american teenager coco gauff will play in herfirst us open singles final on saturday after beating karolina muchova in a semi—final, which was disrupted by climate protesters. russell fuller watched the action in new york for us. the protest began after the first game of the second set in the semifinal. protesters wave and fossil fuels on their t—shirt launch a protest. three of them were led away quickly, but it soon turned out the form had glued his feet to the concourse underneath his seat. it resulted in a delay of 50 minutes. he was led away in handcuffs by a dozen officers from the new york police department after medics had carefully removed those feet from the concrete. coco gauff won the match and reached herfirst the concrete. coco gauff won the match and reached her first us open final by beating karolina muchova.

she will play the world number one in the final on saturday. reflecting on the protest after the match, she said she would rather it hadn't happened in her match but she 100% belief in climate change and could belief in climate change and could be angry with the protest is because they were peaceful. she believes you have to preach exactly what you believe in. it will be coco gauff�*s second attempt to win a grand slam singles final afterfinishing runner—up to poland's iga swiatek at the 2022 french open. her opponent aryna sabalenka, knows the home fans will be on gauff�*s side and, is expecting another tough challenge, after she came back from losing the first eight games of her semifinal with another american, madison keys. she is moving very well. she is hungry, she kind of had nothing to lose. and she knows the crowd are

going to support her. i think that is what makes a difficult opponent. i've been focusing on myself. i believe — i've been focusing on myself. i believe i— i've been focusing on myself. i believe i have the maturity and ability— believe i have the maturity and ability to— believe i have the maturity and ability to do it. regardless of what happens _ ability to do it. regardless of what happens on saturday, i am proud of how i'd _ happens on saturday, i am proud of how i'd handle the last few weeks. amends semifinals will take place later. —— the men's. manchester united's antony is facing further allegations of assault made by a woman in an interview with a brazilian tv channel. a police investigation has already been opened following allegations of domestic abuse against his former girlfriend. a brazilian news outlet published allegations made by antony�*s ex—partner on monday. sao paulo police are also looking into the claims, which antony has denied. manchester united have not commented on the latest claims or clarified

whether antony will be selected for their next fixture. arsenalforward nicolas pepe hasjoined turkish side trabzonspor on a free transfer. ending a disappointing three—year spell with the premier league club. pepe was arsenal's club record signing when he signed from lille for £72 million in 2019. he scored 27 goals in 112 games for arsenal, butr hasn't played for them for more than a year. the rugby world cup gets under way in a few hours with hosts france taking on new zealand in paris. the stade de france is the venue for what will be a huge opening fixture between both nations. france are looking win win the world cup for a fourth time. a big day for all of us. it's been four years now. we expect home crowd

supporting us. we can be proud of what we achieved so far, but we know it is a big stage and step for us against a fabulous new zealand team. i've never seen a build—up for a game— i've never seen a build—up for a game like— i've never seen a build—up for a game like this, people put so much on it _ game like this, people put so much on it the _ game like this, people put so much on it. the fact that it is a whole nation — on it. the fact that it is a whole nation who— on it. the fact that it is a whole nation who have strong expectations, their public— nation who have strong expectations, their public have strong expectations. it is well scripted, but at _ expectations. it is well scripted, but at the — expectations. it is well scripted, but at the end of the day, it is a game _ but at the end of the day, it is a game we — but at the end of the day, it is a game we want to commit everything to. well, england get their campaign undeway against argentina on saturday. their lock maro itoje insists there's a sense of optimism in their squad, despite the fact england have lost five out of six test matches and are placed below argentina in the world rankings. sometimes you go through tough periods, and when you go through

them, it is important to stick together and get stronger. especially because we are not in a situation where we are suffering from bad quality in terms of staff and players. we have high—quality, and players. we have high—quality, and we are fully aware of what is to come and what we need to do. i generally believe that come argentina on saturday night, we will take a big step forward. in the united states, the new nfl season is underway. the detroit lions overturned a six—point deficit to beat super bowl champions the kansas city chiefs 21—20 in the nfl season opener. the sides were level at ill—all late in the third quarter, before harrison butker kicked two field goals to put the chiefs 20—14 ahead in the fourth. but david montgomery's touchdown and riley patterson's extra point edged the lions in front with seven minutes left. it was the lions�* first win over the chiefs since 2011. and that's all the sport for now.

let's bring you some breaking news. network rail has been fined £6.7 million forfailings leading up to the train derailment near stonehaven which left three people dead in 2020. the company admitted health and safety at work act breaches at the high court in aberdeen, after the train hit a landslide following heavy rain. judge lord matthews said no penalty he could impose could come close to compensating those impacted. health authorities in the uk have published new data about the latest covid variant. it appears to show that transmission is taking place in the community — although there's not enough data to know how much of a threat to public health it poses. our health editor hugh pym was in the newsroom earlier to tell us more about the new variant. this serb variance —— serb variance.

it has been detected in the us, denmark and the uk. we had an update short time ago from the health agency on what they discovered. they said last week they had found three cases of this variant and they were watching it closely, as are all the health organisations. they are reporting their 3a cases, and 28 of them were in one single care home. on the face of it that may be 0n the face of it that may be concerning. but the point being made is they have no evidence, the health authorities, this variant is more transmissible than what has gone before or it causes more serious illness. they are having to monitor things. they made the point that because testing in care homes, there is more going on given the vulnerability of the population there, it is more likely you will

pick up an outbreak in a care home or school because of the level of monitoring. the argument is there is nothing particularly to be concerned about at the moment. they aren't saying it is a variant of concern, but they are looking at it quite closely. they are saying the latest data shows there is community transmission now, it is not simply a case of people who have travelled elsewhere in the uk. we don't know if any of the cases have resulted in very serious illness, although five of the 3a people needed hospital treatment. it of the 34 people needed hospital treatment. , ., treatment. it is a reminder the roblem treatment. it is a reminder the problem hasn't _ treatment. it is a reminder the problem hasn't gone _ treatment. it is a reminder the problem hasn't gone away. - treatment. it is a reminder the - problem hasn't gone away. exactly, and there are _ problem hasn't gone away. exactly, and there are more _ problem hasn't gone away. exactly, and there are more hospital- problem hasn't gone away. exactly, i and there are more hospital numbers with covid in the uk than since may, but still well short of peaks going back to 2020 in terms of hospitalisations. the uk authorities brought forward a vaccination

programme from what was due to have started in october. it will start in monday, it has started in scotland. because of a slight precautionary view it is better to do covid boosterjabs view it is better to do covid booster jabs for the view it is better to do covid boosterjabs for the most view it is better to do covid booster jabs for the most vulnerable because of the existence of this variant, which they want to know more about. the answer saying there is any immediate concern at this moment. , , , , , ., is any immediate concern at this moment. , , , , ., , moment. just very briefly, what is the lan moment. just very briefly, what is the plan regarding _ moment. just very briefly, what is the plan regarding boosters? - moment. just very briefly, what is| the plan regarding boosters? from monda in the plan regarding boosters? from monday in england, _ the plan regarding boosters? from monday in england, the _ the plan regarding boosters? if"f7"l�*t monday in england, the most vulnerable, for example residents of care homes, will get theirjobs. a few days later, there will be invitations extended to the over 65 fuel. boosters will not be available to those under 65, unless from vulnerable groups. it has already got under way in scotland. there may be some under 65 people who want to

get a job but they won't get one at the moment in the uk. the flu vaccination programme is important, which is getting under way as well. let's bring you to hyde park where there is, events marking the death of queen elizabeth ii. these are preparations ahead of a gun salute which we are going to be hearing in about four minutes' time. quite an extraordinary line—up going on. we've heard from king charles and his reflection about the support given to him by his late mother. to him and his wife, queen camilla. we will keep you up—to—date on that.

now for some weather. we've had a bit of cloud around this morning, some mist and fog. much of the mist and fog has started to clear away and the clouds are clearing, too. but we've had a lovely start to the day, really, despite the high level cloud in the sky, some sunny spells there and will continue with lots of sunshine as we go into the afternoon. still, though, some of that coastal mist and fog just right on the north sea coast, it could be a little bit cooler here, but widely, once again, temperatures getting up into the mid to the high 20s, 32 possible in the south east of england during this afternoon. as we go through tonight, still that mist and fog in the north sea is drifting away, though itjust lingers on across the far north east of scotland for a time. showers start to work their way into the far north in the west. but again, it's going to be another warm and muggy nights. temperatures no lower than about 14 to 18 degrees celsius. so we start off on saturday morning. then with some sunshine across many areas, it does turn more unsettled

across the north west of scotland, some showers working their way in here. could see the odd showerjust popping up around the pennines. but for most, again, a dry and a sunny afternoon. temperatures widely into the mid to high 20s, but fresher in the far north and west, 18 degrees here. we could reach 33 celsius tomorrow afternoon. that would make it the hottest day of the year with those temperatures going above 32.6 degrees that we saw yesterday. saturday likely to be the heat, the peak of the heat wave from sunday. temperatures will start to come down. we start to pick up a few more showers across england and wales. some of those could be heavy, perhaps even a bit thundery during the afternoon. still fairly unsettled in the far north west and temperatures here, 14, 15 celsius. now, it won't be as hot, but it's still going to be hot in the southeast with temperatures still up to about 30 celsius this cold front moves south and eastward and as the name suggests, it brings in cooler air and more unsettled conditions.

so there'll be some showers. but look at the air mass. you can see here the oranges being replaced by the yellows, even blues across the far north of scotland. just indicative of those temperatures coming down as we go through the week. so it's from tuesday really that we'll see those temperatures more typical for september, 17 to 22 degrees. it stays that way for the rest of the week with further showers at times. bye— bye.

you're watching bbc news. we're following events marking the first anniversary of the death of queen elizabeth ii. today marks one year since the queen died at the age of 96. it also marks the day charles iii acceded the throne. royal succession occurs immediately on the death of the reigning monarch. this is the scene live in london's hyde park. the soldiers and horses who took part in the state funeral procession and proclamation salutes for the new reign will begin their anniversary gun salutes in the king's honour. queen elizabeth was the longest

serving british monarch in history, having marked her platinum jubilee just months before her death.