with a game to spare — if they can beat poland. you can see that poland are beating them. that a goal hasjust you can see that poland are beating them. that a goal has just gone and in the last few minutes. a czech win would also put albania through after they drew 1—1 with moldova. the checks are losing. ——the czechs are losing. kazakhstan beating san marino 3—1 to keep themsleves alive in that group. denmark or slovenia can qualify this evening with a win but they are drawing against each other in copenhagen. nojude bellingham in that england squad because of a shoulder problem but the real madrid star has been named 2023's golden boy — an accolade given to the best under—21 player in europe's top divisions. bellingham moved from borussia dortmund to real in the summer and has scored 13 goals in m appearances. everton say they're "shocked and disappointed" after being deducted ten points for breaching financial fair play rules. it's the biggest sporting sanction in premier league history — and sees the club drop into the relegation zone. they were found to have overspent by 20 millions pounds across a three year period. the club say they will appeal. this is a sporting sanction that directly impact supporters. the club and our players and staff and our fans will stick together in the face of what the club believes to be an unprecedented and disproportionately sanctioned. as we enter the next phase of this legal process, there is no further comment we can or will make, but rest assured we will be standing up for ever tony ends and are a great club. ——our great club. there'll be a repeat of the wimbledon final at the atp tour finals — with novak djokovic taking on carlos alcaraz in the semi—finals alcaraz progressed by beating daniil medvedev in straight sets in turin — to win the group. medvedev had already reached the last four and he'll face jannik sinner, who topped his group ahead of djokovic after all the hype of formula one's return to las vegas, there's been a shambolic start to the race weekend the first practice session lasted just nine minutes — after carlos sainz�*s ferrari hit a loose manhole cover, badly damaging his car. esteban ocon also damaged his alpine at the same spot. after fixing the track, the second session started two and a half hours late in front of almost empty stands charles leclerc set the fastest time — half a second quicker than his teamate sainz. it's not ideal. the showpiece event, the penultimate event of the calendar, the crowd were in and we can'tjust nine minutes of running in the first session is red flagged within indefinite delay and then to top it off, the fans are actually sent home. it's not great for formula 1. but in the grand scheme of things, this is friday practice. there are teething problems with new circuits and this has happened before. we have had it happen in monaco. if it is a good grand prix on sunday and we are all entertained, i think we will move on from it. and finally, sir alex ferguson, has had a lifetime of celebrating on the touchline but earlier today he enjoyed the �*best moment�* of his racing life. it was provided by 14—1 spirit dancer, a horse he part owns with ged mason, who romped to victory in the bahrain international trophy. the six year landing the owners 500,000 pounds for his owners.. and that's all the sport for now. well done to sir alex. thank you very much indeed. to some breaking news from the us, former first lady rosalynn carter has entered hospice care at home. she is 96 years old. ms carter is the wife of former presidentjimmy carter. the pair served one—term in office from 1977—1981. in the years that followed, both remained active in humanitarian work. a statement released by grandson james carter confirmed the news and that "she and president carter are spending time with each other and their family". president carter was placed on hospice care in february this year. the pair of them celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary injuly. they are the longest made couple in the history of us presidents. maybe people talk about that a little later in the programme. to ukraine. since russia's expanded invasion in february last year, ukraine has banned men of fighting age from leaving, unless they have a valid exemption. and yet despite that order, nearly 20,000 men have fled the country to avoid being draughted. a further 21,000 have tried to leave but were caught by the ukrainian authorities — according to a bbc eye investigation. zhanna bez—piat—chuk has more on how some men are managing to escape with the help of corrupt officials. stopped by border police, the men are ordered onto their knees. for ukrainians without a military exemption, crossing the border illegally is the most popular way of escaping the draft. some get caught, but for much of this war, dozens of men have managed to flee this way every day. using freedom of information requests, bbc eye has established that the most common route out is over ukraine's border with moldova. in a refugee centre in moldova, we meet erik, a musician who is hoping to go to the us to be reunited with his family. he's arrived from ukraine on foot. translation: ijust looked at the map. i i heard rumors about where to go, took risk and it worked out. erik says he has a serious health condition but wasn't granted a medical exemption, commonly known as a white ticket. translation: i tried to process the documents for six months, l but no—one allowed me to do it. my patience ran out and i decided to leave this way. we heard that some men are paying substantial bribes to obtain a white ticket. to find out more, we ask the local journalists to pretend to be a man who wants to leave ukraine. a quick search reveals at least six groups offering help on the messaging app telegram. 0ur undercover journalist contacts one of them and is soon offered a white ticket. officials at these centres work closely with military doctors to decide who can get a medical exemption. they sent me an example of this white ticket. for me, this document looks real. probably they know somebody at that office. so this is corruption. the bbc showed its findings to a senior politician from the ruling party. translation: we're doing our best to reduce the number— of corruption cases. those who try to avoid mobilisation are about 1—5%. they are definitely not critical to the defense of ukraine. ukraine doesn't release official figures on the size of its army, but says it has over 800,000 troops. as this conflict turns into a war of attrition, ukraine will need all the soldiers it can get. meanwhile on the ukrainian border with poland tensions are rising again, two months after warsaw banned ukraine from exporting its grain through their country. for over a week, polish truckers have been blocking three border crossings with ukraine, angry at the amount of business that's been lost to ukrainian haulage firms. protesters are blocking all freight traffic with the exception of humanitarian aid and military supplies. let's get some reaction to those stories. but that's tonight is the ukrainian mp, inna sovsun. are those people sent to the front line? ., , , , ., , line? no, because they will not be motivated to _ line? no, because they will not be motivated to fight, _ line? no, because they will not be motivated to fight, myself, - line? no, because they will not be motivated to fight, myself, my - motivated to fight, myself, my partner on the front nine at the most time came i don't want him fighting next to someone who is not motivated enough because that will undermine the morality and create risks for the people around him. so i would say that this is... well, it's a difficult situation. i understand that there are people like this, it's less than 1% of the total population of men. it is unfortunate. i think it happens in many other countries, but this is the reality. people get tired, people get scared. it's not a pleasant situation to be living in. one story i will wrap this up with is my female friend, one of my closest friends, two days ago mobilised into the army. she was not forced to do so, but she chose to do that by herself, just like thousands of other women do in the present salads he has talked about it. he said back in august that it had resulted in a tenfold increase. —— president zelensky, an exemption since february of 2022. do you think since february of 2022. do you think since he talked about at the situation has been resolved? are they cracking down on it? it’s they cracking down on it? it's difficult to — they cracking down on it? it�*s difficult to get any real data, of course, because corruption is very hard to calculate but i will say this, at this point in time, any scandal like this immediately gets into the media, and i think people are getting much more cautious about getting involved in anything like this because of so much public attention. this because of so much public attention-— attention. what does it do to morale. you _ attention. what does it do to morale. you are _ attention. what does it do to morale. you are doing - attention. what does it do to morale. you are doing your | attention. what does it do to - morale. you are doing your part, your patriotic duty, and there are those who are not. what does that do to morale? ~ �* , those who are not. what does that do to morale? ~ �*, ., ., _ , to morale? well, it's not easy, but i think to morale? well, it's not easy, but i think letting _ to morale? well, it's not easy, but i think letting during _ to morale? well, it's not easy, but i think letting during wartime - to morale? well, it's not easy, but i think letting during wartime is - i think letting during wartime is not easy by itself. and i think, again, and any other country, there would be people like this. fire again, and any other country, there would be people like this. are there repercussions _ would be people like this. are there repercussions for _ would be people like this. are there repercussions for families _ would be people like this. are there repercussions for families that - repercussions for families that people know that their sons have dodged the draught? ha. i wouldn't dodged the draught? no. i wouldn't sa dodged the draught? i157. i wouldn't say so. now, 0k. dodged the draught? no. i wouldn't say so. now, ok. i— dodged the draught? no. i wouldn't say so. now, 0k. iwould _ dodged the draught? no. i wouldn't say so. now, ok. i would say - dodged the draught? no. i wouldn't say so. now, ok. i would say that l say so. now, ok. i would say that it's important... _ say so. now, ok. i would say that it's important... go _ say so. now, ok. i would say that it's important... go on. _ say so. now, ok. i would say that it's important... go on. i- say so. now, ok. i would say that. it's important... go on. i would say it's important... go on. i would say it's more on _ it's important... go on. i would say it's more on the _ it's important... go on. i would say it's more on the level _ it's important... go on. i would say it's more on the level of _ it's important... go on. i would say it's more on the level of the - it's more on the level of the public debate and how people react to that in the general reaction to stories like this is of course very negative with about 1 like this is of course very negative with about1 million people in the army, you can imagine all of them have families, have friends, so if you know someone who is on the front line, hearing stories about someone who tries to avoid the draught, and avoid being draughted into the army, of course that raises concerns and people are just not satisfied, but it doesn't mean any legal consequences for the families of those people. of course not. let’s those people. of course not. let's talk about the _ those people. of course not. let's talk about the issue _ those people. of course not. let's talk about the issue at _ those people. of course not. let's talk about the issue at the - those people. of course not. let's talk about the issue at the border, the european commission said today that the polish government must take action to end the blockade. what effect is that is having on the already fragile ukrainian economy? well, of course, we did not choose, you know, to do all our exports through poland. we were forced to do so because the logistical routes for ukraine are not available right now. on the one hand we understand the frustration of the polish truckers, on the other hand, again, we did not choose to leave like this and to organise our economic activity like this. is organise our economic activity like this. , , ., organise our economic activity like this. , ., , ., this. is it slowing military aid? no. this. is it slowing military aid? no- military — this. is it slowing military aid? no. military aid _ this. is it slowing military aid? no. military aid has _ this. is it slowing military aid? no. military aid has separate l no. military aid has separate craters. so that is good, and it is still going in, the same with humanitarian aid. there are some delays, but they do have special corridor so it does not affect that at all. g , ., ., corridor so it does not affect that at all. g , . ., ., corridor so it does not affect that atall. , . ., ., , at all. just a final word, because i'm interested, _ at all. just a final word, because i'm interested, the _ at all. just a final word, because i'm interested, the new - at all. just a final word, because i'm interested, the new foreign| i'm interested, the new foreign secretary was in kyiv yesterday. did you see him? and how important was that visit for people there? i you see him? and how important was that visit for people there?— that visit for people there? i have not seen him. _ that visit for people there? i have not seen him. i— that visit for people there? i have not seen him. i think _ that visit for people there? i have not seen him. i think it's - that visit for people there? i have not seen him. i think it's a - that visit for people there? i have not seen him. i think it's a very i not seen him. i think it's a very strong message that the first train he took was here to ukraine. i think it shows that the uk is a a committed friend of ukraine that share the same values and also at the same interests. and i think that this was a very strong message that there were many talks, you know, that we were not privy to, but the message itself is very clear. the uk remains the strongest supporter of ukraine on the global scene and the strongest voice, which is particularly important now given the complicated geopolitical situation overall. . , ., complicated geopolitical situation overall. ,, ., , , ., overall. sending you our best and thank ou overall. sending you our best and thank you for— overall. sending you our best and thank you for coming _ overall. sending you our best and thank you for coming on - overall. sending you our best and thank you for coming on the - thank you for coming on the programme again.— thank you for coming on the programme again. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. a dedication to babies whose resting place is unknown. made a reality by 79—year—old gina jacobs. to have this memorial to our babies, it is like at last they have the dignity and respect that they never had back in the day when they were born sleeping. yvonne and derek's baby boy darrell died shortly after his birth in 1975. they were never told where he was buried. i've always had this inside me that i wanted to know where he was, to the extent that it has haunted me. remarkably, the couple came in to the cemetery today to find out exactly where their baby boy was. not only were they able to do that, they also found the newly installed memorial stone and remembered ceremony under way. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, is in germany today on a state visit — meeting with chancellor olaf scholz in berlin, as well as the german president. right now the two sides could hardly be further apart on a key foreign policy issue — the israel—gaza conflict. germany — a staunch supporter of israel — while president erdogan has got into a public spat with prime minister netenyahu, labelling israel a "terrorist state". he described hamas — which is cited as a terrorist organisation in germany — as "resistance fighters" who are trying to protect their lands and their people. as a result, some german politicians had called for the trip to be cancelled. so not the best atmosphere in which to hold a summit. our correspondent damien mcguinness in berlin has been watching the visit. interesting in the statements given by president erdogan and german chancellor olav scholz just now in the run up to a meeting and a dinner — which they are right now having together in the chancellery — was that president erdogan made almost a virtue of the differences that those two countries have. so, what we saw in this news conference, which lasted about half an hour, and the two leaders talked to journalists, they took one question from a turkish journalist, one question from a german journalist. and both of them were very clear about the fact that this is a difficult relationship in terms of the different view of the conflict in the middle east, but also that this is a pragmatic relationship where both sides need each other. and i think that's what we're really seeing. that's the tenor of the debate. president erdogan really withheld some of his more controversial rhetoric or fiery rhetoric, and he was a lot more moderate in tone. and what was interesting in what he just said was that he called on germany to help to implement a ceasefire in gaza. he said with germany on one side, ie on the side of israel and turkey on the other, ie on the side of the palestinians, they could together act as mediators. it was almost like an offer to germany, saying that a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause, he used both words, was the way forward and it was the only solution. he said that he felt that the palestinians were not getting enough focus and that the suffering of the palestinians was not getting enough attention. whereas german chancellor olaf scholz said that israel had a right to defend itself. so we did see the two different positions. but both leaders were moderate, were pragmatic and were careful not to create too many negative headlines. because what the reality is both countries need each other when it comes to the economy, when it comes to stemming migration, when it comes to this deep economic and cultural and family links that both countries have. galip dalay, is an associate fellow at the chatham house middle east and north africa programme. good to see you again. that point on migration, turkey has a major role to play in stemming the flow of migrants into europe, so that turkish president always has some leverage over his european allies. to think he might be tempted to use it to for some change on the east policy? it to for some change on the east oli ? ~ ., �* ~' policy? well, i don't think right now the migration _ policy? well, i don't think right now the migration is _ policy? well, i don't think right now the migration is an - policy? well, i don't think right i now the migration is an important topic, but it's not a pressing topic for either side at this stage, so i'm not sure whether this can play a significant role to change either side's policy of the middle east because on the middle east, particularly on the conflict, both sides had very strong positions whereas germany has been almost has been very much the palestinian side and the plight of the palestinian side, and both policy seems to be, even though there is room for pragmatism from i don't think it alone will change either side policy because at this stage at the domestic level, they are very much invested in the subject.— invested in the sub'ect. there is another possible _ invested in the subject. there is another possible area _ invested in the subject. there is another possible area of - invested in the subject. there is l another possible area of tension, turkey's plans to buy a0 of the zero fighter type ofjets which are of course manufactured in four countries, germany, the uk, spain and italy. germany seems to be the only one of the quartet that is standing in the way of the sale. why? standing in the way of the sale. wh ? ., ' . ., standing in the way of the sale. wh? ., ., why? the official narrative has been ve much why? the official narrative has been very much focused _ why? the official narrative has been very much focused on _ why? the official narrative has been very much focused on the _ why? the official narrative has been very much focused on the human . very much focused on the human rights question or the questions surrounding this file that has always been a topic when it comes to the purchase of fancy equipment. but at this stage, despite the german resistance, we want to see progress on the subject because turkey is already lower with the us over that turkish purchase of the f—16 committee that seems to be dragging its but there. the us already... because of turkish pressure is. so the question for the western alliance is very critical. will it be parked in parts of the western defence system or should turkey look for alternatives? defence system or should turkey look foralternatives? i defence system or should turkey look for alternatives? i think the euro fighterjets offers a middle way to as turkey will not buy the jets from the us if turkey doesn't buy the jets from the us, it still buys from nato countries there turkey's defence industry is integrated into the nato system because not selling those was to turkey will motivate turkey tomorrow to look for alternatives and this alternative might not be very palatable from the western point of view and therefore... western point of view and therefore. . ._ western point of view and therefore... , . , , ., therefore... they have stuff from russia, therefore... they have stuff from russia. they _ therefore... they have stuff from russia, they do _ therefore... they have stuff from russia, they do serve _ therefore... they have stuff from russia, they do serve some - therefore... they have stuff from russia, they do serve some of. therefore... they have stuff from i russia, they do serve some of their material material. this russia, they do serve some of their material material.— material material. this is the ma'or -ressure material material. this is the ma'or pressure point d material material. this is the ma'or pressure point between i material material. this is the ma'or pressure point between turkey h material material. this is the major pressure point between turkey and| material material. this is the major i pressure point between turkey and us for the f 35 and f—16.ju5t pressure point between turkey and us for the f 35 and f-16._ for the f 35 and f-16. just very ruickl , for the f 35 and f-16. just very quickly. we — for the f 35 and f-16. just very quickly, i've not— for the f 35 and f-16. just very quickly, i've not got _ for the f 35 and f-16. just very quickly, i've not got long, - for the f 35 and f-16. just very quickly, i've not got long, but| for the f 35 and f-16. just very i quickly, i've not got long, but the idea that damien was talking about that the two of them could serve as mediators in the middle east conflict, would they be well suited to do that? i conflict, would they be well suited to do that? ., ., , to do that? i think turkey previously _ to do that? i think turkey previously played - to do that? i think turkey previously played a - to do that? i think turkey previously played a role l to do that? i think turkey - previously played a role when to do that? i think turkey _ previously played a role when hamas held the hostages and turkey is very much well—placed to play a similar role from the palestinian point of view and germany has very close relations with israel, so if the two countries joined forces for a cease—fire and engaging in hostage freeing, they have enough capital with certain sites, but that this stage, i think it is the us that has to step in by... they have the leverage. to step in by... they have the leverage-— to step in by... they have the leverare. . ~' ,, , . leverage. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. _ leverage. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. let's _ leverage. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. let's talk - leverage. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. let's talk quickly i indeed for that. let's talk quickly about this before we go to the break. what happens when one of the greatest film directors of our time, sir ridley scott, makes a film about one of history's most famous military leaders, napoleon bonaparte? the british director has been speaking to our culture editor, katie razzall — ahead of the release of napoleon next week. i'm blessed with a good eye, i think. that's my strongest asset. wait. and that asset is on show in sir ridley scott's napoleon, played byjoaquin phoenix, a visual spectacular about the french soldier turned ruthless emperor who battled his way across europe and beyond. i'm not built like other men. there have been 10,a00 books written about napoleon bonaparte, you know? he is so fascinating, revered, hated, loved, and more famous probably than any man or leader or politician in history, so how can you not want to go there? follow in the footsteps of alexander the great... the film is under fire from some historians for inaccuracies. napoleon bonaparte didn't fire a cannon at the pyramids, for example. you really want me to answer that? i do. i'll answer it. it'll have a bleep in it. get a life, is his response — in coarser language. any historian, the first thing is, you can't tell me there is not 98% conjecture. give me a break. why are you staring at me? am i? uk reviews have been good but french critics have trashed scott's napoleon. one bonaparte biographer even called it anti—french. the french don't even like themselves. i don't care. what's interesting is, the audience i showed it to in paris, they loved it. scott made an early name for himself in hollywood with alien, after huge success as an ad director. thelma and louise was another triumph, and with 28 films now under his belt, scott tells me he has a rule for how long a movie should be. you can bore the ass off people if you're running for three hours, three and a half hours. there's a moment that i called the bum ache factor. you start, "oh god. oh, my god, another hour. are you kidding me?" my name is maximus decimus meridius... i scott's gladiator won best picture at the oscars, but the coveted best directing academy award has so far eluded him. is it because they don't like big blockbusters, and you make blockbusters? i've never thought. i don't really care. and more than 20 years after gladiator he is now making a sequel in malta. and has also written and cast another film that's still a secret for now. you are 85. a lot of 85—year—olds might be slowing down, but you're not. no. how are you planning on spending the rest of your years? are you just going to keep working? yeah. i mean, i go from here to malta. i shoot in malta, finish there, and i've already recce'd what i'm doing next. what is the film you're most proud of... i like them all. and what would you say to your younger self? no advice. i did pretty good. i got there. katie razzall, bbc news. yeah, he did do pretty good, didn't he? looking forward to that found which is out next week. going to a short break, our panel will be here on the other side of that, plenty more to get into, do stay with us. hello again. well, it's been a lovely sunny day across the vast majority of the country with blue skies, some wonderful autumn colours at the moment, but our weather won't be looking like this as we head into the weekend — no, because we leave behind this slice of sunshine and we have to look out into the atlantic to this area of cloud. this is an area of low pressure that's going to be bringing us some wet and some windy weather, both on saturday and on sunday, as well. the winds coming in from a south—westerly direction and they will ultimately be bringing in some much milder weather conditions. back to tonight's forecast, first of all, and we've got that rain beginning to arrive, pushing its way steadily north and eastwards with the wind strengthening, particularly into coastal areas of western scotland where, by the end of the night, we will probably see some gusts of around a5—55mph. but it is one of those nights where temperatures will be rising through the night across the south—west, so by dawn, we're looking at temperatures of around 1a degrees. and in terms of the rainfall on saturday, we're all going to get some, but it's across south—west england where there are one 01’ two concerns. 15—30 millimetres of rain — in the grand scheme of autumn lows that's not a huge amount, but across this part of the uk, we've already seen well over the november average rainfall so far, so this extra rain could cause one or two problems with surface water flooding. the rain band does push its way through, a lot of cloud following. then come the showers, with blustery winds everywhere, but particularly so for a time across the western coasts of scotland. it will be a mild day, milder than it was on friday, with temperatures for most between around 12—16 degrees. on into sunday's forecast, and low pressure is moving across into northern scotland — not particularly windy here. the strongest winds will be heading into the south—west of england, where we could see some gusts of a0s, maybe even 50s in miles—an—hour. the wettest weather for northern ireland, northern england and north wales, with rain looking like it's going to be quite persistent here. it will be another mild day, temperatures around 12—1a degrees for most. that area of low pressure starts to slip away into monday. we'll get these north—westerly winds feeding in, so it's going to start to feel a little bit cooler and the rain will tend to turn a bit more showery in nature. then a slightly quieter spell of weather towards the middle part of the week. we then start to see the weather turning colder and, for some, might start to see some snow showers over the mountains of northern scotland by the end of the week. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. grief is one form of suffering in gaza. this is another. hundreds gather outside one of the few flour mills still running. and we should never have gotten to where we are right now, where we're almost begging for fuel. absolutely unacceptable and, in fact, unbelievable. so there should be an urgent shipment of fuel. we can't go back. to failed strategies. there has to be a different regime i and a different future for israelisl and palestinians alike. that's what will give l hope to palestinians. we will liberate them from hamas, i liberate them from this tyranny. i a communications blackout in the gaza strip. the un agency supporting palestinians in gaza said all aid operations will be suspended until adequate fuel is transferred, which hopefully might be soon. there are reports from rafah that 17,000 litres were able to cross this evening.