hello this is bbc news. the headlines: police confirm that two people who fell criticially ill in wiltshire have been exposed to the nerve agent novichok. charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were found unconscious on saturday. the site where it's believed the two were poisoned — in the town of amesbury — is just a few miles away from the site of the russian poisoning in march. following the detailed analysis of those samples, we can confirm that the man and woman have been exposed to the nerve agent novichok — which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both julia and sergei skripal. police confirm the man arrested on suspicion of murdering six—year—old alesha macphail is under the age of 18. alesha went missing on the isle of bute on monday. police are continuing to question a nurse, after arresting her on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six. the government puts forward new proposals on how it will manage fishing in british waters after brexit, which it says will allow a fairer allocation of fishing opportunities. but others warn there

will be new barriers, to the eu market, for british fish. a peak audience of more than 2a million people watched england secure their place in the world cup quarter—finals last night — winning a dramatic penalty shoot—out against colombia. this morning the team returned to their base at repino near st petersburg. on saturday, they'll face sweden for a place in the semi—finals. our sports editor dan roan has the latest. it was the sight england fans feared they may never see — their team finally able to celebrate winning a penalty shoot out at a world cup. the manager explaining the mindset in moscow that allowed his players to end one of sport's most notorious hoodoos. we're trying to write our own history. i've talked to the players about that.

they write their own stories. we don't have to be bowed by the pressure of the past, and, you know, they have done that, the way they played. the style in which they played. so if you could choose to win that way, you choose to win it every time. two men emerged as england heroes. first, keeperjordan pickford for his brilliant save. and then sub eric dier, who held his nerve to seal victory over colombia and send his team through to the quarterfinals. we go about our togetherness, our mentality, resilient, and as a group, — lads, squad, staff — on and off the field, i think that's our biggest threat, really. because we're that strong. and what we did is just reset, go again. if it goes all the way to penalties, our mentality is to win the game. here on wearside, no one was celebrating harder than at pickford's old school in washington. during today's lunch break, staff reliving that world—class save. he was a mentally tough kid. in year 7 he wanted to win in every sport he took part in. i think it came out in that penalty shootout.

he showed the same type of characteristics we saw here at st robert's in year 7. out on the sports field, pupils are world cup—crazy and pickford is their role model. just really proud because obviously he went to our school and everything. he has been on this field. he's been everywhere we have done, we've got the same chance he has. england, who are back in training today, have worked tirelessly, practicing penalties and undergoing psychological testing to help them pick those players best equipped to handle the pressure. one sport psychologist, who has worked with southgate, believes trust between the manager and his players is key. he has taught them to talk, and that is now 0k. that was not the case in the past. we used to live in a "no comment" environment. now they tell us their story, they tell us how they feel, they tell us how they want to react after a game. the first of england's six heartbreaking penalty shoot out defeats at major tournaments came in the 1990 world cup semifinal against west germany, and the goalkeeper that night believes this side can go one step further. looking at it now, it is there

to get to the final at least. i don't fear sweden, i don't fear russia or croatia. i think we are capable of beating those sides. we can play better, and if we do i think we could go all the way to the final, which would be unbelievable. with millions up and down the country transfixed by england's first knockout win for 12 years, the scramble is now on for any tickets that may become available for the quarterfinal. england now stand on the verge of something very special. overcome sweden in samara on saturday and they will be just one more win away from the biggest stage that football has to offer, the world cup final itself. and if they can prevail at penalties, then perhaps anything is possible in this remarkable tournament. dan roan, bbc news, repino. stand by for the ‘the papers‘, but time now for the rest of the day's sport from the bbc sport centre with sarah. hello and welcome along. let's start at wimbledon,

where on day three — the shocks in the women's draw continued. the world number 2, caroline wozniaki was beaten in three sets by the russian world number 35 ekaterina makarova. and her exit means that five of the top eight women's seeds have exited the competition before the third round. at wimbledon to round up all the action for us, is holly hamilton. will, a host of top names have already fallen by the wimbledon wayside and today it yet another one in the form of caroline wozniacki, the number two seed and the champion at eastbourne last week and she was beaten in straight sets today. by russia's ekaterina makarova. no such problems for serena williams, playing in her second grand slam since giving birth to her daughter in the end she was just too powerful for the bulgarian. the seven time

champion comfortably winning 6—1, 6-4. champion comfortably winning 6—1, 6—4. before that, victoria azarenka, a former two—time semifinalists in wimbledon has gone out as well by being beaten in straight sets and that does mean that carolina has reached the third time for the first time in —— third round for the first time in —— third round for the first time in —— third round for the first time in her career. just one brick, in the form of katie swan, she u nfortu nately lost in in the form of katie swan, she unfortunately lost in straight sets. and in the men's draw, a comfortable win for the top seed roger federer on centre court, where he didn't face a single break point. a very straightforward win for the top seed, which extends his wimbledon winning streak to 26th successive sets. but was itjust too co mforta ble sets. but was itjust too comfortable for the world number two 7 comfortable for the world number two? i have almost lost in the first

round or have won them all in straight sets like last year, sol clearly enjoyed path where it comes easier, also not wasting too much energy in the first two matches is nice to have, in case you are carrying an injury, they could disappear over time. whereas if you go into deep five sets, it usually only get bigger, the problems, from my end,| only get bigger, the problems, from my end, lam only get bigger, the problems, from my end, i am happy at the team is happy and looking forward to the third round of. through to the third round with no problems. much more to come, will have your hammock onto and kyle edmund in action, as well as rafael nadal and simona halep, as well as the defending champion at find out all the details on the website. well there were some unwanted guests at the all england club today. look at this.

flying ants descended onto court one. they are amazing to look at on the screen, less amazing to to play with. caroline wozniaki struggling to get rid of one there. she needed insect repellent in the end. so england have had a day to digest their dramatic penalty shoot out win against colombia to book their place in the quarter—finals. and saturday's game against sweden has been the focus today for the team and management. eight of the squad trained at their repino base in the morning, among them, marcus rashford who came on a substitute and scored england's second penalty. the last—eight match with the swedes takes place at 3pm on saturday, live on bbc one. butjamie vardy is a doubt for the match. he didn't train and had an injection in his groin following last night's win in moscow. that's it from us for now.

stay up to date on the website. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times, and laura hughes, political correspondent at the financial times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. like many of tonights front pages, the metro carries the poisoning of two people in amesbury in wiltshire from the nerve agent novichok. the i also carries the news that the poison is the same type of chemical used to poison sergei and yulia skripal four months ago in nearby salisbury. the times follows suit and names the two people fighting for their lives as charles rowley and his girlfriend, dawn sturgess.

the financial times warns about the impact of a no—deal brexit on uk car manufacturing, as jaguar land rover says crashing out of the eu would cost them £1.2 billion a year. the best of both worlds — the express reports on what it's calling a breakthrough post brexit customs plan that's being promised by the prime minister. the work and pensions secretary, esther mcvey, appears on the front of the guardian. she's facing calls to resign for misleading parliament about the rollout of universal credit. the mirror reports that meghan markles father, thomas markle, has told friends he fears they will never speak again. and the telegraph carries a picture of a gleeming gareth southgate, as wimbledon complains that their men's final will clash with the world cup final. let's start with this breaking story

tonight, which is going to grab all of the headlines again. the news that to make people have been poisoned near the russian ex— spy‘s home with novichok, an incredible twist in a story that dominated headlines. the most extraordinary and unexpected development. people could have been forgiven for thinking that the sergei skripal and julia poisoning, which became a major geopolitical issue last march was basically done with. what we have here is what appears to be a couple who are, as far as the police seem to know, and connected with the skripal‘ and russia, who have been affected by the same nerve agent and it isa affected by the same nerve agent and it is a slightly baffling story. i think peoplejust it is a slightly baffling story. i think people just want to know how on earth has happened again. that is the point, we saw all of the people

in the chemical suits, the cleanup, hearing the reassurances from the authorities that this was all dealt with and now it turns out there are two more people miles away who are critically ill. i think we will see a lot of questions about what happened in march and the conclusions of an investigation that has been going on for months since then to find out who carried out this poisoning and what happened to anything that was contaminated because it has been reported that the substance was put on their doorknob and therefore if it was spread on, there must have been something that was used to spread this awful substance and what happened to that? did it get thrown ina bush happened to that? did it get thrown in a bush somewhere? did it get burned? how on earth has it now, months later, seemed from the surface, managed to spread somewhere

else and affect other normal british people who are just going about their day? that is the point. we don't really know where the investigation has got to. we remember what happened previously, the plane it had gone on, we don't have any details. to be fair, there are good reasons you can see that. it was such a particular case, the skripal put back, who had defected to the uk, clearly that is rather different, but in this case the public might think that we understood that concerned national security and the west's relationship with russia. these are apparently to ordinary members of the public who have been contaminated by novichok. if you lived anywhere around salisbury you would then i need real usherettes this time that i am not going to be next. —— assurance. usherettes this time that i am not

going to be next. -- assurance. the times is leading with a photograph of the couple that they have been in a critical condition and the home secretary will be chairing a cobra emergency meeting tomorrow. he was at home secretary when the skripal‘ we re at home secretary when the skripal‘ were poisoned and he will have questions to answer. i imagine michael gove will be brought in too because it was his department was in charge of the decontamination. he was quite vocal about it at the time. if for some reason might an area that should have been decontaminated wasn't, there will be questions as to why not. given the fa ct questions as to why not. given the fact that we do not know what happened to this item that might contain a substance, we are going to need to know why areas outside of salisbury were not checked, where was this item dumped, if there was an item that was the? that there will, henry is right, because of the nature of the sensitivity surrounding the previous case in

march and the fact that they were spies was really tricky. but when you have two, normal citizens who have no connection to russia, someone is going to have to explain a little bit more to the public about how this was allowed to happen and what was missed, if anything. doesn't have any implications for uk russian relations, which are at a terrible low? does this make any difference? does it muddied the waters? it will revive the climate of mistrust that pervaded march and well in the april. watching england at the quarter—finals this week is because of the aftermath of the skripal incident, there was a diplomatic boycott. it will revive the cultural climate of mistrust. there are two more victims. if it is

incidental, that is adding to the number of people affected. there are many english fans in russia. we could face them in the semifinals if we get there. it is awkward and awful to be coming out if it is blamed on the russians. diplomatically, how does that impact the football? the telegraph. everyone is looking ahead to the cabinet meeting on friday. looking forward to waiting outside for hours to hear what happened inside. this is theresa may trying to come up with some kind of compromise over the customs issue. it feels slightly parochial. we are still leaving the

eu on march 19. extraordinary. a matter of months away. the brexit secretary, the lead minister in charge of negotiating, he still disagrees with the prime minister in how we will leave. especially with customs policy, how we will trade with the eu after brexit. it is worth noting we have heard this from david davis before. quite recently he threatened to quit over the so—called backstop with northern ireland. friends of david davis told the telegraph he will not quit. it is simply not good for the minister in charge of brexit to disagree with the prime minister two days before a crunch summit. they said they would miss the chance of making progress. will she get through this? what will happen? people waltzing out of

checkers on friday? no. i do not think so. my understanding of it is david davis was not quite as involved in the drafting of the white paper as perhaps he would have liked to have been. this is people around him throwing toys out of prams a little bit. david davis, summed up, he has threatened to quit more times than he has spoken to michel barnier. i do not think you will. another one to watch. it feels a bit empty, these threats. nothing comes out of it. it is interesting, the point he is making, he thinks whatever theresa may is proposing, suggesting she may propose, is a customs partnership with things added on top. the eu will say no because they do not want people policing their borders and collecting tariffs on behalf of them. he has a point. i do not know what his alternative is. the eu will

turn around to whatever we put out there and so go back and think again u nless there and so go back and think again unless you can be serious. that is the fear of businesses. another warning, this time from jaguar landrover. it threatens the survival of uk businesses. we have had a co—ordinated response - the co—ordinated response from the business community in the last week in the run—up to the big meeting saying they just need in the run—up to the big meeting saying theyjust need answers and wa nt to saying theyjust need answers and want to know what it is they are going to have to prepare for.l want to know what it is they are going to have to prepare for. a few weeks ago it was airbus. clearly, business is getting worried. one interesting to read through all of these stories, it is not so much they are complaining about a particular thing with brexit, they just do not understand what brexit is. -- just do not understand what brexit is. —— thread. they are saying to the government we really do need to know. more generally, it is quite

extraordinary to have iconic british brands like landrover quote in the ft story, if i am forced to leave the country because we do not have the country because we do not have the right deal, we will have to leave the uk and it is very sad. you are going from the high politics of brexit, the chequers summit, but this affects lives and jobs. crucial moment on friday. the guardian. the work and pensions secretary is in trouble. the guardian says she faces a clamour to quit over universal credit - has quit over universal credit which has had problems for years. will she have to go? in normaltimes, she might. when were they? theresa may does not want to lose another cabinet minister at this point. she

was only brought in because david was only brought in because david was removed and someone else resigned. the constant churn of her cabinet. she really cannot afford to lose another one, quite frankly. it is quite serious, suggestions from labour and the liberal democrats she has violated the ministerial code, meaning you cannot knowingly mislead parliament. she apologised for things she was criticised for today. she accused whitehall‘s independent watchdog of saying something they did not quite say. she was spinning their reports. they were saying it just needs to be sped up the they said we need to pause. there was a dispute. she said they had not used the most recent information the department held. the new process was introducing... they were reassured

they had... it is all a bit of a mess. it is quite technical. the bottom line is having the head come out and criticise in an open letter the secretary of state, it is huge. it would normally have more attention on the front page. the guardian took it because it is a universal credit story. they have been critical of the rollout. understandable why they put it on the front page. this is on the record, she did it in parliament. she has misled people. whether she did ordid not she has misled people. whether she did or did not know about it, it seems incredible that she said something she knew was not true. she said today she inadvertently misled the house, and that is how she is trying to get away with making ministerial code. it is really important. conservatives are in government for now. when you start

eroding norms like not saying things and through in the house of commons as secretary of state, it makes it harder when you get in opposition to scrutinise the government. this could be the most left—wing government in britain's history. the daily telegraph. combining tennis and football in this story. wimbledon is complaining that the world cup final is clashing with them. iam world cup final is clashing with them. i am confused. surely they knew. it has been in the cabinet for some time, i would have thought. slightly different? no one communicated. they have been so entrenched in their own tournament that they are not going to move? it seems to me that somebody has to give a little. we need to make sure they are at different times. if i was wimbledon i would be worried. we know andy murray will not be in the final. how many people will choose

to watch the world cup over wimbledon? wimbledon will be moved to bbc two, the first time it has ever happened. that is not... it is because andy murray is not playing. they will not have this potential clash with andy murray in the final and england in the final of the world cup. andy murray does not support england. i like tennis but it shows a kind of english arrogance to expect the biggest sporting event which happens once every four years to budge for the tennis which is very popular in england in certain countries, but, you know, not as popular as the world cup. families coming home should certainly... lovely picture of gareth southgate. it seems to be raining. yeah, he looks quite relaxed. what are their chances? what are your predictions? no idea. i cannot predict it. they must have so much momentum and so

pumped. you would hope they would get out there and do it. after last night's game... hopefully they have the right outcome as opposed to other years. my children say why is she stressed? other years. my children say why is she stressed ? ok, other years. my children say why is she stressed? ok, that is for papers. you can see the papers on line on the bbc website. it is all there for you on the usual website. if you missed the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you very much. goodbye. the story has been baking

heat and sunshine. 29. what a difference a day will make. we have seen the clouds gathering for the violence. the trend continues tomorrow. enough to give a light covering and some moisture. the change for the north and west, a band of cloud. that is all it will be. very little rain. it will dip. however, a much more uncomfortable night across england and wales. the change has been brought by the weather front. it is cold. change has been brought by the weatherfront. it is cold. it change has been brought by the weather front. it is cold. it will dip temperatures down. fresh atla ntic dip temperatures down. fresh atlantic get coming in. having had

the 29 today, 18—19 tomorrow. still, sunshine. the band of weather will be rather weak. it will weaken further as it goes east, allowing sunshine to come out. billowing cloud from the east coast quickly away. one or two showers could come up away. one or two showers could come up again. heavier than today. some thunder. in england and wales, temperatures are likely to be a degree or two higher than those of today. the north. io degree or two higher than those of today. the north. 10 degrees lower. fresh, but strong sunshine. the strength of the sun is not dependent on temperature. very similar for most of us. perhaps remnants of the wea k most of us. perhaps remnants of the weak weather front for the north of scotland. less cloud. warmer by day, especially in here. temperatures are rising is. not dramatically, but 30

or above rising is. not dramatically, but 30 orabove in rising is. not dramatically, but 30 or above in the southern half of the country. back up into the mid—20s for the north, northern ireland and scotland. the risk of the weak weather front in the far north of scotland, cloud and rain. by and large, this weekend is set fair. more strong sunshine and more heat. these are the temperatures. there is more on the website as ever. this is newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. the headlines: british police confirm that a couple who became critically ill have been exposed to the nerve agent novichok. the pair were found unconscious on saturday in amesbury in south—west england close to where the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned by the same nerve agent in march. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.

also in the programme: footage of the boys trapped in a flooded cave system in thailand appears to show them in good spirits as the mission to get them out continues. and the us secretary of state mike pompeo is heading back to north korea, for another meeting with kim jong—un live from our studios in singapore and london, this is newsday.