applause relief all round! time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. have you got more of that in store? mixed for some others, but a brighter day in edinburgh. this is in leith in edinburgh and quieter winds thankfully today and sunshine. but if we think about how wet it has been so far, we have only had the first week of april and edinburgh has already seen 79 millimetres of rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. sojust rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. so just after rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. sojust after one week, we have had 171% of the expected april rainfall. itjust shows how saturated the ground is at the moment. next few days still unsettled. rain at times, often quite breezy and it is turning

colder than it has been. some more wet weather for the rest of today, the degree for parts of northern ireland. but also some in scotland, showers for parts of northern england and the south west —— particularly. dry further east and temperatures up to 18 degrees in london, butjust ten in belfast. into the evening, fairly heavy showers in the south east of england and east anglia. could be the odd thunderstorm. fairly cloudy and wet for most of us. if you are hoping to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse, your best bet towards the western isles, perhaps north highlands. you could see 37% of the sun obscured by the moon. that is where we are likely to see clearer spells. for most of us, there is too much cloud and outbreaks of rain. we will keep the rain for many of us with the evening and the night. persistent across central and eastern scotland where the ground is very wet, so we could see flooding as we head into tomorrow morning. not a particular cold night, temperatures around 79 degrees. but

we start the day on that unsettled notes, cloudy and windy again, especially towards the south west of england through the irish sea. more heavy rain especially for parts of scotland, northern and eastern england could see wet weather as well. followed by blustery showers from the west and gusts of wind, 45 mph in length and stronger, 65 towards the south west. blustery weather over the next 24 hours. and colder, up to about 12 degrees. but with the wind chill, feeling chilly. so we have this cold air mass tomorrow, it doesn't last long. something milder working again as this frontal system squeezes in from the west into wednesday. but likely to start the day with a touch of frost for some eastern areas on wednesday. the best sunshine towards the east, and further west, more cloud, and more outbreaks of rain and another blustery day. temperatures in the mid—teens on wednesday. but it will turn a bit warmer in the south, but staying and settled in the north. thanks, sarah.

and that's bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines this lunchtime... defending champions manchester city and multiple winners real madrid get ready to cross paths once again in the champions league. after nine months out, some positive news for england — captain leah williamson who's back for tomorrow's euro qualifer against ireland. and ahead of this week's masters golf — reigning championjon rahm who moved to the liv tour — is feeling positive there'll be a resolution to the split.

welcome to sportsday. and we're starting with the champions league which returns tomorrow night for the quarterfinal stages. the current holders manchester city and the 14—time winners real madrid meet again, the first leg at the bernabeu. a little under 12 months ago, pep guardiola's men thrashed real 5—1 over the two games to storm into the final although the scores had been level after the spanish leg. but manchester city are on a run of ten consecutive wins in the champions league. only bayern munich have enjoyed a longer winning run in the competition. this time la liga leaders real madrid havejude bellingham in their ranks. the england midfielder is the joint top scorer in spain having arrived there from borussia dortmund last summer. and even his team mates didn't expect he'd have quite the impact he has.

at the beginning i was a bit surprised because i didn't know much about him, to be honest. he is a big personality already. if you talk him you feel like he has already seen everything in life. i am not surprised any more. he is really mature. he is only 20 years old but he is more mature than his age _ years old but he is more mature than his age. professional ability. very humble — his age. professional ability. very humble. we were not surprised that a player, _ humble. we were not surprised that a player, but _ humble. we were not surprised that a player, but as a person we were very surprised in this sense. fenerbache�*s turkish super cup final against galatasary had to be abandoned after their players walked off the pitch in protest against the country's football federation. fernerbache had asked for the game to be postponed because they have a europa conference league

game in greece on thursday. that was rejected and after deliberately fielding a youth team to preserve their top players, one minute and 41 seconds in, those players left and the match was abandoned. the women's euro 2025 qualifiers continue tomorrow with all four home nations in action and some good news for england — their captain leah williamson will start in their second match against the republic of ireland tomorrow night. williamson hasn't featured for the lionesses since rupturing knee ligaments last year, an injury that sidelined her for nine months and forced her to miss england's run to the world cup final in australia. in the last year, we were not lucky, we work hard for it, but things went our way and we played high level staff. every touch was golden. went to the world cup, different

challenges, different themes. the world cup is a bit of a crazy environment. found a way to win every time. you have seen different sides of england over the last couple of years. and some newsjust in regarding northern ireland. their manager tanya oxtoby will miss their qualifier in bosnia—herzegovina tomorrow through illness. northern ireland drew their opening game against malta. now, it was a race billed as the most competitive domestic swimming race in history. the 200m freestyle final at the british championships looked more like an olympic final such was the talent on show. it was won by the world champion matt richards who beat a star studded line—up including the reigning tokyo champion tom dean who came third and now won't be able to defend his title in paris. olympic silver medallist duncan scott finished second to take the other individual spot at this summer's games. but it's a huge disappointment for dean whose only olympic option this time is the relay.

i'v e i've been top three in the world for three years in a row. it shows the calibre of this competition. always happy to stand on the podium with these boys. no other country quite like gb. these boys will get the job donein like gb. these boys will get the job done in france. that is the main thing. organisers of the commonwealth games say they're "considering multiple proposals" to host the event in 2026. there's been uncertaity over the games�* future since the australian state of victoria withdrew because of rising costs. the 2022 hosts birmingham spent almost £780 million prompting a former adviser to the city council said hosting it was a mistake. last week, singaporejoined malaysia in ruling out a bid for 2026. but the commonwealth games federation said it was "excited "by the early concepts." golf's first major of the year — the masters — starts on thursday. it's the first time this year that

all the world's best golfers will compete together — because of course, many of them now play on the liv tour — including the reigning masters champion —john rahm who made the move in december. rahm is looking forward to defending his augusta title and although he understands his defection made a huge impact, the spaniard believes there is hope the two sides can come to an agreement. the landscape of golf looks different this year than it did last year. in my transition and expected an amount of people not to be happy with it. but it hasn't been nearly as much. now his excellency and the pga tour board have had a meeting. there is discussions that have not been there in the past. if anything we are closer to some type of unification than ever.

a british—ghanaian muslim woman quit herjob as a neonatal nurse in 2021 to pursue her passion for rugby. zainab alima has been sharing her story with our reporter srosh khan about how her faith coincides with the sport. delivering the match ball, zainab alima, she is out to smash stereotypes. zainab alima is making her mark. this was her at last year's world cup ahead of the match. she is breaking down barriers in a sport played by a few muslim women. i am aware that there are _ played by a few muslim women. i —n aware that there are probably other muslim women that want to play sport. it might not be rugby. step out of the comfort zone. it is important to be the change you want to see. something built in me, what

you bring to the table when you are a rugby player, physicality, mental strength, resilience, those qualities you find a lot of women. she feels her faith has played a large part in her identity within the sport. they know that i am muslim. i love that. i can bring that to rugby as well. it is that representation. whether as a black woman or a muslim woman,. i ended up finding my space. i am comfortable that i do not even think when i step out at all about that. ~ ., �* , , , think when i step out at all about that. �*, _ ., think when i step out at all about that. ~ ., �*, _ ., ., that. women's rugby has gone from strenath to that. women's rugby has gone from strength to strength _ that. women's rugby has gone from strength to strength and _ that. women's rugby has gone from strength to strength and this - strength to strength and this season's six nations hopes to further that goal. at grassroots level zainab alima found it difficult to be herself in the early days. trying to navigate as a muslim woman. i was not seeing my

team—mates outside of the rugby field. the club i am at now, they are so helpful and encouraging. i can order a nonalcoholic drink and be beside my team—mates. they have even gone as far as offering me a prayer space. even gone as far as offering me a prayerspace. i even gone as far as offering me a prayer space. i can pray at the club. that has been a huge thing for me. ~ . club. that has been a huge thing for me, ~ ., , ., club. that has been a huge thing for me. ~ ., ., ., ., club. that has been a huge thing for me. ., ., me. what message do you want to send out to young — me. what message do you want to send out to young muslim _ me. what message do you want to send out to young muslim women. _ me. what message do you want to send out to young muslim women. the - out to young muslim women. the comfortable _ out to young muslim women. tie: comfortable who you are. whatever space, sport, academic, business, be proud of the fact that you are a muslim person and wear that badge with honour.

that is all from me. there is more on the website and app. goodbye. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is callling on the government to publish legal advice on arms sales to israel. it follows calls for the uk to stop arming israel after seven aid workers were killed in gaza. the deputy prime minister oliver dowden has told the bbc he has concerns about the way israel is conducting itself — but denied that the government had received legal advice saying israel has broken international law. sir keir said there is a precedent for the publication of a summary of such legal advice. well, yesterday was the six month anniversary of this awful conflict. and we've seen the continual holding of hostages. we've seen 33,000 people killed in this conflict, many of them women and children. so we need the conflict to end. we need that ceasefire.

on the question of arms sales, there's a legal test for when sales should be suspended. the government's got advice on that. and so what the government should do is to publish that legal advice or at least a summary of it. they've published summaries before in response to the houthi attacks. so publish that so we can all see it, and that appropriate action can then be taken in relation to the sale of arms. here in the uk, a group of former senior diplomats and officials say the foreign office should be abolished, saying it's "rooted in the past". they want the ministry to be replaced by a new department for international affairs, with modernised premises and fewer colonial era pictures on the walls. they say the new department should have a broader remit that promotes britain's prosperity and security by better coordinating strategy on trade and aid, development and climate change — as well as traditional foreign policy. well, alistair burt is a formerjunior minister at the foreign office. what we now have to do, as the paper argues, is look at new alliances

because there's much more going on in the world than just issues concerning the uk and the eu. look at the global south. look at the way in which the global south has reacted, for instance, in relation to ukraine. countries are not looking at resolving problems as if it was 1945 with a handful of great powers. and i think the paper seriously addresses that and wants a new government, whether it's a continuation of a conservative government or a new labour government, to look afresh at how we might deal with these matters. he's known as the hardest geezer, and russ cook from west sussex has earned that nickname — by running the entire length of africa, for charity. he set off last april from south africa's southern—most tip and has covered the equivalent distance of 385 marathons. the route took him north through countries including angola, nigeria and ivory coast, before ending in the north of tunisia. ellie price reports. only the hardest geezer could do it.