path" to membership, on the second day of the military alliance�*s summit in washington. we begin with football and england are through to the euro 2024 final. they beat the netherlands 2—1 in the semifinal in dortmund. ollie watkins was the hero of the night — somehow threading through the winner in the 90th minute. the netherlands scored early before harry kane equalised from the penalty spot. england now play spain in sunday's final. the england manager, gareth southgate, has come in for a lot of criticism from fans for the team's style of play. speaking after the game, he said this result vindicated his tactics. he said this result

i he said this result was really pleased with the quality i was really pleased with the quality of our play. it will be, i would quality of our play. it will be, iwould imagine, a long time since or if ever an english side had 60% of the ball against a side from the netherlands, so it shows that the more modern the way, but the more modern the way, but the resilience of the character of the group because ollie watkins has trained like that every day and he's been ready for his moment no matter how frustrated he might have been about not playing. he's been ready, and the whole group have been and the way that they've formed, you know, it's a group with a lot of new players in it and half of them had never been to a tournament, but they've bonded so well and they've all got each other�*s back and tonight was a great example of that. with england now looking ahead to sunday's final against spain, oursports

editor dan roan gives his thoughts on what they could be up against. they represent the sternest challenge that england will have confronted at the zeros, they are very much the form side of the competition and of course having knocked out the might of friends it will be full of confidence but equally spain will not fancy playing this england side because once again they have shown that such result, such resilience for the third consecutive match, they went behind but managed to dig deep, going to their reserves of spirit and unity and find a way through. once again, the manager gareth southgate�*s tactics fully vindicated, his substitutes working, he had the courage to take off the captain harry kane and phil foden, it was a wonderful performance by them in the first half, they were little more subdued in the second but when it counted he made those changes and they pay dividends. with that wonderful moment of brilliance the latest from his side by ollie watkins, the kind of moment that he will

have dreamed about for his relatively young career, the aston villa striker. it hasn't been easy tournament, it was only two weeks ago gareth southgate was being booed and jeered, criticised in the harshest possible terms by pundits as well, the time and again his england players have fought for him and managed to find a way. and let's not forget in the past when they've got to the stages in the world cup for example, 1990, than 2018 as well, and suck a's first tournament, they failed to make that final step to the showpiece. not in this case, they had learned from those harsh memories, during the course of his tenure. this is notjust course of his tenure. this is not just a success course of his tenure. this is notjust a success of euros final but also he made the semifinal in the world cup in 2018. this is an incredible run of consistency and now they will go for the big one, for the first time in berlin on sunday against spain. my colleague christian fraser watched the game in a fanzone in dortmund. they've all gone. we are the stragglers at the party, but it's

a party we don't want to end, as i'm sure is the feeling for a lot of england fans who are in this city tonight. they'll be drinking long into the night, marvelling over the ollie watkins goal at the end. but we've had a real carnival today, i have to say, and full credit to the dutch fans who were here in their tens of thousands today. not far, of course, for them to drive across the border to get here. um, but the anthem, the left, the right, the dancing in the streets and the generally good attitude between them and the england fans really did make it a special day. you can imagine what it was like behind me after seven minutes. when xavi simons scored, the beer was up in the air. uh, they were chanting. they were all up. it was pretty special, but it then went quite flat. first the penalty, uh, and then on 90 minutes plus one that wondergoal from ollie watkins, as dan says, really did send the party flat. and in fact, many of them were heading out of here before the final whistle blew. it did turn a little nasty. just behind us there were a pocket of england

fans just in front of the stage here who were surrounded, and they were the focal point for a while. boots and fists were flying. it was a bit ugly. um, but that's really only the only black mark. i think on a day when there were tens of thousands of fans mingling with one another and generally getting on pretty well. um, but it's been tense, hasn't it? really tense all throughout. again, we were biting our nails tonight, and i'm just reading this message from the king, uh, who sent a note to gareth southgate and his team. he says, "my wife and ijoin all ourfamily in wishing you the warmest congratulations on reaching the final of the uefa european championships and in sending our best wishes for sunday's match." but here's the best bit. given that, of course, the king is recovering from his cancer treatment. "if i may encourage you, he says, to secure victory before the need for any last minute one, the goals or another penalties drama. i'm sure the stress is on the nation's collective heart rate and blood pressure would be greatly alleviated.

good luck england." we certainly endorse the king's message. yes, if we could finish it a little earlier than we do seem to be doing in this tournament, that would help us all. to the united states next where presidentjoe biden is hosting world leaders in washington as nato marks its 75th anniversary. and as the military alliance discusses possible further support for ukraine, it's more domestic matters that are providing the headlines. president biden is again coming under pressure — from within his own party — to quit his bid for re—election. former house speaker nancy pelosi, says time is running short to make a decision. party supporter — and actor — george clooney called for a new candidate. our north america editor sarah smith reports. the secretary—general of the north atlantic treaty organisation and the president of the united states. astride the world stage, joe biden is among friends, surrounded by his nato allies. a welcome escape from the foes inside his own party and it is familiar ground that he's comfortable talking about.

we can and will defend every inch of nato territory and we'll do it together. george clooneyjoined joe biden at a glitzy fundraiser three weeks ago. today, he's urging him to step aside. saying the man who was helped off stage that night by barack obama was as diminished as the one we all witnessed at the debate. in vital swing states like pennsylvania, biden�*s losing ground and voters are losing confidence. when we saw him at the debate i was kind of floored by how confused he seemed. i will vote against trump. i would love to have another democratic nominee. but if biden is the nominee, i will have to vote for biden and we'lljust do it. the president is known to watch this msnbc breakfast breakfast show, so that's where his old friend appeared to subtly suggest he should change his mind about running. it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run.

we are all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short. do you want him to run? i want him to do whatever he decides to do. that's insider speakfor, "please decide to stand down." every day, the calls forjoe biden to step aside are getting louder but it's not inevitable that he will bow to the pressure. it is entirely his decision to make, nobody else can force him aside, and he is for now doggedly leaning onto that nomination which he believes is rightfully his. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. helena humphrey has more from the nato summit. well, that pressure isn't going anywhere, is it, steve? i was inside that auditorium last night where president biden was giving that forceful

defence of nato, saying that it's stronger than ever. he got through that speech pretty well. despite that, of course, the headlines this morning, a very different story, that pressure continuing. and i think president zelensky put it very well last night when he said everybody ukraine, the world is watching to see what happens in the november election. that said, when i've been speaking to foreign ministers, defence ministers from european countries, the baltics, the balkans and so on here today, and i've been asking them both on the side of donald trump and president biden, if they've been speaking about that in all of their meetings. i've been getting more diplomatic answers. but i certainly think it's fair to say that behind closed doors, in corridors here, people are talking about it because they understand that this is also about the future of the alliance. but speaking more about the future of the alliance, what we have had in the last hour or so was the nato declaration being released specifically with reference to nato's path towards becoming

a member of nato. that word that nato has put out is irreversible. now for ukraine to become a member. that said, though, the language also specified that this would be if ukraine fulfils all of the conditions set out by the allies. so no, uh, direct invitation there. we know in the past that's something that president zelensky has expressed discontent about. but he has also been grateful about that announcement of those all important f—16 fighter jets as well. and i was speaking to, as i mentioned, foreign ministers today, saying, what can you do? what can you offer to turn the tide on russia as ukraine faces its third year in this war? i spoke to the dutch foreign minister, caspar feldkamp, and he even suggested that those fighter jets from the netherlands could go into russian airspace. take a listen to what he told me. we are saying now, some of the air bases from which russian bombers take off to target ukraine are just beyond the 100 kilometre limit. let's look at what these air bases are.

ukraine has all the right to defend itself, according to article 51 of the un charter, and for the netherlands, there is no limit. there is no specific limit or geographical limit on the use of the f—165 that we will deliver. so into russian airspace. into russian airspace is definitely possible. and that is a pretty interesting statement, because when i've been speaking to us officials, for example, with the likes of using longer range missiles into russian airspace, they have said for now, that is out of the question. so as you can see some discrepancies there between nato allies. and helena, what should we expect next at the nato summit? well, of course, these are high level conversations continue. we know that keir starmer will be speaking. he is speaking with the us president, joe biden, expected to reinforce that transatlantic special relationship. then increased i think focus on hybrid attacks, disinformation,

misinformation, which is all seen as part of this defence alliance. the nato summit has also been an important event for prime minister, sir keir starmer — his first major international leaders gathering in his new role. in the past couple of hours he met president biden in the white house — and they began byjoking about the football. by the way, i heard good news. good news is right. i tell you what. it's all because of the prime minister. not lost a game under the labour government in 2024. a welcoming home, minister. it looks like it. well, welcome and good. we had a long conversation on the phone when you won. give me your hand here, pal. and we were the best of allies maybe in the whole world. and we really, we really need to continue to cooperate. we have a lot we can talk about.

and i think that to start off we can talk about what you call football, we call soccer. um, by the way, you know, soccer has become incredibly popular here in the united states. it really is growing. and, uh, but atany rate, and a lot going on, i think you're, your seeking closer ties in europe is good for all of us. and transatlantic alliance, i think it's a great idea that we're going to be working together on. i thought we had a good meeting today at nato. very good. i thought we had a very good meeting and i think things are moving in the right direction. i'm feeling really optimistic about where you think we're moving, but welcome, welcome, welcome. thank you, mr president. and firstly, congratulations on a really successful summit. it's been an incredibly important moment 75 years of bigger nato, a stronger nato and a nato with the resolve that we need. i thought the medal, the honour forjens stoltenberg yesterday was a very special moment.

i don't think he was expecting it. no he wasn't. i caught him, he was leaving. i, i intervened when he was going to leave, and i, iswear to god, my knees and begged him to say no. i'm only kidding. but i talked him into staying and his wife still talked to me. she spoke to me yesterday. i had lunch with him when he was just about to go to the central bank and was saying, "i'm free." and then you spoke to him and he's still in the job. he's done a greatjob. but the special relationship is so important. it's forged in difficult circumstances, endured for so long and it's stronger now than ever. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

uk police say a man suspected of killing the wife and two daughters of the bbc horse racing commentator, john hunt, is receiving medical treatment, after being found in north london.

police believe it was a targeted attack with a crossbow, and possibly other weapons. it's quite hard to fathom what happened here. in the quiet hertfordshire suburbs, a family brutally attacked, a mother and her two daughters, not safe in their own home, and a suspect who went on the run for 2h hours. the family who lived here in bushey are the family of our bbc colleague, racing commentatorjohn hunt. his wife, 61—year—old carol, was killed, as were their daughters, 28—year—old hannah and 25—year—old louise. last night, armed police arrived around 7pm as screams were heard by neighbours. air ambulances scrambled to the scene to try to save the women. it was about ten police cars. there was ambulances and everything going down

there, and the thing that really struck me was that there was police with guns. police searched all night and all day for kyle clifford, 26 years old and a former soldier. the concern was that he was armed with a crossbow. it's believed he was known to the hunt family. to the hunt family. and police say the killings were a targeted attack. at lunchtime, they described the scale of their search. we have extensive police resources deployed to various locations in north london and also the bushy london and also the bushey area of hertfordshire. the manhunt also involves armed police officers and specialist search teams responding at pace. in the wake of what has been an horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow, but other weapons may also have been used. the search for karl clifford centred on enfield in north london. helicopters, armed police, all involved local schools were told to keep children inside during the day.

by late afternoon, armed police and ambulances massed at lavender hill cemetery. the cemetery was closed off as officers and medics rushed in. police confirming earlier this evening that they had apprehended kyle clifford. no shots were fired, they said, but he was found with some injuries. as flowers were left in tribute in bushey, his bbc five live colleagues paid their own ones on air. this has been a heartbreaking day. john hunt is our colleague and ourfriend. on behalf of everybody connected with live sport, our love and thoughts and support are with john and his family. a family with their lives ahead of them. an inexplicable, brutal end that has ripped john hunt from those he loved the most. lucy manning reporting there.

israel's army have dropped thousands of leaflets over gaza city telling people to leave their homes and head south. it's the second time people have been told to get out of the area since the start of the conflict. in southern gaza, at least 29 palestinians have been killed and dozens more wounded in an israeli air strike on a camp for displaced people outside a school. gaza's hamas—run health ministry said the missile hit next to the gate of a school, east of the city of khan younis. fergal keane has the story — and there are distressing images in his report. the women of the house of abu abed. they have lost a brother. mohammed was 27, trained to teach special needs children, and about to be married. translation: he was going out to call his fiancee. _ next week, the borders will open and he could go see her.

hejoked, "goodbye, gaza, goodbye." mohammed was planning to join his future wife in egypt, herfamily escaped there after nine were killed in an earlier air strike — his sister—in—law, inas, blinded in one eye there. and mohammed's fiance, hadil. translation: up to the last minute, i was planning - for him to arrive here. we were going to stay for a while and if things improved, go back to gaza. now i don't know what to do. the missile was fired around 7.30 in the evening. youths playing nearby ran to help, and saw children's bodies, parts of bodies.

the israeli military says it was targeting a hamas member allegedly involved in the october 7th massacres. in doing so, they killed 29 people. dozens more were wounded. they've been bombed, displaced — from one fragile refuge to another. and there is what they have seen, and what cannot be unremembered. they lean in to stop the child struggling as shrapnel is removed from his head. pure chance the direction of the blast saved this infant. the israelis say they used precise munitions and are reviewing the circumstances of the air strike.

the teacher mohammed abed was one of those buried today, by sisters still trapped in this hell, grieving for him and for what their children must endure. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. the hollywood actor, alec baldwin, is in new mexico for the start of his trial, over a deadly shooting on a film set almost three years ago. he's pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, died from a single bullet wound, fired from a gun baldwin was holding. emma vardy reports.

mr baldwin, are you feeling confident? is this a fair trial? returning to new mexico, where the shooting happened, alec baldwin arrived to face a jury who will decide whether he was responsible. you were in the room when the lady...? i was the one holding the gun, yeah. ok, alrighty. this was the moment police arrived on set of the western movie, rust, after a scene had gone terribly wrong. alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger. the pistol being used by alec baldwin had fired a live round, killing the cinematographer halyna hutchins. what's your job there with them? i'm the armourer. or at least i was. the mystery of how live rounds ended up on the film set was revealed earlier this year when the film's armourer, hannah gutierrez, stood trial for involuntary manslaughter. it was her responsibility to ensure weapons were safe. but she had mistakenly mixed up dummy rounds with real bullets. despite the film's armourer being convicted and sentenced to 18 months injail, prosecutors still believe alec baldwin was also responsible. they're trying to prove the gun could only have been fired because of his actions. the evidence will show that someone who played make believe with a real gun and violated

the cardinal rules of firearm safety is the defendant, alexander baldwin. alec baldwin claims he never pulled the trigger, and that it was the responsibility of other crew members to make sure the gun was safe. safety has to occur before the gun is placed in the actor's hands. in this case, this unique case, on a movie set, the prop gun was placed in mr baldwin's hands and "cold gun" was announced. meaning it had been checked and double check by those responsible to ensure that the gun was safe. all right. all rise. but prosecutors argue he did not follow safety protocols which could have prevented the cinematographer�*s death. the most complete stegosaurus skeleton everfound is being put up for auction in new york. the fossil is 11 feet — or three metres 30 — tall and 20 feet — or six metres — long. apex, as it has been called,

is about 70 % complete. is about 70% complete. it carries an estimated price tag of between $4 million and $6 million. placing apex among the most valuable dinosaur fossils to be offered in the market. that brings us to a close here in newsday, i'll be back shortly on business today, see you soon. hello. on wednesday, itjust wouldn't stop raining across parts of northeast scotland. in parts of aberdeenshire, we had over 70mm of rain in places — that's over a month's worth of rain. as well as the wet weather, it was also quite windy and cold. northeast scotland nowjoins parts of southern england and the midlands in places of the uk that already had well over a month's worth of rain so far this month — and we're onlyjust past the first week, of course. it continues to rain across northeast scotland, as well, with our area of low pressure, slow—moving

out in the north sea, it continues to be wet here. but we do have another weather front bringing some rain across northern ireland, northern england and over the next few hours thatjust sinks a bit further southwards. so heading into the first part of thursday morning, you might find a few patches of rain arrive across north wales and the north midlands. it'll be a mild start to the day, though, on thursday, at least — temperatures 11—14 celsius. quite varied weather conditions from place to place on thursday. the low pressure continues to feed rain into northeast scotland — the rain, though, turning lighter and patchier, but potentially still damp even into the afternoon here. western scotland, brighter, some sunny spells and some sunshine coming through for northern ireland into the afternoon. for northern england, wales, and parts of the north midlands, a few patches of rain in the morning, a few heavy showers into the afternoon. the south midlands, throughout southern england and probably south wales, a lot of dry, sunny and warm weather, with temperatures widely into the low 20s, and peaking at 23 — that's going to feel very pleasant in the sunshine. otherwise, temperatures around 15—19 ceelsius.

for friday's forecast, we're watching this area of low pressure as it moves across northern france. it could come close enough to bring a band of persistent rain into southeast england. it'll be there or thereabouts, so we'lljust keep an eye on the developments with that. further northwest, this ridge of high pressure should break the cloud up across parts of west scotland, northern ireland, northwest england, so they're probably going to be the driest and brightest spots. but generally, the winds coming in from a northerly direction, so temperatures will continue to run below average, about 15—20 celsius for your high. now the weekend sees low pressure get close to the northeast of the uk — so it's across eastern scotland and northeast england that will probably have some general outbreaks of rain developing. otherwise, quite a lot of dry weather on saturday, just a few brief showers. sunday, mostly fine with temperatures high, teens to low—20s. bye for now.

the us teams up with mexico, launching new rules to prevent china and other nations from bypassing tariffs. we take a look at the impact on chip production as thousands of samsung electronics workers go on strike, indefinitley. hello and welcome to business today.

i'm steve lai. to our top story today — the us has announced new rules targeting firms from china and other countries that are routing shipments of steel and aluminum through mexico in a bid to evade tariffs. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has all the details. back and may present biden implemented higher tariffs on steel and aluminium. concerns have remained in the imports could stick into the us duty—free through mexico which is a special treat relationships between the us and canada. but the us and mexico are taking joint steps and mexico will require importers to supply more information about a products country of origin which we need to be provided when the products are imported to the us and still imported from mexico will still get hit with the us 25% tariff on it is shown to have been noted in borden mexico. the us or canada. aluminium for mexico will still

be subject to the