good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and mega munchetty. our headlines today: they did it! england's footballers celebrate after making it through to their first world cup semifinal for nearly 30 years. cheering at home, there were wild celebrations as millions watched the three lions beat sweden 2—0. commentator: if one harry doesn't get you, the other one will! goals from harry maguire and dele alli helped them secure a place in the last four, and fans say that can only mean one thing. football is coming home! england then will now face croatia in the semifinal on wednesday after they beat hosts russia on penalties in the other quarterfinal. in the last couple of hours, an attempt has begun to rescue 12 young footballers and their coach, trapped in a cave in thailand. some places are likely to get to 32

degrees today. there is something cool on the way for the next few days, but is there any rain in the forecast? the details are coming up. it's sunday, 8july. our top story — surprise, surprise — england's preparing for the world cup semifinals after beating sweden 2—0. their semifinal opponents will be croatia who knocked out the hosts, russia, in a penalty shoot—out last night. here's our sports news correspondent natalie pirks with a round—up of the action. they sang their hearts outjust as the players have ran theirs. but they still had enough in the legs for a party... just as england fans up and down the country were beginning their run. singing in truth, it took a while for drama in samara to materialise. but when england finally upped the tempo, it reaped immediate rewards.

commentator: harry maguire got his head to it. if one harry doesn't get you, the other one will! a memorable first international goalfor harry maguire. from the space—inspired cosmos arena, england had blast off, and a nation rejoiced. for most of the game, dele had looked off the boil. southgate stuck with him. yet again, it was the right call. this is the stuff of dreams from the three lions! just one sweden goal, though, could've turned the game, but they weren't getting past pickford, who seems to grow taller with each second. it's another remarkable save by pickford! as the clock ticked down, this young team kept their calm and composure. a team of grafters are closing in on mortality. —— a team of grafters are closing in on immortality. not all heroes wear capes. some wear waistcoats.

well, eight of these players weren't even born the last time england made a world cup semifinal. just look what it means to them and their fans. they are writing their own history! our togetherness and our mentality is different, we just kept — we'll work hard and recovery tomorrow and we'll get ready for the next game. this is amazing. it's so exciting! yeah, we've not done it for so long, have we? so this isjust real good. i cannot believe that. that is the best thing i've ever witnessed. i'm following this country all over the world. i love them. fantastic. amazing. come on, england! the fans in samara sang "don't take me home." not just yet, anyway. these boys of summer are giving england a heatwave to remember. natalie pirks, bbc news, samara. and it wasn'tjust the 5,000 fans at the cosmos arena in samara that were celebrating last night. a record 30 million viewers were expected to watch the match around the world. pubs were packed, barbecues were burning and towns were tense as people gathered to watch on big screens up

and down the country. and match of the day pundit alan shearer celebrated england's win with a rendition of three lions with some familiar faces. three words. it's coming home. a little bit of a party going on. football coming home! football's coming home. relatively mild mannered, isn't it? i think you get the message. we'll bring you more world cup reaction throughout the programme. but in other news — further signs of tension within the conservative party have emerged over the prime minister's plan for future relations with the eu agreed by her cabinet on friday. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to have used some colourful language at the meeting to criticise the proposal. let's get more detail now

from our political correspondent, pete saull who is in oui’ london newsroom. the stopwatch was always going to start running on friday night when his cabinet meeting broke up and there was apparent harmony before we heard that one ought to noises. plenty of unity around the england team, just a few cracks are starting to appear now a couple of days after that agreement at chequers on friday. boris johnson that agreement at chequers on friday. borisjohnson was pretty hostile at that meeting, using some fairly colourful language. an ally of the prime minister has told us that actually he was just being humourous and at the end of the meeting he gave a pretty staunch defence of the prime minister. this isa defence of the prime minister. this is a day after the prime minister called for collective responsibility from her cabinet. 0ther ministers are doing so. there is an article written jointly in the mail on sunday this morning, and they are friends reunited, even though they are on opposite sides of the brexit referendum. 0ther

are on opposite sides of the brexit referendum. other or ireland brexiteers on the backbenches making their feelings hurt again. brexiteers on the backbenches making theirfeelings hurt again. a brexiteers on the backbenches making their feelings hurt again. a former conservative leader saying they could be punished at the next election. 0ne could be punished at the next election. one more vocal critic going one step further saying it is time for a new leader. think we will hear more of this in the coming days ahead of the publication of the white paper which will give us more detail on thursday. from the other side of the coin, not —— others not happy on that remain side. entrepreneurs saying they would actually like and even softer approach from the government. they would like the mps on the backbenches to negotiate a full customs union with the eu. as ever, some difficult times ahead for theresa may, and she has to also persuade the eu to get on side as well. a retro reference to friends united. that takes us back a decade oi’ united. that takes us back a decade or $0. an operation has begun to rescue the 12 young footballers who've been trapped with their coach

in a cave in northern thailand for more than two weeks. the thai authorities decided to act amid forecasts of more heavy rain, which could further flood the underground complex. let's get more detail now from sophie long who is in tham luang for us this morning. good morning. bring us up to date. this has been going on for a couple of hours, and it will be several hours yet before we know if any of the children can be brought out. yes, it's going to be a very lengthy operation. the whole thing will take a few days. we had confirmation that the operation is now under way. they have started to bring the boys and their coach out of the complex cave system. it has always been a race against time and it was felt that the conditions are not going to get any better. there was heavy rain last night. a hind me, raincloud —— rain clouds above the mountain above that behind me. each attempt will

ta ke that behind me. each attempt will take i! that behind me. each attempt will take 11 hours, so it has been going to three hours at already. the earliest we will see the boys emerge is at 9pm this evening. that will be three o'clock this afternoon your time. thank you. we will speak to you later as that rescue operation continues. a wiltshire police officer who was tested for possible exposure to the nerve agent, novichok, has now been released from hospital. the officer was cleared of any contamination. a man and woman are still critically ill after handling a contaminated item, which police are still searching for. the substance was used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury four months ago. torrential rain in western japan has left 51 people dead and another 50 missing. more than 4.5 million people have been told to evacuate their homes in the face of floods and landslides. japan's prime minister says emergency services are in a race against time to try to save people caught up in some of the devastating flooding. you may know that england has made

the semifinals of the world cup or the semifinals of the world cup or the first time in 28 years. just uttering that vary sentence is quite exciting for an england fan. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in samara, where all the action took place yesterday afternoon. there are one or two people in possession of a rather sore head this morning. i think so. a few bleary eyed english fans around this morning. a very slow start this morning. it is eerily quiet, not like we have seen the last few days. that is because the last few days. that is because the celebrations were going on well into the night. a huge fans —— huge numbers of england fans, but they have been very vocal. they saw them cruise pretty much to 2—0 victory over sweden. a couple lucky fans among the crowd with me this

morning. he got tickets at the last minute and got to the quarter—final. how was it? it was great, certainly worth the experience and the expense. england played really well, it it was a result we were expecting to see. fans like you are not used to see. fans like you are not used to seeing england in a quarter—final doing that easily, having such an easy ride. how was it? it was fantastic. the atmosphere was amazing. all the fans were behind the goal and celebrating long after the goal and celebrating long after the match finished. so great atmosphere. you please you made the effort to here? absolutely. but to be fair, the russian fans were great as well. when they started singing, it was a noise to be heard. it was a shame they couldn't get through was having them in moscow and thing that would have been amazing. having them in moscow and thing that would have been amazingm having them in moscow and thing that would have been amazing. it was so close. there was a huge crowd watching but they lost in the end. audi fancy england's chances against

croatia? i think croatia is a game that we wanted, to be honest, and i was worried that we would get ove rawed was worried that we would get overawed right so many thousands of russians in moscow. i think croatia are technically better, they are quite an ageing squad. it will be very tight. you think this young tea m very tight. you think this young team under southgate could beat croatia and go all the way? yes, i definitely think so. i think we are heading to the final. you are not going home? no. absolutely not. we will see this right through. thank you very much. i have been hearing that from a few fancy a have made it at the last minute to join the last stages, people who didn't quite believe england could do it, were worried about coming to russia. now they are here, they say they will stay. they are now daring to believe it could happen. as we have been hearing all week, england could be ringing football home. sure you will

get used to that phrase before wednesday arrives. daring to believe. daring to believe. do you dare to believe? we will try to drill down into the teens. yesterday's match had an unlikely hero in the form of sheffield lad harry maguire who scored his very first england goal with a header in the first half. so how has harry changed the team dynamic? former sheffield united player michael brown is here to tell us. do you dare to believe? i've think everybody is starting to believe now. there is a negative effect with england and where they will go, but this team is changing that. they have been fantastic so far. long may it continue. we talk about the lad from sheffield, a very levelheaded lad. i think we all agree, they are a young bunch of lads that want to work for each other, they are getting the team effect. they are very good. you saw with the goal yesterday. it is great to sheffield united, walker and maguire, you cannot get better. what is this

thing about him being called slab head? the centre-half, he has a slab head, and it probably followed on from that. all this technical terminology in the world cup. what is really striking when you look at the careers of these young england crop of layers is how many of them very recently have been playing in the lower leagues, some online from the lower leagues, some online from the bigger clubs or working their way out. that helped contribute to this humble feel we have around the team this time? it possibly does. you look at david beckham going out to preston north end, and myself, it does show you that the boys in the academy need to go and see the other side of it where it is not, the perks are not so good, and it is ha rd perks are not so good, and it is hard work and real life. they have gone and done that and earns their

stripes. it is certainly working. fantastic. 0ne stripes. it is certainly working. fantastic. one of the things i saw, you watch the colombia game in the behaviour of the team. it wasn't great, was it? the england team really had to keep its head. 0ften watch football, premier league or the international stage can and you see them getting fired up. we saw that with belgium and england yesterday evening, but it is the way the team—mates come over and go, no, no. there are no arguments among themselves, which we have seen before. that is full credit to the south. southgate and his team, you see the players, they are told not to get involved. yellow cards do count. they are trying to say, keep a cool head. such a young bunch, they are certainly doing that. you have had time to develop as a squad, the games have helped them so they have been able to progress. they will get harder and harder come croatia. it is a great route of young talent to players. the idea of

their mentality, that stretches beyond on the field to off the field. we have seen a more relaxed attitude dealing with germans, for instance. they are far more relaxed oi'i instance. they are far more relaxed on social media. it paints them in 3—dimensional. we are more likely to warm to them behind —— ratherthan seeing them behind closed doors. they have good team spirit. however if looking after their media side of it has certainly come across well, they have wanted to interact with they have wanted to interact with the media and the fans. it is good seeing the videos, when you see them afterwards. jessie lingard with his mum. it is good to see. everybody is embracing it. everybody is watching it. it is great for the nation. you watched it with a bunch of kids yesterday. yes. all the kids were in there, running around. the adults as

well. that just shows how there, running around. the adults as well. thatjust shows how important this squad is in terms of enlightening and educating the next generation when it comes to behaviour, mental strength, generation when it comes to behaviour, mentalstrength, being a team. what are they learning from them, do you think? i think they are learning how to behave on the football pitch. the kids, you watched them now, they try to be that player. it is nice to see, harry maguire, when the ball comes in. these boys have come from nowhere. harry maguire, he wouldn't even be in the england squad and now to be on the goal and be a hero on the back pages. that's what the boys are dreaming of. watching the kids yesterday. they dream starts at that age and that is what world the world cup does. only one more question, is a football coming home? cup does. only one more question, is a football coming home ?|j cup does. only one more question, is a football coming home? i am not sure how far we could progress, that's what i was thinking but now

there is a chance of eye looking at flights already to get there. has the team being tested? they did very well. we didn't see a true reflection. this is a testing one. they have had those games to settle in and it has worked perfect for them. i think we can beat croatia. because it is possible, you think, can we just win that one game? a world cup final. it's hard to believe. my friends say should we go over. i will possibly have a look. there are flights available. thank you so much forjoining us. the sun

is shining out there. the sun is certainly shining here. picture behind me, a beautiful scene from a weather watcher on the isle of wight. how often do we get a sunday mornings like this? it sets the scene for what for many will be another dry day, a hot day and lots of strong sunshine in the forecast. that isn't quite the whole story because the satellite picture shows a bit of extra cloud creeping in towards north—western parts of the uk associated with the weather front. quite a weak front. it won't bring a lot of rain but if i did it will introduce some cooler air. getting off to a cloudy start. patches of rain. the further south you are, a lot of sunshine and it will stick around into the afternoon. this is for o'clock. you can see cloudy skies the north—west

scotla nd can see cloudy skies the north—west scotland and a bit of drizzle. —— scotland. patchy spells for northern england. you will see some areas of cloud developing through the day and a lot of sunshine and temperatures perhaps up to 32 in the south—east. at silverstone for the british grand prix, some patches of cloud floating through with some good sunny spells. temperatures easily up into the high 20s and not far from 30. temperatures easily up into the high 20s and not farfrom 30. in temperatures easily up into the high 20s and not far from 30. in the evening, for most of us, a beautiful day. the cloud will start to edge its way down from scotland. there could be the odd spot of drizzle that nothing more than that if you are looking for some more rain to the garden. another warm and muggy night overnight, too. the front will continue its progress down the eastern side of the country. behind

it, remember, we are getting into some slightly cooler air. the hot weather tomorrow will become increasingly restricted to southern parts of england and south wales. the best of the sunshine through the day. morse cloud continuing to strea m day. morse cloud continuing to stream in. —— more cloud. the vast majority will stay dry. in edinburgh, for example, could get up to 23 tomorrow. down towards the south, not far from 30. to 23 tomorrow. down towards the south, not farfrom 30. even southern areas will see that averages dipping as we get into tuesday and wednesday. however, temperature expected to bounce back. —— temperatures. they will still be sunshine and very little rain in the forecast. this spell of dry, warm, sunny weather goes on. we will speak to you a bit later on, then. sunny weather goes on. we will speak to you a bit later on, thenlj sunny weather goes on. we will speak to you a bit later on, then. i am in a generally happy mood today, really. i hope you are, too. thank

you forjoining us. time now for a look at the newspapers. technology expert dan sodergren is here to tell us what's caught his eye. let's talk about the money side to the joy of football. you pick that out. an amazing statistic. £2.7 billion has been listed into the economy. how has it happened? mainly through people drinking quite a lot, i gather. so many extra pints were drunk. some of them by me, it has to be said. apparently another £90 millionjustin speed. be said. apparently another £90 million justin speed. something be said. apparently another £90 millionjustin speed. something like 18 million pints at barbecues. £2.7 billion has been added to the economy. i am suspicious of these numbers. you wonder what people had

spent the money on had england been knocked out and people going to the diy shop or something. this national thing is coming home and people get behind it. people will spend more money and especially with the weather. it has all combined, this wonderful thing. people are spending more money is also... but you will be skint in august. i suppose you wouldn't go out and mainly meet up with friends on that saturday afternoon. —— maybe. with friends on that saturday afternoon. -- maybe. you need that social moment. how is your memory? i got diagnosed in november with type 2 diabetes and i used to get through with exercise. this is about how dietand with exercise. this is about how diet and exercise, especially the mediterranean diet, you can stave off dementia. this is what you can

do... dementia is one of the biggest killers for women in the uk. if you can do it, you can stave it off purely with diet. it is revolutionary. how difficult did you find it? you up quite young and to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, i imagine you are quite young to be diagnosed. abbey life change and i lost 2.5 stone. it is i did it with dietand lost 2.5 stone. it is i did it with diet and exercise, i managed to reverse it. it is possible to do it. it takes lots of work. i bet it hurt you. into a app. -- enter an app. these are some of the apps that are

out there. smart home or a really dumb idea? the lawnmower that does it itself. like the vacuum cleaner. the worst one for me is the fridge that takes a picture of the food inside. why do you think that is silly? people remember what is inside theirfridge. silly? people remember what is inside their fridge. 0n silly? people remember what is inside their fridge. on their way home, they are caught up with the rest of the day and they think, i have to whip something up and what to need to pick up? you use your smart phone app and hit the button. when i said —— when you said fridge selfie, i had ditches of me after a

late one going into the fridge and getting a piece of cake. —— looking into the fridge. i have turned around on the fridge thing. the other thing i didn't think was great was the kettle you could turn on premise smart phone app. just walk over to the kettle. we are getting too lazy. also, you have got to put water in it. another one, even worse, washing machine. you have still got to load it. again. i'm going to bring some insight into this. you can perhaps load your washing machine overnight but you don't want it on because it will keep the whole house up. you get up in the morning and you have forgotten put —— forgotten to put it on. by the time i get home it is fresh and it won't be stale. caught

out. to be briefly sceptical, these smart app technologies aren't always so smart app technologies aren't always so intelligent. the defence secretary's smartphone started talking back to him in parliament. isn't that a cyber security problem? not in the papers but there you go. finally. maybe you can defend this one as well. a 360 degrees view of your house and you can turn it on and watch what your dog is doing. you can also take off camera, put it on your dog may be a larger dog like a labrador that can follow you other dog around. i love the idea of having to have two dogs. do you have pets? to have children? pets, i do have children. as someone who had

pets but not children, you tend to bring them into the fold as the uk —— as though they are your family. you are concerned about them. i have cats. they are fine when i am not there. i am just 20 show the other side. i am a bit of a luddite when it comes to technology. side. i am a bit of a luddite when it comes to technologylj side. i am a bit of a luddite when it comes to technology. i think it's great you are defending technology. it's amazing what you can do nowadays the stop the dog in question looks sceptical.” nowadays the stop the dog in question looks sceptical. i think thatis question looks sceptical. i think that is a quizzical look about whether technology is necessary.” think we need a dose of sensibility. let's talk to andrew maher. the andrew marr show follows breakfast on bbc one at 9:00. andrew, what do you have coming up today? what happened this week in chequers isa what happened this week in chequers is a really important moment in the

national story. the most important moment in brexit since the boat itself two years ago. a lot of racketeers, a lot of tories, are very unhappy and angry this morning. —— brexiteers. iwill very unhappy and angry this morning. —— brexiteers. i will bejoined by michael gove and whatever leaders of the campaign to explain why what happened happened. and labour's brexit sceptic. they also have barry davies, the voice of football. and snow patrol plane is out. are marvellous programme. a wonderful documentary on barry davies at the moment. coming up in the next half an hour, we will meet the doctor helping to save lives in war—torn countries using the likes of whatsapp and skype. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast with chris mason and naga munchetty.

here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. england's preparing for the world cup semifinals after beating sweden yesterday. the 2—0 victory sent fans into raptures and left the team only one match away from their first appearance in a world cup final since 1966. their semifinal opponents will be croatia, who knocked out the hosts, russia, in a penalty shoot—out last night. more than an hour after the match finished, england manager gareth southgate went on to the pitch to thank the england fans who had stayed behind in the stadium to applaud the players. he was seen conducting his choir as they chanted their admiration for him and the players who could well go down in english football history. singing and gareth southgate wasn't the only one to celebrate with a song.

this band of the guards division played a special rendition of three lions on the forecourt of buckingham palace. the video was shared by the official british army facebook page. the post said, "the troops are used to stepping forward "to serve their country. "this makes today's gesture of unwavering support to the england "team particularly fitting." i wonder if the queen was in residence to hear that? she could have caught little bit of it. an attempt has begun to rescue the 12 young footballers who've been trapped with their coach in a cave in northern thailand for more than two weeks. the thai authorities decided to act amid forecasts of more heavy rain, which could further flood the underground complex. further signs of tension within the conservative party have

emerged over the prime minister's plan for future relations with the eu, which was agreed by her cabinet on friday. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to have used colourful language at the meeting to criticise the proposal before later giving it his backing. critics say the plan would be "unworkable" and could cost the conservatives the next election. however, theresa may says it would ensure brexit is delivered. a wiltshire police officer who was tested for possible exposure to the nerve agent, novichok, has now been released from hospital. the officer was cleared of any contamination. a man and a woman are still critically ill after handling a contaminated item, which police are still searching for. the substance was used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury four months ago. donald trump's visit to the uk this week will put "unquestionable pressure" on forces — that's according to the police federation. the american president will spend time in london and windsor during the 2—day working visit.

thousands are expected to protest and forces from across the country have been asked to send officers to assist. the home office said other forces can be "recompensed by the hosting force." torrential rain in western japan has left 51 people dead and another 50 missing. more than 4.5 million people have been told to evacuate their homes in the face of floods and landslides. japan's prime minister says emergency services are in a race against time to try to save people caught up in some of the devastating flooding. the world wife—carrying championship, now in its 23rd year, attracted thousands of visitors to finland this weekend. 53 men slung their wives or partners over their shoulders and hurtled off on an hour—long race. a lithuanian couple won the competition, which involved wading through a pool and navigating an obstacle course. hard work, isn't it? our very own steph and mike gave the uk competition a whirl a few years ago to raise

money for comic relief. however, they decided to break with tradition and make sporting history in the process with the woman carrying the man! they did really well there. she was exhausted all stop exhaustion painted on herface. we had to talk about it. we are happy to talk about it. we are not apologising for talking about it. we are delighted that england are through to the semifinals. it is disorienting. being so out beat and positive and with the possibility of maybe going further. get it! amazing, isn't it? what a brilliant time to be alive. having perfect strangers as if known them all my life. everyone was absolutely over the moon, to coin a

football cliche. it wasn't a dream. they did do it. england are in the semifinals of the world cup. our sports correspondant david 0rnstein is at the england training base in repino, and david, england back at base, and they must be buzzing? talking of getting, they got in at 130 in the morning. you can see the bus rolling back into the hotel a few miles away from here, happy but weary bodies and minds on that post. they will rest at the hotel. there will be no training session, no media conference. all the recuperation is focused on the semi—final in moscow against croatia. incredible to believe. let's ta ke croatia. incredible to believe. let's take a look at yesterday's action. england took the lead against a stubborn sweden side through harry maguire will stop set pieces have been such a feature of england's campaign, and they struck

again for the eighth time, and harry maguire got his first goal in international football. what it time to get into celebrations. magnificent. jordan pickford had a negative is in stock, but then england went up the other end and dele alli made it 2—0. he finally announced himself on this tournament after a difficult start in terms of form and fitness. but england are through to the last four for the first time since 1990. southgate will appraise his team and the entire 23. i can't speak highly enough of the whole squad and whole group of staff because it is so united in their level of work has been great, their commitment to each other, you don't get through with just 11 players, and so many have had not much time on the pitch, but their mentality to training, people like a hill, top people. john england return to full training

tomorrow morning. that will be their chance to shake off those not then bruises and niggles and focus their tactical operation list chance in a lifetime, really. england into their first world cup finals in 1966. they came into the tournament with such low expectations. this young squad, the third to ever go to a world cup in england, they had to fight expectations. they are making a nation believe and celebrate. have only had success in rugby union, cricket, in the olympics. is this the turn for the foot bolt? —— football? it is incredibly exciting. a nation is waiting on the england football team. can you believe it? yes, we can believe it. standing between england and a place in the world cup final is croatia after they knocked out hosts russia on penalties. it finished 2—2 after extra time

in sochi with russia grabbing a late equaliser. both teams had already won a penalty shoot—out to reach this stage, but fedor smolov missed the first for russia meaning they were relying on croatia doing the same. they missed one more each, so it was left to barcelona's ivan rakitic to send them through to the semifinal against england on wednesday. now, it all got a bit much for one former england international. have a listen to this reaction from chris waddle who was speaking to kelly cates on bbc radio 5 live. chris, how does it feel to watch another england squad reach that stage? kelly, it's just unbelievable. i couldn't believe... it's quite emotional, actually. really, chris? do you feel it that much? chris, we'll come back to you. we'll let you settle down, we'll let you gather your thoughts. you don't expect it from chris, do

you? loads of reaction from the players on social media — jesse lingard's been very active online during the world cup. after the colombia win in the last 16, he posted a picture of himself on the phone telling his mum that he'll be staying in russia a while longer. and after the win over sweden, he shared this video saying, "because i said we're not coming home, she came here!" john, you look little glassy eyed after looking at chris's reaction and jessie lingard's ma'am. it is an emotional time, isn't it? and jessie lingard's ma'am. it is an emotionaltime, isn't it? it and jessie lingard's ma'am. it is an emotional time, isn't it? it is incredible. chris waddle, missing that can not see. i will get you a negative. —— a handkerchief. social media's been a key part of england's stay in russia so far, taking us behind the scenes and perhaps most importantly connecting players with the public like never before.

melissa reddy is senior football correspondent at the website joe.co.uk. thank you for coming in. you 0k?” do think anyone can not be ok with the sunshine, the atmosphere, the football. it is good vibes all around. how important has certain media been to this england camp and to the country and in connecting this team with the public as a whole? i think it has played a huge part, it has made them feel accessible, whereas england teams in the past were so closed off and there seemed to be this culture of paranoia, and so i thinkjournalists we re always paranoia, and so i thinkjournalists were always having to create a story because they were so close. whereas now because they are open and they are engaging with everyone, the public, the media, they are putting themselves out there, like you saw lingard with his mum, all that, a

sense of warmth and you can connect with it. does it make a difference that the team itself is quite a young team ? better with that the team itself is quite a young team? better with social media and engaging with social media outside the world cup?” and engaging with social media outside the world cup? i think it definitely helps that they are a lot younger, so definitely helps that they are a lot younger, so they don't carry the baggage of the past, they don't have that same paranoia that i spoke about. actually, ithink that same paranoia that i spoke about. actually, i think they are a product of their environment and it isa product of their environment and it is a credit to gareth southgate because they created his openness and the players are benefiting from it because there is such goodwill around them. it makes the players, regardless of what is going on, more relatable. you see them in 3—dimensional and in the way where in an era with players who were arrested —— reticent to using social media, you wouldn't. you get an actual hd picture of who they are, what they like, what they are listening to, what they watch. i

think social media has also shown at that england teams of the past used to be very clicky, you would have the united lads, liverpool lads, chelsea lads. now, you see lingard, alexander, arnold, they have their own little thing going on and you see their interaction and that sense of togetherness that southgate speaks about, it does feel like lipservice because you can actually see it yourself. we were told a while ago that they all eat together, they don't have phones when they are eating, there is that mentality that they are a team. and under fabio capello in south africa it was very locked down. the last world cup, there wasn't much social media coming out. but now you have wonderful pictures like this of the unicorns, proving they are human and having fun and it reminds me of some of the pictures, having a laugh, and they look like they have the togetherness. england certainly

togetherness. england certainly together winning the social media world cup in all aspects. all the videos. they are sensational. the entire competition and spirit and the support of england has been remarkable. you mentioned that they are fun. that look like they have the pressure of the entire world on them, like they are carrying everything on their shoulders. like this is all too much and it isjust ajob, this is all too much and it isjust a job, which it felt like in the past. when you listen to the old players, they talk about the fear of failure, the worrying about what the nation will say if you misstep. with them, they are having the time of their lives and backing by extension, we are all having the time of our lives watching them. those unicorns must take some inflating. you have experience of that? i do. they do take some puff. thank you so much. just to confirm,

it is coming home. yet mac. -- yep. not such good news for britain's kyle edmund, though. he's been knocked out of wimbledon by novak djokovic. our sports correspondentjoe 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 for a while, edmund was inspired by his big occasion. at the top of the screen on his way to the first set. novak djokovic looked a little lost. but the former champ rediscovered himself to win the second set, 6—3. the match had turned. edmund lost the third, 6—2, making mistakes. listen how this one was greeted by djokovic. he simmered with the crowd and the umpire, but overpowered edmund 6—4 in the fourth set. this win took everything. well, centre court will be maintained and come back to life in the second week when we'll have djokovic, federer,

serena and so much in between. as for british interest — well, there's the double. right now, centre court feels a little empty without kyle edmund. elsewhere at wimbledon, rafael nadal is through. the 2—time wimbledon champion is into the last 16 after a comfortable victory over australia's alex de minaur. he'll play italy's fabio fognini or the czechjiri vesely in the next round. the latest big name to fall in the women's draw is world number one and top seed simona halep. the french open champion was beaten by taiwan's hsieh su—wei in an epic third—round match. . more good news for english sport fans. lewis hamilton will start this afternoon's british grand prix in pole position, chasing a record sixth win at silverstone. he logged a lap record on his final run in qualifying to start in front of his main championship rival sebastian vettel. he said he wanted to get the country off to a good start as qualifying finished just as the football started!

chris froome will be hoping for a less eventful second day at the tour de france after a crash has left him a minute off the pace. he went down a grass bank on the opening stage as colombia's fernando gaviria won the stage. today's route into la r0che—sur—yon should be another one for the sprinters. england's women's cricketers thrashed new zealand to win their opening one—day international. amyjones and captain heather knight each made 63 at headlingley before new zealand were bowled out for just 148 runs. the second game of the 3—match series is at derby on tuesday. what a day to be english. or a sports fan. so much going on, so much to be excited about. you don't even need to be a sports fan. it is

bigger. so many people in england getting into the spirit. we will find out in an hour but we think may be 30 million people watch the football this weekend. and with the tour de france, the grand prix, amazing. leigh i went to take the bins out yesterday. delly banks are bringing us back. --i went to take the bins out. —— thanks for bringing us back. the sense of togetherness that these brief moments bring us. you will be back on political duty this week. no escaping all things brexit. theresa may's attempts to unite her party and the country behind a new brexit blueprint have come under fire, as hard—line anti—eu tory mps warned it could mean an outcome worse than no deal at all. ministers backed the

proposals but the foreign secretary, borisjohnson is believed to be concerned they could harm free trade. kathryn simpson is a senior lecturer in political economy at manchester metropolitan university. shejoins us now. what do you make of this? boris johnson, he has described it as polishing it heard. it is a bad deal made to look good, he says. what we have seen so far is a 3—page document outlining the uk the future relationship with the eu. it would have been expected to have further information on this back at the last european council in june information on this back at the last european council injune and that wasn't the case. the uk government came under intense criticism after that and brexit was only talked about for an hour at the european council meeting and at that meeting, what they really wanted was what they was going to happen with the high border with northern ireland and there was a lot of not much

information on that. we had a meeting at chequers and it has come under criticism from brexiteers and some of the colourful language used by brushjohnson, some of the colourful language used by brush johnson, as some of the colourful language used by brushjohnson, as you mentioned. —— boris johnson. by brushjohnson, as you mentioned. —— borisjohnson. may has given the impression of a unified cabinet but there is nothing really new, in some respects, in this document. we will have more detail when the full white paper is published on thursday but at the moment, there is a lot of nothing new. the striking thing about all of this, given that theresa may is in a relatively weak political position after that election last year and we know that her cabinet is divided on the fundamentals of brexit, or as johnson's salty language is at the hubris led dump but humourous and it was he bite the irritated, he has signed on the dotted line for now —— dorisjohnson. ——a signed on the dotted line for now —— doris johnson. ——a bit signed on the dotted line for now ——

dorisjohnson. ——a bit irritated. —— boris. as you say, theresa may is not ina boris. as you say, theresa may is not in a strong political position and there is talk of another election or another leadership battle. it is unhealthy at the bow that. —— at the moment. the next meeting will be crucial. this is why this is so important. you have to have points to start from. this is one of the things that

theresa may. she has delivered it. theresa may. she has delivered it. the eu won't like it. michel barnier has said that he welcomes it. he welcomes this proposal and has acknowledged the difficulty that theresa may is in because of divisions in her cabinet ——. cabinet. they say they need to look at the full paper on thursday and see if it will match up with a realistic and workable solutions that have been outlined. the eu in particular will think it is a shame it has taken this long to get to this point. what we are perhaps starting to see is a softening of the position at the eu level. what we ta ke the position at the eu level. what we take from this is that phrase brexit means brexit. the theresa may, that means a soft brexit and the brexiteers it is too soft and four remainers, it is not soft enough. this is the essence of the

challenge with the prime minister is never going to escape. what it might boil down to is if the eu is wanting to at least give it the time of day and give it a look, whether or not this is a fear, and we have heard from wrecks it is, —— brexiteers, they could live with how it looks at they could live with how it looks at the moment but when it hits with contact with negotiation, they fear further from their perspective watering down to a point where they wouldn't be able to live with it. that will be key going forward. when the full paper is published and when the full paper is published and when the eu is really engaged, what theresa may has done it said what is a cce pta ble theresa may has done it said what is acceptable to her. they have softened some of the red lines and it is up to the eu to meet us in the middle ground. that will be really, really key going forward. they will be months of this. we will see you again in the coming months, i am sure. good morning. sun is shining

outside and ben will tell us by how much longer. good morning. quite a bit longer. no big changes in our forecast. sunday sunshine which is good news. that is how the day started for a weather watcher in cornwall. some strong sunshine today, somewhere 32 degrees. not across the far north—west because here there is something of a change that other frontal system pushing in. not much rain with it but some cooler and hunt and the front is bringing quite a lot of ground. —— cloud. some extra cloud which breaks up cloud. some extra cloud which breaks up at times to give sunny spells in northern ireland and scotland. the further south you are in england and wales, long spells of sunshine to ta ke wales, long spells of sunshine to take us through the morning and on into the afternoon and in the sunshine, yes, it will feel hot. here is a closer look at things this afternoon. always a lot of cloud across the far north—west of scotland. a bit of drizzle. for eastern and southern, a bit brighter. a mixture of patchy cloud

for northern ireland and very small chance for a shower in northern england but most places will be dry and the midlands, wales and down towards the south coast, long spells of sunshine. temperatures in the south—east getting close to 32 degrees. at silverstone, for the grand prix, they will be some patchy cloud but also blue sky. temperatures affect around —— temperatures of around 28. through sunday night, most places will be dry with clear spells. remember the extra cloud in the north? that will start going down the east coast. north—east england will turn cloudy overnight and could be the odd spot of drizzle but not much more than that if you want some rank of the garden. temperatures between 13 and 18 degrees. —— some rain for the garden. the frontal system which is drifting southwards will squished the hot weather into southern parts of the country. whereas further

north, something cooler and pressure on the way. cloudy two in northern and eastern scotland and north—east england. the area of cloud further west and a bit further south as the day wears on. the highest temperatures in the south as well. again getting up to 29 or 30 degrees. 70 degrees in newcastle and may e23. the call weather will —— 17. spells of sunshine and mostly driver the rest of the week. —— mostly dry for the rest of the week. even the weather got the memo about being happy. when 15—year—old waheed arian arrived in the uk from afghanistan, he spoke little english, had less than a 100 pounds in his pocket and was told he'd probably become a taxi driver. he had other plans and instead

studied medicine. he has just received the rotary peace award for a ground—breaking scheme where british doctors advise medics in war torn countries via skype and whatsapp. hejoin us now. congratulations to older volunteers from the nhs and the globe and make britain. it is a charity. on the face of it,, like all the best ideas, it is simple, uniting people buy a technology that is free. so that expertise can be shared. we have volunteers across the globe who use smartphones and social media and through that we give people advice to medics in conflict zones. what is this award recognising?” to medics in conflict zones. what is this award recognising? i was surprised when i received the e—mail. it is the international rotary peace award on behalf of 1.2 million members in 35,000 corners of

the world. a huge honourfor all of this but a huge responsibility also. the recognition is mainly because we bring communities together to what we do ina bring communities together to what we do in a neutral context of healthcare and education. we go to areas where it usually in person it wouldn't be possible, example. afghanistan, syria, it can do, and other parts. they talk to each other. in practical terms, other parts. they talk to each other. in practicalterms, that you make the connections? if someone involved in the networks if they had a patient with a particular condition that they don't have the expertise, how do you go about connecting them with someone somewhere else in the world who could help them? they send a request either by text, phone call or video call to one of the co—ordinators. the co—ordinator sends it to one of the specialised —— specialists.” wonder how long the timeline is. we

are dedicated to provide less than four hour turnaround for that. we are one of the first in the world to prove to show we do like —— live international medicine. tell us about the work you have been doing in afghanistan. we started with a product with the start —— in 2015. that is when the idea got in. they allowed us to get connected to all the emergency departments to which we are all connected now. we are helping them on a daily basis and from then, we moved onto syria and other countries. how much interaction to you haven't how often are you interacting to —— interacting with doctors around the world ? interacting with doctors around the world? on a daily basis will stop there is variation on how much we get. —— on a daily basis. i am the nhs clinical entrepreneur and it is a position through which we have an

amazing programme. we look at innovations globally. leigh it is timely, isn't it? -- it is timely. they are celebrating 70 years of the nhs. the obvious question is how this technology like this speed into the development of the nhs over the next ten years, for example? when the nhs is 80? we have an amazing programme that is overseen by the nhs. they do amazing things on a daily basis that the innovation looks into the future ten years ahead on how we can bring the innovations within the nhs and globally and bring them back to improve the efficiency. what would you say to a viewer who might say the focus should be more on patients who are here? there is a laudable case for helping out surgeons elsewhere around the world who might rely on your expertise at there is a

time when we hear so many debates around nhs resources. hardy once a critic who might say shouldn't the focus be on patients in britain? —— how do you. we raised the -- we raised the morale ofjunior doctors. we support volunteers who go abroad. we support volunteers who go abroad. we give them education and a background. we look at global health and innovation to see how we can improve the nhs might looking at global health elsewhere. congratulations.