World cup qualifier wins, for scotland, england and northern ireland. Gordon strachans scotland side kept alive their hopes, of reaching russia 2018, with a 3 0 win in lithuania. Actor and comedian robert webb will be here to tell us how he was inspired to write about what it means to be a man in the modern world. And tomasz has the weather. The weekend is looking a little mixed. A nice bright day today. Tomorrow, one for the sunday papers. A lot of grey cloud and rain on the way, but not for everyone. More from tomasz later, thanks. Good morning. First, our main story. More heavy rain is falling in south asia where this years monsoon season has left millions of people displaced. Its now believed more than m00 people have died. Part of indias financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water. Our south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt is in the eastern state of bihar, one of the worst affected areas. Justin, we have been speaking to you throughout the morning, and rain on and
First lady melania, and he will also be visiting louisiana, with people saying they hope he will be the comforter in chief. Well have more of that at the top of that are so stay tuned to that but in the meantime we will cross to the bbc Sports Centre now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. A record 69th pole for Lewis Hamilton. He overtakes Michael Schumachers record at a rainy monza, ahead of the italian grand prix. Wales in their qualifier with austria. Also coming up in the programme t20 action from the final. And are you crzay for crazy golf you could become a professional, as mike bushell has been finding out. Welcome to the programme. Well start with formula one because in the last hour Lewis Hamilton has set a new pole position record in reaching his 69th career pole, breaking the previous landmark set by michael schumacher. In treacherous conditions that saw qualifying suspended for more than two and a half hours hamilton was more than a second quicker than his neare
Of texas as he meets those affected by flooding there. A Campaign Group says more than 700 homes have been burned down in a Rohingya Muslim village as tens of thousands of the Minority Group continue to flee the country. I will be back with you on the clock for the headlines, but now on bbc news, it is time for sportsday i will be back with you at eight oclock. Hello and welcome to sportsday im katherine downes. The headlines this evening setting records in the rain hamilton takes pole for the 69th time to overtake schumacher at the top of the all time list. Wales face a crucial qualifier against austria as they try and head further down the road to russia. And saracens start their season in style by thrashing northampton saints. Also coming up in the programme its t20 blast finals day in birmingham well have the action so far. And are you mad for crazy golf . You could become a professional, as mike bushell has been finding out. Hello. Good evening. Well get to the World Cup Qualifier
But just about 40, 45 minute ago this was such a tense situation with numerous officers with their guns drawn, surrounding this car that you see behind me, that black cross of suv. At this point, we dont know how many people were inside the car. At least one man was in there with his hands in the air and he has been taken in this was a very tense situation with officers yelling for whoever was inside the car to come out. After one man exited the vehicle, we heard police on the mega phone call for another person to come out. Again, we are waiting to see how many people were in there. Police initially arrived on the scene because a passerby was asked to call 911 after taking a look at this car. There are questions what about was suspicious about the nature of this call and we are work to get more information but, the situation has ended very peacefully. That is good news. All right, thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Gary and corey with you. Cheryl has