sport today is coming up time with us. sport today is coming up next. this is bbc news. turkey's military offensive in syria continues, russia says it will not allow clashes between turkish and syrian troops. late night negotiations are continuing between the uk and brussels to reach a deal on brexit. there are claims the two sides could be on the brink of a breakthrough. scotland's first minister has told her party that a referendum on scottish independence must happen in 2020. nicola sturgeon confirmed that she will ask the uk government to give formal consent for a referendum by the end of this year. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. it's easy to rouse the snp with calls for independence, harder to explain how to get there. this year, nicola sturgeon says she has a plan. my call is that the referendum must happen next year, and we are getting ready. with support for independence growing, the party are impatient for another vote. and i can confirm today that, before the end of this year, i will demand the transfer of power that puts the legality of that referend

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, you're watching sport today live from the bbc sport centre.e: a first champions league win of the season for liverpool, despite throwing away a 3—0 lead against salzburg. doha delight for dina asher—smith. she is a 200 metre world champion. already back—to—back world champions, new zealand crush canada at the rugby world cup, with the help of three barrett brothers. thanks forjoining us. we will starting in europe, and the defending champions league winners, liverpool. after 36 minutes, theirfirst home game of this year's competition seemed a breeze. 3—0 up, only an incredible salzburg fightback levelled the match, only for liverpool to sneak a 11—3 win. it is the first points of the group stage after an opening defeat to napoli. mo salah added to sadio mane and andrew robertson efforts.

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.e move. protests in barcelona see la liga ask to change the location for the barcelona versus real madrid match. the history makers. the washington nationals are heading to the world series for the first time. south africa prepare for their battle with the brave blossoms in the world cup quarter—finals we start with football, and the news from spain, where la liga have requested that the first clasico of the season should be moved because of fears of civil unrest. champions barcelona are due to host rivals real madrid at the camp nou on saturday 26 october, but there have been protests in catalonia since nine separatist leaders were jailed for sedition on monday. police and demonstrators have clashed in barcelona this wednesday, and officials at la liga want the game to be moved to madrid's estadio bernabeu... i think it makes sense the decision la liga has taken. now it remains to be seen whether barcelona agree. the situation is unusual in catalonia. no—one knows what really happened

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. regain control in serie a. the champions end inter milan's perfect start to the season in italy. tough times for the english champions — manchester city lose at the etihad. their worst start to a season for six years. and kenya's timothy cheruiyot outclasses a field including two 0lympic champions, as the curtain falls on this year's world athletics championships. hello and welcome to the programme. juventus got the better of rivals inter milan in the top of the table clash in italy — and now lead the way in serie a. paulo dybala got the champions off to the best possible start, with a fine strike inside five mins. but inter equalised, thanks to a lautaro martinez penalty, afterjuve's matthijs de ligt‘s handball. cristiano ronaldo had a goal ruled outjust before half—time. but in the second half, gonzalo higuain made it 2—1. and that's how it finished.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: rodrygo‘s last—gasp goal for spain sends the spaniards to euro 2020. more football fallout from the fan racism in the bulgaria versus england match. the head of the bulgarian football union resigns. and we'll be in spain to learn how the next generation of european golfers hope to defend the solheim cup. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start with football — and spain have become the latest team to qualify for next year's european championship finals, but they left it late to salvage the point they needed in sweden to qualify. marcus berg put the home side in front, five minutes after the re—start. but valencia's rodrigo prodded home an equaliserfrom close range in stoppage time. it means roberto moreno‘s side become the sixth team to qualify for next year's tournament after belgium, italy, russia, poland and ukraine. elsewhere, the republic of ireland missed their chance to qualify when they lost 2—0 in switzerland. in group f, norway ke

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ches on — the former world number one continues his remarkable comeback from hip surgery in china. the super typhoon that threatens to cause mayhem at the rugby world cup injapan. we'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

now on bbc news, sport today. hello. you're watching sport today live from the bbc sport centre.akers 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

now on bbc news: sport today. is hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is sport today live from the bbcport centre. coming up on this programme: a storm in 3 rugby world cup. two matches are cancelled — with more injeopardy as japan braces 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 scotland, won't be made until the morning of the game on sunday. world rugby say the safety of players and spectators is the priority. the decision to cancel these matches has not been taken lightly and has been made with the best interests of team, public, tournament and volunteer team, public, tournament and volu nteer safety team, pu

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye for now. hello once again.nd, but we've got a decent amount of sunshine. but it would have done nothing for the temperatures as you may well have noticed. and you can see on the bigger picture there's a lot of that fresher sort of regime on offer. and for the next few days, dry weather and sunshine as well but it won't do anything for the temperatures. it will be cold both by day and by night. that's the way we start monday morning, widespread frost, the first of the season on that sort of scale, you could be scraping the cars first thing up. a list a lot of sunshine for your commute and some dry weather, too. seems showers in northern scotland, maybe one or two in southern england, weather front close by to the far south—west, the cloudier with the odd bit and this the rain perhaps. changing the day, taking you from monday to tuesday, the overall pattern doesn't seem to change very much at all except the isobars just beginning to open up there across the northern part of scotland. so that means less in the way

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: utter humiliation. tottenham hotspur suffer their worst home defeat in their history, thrashed by bayern munich. it's a triple gold day for the usa. we'll bring you up—to—date on the world athletics championships in doha. and we'll take a look at how japan is embracing rugby, while rugby it seems, is embracing japan. well, well, well. what a truly rotten day for tottenham hotspur fans. tottenham hotspur have suffered the biggest—ever margin of defeat by an english team at home in any european competition after they were utterly thrashed 7—2 by bayern munich in the champions league. to compound that damning statistic it is also the first time in tottenham's history that they have conceded seven at home in any competition. a truly dreadful night for spurs. here's our football reporterjames gregg. a real classic thriller, that game. goals galore, nine goals to be precise, a 7—2 victory at the new totte n ha m precise, a 7—2 victory at the new tottenham hotspu

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.rway's warholm king of the world as he retains his 400 metre hurdles title at the world athletics championships. all square at old trafford — it's united's worst start to a season since 1989. auld langs fine! scotland are back on track at the rugby world cup as they thrash samoa. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in qatar where norway's karsten warholm held off close rival rai benjamin to defend his world 400m hurdles title in doha. the 23—year—old took the lead with 150m remaining and stayed just ahead of the american with qatar's abderrahman samba in third. here's our sports reporter ade adedoyin. once again, the stadium was not full but there

hello, i'm mimi fawaz and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.me: things got heated as it all got a bit physical between two nascar drivers in virginia. pliskova fighting back, as the houston astros are now one win away from the world series title. and the women's football world champions have a new coach. thanks forjoining us. we start with the fight between two nascar drivers after a coming together during their race in virginia. denny hamlin and joey logano collided on one of the turns at martinsville speedway. logano unhappy about being squeezed into the fence — and that wasn't the end of it, as their discussion afterwards also got physical. and then it escalated. a little bit ofan and then it escalated. a little bit of an extra shove there as he walked away. we were having a discussion. everything was civil. and then, like j°ey everything was civil. and then, like joey does, he does a little push and then runs away. so, yes, he said you wa nt to then runs away. so, yes, he said you want to go, sergas, am here, and then he runs away. what was

now on bbc news, sport today. and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: the world series could be decided in the next couple of hours. live from houston, as the astros look up to one of the world series against the washington nationals. also on the show, bangladesh's captain shakib al hasan is banned from cricket for corruption. and we'll have the best of tuesday's football, bayern munich survive a scare in the german cup. welcome to the programme. the crucial game six of baseball's world series is underway. washington nationals are back at the houston astros, where they won both games on the road. but they find themselves 3—2 down and fighting to stay alive. tulsen tollett is there and it's a tight game so far. extremely tired, extremely raucous. ican extremely tired, extremely raucous. i can hardly hear you there. such has been the crowd here at the astros home stadium, it's been unbelievable the amount of noise in the stadium compared to other games during this series

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun. and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. marco giampaolo is sacked at ac milan, with ex—inter boss, stefano pioli, poised to takeover. roger federer cruises into the next round in china, on his quest for a third shanghai masters title. and, the nba goes on the defensive, over a freedom of speech row in china. i regret having communicated directly with friends in china that so directly with friends in china that so many people are upset. hello and welcome to the programme. news from the italian serie a to start with. ac milan have sacked manager, marco giampaolo, afterjust three and a half months. former inter boss, stefano pioli, is expected to take over, with the i8—time champions currently three points off the relegation zone. earlier i spoke to italian football journalist daniele verri,

now on bbc news: sport today. is hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is sport today live from the bbcy world cup. two matches are cancelled — with more injeopardy as japan braces 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

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.utter humiliation. tottenham hotspur suffer their worst home defeat in their history, thrashed by bayern munich. it's a triple gold day for the usa. we'll bring you up—to—date on the world athletics championships in doha. and we'll take a look at how japan is embracing rugby, while rugby it seems, is embracing japan. well, well, well. what a truly rotten day for tottenham hotspur fans. tottenham hotspur have suffered the biggest—ever margin of defeat by an english team at home in any european competition after they were utterly thrashed 7—2 by bayern munich in the champions league. to compound that damning statistic it is also the first time

hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme...aign back on track against dortmund. diamonds are 0orawa. the japanese side are through to the final of the asian champions league. fede—red hot! the fed on fire in switzerland as he cruises into the quarter—finals. all of the night's champions league news to come, but let's start with baseball. game two of the world series is under way with houston at home to washington and the astros keen to level the series after losing 5—4 to the nationals in game one. let's go live to minute maid park — and our reporter seth bennett. hi seth. tell us what has been going on. midway through the second inning and we are tied at two apiece here. washington is starting remember we talked so much about this being a great matchup of two fantastic pictures but it has been the bats that have been swinging and making the noise so far. washington taken a

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.past bulgaria, but did it in the face of ugly. bulgaria, but did it in the face of ugly, racist abuse as the match was almost abandoned because of monkey chanting. it is the international language, so will football breakthrough political barriers as a historic match is scheduled to take place in the middle east. the only major title that eludes him. roger federer confirms his bid for the tokyo 2020 olympics. welcome to the programme. we start with the disturbing story that the euro, euro qualifier match between england and bulgaria had to be stopped twice because of racist cha nts stopped twice because of racist chants from the

now on bbc news sport today. hello. i‘m connie mclaughlin and this is sport today. coming up...int against manchester united. just how much does it mean to win again after you thought your career might be over? quite a lot if you‘re andy murray. and, it‘s the end of the rugby road forjapan. they‘re out of the world cup after a quarterfinal defeat to south africa. liverpool‘s perfect start to the premier league season has been ended by their great rivals, manchester united. but it wasn‘t without controversy. once again it was all to do with the use of the video assistant referee. united took the lead at old trafford through marcus rashford. that was referred to var, which decided liverpool‘s divock 0rigi wasn‘t fouled in the build up. var then ruled out an equaliser for sadio mane for handball. adam lallana scored a late equaliser with his first goal for two and a half years. i thought they were excellent, the boys. attitude, you can see the fitness in the boys now. we are getting fitter and fitter. the aggression first half to win the ball. the crowd‘s response to

just for sport today, quits bring you up to date with our main stories as ours.loses a vote to rush his deal through parliament. turkey and russia strike a new agreement to force kurdish fighters away from the syria border. the american woman who fled the uk, after a fatal road collision with the teenager harry dunn has asked to be interviewed by british police in the us. anne sacoolas is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road, when the accident happened in northamptonshire, in august. she later left britain claiming diplomatic immunity, despite telling police she had no immediate plans to return to america. duncan kennedy reports. he was just 19 years old. harry dunn died in august, riding his beloved motorbike on a quiet, country road. since then, his parents charlotte and tim have been everywhere from the white house to whitehall in their efforts to bring the suspect in his case to justice. they say anne sacoolas, the driver of the car involved in harry's collision, should return to britain from the united states. today, the chief constabl

now on bbc news, sport today. ‘s ‘s hello and thanks for your company on sport today. in for patrick day, we'll ask if boxing can be made any safer. australia namejordan petaia for their rugby world cup quarter—final with england. it'll be just his third international. and top seed elina svitolina is beaten in the last 16 at the kremlin cup. to boxing first, where emotional tributes have been flooding in for patrick day, who died four days after suffering a brain injury during his super welterweight bout against charles co nwell. as the boxing world comes to terms with yet another death, more questions about its safety are being asked. patrick gearey reports patrick day described himself as a nice guy with a fighter‘s soul. he had a degree, he had options and yet he chose to box. the sport he loved ultimately took his life. four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against charles conwell in chicago,—day died surrounded by his family and friends. even in a sport defined by violence, such a tragedy produces shock. tributes from

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.he major—league world series, where the houston astros are the washington nationals. game five of this series is poised at two a piece. the kick that sent the springboks to another rugby world cup final. pollard pinpoint perfect placekicking to set up a showdown with england. and another record for tiger woods. he winds injapan as well. hello, and thanks for joining he winds injapan as well. hello, and thanks forjoining us on sport today. it is game five of baseball's world series. tulsen tollett is at nationals park in the us capital. looks like the houston astros are running away with it? well, the astros are 4—0 at the top of the fifth inning. alvarez with a two run home at the top of the second, and carlos correa also with a two run home at the top of the fourth innings. so right now the astros look like they are on their way to a 3-2 look like they are on their way to a 3—2 series lead. game six of course goes back to houston in texas on tuesday. perhaps the biggest thing to come

now it is sport today.ive from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... stark results on the link between heading and brain injuries. a study suggests ex—professional footballers could be more at risk from dementia. the gunners fail to fire. arsenal are beaten by promoted side sheffield united in monday's english premier league game. and back to where it all began. roger federer delights his home crowd on his return to the swiss indoors in basle. hello and welcome to the programme. more on monday's surprise result from the english premier league to come. but first, a landmark study in the uk suggests ex—professional footballers are three and half times more likely to die from dementia. research over nearly two years by a specialist brain injury group at scotland's glasgow university said there was also a rise in the risk of alzheimer's, motor neurone disease, and parkinson's. the study began after claims the former england forward jeff astle, died due to repeated head trauma. the bbc‘s health ed

sports today is coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour.y in england were chinese nationals. britain's prime minister boris johnson calls on parliament to back an early general election in december to give it more time to debate his brexit deal. humberside police have charged a 25—year—old man with the rape and murder of a student from hull university. libby squire, who was 21, disappeared in february after a night out in the city. her body was found in the humber estuary seven weeks later. pawel relovitch will appear before magistrates next week. a life—extending drug for cystic fibrosis will now be available on the nhs in england after a deal was reached with the pharmaceutical company that makes it. the drug improves lung function, reduces breathing difficulties and can be given to children as young as two. it should be available within a month as our health editor hugh pym now reports. a life—extending drug for cystic fibrosis will now be available on the nhs in england after a deal was reached for liz and shane, this was a day they fea

the news has, as you might expect, sent shockwaves through the sport today.resident of the sports governing body, lord coe says it a serious time for the sport... when you have been in the sport as long as i have, you have relationships and friendships that go back a long way. alberto and i held world records, and broke world records at the same time. distant distances it has to be said, and you know, the charges laid by salazar are know, the charges laid by salazar a re really know, the charges laid by salazar are really serious, and we are now in business mode. the athletics integrity unit has already been in contact with those athletes. they will be asked to sever their relationships, and that's exactly where we are at the moment. athletes have to have complete and total trust in their coaches. and if they don't, the relationship will fray, and when a coach is accused of something, an athlete has to ask detailed tough questions. i was in a great coaching relationship with my father, but if those questions were being asked of him, i would have absolutely wa

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ly scare against fiji, to seal their place in the rugby world cup quarter finals in japan. sri lanka complete a whitewash in their t20 series against pakistan. and novak djokovic continues his impressive form, and remains on course for a 5th shanghai title. 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

hello, i'm mimi fawaz and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.n houston, where the astros are playing in the world series final. liverpool are through to the league cup quarter—finals after a 5—5 draw — and penalty shoot—out against arsenal. defending champion, elina svitolina through to the semis of the wta tour finals in shenzhen. we start with baseball and the battle is on to see who'll win the world series. the deciding game between washington nationals and houston astros is underway at minute maid park in houston — and we can go live to our reporter tulsen tollett. ican i can tell you, the atmosphere here compared to 2a hours ago is absolutely incredible. the houston astros were 1—0 up. it's been quite an occasion. you can't really see here, washington supporters, over this way, so many supporters here. i don't think you need me at all. i don't think you need me at all. i don't think you need me at all. i don't think you need me. let's go through here. come through here. this man here. zach has been the standout player. let me ask you, proba

hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. i'm ben croucher. coming up: naser takes the 400 metres to new heights with the greatest run in a generation to win the world title. katarina johnson—thompson breaks the british record to win heptathlon gold, and says she wants to win even more. and back winning again. ireland see off russia to move closer to a quarter—final berth at the rugby world cup. let's take you to doha first, where bahrain‘s salwa eid naser produced one of the all—time greatest performances to win the 400 metres. in a fiendishly fast final, she clocked the fastest time over the distance in sa years. with news on that, and a couple of other maiden world champions, here is ade adedoyin. that was a huge upset in the women's 400m. the olympian champ —— 0lympic champion came in here is the athlete to beat. she was the fastest in the world this year. but she liked the crowd was stunned by a brilliant performance by salwa eid naser of bahrain, who clocked the third fastest time in history and the fastest time in history and the fastes

hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. i'm ben croucher.e 400 metres to new heights with the greatest run in a generation to win the world title. katarina johnson—thompson breaks the british record to win heptathlon gold, and says she wants to win even more. and back winning again. ireland see off russia to move closer to a quarter—final berth at the rugby world cup. let's take you to doha first, where bahrain's salwa eid naser produced one of the all—time greatest performances to win the 400 metres. in a fiendishly fast final, she clocked the fastest time over the distance in sa years. with news on that, and a couple of other maiden world champions, here is ade adedoyin. that was a

but from me, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. we will see you again in the next hour.e uk at the moment to see which wins out for the weekend. spoiler, it is the cold air. already in place across northern parts of the uk. on the dividing line between the two before the cold air wins and heads south, some of us are about to get a lot of heavy rain through friday into early saturday, and the moors of southwest england into wales and northern england from this waving weather front. finally as it does clear by the end of saturday, from southeast england, that is when the cold air travels further south. already in place across the northern half of the uk, a touch of frost for you to start the day, and a mild start the further south you are. a fine start for many of us, a few showers in scotland. here comes the rain from the southwest and wales into the midlands, especially the west midlands, the eastern side of northern ireland and southern scotland. the uk top and tail by strengthening winds with coastal gales as well. so it is turning much wetter for some of us and we sti

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.ve still got another week to come and there is more rain in the forecast for the next few days. some of it quite heavy as well. however, as we do close out the month, it does look as though we are likely to see a change. a different trend — drier, but it will feel noticeably colder by day and by night. for the here and now though we've got a couple of weather fronts sandwiched across england and wales producing some cloud and light patchy rain. as they sink south and east behind it, the winds will strengthen and this weather front up into the north—west is going to enhance some showers for the remainder of the day. we will start a little milder than the mornings just past. so, double digits quite widely across the country. some early morning mist and fog patches perhaps in the south—east and those weak weather fronts, a band of cloud, and drizzle driving its way south and east. but behind it there will be quite a clearance. some sunny spells coming through before that frontal system en

the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.but from me — and the rest of the sport todayilding in for tuesday morning. so it looks like many places will start dry. you can see this area of high pressure pushing in from the south west keeping this weather front at bay mainly affecting the far north of the country to start the day. we will have lost that weather front across the south—east, so drier there too. so it becomes quite a chilly start to tuesday with some mist and fog around when skies clear. those temperatures really drop. don't be surprised if you see scenes like this across central and southern parts of england and wales to greet us this morning. now, that mist and fog could only go on for a few hours but it should tend to lift and break and we should see a good deal of dry weather with some sunshine across england and wales and a vast improvement across the south—east. more cloud further north certainly for scotland and northern ireland. most of the rain to the far north with many places staying dry. temperatures of 12—15 degrees in the south which will actual

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. of showers across northern and western areas. and a few got across into the east that were pretty heavy and thundering in one or two spots. but there was plenty of sunshine too. the next two days, similar story, staying rather unsettled, with low pressure nearby, and it is going to be windy for most. on wednesday, low pressure against the north of the uk. fairly strong winds, plenty of showers blowing from west to east. and then for thursday and friday, looks like we could see more organised weather fronts pushing in to bring more persistent rain for some areas. if you were watching yesterday, like i mentioned, it is not going to be particularly cold the next few days, as our air source will be coming in off the atlantic from the west or the south—west. the night should be too cold either. for wednesday then, it starts off bright, some sunshine across eastern areas. we”l have a scattering of heavy, perhaps thundery showers affecting south wales, southern counties of england through th

but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.into sunday, had nearly 60 millimetres of rain in places. in east anglia, we had 40—50 millimetres of rain through the course of sunday, which has resulted in flooding. and, in fact, there are a number of flood warnings in force across the rivers in scotland and england. and with more rain to come in the next 2a hours that's not good news. the grounds saturated as well. but more rain is what we have. this next dominant area of low pressure is advancing in. so we're looking at severe gale force winds through the course of the day across parts of northern and western scotland and gales in other areas in the north and west as well. combined with yet more rain it will be particularly unpleasant as we go through the rush hour. we could see some mist and some fog under the clearer skies further east. but a very windy day across northern and western areas, very wet through the rush hour as well. we're not as expecting as much rain as we've had in the past 2a hours, but nevertheless the ground

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.northern ireland, particularly western scotland, rainfall totals really starting to mount up, we've seen some flush flooding in places, a lot of surface spray on the roads. as we head on into thursday, it looks like it's going to stay pretty unsettled, turn windier through the day, with another band of rain moving in. could see the new area of low pressure. this is the low pressure we have had for the last few days, eventually clearing off to the north—east. this new area of low pressure will send its weather fronts out across for the north—west of the country, and it will bring another round of fairly strong winds. thursday though starts off fine and dry for many. lovely spell of sunshine up and down the country. a few showers across western scotland continuing. and then the band of rain starts to push in, to northern ireland initially, and then into much of scotland and perhaps the far north of england. and it is going to turn very wet and we could see further issues with surface wat

but from me connie mclaughlin and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.s week and that is in sharp contrast to what we have had so sharp contrast to what we have had so far in october, an active jet strea m so far in october, an active jet stream and rain. in england and wales all the average october rainfall has fallen already this month with 11 days to go. very wet in north—east england. scotland and northern ireland, still some way to go to get the average october rainfall and it is here we will see the wettest weather as we go through the wettest weather as we go through the week. but as i mentioned earlier, it is quite to stop the week because we have an area of high pressure moving in. that said, there is low pressure close to east anglia and south—east england for monday and south—east england for monday and that will bring a bit of rain for some others. in terms of the weather feel to begin the day, chilly and northern ireland but especially in scotland, indicating where parts of rural aberdeenshire, have been down to minus three celsius to start

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.wer fire had the london fire brigade acted differently, that's according to a report into the 2017 tragedy in which 72 people died. the document — sections of which have been seen by the bbc — is due to be published officially tomorrow. the first phase of the inquiry focused on what happened on the night — and the report strongly criticises what it calls "serious shortcomings" and systemic failures in the service's response. here's our special correspondent lucy manning, and a warning, some viewers might find parts of her report upsetting. who was to blame? yeah, hello, hi, the fire in grenfell tower. how did 72 people die in their homes, unable to escape the flames? get out, get out! some told by those sent to rescue them to stay put. where is the fire brigade?! jesus! firefighters were brave that night, risking their lives, but the fire brigade failures were many. the blaze was like one never seen, but institutional failure, wholly inadequate planning and communication problems left

but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport today team. goodbye. hello again.res high. imagine then just if you can for a moment, waves that are three times that height at around 22 metres high, that's the kind of size of waves we are looking at generated by this hurricane, hurricane lorenzo, with its 105 mile an hour sustained winds. lorenzo is tracking in a north—easterly direction, most 20 metre high waves are what we could see battering the western azores as we go through tuesday night as the hurricane passes very close by. after that it turns into a normal area of low pressure and will end up close to the british isles but there is some uncertainty as to where it ends up. the main focus in the uk is on the continuing flooding threat across england and wales after the recent heavy rain that we have seen and the extra rain we have got that will fall to the rest of the day today. we have got rain with us already for northern england and northern ireland, heavy showers packing in across wales and south—west england, something a bit drier in scotland but also a

from me, ben croucher, and the sport today team, thanks for watching. we'll see you again soon.r watcher looked somewhat like this — threatening—looking cloud, lots of heavy rain, a disappointing day. by wednesday, it was all change. gin—clear skies across much of the country, but a noticeable chill in the air. now, if we take a look at the satellite picture from wednesday, you can see how widespread the dry, sunny weather was. but you can also see the threatening—looking cloud behind me, a sign of what's to come into thursday. but clear skies by day at this time of year, well, they lead to chilly nights. so we're going to start off thursday morning with, yes, a chilly story. low single figures in a few places, and there could be a light frost. maybe some early morning mist and fog patches, as well. so we're in this cold air with this northerly flow, but not for long, because this deep area of low pressure sitting out in the atlantic drags up southerly winds and milder air as it moves across the country. so storm lorenzo is going to continue to drift its way north, sitting to th

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.t felt a bit warmer too particularly in the south. that's thanks to a ridge of high pressure which will be with us as well wednesday morning but we have got a weather system to the north—west of the country and this weather front across the south—east. some rain and stronger winds across the north—west to begin wednesday. perhaps one or two showers in the south—east but elsewhere it's a dry start to the day. a little bit of mist and fog around. a chilly start, mind you, but those temperatures will rise as we head through the morning as we see plenty of sunshine around. probably the best of the sunshine into the afternoon — northern england, wales, west midlands, and the south west as we will have more cloud, a few showers in the south east and it will be turning increasingly wet and windy across the north and the west. that also goes for northern ireland. those temperatures 13—15 degrees again. and then through wednesday night, it turns wetter across the eastern side of england. that w

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. you are watching bbc news.hat the death of the british teenager molly russell, has changed the way the social media world deals with posts, showing people how to hurt or even kill themselves. molly was 14 when she took her own life, after viewing graphic content on instagram. in an exclusive interview, adam mosseri says the platform will extend its ban on such images to include drawings and cartoons. but he admits harmful content still remains on the platform. you may find some of the material in angus crawford's report upsetting. she went to bed the night before we found her dead the next morning. talking to america, coast—to—coast, on breakfast tv, with other parents bereaved by suicide, ian russell has a message about big tech and its duty to protect children. it's not right. why? because the kind of graphic material molly saw on instagram, though more difficult to find, is still there. that, and the dark, depressing videos, pictures and even cartoons. ian's campaign, molly's story, forced instagram to chang

but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello, good morning.rain cleared away, though, we did see some sunshine. a chance to dry off, though, although a lot of the ground is still saturated, and there are a couple of flood warnings still out there. but following the sunshine, the clearer skies have meant it's turned quite chilly, particularly for the eastern side of the uk. where we had that cloud earlier on, we've now got the clearer skies, but looking out to the west, you can see that swirl of cloud there. it's producing showers or longer spells of rain. it marks the position of what is at the moment quite a deep area of low pressure. that's drifting towards the uk, already arriving in western areas. further east, though, with those clearer skies, temperatures may be low enough in eastern scotland to give us a touch of frost. further west, it will be milder, but you've already got a few showers. the breeze is picking up, and we will see more and more showers arriving across the western side of the uk, blown in by some strong and blustery wind

fin sports today's world cup qualifying clash between iran and cambodia was and his stare at historic occasion iran big cambodia 14 nil but it was the victory off the pitch that made headlines women were allowed to attend the match in tehran for the 1st time in 40 years 3500 tickets were sold to women fulfilling a promise made by the iranian government after pressure from football's world governing body fifa that's been welcomed by many international observers and women in iran but religious hardliners in iran are voicing their dissatisfaction. with the change in iran comes inevitable friction the recent decision to begin allowing women to attend men's football matches in the islamic republic has provoked protest including from some of the women to whom the right to watch life has been extended. i. ma domani it as shiite muslim women are not at all happy about this because the dignity of muslim women will not be attacked that this has a major impact on us as the dignity of muslim women can be preserved if they enter an atmosphere that is specific to men most as our you know that they

let's bring you up to date with some of the other sports stories today.r winning the swiss masters, roger federer has withdrawn from the paris masters. the world number three says he has made the decision to ‘pace himself‘ ahead of next month's season—ending atp finals in london. england bowler adil rashid said he "couldn't lift his bowling arm" before this summer's world cup. and has still not fully recovered from a shoulder injury. rashid had a steriod injection which allowed him to play in ii matches during the tournament. there's been a shock early exit for ronnie o'sullivan at snooker‘s world open in china. he lost to dominic dale in a qualifying match, with the welshman winning five frames to three. queens park rangers missed the chance to go second in the championship after losing 3—1 at home to brentford. ollie watkins scored twice, the second making sure of the victory against their west london rivals in the dying seconds. the result means qpr stay in eighth whilst brentford are now up to twelfth with their third win in a row. the theme of home d

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the sports headlines today.to decide bulgaria's punishment for the racist abuse directed at england. the game was stopped twice due to chanting from horn players. they could have been abandoned, but aikman decided to continue and 16—0. it could be a monetary fine, stadium closure or even being thrown out of the competition. josh taylor is now the unified ibf and wba super—lightweight champion after beating the undefeated american regis prograis at london's 02. it was an incredible display from both boxers over 12 rounds, but the scottish southpaw fought through to beat prograis on points. that's despite his right eye being swollen shut. taylor is now undefeated in 16 fights. saracens have their first league win of the season england's steven brown shot a blemish—free final—round 66 to finish on 17 under par and win his first title on the european tour by a single stroke at the portugal masters. in the nfl, the cincinati begals are playing the la rams at wembley. the rams are winning 17—10 after a 65—yard touchdo

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. >> the law applies to both public and private universities and to any sport. today pro athletes spoke out including members of the warriors. >> someone needs to force the dictatorship to change because that's exactly what it is. >> reporter: the ncaa asked them to veto the bill warning that it might bar california schools from ball games and tournaments. the new law doesn't take effect until 2023 and legal challenges are expected. >>> a new poll shows governor newsome is getting good marks. democrats gave him an 86% approval rate, but only 17% of republicans approve of the job he's doing. if the bay area, 70% of voters are giving him a positive rating. >>> those large boulders strategically placed were removed today. as ktvu rob roth reports someone kept pushing the boulders off the sidewalks onto the street. >> reporter: one by one san francisco public hauls away each of the two dozen boulders along this one sidewalk. a residential side street near market and deloris streets. >> we've had people push the rocks out onto the streets, which really has made it unsafe.

sports now. dave feldman is going to join us in just a second after rob apparently. i want todayet to it right away. can we show the hoy lights and go back and go back again? >> well, the whether is also good news. again, the offshore winds we had last week, the dry conditions and now the sea breeze has made a bit of a comeback with some fog into san francisco. and you can see our temperatures. it's actually kind of interesting. half moon bay, the coast and san francisco mid-50s. these are the few areas right now seeing the temperatures run a little bit warmer than they were at at the same time last night and you can see right there on the coast the clouds have come back. but cooling in napa. and san jose inland starting to see some low temperatures compared to 4 hours ago. probably not too far inland but notice by 8:00 you've still got some patchy low clouds in san francisco and kind of staying on the coast at times tomorrow with sunshine for inland areas. so with the low clouds might see some misty skies around the peninsula and coastline for your morning commutes and jacket we

. >>> a canyon athlete sending shock waves through the world of sports today becoming the first to run a marathon under two hours. he was supported by 36 pacemakers throughout the race. this was his second attempt to breaking the two-hour barrier after missing out by 26 seconds back in 2017. >>> storms into the history books. $159.40 the unofficial time. >>> fans in nairobi erupted into applause as he crossed the finish line. he is the current world record holder. this run does not set a new record. that's because the event was specifically set up for the attempt. >> i hope to inspire people. >> kichogi competed in the summer olympics in rio. >>> robert forster has died following a battle with brain cancer. he had notable roles in movie and television and did work on broadway. on the big screen, he earned an oscar nod for his role in jackie brown and the new netflix movie el camino has him repricing his role from breaking bad. the oscar nominated actor at the time of his death was 78 years old. >>> all right, well still to come, a serial stow away has been arrested again. >>> and the n

a landmark moment for the sport and today another one after the ecb announced it would invest £20 millionfor the that could rise to £50 million over the next five that the money will be spent at every level from grass roots all the way up to the top of the game and players will be given a new professional contracts and eight new professional contracts and eight new original elite teams will be created for the england women's quick captain had knight said it was a game changing moment for the sport. we need to remember how far the game is come in a short space of time and it is something i never thought i would see as an england player in my time. 40 players are set to be given these new professional contracts on top of the current england players who essentially are contracted. so the national side should have a bigger pool to pick from in the future. laura mcleod is to play for england herself and she says that can only mean good things for england as they chase more of these. it's great news, fantastic for the game, not just for the women's game but i think for the game as well and this