hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with tennis and a moment of history for novak djokovic, who said he's living his childhood dream after equalling margaret court's all—time record of 2a grand slams, by beating daniil medvedev in the final of the us open. djokovic made the most of his experience in a gruelling encounter — outlasting medvedev in a second set that lasted an hour and three quarters before completing a straight sets victory to win a fourth us open, his third grand slam of the year, and equalling court's 50—year record in the process. what probably made the difference was the second set. almost two hours. i don't think i have ever played a longer set in my life, particularly not on this occasion against a top player. i think he was probably a better player in the second set. he deserved to win that

sat more than i did. somehow i managed to turn things around more in the tie—break and when it mattered, i put one ball in to pay more than he did and that was enough. luis rubiales has resigned from his role as the president of the spanish football federation. it comes after weeks of criticism and possible criminal charges against rubiales after he kissed world cup winner jenni hermoso on the lips after her side had won the women's world cup final against england. a prosecutorfiled a complaint with spain's high court against rubailes for sexual assault and coercion. the 46 year old said he had submitted his resignation to federation acting president pedro rocha in a statement. he also resigned from his position as vice—president of uefa's executive committee. he doesn't believe he has done something wrong. he said he has talked to his family. pressure was huge, not only from the state

prosecutor from the moment that jenni hermoso went to the state prosecutor and said, i feel it has been an abuse of power. there was that investigation. fifa has suspended him as well. the government was trying to find any possible way to get rid of them. the federation was thinking this is not right. it was just one possible solution, one possible way out of this, which was to resign, really. meanwhile, mexican club pachuca paid tribute to hermoso in herfirst game since the world cup final on sunday. hermoso received a guard of honour from her team—mates and opponents pumas before receiving a framed jersey with her number ten on it. wales held out against a dramatic late fiji fightback to edge their world cup opener in bordeaux on sunday. warren gatland's side looked like they were crusing to victory in the second half, leading 32—14 at one stage but two fijian tries in the final five minutes set up a frantic

finale, agonising for centre semi radradra, dropping the ball with the try line in his sights to finish the game. wales face portugal in nice on saturday, while fiji play australia in saint—etienne this sunday. i thought the way we prepared and the game plan took time. there were 65 minutes on the clock. we were comfortable. we needed to control that. they gave away some unnecessary penalties and lost composure and allow fiji, but that he may have an individuals they have, they can hurt you. i thought we showed great courage in certain aspects. delighted with the result. the defending champions south africa opened their campaign with a ruthless display against scotland — after a physical first half, two springbok tries in three minutes, from pieter—steph du toit and kurt—lee arendse saw them cruise to an 18—3 win in marseille. the perfect start for them — and they face, romania, off the back of their heavy loss

to ireland on sunday. this was a slippery one, i think, for us. he played a numberfive team in the world ranked and they deserve it. we'll could see what they were doing in the warm up games and how they pushed france. the big teams that one in the lead up. france was a was going to be difficult and we knew it would be a grind. the opening sunday of the nfl season saw the dallas cowboys trounce the new york giants in the headline—grabbing result. the relentless dallas defence returned the giants�* first two possessions for touchdowns and never looked back — eventually crusing to a 40—0 win in newjersey. the cowboys have now won their last five games against the giants and their largest shutout win in franchise history.

tom brady was honoured by the new england patriots during half—time of their opening game against the reigning nfc champion philadelphia eagles — brady famously won six of his seven super bowls with the patriots — but on the field, the eagles would go on to ruin brady's homecoming, hanging on to win 25—20 in foxborough. here are some of sunday's notable results. there was a shock defeat for the cinncinati bengals, held to just three points by the cleveland browns. the miami dolphins outlasted the los angeles chargers 36—34 in a hollywood thriller and the san francisco 49ers started with a dominant 30 points to 7 win over the pittsburgh steelers. you can find the rest of the results on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now.

welcome back. the uk parliament researcher arrested and anti espionage laws says he is completely innocent of claimed he was spying for china. in a statement released through lawyers, the man says he felt. to respond to accusations in the media. the researcher was one of two men arrested in march under the official secrets act. our chief political correspondent has the latest. ~ . . , . political correspondent has the latest. ~ . ., , ., ., political correspondent has the latest. . ., , ., ., ., latest. we have a statement from a man in his 20s. _ latest. we have a statement from a man in his 20s, the _ latest. we have a statement from a man in his 20s, the former - man in his 20s, the former parliamentary researcher, who we land at the weekend was arrested backin land at the weekend was arrested back in march under the official secrets act. when you are arrested and the official secrets act, it is and the official secrets act, it is a pretty serious business. in this case, reporting that he was arrested on allegations of spying for the chinese state. acting as an agent of the chinese state. we have from him

todayis the chinese state. we have from him today is a statement via his lawyers but which still does not name him, saying that he has been the victim of extravagant reporting, mist reporting. he was talking about the media because he was named in one newspaper, the times but this morning. what people will be thinking as it is not media reporting that matters as to the set of allegations, it is the fact they have been made by the metropolitan police. they have not resulted in charges and may never result in charges and may never result in charges but that is about accountability may fall. we will hear more _ accountability may fall. we will hear more in _ accountability may fall. we will hear more in a _ accountability may fall. we will hear more in a couple - accountability may fall. we will hear more in a couple of - accountability may fall. we will| hear more in a couple of hours. initially ., , hear more in a couple of hours. initiall ., , _ initially from sally lindsay hoyle, the speaker _ initially from sally lindsay hoyle, the speaker in _ initially from sally lindsay hoyle, the speaker in the _ initially from sally lindsay hoyle, the speaker in the house - initially from sally lindsay hoyle, the speaker in the house of - initially from sally lindsay hoyle, - the speaker in the house of commons. he will make a statement to mp5. i expect that to touch on security. never mind the uk's relationship with china more generally and what it might say about how the government should interact with the

government should interact with the government of china. there is a separate question when this man who is denying claims against him, was a parliamentary researcher. he had unfettered access to the palace of westminster, to 650 mp5, even more members of the house of lords, all sorts of important and influential people dealing with sensitive things. i think there will have to be some sort of discussion about whether parliamentary security measures need to be changed as a result. after that we will hear from sarah rishi sunak —— rishi sunak. i would be extremely surprised if mps do not ask him questions after that about this case. we do not ask him questions after that about this case.— about this case. we will be back in westminster _ about this case. we will be back in westminster when _ about this case. we will be back in westminster when the _ about this case. we will be back in westminster when the comments | about this case. we will be back in i westminster when the comments are made in what? two hours, approximately. now back to our main

story and the aftermath of the earthquake in morocco. we have these live pictures coming and commit this one in marrakesh outside a hospital. we know more than 2000 people have been killed so far committed as a 100 is the latest number. thousands injured. —— killed so far. the flip side of this is trying to get medical supplies and doctors up to more remote regions, which is taking place but is difficult in rural, remote areas. many roads are blocked, blocked by landslides that blocked, blocked by landslides that blocked by debris, blocked by damage done from the earthquake themselves. these are live pictures in marrakesh now. let's remind you of some of the damage that has been done. we can see buildings collapse, people were trapped in the rubble. we are over

48 hours on, it was friday when it hit. people are still digging through the rubble, trying to look forfamily members, trying to look forfamily members, trying to look for survivors in areas that are accessible. we have seen big, heavy equipment being used by rescue teams to move the rubble around. the problem is in those remote rural areas, you can see roads potentially blocked by that kind of rubble. where heavy machinery cannot get up there, people are being. to use bare hands to move parts of buildings and in many cases they simply are unable to do that. rescue operations are still under way, international aid is on its way as well. we are now getting support in from britain, spain, qatarand the getting support in from britain, spain, qatar and the uae as all of the rescue efforts continue. now we are going to take a pause and get

the weather. share are going to take a pause and get the weather-— the weather. are you ready for something _ the weather. are you ready for something more _ the weather. are you ready for something more akin - the weather. are you ready for something more akin to - the weather. are you ready for. something more akin to autumn the weather. are you ready for - something more akin to autumn to head our way. last week of course we saw record—breaking heat for seven consecutive days somewhere in the uk that saw temperatures above 30 celsius. hopefully to this week and by wednesday we will be much shy of that. temperatures i4 by wednesday we will be much shy of that. temperatures 14 to 21 across the country. bringing about that change, the weather fronts the country. bringing about that change, the weatherfronts pushing their way south and east. sweeping away the humid and introducing pressure conditions. the weather fronts today fairly erratic across parts of scotland, northern ireland, north wales. some barely showery outburst of rain. maybe longer spells of rain. some brighter spells developing in the south and east. one or two heavy and thundery showers in the midlands and east

anglia. 26, 27, still humid. only 15 to 18 in the north and west of the country. well down on what you got used to last week. the weather fronts continue to head south overnight. an isolated shower in the south—east. clearer skies across much of scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. that will bring a big change to the way things feel tomorrow. and much cooler start. things feel tomorrow. and much coolerstart. in things feel tomorrow. and much cooler start. in sheltered glands, three degrees. lots of sunshine and an isolated shower or two. lots of cloud in the midlands and south west stop still fairly humid in the south—east corner. temperatures dropping away compared to what we saw last week. more of you seen temperatures in the mid to high teens. the last dregs of the humid weather clears through tuesday night into wednesday. a ridge of high pressure builds in. a fresh start for many. a sunny start for the vast majority. early mist and fog patches

developing. fairweather cloud building later and eventually wet and windy weather in the west of scotland and northern ireland as we head into wednesday night. temperatures close to where they should be in september, 14 to 21. the rest of the week temperatures similar to the sunny spells. at the end of the week in the north quit fairly windy at times. take care.

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rescuers in morocco continue to dig for survivors, more than 48 hours after a powerful earthquake. nearly 2,500 people are confirmed dead. terror suspect daniel khalife is remanded in custody — he's charged with escaping from a london prison. china says claims a uk parliamentary researcher spied on its behalf are "completely fabricated". the man is charged under the official secrets act, but he says he is innocent. president biden leaves hanoi, after signing a historic deal with his vietnamese counterpart — strengthening ties between former foes. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. in the next in the next few in the next few hours, in the next few hours, will in the next few hours, will be in the next few hours, will be bringing you fast moving news, interviews and reactions. rescue teams in morocco are battling to reach people