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12th place just seven points, their worst start after six matches and primarily history. 0nly Southampton newly promoted have scored fewer goals, would you believe, that Manchester United the season. They desperately need two wins in the next few days. Of course, if that doesnt Happen with an international break Happening, that would give united the time to have a very close look. You saw those glum faces in the directors box yesterday. The director of football, Jason Wilcox as well. The trust at the top of the hierarchy now here at old trafford. When i spoke to Sirjim Ratcliff earlier this year when he first bought that steak and united, the new co owner, he said he was more inclined to change the environment here rather than the manager. While hes done that now. Theres been an overhaul of the executive team, so inevitably, the scrutiny will fall more on the manager. Taking you to america more on the manager. Taking you to america now. More on the manager. Taking you to america now. Nba more on the manager. Taking you to america now. Nba star more on the manager. Taking you to america now. Nba Star Has to america now. Nba Star Has died from Brain Cancer at 58. The seven foot two former centre was known as one of the greatest Shot Blockers and defensive players in the history of the league. He spent 18 years playing for the denver nuggets. The eight time All Star who was originally from the congo retired in 2009. Now, its been a result that has shocked the womens rugby world order. Ireland Beat The World champions New Zealand with a Last Gasp 29 points to 27 victory in their Opening W X. V one match in vancouver. Replacement Erin King scored her second try of the game to level the score in the final minute, with Fly Half Dannah 0brien kicking the decisive conversion via the upright. The stunning victory marks another significant milestone in irelands recent renaissance under Head Coach Scott bemand, following a third Place Finish in the 2024 Six Nations and a Home Victory over australia in september. Hampshire County Cricket Club has signed a definitive Acquisition Agreement with Delhi Capitals Co Owners the Gmr Group over a � phased acquisition of the club. � the agreement has been the agreement has been ratified by the england ratified by the england and wales Cricket Board and wales Cricket Board and will see hampshire become and will see hampshire become the first county to be owned the first county to be owned by an overseas franchise. By an overseas franchise. The takeover is expected the takeover is expected to take up to two years before to take up to two years before completion, with gmr taking completion, with gmr taking an immediate majority stake. An immediate majority stake. 0n the pitch meanwhile indias 0n the pitch meanwhile indias batsmen have been making up batsmen have been making up for lost time in their rain for lost time in their rain affected second and final test of the bangladesh bowlers. Affected second and final test against bangladesh in kanpur. Against bangladesh in kanpur. Theyve set records theyve set records for the fastest team for the fastest team 50,100,150 and 200 50,100,150 and 200 on the fourth day of the match. On the fourth day of the match. 0pener Yashas Vi Jaiswal 0pener Yashas Vi Jaiswal smashed a quick 72 smashed a quick 72 the hitting didnt relent, the hitting didnt relent, with Kl Rahul equally with Kl Rahul equally ruthless in his punishment ruthless in his punishment of the bangladesh bowlers. India eventually declared their first innings on 285 for nine. Bangladesh were struggling on 26 for two in the second innings and they trail by 26 to update you on the score the vitality arena. Scoring a second for bournemouth so it is 20 second for bournemouth so it is 2 0 after 3a minutes. Thats all the support for now. Back to you, christian. After their dismal defeat in the summer, the conservative Party Conference In Birmingham this week might, in some eyes, resemble something of a wake. But in truth although severely diminished, the tories remain the official oppposition At Westminster and so this weeks Party Conference could well be seen as the most consequential gathering for a generation. Which of the four candidate still bidding to become leader is best placed to re capture the voters attention. Kemi badenoch, robert jenrick, james Cleverley Or Tom tugenhad . Which of them is best placed, to deal with the threat from reform on their right flank. Senior conservatives are already looking nervously at next year s County Council elections. Lets bring in Damien Party faces which you that the party faces which you touched on there, which is how does it respond to that defeat . Where does it to position itself . At lost seats and votes to its right, to the reform party, with a strong message that they wanted to focus on immigration, lost votes to its left to the Liberal Democrats who wanted to focus on public services, the national health service. So, here, part of the debate about how they frame them. We have heard some of the former members of government saying the conservatives cannot take for granted that although the government is facing difficulties, the voters will automatically come back to the tories. So, former leaders, Wishful Thinking about that. Former Chancellorjeremy Hunt said people have simply lost trust in the conservatives in one of the contenders also said today that people had lost faith in the conservative party and it had to change that. Interesting you bring up liz truss. Some people think she is a busted flush, left Downing Street in something it a bit of a disgrace in the way she ran the economy and yet there were 300 people in that Hall Today with 100 locked out sides. There are still those on the right of the party who see some attraction in liz truss. Yes, exactly as you say or events before she exactly as you say or events before she came exactly as you say or events before she came prime exactly as you say or events before she came prime minister, they were accused of Party Members trying to get in here because she is an attractive draw for those members and despite all that Happened weve heard it disastrously short penmanship she retained some of that. And didnt have control of policies the way she really wanted to. In the whole issue that Conservatives Face of it which is this one is how are they going to come back from such a low to be in any position to contend at the next election . We heard from two of the candidates today, slightly different messages there. Saying she might be prepared to do some sort of worked together with reform in some way. Tom saying that that threat of that threat on the right he didnt want to replicate that and broaden the support and will go on until november. So there is still a long time in which the party will be debating with itself and in effect that means itself and in effect that means it doesnt have a kind of strong figurehead with which to take on labour at the minute. She perceives to be running robertjenrick close. Some interesting comments to her about statutory Maternity Pay which is a function of tax, tax comes from people who are working, she says. Taking from one group of people and giving to another. She tried to walk those comments back. Is it that she is. People, her Critics Today were talking about those comments. Is it the fact that she holds those views . 0r comments. Is it the fact that she holds those views . Or is it the fact that she was taken out of context . Which is it . It depends who you ask and she was taken out of context. But she was very clearly asked about Maternity Pay and in that context of Government Legislation or its gone too far and i legislation or its gone too farand i think legislation or its gone too far and i think that has gone too far. It seemed to me that she was. Her opponents were delighted because all of the attention in the Row Yesterday was all around her and her comments. She then came out and said it was misinterpreted. The impact it was too much of a burden of Government Regulation on businesses and that was what i was talking about. I didnt really address the exact question about the levels of Maternity Pay, so you can kind of take what you like from that argument, but i think what it has done is kind of focus attention. She says shes straight talking, that she delivers it like it is. That can also mean she can get herself tied up in some sort of knots sometimes like that. Some say well that is good, you want a leader who puts it out there and says it like it is and people should be able to change their minds. Some of the other campaigns i think they look at it and think, well, maybe that is helpful to them. It and think, well, maybe that is helpful to them. Is helpfulto them. Damien, In Birmingham. Is helpfulto them. Damien, In Birmingham, thank is helpfulto them. Damien, In Birmingham, thank you is helpfulto them. Damien, In Birmingham, thank you very l is helpful to them. Damien, In Birmingham, thank you very much for that. Birmingham, thank you very much forthat. Let birmingham, thank you very much for that. Let me show you some live pictures because we are continuing to watch the situation at the israeli lebanon border. These are the pictures from tyre on the coast in lebanon, just the other side of the le tani river. It tends to be the Rallying Point in lebanon that people flee to first before they head north to beirut. 0ne first before they head north to beirut. One of the towns that was cut off in 2006, largely cut off. Weve been hearing from Tom Bateman at the State Department who has informed reporters that there have been a number of operations across the border. Israeli operations described as limited, focused on hezbollah infrastructure, we are told near the border. Now we have been discussing there are really two threats and one is the threat from hezbollah across the border in an october seven style attack. The other is the anti tank rounds that come from that close vicinity, 78 come from that close vicinity, 7 8 km from the border. It would seem that these limited operations have been going on for some time. The soldiers who were in that Position South of the river, they came across the israelis in one of these small incursions last week. Told them they were there for engineering purposes. So tell us its been going on for some days now, but that would be the initial operations that would prepare herfor operations that would prepare her for a operations that would prepare herfor a much larger ground her for a much larger Ground Offensive. Herfor a much larger Ground Offensive. Given the targeting that we have seen over recent days, so precise, that targeting that you would expect to participate with Special Operations on in Southern Lebanon for a period of time. But certainly much larger things being planned tonight at the Security Cabinet Meeting in israel. Still waiting for some news on that. The reporting around that meeting is once the government gives the signal, then the army would be prepared to go. Lets have a look at those pictures that we just had filmed by the News Agency a Pt And Thatjust came to us. A camera pointed across the border from camera pointed across the Borderfrom Israel into border from israel into southern Borderfrom Israel into southern Lebanon Post of any second now you will see. There you go, a couple of flashes. Then there is a delay of about ten seconds or so and you hear the thud. Thudding which tells you that that Softening Up as the army would put it continues to take place right across the south of lebanon tonight. A short while ago, the white House Press Secretary gave an update about the possibility of israel launching a Ground War in lebanon. Launching a Ground War in lebanon launching a Ground War in lebanon. ~. ,. , lebanon. What we will say and what i lebanon. What we will say and what i will lebanon. What we will say and what i will say lebanon. What we will say and what i will say to lebanon. What we will say and what i will say to you lebanon. What we will say and what i will say to you and we l what i will say to you and we say this all the time, this is nothing new, that israel has a right to defend itself against hezbollah. Against iran backed groups, we are talking about hezbollah, hamas, the who these. So we are in constant discussion with the israelis on the best way to move forward and we would certainly refer you to any come as i said, moments ago, seconds ago, to the israelis on their own ground operation. Of course, we want to see a Cease Fire that would give us the space, as we have been saying, of diplomacy and enable citizens, right . To go back to their homes on both sides and ultimately a diplomatic resolution is what we want to see and what we want to make sure is in place and we will certainly continue to have those conversations with israelis and others on how to make that Happen. It is israelis and others on how to make that Happen. Israelis and others on how to make that Happen. It is a tense niaht, make that Happen. It is a tense night. Everyone make that Happen. It is a tense night, everyone watching, night, everyone watching, diplomatically very tense right across the region, of course. We will continue to bring you all of the latest news. Our correspondents on standby for any news that we get from jerusalem. We will take a short break. Around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. Welcome back to the programme. When Kremlin 0fficials released the news earlier this year that the Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny had died as a result of Natural Causes there were many who found that difficult to believe. His widow was quick to claim the 47 year old had been put to death in an arctic penal colony. Today the investigative website � the insider� claimed that it has obtained official kremlin documents that show in fact his death may have been the result of poisoning, with one report indicating that on the day he died, Mr Navalny fell sick with sharp abdominal pains, was vomiting, convulsing and fell unconscious. A Doctor Whod previously treated him said only poisoning could explain such symptoms. The insider said the document was later revised to exclude those details. The kremlin has previously denied having Mr Navalny killed. But how much of a threat is the kremlin to other, lesser known figures. Its estimated 650 Thousand people have left russia since the outbreak of the war with ukraine and among them are many outspoken opponents who live in perpetual fear they will be next. Lilia yapparova is a Russianjournalist Living In Exile in latvia. She works for independent News Outlet � meduza, which last year was outlawed in russia designated anillegal, undesirable organisation. Shejoins thank you very much for being with us. Do you live in perpetual fear that maybe one day you will be up poisoned . Naturally. Not really. I try not to think about that. I dont really believe one person can oppose the whole Kremlin Fsb russian intelligence as per atticus, any person i think they are going to do that anyway. Sometimes i do receive advice from my editors and managers to stop ordering take away, be careful with what Ie Eat Outside of the newsroom and my own home. I use do not think very much. There was advice, but then my former colleague, a great journalist, but then my former colleague, a greatjournalist, found out great journalist, found out that greatjournalist, found out that she was possibly, supposedly poisoned by the russian state. I thought that it might be a real risk. We invited you it might be a real risk. We invited you want it might be a real risk. We invited you want tonight because i read your brilliant piece at the weekend. In which you explained that there are thousands of russian exiles who live with this threat and yet have nowhere really to go because there isnt much sympathy for the Russian Diaspora Outside russia. Theres no looking after them. How many people do you think face what you face out there . We cant really be sure. I wrote the piece exactly to demonstrate that for example, if a journalist, politician, Political Activist Living In Exile in any part of the world feeling that he or she is under threat, they usually know people, they are good at networking, they know journalists, media, ngos, someone to turn to, but theres also youve mentioned 600,000 people those are regular russians, like a schoolteacher or a nurse for the elderly, or an industrial climber, musicians, actors, all kinds of people who dont really have those connections, and when they are faced with the threat, they are faced with the threat, they dont really know how to protect themselves at all. And thats how they are captured. For example, in our case, an activist who loves kayaking tried to hide in turkestan in the capital of the country, but at Russias Request, the authorities found his location to facial recognition cameras, came to his apartment and not even deported him from the country, there was no legal procedure, theyjust put them on a plane which flew him to moscow. And he spent some time in a detention centre. There is a nurse whos been detained in montenegro on Russias Request through interpol and a schoolteacher who told her students about russian War Crimes committed by the Russian Army in abuja and she had to flee the country because there was a criminal case opened against her. And she ended up flying to another country where armenian Border Patrol accosted her and detained her. Sometimes the host countries both in central asia, as an example such has provided, or in europe, they dont even realise whats really going on and how strong these countries are with russian operatives, for example, a journalist investigating Iran And Russia he noticed that he was being followed in germany and it took him two visits to force them to open the investigation and the police officer, i try to tell him that we dont have that here. Local authorities. Him that we dont have that here. Localauthorities. It reminds me in some respects of the mafia in italy, in the sense that the warning signs, sometimes they are not entirely recognisable. Yes, there are people who fall out of windows and there are people who are stabbed or killed who are russian dissidents, known russian dissidents, known russian dissidents, known russian dissidents, but what you are describing is the routine intimidation that russian exiles face on a daily basis and dont quite know whether its the russian state thats perpetrating that. Is thats perpetrating that. Is that largely what you are talking about . The low Level Stuff that plays on your mind . Yeah, recent investigations by many media outlets, many newsrooms across the world show that russian secret services in the last couple of years started to use local bandits, criminals just people who are willing to intimidate people they dont really know for a small price, sometimes not as small, but, still. Russia, not russia, not my country, i love my country, but the kremlin are using every means possible to intimidate, harass, persecute, survey all, people are paranoid about it. The kremlin in general, it might be coming from the soviet times, the times of the kgb is instinctively paranoid about any descendent. It instinctively paranoid about any descendent. Instinctively paranoid about any descendent. It must have occurred to any descendent. It must have occurred to you any descendent. It must have occurred to you that any descendent. It must have occurred to you that when any descendent. It must have | occurred to you that when you do interviews like this, when you write articles for the new york times, you are effectively putting your head above the parapet, you are becoming a public target. Why do you take that risk . I public target. Why do you take that risk . ~. , public target. Why do you take that risk . ~. ,. , that risk . I think there are a lot of people. That risk . I think there are a lot of people, most that risk . I think there are a lot of people, most of that risk . I think there are a lot of people, most of the L Lot of people, most of the people in russia right now taking much greater risk. They are being sent to jails, they are being sent to jails, they are being sent to jails, they are being sent to war, theyve been incarcerated just for posting anti war comments on the internet, social media. If we are talking about exile, they are many great activists and journalists and investigators and workers doing much better than me. I really dont consider myself a target i receive some signals from russia, some threats but myjob as a journalist is just to. Mainly need to give voice to the people like industrial. Youve certainly done that tonight. We do appreciate you coming on the programme, thank you for your time. We will be right back after this. Hello. This september has seen some extreme rainfall across parts of england. South newingtons in 0xfordshire, and here weve had 2113 millimetres of rain, over four times the September Average and not far off double the previous rainfall record. There are a number of sites across the South Midlands that have seen Record Rainfall this september. Thats resulted in, of course, lots of flooding. Another day, another downpour, and this time it was northern england bearing the brunt. Liverpools roads and pavements heading underwater. The area of low pressure responsible is going to be with us through much of the night, bringing outbreaks of rain and some strong winds for East Anglia. We could see gusts here running into the 50s of miles an hour, so a particularly blustery, blowy kind of night. The winds probably strong enough to bring down one or two tree branches. Could be a little bit of localised Disruption Heading into tuesday. The same area of low pressure, slow moving, will continue to bring the wet and windy weather in across eastern areas of england. The strongest winds will begin to ease down as we head into the afternoon, but the best of the weather will be for scotland, northern ireland, parts of wales and Western Fringes of england as well, where you can look forward to a much drier kind of day with a bit more in the way of sunshine. Now, temperatures may range from around 13 17 degrees. Now, over the next few days, were going to see a big change in our Weather Pattern as High Pressure becomes established across the uk, and this looks to bring us a much quieter spell of weather. Heading into wednesday, most areas will have a dry day. Could be a few Mist And Fog patches around, and it will be a chilly start to the morning with temperatures down into single figures, about four degrees in the coldest parts in scotland. Well still have the dribs and drabs of that Weather Front bringing the threat of some patchy rain to East Anglia and south east england. And it will still be quite a windy kind of day. Those winds will ease, though, as we head into thursday. The High Pressure dominates. A few Mist And Fog patches around. In the north, we could even have a bit of frost to start the day in the coldest spots, but for most of the country, thursdays a quieter day. It should be dry, and most of us will see some fairly decent spells of sunshine. Nice for a change, then. Temperatures at around about 13 17 degrees again, and this quieter spell of weather should hang around for friday. But into the weekend, we see further changes. Low pressure moves in. It turns wet and windy, particularly for wales and south west england, and this low� s going to be particularly slow moving. Next week, then, stays unsettled. Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Iam i am comfortable with them stopping, we should have a ceasefire now what scale will it be on and what form will it take . Now it might be quite incremental, you might be quite incremental, you might get an incursion into one part of Southern Lebanon. There is nowhere part of Southern Lebanon. There is nowhere we part of Southern Lebanon. There is nowhere we will part of Southern Lebanon. There is nowhere we will not part of Southern Lebanon. There is nowhere we will not go part of Southern Lebanon. There is nowhere we will not go to is nowhere we will not go to protect our people, and protect our country. With every passing moment, the regime is bringing you, the Noble Persian people, closer to the abyss. Lots of Expert Analysis for you, our correspondents standing by in the region, but first let me bring you the latest bbc news. There is mounting evidence that israel may be about to launch a Ground Offensive against hezbollah in lebanon. Tanks have been massing on the northern border and three areas have just been declared closed military zones. The un Refugee Agency says more than 100,000 people have fled to syria from lebanon since israel strikes against hezbollah intensified. Most were syrian nationals, though a fifth are thought to be lebanese. The massive storm has left a trail of devastation across six states destroying communities and claim morgue than 600 lives