hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a couple from wiltshire exposed to the toxic nerve agent, novichok, remain critically ill in hospital. home secretary sajid javid says russia needs to explain what has happened. downing street has revealed details of a new plan to handle customs after brexit. technology would be used to guarantee frictionless trade with the eu, but britain would be free to strike its own trade deals elswhere. commuters face long delays this afternoon, after a massive signalling failure at london victoria. trains in and out of the station were cancelled. it's the 70th anniversary of the national health service. a series of events are being held across the uk to mark the occasion, including a service at westminster abbey. a moment, all these boards, including the fataljohanna konta

but a look at what else is coming up this evening. at 7pm, beyond 100 days will look at a visit to north korea where there will looks like there may be a boost for donald trump's peace plan. more and the knowledge or poisoning story as well. at 10:45pm, how that story is being reported in tomorrow morning's newspapers as we look at the front pages. that is all too common, time for sports day. hello, coming up on the programme... a round to k0 for content. no semifinal for the a round to k0 for content. no semifinalfor the bridge a round to k0 for content. no semifinal for the bridge on this year. —— a k0 for konta. all hopes rest on kyle edmund.

gareth southgate‘s fighting talk of them and get set for their world cup quarterfinals. hello and welcome to day 4 here at wimbledon... gone are the flying ants but so are britain's hopes in the women's draw as number 1 johanna konta, last year's semi—finalist crashed out of the competition. she was beaten by dominika cibulkova of the czech republic — the player who was due to be seeded but was bumped for serena williams. the czech maybe made her point by winning in straight sets

as ben croucher reports. spare a thought for dominika cibulkova. it can be to lose your seeding, but for also johanna konta, losing your place this early. contrary to the semifinals last year but has twice went out as a slam since when the are back better placed at home. it was a civil mix of dietand placed at home. it was a civil mix of diet and relief thatjohanna konta the won first set but with every pa rt konta the won first set but with every part of our racket, civil code files back on her own. —— dominika cibulkova fired back. she got married on women's final day two yea rs married on women's final day two years ago on this evidence, a new love affair. at fw 17 could be blossoming. it is what it is but i'm just focusing on my tennis. this

outlook and i'm playing good so i'm just really focusing on myself and to do well and do the right things and that is it. as britain's mass to balance out, spare a thought whereas the faceless black next. —— whoever has to face cibulkova next. joining me now to discuiss that performance is former british fed cup player naomi cavaday. katie boulter. it was always going to be a top test but she put up a great performance. you'll like she did, one of the leg she won a huge tournament but cibulkova look at home, big striking, a lot closer than the school. it came down to a couple of points here and there but she gave a really good account of herself. the future of women's tennis looks very bright, doesn't it? so many youngsters coming through. we still

have serena not necessarily at the bubbly pile at the moment but we will see what he is six months down the line may be. —— at the top of the line may be. —— at the top of the pile. the young ones making a big drive forward. zach is one to watch. —— 0saka is one to watch. simona halep showing why she's number one. cannot see her having a bad match. it will take someone starting a game, playing big tennis to beat her. one to watch, maybe she can back—up your role with a title. particularly in the second set. if you had to pick someone out, who would it be? i think 0saka. she is in that section and she can beat anyone if you release it in mind to it. she is quite an experience than did geta it. she is quite an experience than did get a big tournament victory in

india. serena is winning any other section. all hopes rest on kyle edmund. let's check on the progress of him. he's facing the world number 168 bradley klahn of the united states. it went well for him in the first set, a serving break and he held on to ta ke set, a serving break and he held on to take the first set 6—4. we can go live to centre court nowjust to see the latest there. he's currently 11—3 down in the second set. going into server. it is great to see him in action. it is a lot of pressure. a lot of pressure. 30— love to edmund 110w lot of pressure. 30— love to edmund now we will rejoin that at the end of the show to see how he's getting on. a lot of pressure. no andy

murray here of course. how will you handle that? british and one now at wimbledon. first time for him to be dealing with it and it's difficult for it because it's not his favourite surface, his weakest surface actually. he's not done well at wimbledon before, struggled to get winds under his belt but he has grown in maturity. contenderfor the title? not just yet grown in maturity. contenderfor the title? notjust yet but he could be $0011. title? notjust yet but he could be soon. getting better on the surface. it isa soon. getting better on the surface. it is a bit quicker, he has to adapt his game style but he is showing signs of that. back to him later. but let's talk about cillic to reach the finals here against roger federer. did not expect to see him going out. we did not, to set up and there was a breakdown of rain overnight. using a slightly different situation and it just got worse and worse for cilic of the match went on. i think a lot of people, if they were not picking

fedor for the title, it was cilic holdall porto. now he is out, he had to the federer. you would think that chill it would be reaching semifinals at worst in his worst wimbledon. so good on grass, but here's out. good point, who will stop federal only way to the final? we thought it might be cilic. now are thinking about a final so early on day four. ——. federer? rafael nadal in action today, no problem winning, he went to lunch great sets. it isn't like he was under pressure at times. he is not at home and comfortable as they see him here. he really is —— really need to boost himself outside of his comfort zone to play slightly difficult labour differently. he's turning saudl labour differently. he's turning saudi. if he is doing that, he has to sprint to the baseline to not give up the ground. has to make an application and there but he's starting to do that. it is just when

things get slightly nervy and he does really get nervous that he has to he does retreat back into that. he had a slightly difficult test but he got there in straight sets and he will be happy. he will be. the trial edmund wins the day, he will face novak djokovic. —— trial edmund wins. a lot of people would like to see that. good pairing? yes. it would be an opportunity where they would be an opportunity where they would feel he has nothing to lose. novak djokovic still seated above him and playing brilliantly coming through with ease to day in straight sets to his match. it is one kyle edmund could get his teeth into, have a crack, not as much pressure on that match. very few people would expect him to come out on top and that would be a much more co mforta ble that would be a much more comfortable position for the british and want to be in. —— the british number one. we could play some of his best as they are but well you

would win, i'm not sure. you wouldn't novak djokovic's injury problems as well follow. thank you for joining problems as well follow. thank you forjoining us. that is it at the moment but he can have a look at what is happening a wave from wimbledon. thank you. let's look at the rest of the day's sport news of course. 0nly the rest of the day's sport news of course. only one place to start. we're in the swedish camp ahead of saturday's world cup quarter—final against england and they're in confident mood. we also hearfrom belgium on the eve of their big tie against brazil, can they make it to the finalfour? is kylian mbappe the real deal as france prepare for their tie against uruguay? we ask fans in russia what they think. let's kick things off with england then — and go live to our correspondent david 0rnstein in repino. and david... it looks quite wet and rainy there

are compelled to the uk at the moment. as the dust settled on that last 16 win — the one man coming out of it with lots of acclaim is gareth southgate and how he has gone about his business with this team ? yes, england are riding on the crest ofa yes, england are riding on the crest of a wave and i don't say that because the waves here in finland are looking to wash me away. it started so well with the opening two victories. check against belgium at the victory over colombia really broke new ground with a penalty kick victory after so long in agony and the centre of it all was a man infamous for his penalty win at euro 96 gareth southgate who now stands to become a national hero with england bidding to reach their first. semifinal since 1990 and the main man has been speaking to ask sport editor. i been involved in football for 30 yea rs i been involved in football for 30 years so i been involved in football for 30 years so you have to enjoy the good moments but also you know that i'm a

long way from perfect. there are plenty of mistakes that we have made while we've been here and will make moving forward. so i think it is dangerous territory for me if we start to get carried away with things. i am as i am. the key here is to do as good a job as they can invite proud of the way the have played. we are being successful because they are a team. we are successful because we've got a really good group of players who are hungry, taking ideas on board and a fantastic support team of staff who are performing at a really high level. everybody is together and that giving of the cans to make progress which is what we've done. you are two wins away from the biggest stage that can offer, football a world cup final. is now the time to change your message and say, its own, use that as a motivation as opposed to being afraid of it? we're not afraid of it. i think now would be a dangerous

time to change what we've been doing and what has been working and we've got huge respect for sweden. there a tea m got huge respect for sweden. there a team that i think any pastor been underestimated and we won't make that mistake. 0ur players come from the same thing as there are players do, they've been through the ranks at the likes of milton keynes, barnsley, bolton, blackburn and we should not be carried away with ourselves being any better than sweden. they are older, more experienced, have a better treatment record. we have a huge hurdle if we wa nt to record. we have a huge hurdle if we want to get to a semifinal. equally, it isa want to get to a semifinal. equally, it is a great opportunity for us and although our team will be individually better in two years and with more life experiences, may be the card on injuries and things then follows kindly if they have this time and we might not have this opportunity again. we have to make the most of the opportunity in terms of being as prepared as we can be.

england returned to training this morning. thankfully for them, the weather was kinder than it is now what they do have injury concerns. jamie vardya what they do have injury concerns. jamie vardy a doubt with a grant problem that groin problem picked up against colombia. dele alli still with a side issue, ashley young has an ankle injury and harry kane picked up a few bombs and bruises. why? because it was a hostile approach from colombia. six yellow cards and intel have the story. we spoke on stones at a news conference that he picked up the theme but said england are dreaming of winning the world cup. the game was so strange. probably the dirtiest team i've ever come up against in the respect of when they w011 against in the respect of when they won a penalty, surrounding the referee, even pushing the referee, the head but i'm sure you've all

seen, scoffing the penalty spot, a lot of of the ball staff sure you've not heard about. 0n lot of of the ball staff sure you've not heard about. on our behalf, it shows massive character from us to keep a cool head and not get sucked into their game. seven from the start, it to any world cup. i get about it, it has been a long time since the last one and they want to make people proud back home and the nation proud of the england team. you know, we're one step closer to doing that. 0ne one final training session for england tomorrow morning before they fly just over england tomorrow morning before they flyjust over 1000 miles to summarise, close to the border of kazakhstan, far woman there. in excess kazakhstan, far woman there. in excess of 30 celsius so not too dissimilar to the conditions back home in the uk. england, what an opportunity they have. their first world cup quarterfinal since 2006. just two wins away from a world cup final. it is difficult to believe but it is a reality.

thank you for braving the atrocious conditions. farne islands ub ngo. —— far nicer in the studio. so what sort of challenge will sweden pose england then? this was the goal, from emil forsberg against switzerland, that sent them through to the quarter—finals. a first appearance at this stage of the tournament in 2a years. and with no zlatan ibrahimovic, this is a team built on the strength of the collective. our sports news correspondent richard conway, is at their training base. this is sweden's training base on the black codes, it is a holiday resort, england could have been here ever change their plans and went north to further the leg repino instead. right, no fans around you, the sense of relaxation is in easy dish spirits. they are without flat and routledge. this is a —— they are without zlatan. sebastien larsson

thinks all the pressure is on england come saturday's quarterfinal. and short people back in england expect them to go through ——iam in england expect them to go through —— i am sure. if they were to go through and beat sweden, that would bea through and beat sweden, that would be a massive disappointment to say the least so that is something the english players have to deal with. that is the view from sebastian larsson but what of the rest of the gene? 0ne scout was put not to speak to the media today. behind me, they're getting ready to leave but all the work seems to have been done already. they've been taking great pains to look at analysing and's strengths and weaknesses. and these scouts now said they are aware of the danger of harry kane and company from set pieces. the question is, are we capable to stop them in terms of dealing with them in the crosses? and in terms of... in the set pieces, those two things i would say

are aborted force—feeding to deal with. sweden getting ready to depart that they would england a waiting on saturday afternoon. they have not been true world cup semifinal since 1994, england since 1990. history awaits for the victor. it is. well that game is on saturday, but what a line up we have tomorrow. brazil's bid for a record extending sixth world cup title could be ended by belgium. the pair meet in kazan and just what can this ‘golden generation‘ of belgian players do to upset brazil? the likes of romelu lukaku and eden hazard will certainly be hoping to perform better than in their last 16 tie against japan. a couple of crucial substitutes and a late, late winner, got roberto martinez‘s side out of trouble in the end. we haven't won a world cup. it is as simple as that. when you go into a tournament you have not got the know—how of winning the tournament, you cannot have an advantage on your

opponent. rozelle, what they bring is the expectation, they know how to win world cups, they've done it more than any other nation, they have that psychological barrier. —— brazil have one world cups. they've got the psychological barrier out of the way. well all eyes will be on one young player tomorrow when france play uruguay — a certain forward with paris st. germain — not neymar — nope, it's kylian mbappe. his two goals and brilliant performance against argentina in the last round, left many asking if he's the natural heir to ronaldo and messi. ashley—john baptiste has been finding out we are at france's training area in russia. then and it players, you should be able to spot kylian mbappe who are at such a young age has already made a remarkable impression. we want to meet some fa ns impression. we want to meet some fans in moscow to see what they need of the young rising star.|j

fans in moscow to see what they need of the young rising star. i think kylian mbappe is the future legend of football. he is very young. kylian mbappe is the future legend of football. he is very younglj hope that he stays focused and does not go off because that could potentially make him lose that. i wish him the best and hopefully he grows bigger like they are and he's oi'i grows bigger like they are and he's on the right path. he has the potential to be the new pele. as good as lionel messi reynaldo? yes. they can continue growing. —— as good as messi or ronaldo? is yes good as messi or ronaldo? is yes good as messi or ronaldo? is yes good as lionel messi? no. translation: if he keeps going like

this with the speed he has a playing well against the defence, at some point, he will be better than ronaldo. # m'bappe is on fire #. and the last quarter—final has hosts russia up against croatia. and one of the most famous active cosmonauts has told the bbc, that should russia win the world cup, it will be equal with putting the first man in space — that was yuri gargarin back in 1961. ahead of the quarter—final, 0leg kononenko says this group of players have the chance of doing something very special. translation: well, i think of course that if russia would to become the will championships, the world football champions, the effect would be no less than sending the first human into space, kylian mbappe no bigger than not less for sure. it would be unexpected and totally unpredictable. can it win it? of course the majority of people in

russia expects just the best result from our team but i think it is fair to say that the walls of home help the home team. a lot of russia's success the home team. a lot of russia's success depends on how it is being supported by fans. the nation is right behind the scheme so if you compare the support in the game, russia should win. there are two russians in space at the moment, the international space station, can they follow the game against croatia? they follow the game against croatia ? can the they follow the game against croatia? can the watch it? will they get updates? tell me what it is like to follow football from space. first of all, yes, there are two russians have to not on board so recently the official ball of the world cup was on board the station and they played football. secondly, when they are on the station, we're not separated from earth, we have the possibility to watch games live. the crew can

select the games they want to watch so, yes, we're watching it live and cheering for our team. when i was on board the beijing, of course i watched the most important games in football and hockey. —— on board in the station. there was no world cup but i watched the olympics in space on the international space station. away from chris froome, another britain is targetting history at this year's tour de france. mark cavendish is four stage wins short of eddy mercxx‘s all time record. he currently has 30 to his name and says he has nothing else to achieve in cycling bar this the only time that i have left is try and get that number and it seems so try and get that number and it seems so close yet it is a big distance al ways. one stage of the tour de france makes a night of the leg

rider's whole career let alone multiple stages a year. it is harder thanit multiple stages a year. it is harder than it looks. well the world cup and wimbledon may be stealing most of the headlines — but this weekend, the netball super league reaches its conclusion with wasps looking to defend their title in the grand final at the copper box. they re up against loughborough lightening, in a repeat of last year 5 final, as the sport looks to capitalise on a surge in interest since the commonwealth games. emily croydon reports. england have done it, they've made history. drama, ali, history. when england's nibbles won gold, they should not be willed or downgraded a buzz around the sport bigger than evei’ buzz around the sport bigger than ever before. —— they showed the world and created a buzz. they are 110w world and created a buzz. they are now hoping these dreams will help on saturday's grand final. once you're in the final, all the goes out the

window and that is something i really learned from the commonwealth games final, it is about the journey with your team—mates are letting go of pressure. the reader is not short of pressure. the reader is not short of experience on the big occasion either, she is targeting a fourth straight title as a coach and her second with wasps. this was another season, another journey from second with wasps. this was another season, anotherjourney from a new set of players and another roller—coaster. yes, it will be incredible to let another trophy and thatis incredible to let another trophy and that is what i play for. there was more to the success, they are part ofa more to the success, they are part of a unique concept of the court. anything a famous rugby club announced in 2016 and launching a netball team, it greatly eyebrows. but it's a concept that seems to be working and if wasps could win a second success of several league title on saturday, that could be the signalfor other clubs title on saturday, that could be the signal for other clubs to copy model. wasps describe netball and by model. wasps describe netball and rugby atrazine and yang with a

partnership aimed at diversifying. —— there yin and yang. partnership aimed at diversifying. -- there yin and yang. it has brought as a complete dynamic approach to male female sport. it gives a great grounding to be able to ta ke gives a great grounding to be able to take forward to the next level engines of the support, commuter engagement and the growing of the brand. the same site was the last season, lofgren, as users install this season but that weekend. they could also miss england's world cup match if it goes back to time. my boyfriend will have your phone in watching the football that goes the distance but little behaviours and counter with us against lofgren and that could go down to the wiles of the a better match. i look forward to it. handing it back to end the show with holly hamilton. just before we go, kyle edmonds has

just won the second set above bradley klahn to love. he is looking to get into the quarterfinal now, if he does, he will meet novak djokovic in the third round. live coverage continues on bbc 2 but that's all from sportsday for this evening. thank you for watching. hello, dry, sunny and david mortimer parts of england and wales today. scotland and northern ireland fresher compelled to a few days ago. a good deal more comfortable, temperature than the high teens 20s developed to 30 celsius in the south—east corner.

isolated and severe thunderstorms across southern counties of england in the afternoon and evening fading reaganite, dried figures into friday morning, more clarity and there around the fringes of the uk particularly to the north and east of scotla nd particularly to the north and east of scotland and maybe around the east of england. most of that breaking up, although of long, sunny spells. more cloud to resume the west of northern ireland in forest scotla nd west of northern ireland in forest scotland which may just west of northern ireland in forest scotland which mayjust bring the odd isolated shower. do not rule out a nice little jarring and wales at of temperature began in the mid to high 20s, may be low 30s and another pleasa nt high 20s, may be low 30s and another pleasant day in the sunshine for the north. 0liver ‘s warm up in to the start of the weekend into the weekend, mainly saturday and sunday. you're watching beyond one hundred days. british authorities struggle to reassure the public after two more people are poisoned by a nerve agent. but they can't explain how, four months after an initial poisoning, dangerous traces of novichok are still being found in salisbury. britain is pointing the finger at russia once again,

but moscow still says it has nothing to do with any of this. the prime minister is pushing back on suggestions her new customs proposal would prevent the uk from making a separate trade deal with america after brexit. also on the programme: president trump is brimming with optimism when it comes to north korea. now it's the turn of mike pompeo to turn the promises into a verifiable programme of disarmament. a controversial overhaul of the eu's copyright law that sparked a fierce debate between internet giants and content creators