With then ultimately pretty emphatic victory over the usa. They were looking for an improved performance of their slightly scratchy opening when over tonga. They got off to the perfect start when their captain george forward with the ahead after just five minutes. England scored two more tries before halftime, courtesy of billy philip over and karen dickie. They soon scored their fourth of the march. They guaranteed them a valuable bonus point. They then scored further tries. There was one salminen to the match. The first one salminen to the match. The first on the field red card of this tournament for the usa flankerjohn coyle for a pretty horrible no arms tackle on the england player, owen carroll. He seemed none the worse for that. A first red card on the field of this tournament forjohn quill. Ultimately a pretty convincing win for england as they head into what on paper are the Toughest Group matches against argentina and against france. Italy also made it two wins out of two on thursday. They followed up their victory over namibia by running riot against canada. They crossed the whitewash 7 times in their 45 7 victory picking up a bonus point along the way. After first half tries from braam steyn and dean budd, Sebastian Negri barrelled over from close range straight after the break. As italy continued to dominate, they were awarded a penalty try before Mattia Bellini ran in their fifth. Canada had a try disallowed before they finally got on the board courtesy of a fine finish from andrew coe. But the azzurri finished the rout with two more late scores. We put a massive focus on the first 20 minutes and to have put in that first 20 minutes gave us a bit of a breather until the press. First 20 minutes gave us a bit of a breather untilthe press. It first 20 minutes gave us a bit of a breather until the press. It was a great lead you put yourselves into, was it a case to kick on to get the bonus point . It wasjust, yes, staying in the game. We miss out on probably three tries, it was unlikely. That could have been back in the game. It was always a battle for us out there. It isa it is a reality check for us in certain ways. But we lost a few players in the buildup to the game. They were in critical positions. Today we lost a couple at the start. We have just got to move on. We have an exciting opportunity to play the all blacks and the springboks. We will see where we are in the namibia game. Fridays a rest day at the world cup, but there are three games on saturday. The other matches include a second look at the host nation japan. They face ireland, with both sides looking to make it two wins out of two in pool a. On to football, and, in italy, torino are up to 5th in serie a after a victory at home to ac milan. They came from a goal down to win 2 1. The rossoneri were awarded a penalty after 19 minutes for a foul on rafael leao. And krzysztof piontek put away the spot kick to put the visitors in front. But torino turned it round with two goals in a four minute spell mid way through the second half. Both goals were scored by Andrea Belotti and hes now got 10 for the season in all competitions. Torino are now level on points with fourth placed cagliari. Ac milan though stilljustjust two wins from five in serie a. In spain, sevilla missed the chance to move level on points with the leaders real madrid when they lost at eibar. Jose angel scored the winner eight minutes from time, as the home side came from 2 0 down to win 3 2. Elsewhere, celta vigo were held to a 1 1 draw by fellow strugglers espanyol. And mikel oyarza bal scored twice as real sociedad beat alaves 3 0 in their basque derby. On to tennis, and Ashleigh Barty is through to the semi finals of the wuhan open in china. But the world number one had to do it the hard way in a highly entertaining 3 setter against croatian petra martic. Joe lynskey reports. Ashleigh barty wants to keep hold of the spotlight. Right now shes world number one. But that can change from week to week. In wuhan, but it is going for a fourth title of the year. But just like the going for a fourth title of the year. Butjust like the rankings, this much had ups and downs. Croatias petra martic won the second set to force it aside. Before the decide before thursday she had one set matches in a row. But party recovered. And after two hours brought the and with one hit. She goes to the semifinals here for the third year in a row, but next barty faces the defending champion, the ninth seed ariana sub linker is 21 and from belarus. She too needed a third set. This will be her 10th win at wuhan in a row. And momentum on this court will take her to a final. But still looking lurking in the draw. She missed the french open and 110w draw. She missed the french open and now plays in a sleeve to help her injured wrist. She isnt pain free but still winning. And for this former champion, a third title here could be the sweetest. Joe lynskey, bbc news. And in the last four, kvitova will face the unseeded american alison riske, who pulled off the shock result of the quarter finals with a straight sets win over the number 3 seed elina svitolina. Riske, whos ranked 35 in the world, won 6 1, 6 3, to reach the semi finals of a premier 5 event for the first time in her career. Were less than 2a hours away from the start of the world athletics championships in doha. Among those in action will be Karsten Warholm from norway. He begins the defence of his 400 metres hurdles title with the heats on sunday. But as well a second gold medal, hes also got the 27 year old world record in his sights. Action. His face says it all he is the world champion. Youve got a very big personality. Do you feel there might be pressure to be that guy. Big personality. Do you feel there might be pressure to be that guym norway now it is really fun, because the athletics and track is becoming huge and people love watching it. For me it has always been about the iy for me it has always been about the joy of sports and they want everyone to have fun doing sports, because it gives something to our community, you know, it gives people health, it gives people friendships. They want to achieve big things, but if they can inspire others to do sport and get into communities that serves them good, that is probably the most important thing. You have to focus on the event that is coming up. But how much do you think about tokyo . Id try not to put too much pressure on the olympic things, because, you know, its every four years, and if you fail what are you meant to tell yourself, its only four years until next time . Its a long time. Id try to find joy next time . Its a long time. Id try to findjoy in next time . Its a long time. Id try to find joy in everything they do. So im very short term when it comes to running. Im always looking at themann x1, next one. Im not thinking that long forward. Next one, next one. It is the second fastest in history. In doha you are going to defend your world title. It is different going in for gold as opposed to trying to hold on for it. When i was running in london in 2017 was more like, what do you call it, the dull course, an underdog. And actually liked that position dark horse. Now we have to defend the position. I am horse. Now we have to defend the position. Iam hoping horse. Now we have to defend the position. I am hoping that all eight of the guys in the final think they are going to win, including me. It is going to take a loss more now thanit is going to take a loss more now than it did in 2017. Now i feel very, very ready again to race. Golf, and bill murray was among the stars in action at the Alfred Dunhill links championship, which is played across three courses in scotland. A pro am team event takes place alongside the main event for the professionals only. Justin timberlake was clearly n sync with the conditions. The american actor and singer is playing withjustin rose and theyre 5 under par after their opening round at st andrews. Shot of the day was this from former world number one lee westwood. He aced the par 3 eighth at carnoustie to claim the 18th hole in one of his career. Westwood is 3 under par in the individual event, six shots behind the leader, south africas justin walters. That is all the time we have left 110w. But from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. Good morning. Well, last weeks High Pressure and settled autumn sunshine a distant memory. This week its been very different, hasnt it . On monday, we saw some heavy rain, some areas seeing a months worth of rain injust a 24 hour period. Through the middle part of the week its quietened down a little, sunny spells and scattered showers. But theres more wet and windy weather to come through this weekend. Here it is sitting out in the atlantic. And its going to continue to push its way across the seas towards us for the second half of the weekend. Ahead of it, circulating around, an area of low pressure, a scattering of showers. Some of those quite heavy, possibly thundery, and some of them, as we go through the day today, merging together longer spells of rain. Blustery winds, particularly through the south west, driving those showers inland. Therell be some heavy ones through wales, north west england, and Northern Ireland as well. The best of the drier, sunnier slot perhaps reserved for scotland. Temperatures a little subdued in comparison to of late. Were seeing highs of 1a to 18 degrees the high. Now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, that low pressure will ease away. And well see a relatively quiet spell for a time. So the start of the weekend is not looking too bad. Yes, we will have sunny spells and scattered showers, but there will be some drier interludes in between. Quite a blustery feel still. And by end of the afternoon well see some wetter weather pushing into the south west. Now, the timings for this rain still subject to change. So if you do have outdoor plans this weekend youll certainly need to keep abreast of the forecast. But that is likely to bring a spell of very wet weather and some windy weather with it as well. So we could see 2 3 inches of rain. And at times, through the early hours of sunday morning, were going to see strong, gusty winds, in excess of 40 50 mph in places. And as that low moves through, maybe for a time 60 mph across eastern england, close to the coast. But that low will move through, and then we start to see some drier weather coming through on sunday. However, the wind direction into the north is going to make it feel a little on the cool side as well. So top temperatures in scotland 13 15 degrees. Further south and east were looking at highs of 17 or 18. So just in case you havent already got the message, it does look at the moment as though saturday will be the better of the two days in the weekend. Sunny spells and a few showers. Sunday will start off wet and windy but that rain will slowly ease away. And then monday into tuesday things are a little bit quieter, but the temperatures could be better for this time of year. Take care. Welcome to bbc news im mike embley. Our top stories as Congress Hears claims from a whistleblower that the white house tried to cover up Donald Trumps phone call with ukraines leader, a furious response from a president facing an impeachment inquiry. 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