but it's still goalless at anfield. elsewhere, premier league sides brighton fought back to draw with marseille after a late penalty in france and west ham won in germany at freiburg. scottish side rangers lost in cyprus to aris limasol. aek athens drew with ajax. sporting lost at home to atalanta, villa real v rennes. is goaless t the moment. real betis beat sparta prague. roma v servette. then in the europa conference league, aston villa are at home to bosnian team zrinjski mostar. goal is fair. in their first european match at villa park in 13 years.

aberdeen v hjk helsinki —. and ki klaksvik held lille to a goalless draw to become the first team from the faroe islands to get a point in europe. well one of aston villa's players on the bench tonight — ollie watkins is back in the england squad. manager gareth southgate has recalled watkins for their upcoming games against australia and italy. watkins hasn't featured for england since march last year. he has started the season well. he has had a bit of scoring form in the last couple of weeks. you have to be careful with that because you can'tjust go on recency bias when you're looking at selection, but he is in good form. he is coming in on a high and he has been with us before, we know his character, his personality, he is a good guy around the group. he is playing for a club that is really well coached and the team are in a good moment. the cricket world cup got under way today but england — who are the defending champions — were heavily beaten in the opening

game by new zealand in a re—match of that dramatic final four years ago. england were made to bat first in ahmedabad and they needed joe root to rescue an otherwise disappointing innings. he scored 77 in their below par total of 282—9, which new zealand duly ripped into. there were superb unbeaten centuries from devon conway and man of the match rachin ravindra, who hit the winning runs on his world cup debut to condemn england to a thumping nine wicket defeat. there is a long way to go but it was a great start for new zealand. i think this is pretty special. it is pretty cool to share that with devon, my mate. it was a good game for us as a team, as a whole. disappointed. we were completely outplayed, but the first thing that springs to mind is whether you do lose

by a run or a defeat like that, it is one loss at the start of a very long tournament, so i think that is what i will be encouraging everybody to remember. it was certainly a tough loss to take, we were outplayed, but we have a lot of experienced guys in the room who have been through lots of things and have face to face like that before. just as if we had won the game we don't get too high, and we won't get too low as well. it's the final round of rugby world cup pool matches. and new zealand will qualify for the quater finals with bonus—point win over uruguay tonight. it's a first start of the tournament for all blacks captain sam cane. new zealand are currently leading 14—0 thanks to a try from damien mckenzie. ruled out because of a footjust in touch.

us open champion coco gauff extended her winning run to 15 matches as she reached the quarter finals of the china open. gauff beat veronika kuder—metova in straight sets. the american hasn't lost a match since the start of august. she'll face sixth seed maria sakkari in the last eight in beijing. and that's all the sport for now. still goal list between liverpool and union sankyo of belgium. scientists say last month was the world's hottest september on record — by a huge margin. the european union's climate service says the rise is being driven by greenhouse gas emissions and the el nino weather event. this pushes warm water to the surface of the pacific ocean, trapping more heat in the atmosphere. take a look at this graphic. it shows that last month was almost a whole degree warmer than the average september temperature between 1991—2020. they say 2023 is now "on track"

to be the warmest on record. the data, from the copernicus climate change service, shows that the month had the biggest jump from the long term average in records dating back to 1940. september's high mark comes in the wake of the hottest summer on record in the northern hemisphere as soaring temperatures show no signs of relenting. these rises have driven heatwaves and wildfires across the world — this is greece where wildfires are still burning. that, of course, after the hottestjuly on record and the hottest august on record. globally, it was summer of scenes like this in canada, which has endured a historic fire season. and just today officials on the spanish island of tenerife have told around three thousand people to leave their homes due to wildfires. the measure — which at this stage is described as precautionary comes after a fire which originally began in mid—august, flared up again. these figures have startled climate scientists — incuding zeke hausfather, who wrote on x that.

"this month was, in my professional opinion — absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. " our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. i'm joined now by fiona harvey, the environment editor at the guardian. the language makes you chuckle but it's pretty serious.— it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than _ it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than many _ it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than many scientists - it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than many scientists have | worse than many scientists have feared. bananas is the word. it's really coming home to pico to eight people that climate change is in something at the future is happening around us. ~ , , ~ ., around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures _ around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it _ around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it is _ around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it is easy - around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it is easy to - record temperatures it is easy to get a bit lost in the data. but that one graft that really did show how far above the average the norm september really was that really does hit home. but still, to try it make any difference you need

governance, policy and policy changes. governance, policy and policy chances. ., ., , changes. you do. greenhouse gas emissions around _ changes. you do. greenhouse gas emissions around the _ changes. you do. greenhouse gas emissions around the world - emissions around the world incredibly are still rising. even though a scientist have been warning us that this is going to happen. every year for us that this is going to happen. every yearfor the us that this is going to happen. every year for the last 30 years there have been meeting about this almost. really shocking that we have allowed greenhouse gases to continue rising in this climate crisis. fire rising in this climate crisis. are we to meet — rising in this climate crisis. are we to expect basically these kind of numbers to continue? yes. numbers to continue? yes, they're auoin to numbers to continue? yes, they're going to get _ numbers to continue? yes, they're going to get worse. _ numbers to continue? yes, they're going to get worse. temperaturesl numbers to continue? yes, they're i going to get worse. temperatures in the last few years have been masked a bit because in the last few years we've had la nino which is the opposite of el nino. it has an effect on global temperatures. we probably haven't been seeing as much warming as we would have. even so we

can see local temperatures in the last few years was that what we can expect now with el nino conditions is rocketing temperatures around the world. we're seeing factors that are also increasing temperatures like the decrease of sulphur emissions over the oceans, there are a few factors in there. but it does look as though it set to break more records. as we continue to pour omissions into the atmosphere that will get worse. we know that human beings are behind us. we know that it's greenhouse gases. as we still haven't put a break on those we know it's going to get worse. the figure thatis it's going to get worse. the figure that is targeted in the paris climate agreement is to try and limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. these temperatures that we

see in recent months are above that level. if that continues then were going to breach the paris agreement. if that's likely to be breached what impact does that then have? the roblem impact does that then have? the problem is _ impact does that then have? iie: problem is that impact does that then have? tie: problem is that is not a number that was talked out, that was a number that was derived by scientists because they established that above 1.5 degrees of preindustrial levels then we will start to experience climatic changes that are catastrophic and irreversible. you can start to reach these tipping points and make it very difficult to get back the climate we used to have. we're seeing some of these tipping points start around the world with the arctic ice, terrible things happening in the amazon, ocean temperatures increase a lot,

melting permafrost with all the things that can almost take on a life of their own. they can create in increase in a warming impact of the climate. and therefore, instead of being able to bring down greenhouse gases and bring the climate within control we will find it more difficult to do that. fascinating. fiona harvey, thank you for talking us through that. the uk government has published guidance on what to do when there are calls to remove a statue of a controversial historicalfigure. the "retain and explain" policy will see histoical assets kept in place, accompanied by an explanation of their historical context. remember this — it's a statue of edward colston a 17th century slave trader. in 2020 activists removed the statue and dropped it into bristol harbour,

amid global black lives matter protests triggered by the murder of george floyd in the us. let's have a look at this policy and what it means. let's have a look at this policy and what it means. i'm joined now by wafa may elamin, a socialjustice advocate in richmond, virginia, and dr christina mobley, lecturer in the history of radical ideas at the university of newcastle. thank you for coming on. the uk government has issued this new guidance, it will be controversial and will divide opinion. let's start in the uk. could you talk us through what you understand by this new policy? what you understand by this new oli ? ,, ., ,, i. what you understand by this new oli ? ,, ., «i i. ., what you understand by this new oli ? ,, ., «i ., ., policy? sure, thank you for having me. we policy? sure, thank you for having me- we know— policy? sure, thank you for having me. we know this _ policy? sure, thank you for having me. we know this guidance - policy? sure, thank you for having me. we know this guidance has i policy? sure, thank you for having i me. we know this guidance has been coming for a few years, since 2021 and it's finally been released. it's called date retain and explain guidance but having now been able to read through the document i can say that that is actually misleading.

it's only option b of step four that explanation if it becomes an option. the governments clear guidance is that historical assets be kept with no explanation. if one does explain it must be done in a balanced way so the public can make up their own mind. raising the question of how an historian is meant in a short plaque to be able to present a balanced view of slavery, conquest, it brings to mind trumps our infamous statement in charlottesville that there were good people on both sides. i think historians today will be reading this guidance and thinking about all of the criticisms of the national trust, historical exploration of their properties links to slavery and conquest and empire. i'm wondering if the government really actually does not want any historical interpretation at all. , . ., .,

at all. interesting. wafa may elamin, let's _ at all. interesting. wafa may elamin, let's come - at all. interesting. wafa may elamin, let's come to - at all. interesting. wafa may elamin, let's come to you. i at all. interesting. wafa may i elamin, let's come to you. this guidance has been issued by the uk government but the issue is being phased in the us too. what do you make of it?— phased in the us too. what do you make of it? we're definitely seeing similar trends _ make of it? we're definitely seeing similar trends here _ make of it? we're definitely seeing similar trends here in _ make of it? we're definitely seeing similar trends here in the - make of it? we're definitely seeing similar trends here in the us. - make of it? we're definitely seeing l similar trends here in the us. 20/20 was a _ similar trends here in the us. 20/20 was a time _ similar trends here in the us. 20/20 was a time when injustice was really all that— was a time when injustice was really all that we _ was a time when injustice was really all that we could see. and in richmond virginia happens to be the former_ richmond virginia happens to be the former confederate capital of the salt in_ former confederate capital of the salt in the — former confederate capital of the salt in the commonwealth of virginia is where _ salt in the commonwealth of virginia is where a _ salt in the commonwealth of virginia is where a lot of the origination of some _ is where a lot of the origination of some of— is where a lot of the origination of some of the bad history that we're talking _ some of the bad history that we're talking about right now happened. 1619, _ talking about right now happened. 1619, the — talking about right now happened. 1619, the arrival of slave ships across— 1619, the arrival of slave ships across the _ 1619, the arrival of slave ships across the trans atlantic ocean. happened and landed in the region of virginia _ happened and landed in the region of virginia i_ happened and landed in the region of virginia. ithink happened and landed in the region of virginia. i think there is an important— virginia. i think there is an important need to provide some education — important need to provide some education there as well. we often times— education there as well. we often times are — education there as well. we often times are learning about our history in reat— times are learning about our history in real time — times are learning about our history in real time as issues arise and as people _ in real time as issues arise and as people are — in real time as issues arise and as people are realising, i don't really like this, —

people are realising, i don't really like this, i— people are realising, i don't really like this, i want to do something about— like this, i want to do something about it — like this, i want to do something about it and feel morally, ethically and passionate about being part of something bigger than themselves. we have seen— something bigger than themselves. we have seen across the us confederate monuments and statues being torn down _ monuments and statues being torn down but— monuments and statues being torn down. but there's also a very deep rooted _ down. but there's also a very deep rooted legacy there and trauma associated with those being, even existed~ _ associated with those being, even existed~ i— associated with those being, even existed. i think there's a big part of that— existed. i think there's a big part of that that we can tell both stories— of that that we can tell both stories and all stories completely. would _ stories and all stories completely. would you — stories and all stories completely. would you like to see them retained and explained, basically left there with an explanation or would you think in most cases it's best to take them down and put them in a museum, somewhere else? i take them down and put them in a museum, somewhere else? ithinki like to see — museum, somewhere else? ithinki like to see an _ museum, somewhere else? ithinki like to see an explanation _ museum, somewhere else? ithinki like to see an explanation before - like to see an explanation before retaining — like to see an explanation before retaining them. providing space for community— retaining them. providing space for community dialogue, the public to be a part— community dialogue, the public to be a part of— community dialogue, the public to be a part of the discussions to help inform — a part of the discussions to help inform policymakers about what needs to be inform policymakers about what needs to he done _ inform policymakers about what needs to be done. i think there could also be room _

to be done. i think there could also be room to— to be done. i think there could also be room to create new statues, new monuments _ be room to create new statues, new monuments to address and rectify the past legacies and build a path forward — past legacies and build a path forward to say, what are we monumental lies and? what are we honouring, — monumental lies and? what are we honouring, what are we celebrating and how _ honouring, what are we celebrating and how can we also leave room to address— and how can we also leave room to address the — and how can we also leave room to address the trauma attached with that? _ address the trauma attached with that? ~ ., , i. address the trauma attached with that? . , , ., that? what is your personal preference? _ that? what is your personal preference? i— that? what is your personal preference? i think - that? what is your personal preference? i think it - that? what is your personal preference? i think it really| preference? i think it really de-ends preference? i think it really depends on _ preference? i think it really depends on the _ preference? i think it really depends on the case. - preference? i think it really - depends on the case. historians are obviously in favour of public history, were happy to be invited to join the party and educate the public. but there's obviously cases for which this is simply not appropriate. mass murderers, dictators, slave traders, probably not appropriate to be on display in a position that celebrates them. there's lots of cases all over the world when regime of oppressions fall for that whether it's world when regime of oppressions fall for that whether its north sea germany, the soviet unit, the recent removal of king leopold statue in belgium where statues are removed and put in museums and that's where

museum curators can do an excellent job of teaching the public about those periods of history in a nuanced and in—depth way. i think we have to look at what the statue door memorial actually is. memorials in and of themselves fundamentally do not teach history.— not teach history. fascinating to net our not teach history. fascinating to get your thoughts _ not teach history. fascinating to get your thoughts and _ not teach history. fascinating to get your thoughts and analysis. | get your thoughts and analysis. thank you both. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. for those interested in fostering in the north east, a unique hub has now been created. local authorities are working together. we've launched the first in the country regional fostering hub. instead of a prospective foster carer having to approach a single local authority or council in the north east, they can go to one team of experts, social workers and support workers who will act on behalf

of all of the councils in the north—east and give them good quality advice and information about being a foster carer, what it involves, and they would support them through the whole process. we need the foster care service and the children that are coming in need carers and people of all kinds of life experience, all kinds of backgrounds, faiths, other cultures. we need such a breadth of experience across the board. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a potential breakthrough in understanding autism. scientists discovered several dozen genes involved in crucial steps in the process of brain development and may link to autism. here in the uk government surveys last estimate that around one in 100 people are autistic. in us that

rises affecting one and 36 americans. what do we know about this study? what do we know about this study? joining me now is sergiu pasca, a stanford university professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences who led the study. thank you for coming on the program. talk us through the headlines. what have you found? we've known us for decades as a significant and genetic component to autism. in the last decade we have identified hundreds of genes, the challenge has been to try to narrow down what exactly are they doing in human brain development, how are they disrupting brain assembly to cause this severe syndrome? essentially what we've done is we've leverage technology we've developed in the lab a few years ago where we can build models of the human brain from stem cells in a dish and then took hundreds, more than 400 genes with autism and

took them out of the genome, essentially won at a time, trying to identify what processes do they actually disrupt for that we focus on 1's specific process in human brain development, which is the migration of a specific type of neuron that goes towards the cortex and establishes an excitation which is critical for brain function. we found about 10% of all the genes associated with autism a neurological disease are impairing the movement of the cells during brain development for that this is happening in your written or oral. they're carrying the movement of the cells to the cortex and in doing so —— in utero. if impairing the excitation for the cortex. -- in utero. if impairing the excitation for the cortex. impairing movement towards _ excitation for the cortex. impairing movement towards that _ excitation for the cortex. impairing movement towards that area. - excitation for the cortex. impairing movement towards that area. nowj excitation for the cortex. impairing - movement towards that area. now that you have the discovery how can that potentially help? first you have the discovery how can that potentially help?— potentially help? first of all we know so little _ potentially help? first of all we know so little about _ potentially help? first of all we know so little about the - potentially help? first of all we| know so little about the biology potentially help? first of all we i know so little about the biology of autism that any molecular or

cellular understanding is already an important step forward. autism is not one single disease, we agree in the scientific community it is rather a collection of disorders. i think the first challenge will be to try to identify biological subtypes of autism so we can start targeting therapies towards that. i think what our study does this time is identify a fraction of this form of autism. they are related to the migration of the cells. you can imagine in the next few years we and many others around the world will be focusing on identifying other types of autism, those that may be important for the immune cells of the brain orfor other cells of the brain. hopefully in the next decade or so we will see a biological classification of conditions that allow us to think biologically but informed by biology to develop therapies.—

biologically but informed by biology to develop therapies. sergiu pasca, absolutely fascinating _ to develop therapies. sergiu pasca, absolutely fascinating issue. - to develop therapies. sergiu pasca, absolutely fascinating issue. thank| absolutely fascinating issue. thank you very much for coming on and talking us through it.— talking us through it. thank you for havin: talking us through it. thank you for having me- — now —it�*s fat bear week at katmai national park in alaska. the park, along with the conservation group explore, runs the competition — asking for people to watch this live feed, and vote on their favourite. some of the world's largest brown bears have been packing on the pounds in preparation for their hibernation. last year, a 1,400 pound brown bear aptly called bear force one was crowned champion for the second time. the men's cricket world cup is under

way in india. love of cricket runs deepin way in india. love of cricket runs deep in india from big cities to small towns. in one village enthusiastic all—girls cricket team is breaking traditions and dreaming big. a south asian correspondent reports. the excitement of the cricket world cup has reached the small village. these aspiring cricketers are watching their first game of india's work—out, cheering for both england and new zealand with an equal amount of enthusiasm. while also keeping in mind their journey. cycling along a dirt pathway flanked by patty fields, excitement building, amid the farmland the source of their delight. the cricket academy, and all girls team made up of players from neighbouring villagers for the women's cricket is a popular sport

in india both are girls living in rural communities these kinds of opportunities are rare. on the pitch she concentrates on perfecting her technique, bowling fast and straight. off the pitch she takes care of her two younger sisters since her mother died three years ago. she hopes cricket can be a way out of village life.— out of village life. translation: if i don't -la out of village life. translation: if i don't play cricket _ out of village life. translation: if i don't play cricket i _ out of village life. translation: if i don't play cricket i would - out of village life. translation: if i don't play cricket i would be - i don't play cricket i would be married, i would i don't play cricket i would be married, iwould have i don't play cricket i would be married, i would have to do housework, now i can make a name for my family and my country. she housework, nowl can make a name for my family and my country.— my family and my country. she is able to play _ my family and my country. she is able to play because _ my family and my country. she is able to play because she - my family and my country. she is able to play because she has - my family and my country. she is able to play because she has the| able to play because she has the support from her grandmother. there's an ill thinking in villages, she tells me, you give girls a little bit of an education then marry them off. i don't care about what people think, i told the girls, if you want to play cricket play cricket. it's why he started this plucky little team free of cost, to

encourage girls to dream beyond the boundaries of their rural communities. forthem it'sjust boundaries of their rural communities. for them it'sjust a few hours a day that they are free from societal pressures and able to just be kids. before i go i want to remain view of our main story this hour. we're still learning details of that horrendous attack in ukraine in the kharkiv region. these are pictures here, the rubble, we know that 51 people were killed. that makes it one of the largest single loss of life certainly of the war in any one single attack. it's been condemned by the un, condemned by volodymyr zelensky. it happened at about quarter past one this afternoon. a small town, people were gathering after a funeral for a wake and they were all in the same location. which

potentially leads to the explanation of why so many people were killed in a single attack. ukraine saying there is no military target in this town but that town is within striking distance of the front line of the conflict there. to stay with us. plenty more details to come. this is bbc news. hello. much of europe is seeing some significant october heat at the moment, and the uk no exception. things are going to be warming up over the next few days. now, it was a bit of a mixed picture on thursday. here was some sunshine in cornwall, but further north, many of us had more cloud and outbreaks of rain. so keswick, in cumbria, a fairly drizzly story a little bit earlier on on thursday. now, the next few days, then, yes, some rain around, mainly towards the north, but i think we're all going to notice that the temperatures

will be gradually rising, especially through the course of the weekend. now, for the rest of thursday evening and overnight, we've got some wet weather through parts of wales, the midlands. later in the night, more rain into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland, as well. either side of that, some clearer, drier weather, and it's going to be a mild night, much milder than last night across scotland. lows between about 10—15 degrees to start your friday. that's more typical of daytime temperatures this time of year. now, through the day on friday, then, some more wet weather for northern ireland initially, southern scotland, parts of northern england as well. further south across england and for much of wales, a predominantly dry day. some mist and some low cloud, particularly around coasts and hills towards the west. sunny spells, but cooler conditions across the north of scotland. so the mid—teens here, but 22—23 degrees possible down towards the south—east. now, heading on into the weekend, then, we've got this frontal system, and it's going to be really slow—moving, bringing some rain on saturday. that divides the cool air across the far north of scotland to the much warmer, humid air that's going to be piling in from the south. so saturday, plenty of dry, sunny weather for much of england, wales, northern ireland, too. a bit of cloud and mistiness.

but for scotland, it is going to be pretty wet under that rain. could be some localised flooding. now, temperatures for most of us 19—25 degrees or so, but only around 10—15 with the cooler air and the rain across parts of scotland. so a day of real contrasts. we've still got this front with us into sunday, but it starts to lift a bit further north and it'll tend to turn a little bit more lighter and patchier through the day. so still some rain in the far north across parts of scotland on sunday, but for the rest of the uk, another fine, dry day with autumn sunshine around. probably not quite as warm as saturday, but still temperatures up to about 23 degrees in the south—east. typically the mid—teens, though, across parts of scotland. so the outlook — lots of dry, warm weather for parts of england and wales over the next five days or so. a few showers further north, but temperatures for all of us will be above average for the time of year. bye— bye.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. we must not allow putin to destabilise any other parts of the world and our parties in order to ruin europe's power. ukraine needs the support of the european union, which is sure that we have and we will increase it, but also the support of the us. translation: since june 4th alone, the ukrainian army has _ lost over 90,000 men.

these are irrecoverable losses. in ukraine, one of the deadliest russian missile strikes of the war. the head of the un says attacks on civilians must stop. also, european leaders meet in the spanish city of granada, with ukraine and migration on the agenda. more unwelcome records broken. temperatures in september were the warmest on record. and the boards and the bard — how a theatre thinks it's found a stage where shakespeare performed. joining me to discuss all this is nathalie tocci, director for the institute of international affairs rome. and miles taylor, formerly chief of staff at the us department of homeland security. we will be saying hello to both

properly a little later.