logos, it is going to remain on the very unsettled side. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up tonight. more woe for wales, as they crash out of the rugby world cup, after a masterclass from holders new zealand. still unbeaten england race into the quarter finals of the rugby league world cup, with a record win over greece. no haaland, no problem. manchester city top the table with victory over leicester. and georgia taylor brown defends her super league triathlon series title in style. hello and welcome to sportsday. england s women are bidding for a place in the semi finals of the rugby world cup later, as they take on australia in a crunch match in auckland. they re niow the only home nation left in the tournament, after wales followed in scotland s footsteps, going out at the group stage, after another heavy defeat by defending champions new zealand. jo currie was there. the other side of the world up against the defending champions in their back yard for a place in
get their moment in front of the queen s coffin in westminster hall to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii. at her lying in state ahead of the funeral on monday. duty officer signals led by the prince of wales and the duke of sussex, they all took their places around the coffin in westminster hall. it s the first time in history a monarch s grandchildren have performed the ceremony. a complete privilege, absolute privilege to see them honouring their grandmother. a moment that i will never forget. to see her grandchildren respecting her like that was so moving, really moving. thousands continue to queue to see the lying in state, and earlier, those near the front had a surprise visit. hip hip! crowd: king charles greeted mourners, thanking those who d waited through the night. the current waiting time is 17 hours. the accessible queue has closed for good. also tonight. ukraine says more western weaponry is needed to beat the russians, as bodies are recovered from a mass
in the rugby league world cup quarter finals. they see off france in bolton and have now played two, won two. we hear how 10 year old quinn became one of the youngest people to conquer scotland s 282 highest mountains. good 282 highest mountains. morning. if you are travell the good morning. if you are travelling the sunday morning, bear in mind there are heavy, thundery downpours out there moving northwards through the day. some sunshine as well. all the day. some sunshine as well. all the details coming up. it s sunday 23rd october. our main story: as the deadline to enter the contest to replace liz truss draws closer, two of the likely contenders borisjohnson and rishi sunak have held private talks. neither have publicly declared they are entering the race, but the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of at least 128 mp5. that s significantly more than the 100 needed to enter the ballot, which closes tomorrow afternoon. our political cor
the showers that we have had this afternoon across the south of the uk will push their way north and eastwards overnight. some clear skies ahead of these and behind, but also some mist and fog. before more heavy thundery rain arrives from the south west later in the night. the far north of scotland likely to keep more cloud, some patchy rain here. temperatures generally in a range of 10 14 celsius. for tomorrow, it s another day of sunshine and showers, but this time the showers are much more likely to be heavy and thundery. especially through the morning, through parts of wales, central southern england. this band then pushes its way north and eastwards through the day, some sunshine following on behind. some sunshine, too, across north of scotland. it should stay mainly dry here for much of the day. where we have got the sunshine, further showers developing again, heavy and thundery, and more starting to push on from the south west later in the day. hello, this is bbc news.
the new italian government has been sworn in, giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. they won last month s collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn t coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy s foreign policy won t change. bloomberg s political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the m