we all have a duty to show that politics can be a force for good. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie. the first semifinal at the european championship is under way. spain, the tournament favourites with a 100 perecent record so far, taking on france in munich. france dropped anoine griezmann from the starting eleven, preferring ousmane dembele. adrien rabiot also coming into the sdie with camavinga dropping out. their first theirfirst goalfrom their first goal from open theirfirst goalfrom open play, but spain responded brilliantly. their teenage superstar, a beautiful effort from outside the box come the youngest scorer in the history of

the european championship, still 16 turned 17 on saturday. moments later, spain took the lead. deflecting in i think it stands as an own goal at the moment. might get it back because it was on target, even without them trying to keep it out. two onto spain and there is just over half an hour played. it is a thriller. england have arrived in dortmund ahead of their semifinal against netherlands. that's coming up against netherlands. that's coming up on wednesday. the squad trained at their team base before heading to 200 miles west. that's a fully fit squad. gareth southgate is going to have to decide whether he sticks with that change of formation that he employed against the swiss. a defensive back three, in the quarterfinals. the dutch plans have been disrupted, their train to dortmund was cancelled, so they had to arrange a flight and arrived late, so cancelled their pre match news conference. but everything has gone to plan for england, even if it has been a fairly

tortuous path to the semis. at the beginning of the tournament, the expectation weighed quite heavily. and of course, the external noise was louder than it's ever been. so i felt we couldn't quite get ourselves in the right place. and in the end, what was impressive was the players ground it out, they've ground results out and found ways to win. the ones who have had more experience in tournaments know what it's like to play for england in major tournaments. and of course, as we've been doing better and getting better in tournaments, the expectation gets higher, and that's been no difference. from a team point of view, we know we want to achieve, we've set out from the start what we've been trying to achieve, and we are close to doing that. some other international football news, wales have confirmed that craig bellamy is their new manager. he's agreed a four—year deal and has called it the proudest moment of his career. bellamy succeeds former team—mate robert page, who was sacked injune after failing

to get wales to the euros and also a poor run of friendly results. bellamy won 78 wales caps and also captained the side. let's head to wimbeldon, because it's the first of the quarterfinals in the mens and wiomen�*s draws, they are all taking place on centre and number one court, and chetan pathak is there for us, another rainy day, but plenty going on, on the show courts. the rain keeps on coming up these championships, and so do the surprises. the wait for his first wimbledon final continues. the top seed and world number one was hampered by illness during his quarterfinal against daniel medvedev, but still managed to take into five sets. he'd won the last five against the russian fifth seed, but this was medvedev redemption,

the australian open final defeat, he is through to the semifinals again. wherejust is through to the semifinals again. where just like last year, carlos alder ref awaits. the defending champion wanted his match against tommy to be done before spain kicked off their football tommy to be done before spain kicked off theirfootball game. he tommy to be done before spain kicked off their football game. he got his wish, but the american who won the grass court title at queen �*s coming into these championships held him up by winning the first set. the defending champion was too good thereafter, reeling off the next three to reach the last four again. in the women's draw, new zealand qualify, the magical run is over. the world number one playing at her first grand slam took the first set, the croatian study there after though. injuries newly forced her out of the sport, her resilience showed this time as she one in three to reach herfirst grand slam semifinal. there she will eat jazmine paolini, who summered to remember continues. the french open

finalist is now a wimbledon semifinalist after an outstanding win over america's navarro in less than an hour. at 28, she's never won a match year until this year's championships. and so on wednesday, the quarterfinals will continue with former champion, novak djokovic and alina were back in it, hoping to seal their place in the last four. chet and patrick they are from the all england club. a quick update from munich. spain still leading france to— one of the first of the euro semifinals. about ten minutes to have time. busy day for new prime minister sir keir starmer. in the last few hours he left for the nato summit in dc — sir keir�*s first major international event as prime minister. earlier, sir keir addressed mps in parliament for the first time as prime minister. labour mps on the govenrment benches

for the first time in 1a years. he said it was time to turn the page and unite in a common endeavour of national renewal. vicki young has this report. this hasn't happened for a while. a labour prime minister entering the commons after a landslide election victory. it was standing room only for all the new mps on the government side, happily breaking the rule that they shouldn't clap in the chamber. then it was back to tradition, black rod kicking off the ceremonial side of the day. nothing can happen in the commons without a speaker, so sir lindsay hoyle was re—elected and — another ancient convention — dragged to the chair by mps. i now call the prime minister, sir keir starmer. the bad—tempered election debates are over. this was a more reflective moment. service is a precondition

for hope and trust. and the need to restore trust should weigh heavily on every member here, new and returning alike. we all have a duty to show that politics can be a force for good. for one former prime minister, a different title to get used to. i now call the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak. it is important that after 1a years of government, the conservative party rebuilds, so now we will take up the crucial role of his majesty's official opposition professionally, effectively, and humbly. for the longest serving female mp, this was a chance to highlight the changing face of the commons. when i was a new member in 1987 there were only a0 female members of parliament. today, we have 264. and some of us are glad that we have lived to see this.

with fewer conservative mps, other parties will have a louder voice. the new government of the day, as the mother of the house hasjust said, faces a very difficult task, clearing up the mess it has inherited. we on these benches will hold the government to account. we are the new kids on the block. we have no experience in this parliament whatsoever, - even though some of us have tried many times over the years - previously to get here. what's it been like, sitting in that chamber on the other side? yeah, of course it's a whole new experience, and getting to know so many new people, a lot of new names to learn. it does sort of bring home just how big the labour majority is, and what a job we've got to do to hold them to account, effectively, as the new opposition. labour mp peter prinsley, who is a surgeon, turned up for his first day and bumped

into one of his former patients, a doorkeeper in the commons. he is quite surprised to be here after winning one of the safest tory seats in the country. you do realise that some people spend a lifetime trying to get into this place as an mp. no, i do realise that. and i understand that i'm extremely lucky to have managed to get to be an mp, really, in one month flat. but i shall do my very best. the political arguments will start again soon, but first all mps, old and new, have to swear their oaths of allegiance to the crown. and then the work begins. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. let's pick through this with our correspondent. what's stood out for you today? correspondent. what's stood out for ou toda ? , ,., ~ correspondent. what's stood out for outoda ? , ~ you today? first so i think it was interesting _ you today? first so i think it was interesting that _ you today? first so i think it was interesting that for _ you today? first so i think it was interesting that for rishi - you today? first so i think it was interesting that for rishi sunak, | interesting that for rishi sunak, sorry is never the hardest word. he apologised all over again for so many conservatives losing seats, this time he apologised actually from his position as leader of the opposition and the opposite side of the house from where he was just a week or so ago when he was still prime minister. so a very visual

representation, i think of the election result today we saw there in vicky's piece. labour benches absolutely packed, standing room only for the conservatives can rishi sunak the much depleted contingent behind him. ithink sunak the much depleted contingent behind him. i think several other things stood out during the course of the day as well. we have there of course from nigel farage, his group of five reform uk mps taking their seats for the first time. he had a swipe at lindsay hoyle the speaker who is reelected, but his predecessor, john burkart, he dismissed them as a little man who persuaded lindsay hoyle. so i think it started as a means to go on by controversial turns of phrase in the house of commons. it was also interesting that sir keir starmer very much seemed to pick up his campaign themes enough of the election is out of the way. so what he was talking about was restoring trust in politics but saying it was the responsibility of the entire

house to try to restore trust in politics and for this to be the government of service. interestingly, of course, the debates happening away from that commons chamber about things like the future direction of the conservative party, no surprise there, there have been some very, very vocal contributions, sue rella government saying that they should get close to those people who voted for reform uk for nigel farage, others of course violently disagree, but what an interesting vignette is that the people who decide the timescale of the leadership contest for the conservatives and precise of that contest are the executive of what's called the 1922 committee, and tonight, they couldn't even come amongst themselves, agree whether the election of a new chairman was or was not valid. apparently there was a mix—up. so a new chairman has been put in place, london mp, but

apparently, the government whips were telling mps they can vote up until six o'clock this evening and that contest. he was challenged for that contest. he was challenged for that position. others said that the voting stopped at 5:30 p:m.. so a whole range of people said they've been disenfranchised, some are very angry and one of them, mark francoise going for the whole competition to be rerun. interesting. just one brief question for you. just going back to the labour party, because the top team, the cabinet clearly announced a lot of public interest there, these big decision—makers, the people who will be on the ballot, of course, the process of government filling all the jobs, process of government filling all thejobs, the morejuniorjobs which frankly usually are less interesting to the general public, but a couple of interesting appointments on those lower ranks of people who onlyjust got to the house of commons themselves. i got to the house of commons themselves.— got to the house of commons themselves. ~ , _, , themselves. i think this could be controversial _ themselves. i think this could be controversial not _ themselves. i think this could be controversial not necessarily - themselves. i think this could be controversial not necessarily in l

themselves. i think this could be l controversial not necessarily in the country at large, but some of those labour mps have been slogging away through years of opposition, the last 1a years of opposition, some of them have come into parliament since then, of course i find some of the people who simply become mps last week with no ministerial experience have been given ministerialjobs. one of them leads the local authority and keir starmer�*s area, the part of london that he represents, and now takes up a junior government position. keir starmer i guess, have not asked him he's on a plane to washington, i guess you would say this is trying to get people with expertise into specific roles. he is on a big local authority, taken on staffing issues and reforms, so in fact, perhaps saying that he is making best use of his skills. elsewhere, there is a new veterans minister who is an ex—royal marine who has a military honour and he's gone from the armed forces to becoming veterans

minister, but still a controversy over whether that minister should really be sitting at the cabinet table as a previous minister who served in afghanistan. he had a voice for veterans at the top table, but labour are saying that the defence secretary, john healey that he is the voice for veterans and the cabinet table there is no dedicated veterans minister who fresh out of the armed forces rather than doing a long political career first. the armed forces rather than doing a long political careerfirst. and some people are going back in to their ministerial role, so for example jess their ministerial role, so for examplejess phillips has long been a campaign against domestic violence, for example. dealing with that issue of violence against women and girls. she resigned over the labour party's initial stance on the gaza conflict. she didn't think they conquered a cease—fire quick enough. that might have been politically astute. she has a very strong challenge from the workers party, the party led by george galloway, very much campaigning on palestinian

rights, for example, and she only sneaked home by around 700 votes in her constituency and she's now been brought back onto the labour to rank onto the front bench and restored is notjust onto the front bench and restored is not just a onto the front bench and restored is notjust a shadow minister for now an actual minister. qm. notjust a shadow minister for now an actual minister.— notjust a shadow minister for now an actual minister. 0k, thank you so much for that- _ an actual minister. 0k, thank you so much for that. we _ an actual minister. 0k, thank you so much for that. we will _ an actual minister. 0k, thank you so much for that. we will speak - an actual minister. 0k, thank you so much for that. we will speak to - much for that. we will speak to you again later. keeping across that 75th anniversary summit going on in washington. everything kicks off formally in about an hour or so, so keeping across that. as mentioned — war in ukraine big focus. particularly off the back of those latest russian strikes on cities across ukraine — including on a children's hospital in kyiv. experts, including from the un backed broadly ukraine's claimed that the building was hit by russian cruise missile. merlyn thomas from bbc verify looks at the evidence around monday's missile strike. this was the scene in the ukrainian capital kyiv yesterday — parts of a children's

hospital totally destroyed. it happened during a russian air strike, but russia say this damage was caused by a ukrainian air defence missile. ukraine says it's found remnants of a russian cruise missile. so who's right? two videos we've verified are crucial to investigating russian claims. in the first, you can see a huge plume of smoke in the distance, before a moment of impact. the second video is crucial. and we've slowed it down so you can see this missile moments before impact. so just watch it here. and you can see that coming down. we'll actually stop and zoom in for you. you can see it right there. it's worth bearing in mind this is a still and it's a very blurry freeze—frame, but we showed this video to six weapons experts who regularly review grainy footage just like this, and all of them said that this is not a surface to air defence missile as the russians have claimed. for example, one of them, timothy wright, said the missile's speed, angle of attack, profile

and especially the sound — the sound of a high—pitched turbofan — is very prominent and a dead giveaway and consistent with an air breathing land attack cruise missile. now, this is a russian cruise missile. one of its identifying features is its turbo engine at the rear. and that's what some of our experts have focused on, particularly this one, who says... now, we've overlaid a model of the kh—101 on top of the freeze—frame of the video we showed you earlier. nobody�*s been absolutely definitive about the exact missile used, but they all agreed that it was likely an air—launched russian missile. five of the seven mentioned a russian kh—101 as a possibility, in line with what ukraine has said. ukraine's security services have posted photos of what it says is debris of the russian weapon at the site of the strike, specifically the kh—101 missile. we can't verify these

images ourselves. this isn't the first time russia has claimed that ukrainian weapons have accidentally hit their own cities. we'll continue to examine this claim as this story develops. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

welcome back. this is europe's new ariane six satellite launcher blasting off from kourou in french guiana. let's ta ke let's take a moment to watch it launch. there it goes. that was just in the last hour or so. it's the first flight of the rocket after a series of delays. it comes a year after its predecessor

was retired — leaving europe with no independent way to launch satellites. right, let's talk about the launch and the european space agency now. i am joined by astrophysicist and science communicator, megan argo. thank you forjoining us on the programme. so, we are going to watch that launch again, and just talk us through why this is significant. it's significant because, as you said, europe has not had its own launcher for said, europe has not had its own launcherfor a year said, europe has not had its own launcher for a year now since the retirement of rian five. it was a very reliable launcher, but once it reached the end of its use of a lifetime, once i got to the end of its functionality, a new one was needed. the planning for that started back in 2014. so it's been on the cards for quite a long time. the fact that it has now got to where it is is really good because it's taken a long time. these things always do. it's a long process to design and develop and implement a rocket that is going to take

satellites into low earth orbit and beyond and capable of actually sending things to the moon as well, so it's a more capable launcher than its predecessor. it's a significant project to do this and it takes on time and takes a lot of careful testing especially when an organisation like this that the european space agency that is dependent on them for countries and essentially taxpayers money to fund a lot of what they do, they have to be very careful to be seen to be making the best of use of the money to be very careful to make sure things actually work when they get off the ground. the first launch backin off the ground. the first launch back in the 1990s was a failure, there was a test flight, we do expect test flights do not go entirely to plan, but since then, it has been a very dependable launcher. just on that, we watched the pictures live of it taking off. we just rewatch them there. for the untrained eye, it looked like everything went pretty well. as far as we know, has it been successful? as far as we know so far, the last i

looked at the live stream, we won't know for a little while yet, but so far, it does look like each of the milestones has come and gone and things have been working to plan. there are two boosters strapped to the outside of the bracket that help them get to orbit. though separated as planned, the first stage of the rocket burning a few minutes before that runs out and that also separates from the second stage of the rocket which is what actually takes the satellites into orbit. that separated as planned as well, so we are now expecting time i'm not sure whether it's happened yet, but all of those satellites to be deployed and then that second stage will reignite the engine. that will be an interesting test because that's not something that european space agency has done before is reigniting liquid fuel engines in orbit. it sounds trivial but it's really not because the problem with liquid propellants in zero gravity as they tend to slosh around unpredictably. so having the propellant in the right place to start your engine reliably is a tricky thing. so hopefully the technology that they've designed to help them do that will work well. that's part of the sustainability

aspect of this rocket design is they want to be able to bring back that second stage safely into the earth's atmosphere so that it burns up in the debris lands in the ocean rather than its staying in orbit and becoming space debris which could go on and damage other satellites leading to collisions, leading to more debris which could cause other problems for other satellite operators as well. they have thought about this and it's a really, really important cooperating in low earth orbit in the current environment. 0k, orbit in the current environment. ok, we will keep an eye on that and keep track of it. fingers crossed everything goes ok. megan, great to have you on. thank you. checking in with the football. hugely important match under way right now. it is the euros, of course, the first semifinal, spain versus france. it does have time right now. spain lead to goals to one. let's speak to

semra hunter. away from the football and talking to us, talk us through that first half. how was it. . just check in that you can hear me there. half. how was it. . just check in | that you can hear me there. oh, half. how was it. . just check in - that you can hear me there. oh, yes, hi. yes, apologies _ that you can hear me there. oh, yes, hi. yes, apologies for _ that you can hear me there. oh, yes, hi. yes, apologies for that. _ that you can hear me there. oh, yes, hi. yes, apologies for that. i - that you can hear me there. oh, yes, hi. yes, apologies for that. i can - hi. yes, apologies for that. i can hear you. hi. yes, apologies for that. i can hear vom— hi. yes, apologies for that. i can hear ou. , ., �* ., ., , hear you. great, you've got a smile on our hear you. great, you've got a smile on yourface- _ hear you. great, you've got a smile on your face. that _ hear you. great, you've got a smile on your face. that was _ hear you. great, you've got a smile on your face. that was a _ hear you. great, you've got a smile on your face. that was a pretty - hear you. great, you've got a smilel on your face. that was a pretty good first half, no? it on your face. that was a pretty good first half, no?— first half, no? it was absolutely brilliant. and _ first half, no? it was absolutely brilliant. and thank _ first half, no? it was absolutely brilliant. and thank god - first half, no? it was absolutely brilliant. and thank god spain | first half, no? it was absolutely i brilliant. and thank god spain are leading because there were a couple of moments there where my stomach started turning on itself because france took the lead. lit missing two pivotal players tonight, and the question was how where'd they come up question was how where'd they come up against killian and bob a? the answer was not very welcome at least when the first goal, he didn't pressure him, so killian had time on the ball. he delivered a beautiful one, but he was they are unmarked for the finish. so it seemed as

though it could be a bit different troubling night for spain, but they reacted incredibly well. they continue to surge forward, they continue to surge forward, they continue to surge forward, they continue to attack, they continue to not be shaken or bothered by going behind and they scored two goals in four minutes. they've looked largely in control. they've looked comfortable overall and i think at times, france is the one who looks on edge. they hadn't conceded a goal all tournaments, in fact the only conceded one and was from a penalty in the group stage. and all of a sudden they have two and 45 minutes. it's been brilliant, it's been fun, it's been entertaining and i expect much more of the same to come in the second half. qm. much more of the same to come in the second half-— second half. 0k, thank you so much for that. second half. 0k, thank you so much for that- just — second half. 0k, thank you so much for that. just super _ second half. 0k, thank you so much for that. just super quickly, - for that. just super quickly, because we've just managed to make contact our france football journalist. right out of time, but very quickly, are you confident that france can get back into this? well. france can get back into this? well, it's been a shaky — france can get back into this? well, it's been a shaky first _ france can get back into this? well, it's been a shaky first half, - france can get back into this? well, it's been a shaky first half, and - it's been a shaky first half, and i've it's been a shaky first half, and i've rarely— it's been a shaky first half, and i've rarely seen a france manager so

agitated — i've rarely seen a france manager so agitated on _ i've rarely seen a france manager so agitated on the dutch line, so the confidence is low right now in france — confidence is low right now in france and for all france supporters. but this is a game of ebbs _ supporters. but this is a game of ebbs and — supporters. but this is a game of ebbs and flows, so france might be able to— ebbs and flows, so france might be able to crawl their way back. who knows, _ able to crawl their way back. who knows, they might win.— able to crawl their way back. who knows, they might win. thank you so much, i'm knows, they might win. thank you so much. i'm so — knows, they might win. thank you so much, i'm so pleased _ knows, they might win. thank you so much, i'm so pleased we _ knows, they might win. thank you so much, i'm so pleased we just - knows, they might win. thank you so l much, i'm so pleased we just managed to get to you just before the end of the programme. thank you both, because this is a nervous time for both of you. i will let you get back to watching the second half. good luck to you both, of course. bbc impartiality. that said, i'm louis yvonnejones. this is bbc news. —— louis vaughn yvonnejones. this is bbc news. —— louis vaugthones. hello there, good evening. it's feeling muggy and humid today in the south. plenty of rain around yet again, including here in chelmsford, in essex — in fact, many spots across the south have already seen over a month's worth of rainfall — we're only nine days intojuly. and there's yet more unsettled

conditions as we head through the rest of the week, so expect further wet weather at times. won't be raining all the time everywhere. there'll also be some sunshine — it's been in short supply today, some of the best of it across the far north of scotland, shetland, and orkney. but overnight tonight, we'll see that rain push further northwards into northern scotland. it'll be particularly relentless across eastern scotland, driven in on this brisk northeasterly wind. some sharper showers, too, further south, including across northern ireland. but lots of dry weather across the southern half of the uk — always plenty of cloud. it's a muggy and a mild start to the day tomorrow. and then, on wednesday, our area of low pressure continues to push very slowly out into the north sea. we're keeping the feed of northeasterly winds and all of that relentless rain throughout the day. so the rainfall totals really starting to rack up here — particularly over the higher ground, there could be as much as 70—90mm

of rainfall locally. some longer spells of rain, too, across northern ireland, with the low pressure. a few showers across wales, northern england, but across southeast england, it could stay largely dry and, given any sunshine in the muggy, warm—feeling air, temperatures will rise to the low—20s in celsius. so, we stand a much better chance of getting a full day's play on the outside courts on wednesday, and also on thursday, perhaps a bit more in the way of sunshine then, too. but if we just take a look at thursday, then, our area of low pressure still out in the north sea, still a little bit of rain for eastern scotland, but generally drier. we're drawing down this northerly wind, so it will feel cooler, particularly for the northern half of the uk, a few showers, too, further south. but with the sunshine, then, temperatures here should again lift into the low—20s. it will be feeling cooler further north, particularly in exposure to that northerly wind. and we're also keeping a close eye on this little feature towards the south — it could affect southern coastal areas on thursday into friday, perhaps. higher pressure building out towards the west — so west probably best, in terms of temperature and sunshine amounts on friday, but these temperatures are below the seasonal average. cool and still unsettled at times through the weekend.

bye— bye. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. today, tomorrow and the next day is all about standing together with our allies, discussing practically how we provide further support for ukraine. many children and civilians have been killed, and itjust demonstrates the brutality of russia's war of aggression

against ukraine and the importance of us supporting ukraine and upholding their right for self—defence. president biden, for him, it's business as usual. - it's the big nato summit, - and he wants to focus on that, and he wants to show that he can be lthe world leader that he says he is. | but of course, he's going to be scrutinised in a way _ that he has probably never been scrutinised before. . all that coming up. first, the latest headlines: democrats in congress hold a series of meetings to discuss the future of president biden's faltering re—election campaign, as criticism continues of his disastrous debate performance aginst donald trump. medics in southern gaza say at least 29 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an israeli air strike that hit a camp for displaced people near a school in abasan. israel says it's looking into the reports.