Certainly be the better day of the weekend. Dry wIth some sunshine. Still a bIt disappointingly cool wIth more rain to come to close out september on sunday. Thanks, louise. And thats Bbc News at six. Now Its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster, heres whats im olly foster, heres whats coming up for you on sportsday. Goal coming up for you on sportsday. Goal in 60 seconds rangers have made a in 60 seconds rangers have made a stunning start to the euro paris stunning start to the euro Paris Dust Europa League campaign. Dust Europa League campaign. BrIttania fight back in barcelona, BrIttania Fight back in barcelona, Its all level after the first day Its all level after the first day of racing in the Louis VuItton of racing in the Louis VuItton final. And brItish basketball final. And brItish basketball prepares for a new Era And Plenty prepares for a new Era And Plenty of new stars. Of ne
He says russia has timed the expulsions to send a message to the uk. Absolutely no doubt, the timing is too coincidental. This is russian punishment for the uk being seen as a cheerleader for supplying weapons to ukraine. And the reasons they gave in their statement are completely trumped up. We are told the russian Spy Agency has documents from a department in the Foreign Office which say that the task of the embassy is ensuring russias strategic defeat against ukraine. Well, surprise, surprise, thats been british declared policy for 2. 5 years. So this is a trumped up story to create pressure on the british government. Our reporter Olga Malchevska has been following the story and checking the sources in russian. How sources in russian. Is the kremlin explaining these how is the kremlin explaining these expulsions to the russian people . These expulsions to the russian eole . These expulsions to the russian Eo Le . ,. , these expulsions to the russian eole . ,. ,. , people . The russi
Footage claiming to show them leaving the country. The Foreign Office here in london has yet to comment. For the very latest on this developing story, i spoke to our eastern European Correspondent sarah rainsford. I think the timing of this is key, its not accidental that this has been released, that this has been released, that this is happening precisely as those discussions are taking place in washington about whether or not ukraine can use western long range missiles to strike inside russia. They are absolutely connected. Its interesting looking of a statement from the fsb, the russian security agency, when they are talking about X Bellingham essentially six members of the british embassy, accusing them of espionage and subversive activity. It is interesting, they also go on to talk about britain being responsible for escalating what they describe as the military political situation right now, they say britain is coordinating all of this and claiming that there is a department of t
Showers off. After a really cold start, most of you should have a dry day with sunshine. The exception is Northern Ireland, where we will see a band of rain moving into the afternoon, so it will be Turning Wetter year. Into the weekend, we are eventually going to see the when switching to a south westerly direction. It will be bringing wet and windy Weather Conditions to the North East of the Uk North west of the uk, it should stay dry to the east. Temperatures will climb quite a bit and be much closer to average for the time of year. If you are fed up for the time of year. If you are fed up with the unsettled weather, next week it looks dry, sunny and quite warm. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im Olly foster. A strong start against the finnish, great britain make a winning start in their Davis Cup Group. Looking to the future, theres a fresh feel to the England And Australia sides as they start their T20 Series in southampton tonight. And Lee Carsley is also looking ahead, after a pe