england fans soaking up the atmosphere in frankfurt, as thousands descended on the city's main square before heading for the stadium and, they hoped, another victory. after their narrow opening win over serbia, england were up against denmark and the anticipation was deafening. god save the king sung by the watching prince of wales. could england keep their cool? they struggled to keep their feet at first — kyle walker among a host of players sliding around, but soon it was denmark's turn to slip up and midway through the first half, england pounced. and a good chance for kane! a case of captain fantastic, as harry kane sparked euphoria amongst his team—mates and every england fan. could they now kick on? well, not so, as denmark

hit back, and how. that's a good effort, it's a wonderful strike! morten hjulmand with a stunner as the danes began to dominate and england began to toil. after a lethargic first half, could they find some spark? now it's foden. off the post. well, phil foden came oh, so close, but the frustration was plain to see. england rang the changes, captain kane replaced by ollie watkins and the substitute almost made an instant impact. but england were still sloppy, sluggish, and in the closing minutes, pierre—emile hojbjerg so nearly made them pay. faith in england's team and tactics is being tested. i think we've got the talent, i don't think we've got the manager. we have the best attacking players possibly in the whole tournament and we are not using them well. we are playing too defensive. no initiative, no trying i to get on the front foot, just very boring football. england are still top of their group but after this,

that may seem about the only positive. andy swiss, bbc news, frankfurt. england are still in the driving seat in their group. they need to deliver a win and a vast improvement against slovenia next week to be sure of topping the group. the england boss gareth southgate knows they still have work to do. yes, of course. there is a huge amount of work. that's evident from the two performances we've given, but we have to stay tight. we understand people will be disappointed with the performances, and rightly so, and we have to make it better. i know there will be those annoyed and disappointed back home, but we experienced this in the last years as well when we drew with scotland. so we just need to stay calm, it's a time to reflect and try and improve for sure, but step—by—step we will get there. the other game in england's group finished all square, after a very, very late equaliser from serbia to deny slovenia a famous victory.

slovenia had drawn their opening match against denmark, and were heading for their first win at a european championship after zan karnicnik gave them the lead midway through the second half, a move started and finished by the full—back. but a twist — four minutes and 59 seconds into the five minutes of injury time, luka jovic headed in from a corner. joy for serbia, their first point of the tournament, which gives them a chance of staying in it. spain are through to the last 16, after they maintained their perfect start with a 1—0 win against the defending champions italy. the spanish dominance was rewarded in the second half, when riccardo calafiori put the ball into his own net. italy play croatia in their final game knowing a win would guarantee progression to the last 16. france boss didier deschamps says "everything is moving "in the right direction" for kylian mbappe to be available to play against the netherlands in their second euro 2024 match on friday. the striker was forced off during monday's victory over austria after breaking his nose. his face struck opponent

kevin danso's shoulder, and mbappe was taken to dusseldorf hospital, where the break was confirmed, before returning to the national team's camp. the netherlands opened their tournament with a 2—1win over poland — so what do they expect against another of the favourites france? that'll be the challenge. obviously they have a lot of fast players up front, very good players. so we have to make the decision when to go forward, went to defend. obviously, you want to go out from your own qualities of the team, what do you want to do tactically? we can'tjust defend, we have to attack. so we have to make the right decision, when to go and when to stay. india underlined their title credentials at the t20 world cup with a 47—run victory over afghanistan in the super—8s in barbados. suryakumar yadav struck 53 off 28 balls to lead india to an imposing 181 for eight, despite their acclaimed top orderfailing to fire. india kept the pressure on to ensure afghanistan fell far behind the required rate,

before they were dismissed for 134 off the final ball, with arshdeep singh taking three for 36. what a weekjack draper is having — he won his first atp title in stuttgart on sunday, and has followed that up with a notable win over wimbledon champion carlos alcaraz at queen's. spain's alcaraz saved three match points before draper served out from 0—30, to the delight of an ecstatic home crowd. beating the world number two — who claimed the french open earlier this month — is the biggest win of draper's career by ranking. he also ended three—time grand slam champion alcaraz�*s streak of 13 straight wins on grass. eddiejones says he's got a really good feeling "in his bones" that his japan team will test england to their limits when he meets his former side on saturday in tokyo. jones is starting his second spell as japan boss, having left his job with australia after the world cup last year. that followed his sacking by england just nine months before the tournament, when he was replaced by steve borthwick — one ofjones' former assistants

— who has helped bring about an improvement in form. i think for a young guy, he's doing a greatjob. as you know, england is a high—pressurejob, you know, you get more scrutiny than probably any otherjob in the world. so i think he's handling that pretty well. he's reassembling that team, he's got the number of the senior players but is starting to bring some of the young players through, so he's doing a really good job. after almost a week of euro 2024 dominating the sporting world — in some parts of europe, football is being used for a very different purpose. refugees and players with intellectual disabilities are teaming up, as part of a new scheme that aims to give both groups a bigger sense of purpose and fulfilment. joe wilson went to watch one of the matches in spain. in seville, they carry a symbol. they're here for football. serious football. unified football.

the teams here mix players with intellectual disability and refugees. they're trying to win, of course, but there's a deeper message. we should talk about the mindset that the community has that exclude totally people they think that don't have ability. it's totally wrong because come closer, give them the opportunity, give them a football, give them a ball, put them in the field, put them everywhere. gerald is now a legally settled refugee in italy. he fled conflict in cameroon as a child. he now works with special olympics footballers across europe. jose luis from special olympics andalucia told me he's happy to play with people from anywhere in the world. france, germany, other parts of spain, they can be friends. close to the football pitch, seville's refugee centre is home to 120 people from four continents of the world trying to rebuild their lives.

well, as you know, on 15 august, 2021, my government collapsed by the hand of the taliban and they take over afghanistan. but the main message of this football match is about integrity and integration. and it's kind of like a turning point in my life. if you want to stick to the old, to the past, because you're going to lose the future. so that's why i'm saying, and i'm calling that a turning point. well, the medal presentation going on behind me ends this particular session, but there are over a dozen more schemes just like this one currently operating around the world. spectators joined the celebration — students, refugees, players with intellectual disabilities — if you can't spot the difference, then that is the point. joe wilson, bbc news, seville. a quick recap on the top story

— england missed the chance to secure their place in the euro 2024 knockout stages as group c winners, as they were fortunate to take a draw from an underwhelming display against denmark in frankfurt. 1—1 the score in that match. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello it is hard to delay that the meteorological summer got off to a bit of a slow start with below average averages for much of the first half ofjune. this week temperatures have

been climbing and they have a little further to climb. over the next few days it is going to be warm. we will see some spells of sunshine but it is not all plain sailing, areas of cloud and rain legally in the west. and on the weather chart for friday can see the trundle system pushing its way in from the west. it is going to bring outbreaks of rain for some of us. rain moving infour outbreaks of rain for some of us. rain moving in four parts of northern ireland, the majority ran across western scotland, the west of wales, the far southwest of england. ahead of that we will hold onto some spells of sunshine into the afternoon and it will be an easter buzz was civilised of the temperatures, 22— 23 degrees. cool outs was the worst. as we head into the start of the week and the frontal system will break apart. it will leave a residue of cloud into saturday morning, perhaps spots of drizzle as it moves across the southeast corner. we will see spells of sunshine throughout the day on saturday, we have the chance of showers, but equally central and eastern parts of england and eastern parts of england and more cloud and showery rain

into northern ireland and north—west scotland. it is in scotland light one, 24 aberdeen. parts of england and wales into the height teens, early 20s celsius. by sunday, a fair amount early 20s celsius. by sunday, a fairamount of early 20s celsius. by sunday, a fair amount of cloud in the mix. that cloud maps are focused across england wales, given the odd shower, bride of northern ireland and scotland. temperatures, north to south, may be 15 in stornaway by 24 in london, a sign of things to come. on this chart you can see thejet stream, come. on this chart you can see the jet stream, the flow of winds high in the atmosphere steering weather systems around the world and you can see the jet stream bending to the north of the uk, allowing high pressure to build and allowing this warm air to push its way northwards across the uk. with warmth we would also see increasingly humid conditions. it is not always going to be sunny, though, you can see for monday's forecast chart for amounts of cloud, some spells of sunshine it is unlikely to be sunny all the time. they could even be one or two

showers. look at these temperatures, quite widely into the 20s, because the highs of 26 or 27 degrees. as we move into tuesday, the jet stream still bending to the north of us, but notice the jet stream digging southwards out in the atlantic, that may come into play a little bit later in the week. but out of that we will see a fair amount of dry weather on tuesday, deal with areas of cloud, still with showers stop the increasing chance of showers, but that warm and humid feel, 21—26. they would not be at all surprised if someone is up got to 27 or 28 degrees. but later in the week, and there is a lot of uncertainty about the timing of uncertainty about the timing of this, it does look like this dip in thejet of this, it does look like this dip in the jet stream will then move across the uk and that will leave us with low pressure, showers along the spells of rain at times, but not all the time. and while it is going to get as cool as it was earlier on this month, the warm air is likely to be pushed away southeast woods. so

temperatures are likely to return to where would expect them to be at the time of year. but don't take the weather symbols day by day to literally for the second half of next week because the timing of this change to cool and more unsettled weather is still quite uncertain. that's all for me. bye—bye.

live from washington, this is bbc news. extreme weather across the globe, front health safety concerns after heat —related deaths rises. the us ambassador to china tells the bbc that two countries are talking regularly to avoid conflict in the south china sea. and the us highlights what it sees as new threats posed by

russia as vladimir putin concludes a historic visit to asia. hello. you're very welcome. the longest day of the yearin welcome. the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere has also proven to be one of the hottest cities across four continents are sweltering in record—breaking temperatures this week. part of the midwest and north—eastern united states are seeing temperature records set and tourist in europe are struggling to stay out of the sun's gaze and greece, several visitors died from heat exhaustion. on wednesday with an warmest night in a least 55 years, officials there have recorded 38 consecutive days of temperatures above 40 celsius. that's 104 temperatures above 40 celsius. that's104 fahrenheit. the highest been 52 point three celsius on the 29th of may. hospitals in india's capital

are struggling to treat