and agree $40 billion of military aid for kyiv at their summit in washington. hello. england are beginning preparations for sunday's euro 2024 final against spain in berlin. last night's 90th—minute strike from substitute ollie watkins sealed a 2—1 semifinal victory over the netherlands, to the delight of fans across the country. our sports editor, dan roan, reports on a dramatic night in dortmund. palmer finds watkins. watkins turns! watkins scores! he's the super sub who became england's hero on an unforgettable night in dortmund. ollie watkins, that is wonderful! england fans in dreamland after the aston villa striker�*s brilliant 90th—minute winner ensured

a first major final on foreign soil. lost for words, really. when you score, there's emotions that come through your body, but this is just a different feeling. it was slow motion when i was running over to the boys and celebrating. and there was... i didn't want to get off the pitch in the end because ijust wanted to soak it all in, because it doesn't happen often, obviously. come on, watkins, get in there, my son! ollie watkins, all. about ollie watkins. he needs to start. talk about a captain's moment. earlier, after england fell behind for the third match in a row, it fell to the captain to try and draw them level. here comes kane. here come england! oh, it was phenomenal, absolutely brilliant. i couldn't imagine much more. cole palmer and ollie watkins come on. gareth southgate faced criticism at these euros. but having brought on watkins with extra time looming, once again the manager had been vindicated. once i saw him i thought, he's got legs, he's got a goal in him.

so gareth knows best after all? i think so. we can't criticise him now. that's two euros finals in a row, you know. i and this time, will they do it? it's coming home, - what else can we say? i have a really good feeling about this one. england are on their way to berlin! and having knocked out the netherlands, england are now just one more win from ending their 58—year—long wait for silverware. spain have been the best team in the tournament, there's no question about that. and we have a day less to prepare, which makes it a lot harder. but we will enjoy tonight. but already as a coaching team we're thinking about preparing for that, that's how it is. hope you can enjoy it a bit. no, we will, don't worry. well, what a night here in dortmund. ollie watkins and these players have delivered quite simply one of the most important victories in the history of the england men's team. and now they'll have a shot at glory

and a first—ever victory overseas at a major tournament. and after their best performance yet of these euros, they'll now believe that in berlin they can go all the way. dan roan, bbc news, dortmund. for more, the person who set for more, the person who set up for more, the person who set up the for more, the person who set up the ollie watkins goal was cole palmer. we are joined ollie watkins goal was cole palmer. we arejoined by his ollie watkins goal was cole palmer. we are joined by his former coach graeme fowler. with him, some students from the local area where cole palmer learnt his trade. thank you forjoining us. let me bring you in festival, graeme fowler, how are you feeling? == in festival, graeme fowler, how are you feeling?— you feeling? -- first of all. over the moon. _ you feeling? -- first of all. over the moon, bit— you feeling? -- first of all. over the moon, bit tired, _ you feeling? -- first of all. over the moon, bit tired, my- you feeling? -- first of all. over the moon, bit tired, my voice i you feeling? -- first of all. over the moon, bit tired, my voice is| you feeling? -- first of all. over. the moon, bit tired, my voice is a bit gone, brilliant. tell! the moon, bit tired, my voice is a bit gone, brilliant.— the moon, bit tired, my voice is a bit gone, brilliant. tell us who you have with you _ bit gone, brilliant. tell us who you have with you there. _ bit gone, brilliant. tell us who you have with you there. we _ bit gone, brilliant. tell us who you have with you there. we have - bit gone, brilliant. tell us who you have with you there. we have got | bit gone, brilliant. tell us who you l have with you there. we have got a cou - le have with you there. we have got a coule of have with you there. we have got a couple of students, _

have with you there. we have got a couple of students, esme, - have with you there. we have got a couple of students, esme, rhys, i couple of students, esme, rhys, rosa, jonny. couple of students, esme, rhys, rosa. jonny-_ couple of students, esme, rhys, rosa,jonn . ,, ., ., rosa, jonny. starting from the left, ou were rosa, jonny. starting from the left, you were all — rosa, jonny. starting from the left, you were all watching _ rosa, jonny. starting from the left, you were all watching the _ rosa, jonny. starting from the left, | you were all watching the game last night? what did you think? did you think you would win or were you nervous? irate think you would win or were you nervous? ~ ., ., ., , ._ , think you would win or were you nervous? ~ ., , , , nervous? we have good players,, but -la ed nervous? we have good players,, but played really — nervous? we have good players,, but played really well- — nervous? we have good players,, but played really well. what _ nervous? we have good players,, but played really well. what did - nervous? we have good players,, but played really well. what did you - played really well. what did you think of the _ played really well. what did you think of the penalty _ played really well. what did you think of the penalty estimate i played really well. what did you - think of the penalty estimate should it have been given? == think of the penalty estimate should it have been given?— it have been given? -- what did you think of the — it have been given? -- what did you think of the penalty? _ it have been given? -- what did you think of the penalty? i _ it have been given? -- what did you think of the penalty? i don't - it have been given? -- what did you think of the penalty? i don't think . think of the penalty? i don't think so. think of the penalty? i don't think so i_ think of the penalty? idon't think so ithink— think of the penalty? i don't think so. i think he went down too easily. cannot_ so. i think he went down too easily. cannot complain though. as so. i think he went down too easily. cannot complain though.— cannot complain though. as cole palmer's former _ cannot complain though. as cole palmer's former coach, - cannot complain though. as cole palmer's former coach, when - cannot complain though. as cole palmer's former coach, when did cannot complain though. as cole - palmer's former coach, when did you first meet him? what was he like when he was younger?— first meet him? what was he like when he was younger? yeah, first started playing — when he was younger? yeah, first started playing football, - when he was younger? yeah, first started playing football, first - when he was younger? yeah, first started playing football, first met| started playing football, first met him when he was five, and he was naturally gifted from the start. we knew straightaway from seeing him

play football, he was going to make it. ~ play football, he was going to make it. . ., , play football, he was going to make it. ~ . , yeah, play football, he was going to make j it-_ yeah. playing it. when he was five? yeah, playing with kids a year _ it. when he was five? yeah, playing with kids a year older, _ it. when he was five? yeah, playing with kids a year older, he was - it. when he was five? yeah, playing with kids a year older, he was that i with kids a year older, he was that good. $5 with kids a year older, he was that aood. �* , . with kids a year older, he was that ood. a ., , ., ., with kids a year older, he was that iood. �*, ., , ., ., , with kids a year older, he was that aood. a. , ., ., , , ., good. as a five-year-old, very small child, lots good. as a five-year-old, very small child. lots of— good. as a five-year-old, very small child, lots of kids _ good. as a five-year-old, very small child, lots of kids at _ good. as a five-year-old, very small child, lots of kids at that _ good. as a five-year-old, very small child, lots of kids at that point - good. as a five-year-old, very small child, lots of kids at that point of- child, lots of kids at that point of very good, did he stand out massively from the other little ones? ., ., ., , , ., , ones? yeah, totally stood out, his full control. _ ones? yeah, totally stood out, his full control, manipulations, - full control, manipulations, football iq, there from an early age —— his full control. football iq, there from an early age -- his full control.— -- his full control. how long did ou -- his full control. how long did you catch _ -- his full control. how long did you catch him — -- his full control. how long did you catch him and _ -- his full control. how long did you catch him and talk - -- his full control. how long did you catch him and talk us - -- his full control. how long did i you catch him and talk us through the childhood playing? he you catch him and talk us through the childhood playing?— you catch him and talk us through the childhood playing? he played for four seasons — the childhood playing? he played for four seasons for _ the childhood playing? he played for four seasons for us, _ the childhood playing? he played for four seasons for us, four _ the childhood playing? he played for four seasons for us, four years, - four seasons for us, four years, before he signed for manchester city. he played a year older, like i said, and he was fantastic for us.

he was brilliant, everyone knew him around the area. he was just really good. around the area. he was 'ust really aood. . around the area. he was 'ust really mad, ., , ., around the area. he was 'ust really aood. ., ., , , , good. there are so many youngsters who t so good. there are so many youngsters who try so hard _ good. there are so many youngsters who try so hard to _ good. there are so many youngsters who try so hard to get _ good. there are so many youngsters who try so hard to get into _ who try so hard to get into professional football, what about his temperament and character? the one thing you see as a parent of children playing in sports, they have to be really tough, really resilient and really focused. did he have that from an early age? yeah, he did. have that from an early age? yeah, he did- like — have that from an early age? yeah, he did- like i— have that from an early age? yeah, he did. like i said, _ have that from an early age? yeah, he did. like i said, there _ have that from an early age? yeah, he did. like i said, there are - have that from an early age? yeah, he did. like i said, there are a - have that from an early age? yeah, he did. like i said, there are a lot l he did. like i said, there are a lot of facets to being a footballer, you have to have natural talent, you have to have natural talent, you have to have determination, commitment, hard work, and he was all that. he loved playing football, all that. he loved playing football, all he wanted to do. his family were great around all he wanted to do. his family were greataround him. all he wanted to do. his family were great around him. always determined, working really hard every day, out playing football. you have to have a

certain mentality to make it at a high level. he has got that. amazing to hear he stood _ high level. he has got that. amazing to hear he stood out _ high level. he has got that. amazing to hear he stood out when _ high level. he has got that. amazing to hear he stood out when he - high level. he has got that. amazing to hear he stood out when he was i to hear he stood out when he was five. do you want to give me my school —— school productions for sunday? —— score predictions. h}. sunday? -- score predictions. 1-0. an bod sunday? -- score predictions. 1-0. anybody else? _ sunday? -- score predictions. 1-0. anybody else? maybe _ sunday? -- score predictions. 1-0. anybody else? maybe it _ sunday? -- score predictions. 1-0. anybody else? maybe it will - sunday? -- score predictions. 1-0. anybody else? maybe it will go i sunday? -- score predictions. 1-0. anybody else? maybe it will go to l anybody else? maybe it will go to enalties. anybody else? maybe it will go to penalties- i— anybody else? maybe it will go to penalties. i think _ anybody else? maybe it will go to penalties. i think we _ anybody else? maybe it will go to penalties. i think we are - anybody else? maybe it will go to penalties. i think we are going i anybody else? maybe it will go to penalties. i think we are going to| penalties. i think we are going to leave it on _ penalties. i think we are going to leave it on that _ penalties. i think we are going to leave it on that note, _ penalties. i think we are going to leave it on that note, we - penalties. i think we are going to leave it on that note, we are i penalties. i think we are going to leave it on that note, we are all. leave it on that note, we are all used to the nail—biting stress of that. thank you forjoining us. sorry to the line was hard to hear and see the property, but we are grateful to you being with us today. enjoy the weekend. thank you. graeme fowler and some of his current students. let us go to our correspondentjohn watson in dortmund for us. was it a late one for you? what has the mood been

like? it for you? what has the mood been like? ., , ., , for you? what has the mood been like? .,, .,, , , for you? what has the mood been like? , , ,, like? it was, it was, yes. i guess as welljust _ like? it was, it was, yes. i guess as welljust from _ like? it was, it was, yes. i guess as welljust from being _ like? it was, it was, yes. i guess as welljust from being there i like? it was, it was, yes. i guess| as welljust from being there and experiencing it and it isjust getting a sense of the emotions, that has been one of the key things throughout this tournament, the emotions the fans have been feeling and ifelt emotions the fans have been feeling and i felt the full raft of them because it has not been pretty at times. england have had to find a way through difficult moments. they have managed to do that. there have been very special moments, jude bellingham's equaliser goal against slovakia, penalty shoot—out success in switzerland, five perfectly taken penalties, some of the not the case for england to produce that in penalty shoot—out. and the dramatic late winner last night which came in normal time when it looked like for all the world the game was heading to extra time and possibly penalties again. ollie watkins can substitute, brought on by gareth southgate, and it was a moment to sit back and really enjoy that moment, observe

the emotions of the fans. they have waited a long time and this is really at the heart of it, trying at long last to get over the line in the final of a major tournament. while gareth southgate has a brilliant record in knockout football and he has reached three semifinals of the four major tournaments he has presided over as england manager, into anotherfinal, his does not want to be the nearly man again, the fans do not want to be the fans on the big stage but not seeing england deliver. the big question facing england, can they deliver? when it really counts? they have the experience, having reached the last european championship final, losing on penalties to italy, but can they make the final step and at long last win a first major man's trophy for the first time in 58 years? sunday is going to be a very big day for england and the supporters. big day for england and the supporters— big day for england and the su orters. ~ . ., ~ ., big day for england and the su- -orters. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., supporters. what do we know about between now _ supporters. what do we know about between now and _ supporters. what do we know about between now and then? _ supporters. what do we know about between now and then? what i

supporters. what do we know about | between now and then? what would they be doing? do they have much downtime? coping with the psychology and stress management of this is absolutely intriguing, isn't it? it is. i guess that is one thing you have to say gareth southgate seems very good at. very good at... very measured, he knows when to build up the team and he knows perhaps when you need a calmer hand. he said last night of course the players will enjoy it and you could see the outpouring of emotion from him. you need to be able to enjoy the highs i it can become too relentless, as is the pressure with tournament football. they will take time to enjoy it. but they have a day left preparation —— a day less preparation. they will have to get things right. not long to turn around and get themselves fresh and fit for the final on sunday. before they go to berlin. for the fans as well, speaking to them this morning, frantically trying to secure tickets

for the final. they have been securing onward transport from dortmund to berlin, booking hotel rooms. forall of dortmund to berlin, booking hotel rooms. for all of the preparation, knowing when the team will be lap, you cannot necessarily anticipate england going all the way, planning for the supporters as well and final preparations —— when the team will be there. the scene is set for the fans and the players on both want to take full advantage of this opportunity that lies in wait, final to come in berlin against spain, the toughest team england have faced at the tournament, but it will be a very special day, that is for sure. i think everyone will be clearing their diaries. i i think everyone will be clearing their diaries.— their diaries. i think they certainly _ their diaries. i think they certainly will, _ their diaries. i think they certainly will, certainly l their diaries. i think they| certainly will, certainly in their diaries. i think they i certainly will, certainly in my household. the sweet spot, enjoy the victory, look forward to the big moment on sunday, john watson in dortmund, thank you. tributes are being paid to three women killed in a crossbow attack in hertfordshire. the suspect was detained

yesterday evening after a manhunt in north london. the victims were the wife and daughters of bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt. martine croxall is in bushey. we see the flowers behind you and the police are still cordoning off the street behind you.— police are still cordoning off the street behind you. yes, very much so, this is — street behind you. yes, very much so, this is ashlyn _ street behind you. yes, very much so, this is ashlyn close _ street behind you. yes, very much so, this is ashlyn close whether i so, this is ashlyn close whether hunt family live, overnight people have been drawn to the community to lay floral tributes, expressing condolences tojohn lay floral tributes, expressing condolences to john for the loss lay floral tributes, expressing condolences tojohn for the loss of carol, hannah and louise, in this brutal attack that has stunned people in this small town in south hertfordshire. as it would anywhere. who expects anything like this to happen? i was talking a little while ago to the owner of the local cafe and customers there and they said it is beyond belief what has happened

here for them. they spoke so highly of carol and her daughters and john and later on they will be a vigil at the local church where people can come together to express their sorrow. i will know my anger, speaking to other people moved by what has happened, and this is her report —— aruna iyengar has been speaking to other people. how could this happen in a quiet, leafy residential area in bushey? last night, neighbours came to pay respects to a family described as kind, friendly and gentle people who always made time for others. those who lived here were the family of our colleague, bbc radio racing commentatorjohn hunt. it's a sprint race for home from here. neighbours called the police after hearing screams from the house. despite the best efforts by emergency services, john's wife, 61—year—old carol, was killed, along with their daughters, 28—year—old hannah and 25—year—old louise. a crossbow was used in the attack.

last night, ahead of england's euro 2024 match, 5 live presenter mark chapman gave his support to his colleaguejohn hunt. this has been a heartbreaking day. john hunt is our colleague and ourfriend, notjust to the current 5 live sport team, but to all of those who have worked here with him over the past 20 years. and also to all of you who have enjoyed his superb commentaries. a friend of louise hunt added this. i knew louise back from school days and she was really sweet, very kind, always a positive person. it's been a massive shock, been in denial, and i haven't processed it yet. following a police search, kyle clifford, aged 26, was captured yesterday evening after a massive operation involving helicopters and armed officers.

he was found injured near a cemetery in lavender hill in enfield. he was a former soldier and it's believed he was known to the hunt family. police say the killings were a targeted attack. this community is left reeling and it's asking the question, how could three women not be safe in their own home? aruna iyengar, bbc news. as you can see, still the cordon as you would expect behind me, across the and of ashlyn close, the police presence is partly to reassure the community after the horrific attack but also to continue with the forensic investigations the police need to carry out because there is more evidence they believe they might be able to gather. they have a ready set thank you to do many people who have come forward with an overwhelming amount of information but hertfordshire constabulary also

opened a portal on their website where people can add further information, particularly any video footage perhaps from phones or car cameras which might be of use. that is an opportunity for people to send information in, if they have it. police have also asked people do not speculate about what has happened here because it may hamper their investigations. martine croxall in bushey, thank you. we will be following up because that story through the day. a us senator has joined a growing number of democrats in the house of representatives in calling forjoe biden to step down from the american presidential race. writing in the washington post, vermont's peter welch says mr biden should withdraw his candidacy for the good of the country. earlier, former democrat speaker, nancy pelosi suggested the president "still had a decision to make". three of the president's senior political advisers will meet the democratic senatorial campaign committee on thursday to discuss the concerns.

hollywood a—listers, some of them influential democratic fundraisers, have also voiced doubts aboutjoe biden's viability as a candidate. george clooney wrote an opinion piece in the new york times urging the president to drop out. now another big hollywood name, oscar winner michael douglas, has told the bbc of his concerns. he's been speaking to our correspondent tom brook in new york. let me ask you something that's on a lot of people's minds. what are your thoughts about president biden? should he drop out of the race? could he? yes, he could. should he? um... it's a painful, painful decision because i admire the man tremendously. i personally had a fundraiser for him at our house in april, and i think he's done an incrediblejob. but i am worried, not this week or next week, but let's say next year. and it's just so hard for me to imagine a man four and a half years down the line from now, particularly at a time

that's so combative, that requires somebody to really be so articulate. i think the most disappointing thing for me in the debate was not necessarily how he felt but the inability to acknowledge all the lies that ex—president trump was talking about. do you think, though, that figures in the entertainment industry like yourself can bring about real tangible action in terms of president biden making a decision, as opposed to statements from politicians in washington? yeah, i do think so. i mean, we've been accused of having a little bigger voice than we should have, but we're all involved, you know, as celebrities. so you saw the attention george got today, clooney, with his statement. and maybe it's going to help move along the politicians who have been waffling, kind of waiting for somebody. nancy pelosi, bless her soul, the first one today said, "you got to make a decision.

"either get on the bus or off." michael douglas on whetherjoe biden should step away from the campaign trail. the trial of the hollywood actor alec baldwin has heard the opening statement from prosecutors, claiming he bears some responsibility for the deadly shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on a film set almost three years ago. the jury were told that the gun could not have been fired without his actions. baldwin insists he didn't touch the trigger. our los angeles correspondent 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 the actor was responsible. how's it going, sir? during filming on set nearly three years ago, the pistol being used by alec baldwin fired a live round, killing the cinematographer halyna hutchins. oh, my god. the film's armourer, hannah gutierrez, has already been convicted

for involuntary manslaughter. she had accidentally mixed up live bullets with the dummy rounds being used on set. but prosecutors believe alec baldwin was also at fault, and that 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. mr baldwin claims he never pulled the trigger, saying the gun went off accidentally, and that he was relying on 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 checked by those responsible to ensure the gun was safe. the trial is set to last a fortnight. at the end of it, a jury will have to decide whether alec baldwin

was truly negligent in the way he drew and pointed that weapon. emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico. thousands of passengers could make compensation claims against british airways after the supreme court ruled a flight being cancelled because of a pilot becoming ill before work did not count as extraordinary circumstances. that means passengers are entitled to compensation. the court says the decision could affect tens of thousands of claims made annually. palestinians using skype to call home to gaza have had their digital lives changed after tech giant microsoft closed their email accounts without warning. the bbc has spoken to 20 palestinians living abroad who say microsoft, which owns the voice and video chat app, kicked them out of their accounts removing access to emails,

contacts and any other services linked to the tech giant. microsoft says they violated its terms of service, but they will not say how. joe tidy reports. i created this hot male 15 years ago. i lost everything. why have they locked hotmail without warning? —— | they locked hotmail without warning? —— i created this hotmail15 years ago. -- i created this hotmail15 years auo. ~ ., ., , -- i created this hotmail15 years ao.~ ., ., , , ago. without warning, his skype rofile ago. without warning, his skype profile and _ ago. without warning, his skype profile and microsoft _ ago. without warning, his skype profile and microsoft e-mail i ago. without warning, his skype i profile and microsoft e-mail account profile and microsoft e—mail account was suspended, notjust that, barred from using any other microsoft services. he is not alone. since mid april, one by one, microsoft, which owns skype, has been taking action against palestinian skype using is for an undisclosed reason. since conflict erupted, internet connectivity in gaza has been frequently damaged or turned off. for many palestinians living abroad, skype has been a lifeline, a cheap way to call loved ones mobile phones

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cannot eat, i cannot sleep. i paid| for a service to make phone calls. fora service to make phone calls. after_ for a service to make phone calls. after ten— for a service to make phone calls. after ten days, _ for a service to make phone calls. after ten days, you _ for a service to make phone calls. after ten days, you block- for a service to make phone calls. after ten days, you block me i for a service to make phone calls. after ten days, you block me for i for a service to make phone calls. i after ten days, you block me for no reason? _ after ten days, you block me for no reason? they— after ten days, you block me for no reason? they never— after ten days, you block me for no reason? they never provide - after ten days, you block me for no reason? they never provide a - after ten days, you block me for no i reason? they never provide a reason. it is reason? they never provide a reason. it is only— reason? they never provide a reason. it is only because _ reason? they never provide a reason. it is only because i_ reason? they never provide a reason. it is only because i am _ reason? they never provide a reason. it is only because i am a _ it is only because i am a palestinian. _ it is only because i am a palestinian.— it is only because i am a palestinian. ~ . ., , palestinian. microsoft told us it does not block _ palestinian. microsoft told us it does not block calls _ palestinian. microsoft told us it does not block calls or - palestinian. microsoft told us it| does not block calls or accounts based on calling regional destination. the company said blocking skype can occur as a result of suspected fraudulent activity and the users can appeal. the people we have spoken to say they have tried everything and they are it being ignored by microsoft which is not the most valuable company in the world. joe tidy, bbc news. a quick look at the weather. hello again. where we've had all the heavy rain of late, today it is going to turn that bit lighter. pollen levels today, though, are moderate or high across many areas. we're talking especially grass pollen and also nettle pollen. now, low pressure is driving our weather. it's pushing off to scandinavia. we've got this weather front

which has split in two, and that's what's been producing the heavy and persistent rain we've seen in the north—east of scotland for the last couple of days. that's now easing. we also have a weather front at the other end of it, across parts of wales, the midlands and into east anglia — that's producing some showery rain. but through the day, it will brighten up in the north—east. the winds will also ease. western scotland and northern ireland seeing some sunshine, but northern england, the north midlands, norfolk and wales hanging on to the cloud with some patchy light rain. but in the south, a lot of sunshine and higher temperatures — up to 23 celsius. in the north, 13 or 1a, and it will feel cooler if you're in the northerly breeze. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, a weather front continues to weaken as it pushes southwards. we also have a system coming up from the near continent, which will bring in some showery outbreaks of rain to the south—east, and another one coming into north—west scotland. temperature wise, very similar to what we had last night. overnight lows, eight to about 13 degrees. tomorrow, we've got the dregs

of our weather front in the south producing this cloud and also the odd shower. a ridge of high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic. so, in essence, we're starting off on another cloudy note. we say goodbye to the showers in the south—east quite quickly. here's our weak weather front with the cloud and showers that will break up through the day. and we also have our weather front pushing in across the north—west of scotland, bringing showery outbreaks of rain here. but there will be a northerly breeze. temperature values are low anyway, but it will feel a bit cooler if you're in the breeze. but where the cloud breaks around the glasgow area, we could well reach 20 degrees. as we move into saturday, you can see this ridge trying to stay with us, but low pressure is never too far away, so that looks like it's going to be cool down the east coast, and we could well see some rain into eastern parts of scotland on sunday. so, saturday fairly cloudy. the best of the sunshine in the south and the south—west, cool down the east coast. and on sunday, that low pressure could well bring rain

this is bbc news. the headlines... a last—minute goal by ollie watkins secures england's place in the euros final against spain on sunday. a man suspected of killing a woman and two of her daughters in hertfordshire remains in hospital after police found him

injured near a cemetery. nato leaders pledge their support forfuture ukrainian membership and agree $40 billion of military aid for kyiv at their summit in washington. and the bbc has learned that plans to release some prisoners early will be announced by the government tomorrow, to deal with overcrowding in jails. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. thanks for being with us today. so england have reached their second euros final in a row after last night's win over the netherlands. more than 30,000 england fans were inside the stadium in dortmund, with millions more packing out pubs, and fan zones to see gareth southgate's men book their place in history. our correspondentjoe inwood reports from a fan zone in brixton, where he's watched every game of england's campaign so far. it always starts off so civilised.

a nice bit of face painting, some vintage shirts, catching up with friends. and then a man shows you his tattoo in an area that we can't broadcast at the crack of dawn. nervous and excited at the same time. the stomach's doing this, you know? watching along were lewis and katie. they met exactly six years ago at the semi—finals of the world cup. so feelings on england on their anniversary? well, i was saying i go off a lot what you say. and you said the starting line—up isn't good. but to be fair, i do think he needs to make. some changes in the beginning. being an england fan has not been easy at this tournament. it'sjust depressing. but that feeling didn't last long. england was soon on the attack. i feel like they maybe by conceding that early goal, they've stepped it up now. wild but potentially premature celebrations?

and they've not actually scored. that's just a penalty being awarded. the mood was upbeat at half time. at least he finished the beer before throwing his pint in the air. coming into half—time, we were on top of_ coming into half—time, we were on top of the — coming into half—time, we were on top of the game, we dominated. we haven't come out firing. but that didn't stop one man making an optimistic purchase. it is 70 minutes into the game and this man has just what have you just done? you've just showed me your phone. listen here. it's coming home. have you just you've purchased hotel ticket. free cancellation, so it's fine. free cancellation. he was so certain of victory, he went and booked his trip to berlin for the final. the only things being cancelled were plans for sunday evening. cheering i'm soaked in beer.

i know because he... he was throwing it. it's coming home! guys. what did you make of that? that was incredible. we didn't play very well in the second half, but, i mean, we've just got to get the ball in the net. and he did it. watkins, baby! right around the country. manchester. sheffield. norwich. chester. and in brixton. if this is what getting to a final looks like, imagine the scenes if we actually win one. joe inwood, bbc news in brixton. joe inwood already preparing for the weekend. let's speak to dr gillian cook, senior lecturer in sports psychology at liverpooljohn moores university. thank you so much forjoining us. this team and gareth southgate have taken perhaps more than their fair

share of criticism, and yet here they are heading into a final. what do you think the southgate key to success has been? 50 i do you think the southgate key to success has been?— do you think the southgate key to success has been? so i think the big thin that success has been? so i think the big thing that the _ success has been? so i think the big thing that the team _ success has been? so i think the big thing that the team have _ success has been? so i think the big thing that the team have done i success has been? so i think the big thing that the team have done is i success has been? so i think the big thing that the team have done is as | thing that the team have done is as you say there has been a lot of criticism around the team and how they've set up, but what they have done, what gareth has done is he has had the confidence in his own ability. he is the manager that has got us through to two finals now, he has backed himself and the players have seen it too, they have trusted him as well. and when the subs have come on, they have been able to deliver. �* ., ., , ., ~' come on, they have been able to deliver. �* ., ., , ., ~ , ., deliver. and how do you think you would see the _ deliver. and how do you think you would see the management i deliver. and how do you think you would see the management of i deliver. and how do you think you | would see the management of the deliver. and how do you think you i would see the management of the next three days? because there is so much expectation and pressure on them now. so expectation and pressure on them now. ~' expectation and pressure on them now. ~ ., ., now. so i think what the team will do is firstly _ now. so i think what the team will do is firstly they _ now. so i think what the team will do is firstly they will _ now. so i think what the team will do is firstly they will take - now. so i think what the team will do is firstly they will take a - now. so i think what the team will do is firstly they will take a bit i do is firstly they will take a bit of time just to have a breather, to relax, to smile and feel good about where they are, and they will review

what happened last night when we did well. equally where we can get better, and then it will be all about forgetting last night, the semifinal has gone. we are now into the final, and they will refocus where the focus needs to be said that we can go out and deliver and try to lower those expectations, because that is what worked so well last night. it is the first time in england had gone into a match in these euros not overwhelming favourites, and that will help to take that pressure off. and favourites, and that will help to take that pressure off.- favourites, and that will help to take that pressure off. and in terms ofthe take that pressure off. and in terms of the young — take that pressure off. and in terms of the young players _ take that pressure off. and in terms of the young players themselves, i of the young players themselves, southgate has been praised for trying to shield them. but we saw southgate having cups thrown on him earlier. how did these young stars, they are young, often not from wealthy backgrounds and earning huge amounts of money, but under the spotlight with every single person with a view and so much commentary on them. you can't totally shield people because they can click on

social media themselves. ida. people because they can click on social media themselves. no, you can't, social media themselves. no, you can't. and — social media themselves. no, you can't. and it— social media themselves. no, you can't. and it is— social media themselves. no, you can't, and it is a _ social media themselves. no, you can't, and it is a normal— social media themselves. no, you can't, and it is a normal part i social media themselves. no, you can't, and it is a normal part of i can't, and it is a normal part of being a high—profile athlete nowadays, that we live in an era of hyper punditry, so everyone has got different social media platforms, everyone thinks they can do yourjob better than you can, so it is really important that what the team have done and what gareth southgate himself has spoken about it he normalised this for the players, this is completely normal, it is not personal, and what the players may have gone through themselves or something called an arrow technique which is what i do when i work with athletes, so you help athletes see the arrow not as personal, so it is not being shot into you, but it lies next year. you can either pick up that feedback, criticism and think of these different comments being made and take them on board, or you leave the arrow because everyone knows more about themselves and other people do, you yourself know the different factors that affect performance at other people don't know, so you might choose to leave

that arrow down there and keep focusing on what you need to focus on to get the outcome and bring it home. ., , ., ., ~ home. doctor gillian cooke, thank ou so home. doctor gillian cooke, thank you so much _ home. doctor gillian cooke, thank you so much for— home. doctor gillian cooke, thank you so much forjoining _ home. doctor gillian cooke, thank you so much forjoining us, - home. doctor gillian cooke, thank you so much forjoining us, and i home. doctor gillian cooke, thank you so much forjoining us, and it| you so much forjoining us, and it will be fascinating weekend. thank you very much indeed. the water regulator ofwat has announced how much water bills in england and wales could rise by over the next five years. ofwat's projection is that the annual household bill could go up by an average of 21%. that's an extra £19 a year — although every water company has different plans in place, so the figure will vary depending on where you live. most people in england and wales get their water from one of 17 companies and have their waste water taken away by one of ii companies. there will be a consultation on the final figures that will be decided in december. the increase is intended to fund investment for improvements such as replacing leaking pipes and reducing sewage discharges into rivers and the sea. let's speak to our cost of living correspondent,

colletta smith. can you just explain a bit more for us what every bill payer is going to see now? $5 us what every bill payer is going to see now? �* , , ., us what every bill payer is going to see now? a us what every bill payer is going to seenow? ,, see now? as you say, this is basically _ see now? as you say, this is basically the _ see now? as you say, this is basically the next _ see now? as you say, this is basically the next move - see now? as you say, this is basically the next move in i see now? as you say, this is basically the next move in a| see now? as you say, this is - basically the next move in a game of cards or a game of chess between the regulator and the water companies. 50 the water companies had hoped to so the water companies had hoped to be able to increase bills by significantly higher. we have all heard of the controversies around sewage being spilt into rivers and lakes, into the sea around the uk. there was a lot of pressure on those water companies to invest more. the question the out is how much should they let that cost be passed on to customers and how much should they make shareholders pick up the tab for all those extra investments. so for all those extra investments. 50 companies want a much higher bill to be passed on to customers. today we are hearing the next move from the regulator which is to set out their

draft determination. £19 per year on an average bill. it wouldn't kick in until next april, and we have another six month period now for more wrangling between the regulator and the companies to decide whether this is a fair determination not, so it may be that those bills go slightly up or down those areas. we do see a big variation across england wales at the moment, so wessex water in this determination has a fall of 2%, so down to £497 per year. has a fall of 2%, so down to £497 peryear. in has a fall of 2%, so down to £497 per year. in significant parts of wales, we are seeing significant jumps, up 32% to 524, so a big variation. and thames water are getting a lot of attention at the moment, they supply one in four customers across the uk centred around london and the belt that travels into london around the river thames, so a huge number of customers there, and they are in significant financial trouble. they argue that without being able to charge customers more, they won't be

able to get out of that financial trouble, but the regulator today has said they are actually going to regulate the more heavily and keep a much closer eye on what they are up to over the next six months to make sure that they are doing the best for customers, that they tighten up all of their pipes, effectively, to make sure that those spillages are reduced across the uk, and that they can fulfil those financial functions and don't effectively go bust, which is the biggest concern for a new labour government coming into power here facing a real mess within the water system, here facing a real mess within the watersystem, companies here facing a real mess within the water system, companies saying they can't invest, and companies really struggling to pay more. it is worth remembering that one in five customers at the moment already struggling to pay their water bills each year, so an increase like this although it might not sound very much, when we are talking about customers already in default, it would be a significant increase. and, colletta, there is a lot on the

website so that if people want to reduce their bills, there are ways they can do that. just another big piece of economic news that has come out today, which is that the uk economy grew faster than expected in may, and that is up because the instant construction industry expanded, but of course the cost of living problem is still ongoing, isn't it? it living problem is still ongoing, isn't it? , ., , , isn't it? it is, we saw a slightly better performance _ isn't it? it is, we saw a slightly better performance in - isn't it? it is, we saw a slightly better performance in retail. isn't it? it is, we saw a slightly better performance in retail in| isn't it? it is, we saw a slightly - better performance in retail in may, we have had a wetjune and july, so i imagine it is unlikely to have continued in retail in the last couple of months, but so many households still struggling. we have seen a slight reduction not in water but in gas and electricity bills from the start ofjuly, and yet what we are expecting is another increase to those utility bills by the time we come into the autumn and the winter, so households may be spending a little more at the

moment, they may even get some of that boost from the fact that england have made it into the final of the euros, they may well get a significant boost across pubs and shops in the uk this weekend, but whether that continues through the summer, orwhetherthey whether that continues through the summer, or whether they hang onto their money because they know it will be another difficult autumn and winter is yet to be seen.— winter is yet to be seen. thank you very much- — to the nato summit, where members have pledged their irreversible support for a path to future membership for ukraine, as well as more aid for the country's fight against russia. a formal timeline for joining the military alliance hasn't been agreed at the summit in washington, but the group's 32 members said they had unwavering support for ukraine's war effort. nato has also announced closer integration with ukraine's military and a commitment to $40 billion of aid in the next year, including the delivery of us—built f16 fighterjets, and more air defence systems. for more on how ukraine has welcomed the annoucnement of additional military support from nato leaders, here's our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse.

here lies the difficult balancing act for president zelensky and his government. sounding grateful for what they have received. and that's not to be dismissed when you have concrete pledges of f—16fighterjets, which seem to be closer to the their arrival in the ukrainian skies, you have sizeable offerings from the netherlands, the european union and of course, the announcement on much—needed air defence systems. but ukraine is also looking to push for more. but, you know, in these parts, western help is seen through the lens of being a binary choice for ukraine's allies. either help ukraine and give it a chance of winning this war, or don't and allow it to fall to russia. and i think going into this summit, there was a cap on expectation because, in the words of the romanian president, kyiv has only received half of what he'd asked for in terms of all of that weaponry and what it really doesn't have, despite the announcement of an irreversible path to membership for ukraine, is a timeline.

more than 20 years ago... almost 20 years ago, ukraine was promised nato membership. that has yet to arrive. ukraine desperately wants all the benefits of membership. it wants western boots on the ground here to help repel russia's invasion. but ukraine's long known that's not going to happen anytime soon. so the question now, in a week where we've seen unprecedented missile strikes, the targeting of a children's hospital where infrastructure is being hit once more, we have a scenario where ukraine is hoping these security agreements, these promises of military aid and the delivery of military aid will be enough in the absence of what it dearly wants. those concrete guarantees of nato membership, possibly european union membership as the country politically continues to align itself with the west. russian aggression has meant those ambitions

have yet to be realised. and it's russian aggression which is why this full—scale war continues to be waged and the country pays the price it does. clearly there is sympathy among western allies, and clearly they're keen to back that up with sizeable promises. but i think ukraine is also managing its own expectations in the absence of tangible battlefield progress. james waterhouse and there in keith. —— kyiv. it is a big day today forjoe biden because he will be taking press questions, but is still resisting the pressure to step away from the campaign. let's speak to

jason easley, managing editor of politicus usa in pittsburgh. this is a huge day. his campaign has been pointing to the press conference for another indicator that he is in fact more than up to thejob. the president is fond of saying, watch me, today is one of the days when the american people and the world are going to be watching his performance at this press conference, and this along with some upcoming one—on—one interviews will determine exactly how much resistance there will be to his candidacy and whether democrats will rally around him. find his candidacy and whether democrats will rally around him.— will rally around him. and we have heard big names— will rally around him. and we have heard big names coming _ will rally around him. and we have heard big names coming out - will rally around him. and we have heard big names coming out now, | heard big names coming out now, george clooney and others. we have had a senator, peter welch of vermont, coming out and saying that they think he should step aside. michael douglas, the actor, giving an interview to the bbc is well

overnight. how much do these voices have growing influence? is it about the fundraisers being able to pull the fundraisers being able to pull the plug at the end of the day? ultimately this is joe the plug at the end of the day? ultimately this isjoe biden's decision. ultimately this is joe biden's decision. . , , ., decision. ultimately it is, and it is the fundraisers _ decision. ultimately it is, and it is the fundraisers that - decision. ultimately it is, and it is the fundraisers that really - decision. ultimately it is, and it. is the fundraisers that really carry the weight, and the people that you should really look two of the leadership of the democratic party, the elected leadership, jefferies in the elected leadership, jefferies in the house in chuck schumer in the senate. if those people start to suggest that he should step aside, thatis suggest that he should step aside, that is when you may see some movement in the president rethinking his current position. find movement in the president rethinking his current position.— his current position. and what do ou think his current position. and what do you think the _ his current position. and what do you think the timeline _ his current position. and what do you think the timeline is, - his current position. and what do you think the timeline is, and - his current position. and what do | you think the timeline is, and how long can this go? obviously the convention is later in the summer. in 72 days, people start voting early here, so that timeline is fairly compressed. six weeks until the convention, but in all honesty,

they need to have a decision much sooner than that. every day thatjoe biden doesn't step down, the window closes a little more on replacing him as the nominee. probably within one or two weeks is your timeline for when a decision has to be reached. �* , ., _, , , , reached. and is there a consensus buildin: reached. and is there a consensus building around _ reached. and is there a consensus building around who _ reached. and is there a consensus building around who any _ reached. and is there a consensus i building around who any replacement candidate could be? because that is another big question, isn't it? iéice another big question, isn't it? vice president kamala _ another big question, isn't it? of ca president kamala harris another big question, isn't it? if t? president kamala harris would another big question, isn't it? of ca president kamala harris would be the likely candidate if president biden does step aside, because she is also already on the ticket and already has legal access to all the fundraising and campaign infrastructure.— fundraising and campaign infrastructure. �* , ., infrastructure. and in terms of the latest polling. _ infrastructure. and in terms of the latest polling, trump _ infrastructure. and in terms of the latest polling, trump has - infrastructure. and in terms of the latest polling, trump has looked l latest polling, trump has looked ahead. obviously there is still quite a few months to go before the vote in november. the quite a few months to go before the vote in november.— vote in november. the polling has been to put _ vote in november. the polling has been to put it _ vote in november. the polling has been to put it generously -

been to put it generously inconsistent, but the fundamental underneath the pummelling is that this is a very close election, and one of the things that hasn't changed even after president biden's debate is this remains a very close election. that is one of the by—products of having a rematch of a previous election, and also a very polarised political environment in the united states. {lilia polarised political environment in the united states.— polarised political environment in the united states. 0k, jason easley, thank ou the united states. 0k, jason easley, thank you very _ the united states. 0k, jason easley, thank you very much _ the united states. 0k, jason easley, thank you very much indeed - the united states. 0k, jason easley, thank you very much indeed for i the united states. 0k, jason easley, | thank you very much indeed for being with us. thank you so much. some breaking news now on the nhs, because the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in england has arisen for the second month in a row according to today's figures. an estimated 7.6 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of may relating to 6.38 million patients. that is up from 6.33 million patients at the end of april. that is from nhs england. the list hit a record high in september last year was 7.7 million treatments

and 6.5 million patients, after which the figures began to fall before showing an increase again this year in both april and may, so overall a slight increase in the waiting lists for routine hospital treatment in england. we know that of course from all the polling data here on the uk general election that the nhs was one of the key public concerns. it is a key challenge for the new labour government. the bbc has learned that plans to release some prisoners early will be announced by the government tomorrow to deal with overcrowding injails in england and wales. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is at westminster. ijust mention the pressure on the nhs, but there is pressure right across public services, and prisons is the latest. the government has appointed some interesting people to trying to tackle the prisons issue, but what are we expecting to see tomorrow?—

tomorrow? that is right, geeta the labour _ tomorrow? that is right, geeta the labour party _ tomorrow? that is right, geeta the labour party as _ tomorrow? that is right, geeta the labour party as they i tomorrow? that is right, geeta the labour party as they were l tomorrow? that is right, geeta| the labour party as they were a tomorrow? that is right, geeta i the labour party as they were a week ago when they were not in government yet, they had a list of issues that they expected to have to confront when they got into government, and prisons was at the very top of it. in fact, keir starmer has been talking in washington about this. he says the situation he found is worse than he thought it was. he says what he has found it shocking. what are they going to do about it? tomorrow we will get an announcement from the justice secretary, shabana mahmoud. eligibility for parole will come down to 40% of the sentence, and a new government will hope that that relieves the pressure on prisons. this is a longer term issue, as alex chalk, formerjustice secretary, has been telling the today podcast. the cost of keeping someone in prison is £49,000 a year.

but the cost of building a new prison, each cell, the capital cost is around £600,000. so, a new government... per cell? yeah, per cell. so, a new government which is betting on new great, great, we all want to see growth, and i wish them well on that, i really hope that works. but if the situation is you haven't got enough money, are you seriously going to be saying that instead of building that hospital, we are going to be building a new nick at the cost of £600,000 per cell? i think that's a tough question. so, we have to work out, as a nation, how many people can we afford to lock up? and no—one is asking that question. alex chalk there. and henry, it is very difficult for most of us to quantify spending and priorities, but apart from capital costs, i think it is about 1000 billion of public spending each year which the government has to work out how to spend. in terms of these prisons and prisoners that might be released, people might be asking what crimes have they committed and what does that do to the safety of society if people are going to be let out

early. people are going to be let out earl . ~ , people are going to be let out earl . y , . people are going to be let out earl . g , ., , ., early. my understanding is that the u-rou early. my understanding is that the a-rou who early. my understanding is that the group who will _ early. my understanding is that the group who will be _ early. my understanding is that the group who will be released - early. my understanding is that the group who will be released even i group who will be released even earlier than currently planned will not include violent criminals or those in prison for sexual offences, also people who are in prison for crimes related to domestic abuse. but look, you will have probably the new conservative opposition, despite what alex chalk said there, i'm sure, shouting that the government is releasing people early who shouldn't be on the streets, and thatis shouldn't be on the streets, and that is the difficult balance for this new labour government. people i have been speaking to in the government have been saying that thatis government have been saying that that is very much a balance they've been thinking about, but they have decided that the graver risk is the public order risk as they describe it behind closed doors of not doing this, because they say that if you don't free up capacity on the prison system as quickly as possible, then you could end up with the courts not being able to sentence people to prison because there isn't room, and even further up the chain, police

not being able to arrest people because you can't send them to the courts because the courts can't then send them on to prison.— send them on to prison. henry zeffman in _ send them on to prison. henry zeffman in westminster, i send them on to prison. henry| zeffman in westminster, thank send them on to prison. henry i zeffman in westminster, thank you very much. and we will get more on that today and tomorrow as the government announcement actually comes out. it may sound like science fiction, but a robot is attending school in london, helping a pupil namesake keep up with his education as he has treatment for cancer. when chemotherapy keeps 12—year—old howard at home, av howard goes in his place, allowing him to take part in lessons. our reporterjessica ure has the details. they diagnosed me with a rare type of tumour, and it's really painful, and i've been undergoing weekly chemotherapy for about five months now. ,, . chemotherapy for about five months now, ,, . , ., chemotherapy for about five months now. ,, . , ., . ., ., _ now. since starting chemotherapy in december, missing _ now. since starting chemotherapy in december, missing school— now. since starting chemotherapy in december, missing school has i now. since starting chemotherapy in december, missing school has been| december, missing school has been weighing heavily on howard's mind.

that was until he was introduced to av howard howard, an interactive robot to go to lessons instead of him if he is still unwell after chemo. it him if he is still unwell after chemo. . , him if he is still unwell after chemo. ., ., ., ., chemo. it has got a camera on it. i link it to my _ chemo. it has got a camera on it. i link it to my laptop _ chemo. it has got a camera on it. i link it to my laptop and _ chemo. it has got a camera on it. i link it to my laptop and it - chemo. it has got a camera on it. i link it to my laptop and it can i chemo. it has got a camera on it. i | link it to my laptop and it can show me the classroom, so when i do that, the head starts flashing, so that notifies the teacher that i'm trying to answer or ask a question. year seven students _ to answer or ask a question. year seven students carry _ to answer or ask a question. year seven students carry the - to answer or ask a question. year seven students carry the robot between lessons, so the real howard can be a part of each class from hospital or at home. it can be a part of each class from hospital or at home.— can be a part of each class from hospital or at home. it feels quite aood hospital or at home. it feels quite good because _ hospital or at home. it feels quite good because we _ hospital or at home. it feels quite good because we are _ hospital or at home. it feels quite good because we are doing i hospital or at home. it feels quite good because we are doing the i hospital or at home. it feels quite i good because we are doing the right thing for a good cause, and to be able to help him is an honour. it is reall fun able to help him is an honour. it is really fun when _ able to help him is an honour. it is really fun when he _ able to help him is an honour. it is really fun when he is on when you're taking _ really fun when he is on when you're taking him _ really fun when he is on when you're taking him through a corridor, because — taking him through a corridor, because everyone says hello, av howard. — because everyone says hello, av howard, which is really nice to see. it was _ howard, which is really nice to see. it was london charity a momentum which worked with howard to find a solution to him missing lessons. we really try to get to know the family

and find _ really try to get to know the family and find out — really try to get to know the family and find out what _ really try to get to know the family and find out what it _ really try to get to know the family and find out what it is— really try to get to know the family and find out what it is they - really try to get to know the family and find out what it is they need, i and find out what it is they need, and find out what it is they need, and one — and find out what it is they need, and one of— and find out what it is they need, and one of howard's _ and find out what it is they need, and one of howard's needs- and find out what it is they need, and one of howard's needs was. and one of howard's needs was accessing — and one of howard's needs was accessing his— and one of howard's needs was accessing his education - and one of howard's needs was accessing his education which l and one of howard's needs was. accessing his education which was really— accessing his education which was really important _ accessing his education which was really important to _ accessing his education which was really important to him, - accessing his education which was really important to him, so- accessing his education which was really important to him, so we i accessing his education which was . really important to him, so we were able to— really important to him, so we were able to put— really important to him, so we were able to out in— really important to him, so we were able to put in that _ really important to him, so we were able to put in that referral— really important to him, so we were able to put in that referral for- really important to him, so we were able to put in that referral for one . able to put in that referral for one of the _ able to put in that referral for one of the robots _ able to put in that referral for one of the robots. bul— able to put in that referral for one of the robots.— of the robots. but since implementing - of the robots. but since implementing robot i of the robots. but since i implementing robot training of the robots. but since - implementing robot training with teachers and students, the school believes it could be a solution to help more pupils with serious health issues. for help more pupils with serious health issues. ., . , . help more pupils with serious health issues. ., ., , ., ., , help more pupils with serious health issues. ., ., , ., ., issues. for a student that has got that kind of _ issues. for a student that has got that kind of level— issues. for a student that has got that kind of level of— issues. for a student that has got that kind of level of medical i that kind of level of medical treatment, the fact that they are not in _ treatment, the fact that they are not in school regularly, it is not only— not in school regularly, it is not only about _ not in school regularly, it is not only about them falling behind in what _ only about them falling behind in what they're learning, but not being part of— what they're learning, but not being part of something on a regular basis is not _ part of something on a regular basis is not good — part of something on a regular basis is not good for their well—being, their— is not good for their well—being, their mental health. the students that can't— their mental health. the students that can't access education for any variety— that can't access education for any variety of— that can't access education for any variety of reasons, this could be the future _ variety of reasons, this could be the future. it variety of reasons, this could be the future-— variety of reasons, this could be the future. ., ., ., , , the future. it has made a really big im act for the future. it has made a really big impact for someone _ the future. it has made a really big impact for someone like _ the future. it has made a really big impact for someone like me - the future. it has made a really big impact for someone like me who . the future. it has made a really big i impact for someone like me who cares about their school. that it is an amazing story, isn't it? well done to all of them and good luck with the treatments of course. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again.

where we've had all the heavy rain of late, today it is going to turn that bit lighter. pollen levels today, though, are moderate or high across many areas. we're talking especially grass pollen and also nettle pollen. now, low pressure is driving our weather. it's pushing off to scandinavia. we've got this weather front which has split in two, and that's what's been producing the heavy and persistent rain we've seen in the north—east of scotland for the last couple of days. that's now easing. we also have a weather front at the other end of it, across parts of wales, the midlands and into east anglia — that's producing some showery rain. but through the day, it will brighten up in the north—east. the winds will also ease. western scotland and northern ireland seeing some sunshine, but northern england, the north midlands, norfolk and wales hanging on to the cloud with some patchy light rain. but in the south, a lot of sunshine and higher temperatures — up to 23 celsius. in the north, 13 or 14, and it will feel cooler if you're in the northerly breeze. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight,

a weather front continues to weaken as it pushes southwards. we also have a system coming up from the near continent, which will bring in some showery outbreaks of rain to the south—east, and another one coming into north—west scotland. temperature wise, very similar to what we had last night. overnight lows, eight to about 13 degrees. tomorrow, we've got the dregs of our weather front in the south producing this cloud and also the odd shower. a ridge of high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic. so, in essence, we're starting off on another cloudy note. we say goodbye to the showers in the south—east quite quickly. here's our weak weather front with the cloud and showers that will break up through the day. and we also have our weather front pushing in across the north—west of scotland, bringing showery outbreaks of rain here. but there will be a northerly breeze. temperature values are low anyway, but it will feel a bit cooler if you're in the breeze. but where the cloud breaks around the glasgow area, we could well reach 20 degrees. as we move into saturday, you can see this ridge trying to stay with us, but low pressure is never too far away, so that looks like it's going

to be cool down the east coast, and we could well see some rain into eastern parts of scotland on sunday. so, saturday fairly cloudy. the best of the sunshine in the south and the south—west, cool down the east coast. and on sunday, that low pressure could well bring rain into eastern scotland.

live from london. this is bbc news. a last—minute goal by ollie watkins secures england's place in the euros final against spain on sunday. a man suspected of killing a woman and two of her daughters in hertfordshire remains in hospital after police found him injured near a cemetery. the water regulator, ofwat, says water bills in england and wales are set to rise by an average £94 over the next five years. and as more democrats call onjoe biden to stand aside from the presidential race, actor and fundraiser michael douglas

tells the bbc of his concerns. it's just so hard for me to imagine a man four—and—a—half years down the line, particularly in a time that's so combative. hello. england are beginning preparations for sunday's euro 2024 final against spain in berlin. last night's 90th—minute strike from substitute ollie watkins sealed a 2—1 semifinal victory over the netherlands, to the delight of fans across the country. our sports editor, dan roan, reports on a dramatic night in dortmund. palmer finds watkins. watkins turns! watkins scores! he's the super sub who became england's hero on an unforgettable night in dortmund. ollie watkins, that is wonderful!

england fans in dreamland after the aston villa striker�*s brilliant 90th—minute winner ensured a first major final on foreign soil. lost for words, really. when you score, there's emotions that come through your body, but this is just a different feeling. it was slow motion when i was running over to the boys and celebrating. and there was... i didn't want to get off the pitch in the end because ijust wanted to soak it all in, because it doesn't happen often, obviously. come on, watkins, get in there, my son! ollie watkins, all. about ollie watkins. he needs to start. talk about a captain's moment. earlier, after england fell behind for the third match in a row, it fell to the captain to try and draw them level. here comes kane. here come england! oh, it was phenomenal, absolutely brilliant. i couldn't imagine much more. cole palmer and ollie watkins come on. gareth southgate faced criticism at these euros. but having brought on watkins with extra time looming, once again the manager had been vindicated.

once i saw him i thought, he's got legs, he's got a goal in him. so gareth knows best after all? i think so. we can't criticise him now. that's two euros finals in a row, you know. i and this time, will they do it? it's coming home, i what else can we say? i have a really good feeling about this one. england are on their way to berlin! and having knocked out the netherlands, england are nowjust one more win from ending their 58—year—long wait for silverware. spain have been the best team in the tournament, there's no question about that. and we have a day less to prepare, which makes it a lot harder. but we will enjoy tonight. but already as a coaching team, we're thinking about preparing for that, that's how it is. hope you can enjoy it a bit. no, we will, don't worry. well, what a night here in dortmund. ollie watkins and these players have delivered quite simply one of the most important victories in the history of the

england men's team. and now they'll have a shot at glory and a first—ever victory overseas at a major tournament. and after their best performance yet of these euros, they'll now believe that in berlin they can go all the way. dan roan, bbc news, dortmund. let's speak to our correspondentjohn watson who is in dortmund for us. they have beaten the netherlands, spain, are they very difficult, different opponent? i spain, are they very difficult, different opponent?- spain, are they very difficult, different opponent? i think they will be. different opponent? i think they will be- just _ different opponent? i think they will be. just call— different opponent? i think they will be. just call me, _ different opponent? i think they will be. just call me, i _ different opponent? i think they will be. just call me, i guess, i different opponent? i think they l will be. just call me, i guess, not just around the results they have produced, having won all of their group matches, they have been the inform team, but the threat they carry out wide, something gareth southgate will be aware of. this breathtaking, young and emerging star of the tournament, just 16 years old, so when england got against him, they will feel like veterans in the final to come on

sunday. they certainly carry threats, dangers, which i think england will have to contain. but it is hard at the moment to gauge how you will split these two going into the final because with tournament football, so hard to predict, certainly for england, in the way they have played, some of the performances, criticism aimed at gareth southgate for notjust his tactical approach but his selection. yet throughout this tournament, at difficult moments, england have continued to find a way and we saw it again last night. it looked to be going to extra time, possibly penalties again, ollie watkins, colpani, brought on, combining late for the goal. —— cole palmer. gareth southgate, for all the criticism, he has found the right adjustments at the right time and it is why there is a growing feeling perhaps england, despite the difficulties they have encountered, they are just peaking at the right time, and i

guess it is what you want to do in tournament football. last night probably was one of the best matches they have played probably of the tournament, certainly in the first half, signs they are peaking at the right time. you are absolutely right, cannot underestimate spain, brings back shades of euros 1996, applicant spain, goalless, settled on penalties, england won of course, progressed to the semifinals —— up against spain. progressed to the semifinals -- up against spain-— progressed to the semifinals -- up against spain. searching through my memo of against spain. searching through my memory of watching _ against spain. searching through my memory of watching and, _ against spain. searching through my memory of watching and, others i against spain. searching through my memory of watching and, others in i against spain. searching through my i memory of watching and, others in my household are more expert, but i get the level of excitement around this game —— watching euros. there was some discussion about the penalty. yes, i can imagine the coverage in holland today, very different, i imagine. there will be some real frustration over the penalty given. harry kane, tried to make a shot in

the box, he drew a tackle, slightly high foot from a dutch opponent, he went down, and var intervened, the referee went over to have a look at the monitor, awarded the penalty to england, but ronald koeman, dutch manager, furious over the use of the technology in that moment, the fact the penalty was given. i think today the penalty was given. i think today the feeling will be amongst dutch supporters that perhaps they were robbed, it was one of those, could have gone either way. for the english supporters, they will be thankful it went their way. it certainly could well have not been given and it may have been a very different story for england. some of the other big decisions went their way as well. i guess it adds to this feeling perhaps that these little things are going england's way, along with big moments, turning points in matches, crucial goals, penalty shoot—out, every player playing their part at the moment and it sets things up quite spectacularly for the final on

sunday. spectacularly for the final on sunda . ., .,, spectacularly for the final on sunda . ., ., , spectacularly for the final on sunda. ., ., , ., sunday. for even those of us not football experts, _ sunday. for even those of us not football experts, i— sunday. for even those of us not football experts, i find _ sunday. for even those of us not football experts, i find it - football experts, i find it fascinating listening to gareth southgate, his understanding of the psychology of how he is managing young players from very diverse backgrounds, earning huge amounts of money, unbelievable levels of pressure, the level of public criticism thrown their way and even physical caps thrown at gareth southgate, a hugejob, he has got england to the final, stunning, really —— even physical cups. he really -- even physical cups. he has. at really -- even physical cups. he has- at the _ really —— even physical cups. he: has. at the foot to one side, look at gareth southgate as a manager, he has been a very unifying character. he managed to bring... a real disconnect between the england team and the fans, he brought fans back around the team, he made players want to play for the country again, probably has not always been the

case historically, people talked about the cliques in previous squads. as well as that, very willing to field tough questions, he is a unifying character, willing to speak up for underrepresented groups, take a stance on larger moral and political issues away from football, and people often talk about in australia they say being prime minister is a toughjob, they often say being the test captain of the cricket side is arguably as tough, in some ways you can liken it tough, in some ways you can liken it to england. you have to speak up as england manager, willing to field tough questions, something gareth southgate has never shied away from. you can imagine the difficulties in doing that, trying to create a team with capabilities to challenge a major tournament, with capabilities to challenge a majortournament, he with capabilities to challenge a major tournament, he has done that. sometimes we can forget that and it is easy to criticise him for tactical approaches. but when you look at him and what he has done as a whole, you have to say it has been very impressive. a whole, you have to say it has been

very impressive-— very impressive. absolutely. john watson, very impressive. absolutely. john watson. we _ very impressive. absolutely. john watson, we will _ very impressive. absolutely. john watson, we will be _ very impressive. absolutely. john watson, we will be back - very impressive. absolutely. john watson, we will be back with i very impressive. absolutely. john watson, we will be back with you | watson, we will be back with you throughout the day, for now, thank you so much, john watson in dortmund. to washington, where sir keir starmer has met president biden ahead of an address by the prime minister to the nato summit. the two leaders discussed football, the nato alliance and the uk—us special relationship, but they did not address the president's difficult past few weeks. our political editor, chris mason, has the details. last night on the white house balcony, the prime minister and his wife, victoria. they were guests of president biden for dinner, alongside other leaders and their spouses, here for the nato defence alliance summit. to our neighbourhood of nations, may we continue to grow stronger and closer in all the years ahead. now i'd like to invite my friend, secretary stoltenberg, to nato. sir keir starmer had arrived earlierfor his first meeting with the president.

i was one of the reporters invited into the oval office for the first few minutes of their get—together. the relationship between the uk and america was discussed, and the war in ukraine. i kind of see you guys as the knot tying the transatlantic alliance together. we're very pleased to be able to come, so early in the government, to recommit to nato, to recommit to the special relationship, and to have the opportunity to discuss these affairs with you is really important to us. there was time to talk about the football too. from the president... good news. good news is right. i'll tell you what, that's all because of the prime minister. then i asked the big question to the prime minister. is football coming home, prime minister? it looks like it. he will be at the final against spain in berlin on sunday. chris mason, bbc

news, in washington. tributes are being paid to three women killed in a crossbow attack in hertfordshire. the suspect was detained yesterday evening after a manhunt in north london. the victims were the wife and daughters of bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt. let's speak to martine croxall in bushey. we can see the police are still cordoning off the area behind you. yes, this is ashlyn close where the hunt family live. the code and is still in place and there is a sizeable police presence as the police try to reassure the community after this brutal attack which happened on tuesday night in which carol, hannah and louise hunt diet. we are expecting an update from the police later, maybe an an hour ——

died. they will update us on the status of the investigation. we can say they are treating it as a murder inquiry and we believe there will be some sort of vigil as well at a local church also at around 11 o'clock. a real sense here people want to understand what has happened and they very much want to offer support tojohn hunt and his family in this period of immense loss. as my colleague, aruna iyengar, reports. how could this happen in a quiet, leafy residential area in bushey? last night, neighbours came to pay respects to a family described as kind, friendly and gentle people who always made time for others. those who lived here were the family of our colleague, bbc radio racing commentatorjohn hunt. it's a sprint race for home from here. neighbours called the police after hearing screams from the house.

despite the best efforts by emergency services, john's wife, 61—year—old carol, was killed, along with their daughters, 28—year—old hannah and 25—year—old louise. a crossbow was used in the attack. last night, ahead of england's euro 2024 match, 5 live presenter mark chapman gave his support to his colleaguejohn hunt. this has been a heartbreaking day. john hunt is our colleague and ourfriend, notjust to the current 5 live sport team, but to all of those who have worked here with him over the past 20 years. and also to all of you who have enjoyed his superb commentaries. a friend of louise hunt added this. i knew louise back from school days and she was really sweet, very kind, always a positive person. it's been a massive shock, been in denial,

and i haven't processed it yet. following a police search, kyle clifford, aged 26, was captured yesterday evening after a massive operation involving helicopters and armed officers. he was found injured near a cemetery in lavender hill in enfield. he was a former soldier and it's believed he was known to the hunt family. police say the killings were a targeted attack. this community is left reeling and it's asking the question, how could three women not be safe in their own home? aruna iyengar, bbc news. we can now confirm that kyle clifford, the man apprehended at lavender hill cemetery in enfield, north london, yesterday, he is a former boyfriend of one of the daughters, and he has being treated

for injuries he sustained. the police were very clear when they detained him no shots were fired. as we have mentioned, the police are still here gathering evidence and they are still keen to hear from members of the public who may have information they wish to share. they have opened a portal on their website, hertfordshire constabulary, where people can upload information, video footage. they are encouraging people, dissuading people, from speculation online, and social media, because it could hamper investigations. martine croxall, thanks so much, in bushey. the water regulator ofwat has announced how much water bills in england and wales could rise by over the next five years. ofwat�*s projection is that the annual household bill could go up by an average of 21%. that's an extra £19 a year, although every water company has different plans in place, so the figure will vary depending on where you live. most people in england and wales get their water from one of 17

companies and have their waste water taken away by one of 11 companies. there will be a consultation on the final figures that will be decided in december. the increase is intended to fund investment for improvements such as replacing leaking pipes and reducing sewage discharges into rivers and the sea. many of the companies wanted more funds and thames water has said the draft determination understandably challenges us on efficiency and delivery. more from our cost of living correspondent colletta smith. this is the next move in a game of cards between the regulator and the water companies. so the water companies had hoped to be able to increase bills by significantly higher. we have all heard of the controversies around sewage being spilt into rivers and lakes, into the sea around the uk. there was a lot of pressure on those

water companies to invest more. the question the regulator is working out is how much should they let that cost be passed on to customers and how much should they make shareholders pick up the tab for all those extra investments? so companies want a much higher bill to be passed on to customers. today we are hearing the next move from the regulator which is to set out their draft determination. £19 per year on an average bill. it wouldn't kick in until next april, and we have another six—month period now for more wrangling between the regulator and the companies to decide whether this is a fair determination or not, so it may be that those bills go slightly up or down in those different areas. we do see a big variation across england wales at the moment, so wessex water in this determination has a fall of 2%, so down to £497 per year. in significant parts of wales,

we are seeing significantjumps, up 32% to 524, so a big variation. and thames water are getting a lot of attention at the moment, they supply one in four customers across the uk centred around london and the belt that travels into london around the river thames, so a huge number of customers there, and they are in significant financial trouble. they argue that without being able to charge customers more, they won't be able to get out of that financial trouble, but the regulator today has said they are actually going to regulate them more heavily and keep a much closer eye on what they are up to over the next six months to make sure that they are doing the best for customers, that they tighten up all of their pipes, effectively, to make sure that those spillages are reduced across the uk, and that they can fulfil those financial functions and don't effectively go bust, which is the biggest concern for a new labour government coming into power here, facing a real mess within the water system,

companies saying they can't invest, and customers really struggling to pay more. it is worth remembering that one in five customers at the moment already struggling to pay their water bills each year, so an increase like this, although it might not sound very much, when we are talking about customers already in default, it would be a significant increase. and, colletta, there's a lot on the website so that if people want to reduce their bills, there are ways they can do that. just another big piece of economic news that has come out today, which is that the uk economy grew faster than expected in may, and that is up because the construction industry expanded, but of course the cost of living problem is still ongoing, isn't it? it is, we saw a slightly better performance in retail in may, we have had a wetjune and july, so i imagine it is unlikely to have continued in retail in the last couple of months,

but so many households still struggling. we have seen a slight reduction not in water but in gas and electricity bills from the start ofjuly, and yet what we are expecting is another increase to those utility bills by the time we come into the autumn and the winter, so households may be spending a little more at the moment, they may even get some of that boost from the fact that england have made it into the final of the euros, they may well get a significant boost across pubs and shops in the uk this weekend, but whether that continues through the summer, or whether they hang onto their money because they know it will be another difficult autumn and winter is yet to be seen. colletta smith there. a us senator has joined a growing number of democrats in the house of representatives calling forjoe biden to step down from the american presidential race. writing in the washington post, vermont's peter welch says mr biden should withdraw his candidacy for the good of the country.

earlier, former democrat speaker nancy pelosi suggested the president still had a decision to make. three of the president's senior political advisers will meet the democratic senatorial campaign committee on thursday to discuss the concerns. hollywood a—listers, some of them influential democratic fundraisers, have also voiced doubts aboutjoe biden's viability as a candidate. george clooney wrote an opinion piece in the new york times urging the president to drop out. now another big hollywood name, oscar winner michael douglas, has told the bbc of his concerns. he's been speaking to our correspondent tom brook in new york. let me ask you something that's on a lot of people's minds. what are your thoughts about president biden? should he drop out of the race? could he? yes, he could. should he? um... it's a painful, painful decision because i admire the man tremendously. i personally had a fundraiser for him at our house in april, and i think he's done an incrediblejob. but i am worried, not this week or next week, but let's say next year.

and it's just so hard for me to imagine a man four—and—a—half years down the line from now, particularly at a time that's so combative, that requires somebody to really be so articulate. i think the most disappointing thing for me in the debate was not necessarily how he felt but the inability to acknowledge all the lies that ex—president trump was talking about. do you think, though, that figures in the entertainment industry like yourself can bring about real tangible action in terms of president biden making a decision, as opposed to statements from politicians in washington? yeah, i do think so. i mean, we've been accused of having a little bigger voice than we should have, but we're all involved, you know, as celebrities. so you saw the attention george got today, clooney, with his statement. and maybe it's going to help move along the politicians who have been waffling,

kind of waiting for somebody. nancy pelosi, bless her soul, the first one today said, "you got to make a decision. "either get on the bus or off." michael douglas there. we will bring you more on this later becausejoe biden is facing questions from the press, another moment when he will be under scrutiny. the trial of the hollywood actor alec baldwin has heard the opening statement from prosecutors, claiming he bears some responsibility for the deadly shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on a film set almost three years ago. the jury were told that the gun could not have been fired without his actions. baldwin insists he didn't touch the trigger. our los angeles correspondent 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 the actor was responsible. how's it going, sir?

during filming on set nearly three years ago, the pistol being used by alec baldwin fired a live round, killing the cinematographer halyna hutchins. oh, my god. the film's armourer, hannah gutierrez, has already been convicted for involuntary manslaughter. she had accidentally mixed up live bullets with the dummy rounds being used on set. but prosecutors believe alec baldwin was also at fault, and that 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. mr baldwin claims he never pulled the trigger, saying the gun went off accidentally, and that he was relying on 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 checked by those responsible to ensure the gun was safe. the trial is set to last a fortnight. at the end of it, a jury will have to decide whether alec baldwin was truly negligent in the way he drew and pointed that weapon. emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico. more coming up in the next half an hour. let us pause and have a look outside. carol kirkwood has all the weather. hello again. where we've had all the heavy rain of late, today it is going to turn that bit lighter. pollen levels today, though, are moderate or high across many areas. we're talking especially grass pollen and also nettle pollen. now, low pressure is driving our weather. it's pushing off to scandinavia. we've got this weather front which has split in two, and that's what's been producing the heavy and persistent rain we've seen in the north—east of scotland for the last couple of days. that's now easing. we also have a weather front at the other end of it, across parts of wales, the midlands and into east anglia —

that's producing some showery rain. but through the day, it will brighten up in the north—east. the winds will also ease. western scotland and northern ireland seeing some sunshine, but northern england, the north midlands, norfolk and wales hanging on to the cloud with some patchy light rain. but in the south, a lot of sunshine and here temperatures up to 23 celsius. in the north, 13 or 14, and it will feel cooler if you're in the northerly breeze. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, a weather front continues to weaken as it pushes southwards. we also have a system coming up from the near continent, which will bring in some showery outbreaks of rain to the south—east, and another one coming into north—west scotland. temperature wise, very similar to what we had last night. overnight lows, eight to about 13 degrees. tomorrow, we've got the dregs of our weather front in the south producing this cloud and also the odd shower. a ridge of high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic. so, in essence, we're starting off on another cloudy note. we say goodbye to the showers in the south—east quite quickly.

here's our weak weather front with the cloud and showers that and we also have our weather front pushing in across the north—west of scotland, bringing showery outbreaks of rain here. but there will be a northerly breeze. temperature values are low anyway, but it will feel a bit cooler if you're in the breeze. but where the cloud breaks around the glasgow area, we could well reach 20 degrees. as we move into saturday, you can see this ridge trying to stay with us, but low pressure is never too far away, so that looks like it's going to be cool down the east coast, and we could well see some rain into eastern parts of scotland on sunday. so, saturday, fairly cloudy. the best of the sunshine in the south and the south—west, cool down the east coast. and on sunday, that low pressure could well bring rain into eastern scotland.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a last—minute goal by ollie watkins secures england's place in the euros final against spain on sunday. a man suspected of killing a woman and two of her daughters in hertfordshire remains in hospital after police found him injured near a cemetery. nato leaders pledge their support forfuture ukrainian membership and agree $40 billion of military aid for kyiv at their summit in washington. and the bbc has learned that plans

to release some prisoners early will be announced by the government tomorrow, to help reduce overcrowding in jails. hello. i'm geeta guru—murthy. well, england are into their second euros final in a row after last night's win over the netherlands. more than 30,000 england fans were inside the stadium in dortmund, with millions more packing out pubs, and fan zones to see gareth southgate's men book their place in history. our correspondentjoe inwood spent the evening at a fan zone in brixton, where he's watched every game england game during the tournament. it always starts off so civilised. a nice bit of face painting, some vintage shirts, catching up with friends. and then a man shows you his tattoo in an area that we can't broadcast at the crack of dawn. nervous and excited at the same time. the stomach's doing this, you know? watching along were lewis and katie.

they met exactly six years ago at the semifinals of the world cup. so feelings on england on their anniversary? well, i was saying i go off a lot what you say. and you said the starting line—up isn't good. but to be fair, i do think he needs to make some changes in the beginning. # god save our king... being an england fan has not been easy at this tournament. it'sjust depressing. but that feeling didn't last long. england was soon on the attack. i feel like they maybe by conceding that early goal, they've stepped it up now. wild but potentially premature celebrations? and they've not actually scored. that's just a penalty being awarded. the mood was upbeat at half time. at least he finished the beer before throwing his pint in the air. coming into half—time, we were

on top of the game, we dominated. we haven't come out firing. but that didn't stop one man making an optimistic purchase. it is 70 minutes into the game, and this man hasjust what have you just done? you've just showed me your phone. listen here. it's coming home. have you just... you've purchased hotel tickets? free cancellation, so it's fine. free cancellation. he was so certain of victory, he went and booked his trip to berlin for the final. the only things being cancelled were plans for sunday evening. cheering. i'm soaked in beer. i know, because he... he was throwing it. it's coming home! guys. what did you make of that? that was incredible.

we didn't play very well in the second half, but, i mean, we've just got to get the ball in the net. and he did it. watkins, baby! right around the country. manchester, sheffield, norwich, chester. and in brixton... if this is what getting to a final looks like, imagine the scenes if we actually win. # southgate, you're the one # southgate, you're the one # you can bring it home... joe inwood, bbc news in brixton. the england team and manager gareth southgate have both taken their share of criticism — yet here they are heading into sunday's final. i spoke to dr gillian cook — who's senior lecturer in sports psychology at liverpooljohn moores university — about the key to their success. so i think the big thing they have done is as you say there has been

a lot of criticism around the team, how they've set up. but what they've done, what gareth has done is he has had the confidence in his own ability. he is the manager that has got us through to two finals now, he has backed himself and the players have seen it too, they have trusted him as well. and when the subs have come on, they have been able to deliver. and how do you think you would see the management of the next three days? because there is so much expectation and pressure on them now. so i think what the team will do is firstly they will take a bit of time just to have a breather, to relax, to smile and feel good about where they are. then they will review what happened last night, what we did well. equally where we can get better. and then it will be all about forgetting last night, the semifinal has gone. we are now into the final, and they will refocus

where the focus needs to be said that we can go out and deliver and try to lower those expectations, because that is what worked so well last night. this is the first time england had gone into a match in these euros not overwhelming favourites, and that helped us, taking that pressure off. and in terms of the young players themselves, southgate has been praised for trying to shield them. but we saw southgate having cups thrown on him earlier. how do these young stars, they are young, often not from wealthy backgrounds and earning huge amounts of money, but under the spotlight with every single person with a view and so much commentary on them. you can't totally shield people, because they can click on social media themselves. no, you can't, and it is a normal part of being a high—profile athlete nowadays, that we live in an era of hyper—punditry, so everyone has got different social media platforms, everyone thinks they can do yourjob better than you can,

so it is really important that what the team have done and what gareth southgate himself has spoken about is he normalised this for the players. this is completely normal, it's not personal. and what the players may have gone through themselves is something called an arrow technique which is what i do when i work with athletes. so you help athletes see the arrow not as personal, so it is not being shot into you, but it lies next year. you can either pick up that feedback, criticism and think of these different comments being made and take them on board, or you leave the arrow because everyone knows more about themselves and other people do, you yourself know the different factors that affect performance at other people don't know, so you might choose to leave that arrow down there and keep focusing

on what you need to focus on to get the outcome and bring it home. doctor gillian cooke, sports psychology lecturer at liverpool john moores university. to the nato summit, where members have pledged their irreversible support for a path to membership for ukraine, as well as more aid for the country's fight against russia. a formal timeline forjoining the military alliance hasn't been agreed at the summit in washington, but the group's 32 members said they had unwavering support for ukraine's war effort. nato has also announced closer integration with ukraine's military and a commitment to $40 billion of aid in the next year, including the delivery of us—built f—16fighterjets and more air defence systems. china has warned nato against provoking confrontation over its ties with russia after the alliance accused beijing of playing a key role in helping moscow's war on ukraine. nato leaders said china had become a decisive enabler of russia. beijing has rejected the accusation, claiming the alliance is looking for excuses to expand its influence eastwards. let's speak to our security correspondent, frank gardner. how significant are these exchanges of comments on nato and china? thea;r

of comments on nato and china? they are very significant, _ of comments on nato and china? tue: are very significant, because of comments on nato and china? tte are very significant, because it's the first time that nato has called out china and essentially accused it of not being neutral as it would like to make out in russia's war with ukraine. this summit is really about three things. it is about ukraine and russia, china, and president biden. let's deal with the latter won first, because hanging over this is the cloud of uncertainty about whether president joe biden is still up to the job. an increasing number of democratic figures and backers including george clooney in the last 24—hour is who has raised a lot of money forjoe biden's campaign in the past, they have come out and said, look, he's not up to the job any more, he's too old. he is six years older than nato, to nato is 75 years old, so that a bit of a worry, and i think the leaders who gathered there from these 32 nations will be looking

closely at him, thinking if this guy wins, first of all, can he beat donald trump in the november elections, and if he does, can he still be the leading light of nato over the next four years? when it comes to ukraine and russia, there are cracks, there are movements afoot in europe of far right and far left, not even far, where these are groups that don't necessarily see russia as a threat, would like to force ukraine to reach some kind of a peace deal, some kind of accommodation with russia which means surrendering all the land means surrendering all the [and russia has already taken. then there is china, and as you say, they have issued this final communique where they have accused china of essentially aiding and abetting russia's war effort ukraine. china denies this and also warns nato against getting involved in the asia—pacific region where china has

been steadily ticking over the south china sea. find been steadily ticking over the south china sea. �* , ., ., . ~ ., china sea. and 'ust to go back to the top point _ china sea. and just to go back to the top point on _ china sea. and just to go back to the top point on the _ china sea. and just to go back to the top point on the question i china sea. and just to go back to | the top point on the question that is really dominating political debate in the us in the future of joe biden, there is another moment where the president will be under scrutiny today because he is taking questions from the press. but we are not yet seeing the key democrat leaders come out and say that he has to go, even though there are a lot of noises, and a lot of concerns being raised including as you say by fundraisers. . , being raised including as you say by fundraisers-— fundraisers. that is right, and so far that only _ fundraisers. that is right, and so far that only one _ fundraisers. that is right, and so far that only one senator - fundraisers. that is right, and so far that only one senator has i fundraisers. that is right, and so i far that only one senator has come out to say that he should step aside, but privately there are quite aside, but privately there are quite a lot of voices, there have been a few congressmen and women who have asked him to step aside for the sake of the country. but the us system is rather different from ours in the uk, so here in britain, as alastair campbell once put it, tony blair's spin doctor, he said the men in grey suits will come and a word with the

prime minister and say, come on, you have got to move aside, it is time. in america, it doesn't work like that. it is down to the president alone. onlyjoe biden can step aside, and he's and he's convinced he's still the right guy for the job. he says only god can move me aside. it is frankly a little delusional, because clearly there are signs that his cognitive ability in that debate with donald trump is worrying, and george clooney has seen him in private and has reportedly said, actually, what you saw there in the debate is repeated in private, and there is something called the six minute theory, which is that if russian intercontinental ballistic missiles are heading for continental united states, in theory you have got six minutes. actually probably have less. and the president has to decide, how do they respond. is it a false alarm, do they retaliate? on the question is,

is the commander—in—chief in this case up to the job? find is the commander-in-chief in this case up to the job?— case up to the 'ob? and of course others have — case up to the job? and of course others have said, _ case up to the job? and of course others have said, look _ case up to the job? and of course others have said, look at - case up to the job? and of course others have said, look at george| others have said, look at george clooney, there has been some difference of opinion between george clooney and his wife amal clooney for example on israel and palestine and those questions, so are there other things afoot here? and the white house honestly pointed out thatjoe biden is the man who has beaten donald trump once already, he has a proven track record. that beaten donald trump once already, he has a proven track record.— has a proven track record. that was four ears has a proven track record. that was four years ago _ has a proven track record. that was four years ago and _ has a proven track record. that was four years ago and more, _ has a proven track record. that was four years ago and more, so - has a proven track record. that was four years ago and more, so there. four years ago and more, so there are indications that his state of mind and body have changed between that time when he beat donald trump, and look, i'm not an expert on us politics, but the signal coming out from the main body of the democratic party is to judge from the main body of the democratic party is tojudge him on his record. he has been a firm supporter of

ukraine, he has enabled all that military aid to go to defend ukraine against russian aggression. he is an international statesman with a long track record, judge him on that and not onjust one track record, judge him on that and not on just one debate where he according to the democrat had a bit of a cold, maybe even said he had jet lag from two weeks earlier. these sound like excuses, but nevertheless i think how he performs at this summit and how he has been performing will be crucial, and sir keir starmer who is over there on his first big overseas trip since taking office has been meeting him with bilaterals, there are going to be quite a lot of meetings that will be quite a lot of meetings that will bejudging him, joe biden, that is, on whether he has still got it, as it were, but there are still worries. donald trump is a very strong performer in these things. his ideas may be anathema to most

people in nato, but he commands millions of americans, let's not forget that. millions of americans, let's not forget that-— millions of americans, let's not foruet that. ., ~ forget that. frank gardner, indeed, thank ou forget that. frank gardner, indeed, thank you very _ forget that. frank gardner, indeed, thank you very much _ forget that. frank gardner, indeed, thank you very much for _ forget that. frank gardner, indeed, thank you very much for talking i thank you very much for talking around some of the issues that are at play at that nato summit and in the us at the moment. back here, new figures show waiting list for routine hospital treatment in england has risen for the second month in a row. an estimated 7.6 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of may — a 66% increase since the start of the pandemic according to experts from the nuffield trust. the health secretary wes streeting has announced an independent investigation into how the nhs is performing. he told the sun newspaper that the health service could be fixed , but the problem needed to be diagnosed before the government could write a 'prescription'. with me is our health correspondent nick triggle. on this new investigation by wes streeting, what do we know about it and how long will it take? it will]!

and how long will it take? it will be led by an _ and how long will it take? it will be led by an nhs— and how long will it take? it will be led by an nhs surgeon i and how long will it take? it will be led by an nhs surgeon who l and how long will it take? tit ll be led by an nhs surgeon who sits on it as an independent peer. he also advised and worked as a health minister under tony blair and gordon brown, so he is well versed in how the health service works and how westminster and the government interacts with it. he has been told to do a quick review, i understand, expected to report back by september, because the new health secretary wes streeting wants to produce a ten year plan for the nhs, setting outjust how he is going to tackle those nhs backlogs, and i think the figures published today, the first set of monthly data since the first set of monthly data since the government came to power set out the government came to power set out the scale of the challenge. man the scale of the challenge. alan milburn has _ the scale of the challenge. alan milburn has also _ the scale of the challenge. alan milburn has also been - the scale of the challenge. alan milburn has also been advising wes streeting on the last few months, and possibly longer. the labour party have talked about needing growth before they invest, and yet the nhs is a key concern for the public, so they have to be seen to be acting pretty quick. yes.

public, so they have to be seen to be acting pretty quick.— be acting pretty quick. yes, they do. the be acting pretty quick. yes, they do- they have — be acting pretty quick. yes, they do. they have promised - be acting pretty quick. yes, they do. they have promised that i be acting pretty quick. yes, they| do. they have promised that they will increase the number of appointments immediately, they want 40,000 extra performance, that is up to 2%, which doesn't sound a lot, but if they can do that, experts say that will be enough to make inroads into that but plug straightaway, but one of the things the health service has struggle with under the last government, the amount of funding being put in going up, the amount of staff employed have been going up, but the number of patients they are seeing has barely risen, and that is because of a productivity problem, so this investigation wes streeting has announced today, one of things it has got to get out is how can the nhs be made more productive, how can they get those extra appointments and operations done to start making inroads into that backlog pretty

quickly? inroads into that backlog pretty ruickl ? , ., inroads into that backlog pretty tuickl ? , ., ., inroads into that backlog pretty ruickl ? , ., ., , ., quickly? they had said at the start ofthe quickly? they had said at the start of the manifesto _ quickly? they had said at the start of the manifesto that _ quickly? they had said at the start of the manifesto that they - quickly? they had said at the start of the manifesto that they wanted | quickly? they had said at the start i of the manifesto that they wanted to get people working, but are they likely to do anything on social care? many people say that is the key here. care? many people say that is the ke here. , ., _, ., key here. they have committed to introducing _ key here. they have committed to introducing the _ key here. they have committed to introducing the cap _ key here. they have committed to introducing the cap on _ key here. they have committed to introducing the cap on care - key here. they have committed to introducing the cap on care costs, | introducing the cap on care costs, so limiting the amount people have to pay before the state starts stepping in. but that doesn't do anything to reform the social care service, to get more money into it or to improve the way social care, thatis or to improve the way social care, that is care homes and help people get in their own homes, it does nothing to get more money into that. what they have said is that they want to have a cross—party consensus on a way forward for social care, so i don't think we are going to hear much about that certainly this year, and as you say, that is part of the problem facing the nhs. part and as you say, that is part of the problem facing the nhs.- problem facing the nhs. part of a very complex _ problem facing the nhs. part of a very complex problem. _ problem facing the nhs. part of a very complex problem. thank- problem facing the nhs. part of aj very complex problem. thank you problem facing the nhs. part of a i very complex problem. thank you very much indeed.

the bbc has learned that plans to release some prisoners early will be announced by the government tomorrow, to reduce overcrowding injails in england and wales. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman has the details. the labour party, as they were a week ago when they were not in government yet, they had a list of issues that they expected to have to confront when they got into government, and prisons was at the very top of it. in fact, keir starmer has been talking in washington about this. he says the situation he found is worse than he thought it was. he says what he has found is shocking. what are they going to do about it? tomorrow we will get an announcement from the justice secretary, shabana mahmoud. as it stands, there are some prisoners who were released when they have served 50% of their sentence. that is going to come down to 40%, and the new government is hoping that will relieve some of the pressure on prisons. but this is a longer term

issue, as alex chalk, formerjustice secretary, has been telling the today podcast. the cost of keeping someone in prison is £49,000 a year. but the cost of building a new prison, each cell, the capital cost is around £600,000. so, a new government... per cell? yeah, per cell. so, a new government which is betting on new growth, great, we all want to see growth, and i wish them well on that, i really hope that works. but if the situation is you haven't got enough money, are you seriously going to be saying that instead of building that hospital, we are going to be building a new nick at the cost of £600,000 per cell? i think that's a tough question. so, we have to work out, as a nation, how many people can we afford to lock up? and no—one is asking that question. alex chalk there. and henry, it is very difficult for most of us to quantify spending and priorities, but apart from capital costs, i think it is about 1000 billion of public spending each year which the government has to work out how to spend. in terms of these prisons and prisoners that might be released,

people might be asking, what crimes they committed, and what does that due the safety of society if people are going to be let out early? my understanding is that the group who will be released even earlier than currently planned will not include violent criminals or those in prison for sexual offences, also people who are in prison for crimes related to domestic abuse. but look, you will have probably the new conservative opposition, despite what alex chalk said there, i'm sure, shouting that the government is releasing people early who shouldn't be on the streets, and that is the difficult balance for this new labour government. people i have been speaking to in the government have been saying that that is very much a balance they've been thinking about, but they have decided that the graver risk is the public order risk as they describe it behind closed doors of not doing this, because they say that

if you don't free up capacity on the prison system as quickly as possible, then you could end up with the courts not being able to sentence people to prison because there isn't room, and even further up the chain, police not being able to arrest people because you can't send them to the courts because the courts can't then send them on to prison. henry zeffman there. after spending nine months injailand waiting 15 years to clear his name, a former sub—postmaster from wales has been honoured for his role in campaigning forjustice against the post office. noel thomas from anglesey was one of hundreds convicted after faulty horizon software flagged false discrepancies in accounts. our reporter sean tootill has the story. on behalf of the university, i am pleased to present you with an honorary doctorate and honorary fellowship. applause this moment has been over 18 years in the making. noel thomas from gaerwen on anglesey is a face known to many by now. a former sub—postmaster, he's been a leading figure in the campaign forjustice

against the post office, and it was for his role in that campaign that he today received an honorary degree from bangor university. from a humble postman to standing here and having worked in bangor sorting office for two years, i used to look through the window and look at this fantastic building up on the hill. i never knew that and i never thought that i'd be standing here today. it took 15 years for noel thomas to finally clear his name. he spent nine months injail back in 2006 after being wrongly convicted of false accounting. he was one of hundreds of subpostmasters prosecuted for stealing. it later emerged that he and his fellow convicted colleagues fell victim to the failings of a new it system the post office had introduced called horizon. unfortunately, i ended up in walton. i had eight dark days, to be quite honest, because i wasn't let out because of security. and from there to here, i can't...

i can't think about it. 555 of us now, ready to tell our stories. i he isn't the only sub—postmaster being honoured. alan bates from llandudno's battle forjustice has been immortalised in the itv drama mr. bates versus the post office. he's set to be recognised for his work later this week. he deserves it more than i do because he's fought hard on our behalf. but for alan, we wouldn't be where we are today. he reminds me of being a postman, actually, when he feared dogs. alan has been like a dog. like once he got the bone, he wouldn't let go. and he hasn't let go either. thank you. thank the city for this great honour. the post office scandal is one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice

in our legal system's history. today was about honouring one of those impacted by it and his fight for justice. let mejust let me just update you on the ongoing investigation in bushey after the deaths of carol hunt, hannah and louise. kyle clifford, the suspect, is being detained over a crossbow attack. he is in hospital having been found with injuries on wednesday, and further searches have taken place at house in enfield in relation to the death of the three women. police officers in gloves and facemasks have been seen outside the property. there is a bbc live page on this news, and it points out there are many flowers at the scene we have seen, and many paying tribute after this terrible event.

jockeys at kempton park are wearing black arm bands, and there is a minute's silence at newbury. this is all in a show of support forjohn hunt who is a racing commentator who works for the bbc. hertfordshire police say they are releasing updates on the investigation, and the security ministerjanjarvis told the bbc earlier today the government will move at pace to decide whether changes need to be made to the law on crossbows. so a lot of updates coming in on that story and do check out the website for more. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. where we've had all the heavy rain of late, today it is going to turn that bit lighter. pollen levels today, though, are moderate or high across many areas. we're talking especially grass pollen and also nettle pollen. now, low pressure is driving our weather. it's pushing off to scandinavia. we've got this weather front which has split in two, and that's what's been producing the heavy and persistent rain we've seen in the north—east of scotland for the last couple of days.

that's now easing. we also have a weather front at the other end of it, across parts of wales, the midlands and into east anglia — that's producing some showery rain. but through the day, it will brighten up in the north—east. the winds will also ease. western scotland and northern ireland seeing some sunshine, but northern england, the north midlands, norfolk and wales hanging on to the cloud with some patchy light rain. but in the south, a lot of sunshine and here temperatures up to 23 celsius. in the north, 13 or 14, and it will feel cooler if you're in the northerly breeze. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, a weather front continues to weaken as it pushes southwards. we also have a system coming up from the near continent, which will bring in some showery outbreaks of rain to the south—east, and another one coming into north—west scotland. temperature wise, very similar to what we had last night. overnight lows, eight to about 13 degrees. tomorrow, we've got the dregs of our weather front in the south

producing this cloud and also the odd shower. a ridge of high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic. so, in essence, we're starting off on another cloudy note. we say goodbye to the showers in the south—east quite quickly. here's our weak weather front with the cloud and showers. that will break up through the day. and we also have our weather front pushing in across the north—west of scotland, bringing showery outbreaks of rain here. but there will be a northerly breeze. temperature values are low anyway, but it will feel a bit cooler if you're in the breeze. but where the cloud breaks around the glasgow area, we could well reach 20 degrees. as we move into saturday, you can see this ridge trying to stay with us, but low pressure is never too far away, so that looks like it's going to be cool down the east coast, and we could well see some rain into eastern parts of scotland on sunday. so, saturday, fairly cloudy. the best of the sunshine in the south and the south—west, cool down the east coast. and on sunday, that low pressure could well bring rain into eastern scotland.

live from london. this is bbc news. a last—minute goal by ollie watkins secures england's place in the euros final against spain on sunday a man suspected of killing a woman and two of her daughters in hertfordshire remains in hospital after police found him injured near a cemetery. these are live pictures from bushey where a vigil is due to be held for the and family.

the water regulator ofwat says water bills in england and wales are set to rise by an average 21% over the next five years. and as more democrats call onjoe biden to stand aside from the presidential race, actor and fundraiser michael douglas tells the bbc of his concerns. it is so hard to imagine for me the man four and a half years down the line from now, particularly at a time that is so combative. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. england are beginning preparations for sunday's euro 2024 final against spain in berlin. last night's 90th—minute strike from substitute ollie watkins sealed a 2—1 semifinal victory over the netherlands, to the delight of fans across the country. our sports editor, dan roan, reports on a dramatic night in dortmund. palmer finds watkins. watkins turns! watkins scores!

he's the super sub who became england's hero on unforgettable night in dortmund. ollie watkins, that is wonderful! england fans in dreamland after the aston villa striker�*s brilliant 90th minute winner ensured a first major final on foreign soil. lost for words, really. when you score there's emotions that come through your body, but this is just a different feeling. it was slow motion when i was running over to the boys and celebrating. and there was, ah, i didn't want to get off the pitch in the end because ijust wanted to soak it all in, because it doesn't happen often, obviously. come on, watkins, get in there, my son! ollie watkins, all. about ollie watkins. he needs to start. talk about a captain's moment. earlier, after england fell behind for the third match in a row, it fell to the captain to try and draw them level. here comes kane. here come england! oh, it was phenomenal, absolutely brilliant. i couldn't imagine much more. cole palmer and ollie

watkins come on. gareth southgate faced criticism at these euros. but having brought on watkins with extra time looming, once again the manager had been vindicated. once i saw him i thought, he's got legs, he's got a goal in him. so gareth knows best after all? i think so. we can't criticise him now. that's two euros finals in a row, you know. i and this time, will they do it? it's coming home, i what else can we say? i have a really good feeling about this one. england are on their way to berlin! and having knocked out the netherlands, england are now just one more win away from ending their 58 year long wait for silverware. spain have been the best team in the tournament, there's no question about that. and we have a day less to prepare, which makes it a lot harder. but we will enjoy tonight. but already as a coaching team we're thinking about preparing for that, that's how it is. hope you can enjoy it a bit. no, we will, don't worry.

well, what a night here in dortmund. ollie watkins and these players have delivered quite simply one of the most important victories in the history of the england men's team. and now they'll have a shot at glory and the first ever victory overseas at a major tournament. and after their best performance yet of these euros, they'll now believe that in berlin they can go all the way. dan roan, bbc news, dortmund. so england beat the netherlands, but will spain be a more difficult and different opponent? i asked our correspondentjohn watson who is in dortmund for us. i think they will be. just i guess, notjust around the results they have produced, having won all of their group matches, they have been this in form team, but the threat they carry out wide is something gareth southgate will be aware of. lamine yamal, this breathtaking,

young and emerging star of the tournament, just 16 years old, so when england got against him, they will feel like veterans in the final to come on sunday. they certainly carry threats, real dangers, which i think england will have to contain. but it is hard at the moment to gauge how you will split these two going into the final because with tournament football, it's so hard to predict, certainly for england, in the way they have played, some of the performances, the criticism aimed at gareth southgate for notjust his tactical approach but his selection. yet throughout this tournament, at difficult moments, england have continued to find a way and we saw it again last night. it looked to be going to extra time, possibly penalties again, ollie watkins, cole palmer brought on, combining late for the goal. gareth southgate, for all the criticism, he has found the right adjustments at the right time and it is why there is a growing feeling perhaps england, despite the difficulties they have encountered, they are just peaking

at the right time, and i guess it is what you want to do in tournament football. last night probably was one of the best matches they have played probably of the tournament, certainly in the first half, signs they are peaking at the right time. you are absolutely right, you cannot underestimate spain, it brings back shades of euros 1996, up against spain, goalless, settled on penalties, england won of course, and progressed to the semifinals. let's speak to football psychologist, geirjordet — who's also the author of 'pressure — lessons from the psychology of the penalty shootout.�* england are through. do you think it is partly because under gareth snell guide's guidance they have mastered the art of coping with pressure?

that is a good question. they have certainly mastered the act of coming back from after falling behind. they have mastered late goals and they have mastered late goals and they have even shown that they can muster penalties so i think that is a very good start. penalties so i think that is a very good start-— good start. do you think it was a legitimate _ good start. do you think it was a legitimate penalty _ good start. do you think it was a legitimate penalty last - good start. do you think it was a legitimate penalty last night? i legitimate penalty last night? excuse me? do you think it was a legitimate penalty last night? yes. legitimate penalty last night? yes, we can no legitimate penalty last night? te: we can go back—and—forth about that. i think there was contact with the photo i would give a penalty and it was a marvellous penalty when he struck it so good job, harry kane. tell me about what you think gareth southgate has done and what the players have done in terms of dealing with the psychology of what goes into the penalties situation which england fans seem to be exposed to so often. t which england fans seem to be exposed to so often.— which england fans seem to be exposed to so often. i hear the enalish exposed to so often. i hear the english speak— exposed to so often. i hear the english speak about _ exposed to so often. i hear the english speak about the -

exposed to so often. i hear the | english speak about the dreaded penalty is all the time. what do you have to know now about southgate and his his staff and team if they have been working on penalties for seven years, in multiple shoot out, and not all of them have gone well but they have corrected their mistakes, they have corrected their mistakes, they have corrected their mistakes, they have learned and adapted. so england at the moment have a very well oiled penalty operation, a clear structure, they know what to do and have good penalty takers. that doesn't give us a guarantee they will win every penalty shoot out but they are certainly prepared for it. ~ , ., out but they are certainly prepared forit. ~ , ., ., for it. when you say they have a clear structure, _ for it. when you say they have a clear structure, can _ for it. when you say they have a clear structure, can you - for it. when you say they have a| clear structure, can you explain? what are they doing? they have a structure individually, every player knows exact what to do before the cape because it is notjust about the kit, it is more interesting what happens before, how they have a routine, how they know how to set the ball up, step back, wait for the referee's whistle, how to run up to

the ball and also the structure for what to do to support each other. there is a buddy system we have heard a lot about these past days where they actually support each other in a very regimented way after the penalties have been struck and hopefully after penalties have been missed if you go there. istate hopefully after penalties have been missed if you go there.— hopefully after penalties have been missed if you go there. we have 'ust seen the otheri missed if you go there. we have 'ust seen the other penalty. it i missed if you go there. we have 'ust seen the other penalty. it is i seen the other penalty. it is heartbreaking when you see one potent message at a key moment because the headlines after that and the commentary is unforgiving. how on earth do you prepare people for that? because it is such a singular pressure. that? because it is such a singular ressure. , ., ., ., , pressure. yes, and i am not sure if ou pressure. yes, and i am not sure if you should — pressure. yes, and i am not sure if you should prepare _ pressure. yes, and i am not sure if you should prepare people - you should prepare people individually if you miss but you should prepare the group because it is important from a human perspective to be there for that player but it is also important to set a town in the group that if one of us misses, then we know the group will be there for us, because that

will be there for us, because that will help the next penalty taker going forward. d0 will help the next penalty taker going forward-— will help the next penalty taker auoin forward. ~ going forward. do you think gareth southgate's _ going forward. do you think gareth southgate's history _ going forward. do you think gareth southgate's history where - going forward. do you think gareth southgate's history where this i going forward. do you think gareth southgate's history where this has| southgate's history where this has helped him navigate it in a more sophisticated way? i helped him navigate it in a more sophisticated way?— sophisticated way? i think so, because what _ sophisticated way? i think so, because what this _ sophisticated way? i think so, because what this is - sophisticated way? i think so, because what this is is - sophisticated way? i think so, because what this is is a - because what this is is a psychological approach to penalty taking, notjust a cake, where you place the ball, pace and precision —— a cake. it is about the lead up to it, the the lead up and the stress, the structure and communications so it is much more than what people usually think about and i suspect his own traumatic experiences have ironically prepared him for this. how experiences have ironically prepared him for this- him for this. how much does a preparation — him for this. how much does a preparation for _ him for this. how much does a preparation for these - him for this. how much does a preparation for these penalty i him for this. how much does a . preparation for these penalty high stake moments feed into the preparation for the whole game? because it is so striking, the psychological pressure on all athletes is so much a part of their success in their ability to cope with this level of scrutiny. i think

knowina with this level of scrutiny. i think knowing that _ with this level of scrutiny. i think knowing that you _ with this level of scrutiny. i think knowing that you have _ with this level of scrutiny. i think knowing that you have a - with this level of scrutiny. i think knowing that you have a plan - with this level of scrutiny. i think knowing that you have a plan for| with this level of scrutiny. i think . knowing that you have a plan for the most intense pressure filter pack that can happen in this game, i think that in itself will bring a certain level of security, may be confidence, something that will feed over to other parts of the game. with the plan that we see they have with penalties, one would also expect that they have similar plans, similar setups, expect that they have similar plans, similarsetups, similar expect that they have similar plans, similar setups, similar operations for the part of the game which certainly will help with that as well. p, certainly will help with that as well. , ., certainly will help with that as well. p, ,, . certainly will help with that as well. ,, . . certainly will help with that as well. ., . ., ., well. do you have a prediction for sunda ? well. do you have a prediction for sunday? i — well. do you have a prediction for sunday? i think _ well. do you have a prediction for sunday? i think spain _ well. do you have a prediction for sunday? i think spain quality - well. do you have a prediction for| sunday? i think spain quality wise so far in the _ sunday? i think spain quality wise so far in the tournament - sunday? i think spain quality wise so far in the tournament is - sunday? i think spain quality wise so far in the tournament is the - so far in the tournament is the natural favourite and i think that is something that fits england quite well, that another team is a favourite. well, that another team is a favourite-— well, that another team is a favourite. ., ~ . ., favourite. thank you so much for bein: favourite. thank you so much for being without. _ favourite. thank you so much for being without. very _ favourite. thank you so much for being without. very good - favourite. thank you so much for being without. very good to - favourite. thank you so much for being without. very good to to l favourite. thank you so much for i being without. very good to to you. tributes are being paid to three women killed in a crossbow attack in hertfordshire.

the suspect was detained yesterday evening in a north london cemetery. the victims were the wife and daughters of bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt. let me show you pictures from the vigil that is being held in a church there in bushey in memory of their victims and to support the hunt family. victims and to support the hunt family. let's speak to our correspondent martine croxall in bushey. that vigil started at around 11 o'clock and it is being led by the rector of bushey at the scene changes church in the town and he said the deaths of carroll, hannah and louise hunt have brought together the community as one big family. this is far that david stevenson speaking earlier, and he said today is about supporting the community, we realise we are just one big family. and it is a sense of needing to come together to understand what was the most brutal of attacks in ashlyn close, this

road behind me, that has led to people coming to this street to lead a floral tribute and that is something reflected by your correspondent in this report. how could this happen in a quiet, leafy residential area in bushey? last night, neighbours came to pay respects to a family described as kind, friendly and gentle people who always made time for others. those who lived here were the family of our colleague, bbc radio racing commentatorjohn hunt. it's a sprint race for home from here. neighbours called the police after hearing screams from the house. despite the best efforts by emergency services, john's wife, 61—year—old carol, was killed, along with their daughters, 28—year—old hannah and 25—year—old louise. a crossbow was used in the attack. last night, ahead of england's euro 2024 match, 5 live presenter

mark chapman gave his support to his colleaguejohn hunt. this has been a heartbreaking day. john hunt is our colleague and ourfriend, notjust to the current 5 live sport team, but to all of those who have worked here with him over the past 20 years. and also to all of you who have enjoyed his superb commentaries. a friend of louise hunt added this. i knew louise back from school days and she was really sweet, very kind, always a positive person. it's been a massive shock, been in denial, and i haven't processed it yet. following a police search, kyle clifford, aged 26, was captured yesterday evening after a massive operation involving helicopters and armed officers. he was found injured near a cemetery in lavender hill in enfield. he was a former soldier and it's believed he was known

to the hunt family. police say the killings were a targeted attack. this community is left reeling and it's asking the question, how could three women not be safe in their own home? aruna iyengar, bbc news. this morning police have confirmed that kyle clifford, the 26—year—old mentioned in the report, was an ex boyfriend of one of the daughters of john and carol hunt. the police do want to question him in relation to what is now a triple murder investigation. they have also said they are likely to issue an update fairly soon on the investigation, forensic work is still going on here at ashlyn close in bushey but also police are back at the house in enfield that was first searched on

wednesday in connection with this inquiry. a lot of information has already come into the police but they are very keen for anyone else who has further information to bring it forward. they can do it to the police directly or via a portal that has been set up on the hertfordshire constabulary website, where you can upload information such as video footage from a car camera phone camera. the other issue that is now pressing for the government is what to do about access to cross it is not illegal to possess a crossbow, you are not allowed to carry them in public and because a crossbow is said to have been used in these attacks, danjarvis security minister says it is very much a priority for the government. the previous conservative government had already put out a call for evidence to look into whether legislation needed to be changed but it didn't really get any further than that but there is some discussion certainly a push by campaigners, who say there should be further regulations such

as bringing in licensing for things like crossbows, as we have seen in the past for firearms. like crossbows, as we have seen in the past forfirearms. so like crossbows, as we have seen in the past for firearms. so that is the past for firearms. so that is the update. we are waiting for further confirmation from the police about where the investigation has got to. about where the investigation has not to. ., .. about where the investigation has not to. ., ~' ,, about where the investigation has cotto. ., .. ,, ~ about where the investigation has rot to. ., ~' ~ , about where the investigation has cotto. . ~ , got to. thank you. we will be back with ou got to. thank you. we will be back with you in — got to. thank you. we will be back with you in bushey _ got to. thank you. we will be back with you in bushey for _ got to. thank you. we will be back with you in bushey for further - with you in bushey for further update in the coming hours. the water regulator ofwat has announced how much water bills in england and wales could rise by over the next five years. ofwat's projection is that the annual household bill could go up by an average of 21%. that's an extra £19 a year, although every water company has different plans in place, so the figure will vary depending on where you live. most people in england and wales get their water from one of 17 companies and have their waste water taken away by one of 11 companies. there will be a consultation on the final figures that will be decided in december. the increase is intended to fund investment for improvements, such as replacing leaking pipes and reducing sewage discharges into rivers and the sea. let's speak to our cost of living

correspondent, colletta smith. we have had some comments on tens water which is under a lot of scrutiny. —— attends water. explain what has been announced. this scrutiny. -- attends water. explain what has been announced. this had been a row — what has been announced. this had been a row that _ what has been announced. this had been a row that has _ what has been announced. this had been a row that has been _ what has been announced. this had been a row that has been rumbling | been a row that has been rumbling behind the scenes for a good few months now that is of this morning become very public indeed because the regulator has said the level that people's water bills across england and wales will be allowed to increase from next april so it is a price period from 2025 until 2030. they are looking at those annual bill rises of £19 extra a year. that is what the regulator has suggested across the board as an average but it varies dramatically depending on where you are in england and wales and who supplies your water as a result. as you say, thames water had been a major focus over recent months. they are in significant financial difficulty at the moment and we have seen huge environmental

impact and that company has been involved in it, with serious sewage spills into rivers, lakes and concerns over water quality in those areas. what has happened this morning is the regulator have said that that level in different areas that that level in different areas that bills can be raised by and already that water companies have hit back and said, if we are not allowed to raise bills by more than we are not going to be able to fix the leak, make those environmental improvements. the question for the government and regulators, should the companies force their shareholders to pick up the bill rather than making the customers pick up that bill instead? hoar pick up that bill instead? how is that decision _ pick up that bill instead? how is that decision made _ pick up that bill instead? how is that decision made by _ pick up that bill instead? how is that decision made by the - pick up that bill instead? how is - that decision made by the companies? how much margin of profit do they have in order to do that? that how much margin of profit do they have in order to do that?— have in order to do that? that is what the regulator _ have in order to do that? that is what the regulator is _ have in order to do that? that is what the regulator is looking - have in order to do that? that is what the regulator is looking at. each individual company look at the account, they have gone through them with a fine tooth comb to find out how much they are planning to invest, how much they say they want

to go back to shareholders and what the annual running costs are. it will be different for every company how much the regulator allowed him to make a profit but it will be a big controversy over how much shareholders have taken over recent years and how much the chief executives of these companies have taken in what is arguably a failing system at the moment, there are been significant profits made by companies owned by individuals who are running their system over recent years and a lot of campaigners say customers shouldn't be made to pick up customers shouldn't be made to pick up the bill because of those mistakes. each company will be a different level of profit margin there will be allowed to make and a different bill for customers, but even that in £19 a year average which will be much higherfor some, increase in what is top of a significant bill of 500 plus in lots of places, that is a huge increase the customer struggling to pay their utility bills across the board. bills across the board. let's speak to james wallace in marlborugh. he is the ceo of river action — a campaign group committed to addressing river pollution

across the uk. what do you make of the announcement today? what do you make of the announcement toda ? ., ,, what do you make of the announcement toda ? ., , , , what do you make of the announcement toda? ., today? perhaps this code for the first time in _ today? perhaps this code for the first time in 14 _ today? perhaps this code for the first time in 14 years _ today? perhaps this code for the first time in 14 years be - today? perhaps this code for the first time in 14 years be a - today? perhaps this code for the first time in 14 years be a sign i today? perhaps this code for the first time in 14 years be a sign of first time in 14 years he a sign of leadership by a new government. not that we want to get too overexcited but a request for water companies for an increase in bills and 0fwat are going back are seeing it needs to be less. we need to make sure we protect the lowest income and the most vulnerable in society and those that use water less and we need to make sure that with that, do we have proper enforcement of the law and the water companies are held to account? when i as a thames water customer are contributing to their cost of the future, i don't want it to be used to clear debt, fixing leaky infrastructure they should have been investing in four years in the past. what we need to seize new investment to build capacity and for shareholders to clear up the mess from the past. shareholders to clear up the mess from the past-—

from the past. how do you think water companies _ from the past. how do you think water companies should - from the past. how do you think water companies should be - from the past. how do you think| water companies should be made from the past. how do you think- water companies should be made more accountable and do you think the whole system needs reviewing? absolutely, without any doubt river action and other campaign groups are asking for the same thing, we need to seek root and branch reform of 0fwat and of the environment agency so that water companies and other polluters can be held to account and let's not forget agriculture in this. it should be let's not forget agriculture in this. it should he therefore that we have an end to self policing, we need independent monitoring pollution, on the spot fines that are punitive and make sure that what we're seeing now is just a general cost of business to pollute is instead seen as punitive and therefore dissuading people. we need see things like permitting changing. this is important. currently, legislation does not prevent water coming from releasing treated waste water back into rivers without removing bacteria which is why

thames water releasing treated but dangerous levels of bacteria into the system so we need to see a change in permitting in high risk areas, where we see a much higher level of water quality coming out of these sewage treatment works so it is notjust about these sewage treatment works so it is not just about storm these sewage treatment works so it is notjust about storm overflows, it is about business as usual. we need to complete root and branch reform. ., , ., , ., ., reform. finally, for people who are lookin: reform. finally, for people who are looking ahead _ reform. finally, for people who are looking ahead to _ reform. finally, for people who are looking ahead to the _ reform. finally, for people who are looking ahead to the summer, - reform. finally, for people who are i looking ahead to the summer, maybe people can go out into the countryside, when they go and see our river, if it looks clear, is it clean, r can you tell visually whether the water is safe to go and have a paddle in? aha, whether the water is safe to go and have a paddle in?— whether the water is safe to go and have a paddle in? a good question. you would hope _ have a paddle in? a good question. you would hope so. _ have a paddle in? a good question. you would hope so. i— have a paddle in? a good question. you would hope so. i went - have a paddle in? a good question. i you would hope so. i went swimming in the attends a couple of days ago, we had a staff awayday, i now have urinary tract infection and an upset stomach and i was in the water for a few minutes. we know and a particular stretch there is a sewage

treatment works upstream and you might say i was silly doing it, but why shouldn't i swim? i am reasonably well—informed, many people are not. there is a huge gap where you have the department of health not showing any interest in the environment agency not showing interest in water companies like thames water in denial. they dared to call me and my colleagues are alarmist when we raise the alarm at the other day to say we have seen very high levels of pollution happening in an international sporting event. there is concern for the well—being for the public and for wildlife. we need to see this new government to show leadership and we are keen to support them, let's not get this wrong, they have inherited problems and we need to get behind them and support them but in time if we don't see urgent change we need to hold their feet to the fire as well.— the fire as well. thank you very much. thank you very much. more than one and half million children across the uk are directly affected by the two—child benefit limit,

which restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households. latest government figures show the number of household affected has risen by 100,000 in the year to april. with me is our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. we saw a lot of questions surround this to the labour party about whether they were going to lift this limit and they thought a push back on it but it has been a key concern for many poverty campaigners. it is for many poverty campaigners. it is only continues _ for many poverty campaigners. tit 3 only continues to be. these official statistics from the department for work and pensions this morning, and this two child policy which affect children born after april of 2017 and effectively a subsequent child born in... this policy committee amount to benefit you can get. there are 1.6 million children affected by it according to the latest data and analysis carried out by the resolution foundation suggests those

affected to lose about £3500 a year in benefits and the reason it has become particularly political at the moment is because there is a huge number of labour mps who would like to see the policy scrapped but the policy from the labour leadership and government is that while they were not immune to the arguments, it is simply not affordable at the moment. t is simply not affordable at the moment. ., is simply not affordable at the moment. . , ., , ,., is simply not affordable at the moment. . , ., , moment. i had george osborne saying and exolaining — moment. i had george osborne saying and explaining some _ moment. i had george osborne saying and explaining some of _ moment. i had george osborne saying and explaining some of the _ moment. i had george osborne saying and explaining some of the thinking i and explaining some of the thinking why it was brought in in that families who are working might choose how many children they have based on what they can actually afford and therefore there are questions about where government and public spending goes and yet we know that it public spending goes and yet we know thatitis public spending goes and yet we know that it is affecting many families across the country in a railway. the anal sis across the country in a railway. the analysis that _ across the country in a railway. tue: analysis that has across the country in a railway. tte: analysis that has been done, there were two main arguments used by the conservative administration when they brought in the policy to justify what they were doing, one, it would boost employment amongst people on benefits and second, it

would reduce the number of children that larger families were having an overall that would reduce the cost on the state. the evidence that academic evidence has been done in subsequent years suggests that really hasn't happened, that employment hasn't been boosted by huge amounts and the number of children that are being born hasn't really been shifted as a result of this policy so that argument is that from people who are opposed to the policy is it is not working on its own measures, secondly, because of the amount of money that these families are losing, there is actually an increasing amount of property in these groups. some of the analysis carried out suggested these policies were introduced, about 40% of larger families, families with more than three children, 40% of them approximately four living in poverty by the end of this parliament. in 2029 or so that will be well north of 50%. the

academic analysis suggests it is increasing poverty in these groups at the same time of the academic analysis suggest hasn't really been analysis suggest hasn't really been a success on the measures of the conservative administration laid out when they announced a policy. [30 use when they announced a policy. do we know what this _ when they announced a policy. do we know what this means _ when they announced a policy. do we know what this means in _ when they announced a policy. do we know what this means in day-to-day| know what this means in day—to—day terms for these families? we talk about poverty in the uk, what do we mean? , ., , mean? there is relative poverty we are talkin: mean? there is relative poverty we are talking about, _ mean? there is relative poverty we are talking about, so _ mean? there is relative poverty we are talking about, so this _ mean? there is relative poverty we are talking about, so this is - are talking about, so this is families being unable to send their children to school because they feel embarrassed they can't afford school shoes. it means sometimes getting a meal. the reason some of these families are ending up in these circumstances are hugely complex. some of them are single parents who have third children, but why they have third children, but why they have the third or fourth child there as been particular discussion about the impact of sexual assault and that leading to subsequent children. there is a huge debate and it is a

complex debate but fundamentally a lot of anti—poverty campaigners say the bottom line is the number of children in poverty in these households is increasing and at a time and economy like ours, they should be a way of changing that directory. the labour government say it is something they would like to do when the money is right. —— changing that trajectory. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. where we've had all the heavy rain of late, today it is going to turn that bit lighter. pollen levels today, though, are moderate or high across many areas. we're talking especially grass pollen and also nettle pollen. now, low pressure is driving our weather. it's pushing off to scandinavia. we've got this weather front which has split in two, and that's what's been producing the heavy and persistent rain we've seen in the north—east of scotland for the last couple of days. that's now easing. we also have a weather front at the other end of it,

across parts of wales, the midlands and into east anglia — that's producing some showery rain. but through the day, it will brighten up in the north—east. the winds will also ease. western scotland and northern ireland seeing some sunshine, but northern england, the north midlands, norfolk and wales hanging on to the cloud with some patchy light rain. but in the south, a lot of sunshine and here temperatures up to 23 celsius. in the north, 13 or 14, and it will feel cooler if you're in the northerly breeze. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, a weather front continues to weaken as it pushes southwards. we also have a system coming up from the near continent, which will bring in some showery outbreaks of rain to the south—east, and another one coming into north—west scotland. temperature wise, very similar to what we had last night. overnight lows, eight to about 13 degrees. tomorrow, we've got the dregs of our weather front in the south producing this cloud and also the odd shower. a ridge of high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic. so, in essence, we're starting off on another cloudy note. we say goodbye to the showers in the south—east quite quickly. here's our weak weather front with the cloud and showers.

that will break up through the day. and we also have our weather front pushing in across the north—west of scotland, bringing showery outbreaks of rain here. but there will be a northerly breeze. temperature values are low anyway, but it will feel a bit cooler if you're in the breeze. but where the cloud breaks around the glasgow area, we could well reach 20 degrees. as we move into saturday, you can see this ridge trying to stay with us, but low pressure is never too far away, so that looks like it's going to be cool down the east coast, and we could well see some rain into eastern parts of scotland on sunday. so, saturday, fairly cloudy. the best of the sunshine in the south and the south—west, cool down the east coast. and on sunday, that low pressure could well bring rain into eastern scotland. this is bbc news — the headlines... a last—minute goal by ollie watkins

secures england's place in the euros final against spain on sunday. a man suspected of killing a woman and two of her daughters in hertfordshire remains in hospital after police found him injured near a cemetery. nato leaders pledge their support forfuture ukrainian membership and agree $40 billion of military aid for kyiv at their summit in washington. new figures from nhs england showed the waiting list for routine hospital treatment has risen for the second month in a row. and the bbc has learned that plans to release some prisoners early will be announced by the government tomorrow, to help reduce overcrowding in jails. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. thanks for staying with us on bbc news. the king has congratulated the england team on reaching sunday's euros final in berlin — but he's also urged them to avoid more last—minute drama — as he put it, "to alleviate the stresses on the nation's collective heart rate

and blood pressure". that tension was definitely felt at fanzones last night, where supporters had gathered to watch gareth southgate's men attempt to book their place in history. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood joined some of them in brixton. it always starts off so civilised. a nice bit of face painting, some vintage shirts, catching up with friends. and then a man shows you his tattoo in an area that we can't broadcast at the crack of dawn. nervous and excited at the same time. the stomach's doing this, you know? watching along were lewis and katie. they met exactly six years ago at the semifinals of the world cup. so feelings on england on their anniversary? well, i was saying i go off a lot what you say. and you said the starting line—up isn't good. but to be fair, i do think he needs to make some changes in the beginning. # god save our king... being an england fan has not been easy at this tournament. it'sjust depressing.

but that feeling didn't last long. england was soon on the attack. i feel like they maybe by conceding that early goal, they've stepped it up now. wild but potentially premature celebrations? and they've not actually scored. that's just a penalty being awarded. the mood was upbeat at half time. at least he finished the beer before throwing his pint in the air. coming into half—time, we were on top of the game, we dominated. we haven't come out firing. but that didn't stop one man making an optimistic purchase. it is 70 minutes into the game, and this man hasjust... what have you just done? you've just showed me your phone. listen here. it's coming home. have you just... you've purchased hotel tickets? free cancellation, so it's fine. free cancellation. he was so certain of victory, he went and booked his trip

to berlin for the final. the only things being cancelled were plans for sunday evening. cheering. i'm soaked in beer. i know, because he... he was throwing it. it's coming home! guys. what did you make of that? that was incredible. we didn't play very well in the second half, but it don't matter. we've just got to get the ball in the net. and he did it. watkins, baby! right around the country. manchester, sheffield, norwich, chester. and in brixton... if this is what getting to a final looks like, imagine the scenes if we actually win. # southgate, you're the one.

# you can bring it home... joe inwood, bbc news in brixton. this team and gareth southgate have taken their fare this team and gareth southgate have taken their fair share of criticism — yet here they are heading into the finals. i asked dr gillian cook — senior lecturer in sports psychology at liverpooljohn moores university — about what their key to success has been. so i think the big thing they have done is as you say there has been a lot of criticism around the team, how they've set up. but what they've done, what gareth has done is he has had the confidence in his own ability. he is the manager that has got us through to two finals now, he has backed himself and the players have seen it too, they have trusted him as well. and when the subs have come on, they have been able to deliver. and how do you think you would see the management of the next three days? because there is so much expectation and pressure on them now.

so i think what the team will do is firstly they will take a bit of time just to have a breather, to relax, to smile and feel good about where they are. then they will review what happened last night, what we did well. equally where we can get better. and then it will be all about forgetting last night, the semifinal has gone. we are now into the final, and they will refocus where the focus needs to be said that we can go out and deliver and try to lower those expectations, because that is what worked so well last night. this is the first time england had gone into a match in these euros not overwhelming favourites, and that helped us, taking that pressure off. and in terms of the young players themselves, southgate has been praised for trying to shield them. but we saw southgate having cups thrown on him earlier. how do these young stars, they are young, often not from wealthy backgrounds and earning

huge amounts of money, but under the spotlight with every single person with a view and so much commentary on them. you can't totally shield people, because they can click on social media themselves. no, you can't, and it is a normal part of being a high—profile athlete nowadays, that we live in an era of hyper—punditry, so everyone has got different social media platforms, everyone thinks they can do yourjob better than you can, so it is really important that what the team have done and what gareth southgate himself has spoken about is he normalised this for the players. this is completely normal, it's not personal. and what the players may have gone through themselves is something called an arrow technique which is what i do when i work with athletes. so you help athletes see the arrow not as personal, so it is not being shot into you, but it lies next to you. you can either pick up that feedback, criticism and think of these different comments being made and take them on board,

or you leave the arrow because everyone knows more about themselves and other people do, you yourself know the different factors that affect performance at other people don't know, so you might choose to leave that arrow down there and keep focusing on what you need to focus on to get the outcome and bring it home. dr gillian cook, a psychologist. let me show you some breaking news from france. these are the pictures of a cathedral and you can see the spire is on fire. the gothic cathedral in a french city caught fire. the mayor has posted about it on social media and the cathedral is widely know because it was painted many times by monet in the 19th century but we are hearing it is

being evacuated, a security cordon is in place and you can see the smoke coming out of the top of this very, very famous cathedral which is visited a lot in rouen in normandy. obviously many people will be thinking about notre dame and what happened there in paris some years ago. obviously there will be a lot of work i am sure going on immediately now to try to limit the damage from the flames causing that the smoke. we will keep you across what is going on there. the smoke. we will keep you across what is going on there. rouen cathedral there. to the nato summit, where member states have pledged their support for an "irreversible path" to membership for ukraine, as well as pledging tens of billions more dollars for the country's defence against russia. a formal timeline forjoining the military alliance hasn't been agreed at the summit in washington, but the group's 32 members said they had "unwavering" support for ukraine's war effort. nato's also announced closer

integration with ukraine's military — and a commitment to $40 billion of aid in the next year, including the delivery of us—built f—16fighterjets, and more air—defence systems. china has warned nato against "provoking confrontation" over the country's ties with russia after the alliance accused beijing of playing a key role in helping moscow's war on ukraine. nato leaders said china had become a "decisive enabler" of russia. beijing has hit back, claiming the alliance is looking for excuses to expand its influence eastwards. i spoke to our security correspondent, frank gardner, and asked him how significant are these exchanges between nato and china. they are very significant because it's the first time that nato has called out china and essentially accused it of not being neutral — as it would like to make out — in russia's war with ukraine. this summit is really about three things — it's about ukraine — ukraine/russia — china, and president biden. and let's deal with the latter one

first, because hanging over this is the kind of cloud of uncertainty about whether presidentjoe biden is still up to the job. an increasing number of democratic figures and backers — including george clooney, in the last 24 hours, who raised a lot of money forjoe biden's campaign in the past — they have come out and said, look, he's not up to the job any more, he's too old. he's six years older than nato, and nato is 75 years old. so that is a bit of a worry and i think the leaders who've gathered there from these 32 nations will be looking very closely at him, thinking, if this guy wins... first of all, can he beat donald trump in the november elections? and if he does, can he still be the leading light of nato over the next four years? when it comes to ukraine—russia — yep, they've pledged lots of money but there are cracks here. there are, um, movements afoot in europe of far right and far left — not even far — where these are groups that don't necessarily see russia as a threat,

and would like to force ukraine to reach some kind of a peace deal, some kind of accommodation with russia, which basically means surrendering all the land that russia has already taken. then there's china and, as you say, that's a... they've issued this final communique where they've accused china of essentially aiding and abetting russia's war effort in ukraine. china denies this, and also warns nato against getting involved in the asia pacific region, where china has been steadily taking over the south china sea. and, frank, just to go back to the top point and the question that is really dominating political debate in the us and the future ofjoe biden — there is another moment where the president's going to be under scrutiny today because he's taking questions from the press. but we're not yet seeing the the key democrat leaders come out and say that he has to go, even though there are a lot

of noises and, you know, a lot of concerns being raised — including, as you say, by fundraisers. yeah, that's right. so far, only one senator has come out to say he should step down — or step aside, rather — but privately there are quite a lot of voices. there have been a few congressmen and women who have asked him to step aside for the sake of the country. but the us system is rather different from from ours in the uk. so here in britain, as alastair campbell once put it — tony blair's spin doctor — he said look, the men in grey suits will come in and have a word with the prime minister and say, look, come on, you've got to move aside, it's time. in america, it doesn't work like that. it's down to the president alone. onlyjoe biden can step aside, and he's convinced he's still the right guy for the job. he said, "only god can move me aside." i mean, it's sort of, frankly, a little bit delusional because clearly there are signs that his cognitive ability in that debate with donald trump are...

it's worrying. and george clooney has seen him in private and has reportedly said, actually, what you saw there in the debate is repeated in private. and there is something called the six—minute theory, which is that if russian intercontinental ballistic missiles are heading for the continental united states, in theory you've got six minutes — actually, you've probably got a lot less — but a president has got to decide, how do they respond? is it a false alarm? do they retaliate? and the question is, is the commander in chief in this case up to the job? according to afp, president erdogan said there are concerns about escalating tensions between nato and russia saying the possibility of

direct conflict is "worrying". that has been reported by afp. new figures from nhs england show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment has risen for the second month in a row. an estimated 7.6 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of may — up slightly from 7.5 million at the end of april. and more than 300,000 patients had been waiting over a year for treatments. the new health secretary, wes streeting, has announced an independent investigation into nhs performance. he told the sun newspaper that the health service could be fixed , but the problem needed to be diagnosed before the government could write a 'prescription'. our health correspondent nick triggle has this update. it's going to be led by lord ara darzi, who is an nhs surgeon and sits as an independent peer. he also advised and worked as a health minister under tony blair and gordon brown, so he's well versed in how the health service works and how westminster and the government interacts with it. he's been told to do a quick review, i understand, expected

to report back by september, because the new health secretary, wes streeting, wants to produce a ten—year plan for the nhs, setting outjust how he's going to tackle those nhs backlogs. and i think the figures published today — the first set of monthly data since the new government came to power — set out the scale of the challenge. alan milburn has also been advising wes streeting in the last few months — and possibly longer in fact — and, you know, the labour party have have talked about needing growth before they invest, and yet, the nhs is a key concern for the public, so they have to be seen to be acting, don't they, pretty quick? yes, they do. they have promised that they will increase the number of appointments and operations being done almost immediately. they want to see 40,000 extra appointments and operations a week. to put that into context, that's an increase of about 1% to 2%, which doesn't sound a lot. but if they can do that, experts think that would be enough to start making significant inroads

into that backlog straight away. but one of the things the health service has struggled with — even over recent years, under the last government — the amount of funding being put in was going up, the amount of staff employed have been going up — but the number of patients they're seeing has barely risen, and that's because of a productivity problem. so i think this investigation wes streeting has announced today — one of the key things it's got to get at is how the nhs can be made more productive, how can they get those extra appointments and operations done to start making inroads into that backlog pretty quickly? and they had said as part of their manifesto that they wanted to get people working at the weekends and so on. but are they likely to do anything on social care? because many people say that is the key here. well, they've committed to introducing the cap on care costs — so limiting the amount people have to pay before the state starts stepping in.

that doesn't actually, though, do anything to reform the social—care service, to get more money into it, or improve the way social care — and that's care homes and the help people get in their own homes... um, it does nothing to get more money into that. what they have said is that they want to have a cross—party consensus on a way forward for social care, so i don't think we're going to hear much about that certainly this year. and, as you say, that is part of the problem facing the nhs. yeah. nick triggle. let me show you pictures from rouen in france and it seems that that fire has been brought under control. we are not seeing the smoke emerge from the top of the spire, but it was in the last few minutes and warnings from the mayor that the cathedral itself, the historic gothic cathedral, has been

cordoned off. no reports of any injuries as far as we can tell at the moment. also let me tell you that the house of commons, they have been, since tuesday, swearing in all the new mps but we have just heard that the house of commons has now completed that process, so every single mp has to be sworn in in this one up process and the house of commons, a very new looking parliament, has adjourned until 11:30am on tuesday next week and the house of lords completed their swearing in yesterday and the formal opening of parliament is next week for the new government. the bbc has learned that plans to release some prisoners early in england and wales will be announced tomorrow by the government, to prevent prisons becoming full. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman has the details. the labour party, as they were a week ago when they were not in government yet, they had a list of issues that they expected to have to confront when they got into government, and prisons

was at the very top of it. in fact, keir starmer has been talking in washington about this. he says the situation he found is worse than he thought it was. he says what he has found is shocking. what are they going to do about it? tomorrow we will get an announcement from the justice secretary, shabana mahmoud. as it stands, there are some prisoners who were released when they have served 50% of their sentence. that is going to come down to 40%, and the new government is hoping that will relieve some of the pressure on prisons. but this is a longer term issue, as alex chalk, formerjustice secretary, has been telling the today podcast. the cost of keeping someone in prison is £49,000 a year. but the cost of building a new prison, each cell, the capital cost is around £600,000. so, a new government... per cell? yeah, per cell. so, a new government which is betting on new growth, great, we all want to see growth, and i wish them well on that,

i really hope that works. but if the situation is you haven't got enough money, are you seriously going to be saying that instead of building that hospital, we are going to be building a new nick at the cost of £600,000 per cell? i think that's a tough question. so, we have to work out, as a nation, how many people can we afford to lock up? and no—one is asking that question. alex chalk there. and, henry, it is very difficult for most of us to quantify spending and priorities, but apart from capital costs, i think it is about 1000 billion of public spending each year which the government has to work out how to spend. in terms of these prisons and prisoners that might be released, people might be asking, what crimes they committed, and what does that due the safety of society if people are going to be let out early? my understanding is that the group who will be released even earlier than currently planned will not include violent criminals or those in prison for sexual offences,

also people who are in prison for crimes related to domestic abuse. but look, you will have probably the new conservative opposition, despite what alex chalk said there, i'm sure, shouting that the government is releasing people early who shouldn't be on the streets, and that is the difficult balance for this new labour government. people i have been speaking to in the government have been saying that that is very much a balance they've been thinking about, but they have decided that the graver risk is the public order risk as they describe it behind closed doors of not doing this, because they say that if you don't free up capacity on the prison system as quickly as possible, then you could end up with the courts not being able to sentence people to prison because there isn't room, and even further up the chain, police not being able to arrest people because you can't send them to the courts because the courts can't then send them on to prison.

henry zeffman for us in westminster. it may sound like science fiction, but a robot is attending school in london, helping a pupil keep up with his education while he's treated for cancer. when chemotherapy keeps 12—year—old howard at home, his robot namesake av howard stands in. our reporterjessica ure has the details. they diagnosed me with a rare type of tumour, and it's really painful, and i've been undergoing weekly chemotherapy for about five months now. since starting chemotherapy in december, missing school has been weighing heavily on howard's mind. that was until he was introduced to av howard — an interactive robot that comes to lessons instead of him if he is too unwell after chemo. it has got a camera on it. i link it to my laptop and it can

show me the classroom, so when i do that, the head starts flashing, so that notifies the teacher that i'm trying to answer or ask a question. year seven students carry the robot between lessons, so the real howard can be a part of each class from hospital or at home. it feels quite good _ because we are doing the right thing for a good cause, and to be able to helpl him is an honour. it is really fun when he is on when you're taking him through a corridor, because everyone says hello, av howard, which is really nice to see. it was london charity momentum that worked with howard to find a solution to him missing lessons. we really try to get to know the family and find out- what it is they need, - and one of howard's needs was accessing his education, - which was really important to him, so we were able to put in that referral for one of the robots. j but since implementing robot

training with teachers and students, the school believes it could be a solution to help more pupils with serious health issues. for a student that has got that kind of level of medical treatment, the fact that they are not in school regularly, it is not only about them falling behind in what they're learning, but not being part of something on a regular basis is not good for their well—being, their mental health. for students that can't access education for whatever variety of reasons, this will be the future. it has made a really big impact for someone like me who cares about their school. amazing. good luck to howard with school and of course his treatment. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. where we've had all the heavy rain of late, today it is going to turn that bit lighter. pollen levels today, though, are moderate or high across many areas. we're talking especially grass pollen and also nettle pollen. now, low pressure is driving our weather. it's pushing off to scandinavia.

we've got this weather front which has split in two, and that's what's been producing the heavy and persistent rain we've seen in the north—east of scotland for the last couple of days. that's now easing. we also have a weather front at the other end of it, across parts of wales, the midlands and into east anglia — that's producing some showery rain. but through the day, it will brighten up in the north—east. the winds will also ease. western scotland and northern ireland seeing some sunshine, but northern england, the north midlands, norfolk and wales hanging on to the cloud with some patchy light rain. but in the south, a lot of sunshine and here temperatures up to 23 celsius. in the north, 13 or 14, and it will feel cooler if you're in the northerly breeze. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, a weather front continues to weaken as it pushes southwards. we also have a system coming up from the near continent, which will bring in some showery outbreaks of rain to the south—east, and another one coming into north—west scotland. temperature wise, very similar to what we had last night. overnight lows, eight to about 13 degrees.

tomorrow, we've got the dregs of our weather front in the south producing this cloud and also the odd shower. a ridge of high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic. so, in essence, we're starting off on another cloudy note. we say goodbye to the showers in the south—east quite quickly. here's our weak weather front with the cloud and showers. that will break up through the day. and we also have our weather front pushing in across the north—west of scotland, bringing showery outbreaks of rain here. but there will be a northerly breeze. temperature values are low anyway, but it will feel a bit cooler if you're in the breeze. but where the cloud breaks around the glasgow area, we could well reach 20 degrees. as we move into saturday, you can see this ridge trying to stay with us, but low pressure is never too far away, so that looks like it's going to be cool down the east coast, and we could well see some rain into eastern parts of scotland on sunday. so, saturday, fairly cloudy. the best of the sunshine in the south and the south—west, cool down the east coast. and on sunday, that low pressure could well bring rain into eastern scotland.

live from london, this is bbc news. a last—minute goal by ollie watkins secures england's place in the euros final against spain on sunday. a man suspected of killing a woman and two of her daughters in hertfordshire remains in hospital after police found him injured near a cemetery. the water regulator ofwat says water

bills in england and wales are set to rise by an average 21 percent over the next five years. plans over the next five years. to release from prison wit early plans to release from prison with early will be announced by the government early tomorrow to help reduce overcrowding in jails. hello. england are beginning preparations for sunday's euro 2024 final against spain in berlin. last night's 90th—minute strike from substitute ollie watkins sealed a 2—1 semifinal victory over the netherlands, to the delight of fans across the country. our sports editor, dan roan, reports on a dramatic night in dortmund. palmer finds watkins. watkins turns! watkins scores! he's the super sub who became england's hero on unforgettable night in dortmund. ollie watkins, that is wonderful!

england fans in dreamland after the aston villa striker�*s brilliant 90th minute winner ensured a first major final on foreign soil.