Few others. Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday this evening. With the new Champions League Formatjust bedding in, tonights match at Villa Park is one that conjures up memories of what europes top Club Competition used to be. Its aston villas first Home Game since it was just called the European Cup, and villa had just won it. How fitting then that the team theyre up against tonight was the one they beat to lift the trophy in 1982 Bayern Munich. Players like captain dennis mortimer, nigel spink, and Goalscorer Peter Withe became heroes that night in rotterdam but now their modern counterparts take on a team that have had a blistering start to the season under new manager Vincent Kompany, and scored nine goals in theirfirst Champions League Match. So, lets head to Villa Park and speak to our correspondent nesta mcgregor. It could barely be a more significant set of circumstances tonight. Yes, sport is a funny way of throwing up these incredible narratives, doesnt it . More than four
Push into the South And West and given the fact the ground is so saturated at the moment, it is not so good have an outlook. More here on breakfast. Good morning. Its Sunday 29th septemBer. Fears of a wider war in the Middle East Are growing as iran says the death of the leader of hezbollah Will Not Go Unavenged. The country has declAred five days of mourning for Hassan Nasrallah after he was killed by an israeli Air Strike on the lebanese capital Beirut. Us president Joe Biden says his death is a measure of justice for his many victims but called again for a ceasefire. Our reporter simonjones has more. Distant explosions the israeli bombardment of lebanon continues by night. Explosions. And by day, but the Big Question is what will israel, hezbollah and the militant groups back in iran do next . The israeli Prime Minister descriBed the killing of Hezbollahs Leader On Friday as a historic turning point, but said his work is not done. Translation the state of israel eliminated the Maste
But well start at St James Park where the reigning champions Manchester City were held to a 1 1 all draw. Newcastle coming from a goal down thanks to an Anthony Gordon penalty. After their 100 start to the season, pep Guardiolas Side have now dropped four points in a week. Patrick gearey was watching the action. This is English Football because my most relentless winning machine, what happens when you remove a part . The rock of a midfielder is out for months but city are a team of many dimensions. Here is there left back, defenders didnt used to do that. They took newcastle a while to find the rodri Free Zone suddenly there was space and eventually a penalty, too. Anthony gordon brought down, then stepped up to channel calm. And inspire some chaos. Newcastle road that energy for a while, it might ve brought them a second, but as the match went on, their efforts became concentrated on defending both stoic and heroic. Bernardo silvas Magic Countered by nick pope, usually a long, even he
Well tell you who each of the four british clubs involved will face in the womens Champions League Group stage, with celtic becoming the first Scottish Side to ever get this far. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Two boys, both aged 13, have been detained for at least eight and a half years after becoming the uks youngest ever Knife Murderers. The boys were 12 when they used a machete to kill 19 year old Shawn Seesahai In Wolverhampton. The pair, who cant be named because of their age, are the youngest convicted murderers since the killing of James Bulger in 1993. Our Midlands Correspondent Phil mackie is at nottingham Crown Court. Phil, what happened at sentencing . This was the day where the two boys who are now 13 learned they will serve a minimum of at least eight and a half years in custody before they were eligible for parole, but this is probably one of the most shocking cases of the scourge of Knife Crime that has hit this country over recent years where even more
The Victory Plan that president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will present to the White House tomorrow, has been kept largely under wraps untilJoe Biden has seen it. But some elements of the plan have been briefed, including the need for more timely decisions from western allies. The us president is still lingering on his decision as to whether the longer Range Atacm missiles can be used on targets inside russia. Today at the general assembly in New York, zelenskyy was Exhorting The International Community not to forget ukraine or the dangers of a nuclear disaster that russia poses inside his country. Now, putin does seem to be Planning Attacks on our nuclear power plants and their infrastructure, on our nuclear power plants and infrastructure, aiming to disconnect the plants from the power grid. Any missile or drone strike, any critical incident in the Energy System could lead to a nuclear disaster. A day like that must never come. And moscow needs to understand this and this depends in part on