victory was the perfect birthday present for max verstappen. car and it could be a problem for next weekend's race in japan. and it could be a problem for next weekend's race injapan. he extended his championship lead to sa points. the united states have clinched a huge victory over the international team to win the presidents cup for the seventh time in a row, and 10th title overall. the americans headed into the singles matches with a 141/2—31/2 lead and needed just half a point to retain their title. kevin chappell got the half against marc leishman and, after wins forjason day and hideki matsuyama, daniel berger beat si woo kim for the outright win. the international team have not won a president's cup since royal melbourne in 1998. ireland's paul dunne shot a nine—under—par 61 on the final day of the british masters to hold off rory mcilroy and win his first european tour title. despite carding his lowest round of the season, mcilroy was unable to surpass the world number 192 and looks on course for only the second winless season of his ca

barely a wrinkle beneath those eyes. tearaway is max verstappen. eam celebrated. nice move but no drama. but there's a bigger picture. nice move but no drama. ferrari often wore an embarrassed shade of red in malaysia. sebastian vettel, hamilton's rival for the title, had to fight from the back of the grid. he reached fourth. of the grid. verstappen crossed the line to win. of the grid. a big moment for him and his family. of the grid. commentator: of the grid. max verstappen wins the grand prix. of the grid. hamilton in second was quick with congratulations. he addressed the crowd further ahead in the championship. i feel good but i think we've got some work to do with the car. obviously we did not have the pace today, this weekend, so there is still work to do, still races ahead. it is something we can for sure win but we've got to keep pushing. look what happened to vettel after the finishing line. on the slowdown lap, oh! after the finishing line. lance stroll, the other driver. after the finishing line. radio: he just went right into the side o

max verstappen is understandably delighted.ay's work to have increased that lead over sebastian vettel in the world championship. but ferrari, reliability really is the keys heal. vettel hampered during qualifying, hamilton hampered during the race. they need to solve that if vettle has any chance of winning the world championship. we haven't got long. it is the japanese grand prix next weekend at the world—famous suzuka circuit. tom clarkson in malaysia. liverpool missed the chance to go fourth after a frustrating 1—1 draw at newcastle. before the match, newcastle supporters showed their appreciation for former chairman freddie shepherd — the man who brought alan shearer to the club — and who died on monday aged 76. joe linski reports. it's one of the premier league's classic fixtures. two clubs that make free scoring part of the brand. they share values and heroes. rafa benitez is as popular on tyneside as he was with the reds. but the current liverpool side have problems to solve. one of them is finishing. four of them tried

victory was the perfect birthday present for max verstappen. he turned 20 yesterday. yes!t start of a new decade, well donem was a bittersweet day for sebastien vettel with a crash damaging his ferrari. repairs could mean a grid penalty next weekend in japan. ferrari. repairs could mean a grid penalty next weekend injapan. it was not the result hamilton hoped for, either. but he still extended his championship lead up to 34 points. you can see more about all today's stories on bbc news. the next bulletin is at ten to six. goodbye for now. you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. it is ten past one exactly. more for you now on our main story of this afternoon with spanish writer police breaking into polling stations and confiscating ballot boxes. it is part of their operation to stop the controversial independence referendum going ahead in the north—eastern region of catalonia. catalan officials accused the police of unjustifiable violence after officers fired rubber bullets and used that ons. many people were queueing up for hours to make sure they could cast their ba

max verstappen —— max verstappen understandably delighted, lewis hamilton satisfied to have increasedut what of ferrari? reliability is their achilles' heel. that hampered in qualifying, raikkonen in the race. they need to solve that if vettel is to have any chance of winning the world championship and we haven't got long to wait to see if they can do that. it is the japanese grand prix next weekend at the world—famous prix next weekend at the world —famous suzu ka circuit. prix next weekend at the world—famous suzuka circuit. that's all the sport for now. our top story, events in catalonia, there has been violence and chaos. these are the live pictures coming into us from barcelona. hundreds of people gathering because the president is due to be speaking in the next hour. also reports coming in that some pro—independent groups and trade unions are calling for a general strike in catalonia this coming tuesday. the government there is saying 844 people have been injured in clashes with police, who tried to stop the ballot taking place, and mariano rajoy the spanish prime minister has s

max verstappen won, a big moment for him and his family.s quick with congratulations, he addressed the crowd further ahead in the championship. i feel good but we have work to do with the car. we didn't have the pace today. still work to do, still races ahead. some that we can win for sure, we have to keep pushing. but look what happened to vettel after the finish. lance stroll, the other driver. vettel naturally blamed lance stroll but the car ended up like this and vettel is 3a points behind. in both cases no quick fix. joe wilson the bbc news. you's richest horse race the prix de l‘arc de triomphe was won by the british trained favourite enabled, frankie dettori steered the super filly to a comfortable victory for the price at chantilly. he's the first jockey to win the for the price at chantilly. he's the firstjockey to win the middle distance race five times. arsenal kept up with the chasing pack in the premier league beating brighton to win the middle distance race five times. arsenal kept up with the chasing pack in the premier leagu

max verstappen has won the malaysian grand prix in a thrilling race.g him out of the race. lewis hamilton finished second. he extended his lead in the standings. -- with his bantry. pole lead in the standings. -- with his ba ntry. pole position lead in the standings. -- with his bantry. pole position with his rival at the back of the grid. —— with his sorry. mercedes struggled —— with his bat trees. the lead lasted three laps. max verstappen charged through with the confidence of a multiple world champion that he overtook. no threats to hamilton's title ambitions. that was not troubling. he surged through the field and that was. he repeatedly broke the record on his way to fourth position. victory was the perfect birthday present. he turned 20 yesterday. yes! great start to a new decade, well done. it was bittersweet for sebastien vettel. his ferrari was damaged and repairs could mean a grid penalty next weekend injapan. it was not the result hamilton hoped for, either. he still extended his lead up to 34 points. man city are at the top of the premier

red bull's max verstappen charged through with the confidence of the multiple world champion he overtooko it! with verstappen no threat to hamilton's title ambitions, that wasn't too troubling. but vettel surging through the field was. the german repeatedly broke the lap record on his way to fourth place. victory was the perfect birthday present for verstappen, who turned 20 yesterday. radio: yes! woohoo! a great start to a new decade for you, well done. but it was a bittersweet day for vettel. a crash after the chequered flag damaged his ferrari, and repairing it could mean a grid penalty for him in next weekend's race in japan. it wasn't the result hamilton had hoped for either, but he still extended his championship lead to 34 points. nick parrott, bbc news. arsenal made it six wins and a draw in their last seven matches after a comfortable 2—0 win at home to brighton. nacho monreal scored his first arsenal goal in nearly five years, while alex iwobi got the second — on a special day for the club's manager. tim hague reports. arsene wenger has been coming into work here the 21 years t

read all‘s max verstappen charged through with the confidence of the multiple world champion he overtookg. but the surge through the field was. the german broker lap record on the weight of the fourth place. victory was the perfect birthday present for verstappen, who turned 20 yesterday. a great start to a new decade, well done! it was bittersweet for vettel, the crash damaged his ferrari and repairing it could mean a grid penalty. it wasn't the result that hamilton hoped for, but he extended his championship lead to 34 point. we have got some work to do with the car. there is still work to do, races ahead. we've just got to keep pushing. of course he has more to lose than me in the championship. from turn one, i could do my race. the car was unbelievable. if i needed to speed up, ice by doc. it's amazing, it's a very tough race. —— i sped up. max verstappen is understandably delighted. lewis hamilton satisfied with his day's work to have increased that lead over sebastian vettel in the world championship. but ferrari, reliability really is the ricky heel at the minute. vettel hampered

his only hope was for max verstappen to deny hamilton for a second week running. the last few laps, but hamilton held on for his eighth win of the season. team radio: get in there, lewis, beautiful work! with his lead now 59 points, hamilton's bubble seems unlikely to burst and he could even be crowned champion in america in a fortnight. tyrrell hatton has become the first player to successfully defend his title at the dunhill links championship in st andrews. his final round didn't start well. and eased to victory, finishing the tournament on 2a under par, three shots ahead of his closed rival — fellow englishman ross fisher, who shot a final round 11 under par 61. it's tyrrell hatton‘s first win of the season, and he receivesjust over £600,000. saracens have returned to the top of rugby union's premiership with a 38—19 defeat of wasps. chris wayles and jamie george both crossed the line with little more than ten minutes gone as saracens led 18—7 at the break. george then came up with two further tries, the last complete with bonus point saracens won 38—19. it's

the german but he could not catch the other mercedes, he had to be wary the flying dutchman, max verstappenducing a flying past to take third only for the stewards to deem ita third only for the stewards to deem it a legal and autumn. nobody was taking the win from lewis hamilton. an incredible year so far, i was not expecting the pace we had on sebastian this year, i mean today. but the car felt fantastic, got the right balance at the start, three to 90, right balance at the start, three to go, three mortar win. the banners might have been a bit premature but fifth in mexico next weekend and the title will be his. now to the english premier league where we've seen emphatic wins for both tottenham hotspur, and arsenal on sunday. tottenham are now level on points with manchester united in 3rd. they thrashed liverpool, 4—1 at wembley. harry kane scored twice — as mauricio pochettino's side dominated early on. son heung—min was on the scoresheet, as well as dele alli. in a match that set a premier league attendance record. liverpool are now 12 points off the top after 9 games having won just o

made their way through the field, vettel eventually battling back to finish fourth behind winner max verstappenwas not enough. four time world champion, lewis hamilton does it! ninth place sealing history for britain's sporting superstar. radio: i'd like to thank everyone in the team, i'm just so grateful for your hard work this year, god bless you. it was not the brighter wanted. but i never gave up, and that is what is important. get going until the end. -- it important. get going until the end. —— it was not the start wanted. i hold this out to my family and to god and thank, as they said, my team. for those who have witnessed hamilton's rise from humble beginnings to global celebrity, this is a racing driver who already transcended his sport, but tonight, he became the best that britain has ever had. dan roan, bbc news. in spain, real madrid lost in girona on sunday. the spanish champions travelled to catalonia amid the turbulent political situation with the region seeking independence from the madrid—based government. the home fans rightly celebrated the victory over zinedine zidane's side

his only hope was for max verstappen to deny hamilton for a second week running.istance in the last few laps, but hamilton held on for his eighth win of the season. team radio: get in there, lewis, brilliant work! with his lead now 59 points, hamilton's bubble seems unlikely to burst and he could even be crowned champion in america in a fortnight. i was able to just hold in behind, but it definitely got close a couple of times, particularly with the safety car, and then when we we started, the tyres were called, had a bit of traffic, so it was very close. tyrrell hatton has become the first player to successfully defend his title at the dunhill links championship in st andrews. his final round didn't start well. his ball spun back into the water on his second shot on the first hole. but he saved par with this impressive chip into the hole. and then eased to victory, finishing the tournament on 24 under par, three shots ahead of his closed rival — fellow englishman ross fisher, who shot a final round 11 under par 61. it's tyrrell hatton‘s first win of the season, a

max verstappen currently leads ann hamilton is in 19th at the back of the grid with sebastian vettelvery complicated, he the grid with sebastian vettel in 11. finish ery complicated, he the grid with sebastian vettel in 11.finish second plicated, he the grid with sebastian vettel in 11. finish second to cated, he the grid with sebastian vettel in 11. finish second to keep, he the grid with sebastian vettel in 11. finish second to keep his: the grid with sebastian vettel in 11. finish second to keep his title to finish second to keep his title hopes alive. lower than that and it will be lewis hamilton clinches his fourth world title. we will give you an update on that later in the programme. but first to football, where both the leicester and everton managers were taking charge of their teams for the first time in the premier league. it was claude puel‘s leicester who was victorious, leaving david unsworth's everton languishing in the relegation zone. tim hague reports. the side with a new manager against a side with no permanent manager. on top of that, leicester and everton are figh

gerard pique threatens to retire from international football. just one day after his 20th birthday max verstappeneir seventh successive presidents cup as they beat the international team 19—11. hello and thanks forjoining us. barcelona have continued their 100% start to the la liga season with a win over las palmas, but the game was played at an empty the decision to play behind closed doors was made by the club as a protest as joe lynskey reports.

his nearest title rival sebastian vettel, who took pole position in his ferrari with red bull's max verstappenand become britain's most successful formula 1 driver. wales suffered a record defeat in their opening game of the rugby league world cup to papua new guinea. the hosts ran in 10 tries as they scored 50 points, withjust six in reply. wales now face a struggle to progress from pool c, with only the group winners set to reach the quarterfinals. and don't forget that anthonyjoshua is in the ring and has started the defence of his ibf and wba heavyweight titles in cardiff — taking on the stand—in challenger carlos takam of france. you can follow the fight on the bbc sport website. but that's all from me. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hi there. for most it's been a pretty cloudy day. the satellite picture tells that story nicely. but there have been brighter moments across parts of scotland, sunshine across parts of scotland, sunshine across the midlands, and southern england as well. earlier today one of our weather watch

driver claimed the 50th pole of his career byjust 9 hundredths of a second from the red bull of max verstappen, and will start from third on the grid. but if hamilton finishes fifth or higher, a fourth world title will be his no matter what vettel does. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 people in an eastern suburb of damascus has been described by the united nations as an outrage. the area of eastern ghouta is the last part of the syrian capital under siege by the government. there's been an increase in military attacks, and earlier this week, unicef said almost 1,200 children were suffering from malnutrition. 0ur middle east correspondent, lina sinjab, reports from beirut, and a warning — her report contains some distressing images. the main meal of the day. a few spoons of yoga and two rolls of bread. feeding a family of seven is a daily struggle. the mother who was covering her face for safety says that is all she can afford for the day. the kids keep saying they are hungry, she says. my heart is broken. there is nothing i can do. this is seven—year—old mustafa, and he is mos

red bull's max verstappen won the malaysian grand prix in a thrilling race in sa—pang. in a thrilling lewis hamilton at the start of the 11th lap. hamilton finished second but extends his lead in the championship standings. his title rival sebastian vettel started at the back of the grid but fought his way through to take 4th. daniel ricciardo was 3rd. one game in rugby union's premiership today. bath have spoiled wasps‘ 150th anniversary celebrations with a 25—9 victory at the ricoh arena. the sides were level at the end of the first half on 9points a piece, but bath pulled away after the break. semesa rokodeguni raced onto a jonathanjoseph chip kick late on to grab the game's only try and seal victory. it's the first time wasps have lost three in a row in the premiership since january 2016. ireland's paul dunne shot a nine—under—par 61 on the final day of the british masters to hold off rory mcilroy and win his first european tour title. despite carding his lowest round of the season, mcilroy was unable to surpass the world number 192 and looks on course for only the second winless

he might be challenged next year by the race winner twenty—year—old max verstappen but with mercedesld championship was almost a premature one that he has learned so much and he has developed so well into driving for a team that is almost unbeatable. they say politics and sport don't mix. but the home fans of girona were delighted to take to the streets of their catalan city to celebrate their first ever victory over real madrid. the win over the spanish champions moves them up to 13th in the league in what was real‘s first ever league match at girona. goals from cristhian stuani and portu cancelled out isco's opener for real as they fall eight points behind the primera division leaders barcelona. the catalan leader carles puigdemont tweeted after the game ‘girona fc‘s victory against one of the greatest teams in the world is an example and a benchmark for many situations'. caroline wozniacki finished the season taking the biggest title of her career, the wta finals title in singapore. the dane went into the final against venus williams having lost all seven of her previous meetings

driver claimed the 50th pole of his career byjust nine 100ths of a second from the red bull of max verstappenno matter what vettel does. later this evening anthony joshua will in be the ring to defend his ibf and wba world titles when he fights carlos ta kam ibf and wba world titles when he fights carlos takam in cardiff. the champion says takam shouldn't be written off. he was called in as a late replacement. joshua has a record of 19 knockouts from 19 fights. he will be looking to extend that record in front of a crowd of over 70,000 people. looking forward to that. that's all the sport. more on the news channel throughout the evening. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 people in an eastern suburb of damascus has been described by the united nations as an outrage. the area of eastern ghouta is the last part of the syrian capital under siege by the government. 0ur middle east correspondent reports and a warning her report contains some distressing images from syria. the main meal of the day. a few spoons of yoghurt and two loaves of bread. feeding a family of seven is a daily s

he was left to channel his hopes through others in particular max verstappen, the next big star.at hamilton in the last grand prix and chased him in the final stages, hamilton lost speed but never composure. he knows just hamilton lost speed but never composure. he knowsjust what hamilton lost speed but never composure. he knows just what is neededin composure. he knows just what is needed in the last lap. beautiful work. at the end of august, hamilton was behind sebastien vettel but now he may be a race away from becoming britain's most successful driver, thatis britain's most successful driver, that is some overtake. patrick geary, bbc news. hamilton's lead is 59 points with four races to go which means he could take the title at the next grand prix in the usa if he wins and sebastien vettel fails to finish higher. scotland are leading to the media 1—0 in their crucial world cup qualifier. leigh griffiths scored the all—important goal after just griffiths scored the all—important goal afterjust half griffiths scored the all—important goal after just half an griffiths scored the

sebastian vettel ahead of the red bull of max verstappen, but fifth or higher, a fourth world title wille run for the win. we will see what happens with max but at the moment, i get to have a battle with at least one of them. in the rugby league world cup scotla nd in the rugby league world cup scotland have lost their opening match against tonga. and just like england and wales before them it was a heavy defeat. the scots trailed 38-0 to a heavy defeat. the scots trailed 38—0 to their opponents at half time but did manage to at least get on the score board with this try from danny addy. but the match ended 50—4 to tonga at full time. better news for the irish though — they beat italy 36—12 in their opener. in the premiership, wasps beat northampton 38—22 at franklin gardens to claim their third league win of the season. wasps delivered an impressive performance to end saints unbeaten record at home this season, withjuan dejongh securing the bonus point score five minutes from time. elsewhere, saracens beat london irish to go top of the premiership, whilst harlequins claimed a bonus—poin

it was red bull's max verstappen who took the victory as those two struggled through the field, for hisnish becomes the most successful british driver ever, claiming the title with two races remaining this year. in spain's primera division, real madrid have fallen eight points behind leaders barcelona after losing 2—1 to girona in catalonia. the match went ahead despite the political turmoil in the region and with only ten games played this season, the reigning champions of spain and europe will start to feel the pressure. home fans rightly celebrated the victory over zinedine zidane's side, as the wins moves them up to 13th ,in what was real‘s first deposed catalan president carles puigdemont is from girona province and supports the club, although he wasn't present at the game. in the english premier league, it was a fine start for leicester city's new manager claude puel as they beat everton 2—0. it was the frenchman's first game in charge of the club since his appointment earlier this week, and it was this man, jamie vardy with the first of those goals — finishing a sweeping countera

hamilton was pipped for the top spot on the timesheets in final practice by max verstappen.e briton's only rival for the championship sebastian vettel was third quickest just a tenth of a second off the pace. all looking good the lewis hamilton ahead of the mexican grand prix tomorrow. anthonyjoshua is just hours away now from the defence of his ibf and wba world titles against the stand—in challenger, carlos takam. 70,000 people are expected at the principality stadium in cardiff and among them will be our reporter alex gulrajani. alex are their fans there already, it is said to be a huge event in cardiff? it is. good evening. the fa ns cardiff? it is. good evening. the fans have been streaming in trying to get warm, it is cold in cardiff. hopefully it will be warmer inside the principality stadium. the roof will be closed and it will be the largest attended indoor fight of all time. it is the kind of numbers anthonyjoshua does time. it is the kind of numbers anthony joshua does now. time. it is the kind of numbers anthonyjoshua does now. 90,000 saw him beat klitschko at we

and in the last few minutes max verstappen has won the malaysian grand prix, leaders bath—macro lewis poll position, sebastian vettel came in fourth place after starting from last on the grid. hamilton extends his championship lead, now 34 points. that is all the sport. time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look at this morning's papers. with me are the journalist and broadcaster, shyama perera, and the political commentator, james millar. let's show you the front pages. the observer says the knives are out for theresa may as the conservative party conference gets underway — it reports a senior cabinet minister has refused to back her remaining in office. the sunday times continues the theme — one of its headlines claims borisjohnson believes mrs may will be gone in a year. a rather kinder front page from the sunday telegraph which says the pm is set to announce a tuition fees revolution to help students. "that's more like it, mrs may" is the verdict in the sunday express — it reports the pm will launch the change as part of a ‘policy blitz‘ to woo younger voters. the mail on

vettel ahead of the red bull of max verstappen.at the german does. in the rugby league world cup, scotland have lost their opening match against tonga. and just like england and wales before them it was a heavy defeat. the scots trailed 38—0 to their opponents at half time but did manage to at least get on the score board with this try from danny addy. but the match ended 50—4 to tonga at full time. better news for the irish though — they beat italy 36—12 in their opener. they came straight down the middle, like we thought, power through the middle. we went weighed at first which made it easy for them and we tighten up on the second half. but they are quality and we only had two good ball sets. fair play to them. they got the results. plenty more litter or including the built up to today's premier league games —— later on. parents will no longer be able to use a legal loophole to avoid paying child maintenance under new rules to be introduced in the new year. the overhaul will affect those who keep their money in a joint account wi

max verstappen has won the malaysian grand prix in a thrilling race.roblem with his battery, ruling him out of the race. lewis hamilton finished second. he extended his lead in the standings. rival sebastian vettel finished fourth. man city are at the top of the premier league this morning, leading on goal difference ahead of united. both teams are undefeated this season. city defeated chelsea by 1—0 yesterday. united eased past struggling crystal palace 4—0. marouane fellaini scored twice. romelu lukaku got his seventh of the domestic campaign. he has equalled the club record held by andy cole of six goals in seven games for united. arsenal hosting brighton. that starts at midday. currently 1—0, arsenal. nacho monreal putting the gunners ahead. everton monreal putting the gunners ahead. eve rto n fa ce monreal putting the gunners ahead. everton face burnley at goodison park and burnley travel to newcastle. they will be hoping to put their frustrating run of september results behind them. there are some teams obviously flying. does not mean the others

red bull's max verstappen has won the malaysian grand prix in a thrilling race in sapang.trol of the race after passing hamilton at the start of the fourth lap. lewis hamilton finished second, but extends his lead in the championship standings. his title rival sebastian vettel started at the back of the grid but fought his way through to take fourth. daniel ricciardo was third. liverpool missed the chance to go fourth after a frustrating 1—1 draw at newcastle. before the match, newcastle supporters showed their appreciation for former chairman freddie shepherd, the man who brought alan shearer to the club, and who died on monday aged 76. joe linski reports. it's one of the premier league's classic fixtures, two clubs who make free scoring part of the brand. they share values and heroes. rafa benitez is popular on tyneside as he was with the reds, but the current liverpool side have problems to solve. one is theirfinishing. four of them tried to force the issue here and none scored. he wondered how. take the ball outside the box, though, and they have a man with better aim.

lewis hamilton is even further in front in the formula 1 championship, he finished second to max verstappenain title rival sebastian vettel was fourth despite starting from the back of the grid. and frankie dettori won europe's richest horse race for a record fifth time. he rode the favourite enable to victory in the prix de l‘arc de triomph in chantilly. it was rather nice, i don't know if you saw his son, rocco, on the front ofa you saw his son, rocco, on the front of a newspaper over the weekend, he's got the knack, he's been riding shetland ponies in the grand national, or the shetland pony grand national, or the shetland pony grand national, so like father, like son, which is great. i love watching the shetland pony grand national! my second favourite grand national, behind the mascot grand national. nothing is going to be better than that! as we've been hearing this morning, monarch, the uk's fifth largest airline ceased trading a few hours ago. the sudden closure of the business leaves more than 100,000 holiday makers overseas. we can speak now to dame deidre hutton, chair of the civ

currently max verstappen leads the race and sebastian vettel is in sixth and hamilton is in 11th. 18l very confusing but we have worked out that sebastian vettel needs to finish second with hamilton tents or lower for the finish second with hamilton tents or lowerfor the german finish second with hamilton tents or lower for the german to keep finish second with hamilton tents or lowerfor the german to keep his title hopes alive, otherwise the title hopes alive, otherwise the title goes to lewis hamilton. we will keep you up—to—date later. 0nto football and both the leicester and everton managers were taking charge of their teams for the first time in the premier league this afternoon. claude puel‘s leicester were victorious, leaving david elsworth's everton languishing in the relegation zone. the side with a new manager against the side with no permanent manager and on top of that, both leicester and on top of that, both leicester and everton are biting the points down at the bottom. but with the script set, only one side looked like they wanted to win this, demarai gray was the game

his only hope was for max verstappen to deny hamilton for a second week running. and he could even be crowned champion in america in a fortnight. i was able to just holding behind, but it definitely got close a couple of times, particularly with the safety car, and then when we we started, the tyres were called, had a bit of traffic, so it was very close. so, hamilton understandably delighted, and surely now the englishman does have one and a half pounds on that world title trophy. vettel was distraught after the race, didn‘t want to speak to anybody, left the suzuka circuit before the end of the race. it really now is looking incredibly difficult for him. he is 59 points behind how altered with just 100 difficult for him. he is 59 points behind how altered withjust100 on the board. but he said in his ferrari team—mates before leaving, we will not give up, and so he fights again in austin at the us grand prix in two weeks‘ time. tom clarkson reporting from japan. saracens have returned to the top of rugby union‘s premiership with a 38—19 defeat of wasps. chris way

vettel ahead of the red bull of max verstappen.p and has said he wants to win the race and finish the season strongly. scotland are in action at the rugby league world cup at barlow park in cairns this morning. and just like england and wales it was a heavy defeat. the scots trailed 38—0 to their opponents at half time. but the scots at least got on the score board with this try. but the match ended 50—4 to tonga at full time. in the premiership, wasps beat northampton 38-22 at premiership, wasps beat northampton 38—22 at franklin gardens to claim their third league win of the season. wasps delivered an impressive performance to end saints unbeaten record at home this season, with juan de jongh securing unbeaten record at home this season, withjuan dejongh securing the bonus point score five minutes from time. elsewhere, saracens beat london irish to go top of the premiership, whilst harlequins claimed a bonus—point win over worcester. venus williams has become the oldest woman ever to reach the end of season world tour final in si

lewis hamilton was pole, but was overtaken on the fourth lap by red bull's max verstappen.. in rugby league, catalan dragons won the so—called ‘million pound game' — to guarantee their status as a super league club. they beat leigh centurions, meaning leigh will now be relegated back to the championship. they had been leading 6—4 at half time, but you wonder what was said in the dressing room at the break, because the french side stormed to 22 points in the second half. 26—10 the final score. northern irishman jonathan rea made history by winning the world superbikes championship for a record third time in a row he becomes the first man to achieve that feat, and he's done it with five races left in the season! he's in a lane all by himself, isn't he... he won the first race of the weekend at magny—cours to clinch the title. and to top it off, it was also his 50th career victory. i have no words right now! it's just... ijust i have no words right now! it's just... i just sacrificed i have no words right now! it's just... ijust sacrificed so much of my life with my parents, a

max verstappen was the winner of the race. i will be back with an update in the next 15 minutes. those who voted in yesterday's banned referendum backed breaking away from spain. official said 90% of the people who voted backed independence from spain. we can show you live pictures from barcelona were pro—independence supporters had gathered again today. people have not been off the streets all night in the wake of the referendum. the spanish judgment insisted the poll was illegal. more than 800 people were injured as police stormed polling stations and fired rubber bullets to try to stop people voting. this report is from andrew plant. a voting day that started with hope and ended overshadowed by violence. people we re overshadowed by violence. people were left kicked, thrown and even dragged by their hairfrom polling stations in schools and village halls. one of the policemen took him by the head, take out the glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. the first one was here. it was a vote on independence but the spanish government had long before warned the vote was ille

max verstappen won the race. thank you forjoining us.y the gunfire came from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. mobile phone footage shows people dashing for cover as bursts of prolonged gunfire are heard. parts of the area were shut down as armed police arrived at the scene of the attack at the route 91 harvest festival. people have been sheltering in hotels, restaurants and at the airport which has been closed temporarily to flights in and out. we've talked to a number of eyewitnesses this morning who described to us fleeing from the scene not knowing if they were going to escape with their lives effectively and are now hold up in various hotels along the strip where they feel safe frankly. let's talk to mike thompson from london who is on holiday in las vegas and was caught up in crowds who were fleeing the route 91 concert. that's right, victoria, good morning. we were coming back from our dinner. this was last night after a three—and—a—half week tour of the states. we were walking back to our hotel which was overlooking the mandala

interesting hearing from the younger drivers like max verstappen who is saying how much hamilton inspireshe collided with his title rival, vettel on the first lap and dropped to last after a puncture, but vettel couldn't achieve the top two finish he needed to keep the title chances alive. he will be 33 by the next championship sta rts will be 33 by the next championship starts and sirjackie stewart think his best years could be ahead of him. the best years are your mid—305. you have got maturity and strength, buff collected a lot of knowledge and you're still vibrant and you're still hungry. when you get older, you're richer, more relaxed, you're not quite as sharp and not as hungry maybe. england's under 17s have returned from india. they beat spain 5—2. they follow the great success of the other england age group sides this year after the under 20s won their world cup and the under 19s became european champions. the under 17s saw fill folan win the player of the tournament and with eight goals including two hat—tricks in the quarters and then in the semi—finals, riane brewster claimed