this is slovenia's oldest castle, first built in mediaeval times. it's got a kind of fairytale ambience to it and, because of its location, it's been a strategic lookout for 1,000 years. and standing here, i can kind of get why. you can see for miles! this place is legendary in slovenian history. 0n the banks of the lake still sits the former holiday home of the father of post—world war ii slovenia, presidentjosip broz tito. tito took the helm of the newly formed federal republic and more or less kept the country together until his death, in 1980, when yugoslavia began to fall apart. slovenia became the first to break away, with a short—lived war that lasted just ten days. it's been a sovereign nation state since 1991 and my next stop down the river sava is slovenia's capital, ljubljana. the city centre is made up of vast squares, lined with baroque buildings and the streets are packed with tourists ambling around. but it wasn't always like this. just over a decade ago ljubljana was clogged with traffic and the city's main piazza was a car park.

the whole of slovenia is cleaned up and the river, they have divers. and you've taken a big part in those campaigns? yeah. we try to help. we are strong, so we list all of the heavy stuff, help them to keep it clean and keep it on the next level. citywide cleanups and specialist waste disposal point help the capital with the accolade of being europe's greenest city in 2016 and the two are keen to encourage other locals and tourists to see the potential in ljubljana's spruced up streets. and the gymnasts are firm believers that anyone can be taught to do this. just change the arms. three, two, one, go! simple. three, two, one.... i don't know how! managed that. it's kind of superhuman strength. time to leave this urban oasis and head down to radece. this region like most of slovenia is densely forested and has a thriving timber industry. nice to meet you. welcome. hundreds of years ago the sava was the only way to get the huge logs to major cities across the huge logs to major cities across the balkans. and i'm here tojoin other tourist to get a taste o

slovenia at wembley and lithuania away to come. a runners up spot is in scotland's hands, they face slovakia and slovenia in their last two matches. so scotland are chasing that runner—up spot but northern ireland sealed theirs in group c tonight after beating tyhe czech republic 2—0 at windsor park. it was their 5th qualifying win in a row. alex gulrajani reports. after reaching their first major tournament in 30 years last summer, northern ireland don't fancy waiting as long for the next. martin 0'neill house highs on russia, as did the czech republic. too many on the world cup finals, and non—enjonny eva ns, world cup finals, and non—enjonny evans, left alone in the box to give northern ireland a valuable lead. the celebrations started early in belfast and they had no reason to stop. a second from chris brunt, the man that mr european championships through injury, helping his side edge closer to russia. if they do make it, the defence will take their fairshare of make it, the defence will take their fair share of credit.

nick hope is in slovenia for us. this is where over the next big around 300 athletes from over 30 nations will battle it out for individual and team european honours. first up are the individual events. it was the perfect start for will bailey, the british paralympic champion. he said that his partner had gone into labour early he would head home, but no he has begun he said he will remain here. he eased to his opening encounter, taking it in straight sets, 3—0. to his opening encounter, taking it in straight sets, 3-0. the first few points is difficult in a major tournament. it was scrappy at the start. then i started to ease into it and it went well towards the end of the match. i have got a lot more to give. this year i have been playing my best table tennis, ijust need to prove it here, and take it one match at the time. rob davis dominated his first match of the day and was really troubled against his russian opponent, winning in straight sets. good to get their first match under way. ijust wanted to go there

gordon strachan‘s side have must win matches against slovakia and slovenia next thursday and sunday, as they seek to secure second place in england's group. mo marley has been confirmed as interim manager of england lionesses, replacing the sacked mark sampson. former england captain marley has been in charge of the under 195 and will look after the senior team for the next three matches. former real madrid and ac milan midfielder clarence seedorf, a four times champions league winner, is the surprise new manager at oldham athletic. john sheridan left the league one side by mutual consent on monday. they are currently second from bottom in the table. it isa it is a formula i weekend. practice has not gone that well. ferrari have nowhere to hide coming into this weekend's malaysian grand prix. both of their cars were taken out on the opening lap of the singapore grand prix two weeks ago and sebastian vettel now lies 28 points behind lewis hamilton in the world championship fight. the german has to win the grand prix this weekend. he has started as he needs to go on, fastest in final p

england know that tonight a win would put them five points clear of slovakia with games against slovenia here and the final match against lithuania to come. but, slovakia are a different gravy. they have won their last five qualifiers and are only second, two points behind england. so defeat here tonight could make that group looks very different indeed. slovakia, of course, only the group leaders will go through. the runners—up will have to going into play—off spots. that is something gareth southgate wants to avoid. they needed a 95th minute winnerfrom adam to avoid. they needed a 95th minute winner from adam lallana to win to avoid. they needed a 95th minute winnerfrom adam lallana to win in the first game against them. plenty to play for tonight and of course, a win here could do scotland a of favours as well. it certainly will. we will have a detailed look at the maths right away. perks paire. let's just have a reminder of how things stand in group f... england are unbeaten at the top. scotland, a rare evening where they will be hoping for england to do them a favour so they can

against slovenia in october. maria sharapova has responded to her critics in a uk exclusive interview with the bbc. after a 15—month doping ban, she returned to the tennis circuit in april — but she wasn't welcomed by some players. eugenie bouchard branded her a cheat and andy murray said he was surprised that so many top level athletes apparently had heart conditions. i don't think it's for them to really have an opinion because they don't have the facts. so, you know, ithink that those are the types of words that make headlines and they will be used as headlines, but ultimately this is my career and ifaced it head on and i admitted my mistake, and i went about it and i served my suspension and now i'm back. the canadian play said that you are a cheater and shouldn't be allowed back into the sport because it sends the wrong message. what do you think? those are comments not based

seven medals is an incredibly impressive total here in slovenia. it is their best set of results at the europeans this century, but there may be more because the team event begins tomorrow. that is pretty much it from the team. manchester city are back on top of the premier league after beating chelsea, but their goal difference over manchester united is just one goal. goal difference over manchester united isjust one goal. for goal difference over manchester united is just one goal. for now it is good night. continuing the sporting theme it is the great scottish run in glasgow tomorrow. if you are going to be in their spectating or running, it looks like the rain will be coming down and the breeze will be picking up down and the breeze will be picking up as well. it is coming in from the atlantic, a continuation of what we have seen recently. but temperatures are tumbling in northern ireland and the finals of england. the rest of england and wales have got a mixture of rain and drizzle around and a lot of rain and drizzle around and a lot of low c

scotland and slovenia also won and are locked on 14 slovenia also won and are locked on 1a points, each in third and fourth respectively. rafael nadal made it through to the us open quarterfinals for the seventh time in his career by defeating his ukrainian opponent. it was fast, just one hour and 41 minutes from first serve to match point. the spaniard won 6—2, 6—4, 6-1. he point. the spaniard won 6—2, 6—4, 6—1. he hasn't made the us open last eight since capturing the 2013 title. christina pliskova and last yea r‘s title. christina pliskova and last year's runner—up, she needed just 60 minutes to sweep pastjennifer brodie. it is her third slam quarterfinal. star india has won the digital rights for the indian premier league, paying $2.5 billion for a five—year deal. sony was the only other bidder. facebook tried to pay $600 million for a five—year deal to stream the matches online to india and other surrounding countries, but missed out to star. 14 countries, but missed out to star. 1a companies made bids for different elements, but the consolidated offer won all. th

besides that is dancing in slovenia, he would be set on his toes as he set to become a father for the first time. my team-mates know i'm quite an intense player and table tennis is my life. to have something outside of it has actually made me feel a bit more relaxed about the competition. he still seeks success. i want to be the best ican be, seeks success. i want to be the best i can be, trying i can be, wynn seeks success. i want to be the best i can be, wynn the europeans and paralympics would be great. nice to have a medalfor paralympics would be great. nice to have a medal for the paralympics would be great. nice to have a medalfor the newborn? paralympics would be great. nice to have a medal for the newborn? yes, nice to have something to put around his neck! winning still means the world to will bayley but family comes first. best of luck to him. that's all the sport for now. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel, it's 1.12pm. unions have accused the government of an empty, cynical gesture, after minister

in istanbul on sunday slovenia captain gorringe wreckage who plays for miami heat in the n.b.a. had thirty five point seven rebounds and three assists this was the first time the euro basket final has been contested by two teams from the former yugoslavia slovenia beating the olympic silver medalist ninety three to ninety eight australian gold for mark leishman a scored one of the biggest wins of his career and put himself on track for the richest prize in the game leishman lead from the first round to finish five strokes clear of nearest rivals rickie fowler and justin rose and b.m.w. championship on sunday the victory is the second of two thousand and seventeen and as it was a fed ex cup playoffs vent it means leishman will go into next week's top championship seeded only the top five players get to play for ten million dollars bonus prize in atlanta. how much so i said why for the first half and join you in the top five and . you know with with a sitting here it's nice to have the trophies and be in that top five and really you know if i have another good weight next week and

scotland and slovenia both also won and are locked on 1a points each in third and fourth. pleased with lots of things. they had the belief to pick themselves up and go again. they believed in themselves. that was good. they put themselves. that was good. they put themselves in a position to go into themselves in a position to go into the final. hopefully they can get into the play—offs. the final. hopefully they can get into the play-offs. we are at wembley. gareth southgate called on his side to get on their feet. they did that, but it was not what he was inking in the early stages of the game. a mistake in the third minute gifted slovakia the early chance. it was taken very well. a cheeky flick by dyer in the corner made england level. some are saying he did not mean it. there was a lot of talent. it was a better performance in the second half. it needed to be. england got more space. marcus rashford amended for his mistake in the early half by scoring. it was the early half by scoring. it was the winner. england are five points clear in group f. if they beat their nex

the russian champions travelled to slovenia for their group e tie and during the first half a section of spartak supporters lit flares, before firing a projectile onto the pitch. it travelled more than half the length of the pitch and narrowly while they're just starting out in the champions league in europe, the asian champions league is at the quarterfinal stage. and there's another extraordinary game to tell you about. on tuesday a dramatic penalty shoot out and all manner of incidents in shanghai sipg's win over chinese rivals guangzhou evergrande. and now on wednesday, the all—japanese tie between urawa reds and kawasaki frontale was equally as thrilling. austin halewood reports. after a 3—1 defeat away from home, the 2007 champions, the urawa reds, had it all to do in the second leg. early goals were the target but they came at the wrong end. kawasaki fro ntale came at the wrong end. kawasaki frontale extending their lead within 20 minutes. but then came the key period of the match. first, a brilliant team goal from period of the match. first, a brilliant team goalfrom urawa

scotland, on the back of their crucial win against lithuania on friday, will play malta tomorrow, and slovenia will host lithuania. holland have kept alive their slim chances of reaching next summer's world cup with a 3—1 win over bulgaria former chelsea star arjen robben scored their second in amsterdam. the dutch will need results to go their way though if they are to make it to russia. they're third in group a but are three points behind sweden who beat belarus 4—0. france play luxembourg tonight. rory mcilroy says he is waiting for the season to end after missing the cut at the dell technologies championship in boston, the world numberfour championship in boston, the world number four has not won a tournament in 2017. he had a second round to forget with four bogeys and a double bogey, making 7a. he says his play has been sloppy, jon rahm of spain is top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage. england's lee slattery has thrown away a two—stroke lead to come second in the czech masters. slattery was the overnight leader but dropped shots on four holes. he finished on 11—under—par

dumoulin was the favourite heading into this race and he finished clear of slovenia'5 primoz roglitch, who took 5ilver. it was one race too far for britain's chris froome who had to settle for bronze at the end of a season which has seen him take hi5toric titles in both the tour de france and the vuelta a espana. the new women's world number one garbine muguruza is through to the quarter finals of the pan pacific 0pen injapan after beating monica puig in straight sets. puig, who's the olympic champion, put her opponent under some early pre55ure. both players had breaks of 5erve but it was the spaniard muguruza who won the first set 6—4. the wimbledon champion then went on to completely dominate the match against the puerto rican and she'll face france's caroline garcia orjapan‘s kurumi nara next. second seed karolina pli5kova lost just three games as she ea5ily overpowered poland's magda linette. pli5kova — who briefly held the number one ranking this year — comfortably advanced to the last eight. and pli5kova will face another former world number one, angelique kerber next. a

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after their crucial win against lithuania on friday scotland play malta tomorrow and slovenia will host lithuania at northern ireland, who are second in group c face the czech republic. that's all from sportsday. we will leave you with two of the brightest stars in football showing off their skills, while warming up for brazil, neymar and gabrieljesus did a lap of the pitch, just like this. north korea sparks a wave of condemnation after carrying out its most powerful nuclear test yet. it's said to be of an advanced hydrogen bomb — hailed as a ‘perfect success' by kimjong un‘s regime. mr president, will you attack north korea? we will see. we'll see, says president trump as he's asked if the united states will attack north korea we'll be exploring the possible consequences of this dramatic escalation in nuclear tensions. also on the programme: differences in the brexit talks are laid bare as david davis says it's silly for the eu to say there's been little progress. hospital managers in england call for an emergency bail—out to pay for more staff and beds this winter. and lewis

earlier today, england named their squad for the world cup qualifiers against slovenia and lithuania . one win will guarantee their place in russia next summer. manchester city midfielder fabian delph features in a gareth southgate squad for the first time. he won the last of his nine caps almost two years ago. he has been unfortunate with injuries and is at a club where chances have been limited and he has done again. he has forced his way into the side and is playing well. not as many games as we would like. we have a situation in midfield where we have to have more competition for places and more alternatives. we think he is a player that can provide that. we think he is a player that can provide that. tottenham's deli alli is also in the squad but his availability is unclear. fifa may penalise him for making an obscene gesture in the match against slovakia earlier this month. he insists that he was sharing a joke with a teammate and it wasn't directed at the referee. aaron ramsey will win his 50th cap for wales in their qualifier against georgia after being named in chris coleman

he will be exploring the river head first in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. it has been amada degen yesterday. across central and eastern england, sunshine and bright enough at times in northern ireland but even without the sunshine, temperatures were mild. a number of spots got up to 22 degrees, four celsius above normal for the time of year. overnight, a band of rain will push eastwards across scotland, england and wales. the rain patchy at times. across the west of the british isles, with clearer skies particularly to northern ireland, dense patches of fog forming and perhaps murky conditions spreading into wales and southâ

against slovenia and lithuania. fabian delph features for the first time ina fabian delph features for the first time in a gareth southgate squad. dele alli is included despite being the subject of a fifa investigation surrounding an obscene gesture he made in england's last qualifier. aaron ramsey will win his 50th cap for wales after being named in chris coleman's squad for that match and the final group game against the republic of ireland. castleford tigers and saint helens are 25 minutes in to their super league semifinal with the winners qualifying for the grand final at old trafford next month. it was the tigers aiming to reach their first everfinal tigers aiming to reach their first ever final who scored first inside the opening minute. zak hardaker giving the home side the best possible start. he kicked the extra two points with a penalty before st helens got back into the game. grace going over in the corner for his 11th try of the season to split the deficit. i'll be back with more in the next hour. the m

most often someone is on the feet of young hungry fire like myself europe's new basketball champion slovenia arrived home on monday following their ninety three eighty five euro basket final win over rival serbia in a stand bull tens of thousands of fans greeted their basketball heroes in the capital lujan or into the mania this is being seen as the country's greatest sporting success thousand celebrated in the city center as the team paraded they knew trophy amidst cheers and flag waving. just three months ago south korea hosted the world taekwondo championships now the northern neighbors are holding their own version of the event sunday saw an opening ceremony in pyongyang for the championships which are run by the international taekwondo federation the i.d.f. headquarters or in north korea and it's a separate organization to the world taekwondo federation which is based in seoul while the south korean events or one hundred seventeen countries take part this one was still a big event sixty nine countries from austria to uganda will compete over the coming days south korea's demonstration t

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hi there. whether front today that will try to push eastwards and as does it will build into high pressure across scandinavia and europe. it will make little overall progress and often the front will be weakened puny. beginning the day with damp weather and western scotland and western parts of england and wales, possibly across northern ireland. this is the zone will continue to seek the rain on offer through the day. central and eastern england, central scotla nd and eastern england, central scotland staying dry and, if anything in the hazy sunshine

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hi there. over the last few days, we've been carefully tracking the progress of hurricane maria, which wrecked dominica and puerto rico. lots of weather in the atlantic. a big area of low pressure and a powerfuljetstream over that, a big swell of cloud that looks like a massive ear pushing a band of rain eastwards over the uk over the next 12 hours or so. we will see some rain as we start friday, our main weather front across west scotland and western england and wales. ahead of that, patches of light rain, drizzle and foggy conditions over the hills o

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hello. the week started on a fairly quiet note across many parts of the british isles. we had a weak weather front close by which really pepped up the cloud across some central and eastern areas. 0ut west, different story. some sunshine to be had but first thing on monday and again late on in the day, some areas were quite badly affected by fog. there's the weather front gradually fizzling all the while as the pressure builds in from the continent. but there will still be a legacy of cloud first up and i think you will really notice it in the first par

former yugoslavia to meet in the final of the european basketball championships for the first time slovenia will face serbia in istanbul was expected to be a fairly contested euro basket decider up to five thousand fans from each country to to be travelling to turkey so all the olympic silver medalists slovenia have gone through the tournament on both teams features stalls from the n.b.a. . in the past. so many times france's first time. physical game fifty fifty chance. running up and. it was. more a. tough. game day bring on a court will be going live to istanbul ahead of that game in our fifteen hundred g.m.t. news great bulletin but for now one hundred bets on me thanks so much well i would say for me for this news hour back with another news that's coming up just a couple minutes. let's talk about. right now. right now it's happening so fast. you can barely keep up with it. right now we've got clowns protecting. the mobile technology finding clean water not tomorrow not five years in the future. now. in a disaster the internet can be restored by a truck. in a mine this truck can drive

it means he'll miss the qualifier at wembley against slovenia next thursday. mo marley has been appointed interim head coach of england women. she takes over from mark sampson, who was sacked by the football association earlier this month. marley moves up from her role in charge of the england under 19 team and will lead the senior side in a friendly against france in october. celtic‘s scott brown and stuart armstrong have been ruled out of scotland's crucial upcoming world cup qualifying double—header with hamstring and calf injuries respectively. gordon strachan's side face slovakia and slovenia next thursday and sunday, as they seek to secure a play—off place. they're currently fourth in group f, six points behind leaders england. scotland will finish second should they win their next two matches. england are playing west indies in the 5th and final one day international in southampton eoin morgan's side won the toss and chose to bowl. the west indies are currently 174 macro— three after 38 overs. —— on hundred and 34—3. england are without be

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. good afternoon. some lovely spells of sunshine for some of us out there this afternoon. just take a look at this afternoon. just take a look at this picture. blue sky, plenty of fun. there is a little bit of cloud around unfortunately. with the south—easterly breeze it is mild out there. we could see highs of 23 degrees. this cloud and weather front is bringing some rain, albeit light and patchy. the heaviest bursts will be through scotland this evening. the rains will gradually ease this week. fog could be an issue over the next few days. we have go

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hello there. last weekend we had that cold northerly wind blowing, this weekend it's a warm southerly. there will still be some very usable weather around for the rest of today, and indeed tomorrow, although for western areas we will have some rain around at some point during the day. we've had a little bit of drizzle around this morning as well. this was the report in carmarthenshire earlier on, the low cloud around here. this in hampshire dictating some brighter skies. those brighter skies are working their way northwards. we do have a dominant area

after winning their last two games, scotland face slovakia and slovenia in october knowing victory in both would all but guarantee a play—off spot. we are always looking for people on the top of their form, or bringing in someone new. we have shown we can do that before. but this time, we think that's the best squad that we can get. there were good players left out, but i think that's the best squad we can get for the two games coming up. and that squad, and these players, have shown that they can deal with big games. and that's why they've been picked again. i'm looking forward to catching up with them. gareth mcauley is back in the northern ireland squad for next month's qualifiers against germany and norway. the west brom defender has not featured in the squad since he limped off against azerbaijan back in june. there are also first—time call—ups for millwall midfielder george saville and kilmarnock midfielderjordan jones. huge boost to have gareth. he has only played in a cup tie for west brom a60— city five minutes. i hope he is going to play tonight against arsenal, but

former yugoslavia to meet in the final of the european basketball championships for the first time slovenia will face serbia in istanbul in what's expected to be a face lee contested euro basket decider up to five thousand fans from each country tipped to be travelling to turkey serbia the olympic silver medalists but slovenia have gone through the tournament unbeaten both teams featuring stars from the n.b.a. . that demonstrated in the past that. it mean this is so many times for us first time. you know you know the physical game when michael says fifty fifty chance. it's great you to be a team they play really good they give great players. a lot of a lot of running up and down if you want to win the game it was view that more. often for game day bring on of course more on that throughout the day but. later saw me crying so much well that's it from me sammy's a than for this news hour back with more of the news that's coming out with rachelle in just a couple moments so good don't go too far. arts. oh. it was. a new level of a kid that they took them shelter it is surely surely true that t

slovenia's basketball teams have returned home are for celebrations after clinching the country's greatest sports achievement serbia in sunday's final at the european basketball championship in istanbul tens of thousands of fans are greeted there basketball heroes in the capital you reanna slovenia had gone through the tournament undefeated to when their first major continental title. and that's it for me thank you very much for that before we leave it's returned to the u.n. where one hundred ninety three will be is will officially have just fifteen minutes to make their mark at the famous podium of the general assembly over the years some of the results to come full creative and often controversial ways of grabbing attention but in a honda some of those. boys the boys. yesterday came here. right here. and it smells of sulfur still today. this is a fuse. so . the journals are more drama and flourish on its way through the dobie. new yorkers are very receptive to it because it is such an international city they're very interested in that global perspective that al-jazeera buys. al-jazeera.

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our can and don't forget, if you want to see oui’ adventures on can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can see our adventures on the road, you ca n follow see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. the autumn equinox may be behind us now but the weather is feeling reasonably summery for some of us over the weekend. this was the scene on friday afternoon. as we head through the course of the weekend, many of us will have largely dry conditions, particularly on saturday. by sunday there will be rain heading into the west of the uk and temperatures will be o

slovakia and slovenia away. winds will see the scots finish second and a chance of making the play—offs. it is in their hands. it is very complicated as to how... you finish second and get into the play—offs or not. we know northern ireland have finished second in group c, getting the runners—up spot, making it five in a row in qualifying. they should be one of the best runners—up or two games to play, jonny evans and chris brunt got the goals, a lovely free kick seeing them beat the czech republic last night. it has been two years since they conceded a competitive goal at windsor park. that will be tested against germany next month, but as i say they are sure to finish second. germany coming here, it would be nice to take an extra point. if we need something in the final two games we will have to get it, that simple. we are in a very strong position, it is almost —— almost been flawless, to be honest. seven clean sheets in eight games, the only defeat away to germany. as a coach and manager there is

well actually peters slovenia with about to do a million inhabitants has fantastic skiers and the top ski jumpers is expression especially successful in individuals balls like judo outlet excel rowing about this is the circus success of a basketball is absolutely right this sports achievement of slovenia athletes on the other hand serbia which has about the seventy million inhabitants they like to say they are basketball country country old bicycle they are very proper out there on that fact at the last world championships and the last olympics in rio serbia won the silver medal just united states with the n.b.a. all stars are better than serbia in this moment this is the biggest event. for both of those countries and tomorrow when the players come back to hometowns and homeland they will be national heroes no doubt i have to ask you then because a lot of people only associate basketball with being in american sports or how popular is the sport across the balkans. well actually my skill is in some of the countries in the balkans sports number one perhaps that is football but basketbal

if england win their next match against slovenia, england would be on the plane to russia. but of course it is the performance of 19—year—old marcus rashford, coming back from that first half mistake, which will grab the headlines. after all of the talk of pride in the shirt, that is the kind of character that fans have been looking for. britain's tallest bridge, the queensferry crossing, which traverses the firth of forth, has been formally opened by the queen, accompanied by the duke of edinburgh. the bridge took six years to build and her majesty paid tribute to those who designed and built it, calling it a "breathtaking sight". it's a little over half a century since the queen opened the neighbouring forth road bridge, as our correspondent lorna gordon reports. there's been a week of events to mark the opening of this billion—pound bridge. today, it was the turn of the queen to see for herself the finish crossing and to meet some of the workers who built it. to greet her hand the duke of edinburgh, hundreds of local schoolchildren. this is a bridge that celebrates

heavy showers and thunderstorms in north—eastern parts of italy, croatia and slovenia. what about the uk? story of sunshine and blustery showers heading through into the course of the weekend. for friday, brightness in between chavez. plenty of showers moving their way north to south on the call northerly breeze. could be the odd rumble of thunder. temperatures on the cool side for most of us, around 13—16d. what about the weekend ? most of us, around 13—16d. what about the weekend? starting with the theme, shari, things turning drier, a little bit warmer in sunday. details of the week ahead in half an hour. this is outside source. and these are the main story is here at the bbc newsroom. there is a warning that another 300,000 rohingya refugees may flee me am after. these new arrivals, people in makeshift homes they have built for themselves. very little help being given to these people is quite 22 teenage boys among those killed at a fire at a religious boarding school in the capital of malaysia, kuala lumpur. these pictures are very large—scale war games that b

lithuania. 0ne qualifiers against slovenia and lithuania. one win will guarantee their place in russia next summer. manchester city midfielder fabian dell features in the gareth southgate squad for the first time. he won the last of his nine caps almost two years ago. leicester city‘s jamie va rdy almost two years ago. leicester city‘s jamie vardy is among a host of players out injured but southgate says delph deserves his recall. he has been unfortunate with injuries, he is honestly at a club where chances have been a bit limited, but he has dug in, forced his way into their side and is playing well. he obviously hasn‘t had as many games as we would have liked, but we have got a situation in midfield where we need to have more accommodation for places, and more alternatives. and we think he is a player that can provide that. chris como has named his wales squad ahead of their final world cup cruyff eyes against georgia and the republic of ireland. they are second in the group. arsenal‘s aaron ramsey is in the squad and in line to wi

the other thing to consider is that scotland‘s main rivals for second place, slovakia and slovenia, both play each other tonight. a draw would probably suit scotland‘s best as they seek to claw back the advantage both countries have over the scots. euro 2016 was northern ireland‘s first major championship for 30 years and they are well placed to secure at least a play—off spot for the world cup. they are behind runaway leaders germany but should consolidate second place away at san marino. joel taggart is there for us. kick—off isjust kick—off is just an hour or so away in san mouinho. michael o‘neill has picked an attacking side. —— san marino. kyle lafferty and connor washington will start. jonny evans got after the drama around his possible transferred deadline move will also play. john o‘neill will be alongside me as ever. it is inconceivable to think northern ireland will do anything other than win this game. providing they are not sloppy. they have lost every game in the group, scored one goal and conceded 30. the one thing you wa nt to and conceded 30. the one th

it means he'll miss the qualifier at wembley against slovenia next thursday. manchester city's sergio aguero is on his way back from holland where he was injured in a car crash last night. the striker missed training this morning, and will be assessed by the club's medical team later today. here's our football reporter simon stone. he scored seven goals in eight games this season, on 176 goals, one away from equalling the manchester city clu b from equalling the manchester city club record. man city had a huge game against chelsea at stamford bridge tomorrow and questions will be asked why their main striker sergio aguero was in holland, at 11pm local time, the day before the main training session before such a key game. the man city bridger is due to start his weekly press conference in the next few minutes and there will be an update. —— manchester city manager. england are playing west indies in the fifth and final one—day international in southampton. eoin morgan's side won the toss and chose to bowl but rain has delayed the start of play. rain has d

scotland — on the back of their crucial win against lithuania on friday — will play malta tomorrow, and slovenia will host lithuania. and northern ireland, who are second in group c, face the czech republic. great britain's oliver townend has won burghley horse trials, just two weeks on from winning european gold with the british team in poland. riding ballaghmor class, townend led after the cross country phase, and had just one fence down in today's showjumping to clinch the title for a second time. piggy french and gemma tattersall, who also rode at the european championships last month, came second and third. there were six british riders in the top ten. that's all the sport for now. let's leave you with with two of football's brightest stars showing off their skills. while warming up for brazil, neymar and gabrieljesus did a lap of the pitch at the arena da amazonia in manaus. they are just showing off... this they arejust showing off... this is bbc news. a bbc investigation has found that the islamic state terrorist group has found that they were direct thing extremists to murder people nea

scotland — on the back of their crucial win against lithuania on friday — will play malta tomorrow, and slovenia will host lithuania. and northern ireland, who are second in group c face the czech republic. that's all the sport now. just to let you know lopez has won stage 15 at the vuelta espana. hospital managers in england have called for an emergency financial bail—out, saying they are bracing themselves for the worst winter in recent years. nhs providers — which represents the vast majority of health trusts — says at least £200m of extra funding is needed to pay for more staff and beds. but the department of health says the nhs is better prepared for winter this year than ever before, as angus crawford reports. winter puts hospitals under pressure. each year there is an increase in demand, more patients needing a wider range of treatments in an already stretched service. after serious problems last winter there's been intensive planning to deal with this one. but nhs providers representing 90% of nhs trusts says more money is needed for this year may be worse than last. current perfo

and there is still storm warnings up particularly for greece for you can see where the cloud is from slovenia and sioux across to remain u.s. storms in the last week were pretty vicious so you expect the temperatures to have dropped in for the most part they have we're now below the thirty mark virtually everywhere roams at twenty four there's a bit of space in the bottom left and lucy that spoke still probably about thirty of the most part there is certainly cool down a steady breeze coming in from the east is cooling things down across the black sea keeping book rest at twenty one the sunshine doesn't do much to alleviate exert about eighteen in lynn very pleasant in comparison to the time of year twenty or twenty one she's likely in london or past this is true for the next day or so where the storms could see to rumble in greece and probably across the igi and into western turkey as well that those showers won't come much further south and we've got a fairly dry picture of the whole of north africa now from a thirty three degrees sunny skies cairo to rather cloudy twenty five in robot and

at least for the residents of those countries i would like to go back to the conflicts in yugoslavia slovenia is the only country where life is better than it was when it was part of yugoslavia bosnia and herzegovina is on the verge of failing kosovo became a safe haven for the mafia and gangsters let's look at libya it is in ruins there is no statehood there syria is almost destroyed the assad regime which i don't support quite the opposite actually but it is the least of all the evils because it provides some sort of stability of afghanistan is in ruins nato lost the war the war in iraq was a total disaster and it is also in ruins whenever the west got involved and hit is true interests the real politic behind some lecturing on human rights and democracy is left behind a scorched earth there is no other name for it that is why the flow of refugees is constantly growing in twenty sixteen story international peace research institute published a report stating that the largest number of refugees come to europe from countries that we graced with our bombs that says some things the second larges

at least for the residents of those countries i would like to go back to the conflict in yugoslavia slovenia is the only country where life is better than it was when it was part of yugoslavia bosnia and herzegovina is on the verge of failing kosovo became a safe haven for the mafia and gangsters let's look at libya it is in ruins there's no statehood there syria is almost destroyed the i said regime which i don't support quite the opposite actually but it is the least of all the evils because it provides some sort of stability afghanistan is in ruins nato lost the war the war in iraq was a total disaster and it is also in ruins whenever the west got involved and hit its true interests the real politic line some lecturing on human rights and democracy has left behind a scorched earth there is no other name for it that is why the flow of refugees is constantly growing in twenty sixteen strong international peace research institute published a report stating that the largest number of refugees come to europe from countries that we graced with our bombs that says some things the second largest

at least for the residents of those countries i would like to go back to the conflict in yugoslavia slovenia is the only country where life is better than it was when it was part of yugoslavia bosnia and herzegovina is on the verge of failing kosovo became a safe haven for the mafia and gangsters let's look at libya it is in ruins there is no statehood there syria is almost destroyed the assad regime which i don't support quite the opposite actually but it is the least of all evils because it provides some sort of stability of afghanistan is in ruins nato lost the war the war in iraq was a total disaster and it is also in ruins whenever the west got involved and it is true interests the real politic behind some lecturing on human rights and democracy has left behind a scorched earth there is no other name for it that is why the flow of refugees is constantly growing in twenty sixteen stockholm international peace research institute published a report stating that the largest number of refugees come to europe from countries that we graced with our bombs that says some things the second larges

striker leigh griffiths is named in scotland's squad for next week's qualifiers against slovakia and slovenia. he is one of six players that have been called up. president trump has refused to back down in his ongoing public row with some of america's most famous sports stars. he has repeatedly said they should be sacked for kneeling during the national anthem as a protest at racism in the united states. a number of american football players playing at wembley yesterday defied him and knelt down in protest. adina campbell reports. delivering a defiant message against donald trump, nfl players on both sides of the atlantic kneeling in a show of unity, in a wave of weekend protests against racial injustice and police violence. it's beyond politics, it's about being a human being, and having dignity, and compassion for other human beings, regardless of their race and gender. there is inequality out there. there isn't liberty and justice for all. this was london's wembley stadium yesterday, some of america's most famous and highly paid sports stars refusing to stand during the star—spangled ban

the win moves scotland ahead of slovenia into third place in group f on goal difference, four points off the second place play—off spot. scotland face malta on monday. the players and the coaches, i think we never felt we were not in the mix. still four games left. it has only started. we are not getting carried away. it was a very good performance, and the fans were a different class for us throughout the game. but we have three big games now, three cup finals, and we need to take that into monday, and we can't slack off. northern ireland host the czech republic on monday night needing just one more point to make the play—offs, and guarantee second place in their group. that's after their 3—0 victory, over san marino — all three goals coming in the second half. michael o'neill's side are now seven points clear of the czechs in second place. germany top that group. we've been through it before. you know, if you look back at the last campaign, at hungary, greece, those types of things, where we have at that big prize to play for and we have handled the situation, so this is an

at least for the residents of those countries i would like to go back to the conflict in yugoslavia slovenia is the only country where life is better than it was when it was part of yugoslavia bosnia and herzegovina is on the verge of failing kosovo became a safe haven for the mafia and gangsters let's look at libya it is in ruins there is no statehood there syria is almost destroyed the assad regime which i don't support quite the opposite actually but it is the least of all evils because it provides some sort of stability of afghanistan is in ruins nato lost the war the war in iraq was a total disaster and it is also in ruins whenever the west got involved and it is true interests the real politic behind some lecturing on human rights and democracy is left behind scorched earth there is no other name for it that is why the flow of refugees is constantly growing in twenty sixteen stockholm international peace research institute published a report stating that the largest number of refugees come to europe from countries that we graced with our bombs that says some things the second largest g