Clear of uruguay at the top of the table. Argentinas victory over chile takes them up to third, with colombia up to fourth, which is the last of The Automatic qualifying places. Ecuador are now fifth, which is the play off position, while chile, the reigning South American champions, drop out of the qualifying places completely after that defeat in argentina. Lets move to asian world cup qualifying where iran have edged closer to a place at next years finals in russia. They beat qatar 1 0 in doha, where mehdi taremi beat the off side trap to score the only goal of the game early in the second half. The result take iran four points clear at the top of group a. A giant step forward but now we still need to be focused on these four games that remain. Because as everything is showing, the results, everything is showing, the results, everything is showing, the results, everything is very tight and it is not over. We need to be fully concentrated to collect the points that we need to qualify
After todays deadline to for a deal passes without agreement. Everyone owes it to the people of Northern Ireland to grasp that and provide the Political Leadership and stability that they want. And, how prepared are we for tomorrows release of the new one pound coin . Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that theresa may has been meeting Nicola Sturgeon, face to face, for the First Time Since the snp demanded a new independence referendum. The First Minister wants another vote within two years , saying that brexit has transformed the situation since the original vote. The Prime Minister has restated her view that now is not the time, and has said that she wants the uk to be more united. Shes also hinted that additional powers may be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. On wednesday, article 50 will be triggered, starting two years of formal negotiations on brexit. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us within the last few minutes we have been getting a sense of how tha