

punishment for racist incidents involving bulgarian fans earlier on this year and a manager gareth southgatesaid he'd held a meeting with his players to explain what should happen if his team is targeted while you wait for all state that in the events of racist chancing the referee will 1st ask for an announcement to be broadcast in the stadium telling fans to behave if that if it doesn't stop the referee can suspend the match while a further announcement is made over the public address system if the racism continues the match can then be abandoned several england players were targeted with abuse during a game in montenegro earlier on this year and some of the squad have said they'll consider walking off the pitch tonight if there's a repeat. we had a mini in started with on things that could happen. moment to happen as well oh so. there's a protocol in place that. you know from my point of view and a close front if you were to do a job tomorrow on the football person hopefully we don't have to cross that bridge . for you to put in the bulgarian championship we have a lot of players of diffe

gareth southgate has chosen not to replace him, so england will have a 23—man squad instead.hey win. the boxing world champion errol spencejunior the boxing world champion errol spence junior is in the boxing world champion errol spencejunior is in intensive care. he spencejunior is in intensive care. h e rece ntly spencejunior is in intensive care. he recently unified titles in the welterweight division. lee say the man was rejected from a ferrari he was driving at high speed in the early hours. he had not been wearing a seat belt. his condition is not thought to be life threatening. tennis and british number two heather watson is through to the quarter finals of the tianjin open in china with her biggest win in more than two years. she dropped three games in beating the world number22 wang qiang, who's ranked over 100 places above her. it's only watson's second win on the main wta tour this year. she'll play poland's magda linette in the last eight. and two—time grand slam winner naomi osaka has chosenjapanese over american nationality with an eye on the tokyo 2020 olympics

even then, england manager gareth southgate spoke of racism at a domestic level.ys about our society, but that's the reality. there's no room for racism. there have been a spate of alleged racist incidents across britain on the very weekend that the premier league relaunched their antiracism video. in the championship, some bristol city fans are alleged to have used racist language in their match against luton town, while in scotland there are allegations of racism at tynecastle in hearts' match against rangers. chanting: we are haringey! both haringey and yeovil will go into tonight's fa cup first round draw. the fa say they are deeply concerned at the situation, but the fact a non—league side has taken this stand may now set a precedent for other clubs. jane dougall, bbc news. coming up we will have the six o'clock news. but now it is time for the weather. this time next week we could have a large area of high pressure bringing dry weather across the uk. today we have got some dry weather but around the edges of a there has been a lot of cloud and near that weat

manager gareth southgate has openly acknowledged that english football has its own issues to deal with in its starkest, most blatant form in bulgaria. england's players exposed it, but the reaction can't stop here. it is worth remembering that the bulgarian football authorities were angry when england even brought up the issue of racism in the build—up to this game. we heard bulgaria's manager tell us there was not an issue in this country with racism. clearly, racism stretches way beyond bulgaria, but nothing was ever changed in a spirit of denial. joe wilson, bbc news, in sofia. let's talk now to former professional footballer fabrice muamba, who also experienced racist chanting while playing for the england under 21s team against bulgaria. thanks so much for being with us. just tell us what that was like. i know it is quite a few years ago, but what was it like when you were playing in bulgaria and experienced those racist chants yourself?” remember the event like it was yesterday. i can remember the pitch exactly, the same stadium, it was raining and every time myself, tom huddlest

the cheslea striker is eligible for nigeria through his father, but he's been called up by gareth southgatehe champions league against lille last night. he won two england caps two years ago against brazil and germany, but they were friendlies so he could still have played for nigeria. his chelsea teamate fikayo tomori has his first call up. i don't think it is ethically right just to give a play or a cap to make sure that they can't play for somebody else. so the two boys that are in the squad this time — i won't guarantee that they will get on the pitch. but they have both been a pa rt pitch. but they have both been a part of ourjunior system right the way through. to the rugby world cup then, where ireland got the win they needed, beating russia 35—nil following their shock defeat to japan. also a big win for fiji against georgia today, that was in wales' pool, england are the next of the home nations to play, their toughest match yet, against argentina. on saturday, eddiejones has picked his strongest 15 for that one, owen farrell returns as captain from inside centre, george ford at fl