hello. this is bbc news. i'm lukewesa burak. the headlines at 3: a nation expects. england face sweden in samara for a place in the world cup semifinals. and here's the scene, live in the kosmos stadium where the game has just got under way. millions of people are watching the game these on screens big and small up and down the country. this is the scene live now in sunderland. are you keep as a future relationship with the eu, agreed by the cabinet yesterday. 12 thai boys stuck in a cave send letters to the pa rents, stuck in a cave send letters to the parents, assuring them they are fine. police investigating the poisoning of a couple in wiltshire last weekend on the operation could

ta ke last weekend on the operation could take months. and the click team head to mit in massachusetts to find out more about its weird and wonderful robotics research. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. the next step in england's world cupjourney has just got under way and millions of fans are watching as the team face sweden in their quarterfinal. this is be seen live. —— this is the scene live. this is england's biggest world cup game since losing to west germany on penalties in the semifinals at italia ‘90. they are bidding for a place in the

semifinals of the world cup. they have not reached world cup quarterfinals since losing to eventual winners brazil in shizuoka injapan in 2002, and in a penalty shoot—out to portugal in germany four years later. our sports news correspondent olly foster is in moscow. let's get the latest. how excited are you feeling? it is going to be another nerve shredding 90 minutes, maybe a minutes and penalties, and all the drama that we saw last tuesday when england got past colombia on penalties, their first successful world cup shoot out. it is from that that this wave of optimism has driven the team forward. they are 110w driven the team forward. they are now in samara, and they have kicked

off, the early stages of the match against sweden, looking to reach their first against sweden, looking to reach theirfirst quarterfinal against sweden, looking to reach their first quarterfinal since 2006, their first quarterfinal since 2006, their first quarterfinal since 2006, theirfirst semifinal their first quarterfinal since 2006, their first semifinal since italy in 1990. a real sense that this is perhaps the greatest opportunity that england have had since 1996 —— since 1966 of reaching the world cup final because of the way the draw has panned out. the optimism not because of the way that england have played in russia, but because the giants of the game, germany, argentina, russia —— brazil, spain, have fallen away. it is the first time we will not see argentina, germany or spain in a world cup final. it will be an all european line—up, no matter how the two quarterfinals go today to complete the line—up, that is after france and belgium went through yesterday. they will face each other in st

petersburg next tuesday, and this is the first of the quarterfinals. two changes for the swedes. another unchanged team from gareth southgate for england. a few questions over whether raheem sterling did not against colombia to warrant a start, but gareth southgate has trusted the starting 11, the same team that started against tunisia at the very started against tunisia at the very start of their journey started against tunisia at the very start of theirjourney in russia. that is as deemed that is developing, gareth southgate trusting his players and he has used this mantra of them writing their own history. very early stages of this chapter in samara, but one of the most important game for two or three generations of england players. you will be watching the game for us and we will be crossing to your live through the programme. are correspondent sarah corker is in sunderland with some nervous england fa ns sunderland with some nervous england fans preparing for the big game. it is quiet behind you? it is not

really. it has been incredibly noisy. it is hot and lots of people are chanting football is coming home. this is a music festival, sunnyside live, and they are expecting 4000 people throughout the day, but as you can see, they have stopped the music, because everyone wa nts to stopped the music, because everyone wants to watch the match. they have put up this big—screen on the side ofa put up this big—screen on the side of a boss which also doubles as a bar. people are feeling nervous and excited. we can have a chat with sam and dean. are you feeling, you feeling confident? really confident. we have a massive chance. most of the best teams have gone out. we are in there, we have great players, harry kane is on fire so i do not see why we cannot win. what is your prediction? i would say 3-1. confident. what is your prediction?

well... cheering i feel a cheering ifeel a bit sick. today cheering i feel a bit sick. today we'll be going to skill. sweden are not a particularly dirty team, both teams will be professional today, so it is a bit ofa will be professional today, so it is a bit of a worry, but we only have a couple more games and then we will be in the final. the cheering, there was an early chance. people got excited. what is it like being in sunderland for this match? it is brilliant, you cannot beat it, the weather. people have something to be happy about, it is a great day. if we win today, the nation, it will be fantastic. we will go to the next round and maybe win the whole thing. lots of confidence. i will let you get back to watching the game. there is lots of local pride because two of the england stars grew up in this area, jordan henderson and jordan pickford. we have heard their names

being chanted and we will come back to you when there is something else to you when there is something else to say. now phillips is in south london with the fans. a combination of good weather, the big—screen, with a thousand people are currently watching the match, it is providing the ultimate experience in south london. the last time we had a world cup, it was not good news. before that, it was not good news. before that, it was not good news. if we take yourselves back to 1990, when england were at the world cup and they were playing west germany, they lost. a lot of people ona germany, they lost. a lot of people on a knife edge, hoping for the best. let's get a perspective from the players and get some understanding as to how the players will be feeling. leon mckenzie, a former crystal palace player, many other clubs. it is incredibly tense. iam other clubs. it is incredibly tense. i am talking to you, we are looking

over our shoulders. inaudible it isa inaudible it is a great atmosphere to come back to my home town, croydon, born and bred. england have got to throw everything at it, be confident and fearless. they have got to do what they can with the ability we have got. they have got to push on. you have played in lots of premier league matches. how do you think the quys league matches. how do you think the guys on the pitch will be feeling now? it is a quarterfinals of the world cup, that is the reality. we have got the penalty situation out of the way. we have moved forward. now it is about capitalising on the position where we are, and producing what we have produced in the premiership pretty much every saturday. it is about all of us individually making it happen, raheem sterling, all these players that have got exceptional ability,

it is about being fearless and going for what we have on our hands because if there is any world cup that we're going to win, it is this one. thank you so much. i will let you get back to watch the game. you get the sense that people are excited, people are looking forward to the game. very quickly, we will talk to this fan. what are your predictions? today i reckon 2—0 england. we will catch up with you later to save your right. thank you. thank you. this is the 20th time england have played sweden in 70 yea rs, england have played sweden in 70 years, so england have played sweden in 70 yea rs, so lots england have played sweden in 70 years, so lots of expectation, and lots of fingers crossed in south london. it looks like fun, i mean hard work. thanks. you're watching bbc news. we will be getting all the highlights from the world cup, england's world cup match taking place at the moment. the prime minister has warned her cabinet she'll no longer tolerate public dissent over brexit following its collective agreement

to back her plan for britain's future relationship with the eu. at a marathon 12—hour meeting of the cabinet at chequers yesterday, theresa may told ministers, it was their "duty" to agree a blueprint for brexit. the eu has said it will "assess proposals to see if they are workable and realistic." here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. a grand setting to try and come up with a grand plan. yesterday, theresa may won cabinet's approval for her proposals on ourfuture relationship with the eu. some leave supporters will scorn it, cabinet brexiteers must sell it. the bit that has not been highlighted is what we agreed yesterday is that we would also step up no deal planning. we do not want that, we do not want no deal. the deal they do want has not yet been fully published but proposals include harmonisation with eu rules on goods to allow frictionless trade but parliament would have oversight. free movement would come to an end, a mobility framework takes its place,

and there would be an independent trade policy for the uk. today conservative mps have been invited to hear more. a lot of questions. tory mps may be getting a brexit briefing from the chief whip today but it is monday when they are due to meet direct with the prime minister. the likely demand, detail. but even if backbench brexiteers end y, the cabinet's approval of the plans begs the question, who will the sceptics now rally around ? maybe this man. prominent brexiteerjacob rees—mogg was ready to air his concerns today. we need to know the details. as with eggs, an egg that is very softly boiled isn't boiled at all. a very soft brexit means we haven't left, we simply are a rule taker. that is not something that this country voted for. it's not what the prime minister promised. in the heat, the cabinet agreed and there is a danger that the mood could cool. but crucially the eu would need to warm to the proposals as well. it is a fudge, it is an attempt

to placate both sides of the conservative party. it's now going to run into serious problems in the negotiations with the european union and i suspect that what lies behind it is that the hardliners will now blame europe for any mess that results. yesterday's marathon meeting did at least produce an appearance of unity and a plan. now the next test, will it stay the distance? and jessica is with me now. we continue to get reaction to this plan? yes, one of the things going on todayis yes, one of the things going on today is that tory mps were invited for a meeting with the cheap web to get more details on the plan. by no means did all the mps attend that, some may have better things to do on a saturday, particularly saturday —— a saturday, particularly saturday —— a saturday, particularly saturday —— a saturday like today. but nigel eva ns, a saturday like today. but nigel evans, who is a brexiteer, and

before the meeting he said he had concerns and questions, and he has, today sending positive, saying that this deal is far closer brexit than what he had feared. so there is some positive responses coming out of this but there is also quite a lot of silence from some quarters. i suspect there are some mps that could have concerns about these plans but they are sourcing things out and waiting to see details of the white paper because we have had three pages of this government plan. a pages were put to the cabinet in private. so this will be heard on monday? theresa may will be addressing the backbenchers on monday? that is red, she will go face—to—face with her backbenchers on monday, where i am sure she will be under

pressure to outline some of the detail in terms of these plans, and try and win her backbenchers round. that may not be any easy task, but lots of people will say, she has done the hard part, because she seems to have won over her cabinet, who have some significant brexiteers in there. as well as trying to win over the cabinet and the rh ne mps, she also has to win over the european union as well, and that will be the next of cars, if she can continue to keep her party onside. do we know when she will be meeting up do we know when she will be meeting up with them next? negotiations are planning to be stepped up with the eu over the summer months. theresa may met with angela merkel this last week. she will have no doubt discuss some of the plans with angela merkel, and interestingly, we know that the prime minister has spoken to the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, anti—assad, good phone call with the prime minister, i welcome proposals from the british government which

will input into the talks in a relationship. we'll wait on the white paper before agreeing a position. she is in discussions with european leaders and there are 27 countries to persuade so there is a big task ahead. breaking news from greater manchester police, it has been reported and we have had a statement from greater manchester police that an investigation has been launched after the death of a man while in police custody. the suspect, we understand, died after cs spray was used to detain him. this is part of the statement: it was read by chief superintendent neil evan. he said, last night we received a report of a domestic disturbance at a robert e lee old and local officers responded swiftly to the incident and arrested a man on suspicion of breach of peaceful stop during the arrest attem pts peaceful stop during the arrest atte m pts of peaceful stop during the arrest attempts of the officers deployed cs spray before putting him in the back of the van. 0n spray before putting him in the back of the van. on arrival at ashton police station the man was found to be unresponsive, he was taken to

hospital where he was sadly pronounced dead. it goes on to say they are providing the family would support. following that incident, an investigation has been launched by the i/o pc independently investigating the death of a man in police custody after cs spray was used to detain him at greater manchester police. —— iopc. the north korean government has hit out at the north bonn united states after the latest round of talks in pyongyang. the media said the attitude had been regrettable and said mike pompeo was making unilateral demands of denuclearisation. earlier mike pompeo said there had been progress during his two days of talks in pyongyang baby didn't give any details. the headlines now on bbc news. conservative brexiteers say they want more details about the plan for the uk's future relationship with the eu agreed by the cabinet yesterday. a group of 12 thai boys who have

been trapped in a flooded cave for two weeks have written letters to their parents. police investigating their parents. police investigating the poisoning of a couple in wiltshire last weekend warned the operation will take months to complete. and away from the football, rafael nadal is on his way into the last 16 of wimbledon. the second seed is 2—0 up against alex de minaur. later on centre court — kyle edmund is up against the three time winner — novak djokovic. just watching the surf. we are going to have to watch this rally now. 0k, so to have to watch this rally now. 0k, so he didn't take the first points in that one. anyway, as i say, he is serving for the match, rafa nadal on centre court at wimbledon. qualifying has just finished at silvertsone for the british grand prix. and it's lewis hamilton on pole for the sixth time in his career. championship leader sebastian vettel will join him on the front row of the grid.

and britain's chris froome makes a terrible start to his tour de france defence, crashing on the first stage — losing nearly a minute — fernando gaviria sprints over the line first to take the yellow jersey. i'll be back with more on those stories in an hour. the 12 boys trapped in a flooded cave system in thailand — have sent handwritten letters to their families — to reassure them that they're well. their football coach — who is with them — also sent a note apologising to parents. the team was cut off when exploring the cave two weeks ago. sophie long reports. all—out preparations to bring the young footballers and their coach out of the cave are now under way, say those leading this rescue operation. one of the main priorities is still to reduce the water levels inside the cave, in the hope that they can bring the boy out that they can bring the boys out without having to use full scuba gear. many of the boys can't swim.

this rescue operation has always been a race against the clock, but now timing is more critical than ever. they say they want to get the boys out before their health deteriorates and before the heavy rain that is forecast, comes. the fear is that more water will rush into the cave, making conditions even worse than they were to begin with. the only way out of the cave remains the way they came in, but it is a dangerous passage. the tragic death of a former thai navy seal delivering air tanks to the cave yesterday underlined just how difficult this evacuation will be. translation: every cave diver volunteer team reaches their limit at chamber three. they cannot go further than that. such a rescue mission has never happened before on this planet. it requires both knowledge and skills of the cave diver. messages were brought out by divers overnight. one of them from the 25—year—old coach who led the boys in there. "i am really sorry," he said to their parents. and promised to do his best to look after them. "please don't worry," say notes from the young footballers. are

"we are all strong." 0thers requested their favourite foods and pleaded not to be given too much homework when they get out. letters have also been sent in from the boys' parents in the hope they will lift the boys' morale. to their coach they said, "we don't blame you." sophie long, bbc news, tham luang. joining me now with the latest from tham luang is our correspondent, danjohnson. what's the latest on the rescue operation? it is always busy here, even late into the night, there is always activity. just in the last few minutes soldiers have been putting up minutes soldiers have been putting up that green sheeting behind me. previously we could see a bit further towards the entrance of the cave where the divers, the rescuers, have got their makeshift base. that screen has been put up in the last few minutes. we don't know if that is significant, we don't know if that means there will be activity in the next few minutes but it is

rumbling with thunder and we think it is about to rain. possibly that could be heavy rain and the governor in charge of this operation said that if there was heavy rain that could raise the water level in the cave putting the boys at risk that would put into place an emergency rescue plan. they would speed up the rescue plan. they would speed up the rescue operation that is already proceeding. it may be that they are just putting themselves on a footing ready in case rain does come and it's heavy and they need to move quickly than expected. earlier today the rescuers said they had a weather window of about three or four days where they thought they would not be too much rain and they would have a chance to train the boys further in swimming and diving and using scuba equipment to eventually come out. they said they thought that 3—4 day window was useful and that the boys' strength was at its optimum now they had managed to regain some of their strength over the last few days since they were discovered. the other option is potentially to drill down from above but the mountainous terrain around here means that is a

really difficult and probably a slow option, so if there is going to be a quick end to this rescue it probably means the boys and diving out but we know that isn't without risk. 0ne means the boys and diving out but we know that isn't without risk. one of the rescue team involved has already lost his here, so this is a really complicated operation and even if things start moving overnight a full ta kes things start moving overnight a full takes in time to get all 13 boys and their coach out. dan, i'm not sure you have the details but in terms of the operation, like you said it is complex, i'm hearing a lot of chatter about chamber three and why it is so problematic for the rescue team. what more can you us about this? yes. that's the cavern nearest to where the boys are where the divers, the rescue team can sort of set up an intermediate base, deep inside the cave but it is the last point the divers can put all their extra equipment, the extra supplies. each diver needs three tanks of

oxygen just to reach the point where the boys are. that's the toughest bit, getting the boys back to cavern three. 0nce bit, getting the boys back to cavern three. once they are there through the narrowest pa rt three. once they are there through the narrowest part they have navigated the worst bit but that is tricky. it's a journey that takes five or six hours in total to get to the cave entrance for a professional diver with experience. so these boys certainly won't be rushed. if the water isn't rising and there isn't immediate risk within the rescuers will take as much time as they can because the boys will be in such an unfamiliar environment, having to use a skill they have only really learned in the last couple of days. these are the toughest kind of diving conditions for very much scuba diving beginners, boys who can't even swim, some of them. so certainly it will be a long journey out and we assume they will be guided by divers individually. it will take a long time for all 13 to make it to the entrance. we are not even sure if that's going to tonight. dan johnson, thank you so much. police investigating

the latest nerve—agent poisoning in wiltshire, are trawling through more than 1,300 hours of cctv footage. dawn sturgess and charlie rowley remain in a critical condition in salisbury district hospital, after being taken ill a week ago. investigators believe the couple may have handled a contaminated object containing the potentially deadly novichok. police say it's likely the investigation will take months to complete. i spoke with our correspondent, alison freeman, who's in amesbury, a short time ago. we have seen quite a lot of comings and goings in amesbury today. a few hours ago whistle police joined by fire crews and ambulance crews who are here to support them as they continue on examining that address where those two people who fell ill two weeks ago today were found, just behind me on the estate behind me. police today have said that this investigation into what happened to

tempt —— dawn sturgess and charles rowley is likely to last for several months. they fell ill last saturday with symptoms similar to those suffered by the expressions by sergei skripal and his daughter yulia who were poisoned in nearby salisbury back in march. 0fficers say what they are doing now is scouring 1300 hours of cctv footage as they try and work out the movements of the couple that have been most recently poisoned. last night they revealed more details about where they had been on friday and saturday of last week from the youth hostel, sorry, from the hostel where dawn sturgess lives through to the centre of salisbury and then to hearin the centre of salisbury and then to hear in amesbury where they both fell ill at the weekend. the atmosphere here is one of sort of appreciation of what the emergency services are doing. we have seen little boys coming along and giving policemen lollies to encourage them and keep them up in this extremely hot weather. we do know there are

100 counterterrorism officers who are working on this case now and it seems that they are pretty much facing looking for a needle in a haystack as they try and work out what the item was this couple had handled and where they found it. that was alison freeman reporting from amesbury. at least 38 people have been killed and nearly 50 others are missing after heavy rain caused landslides injapan. the after heavy rain caused landslides in japan. the torrential after heavy rain caused landslides injapan. the torrential downpours have forced more than 1.5 million people to be evacuated from their homes in western and central areas of the country. japan's meteorological agency is forecasting record amounts of rain over the coming days. it's been decades since the central and western areas of japan have seen rainfall as intense as this. vast areas in the main island of honshu have been inundated with muddy water as rivers have burst their banks. many of those killed have fallen into and been swept away by the fast flowing floods. hundreds of homes have been destroyed and factories have been forced to halt production. this is a mountainous

area and the authorities have warned against the threat of mudslides, which have already claimed several lives. japan's infrastructure has also suffered as roads have crumbled and rail lines have been broken in half. 50,000 police officers, firefighters and members of the defence forces have been deployed to rescue those cut—off or flooded out of homes. officials have told the public to be vigilant against further danger from landslides, rising rivers and strong winds. translation: heavy rain will continue in the area for western to eastern japan. and it will be historic torrential rainfall, which could be the heaviest rain ever recorded. forecasters say it looks likely that the heavy rains will continue throughout the weekend. joanna jolly, bbc news. members of the team of researchers

have reached the milestone in research into the vaccine that could protect people from hiv. scientists acknowledge there are huge challenges to overcome but they say they are seriously hopeful, cautiously hopeful. now it's time for a look at the weather. the weekend has got off to a warm and hot start in places with plenty of sunshine, more to come tomorrow for many. we have seen the shower in kent but they will fade this evening, plenty of evening sunshine to come, and then lengthening clear spells, north—west scotland, the cloud increasing, lightweight and drizzle later in the night. —— light rain. temperatures close to freezing in scotland but double figures tonight and elsewhere 12—16 figures. rather humid. into tomorrow plenty of sunshine to begin the day. there will be some cloud building, baby

shower in northern england and southern scotland, hit and miss. and northern scotland will be cloudier and cooler compared with today, still a bit of light rain and drizzle in places and more of a breeze as well, and atlantic breeze bringing in cooler air. elsewhere tomorrow in the sunny spells every bit as warm, or indeed as hot. that's your latest weather for now.