it's matchday one of the group stages and newcastle united have waited 20 years to return to the top table, they travelled to the home of seven time champions ac milan. not a huge amount to say there, an entertaining 0—0 draw. the hosts with 19 shots but it finished 0—0 so a precious point for the premier league club. elsewhere — we're around half an hour into the bulk of the matches. barcelona is probably the best want to tell you, right at the bottom. no goals in group b or group b. they are 3—0 up and cruising against the belgian side royal antwerp. lewandowski also among the goals. shakhtar donetsk losing 3—1 at home. puerto leading away home. tasty thai

paris between bsg puerto leading away home. tasty thai paris between b56 and borussia dortmund. nothing happening, still no mail. it was in early kick—off in a group g. we'rejumping around a bit but young boys 3—1. good away there for the bundesliga side. good away there for the bundesliga side. manchester united are in germany playing bayern munich. we've heard from harry kane today, who has settled into the bundesliga nicely with four goals in his team's opening four games. he was asked about his england teammate — manchester united's harry maguire, who is out of tomorrow night's game with injury and has struggled for game time at his club so far this season. just you know come under some really unnecessary scrutiny for that probably been scapegoated a little bit. the way the team have gone over in recent times. i know he's a really good friend micah a great

guy, really hard working professional. from an angle import if one of our best offenders in recent times. i go as far as to say one of our best offenders in the history of our country. some of the spain players who had said they are boycotting the national team have turned up for international duty with more expected to attend after threats of legal action against them should they refuse to do so. five of the world cup winners who had threatened to strike joined up having previously said they wouldn't respond to being called up by new manager montse tome over changes they want made in the spanish football federation. jenni hermoso, the player at the centre of the dispute after former rfef president luis rubiales kissed her on her lips following spain's win in the world cup final wasn't included in the squad, a decision tome said was to "protect" the player. but in a statement on social media hermoso said... "protect me from what? and from whom? we have been searching for weeks, months, even for protection

from the federation that never came. the people who ask us to trust them are the same ones who today disclose the list of players who have asked not to be called up." six—time major golf champion phil mickelson says a gambling addiction "caused a lot of harm" to relationships with friends and family but that he is now in recovery. in a statement on social media, mickelson said his gambling had "crossed the line of moderation and into addiction". he warned gamblers not to "confuse your enablers as friends like i did". the liv golf player denied claims that he had bet on the 2012 ryder cup saying he would "never undermine the integrity of the game". and that's all the sport for now. take a look at these pictures. after years in captivity in iranian jails, this was the five americans freed yesterday, arriving back on us soil. waiting for them on the army airfield at fort belvoir in virginia were the family, who have waited so long for this moment.

as we reported yesterday freed in a complex and controversial prisoner swap. in which the iranian government was paid 6 billion euros. money that had been raised from the sale of iranian oil. one of those freed was the 51—year—old businessman siamak namazi, who spent nearly eight years in tehran�*s notorious evin prison. joining us tonight is the international human rights lawyerjared genser, who has been fighting for mr namazi release. welcome to the program. thank you for being with us. you must of thought after the years after so many ups and downs at this moment when income. what was it like to see him stepping from the steps? i’d him stepping from the steps? i�*c worked with the family for seven and half years. to see the images of him coming down the steps were incredibly moving. he called me from tehran and told me they're about to take off and when he landed about a minute later after he came down the

steps he called me and said, jared, i am free. it was a most glorious words for me to hear as you can imagine. the family's nightmare was coming to an end. it's important to recall that it was itjust siamak namazi, his father had also been detained as a hostage three years in prison himself, almost died in prison, was quite elderly with medical problems. when they lead into washington at three in the morning and they came down the steps the family was reunited for the first time as a complete family, the first time as a complete family, the first time as a complete family, the first time in nine or ten years. extraordinary moment. tell us about the last few months and this complex deal that had been brokered in the background. were you party to that or when did you become aware of it? i was never a party to it, these negotiators stick to our state to state. it was through qatar. myjob as a human rights is to do everything possible to put pressure on both sides to come to the table

and ultimately cut a deal. that's what we've been doing for years and years and years. to get a sense of the enormity of the enterprise the son and brother of those imprisoned, he took almost 18 trips abroad. 15 to washington, each time 1a or 15 meetings. every year after year doing this kind of work. it's been very difficult. i've known for a number of months that this was in the works for that we've been close before. if i had the pay for any deal became close and have a pound or some back. the reality is it's been a long hard slog and i'm glad the family can return to their lives they have a long road ahead. i also think this is an important moment to reflect on the global pattern of hostage and try work as an international community to handle this problem in a much different way that we have before. it’s this problem in a much different way that we have before.— that we have before. it's an important _ that we have before. it's an important point _ that we have before. it's an important point that - that we have before. it's an important point that you i that we have before. it's an i important point that you raise. watching those pictures, this is... we tend to think sometimes with

these hostages theyjust arrived with their freedoms but it's worse than that. can you tell me about some of the treatment that siamak namazi has suffered over the years? i think we can now talk about that safely in public. siamak namazi his detention was in the iranian revolutionary hard—line military revolutionary ha rd—line military unit revolutionary hard—line military unit of evan prison, he was in a cell that had a concrete floor, a bucket to go the bathroom and, a tiny cell he was taken out every day was repeatedly interrogated on a daily basis for them he was beaten, taste, electrodes attached to his genitals. all this happened intensely and literally every day for two full years. the worst part of the torture was something that wasn't even physical. this was after his father had gotten grabbed when he returned to iran tried to visit in jail. he returned to iran tried to visit injail. he was he returned to iran tried to visit in jail. he was shown the images of his father being arrested at the airport. ken understood post on the images were real. a couple of weeks later his guard came in and told him

bad news, yourfatherjust died of a heart attack. i'm very sorry but we decided to lucky to be able to go to his funeral. they left him like that for a full week. once it only begin to imagine how that was for him in solitary confinement, living with that reality. also feeling guilty because the fact that his father had even been in prison and allegedly died because he tried to come back and visit us on his jail. a week later they told him they were just joking about it. this gives you a sense of the kind of animals we're talking about. sense of the kind of animals we're talking about-— talking about. that is truly extraordinary. _ talking about. that is truly extraordinary. just - talking about. that is truly extraordinary. just left - talking about. that is truly| extraordinary. just left him talking about. that is truly - extraordinary. just left him there to sweat on it for a week, not knowing whether his father was dead or not or thinking his father was dead. extraordinary. can we talk about the politics and the policies? you'll know how much criticism has been made ofjoe biden for essentially breaking united states terms and sanctioned rules here. does it concern you that may be

someone else is nowjust going to fill siamak namazi's place? it seems the arabian sea that this is the only way they can get around sections that they are under. yes. of course any _ sections that they are under. yes. of course any reasonable - sections that they are under. jazz of course any reasonable and rational person would get be concerned. i don't think anybody would like the contours of the deal. the things that confuse me, on the human rights lawyer and not a political party is to be clear. human rights lawyers, people are talking about this will encourage more hostagetaking. it is a critical assumption built into that statement that to me isn't necessarily valid, it assumes we're going to do nothing now to change the way the deal with hostagetaking. of course we do nothing then the next will be taken and there will be billions of dollars in payments. why should we start with a defeatist attitude that we can't do anything about this? what needs to be done and done dramatically differently than before is to create draconian disincentives for hostagetaking the first place. disrupt the financial proposition that says if you take a hostage anywhere in the world, that no

country in the world ever opposes any serious consequence for it. and while every country in the world complains in says vernacular cut a deal at the end every country cuts a deal. . , ., deal at the end every country cuts a deal. ., i. ,.,, .,, deal at the end every country cuts a deal. ., ., deal. can you impose those draconian measures when _ deal. can you impose those draconian measures when there _ deal. can you impose those draconian measures when there are _ deal. can you impose those draconian measures when there are others - deal. can you impose those draconian measures when there are others who | measures when there are others who are still being held in iran and russia and china? i are still being held in iran and russia and china?— are still being held in iran and russia and china? i think you can is the international _ russia and china? i think you can is the international community - russia and china? i think you can is| the international community getting together for the first time for them in the wall streetjournal last summer and i proposed a specific idea to create an international agreement that puts the countries to sign onto and the draught of the agreement i put together 26 options for what countries can do individually and collectively of his hostages taken from one of those countries we need an attack on one of his jacket on also a possibility for the uk and us code alone has it work. it's a one—off, one—time deal and all the circumstances. if you want it second and a0 countries impose sanctions based on the reit west of the country and you do that a couple times that all of a sudden iran is going to realise they can't make a profit they thought they could. they only reason they get

away with it in other countries take hostages like russia or china and so forth, the only way to get away with it is there is no consequence in the country every time cuts a deal. of course if it's100% certainty, big win, why wouldn't you if you are in an authoritarian regime taking hostages? it's a no lose proposition and we have to change that. so good to see ampadu _ and we have to change that. so good to see ampadu home. _ and we have to change that. so good to see ampadu home. well - and we have to change that. so good to see ampadu home. well done - and we have to change that. so good to see ampadu home. well done for| to see ampadu home. well done for the work you've done to secure his release. thank you so much for coming on the programme, jared genser. you so contrast that story with this one — in tehran today, football superstar cristiano ronaldo, who arrived with his al nassr team mates from saudi arabia, to a heroes welcome. this was the team driving down one of the main routes into tehran. huge crowds turning out to greet them. it's the first time a saudi arabian team has visited iran since 2016 when the two countries ended diplomatic relations. course we know all about the money the saudis have invested in the saudi pro league this year.

this is the sort of reaction they might have hoped for. though in some quarters this might divide opinion. al nassr currently playing the iranian side persepolis in the asian afc champions league. bbc persia sports journalist pooria jafereh is on the line from serbia. nice to see you. it will divide opinion as i say, we'vejust nice to see you. it will divide opinion as i say, we've just heard perhaps some of the comments from the lawyer about what these american prisoners were put through for them and there you see footballers going to tehran being celebrated. this sometimes sticks in the throat of football supporters.— sometimes sticks in the throat of football supporters. sure, let's not foruet football supporters. sure, let's not for: et this football supporters. sure, let's not forget this looks _ football supporters. sure, let's not forget this looks like _ football supporters. sure, let's not forget this looks like it _ football supporters. sure, let's not forget this looks like it is _ football supporters. sure, let's not forget this looks like it is part of i forget this looks like it is part of the sports diplomacy of iran and saudi arabia only recently started

their diplomatic relationship mediated by china after the attack on the saudi embassy back in 2016. part two the reaction that might looks real by some of these fans is related to that is as you say, for seven years the saudi was not going to iran and the last two years you lost through covid. and now it couldn't get any bigger than that. you have one of the biggest stars not only in football but he's got the most followers on instagram, 605 million followers the last time i checked cristiano ronaldo. instagram in football a very big in iran. some of these pictures are quite surreal. you have iran and saudi teams rivalling each other in football. but there are billboards while

getting saudi teams for that the last i checked the resort ronaldo is not on the score sheet. leading by two goals to zero with ten minutes ago. he's said a very eventful last 2a hours. he's met some of his young fans in iran. because of the previous conversations you had about iran and the situation the country is politically and the sanctions and everything else you talked about, these footballers, these big stars, they don't get to go to i ron. all big clubs —— iran. manchester united, have preseason tours and go to all these football mad countries. there is plenty, millions of fans for example manchester united might have in iran but they never get to go there because sponsors do the risk assessment and the insurance

companies, they don't want those players to go to iran because of the risk that comes with going to iran. but now the afc champions league is seeing that opportunity to create a new competition, trying to rival the uefa champions league and it does get bigger than that when you have the iranians facing the saudi. alert; the iranians facing the saudi. very aood oint the iranians facing the saudi. very good point you _ the iranians facing the saudi. very good point you may. _ the iranians facing the saudi. very good point you may. i'm _ the iranians facing the saudi. very good point you may. i'm not even consider the insurance perspective which i guess is a something they to consult on. they'll be a lot of people here ignorant of what the competition is, the afc champions league. how many countries are in it and how often do travel?— and how often do travel? because of the size of the _ and how often do travel? because of the size of the continent _ and how often do travel? because of the size of the continent they - the size of the continent they divide west asia and east asia. you have the likes of australia, japan, south korea and china and east asia and then you have it west asia the central asian teams and also the west asian teams. the biggest ones of uranian teams and the saudi

teams. right now —— iranian teams. you have the scenario with ronaldo repeating itself because back in two weeks' time another team from iran are going to meet out hol out from saudi arabia. they've got name our junior and lots of fans are going to see neymar and dave got benzema, the current baldor winner in football. they are trying to create that drama, that action, trying to rival the uefa champions league there's five groups of four teams, 20 teams asia in the same in west asia. when they go to the knockout round you have a winner from west asia and the winner gets to go to world cup, which is happening in saudi arabia. it seems a lot going on in saudi

arabia. not only have they won the match there, not only winning the match there, not only winning the match here but also they are creating this good image of the country let's not forget, you look at neymar as contract he's going to get paid half1 million euros for each instagram story that he promote saudi arabia. it's very important for them to be on the right side of the news and create that good image of the country put up an news like what happened today with cristiano ronaldo bringing those stars to this part of the world is kind of working for them. we part of the world is kind of working for them. ~ . part of the world is kind of working for them. ~ , ., , ., for them. we will see many more scenes like _ for them. we will see many more scenes like that. _ for them. we will see many more scenes like that. some _ for them. we will see many more scenes like that. some of - for them. we will see many more scenes like that. some of the - scenes like that. some of the world superstars are in saudi arabia. pooria jafereh, good to talk to you. cristiano ronaldo in iran udo thought it. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. here in swindon, the council

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if you watch this programme regularly you'll know i am a keen student of body language. though to be honest, at the g20 in new delhi you didn't need to be all that proficient, to recognise the relationship between the indian and canadian prime ministers is not very warm, in fact right now it is in the deep freeze. and today we learnt why. justin trudeau has told the canadia parliament there is �*credible' evidence that indian government agents were behind the alleged assassination injune, of a sikh separatist living in canada. here's what else he said. last week at the g20 i brought them personally and directly to prime minister modi in no uncertain terms. any involvement of a foreign government and the killing of a canadian citizen on canadian soil is in unacceptable violation of our sovereignty. injune this year hardeep singh nijjar was shot dead outside

a sikh temple in surrey, british columbia. nijjar had campaigned for an independent sikh nation within punjab — known as khalistan. he was wanted by the indian authorities and had been warned by the canadian intelligence agency there were threats against him. the indian government said the allegation they killed him was "absurd", and were "completely rejected" when the two leaders met in new delhi last week. the canadian authorities have now expelled a "key indian diplomat" who was the head of india's foreign intelligence agency in canada. in the past hourjustin trudeau has been speaking about it again. as i said, india, the government of india needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness. we're doing that, we're not looking to... ..provoke or escalate, we're simply laying out the facts as we understand them.

and we want to work with the government of india to lay everything clear and to ensure that there is proper process. joanna chiu is an author and journalist from the toronto star. she covered the speculation behind the shooting of the canadian sikh temple leader back injune. do you know what evidence canada has and who is been shared with? yes. the prime — and who is been shared with? yes. the prime minister _ and who is been shared with? yes. the prime minister has _ and who is been shared with? jazz the prime minister has not and who is been shared with? is; the prime minister has not given more details on what intelligence it has. but experts that followed this case it seems clear that ottawa would not accuse india in such clear terms that they did not have quite strong intelligence. usually if a state is involved in allegedly putting out a hit on someone outside of its own country and try to cover its tracks so the leader in india did not do a good job of covering his tracks or that might be someone who is talking who was involved. or

perhaps another country provided intelligence. it's all a mystery as to how canada was able to get such compelling evidence. this is an unprecedented case. we were not able to find in other cases in the past where someone was killed in canada and that was suspected to have an international ally involved like india. ~ . international ally involved like india. ., , . ., india. what has happened since that case? it's india. what has happened since that case? it's a — india. what has happened since that case? it's a big _ india. what has happened since that case? it's a big canadian _ india. what has happened since that case? it's a big canadian sikh - case? it's a big canadian sikh community. other other people within that community who are now under protection?— that community who are now under rotection? ., ., ., ., , ., protection? canada is actually home to iran this year _ protection? canada is actually home to iran this year has _ protection? canada is actually home to iran this year has brought - protection? canada is actually home to iran this year has brought for - protection? canada is actually home to iran this year has brought for a i to iran this year has brought for a long time this has been a canadian relationship the entire religious group is viewed as a threat to its interest. they community has said they've been targets of indian

state, visas have been denied, basically family members are being held hostage in india in retaliation for some of their democratic activities and political advocacy for an independent state for lack of the's in india. i've heard from others who are requesting immunity have also been warned by community believes that there also credible death threats against them. they've been asked to leave their homes in canada on multiple occasions. they would like to emphasise that this might not be an isolated case of one man that multiple people in canada and also internationally might be at risk if this continues. if the international response to india. surely the canadian prime minister is aware of how much international interest there is in this. the

americans have called on the indians to comply with the inquiry. the british are of course negotiating their own trade deal, which is near their own trade deal, which is near the end. there are implications to a candidate is setting out here. so far candidate is setting out here. sr far we candidate is setting out here. 5r far we see some rhetoric, words of support and condemnation from western leaders. but not the follow three concrete, the british prime minister has said that he will not stop trade talks with india. that these explosive allegations on candidate will not affect trade talks. it comes at a time where many countries are looking at china's rise and sink that is a major threat and seeing india as a counter to the influence in the counter pacific region. this really throws into wrench into things. it seems unless the us really reconfigures its national security strategy, which pretty much as india and an

increasing trade and global relationship at its core that other countries like britain will not follow suit.— countries like britain will not follow suit. ~ ., ~ ., ., follow suit. we will talk about that in the next — follow suit. we will talk about that in the next hour— follow suit. we will talk about that in the next hour of— follow suit. we will talk about that in the next hour of the _ follow suit. we will talk about that in the next hour of the program. i in the next hour of the program. just to tell you the prime minister rishi sunak has put out a statement this evening ahead of those reports that he is about to water down some of these green commitments for that we will discuss that after the break. hello there. well, it has been a very wet and windy day for a number of you today. we had some large, impressive waves running in off cardigan bay, pummelling the coastline of west wales, and it was wales that had some of the strongest wind gusts, 68 mile an hour gusts there in aberdaron. and some of these strong winds have been causing a few issues. earlier on today, the ma8 seven crossing was shut during the morning and the ma crossing has been running with some speed restrictions as well. now, this area of low pressure contains the remnants

of hurricane lee, and it's this that will continue to bring wet and windy weather overnight and into wednesday, as well. now, it's not been that windy in scotland today, but things will change overnight as heavy rain moves in here and the winds really strengthen. it's going to be a gusty night for the vast majority and very mild 15 or 16 degrees. but these strong winds have the potential to cause some problems where the irish sea coasts in wales, gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour tomorrow morning. again likely to lead to some disruption. inland gusts more like a0, 50, maybe a bit stronger than that in terms of miles an hour — strong enough to cause one or two issues. and we've got similar wind speeds for northern ireland and for scotland, the strongest winds working into western scotland where again, we could see gusts of around 60 to 70 miles an hour. now, once this band of really heavy, squally rain has moved through, the winds actually will drop pretty quickly behind it across the midlands, wales and western areas of england. so you will know when that weather front has pushed its way through. now by thursday, the area of low pressure becomes slow moving to the north of scotland.

it will be bringing a band of heavy rain across scotland and northern ireland with gale force gusts of wind here. england, wales, the winds calming down a bit, but it is an unsettled day, a day of sunny spells and heavy showers, probably some thunderstorms mixed in with those. and there's a tendency for temperatures just to edge down a degree or two. that continues to be the case into friday. again, an unsettled day, the same low pressure still there, still with those strong north—westerly winds showers most frequent across northern and western areas, but a few getting blown into central and eastern portions of the uk as well. so nowhere is immune from seeing an odd downpour and those temperatures just edging back a little bit closer to average for the time of year. now, this weekend, saturday's the better of the two days, dry and sunny for most of the day. bit of rain returning later on in the west, but we're back to wet and windy conditions by sunday.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. russia's price for peace is ukraine's capitulation, ukraine's territory and ukraine's children. the world has changed. our institutions have not. we cannot effectively assess problems as they are, if institutions do not reflect the world as it is. we speak for families - and the younger generations. we speak for victims.

of conflict, displacement, i hunger, climate challenge, disasters, and more. president biden says russia's "naked aggression" in ukraine is threatening the founding principles of the united nations. president erdogan says the solution to the un's problems, is reform of the security council which has ceased to be the guarantor of world security. we all discuss all tonight we lanhee chen, republican and former policy adviser to governor mitt romney. also with us rachel wearmouth, deputy political editor of the new statesman. in lanhee's home state of california, they will ban the sale of the combustion engine by 2035. the uk was going even faster. but tonight the pm has signalled he might water down one of his key targets.

what message does that send to the world leaders in new york?