this is bbc news. the headlines. commentator: england win! england win! and england win! england win! and england will be in the world cup semifinal! england are into their first world cup semifinal in 28 yea rs first world cup semifinal in 28 years after a 2—0 win against sweden in samara. and it's headed firmly on. in from in samara. and it's headed firmly on. infrom lingard! infrom dele alli! headers from harry maguire and dele alli mean england will now face either hosts russia or croatia in moscow on wednesday. that match to decide england's opponents is under way. russia scored first, before croatia equalised to put the score at 1—1 at half—time. following yesterday's cabinet agreement at chequers, the prime minister refuses to rule out

preferential treatment for citizens from you after brexit. 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 immigration from outside of european union and we will decide the rules that are right for the uk. 12 boys trapped in a flooded cave in thailand exchange emotional letters with their parents. police investigating the poisoning of a couple with a nerve agent in wiltshire warned the operation could ta ke wiltshire warned the operation could take months. good evening and welcome to bbc news. england are through to the semifinals of the 2018 world cup, after they beat sweden in this afternoon's match. the usual queue

has formed, mcguire, kane, stones, 110w has formed, mcguire, kane, stones, now they break, and it's headed firmly on. 2-0, harry maguire scored with a headerfor the firmly on. 2-0, harry maguire scored with a header for the first goal. in from lingard. in from dele alli. that's the second goal, dele alli put the ball in the back of the net in the 58th minute. i've been speaking to our correspondent 0lly foster about the standout moments in the match. as they extend their stay here in russia did we really think we'd be saying that all those weeks ago, as they headed here, a very young, inexperienced team, but perhaps a team several generations on from the last england team to reach a world cup semifinal, italy 1990, chris waddle, stuart pearce missing those penalties. there has been a few near misses, sven—goran eriksson‘s team in the early 2000s,

they reached quarterfinals and i suppose you said the word extraordinary, it was extraordinary for a lack of drama. remember four nights ago in moscow the penalty shoot out against the colombians, we thought same old england, the penalty shoot out, but they came through that for the first time at a world cup at the fourth time of asking, getting through a penalty shoot out and then suddenly there was the belief, that wave of support, those millions back in the uk, i know you will go to one of the fan parks in just uk, i know you will go to one of the fan parks injust a moment i think, but that belief, pushing gareth southgate's team on, eight of which weren't even born during italy 1990. they are unscarred, playing with freedom. it was such a straightforward win against the swedes. we didn't see that coming. a little bit dramatic in the second half, butjordan pickford, the goalkeeper, pulled out three world —class goalkeeper, pulled out three world—class saves yet again. i've been very surprised if he isn't

heading for the golden glove, the prize for the best goalkeeper at a tournament. harry kane didn't score, the captain, but he still leads the race for the golden boot as well. but it was a nerveless performance and you just feel that this was the change we'd been hoping to see from england because they've only shown flashes of what they can do in the last four matches, but against the swedes it was businesslike. they got thejob done with minimal swedes it was businesslike. they got the job done with minimal fuss and they are through to the first semifinal in 28 years, but more importantly look at it like this. they are one win away from their first world cup finals since you know when, 1966 and all that. writing their own history, that is the mantra that gareth southgate has been driving home, notjust since they've arrived there in russia but all the weeks of preparation and the months through qualification as he's melded this squad together. they we re melded this squad together. they were unchanged for the first time,

he knows his strongest 11, they were good enough to beat sweden and they'll have to step up again in that semifinal here at the stadium in moscow. olly foster. sarah ra i nsfo rd in moscow. olly foster. sarah rainsford caught up with two england fa ns to rainsford caught up with two england fans to see what they thought of england's chances as they head closer to the final. they seriously high spirits as you might expect. this has been an incredible quarterfinal for england, the this has been an incredible quarterfinalfor england, the night that many people here didn't think they would see but look how they are celebrating, dancing and singing. they are still coming out of the stadium, lots of people don't want to leave the arena. this is where it happened, this is where england secured its place in the world cup semifinal, the first in 28 years, a couple of the fans experiencing the atmosphere and loving the game, this isa atmosphere and loving the game, this is a great one for england? it's an awful long time i've waited to see this, a long, long time, 40 odd years. you didn't have tickets a few

days ago, you just arrived in russia. zayatte thursday. what brought you here? we managed to get tickets. we flew into rome and flew over to moscow, unbelievable, just had to get tickets to get here because it's been so fantastic. we thought let's get here and we're here until thursday so hopefully we are here for the semifinals now. we're not going home, staying for the semifinals and if we make the semifinals were going to stay until the end. what did you make of the team's performance tonight? croatia 01’ team's performance tonight? croatia or russia? either of them, don't mind. if they play the second half like they did today they'll be ok. this is extraordinary for england fans, afairly this is extraordinary for england fans, a fairly pain—free quarterfinal in russia. this is weird. we're not supposed to be doing this, we're not that good, but itjust goes to doing this, we're not that good, but it just goes to show that if you put the team in front of another team they can do it and it doesn't matter who we play in the semifinal, lets hope and pray and hope. let's hope!

the russia mascot, that's a bit of a taste of the atmosphere, high spirits, very, very happy england fa ns spirits, very, very happy england fans in samara. they didn't think they'd see this a couple of weeks ago, they seen a bit of history made here in samara. nobody wants to leave this stadium and none of these fa ns wa nt to leave this stadium and none of these fans want to leave russia just yet. they are here, they say, until the final. we'lljoin bbc one for a full round—up of the news but there's just time to see these pictures of crowds up and down the country cheering as they made their way to victory. cheering there was excitement in walthamstow as children watched the match at the same football club that captain harry kane played out as a child. cheering. a slightly older crowd at brighton beach were equally thrilled to watch dele ali put england 2—0 up. we wa nted

we wanted to make sure that the wedding was a priority but we are all england fans, we want england to do fantastically well, so you've got to be reasonable. during the service we asked people to have their phones off but to be fair i did look over and see some people smile partway through the service, when actually asjo was giving of hours, as in i will marry paul, england had got their second goal, but there was no cheers thankfully, but i could see a few grins so i thought things are going perfectly well on both counts. that was guests at a wedding in bristol, the wedding ofjo davidson, sorry, paul davidson and joe gibbons, who didn't miss out on the action despite the ceremony being scheduled for during the match. they we re scheduled for during the match. they were able to see one of the goals before the couple exchanged their vows before the couple exchanged their vows and some kept up with the score after that as well. join us later for more on england's victory. but

the papers coming up at 10:30pm, 11:30pm, things rather subject to change this evening on bbc news. finish off incompetent passion. ok, tim, thank you, that is it on bbc 0ne, tim, thank you, that is it on bbc one, the england football team gave us $0 one, the england football team gave us so much to celebrate this afternoon making the world cup semifinal for the first england are through to the world cup semi—finals for the first time in almost 30 years. in from lingard. in from dele alli! they beat sweden 2—0 and will take on russia or croatia for a place in the final. theresa may tells the bbc her brexit plan — agreed with the cabinet yesterday — is good for both the uk and the eu. and with monsoon rains closing in, rescue teams in thailand step up

effo rts rescue teams in thailand step up efforts to save the 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave. england are through to the world cup semi—finals for the first time in nearly 30 years. goals by harry maguire and dele alli gave england a 2—nil victory against sweden this afternoon. gareth southgate's side nowjust one win away from a place in next sunday's final. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, joins us now from samara. england came here to samara having already done enough, reaching a world cup quarterfinal amid historically low expectations, already represented respectability

and progress for a young squad and a manager in his first major tournament. what we discovered today was these players have loftier ambitions in the mindset and the talent to deliver when it matters most ina talent to deliver when it matters most in a way not seen for a long time. it's coming home! for fans, such occasions have proved too rare, 12 years have passed since the team was last in a world cup quarterfinal. samara felt like a once—in—a—lifetime chance for these players, and date with destiny as a nation held its breath. with so much at stake and a cagey start, it was no surprise. jordan pickford demanding more from the team—mates. a burst from raheem sterling causing panic in the swedish defence, harry kane dragging the shot wide. england have become set piece specialists and again showed why. firmly in! harry maguire got his head to it! what a game to score your first international goal. was football

heading home? the pace of sterling was a constant menace but not for the first time a lack of composure at the crucial moment was costly. having become the hero of their victory in the last round, pickford came to the rescue again. but england were about to take their world cup to a level few thought possible when they arrived here in russia. this is the stuff of dreams from the 3 lions! sweden punished for leaving dele alli unmarked. england with a non—2—goal lead that their dominance deserved. a place in their dominance deserved. a place in the last four there is to lose. they would not, the immense pickford having the game of his life is sweet and desperately searched for a response to no avail. england win! england comfortably sealing their biggest victory for years and with it, theirfirst semifinalfor a generation. gareth southgate becoming the third manager of his country to achieve such a feat.|j

cannot speak highly enough of the squad and a group of staff because it is still united and their level of work has been great and their commitment to each other, you don't get through with just 11 players, helped everybody at home in joy as tonight because not very often has this happened. we are enjoying it and the fans back home i am sure, we will see videos tonight. we just have to keep doing what we are doing and make the country proud. england find themselves in a place very few of those who have worn this shirt have experienced. could they really make it to their first final since winning the world cup more than half a century ago? on this performance and with these players, it would no longer be a surprise. dan roan, bbc news, samara. at home, it is not tens of millions were watching the match and as the goals went in and the final whistle blew, there were jubilant scenes across the nation. daniella relph was with fans in sunderland. patriotism on full show. in sunderland, as the game began,

the mood was hopeful. i'm feeling great, kind of weird. so excited, hot work! what do you reckon? we're going to win! with england's jordan pickford and henderson both from sunderland, there was added passion here. the crowd lived every tackle, every chance and every goal. thousands gathered around big screens in city centres, watching and willing england to do well. cheering and applause. it's never an easy watch. that mix of anxiety and hope. knowing that a world cup semifinal was in sight. cheering and applause. even at wimbledon, not everyone's mind was on the tennis. and in sunderland, at the final whistle there was total euphoria. # football's coming home... this has been an uplifting experience for everyone

watching together here. after years of disappointment, they have finally seen their team deliver. expectation levels are through the roof. but they have done really well. absolutely fab. and i'm so pleased that dele alli scored. yes! bring it on! here, you sense the celebrations have just started. daniella relph, bbc news, sunderland. let's speak to dan roan again, in samara. dan, based on today's performance, how confident can england be about reaching the final itself? having proved they can win on penalties and that they can go beyond quarterfinals in major tournaments, there is no reason why they should not believe. in the next hour or they should not believe. in the next hourorso, they should not believe. in the next hour or so, they will discover who they face on wednesday in moscow in that semifinal. either russia or croatia, we can bring you some

action. those teams are playing this evening in sochi. russia took the lead through this but pat —— fantastic strike, putting them 1—0 up. then croatia equalised through kramaric to make it 1—1 and that is how things remain into the second half. we will have to wait and save this goes to second—half penalties but i think england will be confident that croatia at 20th and russia at 70th, england are above both of them in the rankings and the final will be tougher, france or belgium. england will not be favourites if they make it that far but they have taken advantage of the easier side of the draw. nonetheless, this is a fantastic achievement by england and were not used to seeing this in major tournaments and whatever happens, english football can be a force in the future for years to come. dan roan, thank you very much indeed. the prime minister has been

defending the brexit deal agreed by the cabinet at chequers yesterday. pa rt the cabinet at chequers yesterday. part of it is that unlimited immigration from the eu will end but today, theresa may refused to rule out making it easier for eu citizens to come here than people from other parts of the world. conservative brexiteers have said they are waiting for more details about the new proposals. laura kuenssberg reports. brexit is a marathon, not a sprint. mps rushing to downing street to get more on theresa may's plan. happy with what's been agreed? the cabinet agreed it. but who else knows what's going on? the only thing that we are certain about today is free coffee at number 9. inside number 10, the prime minister relieved to have her cabinet on board. i think when public voted to leave the european union they wanted an end to free movement. free movement will end. they wanted us to end the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice in the uk. that will end. but for many brexiteers, a commitment to follow the eu's rules and a commitment to share so much still with them sounds

like we are not really leaving in the way they believed. this is a deal that delivers on brexit but it does so in a way that ensures we can build that bright future for britain. in the agreement you make a commitment to ending unlimited eu immigration. but are you ruling out giving some form of preferential treatment to eu citizens after we leave? free movement from the european union will end. but that wasn't my question. free movement from the european union will end. what i have said before and will continue to say is we recognise that people will still want to carry on travelling to europe and europeans travelling to the uk. so it is possible they may still get some preferential treatment? we are going to decide. downing street's whole package would tie us more closely to the eu than brexiteers desired. we've all had a great spat. a threat from the leader of their faction is still a threat, even in comic language. an egg that is very softly boiled

isn't boiled at all. a very soft brexit means we haven't left, we are simply a rule—taker. that is not something that this country voted for. i will certainly stick to the conservatives' manifesto commitments. and will not vote for something that doesn't deliver brexit. after months of strops, will the cabinet really pipe down? you believe yesterday drew a line and now anyone who speaks out against policy, they will have to walk away? yesterday, what i said is that collective responsibility has returned and what i felt and what i had from people sitting around that table was a real sense that we move forward together. do you hope that this will be the end of the tory psychodrama over europe? this will be, i think, a point... what we're all doing is putting the national interest first. the eu have been clear throughout this very long process already. they don't like the idea of britain picking and mixing. your proposal does just that. up to now, what we have seen from europe, the proposals that they have effectively put

to us, have been ones that we could not accept. we are just about to sit down and start those negotiations with them. i think, from the reaction we have seen so far, there is an understanding and an acceptance that this is something that we should be sitting down and talking about. labour has its own brexit headaches. but they question whether this tory pact can last. i've got a feeling the whole thing might start to unravel in a few days. it's also very unclear whether or not they could deliver that as an agreement with europe. number 10 has had to take oh—so careful steps to move brexit forward. but the prime minister's foes still lurk only paces from herfront door. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. injapan, at least 50 people are reported to have been killed and dozens missing after floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains. 50,000 people are involved in rescue operations across western and central parts of the country. more than 1.5 million

residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes. the 12 boys trapped in a flooded cave system in thailand have sent handwritten letters to their families to reassure them that they are well. their football coach, who is with them, also sent a note apologising to parents. the team were cut off when exploring the cave two weeks ago. jonathan head reports. they're getting ready now. hundreds of divers and volunteers relaying air tanks along the route the boys will have to take to come out. one look at this, an easier part of it, is enough to tell you how difficult this rescue will be. the divers have taken letters from the boys and their coach to their parents. one is the goalkeeper in the team. "don't worry, mum and dad", he writes. "i've been gone two weeks but i will hurry back to help you in the shop."

nick, who's 15, writes... "i love you, mum and dad, and my sister, too." "if i get out, can you take me to my favourite restaurant?" it was knight's 16th birthday that they were celebrating that day. "i do love you, my parents and my sister", he writes. "don't worry about me." "i love everyone. " we've come down to a little village and this is where knight, the 16—year—old member of the football team whose birthday it was, and that is why they went into the cave to celebrate it. we have come to talk to some of his relatives here. we know that a rescue operation is likely soon. we just want to see how they're feeling about it. his great aunt wants him brought out as soon as possible because she worries about the rising water. his aunt says she has been watching the darkening clouds with dread. they all just want this

ordeal to be over. the weather is changing. the organisers of this rescue say there won't be a better time to try. jonathan head, bbc news, tham luang caves, northern thailand. in the last few minutes, britain's number one, kyle edmund, has been knocked out of wimbledon. he lost by three sets to one to novak djokovic. 0ur sports correspondent, joe wilson, was watching. just as footballers returned to their changing room in russia, kyle edmund came out to play at wimbledon. centre court knew the football score. and now the spectators watched a british tennis player inspired by his location, edmund at the top of the screen, on the way to the first set against novak djokovic. the man who has won

wimbledon three times seemed lost fridays. djokovic recomposed himself. he reached a better level. to win the second set, 6—3. edmund lost the third set, making mistakes. listen how this one was greeted by djokovic. the serve for the match wasjudged in, djokovic. the serve for the match was judged in, edmund djokovic. the serve for the match wasjudged in, edmund had no challenges left. novak djokovic is ona challenges left. novak djokovic is on a comeback. britain's last player in the singles is gone. jo wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. good evening, it's been a case of deja vu with the weather forecast,

today was another, warm, dry, sunny. this was the scene in greater london taken by one of our weather watchers earlier on. the scene continues. it's going to be largely dry with high pressure in charge. there will be some strong sunshine on the cards, perhaps a bit more cloud through the day tomorrow. here's the satellite from earlier showing the cloud we had to date and foremost parts it's been there whether cloud, more in northern ireland and the west of scotland, that will hang around through this evening and overnight but for many southern and eastern parts of the country it is clear and dry. the misty patch forming as we head into the early hours of sunday morning and it's another warm, mandy night, particularly in the south with temperatures holding up a 15—16, a little bit cooler further north across the country but it will be quite a across the country but it will be quitea humid across the country but it will be quite a humid start to the sunday morning. high—pressure very much driving the weather at the moment. we have this week weather front, a cold front, pushing into the north west of scotland, so that could introduce a few spots of rain, thicker cloud for the north west of

scotla nd thicker cloud for the north west of scotland at times and ahead of that perhaps one or two rogue showers for southern scotland, into the north of england as well. elsewhere, another dry day and in the sunshine it will be pretty warm. the hottest weather will be parts of england, wales, you can see the orange and red colours developing. not quite as hot sauce further north across scotland, stornoway is 16 or so, 20—25 in northern ireland and scotland, 30—31 across southern parts of england. sunday is the british grand prix at silverstone. conditions are bit like this, there will be some sunshine breaking through the cloud. it should stay dry and it will be hot for the grand prix, 29 degrees or so the top temperature were expecting at silverstone during sunday. as we look ahead into monday, high pressure is still with us. we have this cold front, a fairly weak feature fading away into tuesday but pushing south across eastern parts of the country, introducing some

slightly less hot weather. for monday into tuesday a slight dip in the temperatures, but it's still remaining warm and sunny and then it will be hotting up once again as we look towards the armed of the week into next for now. —— goodbye for now. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. cheering and applause. england have secured a place in theirfirst world cup semi—final in 28 years, after a two—nil win against sweden. they'll face the winner of the match between russia and croatia, which is into its second half — the score is one—all so far. the prime minister has refused to rule out preferential treatment for eu citizens coming to the uk after brexit. at chequers yesterday the cabinet agreed that unlimited immigration from the eu will end. the 12 boys trapped in a flooded cave in thailand had written letters to the parents telling them they are strong