hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. the champions league is back — europe's premier football competition kicking off properly it's matchday one of the group stages, 16 teams in action on tuesday and lots of stars in the spotlight, but its business as usual for the defending champions manchester city. they kicked off their campaign with a 3—1win at home to 1991 european cup winners, red star belgrade. the serbian side were leading 1—0 at the break, but argentina's julian alvarez wwith two goals before a fantastic finish from spain international rodri to secure all three points. pep guardiola's side picking up where they left off last season. meanwhile, over in the so—called group of death, psg hosting borussia dortmund.

the moneyed french capital club coming off the back of a humbling 3—2 defeat at home to nice in the league — well, no such issues in europe. they saw off the bundesliga side 2—0, kylian mbappe, who else, with the opening goal of the match from the penalty spot before former dortmund defender achraf hakimi made it 2—0. also in the group, newcastle united's return to europe's top table after a 20—year wait saw them draw 0—0 at the home of seven time champions ac milan. while barcelona had the easiest night of the lot, cruising to a 5—0 win over belgiums royal antwerp. they were 3—0 up within 22 minutes, robert lewandowski among the goals at the camp nou. all the other results on the bbc sport website you can also read about lazio goalkeeper van provedel scoring a 95th—minute equaliser against atletico madrid. but no shocks, really, with manchester city off to a comfortable winning start after their match manager, pep guardiola, said he felt being behind at half—time may

have actually benefited his side. at the end, going into half—time as 01 after all we had done, we needed that kind of challenge to prove ourselves and we were able to make a comeback. it happened with west ham, and the situation was nice to prove it. —— 0—1. in the second half we made a goal, and we came back. things improving in general is really good. a depleted manchester united are in germany ahead of their game against bayern munich. mason mount and rafael varane are still out, despite training on tuesday, and harry maguire hasn't travelled either after being added to the injury list. new bayern striker harry kane has settled into the bundesliga really well with four goals in their opening four games. but he's wary of his next opponents despite theit struggles so far this season with three league defeats in their last four matches. —— their struggles.

united have obviously been going through a tough spell recently, but that can be really dangerous because they are looking for a big response. and we need to be careful that we are at home, we want to dictate the game, we want to play the way we want to come up but we need to really be careful. arsenal welcome psv eindhoven to the emirates stadium on wednesday. mikel arteta's men punched their ticket to europe's elite competition via a second—placed finish in last season's premier league. they're back in the champions league for the first time since 2017. this club has remained champions, and when i had the job i had, ifelt responsible to bring the club to the biggest stages, the biggest tournament, and then be fighting for them. and it was a process, but we are here and now we have to make the most out of it. tomorrow we will play against a really good team, they haven't lost a game,

they've won the majority of their games. they are used to winning, like every other team in the champions league, and it will be a really tough test. spain's women are due to play sweden on friday in the nation's league, but the majority of the squad remain on strike. the world cup winners have been threatened with heavy fines or barred from playing for their clubs if they don't make themselves available. the players say that there still needs to be more change within the spanish federation — asjoe lynskey reports. a press pack scrum for the world cup winners — but few in this team want to speak. spain are back in action against sweden on friday, four weeks on from this. since that day, the coach has been sacked, the football president has resigned — but still, this team want answers. 39 spanish players remain on strike — they want theirfederation to take remain on strike — they want their federation to take action and responsibility for their defence of that kiss. but some

of those on strike and have still been called up for this squad. if they refuse to play, they risk a fine and suspension. luis rubiales may be gone, but so too for now is jenni hermoso. the player he kissed has been left out of the squad, with spain's new coach saying, "this is the best way to protect her." today, jenni hermoso gave this statement. protect me from what and from whom? we have been searching for weeks, whom? we have been searching forweeks, months whom? we have been searching for weeks, months even for protection from the spanish federation that never came. the people who now ask us to protect them are the same ones who today disclosed the list of players who have asked not to be called up. it is yet more irrefutable proof that shows that even today, nothing has changed. that even today, nothing has chanced. . f, that even today, nothing has chanced. , ., . that even today, nothing has chanced. ., . , changed. friday's match is in the nations _ changed. friday's match is in the nations league, - changed. friday's match is in the nations league, it's - changed. friday's match is in the nations league, it's also| changed. friday's match is in l the nations league, it's also a qualifierfor the nations league, it's also a qualifier for next year's olympics. spain department dread for sweden on thursday.

when one player asked if they were glad to be here, she replied, "no." it is still not certain the game will go ahead — spain's government say they'll apply sanctions to those that refuse to play. just one month ago, spain became world champions — but friday night in gothenburg will feel a long way from sydney. joe lynskey, bbc news. away from europe — the asian champions league kicked off on tuesday with the competition this season set to benefit from the involvement of the star—studded saudi pro league teams. al nassr is one of them, and look at this welcome in iran for their match against persepolis. these were the scenes in tehran, with hundreds of people running after the team bus — no doubt attempting to catch a glimpse of cristiano ronaldo, although they also boast sadio mane, aymeric laporte, and marcelo brozovic in the side. bbc persia's pooriahjeffereh spoke to us about al—nassr�*s match and what the saudi teams will bring to the asian champions league. when you look at it from the

saudi perspective, the fact that they invested so much and they want to create that drama. and who will create that drama? it's the iranian opposition, they want to come to tehran and see those fans, but unfortunately with the exception of the games that are happening, they won't have any fans in tehran because of the renovation of the stadium. some other people might look at this and say that there are non—sporting reasons behind this, because both were unaware that this stadium building works will be carried out during the afc champions league campaign. the rugby world cup in france resumes on wednesday, with italy against uruguay, and plenty of preparations going on for other teams in action later in the week. it should be a cracker between ireland and south africa on saturday. wales take on australia in a mouthwatering tie in lyon, while england will want to continue picking up the wins even though there's been some criticism of the manner of the victories — but that's not something

that bothers the squad. i think, with world cup rugby, you want results first and foremost. we've got two wins on the board, and that's the biggest positive. the other thing is, there'll never be a performance or a point where we say, "right, time to kick her heels up and sit down, and enjoy that." we want to kick on and improve no matter how well we play or the result, we want to improve week on week. and really bringing that to training, working on the things we feel have given us dominance in games and keep trying to kick on to make sure that we are as prepared as possible for chile this weekend, then seeing where we end up in the group. the draw for the knockout stage of the davis cup have been made. defending champions canada will play finland, while last year's runners—up, australia, take on the czech republic in malaga, in november. the other half of the draw pairs the netherlands and italy, while great britain

will take on serbia spearheaded by novak djokovic. the world number one says the davis cup is his top priority for the rest of the season. 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". mickelson denied claims that he had bet on the 2012 ryder cup, saying he would "never undermine the integrity of the game". you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me, marc edwards,

and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. we've got some fairly stormy, autumnal weather on the cards over the next few days. the remnants of ex—hurricane lee are moving in from the atlantic, bringing reasonably mild conditions, but also some strong winds and, for some of us, some heavy downpours, as well. we could see some localised flooding with some of this heavy rain that's on the way. so low pressure moving into the northwest — this frontal system here moves slowly from west to east over the next 2a hours or so, bringing those squally, strong winds and heavy rain. so, over the next few hours, we've got some rain across parts of scotland. it's becoming more persistent for northern england, wales,

and down towards the southwest of england, too. wherever you are, it's not a cold night — temperatures staying up in the mid—teens for many of us, just single figures across the far north of scotland. but through the day on wednesday, this band of rain pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. the strongest winds in and around that front could gust to more than 60mph around exposed coasts of wales, for instance. really breezy conditions, too, for central and eastern parts of england — although the morning will be dry and reasonably bright here. further north, then, during the morning, 40—50mph gusts — enough to cause some disruption across parts of scotland and northern ireland. a mix of sunshine and showers, but the gusts will strengthen to more than 60mph during the afternoon, and those gusty winds will reach the southeast of england, as wel, with this rain becoming really quite heavy and persistent — you might hear the odd rumble of thunder around, as well. temperatures in the high teens, possibly 21 celsius towards the far southeast. reasonably mild, but that mild air, with its heavy rain and strong winds, gets cleared away as we head through into the early hours of thursday morning. so, a colder night then wednesday night, thursday

morning, many of us down into mid—single figures, i think. but we'll start the day with some heavy showers already in the northwest, and they'll push their way slowly southwards and eastwards, across northern ireland and scotland. again, gales possible across the northwest. less windy by this stage thursday, across much of england and wales — though sunny spells, scattered showers, but it will feel colder than it has done of late. into friday, another day of sunshine and showers. the winds rotating around that low pressure to the north, so gales again possible in the far northwest of the uk. less windy, i think, further south, but a cool, blustery, breezy sort of day — 14—18 celsius or so. looks like many of us should see a bit of a quieter day, less windy with some sunshine on saturday, particularly in the south. and then, we'll return to some blustery and showery conditions from sunday onwards. bye— bye.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm arunoday mukharji. let's get you the headlines. joe biden appeals to the un general assembly to stop russia's aggression against ukraine. meanwhile, president zelensky also directs strong words at moscow. asa as a baixada launches what it calls anti— terror operations, a step that could foreshadow new conflict in the caucasus.

ethnic valence rages on. we have a special report ahead. and australia braces itself or a destructive wildfires season as an early spring heatwave sweeps the country. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. welcome to the programme. the big story first, tracking day one of the 78th united nations general assembly. world leaders meeting at the united nations have warned that global attempts to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change are going in reverse. they said goals for sustainable development, agreed by un member states in 2015, were "in peril" and many were unlikely to be met. live now to our correspondent sumi somaskanda in new york. who has been tracking this all

day. thank you for