the opening match — a repeat of that unforgettable final four years — when england dramatically beat new zealand in a super over. new zealand won the toss and put the reigning champions in to bat. they mayjust come to regret that, as england got off to a lightning fast start, openerjonny bairstow racing to 33. but wickets have fallen. butjoe root but joe root has butjoe root has turned on the style, bringing up 50. england currently 178—4. next to the champions league, where it was a huge night at st james�*s park. newcastle playing their first home game in the competition for 20 years. and what a way to welcome it back — they turned on the style to beat paris st—germain 4—1 in front of a raucous crowd. miguel almiron, dan burn, sean longstaff and a late goal from defender fabian schar as eddie howe�*s side proving too much for the french champions. borussia dortmund and milan finished

goalless, so that win puts newcastle top of group f after the first couple of matches. we had to try and unbalance them, we have to try and make it difficult for them to build from the back, we knew they would, that is the style, that's the philosophy of a brilliant manager, so had to try and unsettle them and if the crowd helped us do that. we delivered a really good pressing performance. we were man—to—man at the back against elite players, but for me, that's our best way, especially here, our best way to be successful and the players deserve a lot of credit for how the implement of that. translation: we have a ready to -- -la ed two translation: we have a ready to -- played two matches _ translation: we have a ready to -- played two matches and _ translation: we have a ready to -- played two matches and we _ translation: we have a ready to -- played two matches and we are - translation: we have a ready to -- played two matches and we are ready| played two matches and we are ready sit in second place. it's an interesting group. i congratulate newcastle, they deserve to win but i think the _ newcastle, they deserve to win but i think the result was exaggerated. it doesn't _ think the result was exaggerated. it doesn't reflect such a big difference between both teams in the 90 minutes but of course we have to improve, _ 90 minutes but of course we have to improve, no — 90 minutes but of course we have to improve, no doubt about it. elsewhere — late goals

from substitutes julian alvarez and jeremy doku helped defending champions manchester city to their second win in the competition. it's a return to form for pep guardiola's side after back—to—back domestic defeats. phil foden getting them on their way in germany. city have now equalled the longest european unbeaten run by an english club — 16 matches in total. they top group g after red star belgrade and young boys played out a 2—2 draw. guardiola singling out rico lewis afterwards — saying the teenager is one of the best players he's ever coached. what a player. what a player. 18 years old. i've been managerfor 50 years. training unbelievable players. to find a pair i can play in the pockets and how to move and holding midfield, moving the space, he's one of the best ever trained, ever. there was late heartbreak for celtic in group e.

having gone ahead against lazio, the italian side came back to win 2—1. pedro getting the winner in the 95th minute at celtic park. the scottish champions are bottom of that group — with atletico madrid top after a 3—2 victory over feyernoord. just a couple of other champions league results to tell you about, you can see there. barcelona making it two wins from two with a 1—0 win over porto, whilst shaktar donetsk beat royal antwerp. more on all those games over on the bbc sport website. in south america, brazilian side fluminese are through to the final of the copa libertadores. that's after victory over another brazilian side, internacional. two goals in six minutes putting them through. the first leg finished 2—2 but having been behind in the second leg, goals from john kennedy with nine minutes to go, and then german cano moments later put fluminese through. the other semi sees argentina's boca juniors take on brazil's palmeiras in sao paulo.

the rugby world cup continues later with new zealand taking on uruguay in lyon. after their big win over italy last week, the all blacks are back in a strong position in pool a. a bonus point win would see them into the quarterfinals — that's regardless of what happens in the final pool game on friday between the hosts france and italy. all three sides can finish top of the group, but new zealand's enormous points difference gives them the edge over the other two. to the mlb playoffs now — the wild card round is complete and we're down to eight teams chasing the world series trophy. one of those teams is the minnesota twins, who advanced for the first time in over two decades, after sweeping the toronto bluejays with a 2—0 win on wednesday night. they'll face the defending champions, the houston astros, in the next round. also through are the philadelphia phillies after they beat the miami marlins in two straight games. it's another division rival next for the phillies — they'll face the atlanta braves.

plenty more on the bbc sport website and app. and that's all the sport for now. you're watching bbc news. in his conference speech on wednesday, prime minister rishi sunak announced a plan to phase out smoking, saying it was the "biggest public health intervention in a generation". his plan seeks to raise the legal age of smoking by a year every year, so that eventually no—one can buy tobacco. but where might the prime minister's idea for a ban come from? well, new zealand brought in its own significant anti—smoking measures last december. it also implemented an annually rising smoking age, ensuring anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime.

it will be accompanied by a range of other measures to make smoking less affordable and accessible, including dramatically reducing the legal amount of nicotine in tobacco products. the government is also significantly restricting where cigarettes can be sold to remove them from supermarkets and corner stores. the number of stores legally allowed to sell cigarettes is being reduced from 6,000 tojust 600 nationwide. new zealand is determined to achieve a national goal of reducing its national smoking rate to less than 5% by 2025, with the aim of eventually eliminating it altogether. i've been speaking to ben youdan, who's the director of ash new zealand, that's action for smokefree 2025, a group that campaigns for tobacco control measures. i asked him how new zealand's smoke—free measures are going.

we have seen absolutely huge decline in smoking rates in then we look at young people, for those who are 1a and 15, the smoking rate is now about 1% so it's already incredibly low and we've seen some real success, particularly around recent policies around higher taxation, and also people switching towards vaping, which will put a big dent in the smoking rates here. it is these final and came policies that are the things that our government is really signalling when actually we need a line in the sand when tobacco has to end, it's notjust about the last few smokers but generally having a horizon for smoking in the country. it's interesting that you mention vaping, because people watching this will know that this was something that cropped up yesterday in the aftermath of our prime minister's speech, because there is of course a lot of concern about the health impacts of vaping. so, how do you juggle impacts of vaping. so, how do you juggle that, how do you balance

ensuring that people who are trying to quit smoking have access to vaping but also make sure that vaping but also make sure that vaping isn't accessible to people who are taking that up and scratch, really otherwise should be accessing it? , ., �* , , ., it? yes, that's been a huge challenge. _ it? yes, that's been a huge challenge, because - it? yes, that's been a huge challenge, because we - it? yes, that's been a huge l challenge, because we know, it? yes, that's been a huge - challenge, because we know, we've seen huge switching to vaping, particularly amongst our populations that have traditionally had very high smoking rates, so indigenous maori, particularly women, have had some biggest declines in smoking rate in a generation as a result of switching. largely because for a long time we had no regulations, it was available to purchase all over the place, and it's only very recently that the government alongside being much more aggressive on tobacco put in regulations around vaping, so we are battling with that challenge of making sure we still support people who are struggling with nicotine addiction from smoking to use a safe alternative. but making sure that particularly

younger people are not taking up vaping, which is certainly happening, but not in significant numbers here. i've also been speaking to professor sanjay agrawal who's chair of the royal college of physicians tobacco advisory group. i asked him for his reaction to rishi sunak�*s smoking crackdown. i think it is a landmark announcement and if we can follow in the footsteps of new zealand in the steps they have taken, it is to be congratulated. preventing young people from taking up smoking is the single most important thing we can do and this announcement will support that. but in addition, we have 6.5 million smokers in the uk and helping them to quit smoking is also really important, so the measures to increase the funding to local government stop smoking services is also really welcome. the entire package is an era defining set of measures that

will allow the uk to be much more responsible for its public health and to prevent harm to the youngest and most vulnerable people in society. i really welcome this announcement. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for many of us, it's been a pretty wet start to the day. some heavy rain has been sweeping in from the west, pushing eastwards and it's also rather breezy as well. further south, though, after this morning's showers and drizzle, the rain moving away, brightening up across central and eastern parts of england, the rain moving out of northern ireland, so it'll brighten up here later as well. but still some rain pushing across parts of wales, northern england and scotland. the wind will pick up through the day, particularly across the irish sea and also into western scotland. through this evening and overnight, the rain continues into the northern isles. we've got this trailing front across parts of england, wales and northern ireland,

clipping southern scotland at times. but on either side of that, there will be variable amounts of cloud. it's not going to be as cold a start to the day tomorrow across northern scotland as it was this morning when temperatures were very close to freezing in places. so, a mild start to the day tomorrow. we still have this trailing front, if anything moving a little bit north with its rain. but on either side of it, there will be some sunshine and windy across the far north of scotland with temperatures in lerwick 13 degrees but creeping up in the southeast to about 22. now, as we move from friday into saturday, this weather front has been giving us a real headache as to its position all week. this is what we think at the moment. it will be bringing rain steadily northwards across scotland. for the rest of england and wales and northern ireland and later in the day southern scotland, it will be a dry day with a fair bit of sunshine and feeling warm the further south that you are — temperatures up to 25 or indeed 26 degrees. all this warm air is coming up

from the near continent. high pressure trying to build in and push this rain away as we head in through sunday and into monday. how successful is it? well, it will be across the far north of scotland, but it will also be windy on sunday. but for the rest of us, we're looking at a dry day, a fine day, a fair bit of sunshine around. temperatures in aberdeen, 1a degrees. into the mid 20s, possibly 26, in the southeast. so, as you can see, well above average for the bulk of the uk for the time of year. but how long does it last? well, in southern areas, it will last right the way into next week. but we do have a weather front sinking south and behind that we'll see some fresher conditions return with some rain.

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