hello there and welcome along to the programme. we're only a few days into the t20 cricket world cup, but we could be looking at one of the shocks of the tournament after the co—hosts, the usa, stunned pakistan after the match went to a dramatic super over. the hosts set the tone from the off — steven taylor, taking this superb catch as they restricted pakistan to 159 for seven in their innings. and the chase went all the way to the final ball. nitish kumar hitting a boundary to take the game to the super over, much to pakistan's frustration. and the usa went on to successfully defend 18 to win their second game of the tournament and spark wild celebrations here in dallas.

we are not worried about what people are saying. we know what we have worked and what capability we have and we just focus on the particular game and we don't want to keep our emotion too high or low. we'll make sure that whatever the win today is, we will enjoy it and make sure that next day we come fresh. lam upset. we are not playing good in all departments. we are better than that in the bowling. we are not in first 6 overs, you know, taking wickets. and the spinner is not taking wickets, then passing on us. and after ten overs we will come back. but i think the way they finish game on the super overs i think credit to the us team. well, in thursday's late match, scotland beat namibia by five wickets. brad wheal took three

as the scots restricted the african side to 155 for nine. scotland knocked off the runs with nine balls to spare. captain richie berrington won the match with a six and finished unbeaten on a7. onto tennis now — and it's familiar territory for french open defending champion iga swiatek, who is once again through to the women's final. she'll play jasmine paolini on saturday. swiatek beat coco gauff, despite the american saving three match points in the second set. the world number one eventually closed out the victory 6—2,6—4. she could join monica seles and justine henin as the only women to win three straight french open women's titles during the open era. i don't think there's like one specific thing, but i think i was, you know, pretty intense and putting pressure on coco. and even though i got broken at the beginning of the second set, i knew that i can come back quickly and i got my level of intensity a little

bit higher to do that. and i think most of the things overall in my game worked today, so i'm proud of myself. well, there was a moment of controversy in the second set when gauff argued with the umpire over a line decision. after the match, gauff stressed her belief that tennis needs to use a video review system. it's almost ridiculous that we don't have it. not also just speaking cos that happened to me, but ijust think, you know, every sport has it. and also there are so many decisions that are made and it sucks as a playerto, like, go back or online and you see that you were completely right. and it's like, you know what does that give you in that moment? and i definitely think as a sport we have to evolve and we have the technology. they're showing it on tv so i don't get why the player can't see it. paolini, meanwhile, saw off the challenge of 17 year old mira andreeva in the other semifinal, the 12th seed winning in straight sets 6—3,6—1. the italian had never previously gone beyond

the second round in paris, but will now play in her first grand slam final on saturday. i was watching, you know, grand slam finals. i was watching the other italians make it in the finals and also win grand slams, but imagine that can be myself was tough. of course, i wish it but now it's something, you know... ..it�*s something crazy for me. i'm really happy. to the football now — and the european championship is just over a week away, and england earlier named their 26—man squad for the tournament, with some big names missing. manchester city's jack grealish is left out and harry maguire won't be going due to injury. manchester united defender maguire hasn't recovered sufficiently from the calf injury which kept him out of united's fa cup final victory over city last month. the centre back hasn't played since april and was expected to miss friday's final warm—up game against iceland.

and as for grealish, he struggled to break into city's starting line—up towards the end of the league season. he remained on the bench throughout the cup final and four key premier league matches against tottenham and west ham. he did feature for england as a substitute on monday in their win over bosnia—herzegovina. harry has made some progress but, you know, that's been complicated and we definitely wouldn't have had him in the group stages. and there were too many hurdles to get through without really being clear of where we might get to. and given that, you know, we've not got a clean bill of health across the rest of the backline as well, then that became, you know, we need cover. we need players that are fit and ready to go from the start so, again, another really difficult call. you know how i feel about harry maguire and what he's done for england and what he's done for me as a manager. of course, mathers and jack

both give us something different as well. so they've been tough calls. they've been calls that we've gone over and over and over as a group of staff. the fact is, we've got some players who have been playing extremely well all season in the league and we just feel other players have had stronger seasons, particularly in the last six months or so. so here's confirmation, then, of the players that have been left out of gareth southgate�*s squad having been named in the provisional group of 33 — harry maguire, jack grealish, james maddison, curtisjones, gerald quansah, james trafford and jarrad bra nthwaite. goalkeeper craig gordon and defenderjohn souttar are the scotland players set to miss out on the tournament. new york red bulls' lewis morgan and bristol city forward tommy conway have been added to the squad after striker lyndon dykes and winger ben doak withdrew through injury. the scots face finland at hampden on friday in a final warm up match before taking on the hosts germany

in the opening game of the tournament next friday. now, premier league clubs in england have voted to keep var at their annual meeting. the vote was triggered by wolves, who said the technology has led to unintended negative consequences. but none of the 19 other clubs backed the proposal. 1a were needed in order for it to be scrapped. here's our sports editor, dan roan. wolves suffered an overwhelming landslide defeat of 19 to one here at the luxury hoteljust outside harrogate, where the premier league had their annual general meeting today and held a vote — a vote that wolves had brought last month when they proposed that var be scrapped and abolished after five years of use in the premier league. after a season of mounting criticism and scrutiny, some very notable errors, they felt that they've been on the rough end of some contentious var decisions as well, and that's why that motion was brought. there had been some suspicion that the vote may not happen, and certainly it was never expected that wolves would get

the required 1a votes that would have seen that motion passed. but nonetheless, it has definitely sparked a debate. and following that 19 to one defeat, they did say that while disappointed, they welcomed the fact that the debate had happened and that the other clubs had committed to certain improvements. and the premier league, in their statement, said that they did acknowledge that improvements were needed in order for the interests of the game and fans to be protected. now, six key areas have been identified for improvements. they include, for example, trying to speed up decisions through semi—automated offside technology that's due to be brought in next season. better communication and transparency by having announcements by referees where they explain decisions to fans in the stadium. maintaining what's described as a high threshold for var intervention and also

what was described as more robust training for var officials. now, whether or not that is enough to convince wolves in the long term and also many fans who have grave misgivings about this technology remains to be seen. and interestingly, the football supporters association today also issued their own statement, and they said that enormous changes were now required. and they said that two thirds of the fans that they had surveyed had lost faith in var. but thanks to that vote today, for now, it's here to stay. our sports editor dan roan there. just before we go, a reminder of our top story. scenes of wild celebrations in dallas as the united states stunned pakistan at cricket's t20 world cup to make it two wins out of two. the match went down to a super over and the usa prevailed to pull off one of the sport's biggest shocks. there we go. you can get more on that story as well as all the rest of the day's sports news

at the usual places — the bbc sport app orfrom our website bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team here on sportsday, thanks for watching and we'll see you again next time. hello there. all week the weather story has been stuck on repeat. it's been cool and showery to the far north—west — further south we've seen some sunshine. and we had that on thursday — a maximum of 20 degrees with some sunny spells and lighter winds in london. but further north in shetland, a brisk west to north—westerly wind at times, sharp showers, just a maximum of ten celsius, 50 fahrenheit. now, we're going to see more widespread rain to start the day on friday with this weather front sinking

its way south and east. it'll be clearing scotland during the morning rush hour, leaving a trail of sharp showers following on behind. there's our weather front moving out of aberdeenshire, across the scottish borders, leaving northern ireland as well. so there will be a little more in the way of drier, brighter starting off fine and sunny once again across england and wales. the cloud will develop as we go into the afternoon. there'll be a few isolated showers ahead of that front, but the front will think its way steadily south and weaken as it moves into northern england and north wales. sunny spells, blustery showers accompanied by that brisk west wind in scotland making it feel once again disappointingly cool forjune — 11 to 1a celsius at the very best. highest values in the south and east once again, 19 or 20 celsius. so as this weather front continues to sink its way steadily south, the cooler air will always sit in place across scotland and perhaps northern fringes of northern ireland.

with clouds sinking south to begin with on saturday morning we mightjust start off with double digits, but that means it is going to be a cloudy start across the midlands, stretching down into south wales with outbreaks of light showery rain. that will push its way into the south and east during the afternoon. sunny spells, blustery showers, particularly across north and west facing coasts, so stuck in a rut. and again, those temperatures, similar values to what we've seen all week, 11 to 1a celsius in the north, perhaps 17 or 18 in the south and east. don't expect that much in the way of significant change as we move into sunday. again, the wind direction, in fact, strengthening. more showers to come. high pressure is desperately trying to build, but it is going to keep us waiting, so no significant change for the second half of the weekend either. best of the sunshine likely for england and wales.

live from washington. this is bbc news. the un says israel gave no warning about a strike on one of its schools in gaza. the us urges israel to name the hamas fighters it targetted. world leaders gather to mark 80 years since d—day, as they reflect on the war in ukraine. the bbc sees evidence of brutal violence against young people in myanmar who are facing up

with the country's military dictatorship. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. let's begin with some breaking news. us speaker of the house mikejohnson and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell announced israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will come to washington onjuly 2a to address the us congress about israel's war in gaza. the news comes after the us urged israel to release publicly the names of 20 to 30 hamas militants it said it targeted in a deadly air raid on a united nations school in gaza. hospital medics said at least 37 people were killed in the strike on thursday. localjournalists told the bbc that an israeli warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the urban nuseirat refugee camp, where displaced palestinians are sheltering. while israel often releases the names of hamas militants it says it has targeted, it is rare for the us

to publicly say it expects full transparency.