this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. england win! england win! in england will be and to the semifinal. england are into their first world cup semi—final in 28 years, after a 2—0 win against sweden in samara. and it is headed firmly in. and from lingard, and dele ali! headers from harry maguire and dele ali mean england will now face either hosts russia or croatia in moscow on wednesday. jubiliant fans celebrate as millions of people watch the game on screens big and small, up and down the country. iam i am live in moscow where thousands

of england fans will now be heading as they try and get a ticket to that historic semifinal next week. in other news... following yesterday's cabinet agreement at chequers, the prime minister refuses to rule out preferential treatment for citizens from the eu coming to the uk after brexit. what i am clear about is that we will bring an end to free movement as we look ahead to the immigration rules for people coming from the european union, we need to look at that in the context of the wider rules we have for outside of the european union and we will decide the rules that are right for uk. 12 boys trapped in a cave in thailand send letters to their parents telling them not to worry. and police investigating the poisoning of a couple in wiltshire last weekend, warn the operation could take months. england are through to the semi—finals of the 2018

world cup, after they beat sweden in this afternoon's match. the final score was 2—0, with harry mcguire scoring a header for theirfirst goal. these pictures come from bbc sport. and here is the second goal. dele alli put the ball in the back of the net in the 58th minute. alli was controversially in the starting line up — despite suffering with a thigh injury after england's match with tunisia. but he soon made up for any doubts that fans may have had. our correpondent olly foster is in moscow for us now. they have delivered, what is next?

nothing controversial at all, it was drama free which is just what we wa nt drama free which is just what we want and we go back four nights to how england got into this quarterfinal and remember the penalty shoot out against colombia, that was history in itself as they won a penalty shoot out in the world cup for the first time in all the optimism and believe they have had behind them, the hopes of the nation, that carried them into this game against the swedes. it was business like, out they certainly did deliver and you talked about dele alli being in the team and this is gareth southgate‘s chosen ii, the 11 day started with an unchanged from the team that started against columbia or nights ago and he only expect, injuries permitting, if ever one comes through that, with what seemed to be a fairly

straightforward 90 minutes against the swedes, that will be the team that starts in the national stadium where the final will be held just a few days later. the semifinal which will be against either russia or croatia will kick off sochi. they are playing for the right to face england in a semifinal. it seems strange to say because most of those players were not even born when england last reached a world cup semifinal, the tears of turin and all that, the penalty shoot out against germany. this is a whole new generation of england players. we have had quite a few since then who have had quite a few since then who have tried and failed to get to within one game of the world cup final, like robby robson's team did there in italy. they got close in

2002 and 2006 but we have ten england manager is and gareth southgate has finally pushed this young england game dunn team into one game of a world cup final. that is what is at stake. they will get back to the training camp in saint petersburg and regroup and get back into the old routine just as they have done and then it is another push towards the final. it will be like a dresser or so because obviously that is where that vinyl will be held onjuly the 18th. sensational results from gareth southgate‘s team but very straightforward as well. thank you very much. and our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is also in samara, getting reaction from fans. singing. they are in high spirits here as you might expect, this has

been an incredible quarterfinal for england and many people did not think they would seek, and many people are celebrating dancing and seeing a new. lots of people are coming out still, do not want to leave the arena. this is where england secured its place in the world cup semifinal. the first one in 28 years. a couple of the fans who were there experiencing the atmosphere and loving the game, this isa atmosphere and loving the game, this is a great one for england. it is an awful long time, a long—time. a0 odd yea rs. awful long time, a long—time. a0 odd years. you do not even have tickets to this a few days ago. you just arrived in russia. thursday. we got the tickets and flew into rome and flew into moscow. we had to get here because it has been so fantastic. and now we are here until thursday. so hopefully we are here for the semifinals now. you are not going home surely? we are not going home, if we made it to be semifinals we

will stay till the end. it could be rushed or croatia in the semifinals. do not mind, either of them. as they play the second half like they did today, it will be ok. it is extraordinary for england fans, a pain free quarterfinal in russia. we are not supposed to be here were doing this, and we are not the bus deducted but if you put a team in front of another team, they can do it. we are in the semifinal and let'sjust hope it. we are in the semifinal and let's just hope and it. we are in the semifinal and let'sjust hope and pray. let's hope. there is the russia mascot. that is a little bit of the taste. very happy england fans here. a couple of weeks ago, when we have seen a bit of history made here, and no one wants to leave the stadium and none of the fans want to leave russia just yet. they are all set until the final. thank you very much. 0ur reporter noel phillips —

is in south london for us — at box park in east croydon. again with the fans, how has it been? not many fans but people are leaving in making their way home, singing and shouting with some spectacular memories, they paid and sought england achieve a triumph. they saw a bit of history and gareth southgate, i am so excited myself. the weather has been dead in the atmosphere has been electric. we will get some reaction from two former footballers who have kindly come down today to watch the game. a former footballer turned boxer. come down today to watch the game. a formerfootballer turned boxer. you predicted this will be a 2—0 victory for england. i was being optimistic andl for england. i was being optimistic and i was right. so it was good. it is brilliant, semifinals here we come. when you look back at the match itself, the game, was there anything that stood out for you and

turns of the highlights?” anything that stood out for you and turns of the highlights? i think our goalie again, fantastic, do you know what i mean? some great saves. but i think collectively it will be a bit more confidence today, and i think we sort of go for it more and driving forward and making something happen, and it definitely had a big percentage of the game. we got not just one formerfolk percentage of the game. we got not just one former folk play it —— for ballplayer, and i saw you with the hands on your head, the near misses, how intense was his game? was very intense he wanted the second goal to go and kill the goal. the last—minute equaliser sucked the life out of everyone in the columbia game. and when dele alli scored, it was a relief. harry kane as captain, is he vertically proving to be world that he is world—class? is he vertically proving to be world

that he is world-class? he has been world—class for a season or two and it shows that we have a world—class striker and it world—class captain. his game management and his gameplay and we have a great crowd. gareth southgate as well, this has been tremendous throughout. i remember him asa tremendous throughout. i remember him as a kid at crystal palace, he isa him as a kid at crystal palace, he is a gentleman. he knows his foot ball is a gentleman. he knows his football and is an intelligent person and he is very calculated. and he is doing well so far. he ta kes and he is doing well so far. he takes everything into his stride and that seems to be running off with the players. he has bad management field dunn feel, when players leave the field he put his arm around them andl the field he put his arm around them and i think they are with them and thatis and i think they are with them and that is the main thing. he has changed the manager of the english national team, players want to play for the country, and he has changed the whole culture and what we have i'iow the whole culture and what we have now is players who want to represent

and sing the national anthem and the whole country is behind them and they realise that and it is a great thing and today we saw as many bars and places like this all over the country that were doing the same thing and it is a good thing. country that were doing the same thing and it is a good thingm country that were doing the same thing and it is a good thing. it is coming home. i was going to ask you that. and on that note, it is what? it is coming home. thank you so much. there has been so much reaction to this result. prince william has sent his congratulations to the england team. in a tweet posted on the kensington palace feed, he wrote. "you wanted to make history england and you are doing just that. this has been an incredible #worldcup run and we ve enjoyed every minute. you deserve this moment — footballs coming home!" downing street has also hailed the england victory. the prime minister's official twitter site says "huge congratulations to gareth southgate and his team. another excellent win to make the whole country proud. #threelions #worldcupi8".

the prime minister has been busy because over the last few hours she has refused to rule out making it easierfor eu citizens has refused to rule out making it easier for eu citizens to come to the uk than people from other parts of the world after brexit. at chequers, the cabinet agreed that unlimited immigration from the eu will end. but speaking to the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuennsberg — theresa may did not rule out so—called preferential access for eu citizens after britain leaves. the prime minister was speaking after yesterday's 12—hour cabinet meeting, when she secured ministers' backing for her plan for the future relationship between the uk and the eu. prime minister, what is the point of leaving the eu if we end up with a relationship where we have so many tight links such as what you proposed? what we are proposing is a good dealfor britain proposed? what we are proposing is a good deal for britain and proposed? what we are proposing is a good dealfor britain and its future. we are leaving the european

union. i think when people voted to leave the european union they wanted an end to free movement, it will and they wanted us to in the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, that will end. it wanted to stop sending the vast sums of money every year that we do today and so take control of our money, oui’ and so take control of our money, our laws and our borders and that is exactly what we will do. we will do it in exactly what we will do. we will do itina exactly what we will do. we will do it in a way that protects jobs and enhances our economy for the future. but the commitment to follow the eu's rules is a commitment to share so much with them and it sounds like not really leaving in the way they believed. and on the other side if we are going to be so closely tied, a white leave at all? we are leaving so we bring an end to free movement, bring an end to the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, we are in control of our money, our borders and are lost in the future. and we have the freedom to strike

our entr e deals with the rest of the world would rather than the trade deals struck in the interest of brussels. that would give us the freedom to protect jobs of brussels. that would give us the freedom to protectjobs and enhance the economy for the future and bring morejobs into the uk. this is a deal that delivers on brexit but also in awake injuries we can build the bright future for britain. making a commitment to and unlimited eu migration but are you ruling out giving some form of preferential treatment to eu citizens after we leave ? treatment to eu citizens after we leave? free movement well and. that was not my question. it will and and what i said before and will continue to say is that we reckon eyes that people will want to continue travelling on to europe and europeans travelling to the uk and people will still want opportunities in other countries as we have from people around the rest of the world. but when it comes to the hard

haggling in the deal, are you ruling out or not giving eu citizens some form of preferential treatment in the future? what i am clear about is that we will bring an end to free movement as we look ahead to the immigration rules for people coming from the european union. we need to look at that in the context for the wider rules would have for immigration outside of the european union and we will decide the rules that are right for the uk. so it is possible they may get preferential treatment? we are going to decide, what is right for the uk, what is right for the united kingdom and put our national interests. you have to make some negotiating around your own table to get to this stage, were you surprised his some of the brexiteer bravado seemed to disappear? we had a very good discussion and very detailed discussion and very detailed discussion and very detailed discussion and yes we agree to the position that we can now all take forward as a government. and the

challenge now if you like, to the european union, let's sit around the table and discuss this. this is a proposal, a serious workable proposal. bike to spell it out, you believe yesterday drew a line and anyone who speaks out against policy, they will have to walk away? yesterday what i said was the collective responsibility has returned and what i felt what i had for the people sitting around the table was a real sense that we move forward together, that we are, at the start of the next phase of negotiations, a complex phase of negotiations, a complex phase of negotiations but we have a good proposal on the table. i want to see the pays of those negotiations increase in the intensity increased so we can meet what we are all working to witches in october to know how we are going to leave the eu and what the future relationship with european will be. do you hope this is the end of the tory psychodrama for europe?

this is the end of the tory psychodrama for europe ?|j this is the end of the tory psychodrama for europe? i think what we are all doing it but the national interest first, we are going to be out there in negotiating a deal that is good for britain. that was theresa may speaking to our reporter. we are glad to see the red line for us which is about the political constitutional integrity of the united kingdom has been very much but to be front and it is vital for ireland's economic future and there are no orders for ourselves and maintaina are no orders for ourselves and maintain a version list border with the irish republic. clearly on the overall uk deal in the future relationship it is vital that the government delivers on its main objectives which is that there is control of our money, our laws, our borders and we will be examining the

detail of that when we sit down with the government and go through the details of the proposed white paper in the coming days and we will take it from there. sinn fein's has given the reaction saying her party will judge the government's plans against what is best for the people of northern ireland. we are here two yea rs northern ireland. we are here two years after the referendum and the british government has produced three pages and we have to scrutinise it and we measure it against what is the best for the people here. we need to protect our rights in the good friday agreement so that will be the test in terms of how we measure any of the outcome of what we obviously have to wait until we get the white paper. it seems like a softer approach to brexit, are you happy with that?” like a softer approach to brexit, are you happy with that? i do not agree with brexit and i think it is catastrophic for the end of a ireland and for our peace process and our rights. this is all about a

negotiation in the tory party itself. theresa may seems to have fixed or internal battles but we will see if it holds up over the course of the negotiation for the eu. they need to make sure they maintained the pressure and that is the only guarantee they have here. iamjoined by i am joined by our political correspondent. it seems like there isa correspondent. it seems like there is a lot of happiness or cautious... 0ptimism over this plan. do you think it is bad or do we have something solid now to go on? there are certainly people who are happy there is clarity. people in the uk who wanted something tangible and get their teeth into and internalise and others have been calling for clarity for months. they think there is something they can go away and analyse and talk about. i do not think we should gloss over the fact

that there are some people who have serious questions over this so what we have had so far is a three page document from the government, that is what the cabinet all agreed yesterday. that is the first hurdle for the prime minister. the next is getting the rest of her party on board. we know that there are brexit —— brexiteer as mac and have spent their whole career fighting for what it should be and they have questions. 0ne it should be and they have questions. one who leads the ert group made that point this morning and said there are some elements of this, that if it means we cannot make full trade deals with the us or other allies, it could be worse than some of the other things that are on the table. so yes, cautious optimism is a good way to put it. but there are others mulling over this and waiting to see what more detail there is an waiting to

see what some of their colleagues think before they give it a thumbs—up or thumbs down. think before they give it a thumbs-up or thumbs down. what next for theresa may then?” thumbs-up or thumbs down. what next for theresa may then? i suspect the next few days are crucial. so we will see whether any of the brexiteers want to come out in the next 2a hours or so and may be in the sunday newspaper is to say what they think of the deal, whether it is endorsement or reservations. and her backbench mps on monday night will be a big moment as all because they will scrutinise the plan and will know more of the details. next week we will get the white paper and week we will get the white paper and we have three pages so far and we will get something far meatier during the week and i suspect beyond westminster, that is when we will find out what businesses think, what governments around the uk think, what parties think and more details. and it will be weeks perhaps, months before we examine what brussels things and whether this will fly. thank you very much.

the headlines on bbc news... fans celebrate as england book their place in their first world cup semi—final in 28 years, after a 2—0 win against sweden. following yesterday's cabinet agreement at chequers, the prime minister refuses to rule out preferential treatment for eu citizens coming to the uk after brexit. a group of 12 thai boys who've been trapped in a flooded cave for two weeks send emotional letters to their parents telling them not to worry. the 12 boys trapped in a flooded cave system in thailand, have sent handwritten letters to their families to reassure them 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 2 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 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. "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. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is following the rescue operation. it has been raining for the last hour or two here although not too heavily and just as it started this green sheeting was put up around the base where the rescue operation is being run from. base where the rescue operation is being runfrom. it base where the rescue operation is being run from. it looked like there was suddenly a bit more activity and

we wondered if the emergency plan was perhaps just gearing we wondered if the emergency plan was perhapsjust gearing up into action because we were told yesterday if it did start raining yesterday if it did start raining yesterday and a threat that the water levels in the cave would rise, they did have an emergency plan to get the boys out as quickly as possible but if that is not happening they are going to take advantage of what is supposed to be advantage of what is supposed to be a three orfour day advantage of what is supposed to be a three or four day break advantage of what is supposed to be a three orfour day break in advantage of what is supposed to be a three or four day break in the whether to actually spend a bit more time training the boys in the scuba diving equipment and techniques that they will need to make it out of the cave. that is the preferred option, if they have the time and is not that risk of the water level in the cave increasing it will put a bit more time and consideration into trying to make the boys as co mforta ble trying to make the boys as comfortable as possible which is going to be a really complex dive, even with someone with lots of scuba diving experience, and what we are facing in your is really tricky and challenging and that was hammered home by the fact that one of the dive team lost his life here the other evening. it hit everyone here.

but the communication they have had with the boys and their families has been a boost. in terms of getting all the equipment and training you took us through some of the difficulties that those boys, the young boys are going to have to face in terms of being trained up. what are the parents saying about all of this? are they happy with the progress that has been made? there has certainly been no voices of dissent from that quarter, the pa rents a re dissent from that quarter, the parents are here close to the cave entrance and being supported by kept away from the media. we have not invaded into their privacy on what is obviously a very difficult time. we have not heard much from them but we we re we have not heard much from them but we were told they were pleased to receive the messages today and they we re receive the messages today and they were shared with the media so we could see what communication there has been. but i think everyone understands the dilemma that the rescu e rs understands the dilemma that the rescuers face, they want to get the boys out as quickly as possible and there are risks of staying in there

and every option of getting them out and every option of getting them out and has risks and needs careful consideration and time. another one they are investing energy in is drilling down to the cavern but it is mountainous drains and they have to drill down 600 metres to reach the cavern where the boys are dropped at the moment. that will ta ke dropped at the moment. that will take a lot of time and it seems that if the break in the weather holds, they will use the time they have to get them familiar with scuba diving techniques and lead them through the cave through the water and out the way they came in a few weeks ago. the police operation into the poisoning of a couple with a nerve agent in salisbury is "expected to take months to complete", officers have said. 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. joining me from amesbury, is our correspondent, alison freeman. alison, what's the latest on the police investigation? they said it will take some time

there? yes the latest news is the investigation is going to take a couple of months to complete. there has been a lot of activity here today, mid—morning we saw fire crews and ambulance crews arrive on the scene. they are acting as support for the police teams who are examining the property behind us we re examining the property behind us were the two people fell ill a week ago. the police will go through 1300 hrs of cctv footage to try to establish where they have been over the friday and saturday when they became the last weekend. we do know a few more details about their movements from being at the woman's hostel in the city she lives and going to the city centre and then falling ill. the police are facing a

unique challenge and how to find the item it is believed they touched to be contaminated with the nerve agent, novichok. they have to find it and work out exactly what happened here. police efforts are going on here all the times as you can see the well unit behind here. they are not going anywhere soon. we have also seen in the past half an hour or have also seen in the past half an hourorso, have also seen in the past half an hour or so, going due to door —— going door to door and as said it could be months before finding out what caused those two people to be poisoned with the same nerve agent. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller the weekend has got off to a very warm and hot start in places with plenty of sunshine and more to come for many of us and we see the odd shower developing and can't today, and overnight, clear spells over northwest scotland and a lot of rain

and drizzle, not as cold as it was last night in scotland and temperatures drop close to freezing and double figures tonight and elsewhere around 16 degrees. humid as well so quite tough sleeping after the heat of the day. plenty of sunshine to begin the day and plenty of sunshine getting here and very hit and miss in northern scotland will be cloudier and cooler compared with today, still a bit of light rain or drizzle around him places in —— and atlantic breeze as well. that is your latest forecast.