former australian rugby union player israel folau has raised his compensation demands after being sackedsays that the termination of his contract is a case of religious discrimination. he now wants $9.5 million and is also arguing a potential loss of earnings, saying he could have been captain of the national side and that australia would have achieved a "superior performance" in his words at the rugby world cup if he'd been in the side. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. we will have all of the reaction there for the football, and more in there for the football, and more in the next hour. but from me — chetan pathak — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. yesterday we saw scenes like these across parts of scotland and the north—east of england, relentless rain. today the picture is going to gradually become drier, but that dryness comes with another change. much colder airflooding in across the uk. this is the low to thank for the wet weather. this front will clear south through the day. eventually the wet weather moving away, bu

the australian player israel folau has been criticised for drawing a link between the country's bushfires—sex marriage and abortion laws. speaking in a church in sydney, folau said the fires were a "little taste of god's judgment". he was sacked by rugby australia earlier this year for making homophobic comments on social media. prime minister scott morrison says folau's latest comments are appallingly insensitive. he can see what he likes, but he needs to have regard for the people whose homes have burned down. for many christians around australia, thatis many christians around australia, that is not their view at all. there are thoughts and prayers are with those who are suffering, let me stress that. football now, and there's a huge game for wales in cardiff tomorrow night. beat hungary and they will qualify automatically for next summer's european championship. they missed out on the world cup last year and euro 2016 in france was their first major tournament appearance in 58 years and they exceeded all expectations by reaching the semi—finals. gareth bale was a key part of that side

former australia player israel folau has increased his compensation demand from rugby australia.ation after being fired for making anti—gay remarks on social media. temporary concussion substitutions could be introduced for the first time at the euro 2020 finals. the proposal to replace players if they are suspected of being concussed is on the agenda for the international football association board's annual business meeting next tuesday. britain's bryony page is setting her sights on a medal at this week's world trampoline championships in tokyo. page won silver at the 2016 rio games but is yet to win an individual medal at a major championships, outside of the olympics. she says she feels in an even better place now than in rio, despite having to get over ankle injuries. i have overcome certain obstacles, obviously the injury but also just technical knowledge and practising skills so they year of the rio 0lympics, i went to an intense time of learning and picking up about sport psychology and just the technical knowledge and modern more training and visualisation. i'd a lot of

former australia player israel folau has increased his compensation demand from rugby australia.igious discrimination after being fired for making anti—gay remarks on social media. england captainjoe root has the backing of the whole squad according to all rounder ben stokes. it comes after the batsman was criticised for making two low scores in the first test defeat to new zealand. his captaincy hasn't escaped scrutiny, either. root himself insists leading the side doesn't affect his batting — even if the numbers suggest otherwise and his vice captain has tipped him to return to top form. he has the backing of everyone in the changing room. that is the most important thing, to him as a captain and to us as players in general. the only thing that matters is the changing room vibe. everything else outside of that is just noise. he's england captain. he is the best player in england. he knows that. he has the full support of us in the changing room. four years ago, great britain's bryony page made history as the first brit to win an olympic medal on the trampoline. now she's target

where the prime minister scott morrison has condemned comments made by controversial rugby star israel folau about the country's bushfires a conservative christian folau suggested it was god punishing australia for passing same sex marriage and abortion laws for laos currently in a legal battle with rugby australia after being sacked for anti-gay remarks on social media i thought these were appallingly insensitive comments. that are reporting comments and you know he's a free citizen he can say whatever he likes but that doesn't mean he can't have regard to the to the grievous offense this would have caused to people whose homes have been burnt down and i'm sure to many christians around the struggle for him that is not their view would oh it's day one of the new look davis cup taking place in madrid and 1st up on center court was the defending champion croatia up against russia and a group beat match it was not the start that the croats would have wanted though born no go hotel khan world number $23.00 andre of rubble of and it was the russian who drew 1st blood for his country and the span

and i'm leo harding and sport australia's prime minister slams rugby star israel folau for his comments on the country's bushfires claim the fires are god's way of punishing australia for passing same sex marriage and abortion law. protesters are confronting police in hong kong as they try to rescue people caught up in a university standoff demonstrators have been holed up inside the campus now for several days before dawn on monday police entered the grounds and faced a barrage of petrol bombs and arrows they responded with tear gas and water cannon . most alarming. they did weapons were used in the 43rd at university rich has become a bit unfair treat despair as a refugee for extremely violent viruses 50 betterman so really this reached a critical level rochus. so intention. or cost well later a number of demonstrators fled the university building some on motorbikes several were arrested but it's not known how many remain inside now large groups of people have been marching to the campus to try to break through the police cordons and free people inside well let's cross now to rob mcbr

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australian prime minister scott morrison has condemned comments made by controversial rugby star israel folauabout the country's bushfires follows a conservative christian and suggested the fires happened because god was punishing australia for passing same sex marriage and abortion laws flaws currently in the legal battle with rugby australia after being sacked for anti-gay remarks on social media. i thought these were appallingly insensitive comments. via reporting comments and you know he's a free citizen he can say whatever he likes but that doesn't mean he can't have regard to the to the grievous offense this would have caused to people whose homes have been burnt down and i'm sure to many christians around distracted for him that is not their view would roll. call in copper next former teammate eric reeves as the quarterback has proved that he is still capable of playing in the n.f.l. capper nick held a private workout on saturday to attract a new team it was originally organized by the n.f.l. but kaplan it change the venue so that the media could attend the league said they were disapp

former australia player israel folau has upped his demands for compensation from rugby australia followings suing after being fired for making anti—gay remarks on social media. he's now demanding the equivalent of {7.4 million. folau — who is a christian — argues that the termination of his contract is a case of religious discrimination. wbo super—middleight champion callum smith says it would makes sense to fight wbc champion billyjoe saunders next. smith narrowly retained his title, seeing offjohn ryder on saturday. both he and saunders want to fight saul "canelo" alvarez next, but smith believes an all—british match—up would be a great alternative. he isa he is a world champion, i am a world champion. we are both british and undefeated. it is a fight that has generated a lot of interest in the public. i think a fight with each other makes sense. i will sit down with my team and see what fight we can deliver. either way, with my team and see what fight we can deliver. eitherway, it with my team and see what fight we can deliver. either way, it should bea can deliver. either way, it shoul

former australia rugby star israel folau ups his demands for compensation from the country's governingedia. the director of blue story, the new film about london gangs which has been banned by some cinemas after a mass brawl in birmingham, has said the violence in cinemas had nothing to do with the film. the vue chain has stopped showing blue story, because it says there have been incidents in 16 of their theatres. rapman, who also wrote the film, has questioned whether there are ‘hidden reasons' for the ban — vue insists its decision had nothing to do with race. our arts editor will gompertz has been speaking to the filmmaker. fictional trouble on the streets of london. real trouble on the streets of birmingham. the urban drama, blue story, has become a news story, after vue cinemas decided to pull it from all its screens for what they claimed was security reasons. a decision which has astonished the director. i was thinking, what is the reason? does the owner have an issue with the urban youth. it's it prejudiced? is this a colour thing? you start going through all these things. it w

the australian rugby player israel folau has been crticised for linking the country's bushfires to same—sexspeaking in church in sydney, folau said the fires were a "little taste of god's judgement". he was sacked by rugby australia in may for making homophobic comments on social media. prime minister scott morrison says folau's latest comments are "appallingly insensitive". stefanos tsitsipas is now targetting next year's grand slams after becoming the youngest winner of the atp finals since 2001. he came from a set down to beat austria's dominic thiem on a tie break in the deciding set. the 21 year old from greece is the youngest winner of the event in almost 20 years, and is part of a group of players trying to break the dominance of roger federer, rafa nadal and novak djokovic. there are so many new generation players coming up, we have so many players coming up, we have so many players that i can compete with and have a rivalry with. i've played many times against several of them. something really exciting for the sport because we in so many different shapes and sizes, different shapes

galaxy this month israel folau is up his compensation claim against rugby estrades in a $10000000.00 for loss of earnings he's suing for religious discrimination after being sacked over anti-gay comments it originally wanted $7000000.00 but increased it because he says he could have been yes trading captain last week flacid australia's bushfires were god punishing the country for passing abortion and same sex marriage laws. the south east asian games start in the philippines on saturday but organizes a dealing with complaints that athletes have been forced to sleep on floors and go hungry is the can bodhi and football coach now i was pretty upset the 1st guy here . we did you know 3 hours away in the airport and then 8 hours of waiting in the theatre rooms sleeping on the floor and. you know that adds up in a tournament like this or more and they say it's our correspondent jamila alan dogan from manila. i don't press conference here in manila organizers in charge coming from the government actually denied that they have been disorderly in their management of the sea games here in the

defect i would not have done that i don't want anybody with these characteristics in my staff or israel folau has upped his compensation claim against rugby australia to nearly $10000000.00 for loss of earnings he's searching for religious discrimination after being fact over anti-gay comments here originally wanted $7000000.00 but increase it because he says he could have become australia kept. the southeast starts in the philippines on saturday but organizes having to do with complaints that have been forced to sleep on floors and some even going hungry remember i'm a doctor has more from manila i don't press conference here in manila organizers in charge coming from the government actually denied that they have been disorderly in their management of the sea games here in the philippines they even said that they will investigate reports that some athletes have suffered food poisoning have been brought to the hospital and there is in adequate food for athletes and members of the changing team from different countries the even went as far as leaving journalists local in international for what

israel folau, is demanding more compensation from rugby australia. for making anti—gay remarks on social media. folau, who's a christian, argues that the termination of his contract is a case of religious discrimination. he wants £7.11 million arguing that australia would have achieved a "superior performance" at the rugby world cup in september if he had been in the side. that is it from me — but i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. thank you for that. now, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn says he has has obtained hundreds of unredacted documents appearing to show the nhs would be on the table in trade talks with the us after brexit. borisjohnson has repeatedly denied this — and this morning described the fresh claim as ‘total nonsense' . robbie turner is the director of pharmacy and member experience for the royal pharmaceutical society. welcome. how does the nhs keep top places affordable? we are rightly proud of how affordable ourjob places are. there are two classes of drugs, branded drugs which are the ones that people take in

the australian rugby player israel folau has been crticised for linking the country's bushfire5 to same—sex5tralia in may for making homophobic comments on social media. prime minister scott morrison say5 folau's latest comments are appallingly insensitive. the new—look davis cup is underway in madrid. rather than the old format of home and away ties through the year, there are 18 nations competing in six groups with the final on sunday. belgium, canada and russia have got of to winning starts in the first 5ingle5 rubber5 in their ties. former spanish international footballer gerard pique has been one of those behind the change. it's been criticised by some but novak djokovic is among those who say fans and players should give it a chance. the format change has happened in the davis cup, and in six weeks' time, we're going to have the atp cup up we're going to have the atp cup as well with a very similar format. so, there was some change nece55ary, and very much needed, for the team competitions to gain more attention and more significance. sam curran look5 likely to be chosen ahead of chri

that is people that people are paying a lot of attention to this morning, israel folau.anorama investigation going out tonight. and it is in the news bulletins this morning because it is the allegations in some quarters that war crimes were committed in the iraq and afghanistan wars by british troops, 0peration northmoor, and panorama has had a look and there is a question about whether there will be an icy seat investigation now. -- icc —— icc investigation. dozens of suspicious killings in night raids, one of which included three children involved in afghanistan. there is a lot of discussion about that particular case. maybe worth a look at that story develops. that is it for the morning briefing this morning. let's catch up with the sport now. time for a full round—up from the sports centre with sally. good morning. we have got plenty for you this morning. england first of all. they'd already qualified for next summer's european championships, but that didn't stop england from putting in a hugely impressive display in kosovo last night. they won their final qualifier

the australian rugby player israel folau has been criticised for linking the country's bushfires to same—sexre "appallingly insensitive". hobart hurricanes player emily smith has been suspended for three months for posting a team line—up on her instagram account before it was meant to be released. the australian breached cricket australia's anti—corruption code by putting the team on social media around an hour before it was permitted. she accepted a year's suspension, but nine months of the ban are suspended. it rules smith out of the remainder of this season's women's big bash. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. great, i will see them. john watson. let's get more on our top story now — the escalating violence between police and protesters in hong kong. we can speak now to patricia thornton, associate professor of chinese politics at merton college, oxford. are we seeing something which suggest this has to come to an end at some point, or is this file is just going to go on and on? well, obviously, we all hope for an end to the violence, but the situation

australia‘s prime minister has condemned comments made by a former rugby player, israel folau suggestingcountry‘s prime minister scott morrison condemned folau‘s remarks as "appallingly insensitive". a suspension bridge between two rural communities in southern france has collapsed, killing a fifteen—year—old girl. the fire brigade said two more people were missing. at least three vehicles plunged some twenty metres into the river tarn north of toulouse. the girl‘s mother was among four people who got out alive. the bridge between mirepoix—sur—tarn and bessieres was renovated sixteen years ago. but first the headlines on bbc news: party leaders have been making their pitch to business leaders. borisjohnson says he‘ll put a planned cut to corporation tax on hold to pay for investment in public services. the stand—off in hong kong. riot police surround a university campus with hundreds of pro—democracy protesters inside. prince andrew faces calls to apologise to the victims of sex offender, jeffrey epstein. borisjohnson, jeremy corbyn and jo swinson are addressing business leaders at the c

israel folau is demanding more compensation from rugby australia.lyjoe saunders next. smith narrowly retained his title, seeing offjohn ryder on saturday. both he and saunders want to fight sorl canelo alvarez next. but smith believes an all british match—up would be a great alternative. he is a world champion, i am a world champion. we are both british and undefeated. it is a fight that has generated a lot of interest in the public. i think a fight with each other makes sense. i will sit down with my team and see what fight we can deliver. either way, it should be a good fight. you tend to hear about sportsmen and women taking ice baths — well, we‘re going to show you something that takes things to the next level. this is professional skier tyler wallasch, who decides to take to the ice in a different way than usual. in he goes, and there‘s bit of swim involved. he‘s got to find his way out with no goggles... but up he pops... check the hair... and showing us all how ice baths are done properly. that‘s all the sport for now. now on afternoon live,