hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... the online forum reddit says it believes leaked government documents, detailing uk—us trade talks, and posted on its site are linked to russia. oceans are running out of oxygen — warn scientists — as global temperature rises put many species of fish at risk of extinction. 12 people are swept to their deaths by floods in uganda, as east africa is devastated by heavy rainfall and landslides. fears that a mega bushfire near sydney that's burning out of control could take weeks to put out. a chinese american researcher is freed by iran in a rare prisoner exchange with the us. president trump thanks the iranians for "very fair negotiation". thank you for your company throughout the afternoon. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with mejane dougall and ben croucher. the headlines this evening.... a lighter anthonyjoshua says "weight doesn't matter" as he prepares to re—claim three belts from andy ruinunior, in one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year. everton‘s first game since sacking marco silva went well. caretaker boss duncan ferguson seemed to enjoy their win over chelsea — as did the ball boys. and northampton saints‘ first european defeat of the season is a big one, shipping seven tries at home to leinster. also, it's the semi—finals of the uk snooker championship today... with ding jun—hui hitting all the right spots as he chases a third uk title. it's been billed as "the clash on the dunes". we are just a couple of hours away from the biggest heavyweight fight of the year. anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior will battle it out in saudi arabia in a re—match after the mexican stunned joshua to take three of his world titles injune. the undercard is already well under way at the diriyah arena just outside the capital riyadh. ade adedoyin is there for us. ade — before we get into the boxing, let's talk about the weather, because, despite being in the desert, it's been raining. yeah, we do it only rains an average of 17 days of the year and on the night when the country is hosting its biggest sporting event, it had been raining heavily all day. i wa nted been raining heavily all day. i wanted to speak to you from outside the stadium, but i had to beat a hasty retreat inside. alongside me is former middleweight champion of the world in which he would hold. one positive detector and says that the night when anthonyjoshua beat vladimir, it was also raining outside. also when david hayden beat vladimir, it tipped down that day. it could be a lucky or mean for joshua. it could be a lucky or mean for joshua. once they are in the event, there is a canopy of a living. when they get and they will be fine. he may have to be if you plastic bags oi'i may have to be if you plastic bags on his feet so that he gets no watcher on the soles of his bits, but when he gets in there and he is the bell, forget about the rain. the thing that really surprised us yesterday was the difference in weight. we knew that anthonyjoshua was coming in late, but rui is coming in at 20 stone three, what does that weight differential mean in terms of tactics and how things could play at —— ruiz. in terms of tactics and how things could play at -- ruiz. ruiz will need to have anthonyjoshua in front of him, not moving. hopefully he is thinking that he will trade with him, if he does that that brings ruiz back into the fight again and that has the mistakes that anthony joshua made any post eight. he allowed andy ruiz to close that gap down, —— in the first fight. he has 20 stone and he will want anthony joshua to stand with him in trade, what josh joshua to stand with him in trade, whatjosh has got joshua to stand with him in trade, what josh has got to do at a 16 one and 30p, no sunlight, use hisjab and 30p, no sunlight, use hisjab and straight right hand. concentrate oi'i and straight right hand. concentrate on straight punches and aiding that he maintains the gap and may doing that, he is on the way to end. and on the mental side of things, he is coming up against a guy who put him down four times, physically looks in good shape, but will he have any mental scars cosmic what if ruiz catches him early cosmic law that result in panic let's i do not think it will result in panic. if you gets cut early this same, if he gets caught with a seminal paper shot that he did in the first round, i would expect anthonyjoshua to get through that crisis. and basically, idid not through that crisis. and basically, i did not think he was fit enough la st i did not think he was fit enough last time to get through it. this time, and expecting 100%. 100% fitness and terms anthonyjoshua death years, fitter boxers generally come through crisis is —— in terms of anthonyjoshua's fitness. i did not think it was 100% fit to be honest, but i do think he has less time. if yes, i would expect him to get through it. how big an eight as there is in the context of everything that you have said for anthonyjoshua? —— of a night cosmic he cannot afford to lose less. this isa make he cannot afford to lose less. this is a make or break contest, in my opinion he has got to win it and when it well. if you loses, it would be difficult to see where he would go from here. he is a very wealthy man, remember, and it is difficult to go through higher training camps all the time, but he has got to internet and winning style. and with the tactics, i think it will do that. thank you. you can hear ritchie and other correspondence on bbc five and they will have a blow by blow commentary of the fighter tonight. it could be a very dramatic night. and you can listen to live commentary of the fight on bbc radio 5 live or via bbc sounds plus there will be text commentary on the bbc sport website and app. the main event is due to start around 9pm. a week is a long time in football and what a week it's been for everton. beaten 5—2 in the merseyside derby, they sacked manager marco silva just 2a hours later. former player duncan ferguson stepped up to take charge for today's visit of chelsea to goodison park and it went well! yes, goals from dominic calvert lewin and richarleson gave ferguson, and some of the ball boys plenty of reasons to jump forjoy as they won 3—1. adam wild was watching. at first glance, this did not appear a club in crisis. these were fans ready to welcome a hero at a moment they needed when most. commentator: duncan ferguson! cheering. there were few with a more fearsome reputation and as a manager, the task lies ahead. his tenure merely be temporary, but having saved the club with goals in the past, how he would love to play a part in saving them again. never shy of making an impact, here it was swift. the charlatan heading them in front against chelsea within five minutes —— richarleson. at any break it was dominic calvet lewis in, even those too young to remember his legend swept up in excitement. an excitement cope temporarily when they were pervaded with the remainder that chelsea were still here. any nerves replace based your jubilation. everton‘s modern number nine, give theirfirm a number nine with a moment he may never forget. it is so important for the fans to get three points, you just like that much more because you are responsible for everybody, i'm not looking too far ahead. but i'm not looking too far ahead. but i'm here for everton as long as they wa nt i'm here for everton as long as they want me to do this. there is undoubtedly a day that belong to everton and duncan ferguson. he has called theirs his dream job. there felt every bit the fairy tale. more on that and the rest of the day's result in the premier league. here's rhia chohan. rhia, that ended a run of three straight defeats for everton. they looked like a completely different side today. something got into everton today. they made 37 tackles against chelsea. that's the most they've made in a premier league game all decade. and if we take a look at some of the reaction... journalist patrick boyland sums it up here for the fans... and another tweet here. so that mood has certainly been lifted, for the time being. onto the 3pm kick—offs now, and liverpool have moved 11 points clear at the top of the premier league with a 3—0 win over bournemouth. alex oxlade—chamberlain, who was one of seven changes for the reds, started off the scoring. naby keita made it 2—0 before the break after mo salah set him up with a sublime backheel. and keita was sure to return the favour. he set up salah for liverpool's third goal. it extends their club record unbeaten run to 33 league games this and they've now won 15 of 16 premier league games this season. jurgen klopp was happy about keeping that clean sheet because it's liverpool's first in 11! games. it was, professionally, controlled, scoring wonderful goals. we did not wa nt scoring wonderful goals. we did not want to do of an exciting again, so we had to control the game and it was not really. it felt more and more insecure, lost two players with an injury, does not help. it was not an injury, does not help. it was not a good day for bournemouth and we had to bring it over the line and the boys and the most words in the dressing room at the moment its clean sheets, finally. five goals have put tottenham up to fifth in the table after a convincing victory over burnley. captain harry kane got the first after just seven minutes with a stunning strike outside the box. lucas moura with the second, but then a fantastic individual effort from heung min son. he ran almost the full length of the pitch to score their third. kane got his second and then moussa sissoko scored their fifth. heung—min son has been directly involved in 15 goals in his 15 appearances at the tottenham hotspur stadium in all competitions, more than any other player, so managerjose mourinho should be happy with that performance. but after the game he said today wasn't about the points. i think everything today was a really perfect and we are fine and now we go to munich and, of course, the result is not important because the result is not important because the points, we do not need them, but the points, we do not need them, but the game is important because our prestige, development of some players and the resting process for some others. let's go very difficult week in munich and away is a really ha rd week in munich and away is a really hard week. it was goalless in the only other three o'clock kick—off today between the premier league's lowest—scoring teams watford and crystal palace. it means palace stay seventh, a point outside the europa league places. watford, who are without a home win this season, were being watched by new manager nigel pearson. they're six points from safety, so there's pearson will have a fair bit of work ahead of him. and currently under way at the etihad stadium, the manchester derby. manchester united are 2—0 up, marcus rashford put them ahead from the penalty spot, before antony martial got a second. we'll have all the action from that in an hour. leeds united have returned to the top of the championship table after a 2—0 victory over huddersfield in the west yorkshire derby. ezgjan alioski opened the scoring in the second half before pablo hernandez made the points safe with a headed effort with 12 minutes to go. leeds will stay top for now with west bromwich albion not playing until tomorrow. bristol city are up to fourth after a 2—1win at fulham. hull city came from behind to beat struggling stoke with jarrod bowen scoring twice. jonathan woodgate got the better of old team—mate lee bowyer as middlesbrough beat charlton. sheffield wednesday are into the top six too after a 2—1win over brentford. wins elsewhere for blackburn, cardiff, luton, qpr and birmingham. hearts have appointed daniel stendel as their new manager, with the club 10th in the scottish premiership. the german will take up the post on tuesday. his new side were beaten 1—0 on the field by motherwell, who have now climbed up to 3rd. chris long's first half effort helped them to their third straight win. st mirren are off the bottom after beating hamilton accies. martin boyle's double gave hibs a 3—0 win at home to aberdeen, who slip to fourth. livingston earned their first win since early october by beating kilmarnock 3—0. the old firm derby is a match that seldom needs anything else to make it extra special, but the first piece of silverware is up for grabs in scotland and that mightjust do it. celtic and rangers meet in the scottish league cup final tomorrow at hampden park. for rangers, it would be a first major trophy in eight years. for celtic boss neil lennon, it's the only competition he hasn't yet won in scotland. it is not for me, but for the team and the players are really. if we win it, it takes another box for my career, which would be nice, but the whole focus on the team. the players, putting on a performance. every final difference and the circumstances leading into the game are different, our team selection will be different from what it was on wednesday night, maybe rangers will the same. and it is very difficult to predict how a derby is going to go because it is all in the day. so, advantages, we have had great expense of winning, playing here a lot, hopefully, hopefully that'll stand us good stead going into the final. let's turn our attention to rugby union now where the third round of pool matches are taking place in the european champions cup this weekend. northampton saints' director of rugby chris boyd said his side were given a reality check after they were thrashed 43—16 at home by last season's runners—up leinster. james burridge was at franklin's gardens. this was quite a statement from leinster. seven tries against the premiership league leaders and it all premiership league leaders and it a ll started premiership league leaders and it all started in those early minutes whenjames all started in those early minutes when james lowe all started in those early minutes whenjames lowe capitalised from a mistake from garry ringrose's side. he's got that la try and they never really took their foot off the gas. they scored their bonus point try earlier in the second half and were suffocating in defence and dictated set piece. particularly in the line—up. devin toner and james ryan had a fantastic 80 minutes. one element of can sewing will bejohnny sexton picking up a knee injury. the sides go again next week in dublin. plenty for the director of rugby to be happy about. i spoke to make sure it to go, as well as northampton even 32nd half. northampton had a couple of times where the not now that final pass, so lots of bits for us that final pass, so lots of bits for us to prove a point for next week andi us to prove a point for next week and i think that is important that we have that mindset. going into the week. it is a disappointing one. we knew it was going to be a tesla, which physical —— to be a test match, physical, ido which physical —— to be a test match, physical, i do not think we dealt with that. we never seem to get on the front foot and if you inaccuracies, any good team like that, give them an edge, they will ta ke that, give them an edge, they will take a mile. a tough day at the office, but we have another chance next week. the sensor said that they bea next week. the sensor said that they be a well ring the changes, he will try to keep his team fresh. —— the saints's boss. leinster on this performance looked very, very impressive. ulster preserved their 100% record in pool c, but onlyjust. they came from nine points behind to beat harlequins with adam mcburney‘s converted try and john cooney‘s 79th minute penalty giving them a 25—24 win. glasgow got a vital away win against french side la rochelle as they also came from behind. kyle steyn scoring the winning try. it finished 27—24. the sides meet again at scotstoun next weekend. let's have a quick look at some of the other sports stories making the headlines today... england have recalled james anderson for their upcoming four—test series in south africa. he missed most of the ashes and their tour of new zealand with a calf injury. wicketkeeperjonny bairstow has also been recalled, having been dropped after a poor summer with the bat. freya anderson has won her second gold medal at the european short course swimming championships. she won gold in the 200 metre freestyle. elsewherte, siobhan—marie o'connor won the 200 metre individual medley bronze. seven jockeys will miss the lucrative christmas and new year racing programmes after receiving bans for ignoring a flag—signal to stop a race at sandown because of a stricken horse. the race, the london grand national was declared void. some sad breaking news now and in the last few minutes it's been announced that the former aston villa manager ron saunders has died. he was considered one of the club's greatest ever managers, leading the club to the league title and two league cups. he was 87. lewis hamilton has predicted that the 2020 formula one season will be the closest yet after collecting his sixth world championship trophy at the official prize giving in paris. he'sjust one behind michael schumacher on the all time list and believes his life away from the track has kept him sharp on it. i think more so the outside, just being happier and happier any collaboration with the team, in terms of our team work, the things that, they doors that have opened in terms of the fashion, that has been well received and well accepted and my fans have been amazing in supporting me with it. and being able to do those things and it not be talked about too much in the sense of negative that is a distraction. it's semi finals day in the uk snooker championship at york's barbican centre where ding jun—hui has become the first man through to tomorrow's final. chasing a third uk title, he raced out of the blocks against fellow chinese player yan bingtao — coming through to win by six frames to two. hazel irvine can tell us more. we're make the company of two from a united kingdom champions, stephen hendry and john parrott, who have been assessing the first of a semifinals in this year plasma great event. ding jun—hui against yan bingtao. a master against the apprentice. and in the end, it was a master who came out trumps. he stamped his authority very early in the match. and it raced to an early lead. yan bingtao looked a little bit out of his depth today. but he will have learned a lot and that is the only way you can learn is when you lose. and playing a better player, so he will come back stronger, but ding jun—hui was impressive, he did what he had to do today. how much does the game need dingjun—hui at today. how much does the game need ding jun—hui at the top of his firm again klaus very much though. we have been where has he gone? it looks like from the start of reiki has been playing better and he has got progressively better. the match with the was superb. his an expense from his opponent today, it was a very competent performance —— inexperience from his opponent. he deserves to be in the final. the whole para— deserves to be in the final. the whole pa ra— basin deserves to be in the final. the whole para— basin of snooker moving to the far east and yan bingtao as pa rt to the far east and yan bingtao as part of that inspiration and one of the guys who wants to follow in ding jun—hui's footsteps. how much more are we going to see from him in the coming years? i think he is here to stay, there is no doubt about it. he has got to keep working, keep learning from these matches. he has the talent. no doubt about it. he would like to have scored heavier, i think. his two matches againstjohn higgins and ding jun—hui, were clearly not good enough, but he will line from that. it is a man like a matches sense that final and we will find out who he will be playing in this evening's match between glasgow's stephen maguire and mike allen who was runner—up last year. —— mark allen. you can watch coverage of that second semi final on bbc two from seven o'clock. there's uninteru pted coverage online and via the bbc sport app and connected tvs. one other line on snooker before we go, ronnie o'sullivan has announced he won't play in the masters next month for personal reasons. and an update on the fiddle, 66 minutes and manchester city still trailing manchester united by 2—0. it has been an exciting match so far. 66 minutes gone in that and we will keep you updated. but we will finish where we started — in around 2 hours' time we are expecting anthonyjoshua and andy ruinr to begin their ring walks in saudi arabia for their much—anticipated re—match. so we'll leave you with a reminder of their first meeting at madison square gardens. sumbal syed and reginaldo rosario take us back to the boxing match that shocked the world. goodbye. during the first, madison square gardens, joshua's american coordination, but one man wanted his crime. the first two rounds were cagey and tense. both men feeding each other out —— feeling each other out. joshua stepped up, uppercut, left hook. down he goes. but what he really shook wales louise on his feet, —— ruiz on his feet. out of the blue, a magic left hook. shot from the gods. this was not any book. a change in the script, down he goes again. how will this enter basilashvili the crowd were stunned, the world stood still —— how will this end? this time the bell saved him. his body not responding, head the abyss, goes to the coroner. he says, why am ifeeling like this? 94, five, six, he to recover. but he was in round seven, that the new champ was discovered. a barrage of punches and cage the gumshield. the referee stopped the fight and joshua's fate was sealed. andy ruiz the winner. now we wait, repeat or revenge. hello there, you could say that today was the calm before the stone. things look very energetic over the next few days. we are going to have some wet and windy weather and it will be the strength of the wind that has the biggest impact. a number of weddings out for the met office, you can find those online. this is coming our way —— a number of warnings out from the met office. rain is going to push across all areas and if we look at the earlier picture today, it has been generally dry across england and wales, with any bit of sunshine, particularly along the south coast, but across scotla nd along the south coast, but across scotland it has been wet, heavy rain across the western hills of scotland, 35 millimetres in the last six hours or so. it is turning wetter now than an end in this rain will sweep down across the whole of the country for a well overnight. we will get some rain and the winds are picking up as well with that rain. a wet and windy overnight. gales, gusts of 60 mph and through the western coast of scotland, the irish sea. keeping tabs on the mouth side overnight. heavy blustery showers tomorrow. not too many shows for the eastern side of england, more frequent for the west. merging to give longer spells of rain across northern ireland, western scotland and perhaps the north—west of england. wintry already higher hills. 7 degrees in scotland and northern ireland, still could get starting in the south—east of england and east anglia, but it will be windy and it is picking up here through the day. west to come during the evening and overnight as we get stubborn at heading our way. essentially it is just a squeeze on theice essentially it is just a squeeze on the ice of ours, tightening of the ice of ours, a strengthening of the wind, and also the irish sea —— storm atiyah and it is just a squeeze of the isobars. this ridge of high pressure coming on a monday and the strong words properly down the eastern coast of england and scotland. down the dorothy, is likely here. if you share is very well and then it dies off. the wind gradually easing down. the first signs of the few spots of rain in northern ireland. temperatures of five celsius in the north—east of scotland, double figures towards the south—west of england. there is more wet and windy weather to come as we head into tuesday and tuesday night. the next deep area of low pressure swing in from the atlantic, bringing rain to all areas on tuesday and tuesday night. possibly gales and severe gales and that may lead to some impacts. this is bbc news. the headlines. the online forum reddit says it believes leaked government documents, detailing uk—us trade talks, and posted on its site are linked to russia. the really big question is how did the leaks get there in the first place? how did they end up online, being amplified by what reddit certainly says is part of a known foreign influence operation? oceans are running out of oxygen — warn scientists — as global temperature rises put many species of fish at risk of extinction. a chinese american researcher is freed by iran in a prisoner exchange with the us — but president trump says he won't rest until they release all wrongfully detained us citizens. 12 people are swept to their deaths by floods in uganda,

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