The western and south western coast. This evening, it will turn quite wet for a time this evening, it will turn quite wet fora time in this evening, it will turn quite wet for a time in Northern Ireland, the la ke for a time in Northern Ireland, the lake district, and parts of scotland. Further south, it lake district, and parts of scotland. Furthersouth, it should dry out and tempt us will be around 13 in london, it may be higher in one 01 13 in london, it may be higher in one or two spots mac temperatures. Pressure in the north. Tomorrow, frequent showers for scotla nd tomorrow, frequent showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, some hailand scotland and Northern Ireland, some hail and thunder, but the rest of the country should be drier and brighter and feeling warmer. You are watching bbc news. Our headlines another huge protest in hong kong today. Tens of thousands of demonstrators march. Despite a climb down on its extradition bill that would potentially send people to mainland china. Borisjohnson has been given the backing of the senior brexiteers, esther mcvey, who was knocked out of the conservative Party Leadership race. The british uranium women Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe has launched another Hunger Strike. Donald trump has tweeted about the london mayor after a series of deaths in the capital. People in lincolnshire still can go back to their homes after flooding described still can go back to their homes afterflooding described by the Environment Agency has unprecedented. Well, we have been talking about the cricket world. We are going to meet players trying to ta ke are going to meet players trying to take their team to the next level and hoping their lives mightjust be transformed in the process. Commentator this is the stuff of fairytales who would have thought . Afghanistan will play in their second world cup. From the refugee camps of pakistan to top flight competition, afghan cricket has had an amazing journey. And the team is now among the top ten in the world. But this isnt just a sport. It is a passion that unites a country torn apart by a0 years of war. Commentator rashid khan has got it with celebrity players in international leagues. Doing well, to bring the smiles on the faces of people back home. In this world cup year, we meet the players taking the sport to the next level, and hoping their lives will be transformed in the process. Hazratullah shahidi hopes this will be his year. Until he was 15, he had only played cricket with a tennis ball. Hazratullah shahidi hopes this will be his year. Until he was 15, he had only played cricket with a tennis ball. Now, atjust 21, hes hoping to make the afghan squad for the 2019 cricket world cup. Since then, hazratullah has gone on to become a world class batsman. In 2019, he broke a world record, hitting 16 sixes in a match against ireland. And he hopes this will be enough to book him a place in the world cup squad. Commentator a big smile on his face, and why not . Cricket was almost unheard of in afghanistan 20 years ago. At the time, many afghans were living as refugees in pakistan to escape taliban rule. And it was here, in the refugee camps of peshawar, that they learned the game of cricket. Raees ahmadzai was one of the pioneers of afghan cricket. After the fall of the taliban, players began to return to afghanistan, and cricket began to flourish. But in a country struggling to rebuild itself, sport was not a priority. Commentator afghanistan in trouble, they need 39 to win. Scraping together what little money they had to finance a foreign tour, the teams breakthrough came when they defeated jersey in Division Five in 2008. The afghan team reached the qualifying stage of the world cup in south africa in 2011. But they were knocked out by canada. Commentator afghanistans dream of reaching the 2011 world cup is over. The team wouldnt get through to the world cup until 2015, when they went on to win one match against scotland. This year, theyre hoping to improve their record. Raees has now retired and is looking for the next generation of talent. Raees knows what he is looking for. He found one of the countrys biggest stars, rashid khan, at a scouting event like this several years ago. Rashid is a legspin bowler who became the youngest ever captain of an International Cricket team when he led the afghan side atjust 20. Commentator given hes given it, rashid khan has got it my mum was telling me, you have to be a doctor. Weve never had a doctor in my family. I just told my family, look, youre expecting me to be a doctor but i love cricket, you know . I have enough skills, i can do it, i can go forward and i can have a good future. My nephew, my brothers, they are together in one room and they are watching my game, and if i do not perform, my mother says they do not eat. I am always trying to do as good as possible and bring the smiles on the faces of the back home people as much as possible, because they have the only hope is cricket, they are watching on tv and it is something to celebrate there. Rashid now plays in the ipl in india and other international leagues. Commentator the rock star, rashid khan but although he is not often in kabul, rashid is still a national icon, who is carrying the countrys hopes ahead of the world cup. We call this mural the ambassadors of hope. I think every Single Person who passes by this, you will see it, they say, thank you for painting. But living in afghanistan is not easy. We are always concerned about Security Issues that we have. Standing on a main road in kabul, theres always a chance of explosions, Suicide Attacks, kidnappings, all of that. Security is a serious concern here. Deadly attacks happen almost every month. And even for cricket, the source of such national pride, has been a target. In 2018, eight people were killed during attack on a match injalalabad and in 2017, a Suicide Attack on a Cricket Ground in kabul killed three people. Asghar afghan, the team captain, was part of the team playing that day. But in a blow to the fans, cricketing authorities have decided that for overseas teams, the risks are too great. The team is no longer allowed to play International Matches at home in kabul. Dehradun stadium outside delhi has become the Afghan National teams home ground. Asghar has captained the team for years. He dreams they will one day be able to play to a home crowd. And he has high hopes for the world cup. In preparation for the world cup, the team will be taking part in a Training Camp in south africa. But before they leave, there is time to celebrate all they have achieved so far. The Training Camp will take the team thousands of miles from the security threats in kabul. And it will be the first hazrats first world cup away from home. But while he is looking forward to the trip, it will mean a prolonged separation away from family, like his nephew. But the team know there is lots of work to do if they are going to make the semifinals. The team have finally arrived in the uk for the world cup, where they will play a series of one day internationals in scotland and ireland before starting the competition. Its a chance to get used to the conditions of the uk but its cold and wet and most of the team are fasting for ramadan so they wont be easy games. And there has been a sudden change of captain. Asghar, with years of experience leading the teams, has been replaced by a new captain, gulbadin. But the teams star player, rashid, is not in scotland, along with two other players. He is playing in the ipl in india. Its a real blow for team morale. With the pressure mounting before the game, hazrat calls his family for some support. When afghanistan last played scotland in the world cup qualifiers, they lost, so they are keen to set their record straight, and prove they are worthy of a place in the competition. For hazrat, this is a chance for him to earn his place in the finals squad. After a slow start, with afghanistan conceding 315 runs to scotland, the pressure is on the batsmen like hazrat to turn the game around. Butjust a few minutes after going to the pitch, he is caught out. Its a tight match but in the end, rain holds play, and the afghan team are declared the winners byjust two runs. Back to sunshine again and that is how it will stay over much of the country how it will stay over much of the cou ntry after how it will stay over much of the country after the pitiful start to the day. There was some la sunshine eastern areas of the uk. The pressure has been stuck to the west of us and well still be there today and tomorrow and the day after. This is the radar. This is the rain. Strengthening wind and also showers. Some of the showers are likely to bring hail and thunder today. Some of us will hear some thunder for sure. The event will also become a little bit more widespread and prolonged across Northern Ireland and also parts of scotland later on today as we see the sort of a cluster of showers moving up towards the north west. Further south and east, it looks as though things will eventually dry out this evening and overnight. 13 celsius on monday in the south. It celsius in stornoway. Here is a low pressure. High pressure is caused by across the continent where it is sunny and hot but we are underneath a low so that means this vicious circle of our weather continues. 0n means this vicious circle of our weather continues. On monday, frequent showers in scotland and Northern Ireland. Less frequently for england and wales. Temperatures will be higher in the south. Tuesday, dry and brighter weather for a time across england and wales but the anticipation is that eventually showers will drift in from the south later in the day. Very difficult to say when this blob of rain will actually arrive. It could be not until later in the evening on tuesday into wednesday. With that also thunder and lightning as possible. Here is a weather system going into tuesday evening into wednesday. At the moment, more ofan into wednesday. At the moment, more of an easterly track. The outlook here shows showers. Then towards the end of the week that temperatures will start to drop away once again. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11 tory leadership contender dominic raab says his party will be toast if it doesnt take britain out of the eu by the end of october. 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