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Push into the South And West and given the fact the ground is so saturated at the moment, it is not so good have an outlook. More here on breakfast. Good morning. Its Sunday 29th septemBer. Fears of a wider war in the Middle East Are growing as iran says the death of the leader of hezbollah Will Not Go Unavenged. The country has declAred five days of mourning for Hassan Nasrallah after he was killed by an israeli Air Strike on the lebanese capital Beirut. Us president Joe Biden says his death is...

But well start at St James Park where the reigning champions Manchester City were held to a 1 1 all draw. Newcastle coming from a goal down thanks to an Anthony Gordon penalty. After their 100 start to the season, pep Guardiolas Side have now dropped four points in a week. Patrick gearey was watching the action. This is English Football because my most relentless winning machine, what happens when you remove a part . The rock of a midfielder is out for months but city are a team of many dimensio...

Area of low pressure continues to push eastwards, very wet weather particularly for england and wales, into southern scotland well, could be localised flooding problems, still some strong winds in the south, but phenomenon island in the northern part of scotland, the wind is lighter, a few showers with some spells of sunshine as well. As we head into sunday evening on the back edge of that low pressure system, notice the isobars squatting together, another bout of strong winds, this time from th...

Yesterday. And coming up in half an hour, David Sillito reports on the shortlisted buildings including the winner for the 2019 Riba Stirling prize, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Thereve been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish militias in northeastern syria. Much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al ain. Turkey claims its military has entered the town, but the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces dispute...

a must—win match in lahore for england. can they win the sixth t20 against pakistan and take the series to a decider? worcester warriors face an exodus of players after further unpaid wages. well have the latest on a club in crisis. the brutal concussion thats leading to big questions around whether the nfl is doing enough to protect players whove suffered a head injury. also coming up on the programme before 7pm: england name their squad for the rugby league world cup, as head coach...

violent anti—government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people — at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self—styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has arrived in liverpool ahead of the start of the partys annual conference. hes condemned the package of tax cuts unveiled yesterday, economics", which — he says — are gambling with the finances of every...

Here ten years, and 100 games, anyway, so its been brilliant. Pied england coach eddiejones has named his team for their title defence against italy in rome on sunday. The surprise selection is worcesters ben teo at outside centre. The headline here is the selection of ben teo at outside centre. Many thought it would not be fit, but he went off to australia to get the rehab funded out of his own pocket, and he is ready to play his first game since october. His selection at number13, game since o...

Played into the politics. All the politicians i saw out on the stump and that various demonstrations and things, they seemed very obviously engaged with the public and were there amongst the public and the ones ive met seemed to be great. I mean, from all parties they all have there own passions and beliefs and they were talking to the crowd about that. So that was great. I think individual mps are very lowly paid for a pretty greatjob. Most of that was positive. Meanwhile, i would for a pretty ...

Also this morning rage boils over in court. A father of three girls abused by the doctor of the American Gymnastics Team apologises for his actions and says hes no hero. Talk is cheap. The boss of the fbi hits back at donald trump in a row over a memo that accuses the bureau of bias. In sport, scottish hopes soar as they start the six nations in wales today, and theyre both hoping to snuff out englands hopes of becoming the first side to complete a hatrick of titles in 130 years. Ireland kick of...

The head of the fbi has defended its work after a classified memo was released accusing it of bias against president trump, and abuse of power. The memo, written by republican members of congress, says the fbi got permission to wiretap one of mr trumps advisers in 2016 by using unsubstantiated evidence which had been paid for by his political opponents. Our correspondent peter bowes reports. This is the memo that sunk relations between the president and the fbi to a new low. The document, writte...