jannik sinner keeps italy in the davis cup, and the scalp he takes to do so is the biggest of them all. also coming up on sportsday. the champion s defence has ended on day one. mark allen is beaten in the first round of the uk snooker championship by the man he defeated in last year s final. and taylor cameron ii tonight has the cream of women s boxing fighting again for the undisputed light welterweight crown. hello again. after the international break, the premier league wanted to remind you what it can offer. manchester city and liverpool were the first game back. and, although it didn t quite touch the heights of previous encounters between the two, the match still provided enough to entertain albeit not enough to guarantee either would finish the day top of the table. a position poached by arsenal this evening. jo currie was watching. the showdown that would dictate who sat top of the table. if liverpool needed reminding of city s dominance in the last 12 months, the
thick cloud and a mild westerly breeze across the uk, heavier rain in parts of the western isles and look at the temperatures, possibly up look at the temperatures, possibly up to 14 degrees in some places feeling relatively mild midweek. thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps southwards across the uk, opening up the gates to stronger and colder winds from the north, and these white blobs are wintry showers sweeping across the scottish hills but elsewhere, a case of crisp sunshine so a crisp end to the week with a cold air and temperatures around low single figures, maybe eight or nine in the south. thanks, tomasz. that s bbc news at ten. newsnight isjust newsnight is just starting with victory on babies too but now the prime minister says tax cuts are coming . when, how might that affect you, and will it mean the overall tax burden is going to come down in the short term or not? this parliament has seen the biggest tax burden in peacetime. rishi sunak claims he s a low t
the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, has appeared in court to face a new allegation of anti government propaganda, a week after her five year sentence for spying ended. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys this year it ll be a virtual ceremony in los angelese because of the pandemic. hello and welcome to bbc news. there are calls for london s metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, to resign after firerce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police were seen scuffling, handcuffing and leading women away from the event on clapham common, close to where sarah was last seen alive. the met has defended its actions, but the home secretary priti patel has asked for a full report. simonjo
physical embodiment of america institutions. when he murdered george floyd h was doing to one man what our country has done to all african-americans. many people told us this including joe biden. i just want to say a few words about the horrific killin of george floyd in minnesota, but it sends a clear message to the black community, black live that are under threat every single day. they speak to a nation where too often, just the color of your skin put your life at risk. george floyd s last words spoke to a nation were the colo of your skin dictates the safet and your future. i am a white man. i think i understand, but i can t feel it. george floyd murdered becaus he was black, that s what they told us, they demanded that we believe that and if you doubted it in anyway, if you had any questions about the facts of th case, you were effectively as guilty as the racist cop who killed george floyd. one theology teacher learned what that lesson the hard way during a vir