coming up on this programme: a storm in a rugby world cup.aces itself for a super typhoon this weekend. belgium thrash san marino — and become the first team to qualify for next year's european championship finals. history is made in iran as women are allowed to attend a football match for the first time in forty years. we start at the rugby world cup where tournament organisers have been defending their decision to cancel two of the weekend's matches— because of typhoon hagibis which is due to hit the tokyo area on saturday. a decision on the crucial pool a game, betweenjapan

and that you up—to—date with the rugby world cup.s last night! but still a busy day in the premier league, with all the results, here's joe lynskey. yeah, leicester cith the latest surprise contenders to emerge in a title race after that result last night which we'll look back on shortly. but the side looking to close the gap on the league leaders today were the champions manchester city. they had to battle hard at home to aston villa, and it didn't all go their way, but this 3—0 win takes them to within three points of liverpool who play tomorrow. with the story at the etihad, patrick gearey reports. you forgive manchester city for being able to fidgety. they began saturday third, six points behind liverpool but then they weathered such storms before. they were gritting their teeth in the first half. aston villa asked some awkward questions of the goalkeeper than the referee and the video referees. no penalty here. at times, city had over elaborated so seconds after the break, they made the equation is simple for that one pass, one

rugby. they have enjoyed some classic encounters of the years in by classic encounters of the years in rug by world classic encounters of the years in rugby world cup home of the other will be progressing to the semifinals against either new zealand or ireland. you'll find out at 815 in the morning on saturday morning. ireland have named an experienced squad, to take on new zealand — in their quarterfinal on saturday morning, 12 of the starting 15 began last year's famous victory over the all blacks in dublin, with peter o'mahony and rob kearney being restored to the team. head coachjoe schmidt spoke today, about why he thinks that experience is key. there is a number of those players with in there that have contributed to the history. they went over the all blacks the first time and milestones along the way, i love those players there were selected in austria last summer were in south africa the summer before but we won in cape town. so the accumulation of those experiences hopefully will build confidence because you need to have some belief. the boxing world is coming to terms with the death of 27—year—old patrick day — who suffered a traumatic b

world cup, rings that bring you massive revenue. look at how the nikkei has formed have because of the rugby world cup and they have the rugby world cup—— performed. you can't say twitter has shown a positive attitude towards this, it will affect their bottom line because the other guys are going to do it. we will see what happens because it affects their bottom line, but is it necessary to enable elections to be free and fair? there is so much misinformation in social media, that's not political advertising, so that's not what's being discussed here. the financial times, we have talked about the fed, but they have another article within about christine lagarde, who i said was the head of the international monetary fund earlier, european central bank. that's what she was. she has a newjob. she is already vocalising her opinion that some governments, germany, denmark, others, need to spend money to get their economies going. if you have a criticism of mario draghi, who had done a fantasticjob since 2011 balancing the economic problems of 27 countries, together with independent advice on monetary and fiscal policy, is that he didn't act

they are japan at the rugby world cup. they a re left japan at the rugby world cup.are left to reflect on their early exit with a line—up not complete which includes japan. they will be accessing the file out and what that could mean for the future in just a moment but first patrick cast his eye over the teams. if chris white is escape is an event where we could it be more completely threading resell. japanese inhibition left at home on the streets there were people transformed. the joy at beating scotland to reach a first world cup quarterfinal felt all the martini because of the sorrow the previous day when a0 people were killed by the typhoon. south africa awaits but it's helped now turning to expectation injapan and has that changed the dynamic? we got to the quarterfinals and we've got nothing to lose now. no one expects us to wina game to lose now. no one expects us to win a game i think but we believe and we will go out there and play as well as he can. it's a mark of how japan have disrupted the old order but even new zealand they are japan have disrupted the

a typhoon heading there towards the rugby world cup that has both already through to the quarters butancelled two matches on saturday with super typhoon hagibis due to make landfall in the next 24 hours. england against france is off, (00v)both sides had already both sides had already qualified for the quarter finals, this match was due to decide who tops pool c, but england stay there with the reuslt given as a 0—0 draw with 2 points apiece. because they now have a clear 9 days off before the knockout stage . new zealand against itlay has also been called off a nervous wait for scotland though. they're due to play in yokohama on sunday , their must win match againstjapan is on at the moment but depending on the damage the typhoon causes, that could also be cancelled. if that's the case then two points for the scots is very unlikely to be enough for them to reach the last eight. the rugby world cup isn't the only major sports event taking place in the country. formula 0ne's japanese grand prix is scheduled to take place on sunday, the race should be ok, on sunday, the race should be o

the super typhoon that threatens to cause mayhem at the rugby world cup injapan. 'll be charting its path. and making history, a second string sri lanka defeat the world's number one ranked t20 side in their backyard. hello and welcome to the programme. andy murray's through to the second round of the shanghai masters after coming from behind to beat juan ignacio londero. the win means he'll climb inside the world's top 250. joe lynskey reports. the comeback continues, but the matches aren't getting any easier for andy murray. after reaching the quarterfinals of the china open, the former world number one will have fancied his chances in shanghai. but juan ignacio londero had good ideas, the argentina making life difficult for the three—time champion in the opening set. two rates of serve in the second, though, and andy murray was right back in the match. 12 months ago, he could only have dreams of moving around a court like this. in the decider, he began to ta ke this. in the decider, he began to take control and was getting more fired up by the minute. commentato

record breakers including japan who become the first asian side to reach the quarter finals at a rugby world cup. we'll show you how bridget kosgei became the fastest women to ever run a marathon. and the records tumble as fast as a simone biles floor routine as the american become the most decorated gymanst at the world championships. welcome to the programme. 2a hours ago, japan was being battered by one of the worst typhoons in a generation and we didn't even know if their final rugby world cup game aganst scotland would go ahead. well go ahead it did and they produced a memorable victory that their coach said was motivated by all those affected by the storm. it finished 28—21 in yokohama and its where our correspondent andy swiss sent us this report. what a match and what to win but thousands of japan fans, their what a match and what to win but thousands ofjapan fans, their side through to the world cup water finals for the very first time. remember, scotland had to win to have any chance of qualifying and they got up to the perfect start when finn russell scored an early try the japan hit

it was always a risk taking the rugby world cup to japan in typhoon season.th ago, when teams were just arriving for the tournament, three people died, and a million homes lost power during typhoon faxai. typhoon hagibis, is much, much bigger and predicted to make landfall near tokyo on saturday. organisers have ta ken the unprecedented step of cancelling two matches — england against france and new zealand v italy. sunday's games in the region could follow, and that would be bad news for scotland. more on that in a moment but first let's hear from the tournament director. the decision to cancel these matches has not been taken lightly. it has been made with the best interests of team, public, tournament and volunteer team, public, tournament and volu nteer safety as team, public, tournament and volunteer safety as a priority. based on the expert advice and the detailed information we have available. we have been intensively working through a range of detailed contingency arrangements, in partnership with the host cities, teams and venues to make sure that al

and, at the rugby world cup, wales fight off a strong challenge by fiji to reach the quarter—finals. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... scotland run in nine tries to thrash russia at the rugby world cup, to keep them in the running to qualify for the quarter—finals. good evening. the long—planned turkish military operation in north—east syria has been launched, as kurdish forces, which control the area, report heavy air strikes and the start of a ground offensive, amid widespread panic. the turkish decision was prompted by president trump's announcement that us troops would withdraw from the region, where thousands of captured fighters from the islamic state group are being held by kurdish forces. president erdogan of turkey says his aim is to create a so—called "safe zone", cleared of kurdish fighters. the kurds were key allies of the us in defeating islamic state, and they say they've been betrayed by president trump. tonight, boris johnson spoke to mr trump, expressing concern about the risk of a humanitarian disaster in the region. live to our international correspondent, orla

england reach the final of the rugby world cup with a stunning win against defending champions new zealand in yokohama. celebrations across the country as they beat the all blacks in the tournament for the first time. and the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made. millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a man has been arrested who is "of interest" to police investigating the deaths of the 39 people discovered in a refrigerated truck in essex on wednesday. irish police say they have detained a man in his 20s at dublin port. four suspects remain in custody. all 39 bodies have been recovered but police say they cannot confirm the identity of the victims or speculate about their nationalities, although it appears several of them may be vietnamese. the vietnamese prime minister has ordered government officials to help establish the identities of the victims and to look into cases of

not since 2003, when the world cup was won, has england rugby enjoyed a moment quite like this.ure at the last tournament, pride has been restored and the superpower of the sport has been dethroned. tomorrow, england will discover if they will face wales or south africa in next weekend's final, but whoever it is, they'll start as firm favourites, after a win they will never forget. dan roan, bbc news, yokohama. the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has vowed to oppose the prime minister's brexit deal in the coming weeks unless he negotiates changes. the dup leader arlene foster told the party conference today her mps would use their votes to defeat borisjohnson in westminster. here's our ireland correspondent, emma va rdy. and a warning, there's some flash photography in her report. what a difference! this time last year, it was boris johnson walking onto this stage to rapturous applause. today, he was scolded by the dup leader. rather than have boris with us today, we have had to send him to the naughty step in parliament twice in this last week. twice! the party ha

rugby union's domestic season battles on despite several players at the world cup.econd, withjoe simpson scoring two of their four tries against his former club. northampton are top after beating worcester, while there were also wins for harlequins and sale. in the pro 1a, the dragons have eased to their second win of the new season. they beat glasgow 18—5, taine basham with the first of their two tries. elsewhere, benetton beat the southern kings 36—30. let's take a look at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines today. tiger woods said he surprised himself with a second straight 64, giving him a two—shot lead at the half—way stage of the zozo championship injapan. he's playing in his first tournament for two months after having knee surgery. the tournament will finish on monday, after rain disrupted the schedule. ireland's cricketers are top of their qualifying group for next year's t20 world cup, after a straight—forwa rd victory over nigeria in abu dhabi. nigeria limped to 66 for 9 and ireland knocked off the runs they needed in just 37 balls

a typhoon heading there towards the rugby world cup that has seen towards the rugby world cup that hasand's match against france cancelled on saturday. both already through to the quarters but scotland's game on sunday against the hosts is injeopardy. they have to play and win to make it through. that's all from sportsday. looking at the weather picture it is forecast to say wet. the next 24—hour some of the heaviest rain will be across scotland and then later into friday across the high ground of wales and northern england too. the rain is falling on ground thatis too. the rain is falling on ground that is already saturated that increases the risk of having flooding and also tricky travel conditions to be expected as well. the heavy rain that we have already got with us in scotland will get more widespread with the heaviest falls across western areas overnight. 20 to 50 millimetres over the higher ground of western scotland. localised for surface water flooding. scotland. localised for surface waterflooding. strengthening south—westerly winds in england and wales will bring outbreaks

the dream is overforjapan — the hosts are out of the rugby world cup — but wales are through after a ctory over france. hello and welcome to world news today. protestors in lebanon are calling for a revolution — for the fourth day in a row thousands of people are on the streets demanding that their government stands down. the protests were triggered by the government's decision to tax calls made over the internet — such as whatapp or facetime. but the underlying issue of these protests is the government's handling of the country's economic crisis. it's reported the government is hoping to approve a programme of economic reforms on monday. but this might not be enough for the protestors, especially the young — 37% of people under 35 are unemployed. protests are continuing into the evening despite the promises of reform, here are the scenes live in beirut. our correspondent ali hasheem is in the capital, and told us how the economy is affecting people in lebanon. the protest started with a bill with respect to taxes, yet it wasn't the whole case, because there is a context. in lebanon t

the final in the rugby world cup will be between south africa and england.yokohama. warren gatland said he is proud of his team but they gave away too many penalties. it was the battle of the boot in the first—half, but the match burst into life the break. josh adams converted a try, levelling the scores at 16, all with 20 minutes to play. but south africa won a late penalty, which handre pollard took for the victory. south africa, the two—time winners, celebrated their progrees to a third world cup final, their first since they beat england in the tournament in france 12 years ago. liverpool look to reclaim their lead at the top of the table when they face tottenham at anfield this afternoon. spurs may have turned the corner with a big win in europe during the week. they are two really good teams at the situation around will not make a massive difference. we will not be so confident that nothing can happen to us, and i don't even know how many points they have. they are a top side and they will be a top side the whole season and we have to respect that and

exhilarating talents and world rug by is the most exhilarating talents and world rugby and have a pretty good record when it comes to world cupinals, played 21—2, they wanted 2007 when they beat england in the final. england by contrasted only one the world cup once in 2003 but let's hear from one of the stars of that will cup winning team.|j let's hear from one of the stars of that will cup winning team. i don't think i had seen a game plan implemented as well from the first minute to the last minute as that was. so you have to hope that he has got something else up his sleeve and the good news for england fans is he understands the african mindset, he has been an assistant coach in the world cup and he knows what he is doing andi world cup and he knows what he is doing and i am very impressed with his contributions. the count down is very nearly complete, just one more day of preparations and on saturday, it is england against south africa in the world cup finals. can eddie jones team lift rugby unions greatest price? well, as andy swiss mentioned, south africa have brought back wing cheslin kolbe into their starting side a

it was a thrilling semifinal with england getting through to the rugby world cup final after beating hey dominated the world number one team and defending champions. england captain 0wen farrell said their success was down to their preparation before the game and having the right mindset. the feeling going into the game, building up to it, we feel in control of what we are doing, obviously that comes from our preparation. the work that we put in. the work that we put in the wake to make sure you do feel that i because you cannot fake that when you are out there, especially in a big test match. so, if you see, when they scored points today, we were they scored points today, we were the calmest we've been on the post after that, and it showed in our next actions. it certainly did, they played so well. who will england played so well. who will england play next? it could be well is of course because they take on south africa in the second semifinal tomorrow morning. this is wales second semifinal appearance in three tournaments. the team narrowly lost tournaments. the team narrowly lost

before the break the issue of the typhoon approaching japan and it is having a big impact on the rugby world cup possibly even legal issues with the scots scotland on not have. their repeat boss is in fact threatening legal action if that world cup match against the house japan is cancelled now it's in doubt due to its hyphen hygienists scotland will go out of the tournament if that fixture is called off the japanese form a wall grand prix as all side been affected by the weather reports from tokyo. it is calm at the moment but the japanese capital tokyo and other parts of the country are bracing for the arrival of typhoon haggis which could be one of the strongest storms to hit japan in decades flights and train services have been canceled and of course this weekend should have been won when much of the sporting world was focusing on this country on sunday we had the japanese for me to one grand prix taking place in that's about 300 kilometers to the southwest of tokyo at this stage the race is still long but what we know now is that saturday's events at the grand prix have been cancelled so th

let‘s start at the rugby world cup where england have just let‘s start at the rugby world cup where englandeading 15—3. a wind would see them reach the quarterfinals. they have scored three tries safer. argentina have had a player sent off, say things going well for england so far. early this morning, australia remain on course to reach the quarterfinals after beating uruguay. remember, they were beaten by wales in the group. a good finish in the end. the youngest player to start for australia in a world cup. he scored two tries, this was his second. this was australia ‘s final score, seven in total, and they will qualify if wales beat fiji in four days‘ time. last season, salford red devils were nearly relegated, but this year they could be super league champions. they reach their first ever grand final with a win against defending champions wigan. they have one of the lowest budget in the competition and now face saint helens for the title. that is at old trafford next weekend. fast times at the world athletics championships last night. the men talked up the best time this year to qualify

he's had one of the standout performances of england's rugby world cup campaign, but rugby hasn't alwayseen kyle sinckler‘s passion. known as the ‘bad boy‘ of the sport, he went to a school that didn't teach rugby, and grew up playing football instead and now he's just three days away from playing in the rugby world cup final against south africa, as natalie pirks reports. he's england's battering ram. the hard—hitting prop dubbed the tooting train, whose speed and force have made him a standout star injapan. but kyle sinckler‘s route to the world cup final has been far from conventional. he was always full on, you know, full on. it's almost like, "give the ball to kyle!" nigel coached him here at battersea ironsides from the age of eight. for a sport rooted in public school privilege, there was no silver spoon. single—mum donna raised kyle on a south london estate where he attended a local comprehensive. how important is it that someone like him came from a state school? do you know what, i think if you had a richter scale or something he would be at the top of the list, that somebody f

may be begin to realise this world cup adventure is only just realise this world cup adventure is onlyjust beginning for their team. you are right up to date with all the rugbythrough today's football. the lunchtime kick—off was at brighton and tottenham's patchy season continues — they lost 3—0. mauricio pochettino said his players may have been affected by a serious injury to their keeper hugo lloris. the frenchman was taken to hospital early in the game with an arm injury, but this defeat follows their 7—2 thrashing by bayern munich earlier in the week. michael redford reports. from a nightmare in north london to the seaside on the south coast, totte n ha m the seaside on the south coast, tottenham at brighton, aiming to forget all about the humiliating champions league defeat in midweek. a solid start at the amex would help settle a ny tottenha m a solid start at the amex would help settle any tottenham nurse. that hope was gone after three minutes. the easiest goal of the season while hugo luis's attempt to keep it out resulted in a nasty arm injury. the goalkeeper was given oxygen in a six minute delay but couldn't continue. his manager had more proble

for news on the fitness of billy vunipola while an incoming typhoon threatens this weekend's rugby world cupatches. hello and welcome to sportsday. in most sports if you were taking over a team that was already world champions you'd think that the only from there was down, but not with english cricket. chris silverwood, the new head coach of the men's team, will know that there is plenty of room for improvement. this summer the one—day world cup victory was followed by a drawn ashes campaign which saw austrlaia retain the urn. but what do we know about the man who'll be leading the team in theirforthcoming tour of new zealand? well, before he was an england coach, he was an england player. it was never an exceptional stint in international cricket — he played only six tests. but he's enjoyed success as coach. he led essex to the county championship title two years ago. during his time at chelmsford his record was unblemished: two seasons, two trophies — promotion one year, the title the next. and he will be a familar face in the england set up — he's been the bowling coach for the past two y

and claims of spying ahead of england's rugby world cup semi final showdown against new zealand. and welcome to sportsday. good evening — welcome along to sportsday. crisis, what crisis for tottenham. they certainly showed no sign of their recent poor form in a 5 nil thumping of red star belgrade this evening at the tottenham hotspur stadium. a crucial win for mauricio pochettino‘s team, who going into this game, had just one point from the first 2 games. it was as convincing for manchester city in italy — a 5—1win against atalanta — to make it three wins from three, our reporterjohn bennett is here, spurs city. i know a result like this does not solve anything but it is good to be a confidence booster in terms of how tottenham's side plates. something to build on because it was only one victory in seven before tonight going into belgrade. they were 7—2, the first game of the champions league, there does make— zero, so they needed a big victory and they got a big win as well. let us look at the goals. now they seem to be backin at the goals. now they seem to be back in form for t

and in japan fierce rivals england and australia come face to face in the rugby world cup quarter finals bragging rights are at stake as both teams believe this is their year to win . a 1000000 blue cross good to have you with us it was another night of violence on the streets of barcelona catalonia semi-autonomous region in northern spain has rebukes the country's supreme court for jailing its pro independence leaders a general strike along with the street protests have brought much of catalonia to a standstill flights trains and road traffic have been interrupted and any resolution appears a long way off. as darkness descended on barcelona so too did violence. clashes between protesters and security forces illuminated by burning makeshift barricades. sticks and stones trusses tear gas and rubber bullets. eventually the water cannon roll then. it was a predictable end to a 5th day of protest in catalonia even if the vast majority of the half a 1000000 who marched had done so peacefully over the past 3 nights that i've seen on the streets setting fires to things and essentially creating

tonight we begin the countdown to england's rugby world cup final.uth africa, in the company of eddiejones. england's head coach is known for his mind games... even an incendiary comment or two... but apart from indulging himself with a little dig at his welsh counterpart... jones actually kept it pretty straight today in toyko. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is there. for england and south africa, the build—up to the world cup final is under way. so the figure spent the day recuperating after their hard —fought win over wales, but we have heard from the england head coach eddiejones. england are the favourites to lift the world cup after their superb victory over new zealand in the semifinals, butjones says there can be no room for complacency against the power of the springboks. the only thing we're really worried about is how the springboks turn up on saturday. you know, they won a tough semifinal, and when you're in the final of the world cup, you've done a lot of things right. there are massively aggressive physical forward pack. they proba

and we look ahead to the rugby world cup, host japan begin to believe while scotla nd host japan begin to believe while scotland go home. a night where eglin‘s footballers we re a night where eglin‘s footballers were subjected to racist abuse whilst laying against bulgaria, the match halted twice during their euro 2020 qualifier which england went on to win 6—0. the fa has urged uefa to investigate this as a matter of urgency. the first break in play came in the 20th minute followed by a stadium announcement that condemned the abuse, the game a stopped againjust condemned the abuse, the game a stopped again just before the break with discussions between the referee, england manager and players before restarting. the build—up has been dominated by concerns around racism, a section of stadium closed off as punishment from a previous incident. cameras on the night picking up fans making nazi salutes, racist gestures and races chimeds. group of fans left the stadium after the game was halted. on the pitch, the game was halted. on the pitch, the win moves england closer to euro qualificatio

and in japan fierce rivals england and australia come face to face in the rugby world cup quarter finals bragging rights are at stake as both teams believe this is their year to win. a 1000000 global good to have you with us violence has broken out during a 5th day of mass protests in the catalog capital barcelona as uproar over the jailing of independence leaders sweeps through the region of northern spain. a general strike has brought much of catalonia to a halt flights have been canceled and road and rail links disrupted many factories stopped work tourist attractions closed and a key football match between barcelona and real madrid was postponed yes more turmoil in barcelona police moving on protesters whose anger has been growing all day. as dusk turned to darkness violence flared once again barcelona has now seen 5 nights of clashes between protesters and security forces. thousands had congregated in the counseling capital during the day many more had been marching on the city for the past 3 days outraged over harsh prison sentences for separatist leaders i put it we have political

this was the night where japan's fairy tale world cup came to an end as south africa were too much for them. japan pulled off one of the greatest upsets in rugbyrld cup once, but south africa soon took control after the first try after three minutes by mapimpi. japan would have been fearing the worst at that stage, but they got a penalty which narrowed the gap, at that stage depend very much still in it. in the second half, south africa stretched clear, three penalties from pollard, and two late tries sealed their passage through to the last four. the first one was from de klerk. there scored another one to seal their victory. south africa go through to the semifinals where they will face wales. as forjapan, it has been some journey for them, this, their first—ever quarterfinal in world cup history. but their brave efforts of making it through to the last four have ended in disappointment. andy murray has won his first singles title since career—saving hip surgery, by beating stan wawrinka at the european open. the former world number one launched a stunning comeback from a set and a break down to win in antwerp to take his first title for mor

the capital with record amounts of rain and high winds safety concerns of the consolation of 2 rugby world cup matches flights and train services have also been stopped when hey here's the latest from the japanese capital. the storm still on the eastern coast of all the island of honshu the most populated island in japan which is where poultry capital tokyo is located but certainly the capital city and surrounding areas already as you mentioned feeling the effects of this storm that certainly expected to get a lot worse in fact the peak of the strength of this storm here in the capital is expected to come at around 9 o'clock tonight local time so that's in about 5 hours from now we're seeing a lot of heavy rain falling in the city the wind is getting stronger alibi hour again that is expected to get a lot worse as far as the rainfall goes full cost as the saying that we may see this storm bringing levels of rainfall that we haven't seen since a deadly typhoon struck tokyo back in 1958 it's probably should have been a weekend when the sporting world much of it would have been focused on japan w

would you pay up to £12,000 for a ticket to the rugby world cup final? ist, neil degrasse tyson, gets thousands of letters every year from fans wanting answers to the biggest mysteries of the universe. he's here to share some of his favourites. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the london fire brigade has been condemned for systematic failures in its response to the grenfell tower fire, in a report into the disaster which claimed 72 lives. the inquiry found that fewer people would have died if the building had been evacuated sooner. the london fire brigade said it would be inappropriate for them to comment until the full report is published on wednesday. boris johnson will today make his fourth attempt to trigger an early general election, after trying to win opposition support by pledging not to push through his brexit withdrawal deal. last night, the prime ministerfailed in his bid to go to the polls on december the twelfth because he didn't receive the backing of two thirds of mps. he'll now attempt an alternative ta

and in japan england and australia kick off their fierce rivalry in the rugby world cup quarterfinals bragging rights are at stake and both teams believe this is their year to win it all. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us it is now day 5 of protests that are gripping the city of barcelona the uproar over the imprisonment of independence leaders is sweeping through the region a general strike has brought business and industry to a halt while tens of thousands of catalan flag waving demonstrators have flooded the center of barcelona they are demanding independence for catalonia and the release of jailed separatists and. we are looking here at pictures of today's demonstration in the catalan capital now the demonstration has largely been peaceful but some clashes broke out between demonstrators and riot police these here are live pictures we're looking at right now we can see this is a very volatile situation on the ground this is these are pictures of a more violent part of those protests earlier demonstrators made street barricades that are large trash containers and s

and in sports with ireland's got back to its winning ways at the rugby world cup. bringing up to date on a developing story out of paris where at least 4 police officers have been killed by a kohli among the. one woman and 3 men on the sasha butler can bring us the latest details from the french capital. or more details are emerging about the attacker police union spokes person said that the attack was a 45 year old man who'd worked in police administration for more than 20 years it seems that in recent years he had worked in this paris headquarters right in the center of the french capital very close. most recently in the intelligence services

it's semifinal weekend at the rugby world cup with new zeland, england, south africa and wales still world rugby. she began by asking him aboutjapan hosting the tournament for the first time. it's been a fabulous tournament, fantastic atmosphere, and all the stadia really being embraced by the japanese people. the japanese teams played its role in hosting the tournament and playing so brilliantly and the brilliant brand of rugby they have been playing. it has been very exciting. as you said, japan's brave blossoms played incredibly well. but this is a country where baseball and football are more popular. were you at all concerned about having the rugby world cup injapan in asia for the first time? i think it's been a long time coming. it's been planned for ten years. it was a bold decision, taken ten years ago, to come here. although it turned out amazingly, at the time, there were some questions. it has truly exceeded our expectations for a world cup. indeed, none of my friends knew anything about rugby and now they are all experts. i've also noticed "fickle fans" trending online on

englander into the final of the rugby world cup after a thrilling 19-7 rugby world cup after a thrilling 19—7 victory over the champions, new zealand, in yokohama. the dup leader, arlene foster, vows to keep opposing borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made. californian authorities order 50,000 more people to leave their homes which are threatened by raging wildfires. and coming up, a police officer on the run after witnessing colleagues commit murder. find out what mark como thinks of black and blue in the film review, coming up. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, jo phillips and the sunday mirror and sunday people's political editor, nigel nelson. we will chat in a moment. most of tomorrow's front pages are already in. a rousing image and headline for england rugby fans tops the sunday telegraph. it also claims that an establishment stitch up is protecting speakerjohn bercow from a bullying investigation. the observer says brexit means the uk could be removed from the organisation that's

and we are looking ahead to the rugby world cup in japan. john we are looking ahead to the rugby worldod morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the duke of sussex has launched a legal battle against the tabloid press, taking action against the owners of the sun, the now defunct news of the world, and the daily mirror, in relation to alleged phone hacking. it's not yet clear when prince harry's allegations date from, but in a phone hacking trial in 2011, he was named, along with prince william, as a victim. his move follows the announcement that his wife meghan is taking separate legal action against the mail on sunday. thousands have taken part in unplanned protests in hong kong after the territory's government announced a face mask ban. demonstrators blocked roads, torched chinese flags and vandalised metro stations as police fired rounds of tear gas. it comes after an escalation of violence on tuesday, when an officer shot a demonstrator. more than 1,600 uk high street shops have closed as a result of restructuring deals since the beginning of last year, acc

scotland start strong against russia in the rugby world cup...s. we'll have the build up to that and much more after 9:30am. now it's time for a look at the weather. today's forecast could be summed up as sun and showers. and with wind quickly blowing showers from west to east. not all of us will catch a shower, but you could hang around with a pleasant enough day in the sunshine. as we head into the evening and overnight some of the showers will fade but some will merge, particularly across south—west scotland. at the same time we have the next frontal system coming on across the republic of ireland. through the course of tomorrow that will bring increasing amounts of cloud and rain from the south—west pushing east through the day. showers in scotland are easing a touch and still hanging on to brightness for the longest period of time out towards the east. behind this band of rain what you will find isa this band of rain what you will find is a return to bright spells, sunshine and showers with highs tomorrow of up to 17. hello, this is bbc news

england reach the final of the rugby world cup with a stunning win against defending champions new zealand in yokohama. that's how we thought they were going to play and we hoped they'd play, and they did. the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made. we will not give support to the government when we believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting in a way that is detrimental to northern ireland and taking us in the wrong direction. millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. and coming up at half past six, sportsday will bring you up to date with all of today's premier league results. hello and welcome to bbc news. police have charged a man with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people after 39 bodies were discovered in a refrigerated lorry container in essex. maurice robinson, the 25—year—old driver, will appear at chelmsford magistrates‘ court on monday. severalfamilies in vietnam have contacted the bbc, fearing relatives are among the dead. a fifth person want

and in japan england and australia kick off their fierce rivalry to the rugby world cup quarter finals bragging rights are at stake and both teams believe this is their year to win it all. be so much kind of thank you for joining us it is now a day 5 of protests gripping the cattle on capitol barcelona the uproar over the jailing of independence leaders is sweeping through the region a general strike has brought much of business and industry to a halt while tens of thousands of flag waving demonstrators have flooded the center of barcelona they are demanding catalonia is independence and that imprisoned separatists leaders be released these pictures show that demonstration in the. cattle on capital now today's demonstration has largely been peaceful but there have been some clashes between demonstrators and riot police this right here we're looking at live pictures of a more violent part of the protest in barcelona demonstrators earlier made street barricades out of large trash containers and then set them on fire. meanwhile spain's acting prime minister pedro sanchez has warned that t

the hosts‘ victory in yokohama ends scotland's rugby world cup, as they go top of the group. biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in world championship history. two more golds in stuttgart takes her career tally to 25. also coming up in the programme: valterri bottas storms to victory injapan as mercedes take the constructors title once again. hello and welcome to tonight's programme. thanks very much for watching. they say it's a marathon, not a sprint. the lines between the two are becoming somewhat blurred. another time barrier has been broken today following eliud kipchoge‘s incredible feat in vienna. the women's marathon world record has now been smashed. kenya's brigid kosgei recorded a time in chicago of two hours, 1a minutes and 4 seconds, eclipsing paula radcliffe‘s record set in 2003. our sports editor dan roan is in chicago. there had been whispers all week that brigid kosgei was in the mood to try and finally break that 16 year long record that paula radcliffe has held since the 2003 london marathon, and as you have said, she managed to do it. it was on from q

so less than 1.5 hours to go until the big game at the rugby world cup.d against the all blacks in the semifinal of the 1995 world cup. brian joins us now from battersea. good morning! you live in battersea, as everyone is i guess getting prepared. lovely to see the kids in their kit getting ready to watch. first question, how... we are here at battersea, yes. brilliant. how on earth to england to be the all blacks? they have to carry the ball in an intelligent way and get over the game line and when the quick ball and take chances. it is simple in plan but more difficult to execute. very good point! how will they be preparing for this mentally? look, they have got the biggest game of their lives coming up. they need to do themselves justice and what they need to do is play, as i say, they need to do is play, as i say, the game, not the occasion, and make sure they are specific about what they need to do in the field and at particular times not get carried away by the magnitude or the fact it isa away by the magnitude or the fact it is a semifinal or the

england have beaten new zealand to reach the final of the rugby world cup for the first time in 12 yearsall blacks were clear favourites to win, but england produced a memorable performance to win19—7. now on bbc news, our world. in a country where it's expected your extended family will look after you in old age, what do you do if they long ago rejected you? that's a question for most of pakistan's tra nsgender community. one member of the community is setting up pakistan's first retirement home for transgender people. mobeen azhar has been to lahore to meet her. this edition of our world contains adult themes. once upon a time, in the pakistani city of lahore, lived the superglam guru. ashee was the talk of the town, the life of the party and an after—hours artisan. ashee is someone who describes herself as neither male or female — in pakistan, commonly known as the third gender. but entertaining is the preserve of the young and, as the years went by, ashee realised more and more of her community faced destitution when they could no longer work. this is the story of guru ashee‘s quest

we start at the rugby world cup, where wales and australia have become the latest teams to qualify for the quarter—finals. josh adams scored a hat—trick of tries, as the welsh came from behind to beat fiji in oita. it's a result which knocked out the fijians, while sending the wallabies into the last eight. jess softley reports. the team not to be underestimated, if there was a qualifier for the quarter—final fiji would need to be beaten. tuisova claimed a try and fiji the early advantage. after both sides saw tries disallowed, while we re sides saw tries disallowed, while were brought into the game with two tries from josh adams giving them the lead at halftime. but fiji were not backing down, pushing forward to reta ke not backing down, pushing forward to retake the lead with this penalty try and look like they might take the match. two players clashing one taken off the field as a precaution. but then a gap in the fiji defence and adams scores. williams ready to put the games to bed. while qualify for the quarter—finals. they may have survived this game but with potential injury wor

now to the rugby world cup where wales are in the semi finals thanks to a stunning come from behind win over france ross moriarty's try with 6 minutes left made the difference the french were playing short handed in the 2nd half because a player was sent off for a foul wales will play south africa in the semifinals the springboks defeated tournament hosts japan marking the end of a magical run for that team in the 1st rugby world cup staged in asia now central madrid is usually the scene of bustling traffic but while it's often tourists flocking to the spanish capital on sunday this city's streets belong to hundreds of sheep shepherds drove their herds through the heart of the city as part of an annual event to call for the protection of ancient grazing routes that are threatened by urbanization the protest is now in its 13th year. don't forget you can always get do you have your news on the go just download our app from google play or the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can al

the dream is over for wales at the rugby world cup as south africa win in their semifinal by a narrow margin. liverpool come from behind to take all three points in a thrilling game at anfield. and four goals for the bhoys. celtic‘s rout at pittodrie is the biggest in more than a decade. but we start with the rugby world cup and wales‘ devastation after losing in their semi—final to south africa. the two sides were evenly matched for most of the game, but the springboks just edged it 19—16. it means there now won't be an all—british final as our sports correspondent andy swiss explains from yokohama. the anticipation was deafening, wales fans, hoping for history, could they join england in the world cup final? well, their passion was obvious. but they would need poise as well. a scrappy first half won't have revealed much to watching england coach, eddiejones, but the springboks edged it. andre pollard booting them 9—6 ahead at the break. after it, wales‘ task got even tougher, as de allende bulldozed through to put south africa in command. but wales are a side of remarkable resilienc

could batter the capital with the heaviest rain and winds and about 60 years into matches at the rugby world cup have been cancelled flights and train services disrupted and evacuation orders issued for flood prone to low lying areas. still ahead on al-jazeera and sport australia and to the rugby world cup all stages in style and he will have all. my fast simmons was. taken by the chinese government all i want to stay with my son stay with my wife and so on this is a really human rights abuses of our time we decided to talk about. the world. the truth about china systematic repression of the week is. tell the world coming soon on al-jazeera. tapper sport with andy thank you very much scotland's rugby bosses are threatening legal action if that will cup match against japan is cancelled is in downtown jude suits high farenheit a bit of scotland will go out of the tournament if the fixture is called off the japanese forward it won't grow in pre has also been affected by the weather while you have a report from tokyo. it is calm at the moment but the japanese capital tokyo and other parts of the cou

that is the age will be a global day rugby tournament taking place just minutes away from the rugby world cup in japan. i'm at a home free glad you could join me u.s. president donald trump and his plans to pull u.s. troops out of syria drawing fire from both sides of the ahl in washington senior congressional politicians according to reverse his decision that can send the pullout will allow turkey to know what its long planned offensive against kurdish fighters in the region fighters that have been key u.s. allies and its fight against the so-called islamic state. leaving in a hurry american troops started pulling out of syria within hours of the official announcement. they leave behind these empty bases near the turkish border bases that had been a guarantee of safety for kurdish forces and. u.s. president donald trump abruptly canceled that guarantee saying in the tweets it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous endless wars many of them tribal and bring our soldiers home u.s. troops were in syria to support kurdish forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state but turkey

world cup. indeed, none of my friends knew anything about rugby and now they are all experts.by. you said it is up tojapan to sustain these or its popularity, but do you think the country has the infrastructure to sustain not just the popularity of the sport, but also its development? i think that is what they have to work towards. we've had a lot of meetings with them prior the world cup and thorugh the world cup and will continue to support them beyond this world cup. to ensure they put in place that infrastructure that captures this passion and interest in a way that transforms into participation. but maintaining that fan engagement is important. it's important for the world rugby too. this really has become the third biggest commercial market for rugby behind the united kingdom and france. it is very important we retain and increase that momentum as we go forward and we have to provide opportunities for the japanese rugby to play against top teams and to keep massaging that audience that is so keen now in rugby that were not really in existence before. that's the ceo of wo

flights and trains have been cancelled and two rugby world cup matches have been called off. after his car turned over in strong winds. 0ur tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, sent this update. this behind me is the station in tokyo, and on a saturday afternoon this place would be jammed with tourists and shoppers. this here is the famous scramble crossing, one of the most famous sites in tokyo and normally on a saturday afternoon there would be thousands of people going across here but now it's pretty much completely deserted. that goes for the whole of tokyo, the greater tokyo area, everything has been pretty much shut down ahead of this storm, the whole metro system, the railways, both of tokyo's airports are closed down, as is the famous bullet train. and that is because, although it doesn't look like it yet, in a few hours from now, we will have winds coming through here well in excess of 100 kilometres an hour. so, this is the tama river, one of the main large rivers running through tokyo, this is on the southern end of tokyo. you can see just how swollen it is