it s virtually all over for england at the cricket world cup. jos buttler s side suffer yet another humiliating defeat to all but end their defence of the trophy. and we have some dense fog around this morning, particularly towards the east this morning, particularly towards the east. that should clear away by mid morning. still unsettled the heavy mid morning. still unsettled the heavy downpours and blustery winds. that continue the next few days. more that continue the next few days. more details for you coming up shortlx it s friday, the 27th of october. our main story. eu leaders have called for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to allow aid into gaza, ahead of a vote on an immediate ceasefire at the united nations today. overnight, the us military has carried out airstrikes in eastern syria against two facilities it says were being used by iran to target american forces. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. keeping hope alive. the famili
a fair hearing over his allegation of an on field racial slur by south africa s bongi mbonambi. curry claims he was verbally abused during last saturday s world cup semi final defeat to the springboks. the world governing body had reviewed video and audio footage, plus submissions from both teams, and cleared mbonambi, ruling that there was insufficient evidence he had used the alleged term. england head coach steve borthwick says that the situation has given his side lots of motivation heading to friday s match. the players i ve got tonnes of motivation. they are playing for england in a game, competing for the third place at the world cup have got. and there is tonnes of motivation. the situation, and let s be clear here, i know people keep talking about the situation regarding tom. tom curry has done nothing wrong. somebody has said something to tom curry. tom has reported it, then there has been a situation, world rugby made the decision not to allow the opportunity
says addressing the risks of the technology should be a global priority. let s head to the bbc sport centre. we re starting with the cricket world cup because it looks like ngland are making an early exit england s campaign at the cricket world cup is all but over after a heavy eight wicket defeat by sri lanka. the defending champions reached 45 for no loss before the wicket of dawid malan began a miserable slide. joe root ran himself out for just three ben stokes managed 43. but they were all out inside 3a overs. sri lanka eased to victory jos buttler s side are not mathematically out, but they need to win all of their remaining matches, including against unbeaten hosts india on sunday, and hope an unlikely set of results go their way. it was never for a it was neverfor a lack it was never for a lack of effort, it was never it was never for a lack of effort, it was never for it was never for a lack of effort, it was never for a it was never for a lack of effort, it was never
few days, bringing plenty of showers and it will be quite windy. elsewhere, clear spells and scattered showers towards the south and west, but with lighter winds through the midlands into eastern england, here we are likely to see mist and fog tomorrow morning. that should burn off quickly, the winds a bit lighter here. then it s a repeat performance. outbreaks of rain, persist at the time is raised in scotland. but for most, it is sunshine and scattered showers, mostly in the south and west. it will also be quite windy, some huge waves crashing up on shore, and some of their showers will be heavy and thundery. on saturday, similar weather again. we keep on with the rain. for eastern scotland, the rainfall totals are mounting up. elsewhere, scattered showers. towards the end of the day, we could be looking at heavy rain and stronger winds approaching the south of the country. for the next few days, temperatures range from ten to 15 degrees. that band of heavy rain with strong
especially over higher ground and the ground is already pretty saturated. why is this happening? low pressure is out towards the west, towards the atlantic, sending spirals of rain round and round but it s not raining all the time. lots of sunshine around, some blue sky recorded in bournemouth earlier on. generally we are seeing sunny spells and showers for the rest of the afternoon across england, wales and northern ireland. it s drier across the isle of wight but still the possibility of heavy showers later, heavy rain for the channel islands but the heaviest of the rain across north east england, north east scotland, driven through on the south easterly wind, top ten pictures 10 15. round about the seasonal average, a little above in the south. overnight tonight we are still seeing that south easterly wind just drive the showers is onshore onto eastern scotland and further south they will still be some showers and clear spells. temperatures likely to drop back to between 6