More clout for scotland and showers, perhaps fewer showers elsewhere. Slightly less windy on sunday but temperatures a bit lower again. Autumn has arrived. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. The news continues here on bbc one as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Goodnight. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Turning paris green in the face of an all black challenge. Ireland hope their home from home takes them to a first world cup semifinal. It was one, then the other, then to get there, but owen farrell is in, george ford is out for england against fiji. A different read will take over the velodrome before england, with wheels ready to open quarterfinal weekend. Wales. Also our new zealand team on the top four, with new zealand three from three in the Cricket World Cup. Hello again. Three home nations, three former champions and a few fa
uae have the lead 1 0. iran play palestine later. tommy fleetwood held his nerve to win the dubai invitational with birdies on the final two holes to see off the challenge of rory mcilroy on the final day. fleetwood, the overnight leader, capitalised on a bogey by mcilroy ahead of the last hole to finish on 19 under, a shot ahead of the world number two and south africa s thriston lawrence. and it s a big day in the snooker calendar at alexandra palace in central london. ronnie 0 sullivan taking on ali carter in the final of the masters, the second of the season s triple crown events. 0 sullivan has already become the oldest winner of the uk championship this campaign, he could take the same record in this competition with a win here. carter leads by 5 frames to 3 it s first to ten in this final. carter was a losing finalist back in 2020, he s hoping to win his first major title today. all set up nicely. and that s all the sport for now. will be back later on.
from keito nakamura, japan eventually winning 4 2. in the day s other games, the united arab emirates group c game match against hong kong has just finished with the uae winning 3 1. iran play palestine later they are in the same group as the uae and hong kong. more support for you later. there have been emotional scenes in ecuador, after the authorities secured the release of prison staff held hostage by inmates in jails across the country. all hostages, including guards and administrative staff, were freed in a coordinated effort by the ecuadorian prisons agency snai, police, and military. the hostages were taken away on monday during a security crisis that was triggered by an imposition of a two month state of emergency following the prison escape of a cartel leader. one person was reported dead, as a result of armed confrontation at the prison in el oro province.
today in the africa cup of nations. mohamed salah s egypt getting their campaign under way against mozambique. egypt are looking for a record extending 8th title, and their first since 2015. nigeria stuttered in their opening game, against equatorial guinea, held to a 1 1 draw in their opener. ghana get their tounament under way against cape verde in the late game. at the asian cup, tournament favourites japan came from behind to beat vietnam 11 2 in their group d opener. underdogs vietnam took a 2 1 first half lead when pham tuan hai took advantage of a mistake byjapanese goalkeeper zion suzuki. however, the japanese were able to turn things around, taking the lead through this stunning strike from keito nakamura, and they sealed the win with one more goal in the second half. two more matches today. uae are in action against hong kong. uae have the lead, 2 1. iran play palestine later. tommy fleetwood held his nerve to win the dubai invitational