good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. our headlines today: the biggest game in a generation. england prepare to take on croatia in the world cup semi—final tonight. yes, we believe, we are going to win! we're going to win 2—0 at least. and we know who england will play in the final if they win tonight. france through thanks to samuel umtitti's header against belgium, 1—0 the final score. an extra 10 million pints are set to be sold tonight, i'm looking at the boost to business as people stay out to watch the game instead of coming home. after 18 days trapped underground, health officials say the thai schoolboys and their coach who have been rescued are in good health and show no signs of stress. president trump arrives in europe for a nato summit complaining about defence spending and trade with the eu. good morning from the roof of court

1 court1 at good morning from the roof of court 1court1 at wimbledon good morning from the roof of court 1 court1 at wimbledon overlooking henman hill, dry at the moment and should stay dry all day. that's the forecast for many of us but some rain on the way. i'll tell you where in15 rain on the way. i'll tell you where in 15 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday the 11th july. our top story: england will attempt to reach the world cup final tonight for the first time since 1966. they'll face croatia, cheered on by thousands of fans in moscow and millions more back home. our sports correspondent, richard conway, reports. englandengland savoured victory in moscow last week, now they're back in town and determined to stick around for sunday's final. 28 years since new order‘s world cup anthem, world in motion. back in 1990, croatia didn't even exist as a country and it's an entire generation since gazza's‘s tears,

linacre‘s. .. it's even generation since gazza's‘s tears, linacre‘s... it's even longer since england got their hands on the prize. its 52 years since england last won the world cup, it's still gleaming, as are this current team's hopes. gareth southgate wants his players to make their own history and is aware of the bruised his team is providing back home. 0ur country's been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity, and i think sport has the power to do that and football in particular has the power to do that. so for us we can feel the energy and we can feel the support from home, and it's a very special feeling, it's a privilege for us. england's players are noticeably relaxed in this tournament, a far cry from the tension and cliques of pastor squads. from paddling with unicorns to harry maguire's tweets, they've shown a willingness to engage on social media, helping break down barriers that build up over the yea rs barriers that build up over the years with the public —— past

squads. croatia in the meantime seem all business, a battle hardened squad determined they will be the ones to progress. the trophy may have changed, the ambition remains the same, and england sense a chance to bring it home once more. richard conway, bbc news, moscow. quite a lot of excitement. we canjoin sarah rainsford in red square in moscow. we know... hundreds and hundreds of fa ns we know... hundreds and hundreds of fans trying to make their way there. is the atmosphere building? good morning. it is. we've talked before about how few england fans have been here for the tournament so far but their numbers are definitely growing. there's this mad rush to moscow going on now with people flying in, getting here however they can at whatever cost they can afford. then comes the manhunt for tickets. there are relatively few tickets available via the official fifa worksite —— mad hunt. people are trying to get

street tickets at extraordinary costs at times. people are desperate to be in the stadium for the semi—final. you may remember these two people from previous appearances on breakfast, building and learn from london, when we last spoke we we re from london, when we last spoke we were on the beach in samara, this time it is moscow, chile, but you have tickets for the semi—final? we luckily got onto the website at around 7pm moscow time and they were there. about as nervous as i've ever been tapping the details into my phone. we secured tickets, which is great, which means we can lax and enjoy the day. you're a rare breed, england fans who got tickets through the website, we've met people paying eight fortune on the website —— mac —— back we been sitting on our phones co nsta ntly we been sitting on our phones constantly for the last two days getting tickets —— we've been. a huge relief. looking forward to the game, how nervous are you about

the game, how nervous are you about the game, how nervous are you about the game itself? so excited about england tickets, haven't thought about it. i know it's going to be tight, it's england, it will be exciting, it's a world cup semi—final, first since 90. it will bea semi—final, first since 90. it will be a pleasure to be that, in saying that now, who knows if i will say it at full—time? that now, who knows if i will say it at full-time? a nervous wait for the game itself. —— are a sad and that's now “— game itself. —— are a sad and that's now —— i'm saying that now. a massive stadium, we expect a lot of russians in the ground but we have met a lot of russians who are backing england in this game and some have even been learning the songs. goodness me. sarah, we will be back with you later. sarah, we will be back with you later. we'll be speaking to former crystal palace captain, geoff thomas, who is also a good friend of england manager gareth southgate at 7:20am. don't forget, there's full coverage of tonight's match on bbc radio 5live. kick off at 7pm. if you're not going to russia, tell

us if you're not going to russia, tell us what your plans are. all 12 members of a boy's football team and their coach are in quarantine at a hospital after spending 18 days trapped in a cave in thailand. the group are under observation at chiang rai hospital where doctors say they are doing well. meanwhile, rescue workers who led the efforts were given a hero's welcome as they returned from their seemingly impossible mission. thank you! thank you! joining us now from the hospital is our correspondent sophie long. have we heard any updates on the condition of the boys and their coach? there is one thing everyone here is

talking about this morning and it's not the football, it's the major rescue operation that went on all weekend. three days of its. that ipro minister has been on tv talking to the people —— three days of it —— the thai prime minister. he is very happy. they have pulled off what some are calling an astonishing operation. it was unprecedented in scale and complexity. interestingly he said we didn't think we could do it but we had to, we had a tiny bit of hope and that tiny bit of faith turned into a reality. there were some really wonderfully uplifting scenes here last night, the roads we re scenes here last night, the roads were closed and as they saw the flashing lights in the distance of the final few ambulances, the crowds gathered here and cheered and applauded as the final four footballers and their coach arrived here at chiang rai hospital. they we re here at chiang rai hospital. they were all reunited on the eighth floor and they are under close observation, as you would assume. we

gotan observation, as you would assume. we got an update from the hospital a while ago, the final five all had low temperatures, but that is normalised. 0ne low temperatures, but that is normalised. one has small lung inflammation and the first two groups, the first eight, are doing well with no signs of infection and they will be able to see their pa rents they will be able to see their parents later today but they will have to keep a two metre distance and their parents will have to wear protective clothing. even now days on they desperately want to. sophie, for the moment, thank you —— even now days on they won't be able to give the hugs they definitely wa nt to give the hugs they definitely want to. —— desperately want to. theresa may is expected to announce that the uk will be sending an extra 440 british troops to afghanistan at today's nato summit in brussels. they'lljoin 650 british military personnel already there, providing security in the capital kabul. meanwhile, president trump has touched down in europe for the summit after claiming the us spends more than any other nato ally on defence. his comments were met with a sharp rebuke from european council president, donald tusk. dear president trump,

america does not have and will not have a better ally than europe. today europeans spend on defence many times more than russia and as much as china. dear america, appreciate your allies, after all, you do not have that many. the head of uk counter—terrorism policing has told a public meeting in wiltshire that it's implausible that the two novichok poisonings in the county are not linked. doctors say there's been a small but significant improvement in the condition of 45—year—old charlie rowley, who's regained consciousness, two days after the death of his partner, dawn sturgess. in march, former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were attacked with the same nerve agent. neil basu, the met police's assistant commissioner for specialist operations, was answering questions from worried residents. i would love to be able to stand

here and say to you that we have identified and caught the people responsible, how we are certain there are no traces of nerve agent left a nywhere there are no traces of nerve agent left anywhere in your county. but the brutal reality is i cannot offer you any such assurance the brutal reality is i cannot offer you any such assurance or the brutal reality is i cannot offer you any such assurance or guarantee at you any such assurance or guarantee at this time. the mother of a six—year—old boy with epilepsy has legally brought medicinal cannabis oil into the uk for the first time. hannah deacon was allowed to pass through london city airport with a five—month supply from amsterdam. she was granted a license last month after the home secretary sajid javid intervened in her son's case. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine for failing to safeguard people's information. the information commissioners office has spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in the eu referendum and other election campaigns. rory cellan—jones has more. the eu referendum campaign and both

sides are using modern data analytics methods to try to reach voters. buddy of the nation commissioner has now spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in this and other election campaigns —— but the information commissioner. that enquiry got a new focus as the scandal broke as to how the political consultancy... the watchdog has been looking into more than 30 data collecting organisations in an investigation which is continuing. now it's revealing some of the action it's taking. it intends to impose a record fine of £500,000 on facebook for failing to safeguard people's information. a level political parties are being told their data protection practices must be audited. and the canadian firm aggregate iq, which worked for vote leave, has been told to stop processing uk citizens' data. facebook, which now has a period to argue against the fine, says it will

respond soon to the information commissioner's report but the data regulator now wants the government to bring in a code of practice for how personal data is used during election campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. the boyfriend of sophie gradon, a former love island contestant who died last month, has also been found dead. aaron armstrong was discovered yesterday at a property in blyth, according to northumberland police. the day before, he posted an emotional tribute to his late girlfriend saying, "just wish i could cuddle you all, day miss you so much." the bbc is publishing more details of the salaries of broadcasters paid over £150,000. last year, the figures revealed some women were paid less than men for doing similarjobs. this year's annual report will break down the earnings of individual presenters showing what they get for each programme they appear on. prince harry and meghan have arrived in dublin for their first official overseas engagement as a married couple. during their two—day trip, the duke and duchess will visit the home of gaelic sports, croke park, as well as the city's famine memorial and the book

of kells at trinity college. let's take a look at today's papers. just delighted to say that sean is already going for ways to wednesday. you have gone early. we have all got them —— going for waste code wednesday. —— waistcoat. i can't say it. it is almost too strange! let's look at the front pages, many will have seen television coverage of this, the raf centenary, i don't know how they ta ke centenary, i don't know how they take this, must be from an aircraft, fabulous photograph of buckingham palace, the skies above. donald trump is on his way to the uk's.

he's been talking about what he thinks is going on and that's the way the daily telegraph have written it up, britain is a country in turmoil is what he says. 0n the front page of the times, harry kane in moscow. 0f 0n the front page of the times, harry kane in moscow. of course, talking about events involving may's brexit plan yesterday —— times. 0nly a few papers have the world cup on the front page this morning. they might be saving it, what do you think? the front page of the mail talking about brexit also. we've been following this story so much over the last two weeks, these are the boys, the 12 footballers trapped in that cave for so many days, the dramatic rescue coming to a successful end yesterday in the guardian. this morning we are hearing medical officers saying they've only lost a small amount of white, and they seem

to be ok psychologically as well. this on the front page, the daily mirror, paul gascoigne. lots of people looking back for a moment. the... we've heard a lot from him over the la st we've heard a lot from him over the last few days saying how emotional he was. he was in tears. he says make me cry two is ofjoy. all over the back pages but a great quote from gareth southgate. can we give this to gareth southgate this morning? he says... no surprise because he associated it so much with his own personal defeat in that moment, he can listen to it and now there he is the other night conducting the fans while they sing it. how about that for a turnaround? great for him. a beautiful photo on the back page of the times. it looks really modern. there's the england team. it's not that england team, it is that england team, the 1966 world cup winning england team. the slight it could have been taken yesterday

but that's the picture. i love our frans in his tracksuit with his lace up frans in his tracksuit with his lace up boots on that look like they weigha up boots on that look like they weigh a ton. i think that's my favourite picture in the papers —— alf ramsey. if anyone is confused about how to handle tonight, what the words are for all the songs, the mirrorare very the words are for all the songs, the mirror are very kindly printed the lyrics. the lyrics are very complicated, aren't they? for anyone who is confused, the lyrics are there. is there any business news? 30 million people will be watching tonight, so thatis people will be watching tonight, so that is a lot of people, a lot of

attention, sponsorship, advertising, all that kind of stuff. supermarkets have said if england wins at aldi, lidl and iceland they are going to close early. this is an interesting one. a slightly more negative note to end on, but it puts all of the m&s chat in perspective, they are getting all the attention. yesterday at their agm, m&s said more store closures looming. that chat about this waistcoat, could that keep m&s going? not going. but giving them a lift. you could save m&s and the england football team, if you are gareth southgate. i am mindful of very small signs that tonight could be the night. yesterday we were down at westminster, and just before we went on air, with all the cameras around, a fox ran right between us.

i thought to myself, maybe it is a sign. the other thing was, this morning on the way in here, i got off on the wrong level. i think it might be assigned. i am looking for small signs. these are bad science, in my view. the side of some in out of the ordinary happening, it could be the sign of something extraordinary happening tonight.|j find it very difficult to cope with this optimistic charlie. it is totally freaking me out. we have quite a few days left of that. oh my goodness, listen to him. carroll, save me from this optimism. there must be some bad weather on the way. good morning —— carol. must be some bad weather on the way. good morning -- carol. good morning, iam good morning -- carol. good morning, i am showing your beautiful view of the london skyline. a lot of cloud around, and what you are looking at is what will be the retractable roof which will go on court number one. it will be completed by may next

year. and we are actually in the roof at the moment of court number one. it is a little breeze, not too cold at all. generally across the uk we are looking at temperatures at the moment in the low to mid teens. if you don't have cloud cover, a lot cooler than that. quite a bit of overnight rain across the highlands. and yesterday the top temperature was in chivenor, 26 celsius. today we will be not too far off that and we will be not too far off that and we have both those elements, sunshine and rain, in the forecast. the wimbledon the forecast is a dry one. there will be sunny spells, highs of 2a or 25, and just gentle breezes. for most of us, today is againa dry breezes. for most of us, today is again a dry forecast. sunny spells developing but there is some rain, especially across western scotland and northern ireland. that will tend to ease as we go through the course of the day. so this morning, at 9am what you can expect is quite a bit of cloud around. quite a bit of

cloud across scotland and northern ireland. we have the rain in the west, fringing across antrum and down as well. and to the east of scotla nd down as well. and to the east of scotland we could see some brighter ra kes scotland we could see some brighter rakes —— antrim and down. the cloud extends across eastern counties, down towards kent, and it does come quite far inland. a bright spot the north—west england, most of the midlands, luxury, dorset, hampshire, and most of wales and the south—west. 0nce and most of wales and the south—west. once again, a bit more cloud around. so through the course of the day some of that cloud will thin and break and we will see sunny spells developed. at the same time, the rain in the west will turn more patchy and showery in nature. temperature—wise, we are looking at a range probably from around 16 in the north to around 25, 26, potentially, in the south—east. now, as we head on through the evening, of course the world cup is on. the weather forecast in moscow for that

is afternoon showers. but for the match itself it will stay dry. temperatures quite respectable as well. it should stay dry as we head on through the evening, generally. if you are watching the world cup at home and you are watching it outside, a similar story for many of us. it will be a dry evening, variable amounts of cloud and it won't be too cold. as we go through the course of the night, that will again continue. some clear skies, quite a bit of cloud at times and some drizzle and showers across parts of the north, maybe into the west as well. so we start off tomorrow on that note. 0nce west as well. so we start off tomorrow on that note. once again quite a bit of cloud around, breaking through the day, sunny spells developing but some showers in the west. not much wind to move them along so some of those will be heavy and thundery, and there is

just the risk we could see one at wimbledon. temperatures tomorrow getting up to about 26, maybe 27. and then for friday, if anything, the risk of showers is greater. again, not much wind to move them along so some of those will also be heavy and thundery. we won't wondered if you do you will well know about it. on either side of it, variable amounts of cloud and once again some sunny variable amounts of cloud and once again some sunny spells. temperatures again raising from the high teens to the mid—20s for some of us, and the south—east, more especially, it could be a bit higher. as we head into the weekend it will be that bit hotter. more especially in the south—east, where temperatures will rise, and for most of us it will still be above average for the time of year. thank you very much indeed. facebook is facing a record fine of £500,000 over its misuse of data. the information commisioner has been looking into how the details of tens of millions of users ended up in the hands of the political consultancy cambridge analytica. ico deputy commissioner steve wood joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us. this is a record fine. why did you

decide to impose it? well, we looked at the harvesting of personal data which took place on an app which was on facebook‘s platform, and how that data was harvested, the uses of the outcome of the friends of those users, their data was harvested as well, and that data ultimately ended up well, and that data ultimately ended up in the hands of cambridge analytica, the political consultancy. and we really looked at the safeguards that facebook had in place to actually prevent that use of the data for political purposes by cambridge analytica as to how that actually complied with facebook‘s platform conditions as to why the application was set up. we also looked at the transparency of the users, especially the friends of the users, especially the friends of the users, especially the friends of the users, as to whether they understood that their data was going to be used in that way, and we found two contraventions, essentially, of the data detection act, and that is why it be served this fine on facebook. you a intention to serve, will they have to pay it? well,

there is notice on them. it is a formal notice and they have 28 days from the date of us serving it on them and they have to respond to us with their arguments against serving a notice. we set out our reasons why we feel it is a very serious contravention and we feel it should be the highest level of fine we can issue. i am just looking at facebook‘s figures, hourly at next £3 million, daily £81; million, weekly £588 million. you are talking about 500,000 pounds fine. there's a punitive? that was the highest level we we re punitive? that was the highest level we were able to levy under the previous regime, which ran on the 25 may this year, when it was replaced by the gdpr. | may this year, when it was replaced by the gdpr. i think it sends a very serious message that we have gone right to the maximum. the other key

message we are trying to send is that it message we are trying to send is thatitis message we are trying to send is that it is really important the online platforms take these issues very seriously and place privacy at the heart of their business model. they should take it seriously because of reputation. their customers care about these issues, and that is why they should put privacy at the heart of their business model. sorry to interrupt you, going to the future, if you found this happened again, fines could be higher, could they? yes, certainly under the gdpr the highest level of fines 4% of the global turnover so there is a prospect of more serious fines to be issued in the future. and another question. i know this is a large investigation. could there be other fines for other companies? yes, we have a number of other pieces of work ongoing in our investigation. we have also set out a notice of intent to date to find the data broker, who are working with providing advice to mothers to be about how they gather data and

supply it to political parties, and we have issued a notice of intent to find them as well. so it is important to stress as well that this is part of a wider investigation we have been working on for the last year. we have been looking at the whole system, where data is gathered and used in the political campaigning process and where there needs to be more transparency so the public have more confidence in how their data will be used in the campaigning process. thank you very much for your time. we have an indoor outdoorfield we have an indoor outdoor field to the programme, because we have the sofa here, and a small party outside. jayne is outside our studios in salford quays. good morning to you. ifeel a little bit sick with nerves today. if you are the same, fear not because we will party through this morning. we have, like millions of homes in england, the bunting out. we have the balloons out, we have charlie's

garlands ready and giant footballs. look at that. we also have... let me bring it to you. giant... not giant, small, gareth southgate gingerbread men. and a giant gareth southgate mural will take shape throughout the morning. and we have a giant inflata ble morning. and we have a giant inflatable dartboard. morning. and we have a giant inflatable dartboa rd. if morning. and we have a giant inflatable dartboard. if you are saying why? why do you have a giant inflata ble saying why? why do you have a giant inflatable dartboa rd ? it saying why? why do you have a giant inflatable dartboard? it is about penalty shootout practice, isn't it? that is what it is about. let's hope it doesn't come to that. let's party while we can, because who knows if we will after 9pm tonight. loads more this morning, but first, the news, travel and weather wherever you are waking up. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. 30,000 football fans are expected to watch england's world cup

semi—final in hyde park this evening, after a ballot was held for tickets to the event. a big screen will show the match against croatia, as gareth southgate's side hope to qualify for their first world cup final since 1966. the lightning seeds will perform the anthem three lions ahead of kick—off at 7:00pm. people living in riverside apartments in south—east london who feared they would have to pay to remove grenfell—style cladding have been told their insurance company will now foot the bill. it is thought the cost of recladding the new capital quay development in greenwich could be between £25—40 million. in a landmark decision the national house building council, which provides warranties for the flats, has agreed to pay. londoners are preparing for president trump's visit to the uk later this week, both those in favour of the visit and those planning to protest against it. mr trump will meet theresa may at her country residence, chequers, and the queen at windsor castle, before heading to scotland. he will use the us ambassador‘s residence in regent's park as his base, staying

overnight there on thursday. i want this to be a good reception. i want this to be a good reception. i want them to have a great working visit. i want them to think globally and openly about the future of great britain. this is a wonderful opportunity for the uk, as their relationship with the world is changing, to come up with something new and innovative. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tube this morning, but there will be no service on the piccadilly line from around 10:00pm this evening until around 9:00am on saturday morning, due to strike action. 0nto the roads, the north circular is closed northbound from the brent cross flyover to colders green road, because of emergency water works. traffic on the a13 is slow westbound from dagenham into barking. and in the city, there are eastbound closures on ludgate hill and st paul's church yard for emergency gas works. let's have a check on the weather

now, with lucy martin. hello, good morning. gradually brightening up as we move through the day to day, with increasing amounts of sunshine. temperatures yesterday got in the low 20s. today we are expecting temperatures in the mid—20s, the last the slightly less hot weather before it heats up again as we move into the weekend. so plenty of cloud around to begin with today, that cloud tending to roll back towards the role that would be so back towards the role that would be so increasing amounts of sunshine developing, staying dry, which averages at a maximum of 25 celsius north—easterly breeze. if you are planning on watching the match outside this evening it looks like there will be plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the low 20s. this is what the conditions look like for the players in moscow. variable temperatures around 20 celsius. through this evening and overnight, then, some clear spells. we will see a bit more in the way of clouds

starting to feed in from the east as we move into the early hours. temperatures overnight falling to a minimum ofaround temperatures overnight falling to a minimum of around 12 to 15 celsius. i leave you with the outlook. increasing chances of singer shouted thursday and friday. they will be fairly hit and miss, though, were tempered is creeping up into the upper 20s by the weekend. —— with temperatures creeping up. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: the big day is here. england play their first world cup semi final in 28 years. we're live in moscow throughout the morning for all the build up. gareth southgate has had somejourney. from penalty heartache to world cup redemption. we'll be finding out about the man beneath the waistcoat and can this england squad inspire a generation? the pupils at kieran trippier‘s old school certainly think so. we'll be visiting them later. lots to talk about.

good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. england will attempt to reach the world cup final tonight for the first time since 1966. they'll face croatia, cheered on by thousands of fans in the stadium and millions more back home. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford, has been spending time with supporters ahead of the game. the flags are out, the fear of russia has clearly faded. england fans are now pouring into moscow to see their first world cup semi—final in almost three decades. it's going to be a party of a lifetime. are they going to win? course we are. actually to get to the match with croatia, though, could be costly. two tickets for each one is $1,300. $1,300?

why are they so expensive? this is cheap! but these fans never dreamt england would get this far. now there are very few official ones to go around. fingers crossed we'll get to see it. then my brothers will be really jealous, because i said to them they‘ re not proper fans. some have made epicjourneys. 19 hours yesterday, flew into five different airports. but i'm finally here, and can't wait. the kremlin argues all these football fans are now seeing the real russia. it's true all these visitors are now seeing russian people at their warmest and their most welcoming, and yet the politics here haven't changed. just this week, two human rights activists were detained metres from the world cup party street. russia's relations with the uk are dire too. but that doesn't stop its football fans backing england. it's coming home, it's coming home,

it's coming home! god save the queen. sarah rainsford, bbc news. all 12 members of a boy's football team and their coach are in quarantine at a hospital after spending 18 days trapped in a cave in thailand. the group are under observation at chiang rai hospital where doctors say they are doing well. meanwhile, rescue workers who led the efforts were given a hero's welcome as they returned from their seemingly impossible mission. donald trump has touched down in brussels ahead of the nato summit later today. but before discussions have even begun, he has already caused controversy, claiming the uk is in turmoil and criticising nato allies for not spending enough on defence. afterwards he will fly to finland to meet vladimir putin. the mother of a six—year—old boy with epilepsy has legally brought medicinal cannabis oil into the uk for the first time. hannah deacon was allowed to pass through london city airport with a five—month

supply from amsterdam. she was granted a license last month after the home secretary sajid javid intervened in her son's case. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine from the uk's data protection watchdog over the cambridge analytica scandal. the information commissioner's office said the social media giant had failed to safeguard people's information and had also not been transparent about how people's data was harvested by others. facebook says it will respond soon to the report. prince harry and meghan have arrived in dublin for their first official overseas engagement as a married couple. during their two day trip, the duke and duchess will visit the home of gaelic sports, croke park, as well as the city's famine memorial and the book of kells at trinity college. we might mention it a few times, an historic day already. sally has the sport from the world cup hub. it's all about the world cup?m

it's all about the world cup? it is. welcome to the world cup hub, everything you need to know about what's coming up is on my lovely big screen. we've got tweets from the players and the people supporting them and everything you need to know about last night and tonight. tonight gareth southgate's england play croatia for a place in the world cup final. what a tournament it has been for them. can you believe where they are? new heroes have emerged in the side with the likes ofjesse lingard, harry maguire and of course goaliejordan lingard, harry maguire and of course goalie jordan pictured. the lingard, harry maguire and of course goaliejordan pictured. the manager has even conducted the supporters in song. how many england bosses could ever have done that? it's got england fans believing football is coming home, a chant from euro 96, a tournament that holds different memories for one mr southgate —— jordan pictured. football's, crime is a song i could listen to for 20 years to be honest

with you —— football's coming home. football is a random game with random events happening. i'm certain ourteam random events happening. i'm certain our team will play well. they are transferring what they do on the training pitch into the game andl on the training pitch into the game and i have complete trust we will go and i have complete trust we will go and play in the way we have throughout this tournament. now, those of us who around 28 years ago were around will never forget the last time england played in a world cup semi—final. remember this, everybody? really famous images, paul gascoigne's two years, chris waddle's this penalty and in germany a place in the final at italia 90. 24 a place in the final at italia 90. 2a years earlier england won a semi—final in the world cup and went on to win the whole thing —— paul gascoigne's tears, chris waddle's missed penalty. 0ne gascoigne's tears, chris waddle's missed penalty. one member of that squad said he's got a good feeling about this year's side.

we had a wonderful team but also a great manager. this situation today, the players, we made it fun and there was always a laugh on your face and gradually results started to go our way and then we started to believe. i think it's a similar situation to the world cup at the moment. well, england have already covered an awful lot of ground in russia over the course of their world cup journey. the group stage took them from volgograd in the south to the russian enclave of kaliningrad, of course, remember thatjourney? russian enclave of kaliningrad, of course, remember that journey? then in the knockouts they beat colombia at the spartak stadium in moscow before saturday's triumph over sweden in samara. now the focus is all on this tournament's biggest stadium, the luzhniki stadium in moscow stages the semi—final tonight then the final on sunday. yesterday southgate and jordan henderson got their very first look inside. so,

what of england's opponents tonight? here they are, croatia. well, let's have a look at their experience so far. they are very experienced, their players have nine champions league titles between them, four belong to luka modric. he plays alongside another superstar in rakitic in midfield, they play for spain's two leading sides, barcelona and real madrid. rakitic, modric and striker mario mandzukic all made their national debuts more than a decade ago. they've spent a lot of time playing together, unlike the english team. but if england are looking for positive signs, look at these pictures closely. you only need to look at croatia at the final whistle against russia in their quarter—final, they looked exhausted. both of their knockout games have both gone to penalty shootouts. the matches live on 5 live tonight.

buildup starts at apm. is that early enough for you? highlights on bbc 0ne enough for you? highlights on bbc one at 10:45pm tonight. now, croatia and england know a win tonight would set up a world cup final meeting with france. that's after they beat belgium 1—0 in the first of the semifinals last night. defender samuel umtiti got the only goal in st petersburg. that sparked huge celebrations in paris. look at this! great scenes on the champs—elysee as france secured a place in the final for the third time. they were winners in 1998 but lost to italy in 2006. incredible scenes in paris last night. almost like they had won it again. let's round up some of the other day's sports stories and a huge football tra nsfer day's sports stories and a huge football transfer involving cristiano ronaldo —— day's other.

he's moving from real madrid to juventus for £99 million. he is birdie three. the fee is more than what madrid paid to sign him from macro a man in 2009 bash he is birdie three —— from macro a man. serena williams is still favourite at wimbledon after coming from a set down to beat g or g in the quarter—finals —— camille juliff down to beat g or g in the quarter—finals —— camillejuliff g. the men's semis are today. have won their 0d! series with new zealand after a dominant —— being than women. kammy beaumont top scored with 67. —— the england women —— kammy beaumont. thousands will watch the match tonight on giant screens across the country. one pop star has made sure his gig tonight doesn't mean anyone misses the football. justin timberlake misses the football. justin timberla ke is misses the football. justin timberlake is due to play the 02 arena in london but he's found a way

around it all. i spoke to the 02, and for the first time ever, doors will open at 6:30pm, and we're going to play this england —— croatia match up on my big screens. so come here and we'll watch it together. i mean, i want to see it, you want to see it, we all wa nt to see it, you want to see it, we all want to see it. we're going to watch this together. and, you know what? it's coming home! that has got to be the best place to watch the game tonight. anyone who has tickets for that, you're incredibly lucky, you get to see justin timberla ke incredibly lucky, you get to see justin timberlake and you get to watch the match. can you imagine if it went to penalties? that would be so it went to penalties? that would be so stressful. can you imagine the party afterwards ? ageing he got to do that. —— amazing he did that. justin timberla ke is he did that. justin timberlake is on—board, isn't he? he is on—board. sean, are you

bored? the more excited you get the more anxious i get —— sean, are you on—board? if you were governor of the bank of england, you would think it is boomtime for the economy. lots of people saying we are spending more but does that really check out? big occasions can give the economy a bit of a boost. we saw it in 2012 with the london olympics, of course we were hosting that, but it still helped. yesterday we saw the uk economy grew by 0.3% in may. the office for national statistics said the royal wedding and the heatwave helped give it a lift after a poor start to the year after the beast from the east among other things. so can the world cup do the same? well, here's a few facts and figures for you. pubs in the uk expect to sell an extra 10 million pints tonight, that makes a0 million throughout the tournament. we've been buying big screen tvs to watch the game. sales are up by 33% at some of our best known high street retailers. and then there's the southgate effect. we already know that sales

of waistcoats are up by a third, but now the top selling fancy dress item on a well known online store is the gareth southgate face mask. but all this does have a serious point. the uk economy is heavily reliant on consumer spending. is this extra spending we're doing, orjust shifting it from different times of the year? we can talk now to mark mcginty, the managing director for operations at hawthorn leisure, they run almost 300 pubs across the uk. good morning. good morning. a lot of local things on this one. yes, we

are mainly community pubs. so a bit harder. we talked about, for those pubs to make money, tonight is it as big a night for your pubs as eve ryo ne big a night for your pubs as everyone is giving the impression it will be? i think it is a fantastic opportunity, it is almost a perfect storm. the weather is good, england are playing well, and community pubs in particular have suffered over recent yea rs. in particular have suffered over recent years. tonight is a really good opportunity to make a memorable experience, for people of the community to come together. do you see that already? they have already been a few of these games, people coming in and actually coming in again when there is not an england game. we are seeing different people coming for the game. so as opposed toa coming for the game. so as opposed to a traditional football game, england brings the whole family out, children, all ages coming into the pubs. and the communities are coming together, and the atmosphere in the pub, which is the number—1 reason why people go to the pub to watch the game, is for the atmosphere it isa the game, is for the atmosphere it is a close second to being at the

game itself. we are seeing lots of new faces and it is an opportunity to try and remind people that the community pub is an important part of that community, and hopefully they will come back and use it once they will come back and use it once they have created hopefully a greater memorable experience tonight. because the question marks around the being boosted the economy is that these are 1—offs and not sustainable, or that we are spending money, we might have been going to a restau ra nt money, we might have been going to a restaurant tonight but instead we are going to a pub to watch the england game. do you think restau ra nts might ta ke england game. do you think restaurants might take a hit while pubs like yours benefit petts i would imagine restaurants will be fairly quiet while the matches on. the biggest thing we want to try and win over is for people not to go to the supermarket and buy beer in bulk and sit at home and watch it actually and experienced a pub and watch it together. a big chance for you to get some long—term customers. if your pub gets packed out, does that become a bit of an issue, that you are not used to dealing with a lot of your pubs? we have seen

pictures of planes flying everywhere. people do get excited when the team is playing so well, but they are used to it. there are busy sessions throughout the year, christmas, et cetera. but long may this continue for england. we might be seen pictures like these that some of your pubs tonight?” be seen pictures like these that some of your pubs tonight? i don't think it will be quite that easy, but you never know. and sunday could be an even bigger one. thank you very much. back in 1990, we were talking about petrol prices, and what it was like back then. a beer would have cost £1.23 a pint last time england were in a world cup semi—final, according to the 0ns. carol is at wimbledon for us this morning. how is it looking? it is looking quite cloudy, charlie. i am at wimbledon this morning and you can see the london skyline poking out

beneath the cloud. quite a bit of cloud at wimbledon this morning. it isa cloud at wimbledon this morning. it is a fresh start in the forecast for wimbledon today is going to be a dry one. today we are looking at sunny spells so although there is a lot of cloud at the moment, it should then break. the will come out in the temperature should be 2a or 25 with a gentle breeze. the forecast for most of the uk today again as a cloudy one. it is a cloudy start, we will see the clouds in an break, some sunshine developing and temperatures today up to about 26. but we have some rain in the forecast as well. that rain across parts of western scotland and also antrim and down. if we zoom in to the north of the country at 9am, there is a lot of cloud around. brighter skies in the east but that rain extending from the north of scotland, so caithness sutherland, down towards inverness in glasgow in south—west scotland into antrim and down. northern england, quite a bit

of cloud to start the day as well. that extends down eastern counties of england through east anglia, heading down towards kent and down towards sussex. it has come quite far inland from the north sea overnight. but we have a dry, clear sliver of weather before we run back into more cloud across wales in south—west england. through the course of the date you will find where we have got the cloud a lot of it will then a break. we will have sunny spells developing. they will be slower to clear in lincolnshire and the rain in the north—west could turn more patchy in nature. temperature—wise we are looking at a range from about 16 in the north to about 26 as we push that bit further south. through the evening, of course, the world cup is on. if you are watching it on your tv, the weather in moscow you will be experiencing is dry. there will be some afternoon showers but for the england players we are looking at temperatures about 20 celsius. 7pm ourtime, 9pm temperatures about 20 celsius. 7pm our time, 9pm bedtime, temperatures about 20 celsius. 7pm ourtime, 9pm bedtime, and dry for the rest of the evening as well. if

you're watching it at home and sitting outside, a lot of dry weather around. the fear bit of early evening sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, and that holds true into the overnight period as well. showers into the north and west as we go through the night, lows roughly ten to 16 celsius. we start tomorrow with quite a bit of cloud around. through the day, like today, a lot of that cloud will then break. sunny spells will develop but we are more likely to see develop tomorrow through the afternoon, and some of those will drift a little bit further east. there isjust some of those will drift a little bit further east. there is just the risk of a shower at wimbledon, that is all. temperatures up on what we are looking at today. and then on friday, like thursday, we will see showers and like thursday it will not be much wind around. they will be slow—moving and heavy, potentially thundery. not all of us will catch one and once again the temperature will be that little bit higher, and the temperature will continue to rise as we head on into the weekend. and for all of us it

will rise, for all of us, more or less, it will be above average, but the highest temperatures will be in the highest temperatures will be in the south—east. the highest temperatures will be in the south-east. and we shall look forward to that. a public meeting was held last night in the wiltshire town of amesbury as worried residents sought reassurances over the latest novichok poisoning. a woman died and a man is seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent. the head of uk counter terrorism, assistant commissioner neil basu, was amongst those taking questions, as well as officials from the local authority. the leader of wiltshire council, baroness scott, joins us from our bristol studio. i wonder whether you can give us a sense of whether i wonder whether you can give us a sense of whether people i wonder whether you can give us a sense of whether people were reassured? yes, people were reassured. there was calm around the meeting. people were pleased that

people had come both from london, the met police and public health england. they were answering their questions very honestly, and answering questions with answers but when they couldn't they were telling them exactly why. there were a lot of questions on novichok, on the container, on the cordons around areas and when they would be taken away, and so they got all of their questions answered when they possibly could. people were very calm, very patient, and very supportive of what is happening. reassurance is really good at this time, but it remains the case that the police don't have answers to some of these issues, because they remain outstanding. the vessel, for example, in which novichok was contained, is still out there somewhere. that is the working assumption, and that must be a concern for people. it was a concern, but public health england we re very concern, but public health england were very clear, especially when

children are starting to go on the school holidays, that the message is absolutely clear. if you didn't drop that item, then don't pick it up. that is the message that is going out to all the schools in the area, all the young people in the area, all the young people in the area, all the young people in the area, all the parents in the area. if you did not drop that thing, don't pick it up. and that, we felt, from public health england's perspective, if people carried that out, they we re if people carried that out, they were safe. is it your sense that people... i mean, given what has happened in salisbury, as well, that people are trying to get on with life as normal. there is no other option, really, is that? know, and the people of wiltshire and south wiltshire are very resilient people. this second attack has obviously tested that resilience, but there was a great resilient in the meeting last night, and people went away and they didn't seem to be scared. i mean, they were concerned, and they wa nt a nswers, mean, they were concerned, and they want answers, but they realised

those answers would come when the professionals had done theirjob. thank you very much for your time this morning. let's ta ke let's take you back in history now. since that now—immortal piece of commentary, "they think it's all over, it is now", the life of an england football fan has been a pretty tortuous one. the 52 years of hurt have followed a familiar pattern — low expectations, hope, growing confidence, and then the inevitable disappointment, only to do it all again at the next tournament. could this time be different? brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is at our semi—final preview party outside our studios. we will not do that any more, by the way. that was then and now it is different. you know that on the sofa iam the different. you know that on the sofa i am the optimist and you are not, but things have turned around. could the hope actually bring more than just expectation? across england, prayers are being

sent up. i believe in god, and i believe england can win. yes! high—5, reverend bob. believe england can win. yes! high-5, reverend bob. may god make everything easy for england and make them when. and make the whole community come together, and that. two faiths, one belief, and it is a belief which is growing. matt. yes. do you believe? i believe we are going to win 3—0. do you believe? i believe we are going to win 3-0. :, do you believe? yes, we are going to win 2—0 at least. how old were you in 1966? i wasn't born in 1966. 0k, success is written in the history books. and since then there have been so many

upsets. so many tears. england are going to the world cup! but you know what they say about history. what has made the difference this time, david? what has made the difference? i think it is the team spirit and the fact they have to prove themselves. none of them come with big reputations like the messis and ronaldos. we send our best wishes for victory for the england team today. expectations couldn't be higher. really excited, yes. worryingly excited. you know when you have brought out a wind machine you have brought out a wind machine you really have hit peak excitement. but let's be fair. not everyone is in on this moment. not allowed to watch coronation street. i know, disaster! what is your name? marion.

welsh? of course. who are you supporting, marion? viva le france. get out of here! it's coming home, it's coming home... but this could be the start of a day for dreaming big. who knows, it mightjust happen. we don't know. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. 30,000 football fans are expected to watch england's world cup semi—final in hyde park this evening, after a ballot was held for tickets to the event. a big screen will show the match against croatia, as gareth southgate's side hope to qualify for their first world cup final since 1966. the lightning seeds will perform the anthem three lions ahead of kick—off at 7:00pm.

people living in riverside apartments in south—east london who feared they would have to pay to remove grenfell—style cladding have been told their insurance company will now foot the bill. it is thought the cost of recladding the new capital quay development in greenwich could be between £25—40 million. in a landmark decision the national house building council, which provides warranties for the flats, has agreed to pay. londoners are preparing for president trump's visit to the uk later this week, both those in favour of the visit and those planning to protest against it. mr trump will meet theresa may at her country residence, chequers, and the queen at windsor castle, before heading to scotland. he will use the us ambassador‘s residence in regent's park as his base. i want this to be a good reception. he is singling out people on

twitter, you know, he is mocking disabled people at public rallies. i really don't think that he deserves much more respect from us than making a giant baby balloon. the us ambassador has confirmed that donald trump knows about the balloon. we don't know for sure if he has seen pictures, but he knows it exists. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tube this morning, but there will be no service on the piccadilly line from around 10:00pm this evening until 9:00am on saturday morning, due to strike action. 0nto the roads — the north circular is closed northbound from the brent cross flyover to golders green road, because of emergency water works. traffic on the a13 is slow westbound from dagenham into barking. and on the m25, there are clockwise delays from the clacket lane services towards j6 at godstone, following a breakdown. let's have a check on the weather now, with lucy martin. hello, good morning. gradually brightening up as we move through the day today, with increasing amounts of sunshine. temperatures yesterday got into the low 20s. today we're expecting temperatures in the mid—20s, the last of the slightly less hot

weather before it heats up again as we move into the weekend. so plenty of cloud around to begin with today, that cloud tending to roll back. so increasing amounts of sunshine developing. staying dry, with temperatures at a maximum of 25 degrees celsius and a north—easterly breeze. if you are planning on watching the match outside this evening, it looks like there will be plenty of sunshine, temperatures in the low 20s. this is what the conditions look like for the players in moscow — variable amounts of cloud, and for kick—off, temperatures around degrees 20 celsius. through this evening and overnight, then, some clear spells. we'll see a bit more in the way of clouds starting to feed in from the east as we move into the early hours. temperatures overnight falling to a minimum of around 12—15 degrees celsius. i'll leave you with the outlook. increasing chances of summer showers thursday and friday. they will be fairly hit—and—miss, though, with temperatures creeping up into the upper 20s by the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: the biggest game in a generation. england prepare to take on croatia in the world cup semi final tonight. its calming home, it's coming. football's coming home... —— it's coming home. excitement is building more than 30 million fans are expected to tune in to watch the match. and if england win they'll play france in the final we will tell you what to expect from croatia at our world cup hub this morning. and if england win they'll play france in the final after they beat belgium in the other semi. after 18 days trapped underground, health officials say the thai schoolboys and their coach who have been rescued are in good health and show no signs of stress. a record fine for facebook over misuse of personal data. whether it's driving to work or it's coming home, the cost of the commute is being pushed up after record rises in fuel prices.

good morning from the roof of the broadcast centre in wimbledon, where it's rather cloudy this morning but it's rather cloudy this morning but it should stay dry. for many of us, it's going to be cloudy with sunny spells but rain in the west. i'll have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday the 11th july. our top story: england will attempt to reach the world cup final tonight, for the first time since 1966. they'll face croatia, cheered on by thousands of fans in moscow and millions more back home. 0ur sports correspondent, richard conway, reports. england savoured victory in moscow last week, now they're back in town and determined to stick around for sunday's final. # love's got the world in motion...# it's 28 years since new 0rder‘s world cup anthem, world in motion. back in 1990, croatia didn't even exist as a country and it's an entire generation since gazza's tears,

lineker‘s worry and england's defeat to west germany. it's even longer since england got their hands on the prize. it's 52 years since england last won the world cup, it's still gleaming, as are this current team's hopes. gareth southgate wants his players to make their own history, and is aware of the boost his team is providing back home. 0ur country's been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity, and i think sport has the power to do that, and football in particular has the power to do that. so for us, we can feel the energy and we can feel the support from home, and that's a very special feeling, it's a privilege for us. england's players are noticeably relaxed in this tournament, a far cry from the tension and cliques of past squads. from paddling with unicorns to harry maguire's tweets, they've shown a willingness to engage on social media, helping break down barriers that built up over the years with the public.

croatia, meanwhile, appear to be all business. a battle—hardened squad are determined they will be the ones to progress. the trophy may have changed, the ambition remains the same, and england sense a chance to bring it home once more. richard conway, bbc news, moscow. we canjoin sarah rainsford in red square in moscow. sarah, there's around 10,000 england fans in russia today getting ready for the game. what's the atmosphere like there this morning? looking quiet behind you but lots more england fans are arriving by the hour in moscow? that's right, there haven't been that many england fans here for the tournament but since the win against sweden wibble have been making a mad —— to get here for the semi—final for this moment of football history —— mad rush. lots of people coming who hadn't been planning it. i'm joined by three england fans on the cobblestones of red square, they all

have different stories, lots of people paying crazy money for the game. tom, you were watching sweden at home and you decided to come?” was that a wedding and halfway through the ceremony... they were showing the game? people we re they were showing the game? people were watching it between your legs, like you did at school, and everyone was getting rowdy. at half—time i managed to sneak away as they threw the confetti and booked a ticket. martin, you were meant to be back at work yesterday? supposed to be, yes, but i sent a polite text to my boss saying it's a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity and i would only regret it if! opportunity and i would only regret it if i didn't come. i have to stay for the semis and if we get to the final, have to stay for that. you could have lost yourjob but is it worth it? absolutely. let's not talk about that, though. you have a forgiving fiance? yes, she said i

should stay, thank you, emily. she transferred me the money for the ticket. there's a reason i'm marrying her. i'm a very lucky man. people paying crazy money, but it's all part of the buildup, people desperate to be here. these men have a bit ofa desperate to be here. these men have a bit of a song about a very special england player that they have decided they are going to share with us. harry, harry kane! harry, harry kane! i get it, i get it! nice of them to do their little number there. even i can remember those words. we will focus a bit on the football today. we'll join dan in moscow a little later, he'll be speaking to former england captain alan shearer. alan shearer has been singing during the competition as well, hasn't he? yes, most people are singing. he will give us some serious punditry about how it's going to be going

tonight. we are celebrating what will be a great event today. don't forget there's full coverage of tonight's match on bbc 5live. kick off at 7pm. all 12 members of a boy's football team and their coach are in quarantine at a hospital after spending 18 days trapped in a cave in thailand. the group are under observation at chiang rai hospital where doctors say they are doing well. meanwhile, rescue workers who led the efforts were given a hero's welcome as they returned from their seemingly impossible mission. cheering and applause thank you! so well deserved.

joining us now from the hospital is our correspondent sophie long. it was an extraordinary monumental rescue effort. how are the young boys doing now? this is the football team everyone is talking about here, the wild boars, all 12 have been reunited with their coach on the eighth floor in the building behind me and we had an update this morning, they all seem an update this morning, they all seem to be doing very well given the ordeal they have just been through. we were told the final four and their coach, who arrived last night, had very low temperatures but that's normalising and one has signs of slight lung inflammation. in terms of the other two groups, the four that arrived on sunday and on monday, they are doing well. they have all lost weight, on average two kilos, but they aren't showing any signs of emerging infections at the moment. they are still in quarantine. we are told later today hopefully the first eight to arrive will be able to see their parents

and be in the same room as them, but the parents will have to wear protective clothing and have to keep two metres away. one father said all he wants to do is hug his son, he would be able to do that today. the boys will be staying in hospital for some seven days. a bit of bad news in that respect, you will remember fifa offered them tickets to the world cup final in moscow if they we re world cup final in moscow if they were well enough. when we asked doctors about that, they chuckled and they thought the boys would be watching the world cup final on television. sophie long, thank you very much. theresa may is expected to announce that the uk will be almost doubling the number of british troops currently stationed in afghanistan, at today's nato summit in brussels. it follows controversial comments from president trump, claiming the us spends more than any other nato ally on defence. 0ur reporter gavin lee is in brussels. gavin, what exactly has mr trump said? he's been setting the tone and

making clear that he's not happy because he doesn't believe the us is getting banned for its buck when it comes to nato, simple plain cash, as was set out in the wales summit a couple of years ago at nato where every country, the 29 countries of nato, would spend 2% of their gdp on defence. so faraccording nato, would spend 2% of their gdp on defence. so far according tojens stoltenberg, the head of nato, around eight countries are meeting that this year out of the 29th. while it doesn't matter for the smaller countries, estonia, 2% of their gdp on defence goes to about 1.5 hours of american annual defence spending. 0ne german diplomat said the americans seem to have a special place in hell for them right now because they're not meeting the 2%. you mentioned theresa may, she's coming here probably escaping the issues back home for a short while saying the afghanistan pledge will mean another 440 troops. but i'm me,

a brand—new hq for brussels, £1 billion, it's called the interlocking finger, the shape of the building, whatever is on the agenda, whatever will dominate, is what mr trump does behind me and whether he repeats what he did last year, publicly berating the other leaders for not spending enough money. the head of uk counter—terrorism policing has told a public meeting in wiltshire that it's implausible that the two novichok poisonings in the county are not linked. doctors say there's been a small but significant improvement in the condition of 45—year—old charlie rowley, who's regained consciousness, two days after the death of his partner, dawn sturgess. in march former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were attacked with the same nerve agent. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine for failing to safeguard people's information. the information commissioners office has spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in the eu referendum and other election campaigns. rory cellan—jones has more. the eu referendum campaign and both sides are using modern data

analytics methods to try to reach voters. but the information commissioner has now spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in this and other election campaigns. that enquiry got a new focus as the scandal broke over how the political consultancy cambridge analytica harvested the data of 87 million facebook users. the watchdog has been looking into more than 30 data collecting organisations in an investigation which is continuing. now it's revealing some of the action it's taking. it intends to impose a record fine of £500,000 on facebook for failing to safeguard people's information. a level political parties are being told their data protection practices must be audited. -11. and the canadian firm aggregateiq, which worked for vote leave, has been told to stop processing uk citizens' data. facebook, which now has a period

to argue against the fine, says it will respond soon to the information commissioner's report, but the data regulator now wants the government to bring in a code of practice for how personal data is used during election campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. prince harry and meghan have arrived in dublin for their first official overseas engagement as a married couple. during their two—day trip, the duke and duchess will visit the home of gaelic sports, croke park, as well as the city's famine memorial and the book of kells at trinity college. 12 boys and their football coach who spent 18 days trapped in a cave in thailand are recovering in hospital. while doctors say they are physically well, thoughts are turning to their mental wellbeing as they re—adjust to everyday life. it has been the most extraordinary few weeks. joining us now is sarita robinson, who's a specialist in survival psychology, and bill whitehouse

from the british cave rescue council who helped co—ordinate the rescue mission. he has been with us on breakfast over the last two weeks or so. good morning to you both. thanks for joining us. sarita, we know they're in hospital and being well cared for, what are the priority is given the terrifying ordeal they've been through prez yellow hopefully they'll have the opportunity to be looked after physically ——? . and looked after physically ——? .and in looked after physically ——? . and in terms of mental health. we need to normalise their experience and give them space or the natural zillions to kick in. it will be really important we settle them back infor really important we settle them back in for school and make sure there with family and friends as soon as medically possible to talk about their experience with their peers —— space for the natural experience to kick in.

psychologists should do a period of watchful waiting. basicallyjust checking on them, checking with their parents that their not having too many nightmares, flashbacks, negative mood swings —— then not having too many. hopefully passion their not having too many. in a month or six weeks we will see that taper away and resolve itself naturally. if not, i couple of points down the line, psychologists may be involved in offering interventions such an extraordinary sequence of events they have been involved in, the ordeal they have been through, andi the ordeal they have been through, and i guess there are not many things which have parallels with it. the one which springs to mind, of course, is what happened in chile to the miners there. and this time has gone by a lot of them have talked about long—term problems. is their use in this case, the fact they are younger, going to have a bearing on

their ability to recover? yes, i think they have youth on their side. for these young people, they have a team, they have been in this close net social network with other children who they know very well already —— close—knit. with the chilean miners, it was not necessarily the same, it was work collea g u es necessarily the same, it was work colleagues they didn't get on with so colleagues they didn't get on with so well, perhaps, and because these young people have that team cohesion and hopefully the coach has offered leadership and motivation, i think they are really important factors which will help them really adjust much better than the chilean miners. and there is a whole other team involved, an enormous amount of rescue workers involved in this, not least, of course, the british divers who have done a sterling job. how are they doing, and what are their plans? i don't know the detail at the moment at the last message we got last night, after a string of m essa g es got last night, after a string of messages coming through about the actual rescue, the last message from

them sending stuff back was about trying to round everyone up so they could go to the bar. i think that is a well—deserved drink. could go to the bar. i think that is a well-deserved drink. and i think thatis a well-deserved drink. and i think that is a good starting point under those circumstances, coping with the stress and everything they have been under. and bill, now that we know this has a happy ending, they are safe, and we know sadly one diver who was one of the rescuers lost his life, ina who was one of the rescuers lost his life, in a way we are free to say there was a point in time when a lot of people have a lot of expertise and saving this was effectively too much to ask, that we would be able to bring these boys and that teacher out alive —— saying. to bring these boys and that teacher out alive -- saying. there were so many questions. first off, would they be found, and if they were found, would they be a live? and then they were found alive, and you think great, and the moment after you think now what? they are still there, and that it is going through there, and that it is going through the processes. how can they be got out? the diving option was always the most dangerous one. the most

difficult one to put together. so building up to that, and the tension, really, as all the other m essa g es tension, really, as all the other messages faded out and the weather was closing in, they had to go four it -- was closing in, they had to go four it —— methods faded out. so they did, and you think, we got one out, two out, and when the first one came out, we thought, brilliant, that proves the process. and then it carried on, and every day was fingers crossed. any one of the dives could have gone wrong. absolutely, an extraordinary thing they have done. thank you very much. carol is at wimbledon for us this morning. good morning. a little breezy. i am looking at the flowers in front of you. that is absolutely right on both counts. good morning. beautiful flowers at wimbledon. still looking good despite the hot weather we have seen good despite the hot weather we have seen of late. behind me you can see

court number one. we were on the roof of court number one earlier on. it is men's quarterfinal day to day, and on court number one we are looking at roger federer first on. we can also see the outside courts here. once again, the covers coming quite nicely. they do it so quickly and efficiently, but these covers actually do weigh a ton and it takes eight groundstaff to put them off, and they do it in under 60 seconds, which is pretty fast. you will have noticed a lot of cloud at wimbledon. it will be a cloudy day for most of the uk today, initially at least, in the uk today, initially at least, in the forecast for wimbledon is a dry one. this cloud should send an break as we go through the day with sunny spells developing, rather like it did yesterday. gentle breezes and highs of 24 celsius. so quite co mforta ble. highs of 24 celsius. so quite comfortable. for most of the uk, again temperatures up a notch or so was similar to what we had yesterday. a cloudy start sunny spells will develop. there is rain

in the forecast today. some of us have seen quite a bit of it across parts of the highlands through the course of the night. at 9am we will have rain across western parts of scotland, the east of northern ireland through antrim and down, and cloudy for both scotland and northern ireland. in the east of scotla nd northern ireland. in the east of scotland you could well see some brighter breaks developing. for northern england, quite a bit of cloud around, and that cloud extends down eastern coastal counties. some of it has got quite far inland. for example it is across east anglia, getting into was the east midlands and the south—east coast. then a brighter sliver from north—east england heading through the rest of the midlands, east wales, dorset, hampshire and south—west england and west wales, where we are back into the cloud. through the day a lot of that cloud will then an break in sunny will develop. at the same time the rain we have in western scotland and northern ireland will turn more patchy nature temperatures today ranging from about 16 in the north to highs of about 26 as we come further south in any sunshine.

pollen levels today are low or moderate, because we are coming to the end of the grass pollen season. for the world cup, the forecast in moscow tonight is going to be dry. there will be some afternoon showers but they should fade by the time the match kicks off, and into the evening it should also remain dry. if you are watching the match at home, it should be dry for us as well. we are looking at early morning sunshine, variable amounts of cloud and that continues as we head on through the course of the night. showers in the north and west and temperatures falling to between ten and 16 celsius. tomorrow we start off on a cloudy note. like today, the cloud will tend to thin and break. sunny spells will develop but through the day you will notice more showers in the west. there is not much wind around tomorrow, so those showers will be slow—moving and asa those showers will be slow—moving and as a result will be happy if you catch one, and there is the risk of the odd rumble of thunder. also the

risk of a shower at wimbledon tomorrow, but that is all. by friday the showers will be more prolific. with not much wind to move them along they will be heavy and thundery and the higher risk of catching a shower at wimbledon. in between them, and as mentioned we will not all see them, some dry and bright weather with some sunny spells as well. we're looking at highs of 27 or 28, and as we head on through the weekend, temperatures will continue to rise. via sunday many of us will have temperatures above average for this stage in july, with the highest temperatures in the south—east at 29 or 30. july, with the highest temperatures in the south-east at 29 or 30. thank you so much. we will leave you with the breeze, and see you in half an hour. we have just the breeze, and see you in half an hour. we havejust been discussing... we are talking about gareth southgate, and we were just saying... he used to be best known as the player that missed a penalty at euro ‘96, but now england manager gareth southgate has become the man who could be about to reverse 52 years of hurt. you can change what people think

about what your legacy is. in a minute we will be speaking to his close friend and former teammate geoff thomas. good morning to you, lovely to see you. you are optimistic, i know. very. but first, let's take a look at the england manager's world cup journey so far. gareth southgate! i can't speak highly enough of the whole squad, and the whole group of staff. # it's coming home. it is so united, and their level of work has been great. southgate was made captain nepalis aged just 23, and the way he impressed team—mates then is revealing. # talk about football coming home. it would be cruelto remember his england playing career bya

remember his england playing career by a missed penalty. but there it is. his football coming home? by a missed penalty. but there it is. his football coming home7m might be. their commitment to each other, you don't get through with just 11 players. # it's coming home, it's coming home. former england player geoff thomas is a former team—mate and still a good friend of gareth southgate, and joins us now. do you get emotional watching that? you are very optimistic, aren't you? i think you are very optimistic, aren't you? ithinka you are very optimistic, aren't you? i think a lot of people were nervous against sweden, but i thought the way they went out, and they cruised it, really, and i expect something similar tonight. they are so relaxed and the players have been allowed to express how good they are. one of the things which happens during the world cup campaign, especially when england do so well, at the moment, his people that don't normally watch football gravitate towards it. we

have invested in gareth southgate. you know he really well, going way back. give us a quick pep talk around what he is like. back. give us a quick pep talk around what he is likelj back. give us a quick pep talk around what he is like. i have known him since the age of 16, i was six yea rs him since the age of 16, i was six years playing with him and from the age of 16 he was like a sponge. he listened to the older professionals and took everything in. took the best bits and forgot the bad debts, and he has not changed. he isjust a really nice guy. he is really serious when it is time to be serious when it is time to be serious but there is always a smile not too far away. and it does seem that he has brought them together in a way that other managers have not been able to do. i think this is where he has been very clever, especially with the media. as soon as they qualified he took the pressure off them. he invited the media for this big day at st george is and allowed them to meet the players and really get to know them. and that has never really happened before. as soon as you qualify you are put in a bubble. and you get the sense that the press are really engaging with the players in a different way, and that allows the

public to them get to know the players. and with social media, you can actually see they are enjoying it every single day. and when you see your pictures of your friend, the england manager, and you think of the journey he has been on, the england manager, and you think of thejourney he has been on, in his career, but that is one of those things that it is really emotional, isn't it? what he is going through out there, in front of all of us, along with the england players.|j out there, in front of all of us, along with the england players. i am so along with the england players. i am so proud of him. he has become a fashion icon, doing that dance with the waistcoat. i remember when he was properly about 18 breaking into crystal palace, and his mum and dad, lovely, lovely people, were so proud of him. they must be bursting with pride. i know that you are in contact with him, so today, for example, you will send him a message, will you? i have been sending him a message before every game. last time was with all the

family. my goals, i have two daughters, 22 and 25, they are not really interested. they are just waiting for love island to come on. we have sent him a picture, we are expecting... and he is delivering. 0ne senses that the emotions are pretty close to the surface, even as you talk about it now. they are. i know him personally, and he has helped me out. i have been raising money for a charity, curing leukaemia, and every time i asked him to help out he has been there. thank you. you can listen to full coverage of the match on bbc radio 5 live. all the build—up from 3:00pm, and kick off at 7:00pm.

i don't think you will have to fight for the remote control because another programme may have got moved last time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. 30,000 football fans are expected to watch england's world cup semi—final in hyde park this evening, after a ballot was held for tickets to the event. a big screen will show the match against croatia, as gareth southgate's side hope to qualify for their first world cup final since 1966. the lightning seeds will perform the anthem three lions ahead of kick—off at 7:00pm. people living in riverside apartments in south—east london who feared they would have to pay to remove grenfell—style cladding have been told their insurance company will now foot the bill. it is thought the cost of recladding the new capital quay development in greenwich could be between £25—40 million. in a landmark decision the national house building council, which provides warranties for the flats, has agreed to pay. londoners are preparing

for president trump's visit to the uk later this week, both those in favour of the visit and those planning to protest against it. mr trump will meet theresa may at her country residence, chequers, and the queen at windsor castle, before heading to scotland. he will use the us ambassador‘s residence in regent's park as his base. i want this to be a good reception. i want them to have a great working visit. i want them to think globally and openly about the future of great britain. this is a wonderful opportunity for the uk, as their relationship with the world is changing, to come up with something new and innovative. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there are severe delays on tfl rail this morning, but a good service on al other lines. there will be no service on the piccadilly line from around 10:00pm this evening until 9:00am on saturday morning, due to strike action. and in the city, there are eastbound

closures on ludgate hill and st paul's churchyard for emergency gas works. and on the m25, there are clockwise delays from the clacket lane services towards j6 at godstone, following a breakdown. let's have a check on the weather now, with lucy martin. hello, good morning. gradually brightening up as we move through the day today, with increasing amounts of sunshine. temperatures yesterday got in the low 20s. today we're expecting temperatures in the mid—20s, the last of the slightly less hot weather before it heats up again as we move into the weekend. so plenty of cloud around to begin with today, that cloud tending to roll back towards the east, so increasing amounts of sunshine developing. staying dry, with temperatures at a maximum of 25 degrees celsius and a north—easterly breeze. if you are planning on watching the match outside this evening, it looks like there will be plenty of sunshine, temperatures in the low 20s. this is what the conditions look like for the players in moscow — variable amounts of cloud, and for kick—off, temperatures around degrees 20 celsius. through this evening and overnight,

then, some clear spells. we'll see a bit more in the way of clouds starting to feed in from the east as we move into the early hours. temperatures overnight falling to a minimum of around 12—15 degrees celsius. i'll leave you with the outlook. an increasing chance of summer showers thursday and friday. they will be fairly hit—and—miss, though, with temperatures creeping up into the upper 20s by the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. england will attempt to reach the world cup final tonight for the first time since 1966. atv a tv audience of 30 million is expected to tune in. they'll face croatia, cheered on by thousands of fans in the stadium and millions more back home. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been spending time with supporters ahead of the game. the flags are out, the fear

of russia has clearly faded. england fans are now pouring into moscow to see their first world cup semi—final in almost three decades. it's gonna be a party of a lifetime. are they going to win? course we are. actually to get to the match with croatia, though, could be costly. two tickets for each one is $1,300. $1,300? why are they so expensive? this is cheap! but these fans never dreamt england would get this far. now there are very few official ones to go around. fingers crossed we'll get to see it. then my brothers will be really jealous. some have made epicjourneys. 19 hours yesterday, flew into five different airports, but i'm finally here, and can't wait. the kremlin argues all these football fans are now seeing the real russia. it's true all these visitors are now seeing russian people at their warmest and their most welcoming, and yet the politics here haven't changed.

just this week, two human rights activists were detained metres from the world cup party street. russia's relations with the uk are dire too, but that doesn't stop its football fans backing england. # it's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home!# god save the queen. mornington island! —— come on england! some of the 12 boys from thailand have been been able to see their pa rents. donald trump has touched down in brussels ahead of the nato summit later today. but before discussions have even begun, he has already caused controversy, claiming the uk is in turmoil,

criticising nato allies for not spending enough on defence. after the summit he's due to visit the uk and meet russian president vladimir putin in finland. the mother of a six—year—old boy with epilepsy has legally brought medicinal cannabis oil into the uk for the first time. hannah deacon was allowed to pass through london city airport with a five—month supply from amsterdam. she was granted a license last month after the home secretary sajid javid intervened in her son's case. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine from the uk's data protection watchdog over the cambridge analytica scandal. the information commissioner's office said the social media giant had failed to safeguard people's information and had also not been transparent about how people's data was harvested by others. facebook says it will respond soon to the report. prince harry and meghan have arrived in dublin for their first official overseas engagement as a married couple. during their two day trip, the duke and duchess will visit the home of gaelic sports, croke park, as well as the city's

famine memorial and the book of kells at trinity college. carol will have the weather from wimbledon in a few minutes. we have sent sally to our world cup hope to bring us the latest ahead of this important game. good morning, are you doing your world cup breathing? —— world cup hub. i've been doing it for the last five minutes standing here because the nerves are mounting. i don't know how i feel tonight, felt confident on the weekend against sweden, tonight different. gareth southgate's i'd played croatia for a place in the world cup final. ward eight tournament it's been already —— gareth southgate's i'd -- been already —— gareth southgate's i'd —— what a tournament —— gareth southgate's side. he conducted

supporters in song. how many england bosses can say they've done that? he's got england fans believing football is coming home. that chant emerged at euro ‘96, a tournament that holds different memories for one mr southgate. football's coming home was a song i couldn't even listen to for 20 years frankly. so, for me, has a slightly different feel. but football is a low—scoring game with random events that can happen and you're never quite sure what's going to happen on the night. but i'm certain our team will play well because they're transferring what they do on the training pitch into the game, and i have complete trust they'll go and play in the way we have throughout this tournament. he is so calm, isn't he? remember 28 yea rs he is so calm, isn't he? remember 28 years ago when england last played ina years ago when england last played in a world cup final? gascoigne's tea rs in a world cup final? gascoigne's tears and chris waddle's missed penalty that handed germany a place

in the final at italia 90. 24 years earlier england won the semi—final and they won the whole thing. that ghost has hung over england ever since. 0ne thing. that ghost has hung over england ever since. one member of the 1966 squad says he has a good feeling about today's side. we had world—class players in that team, but we also had a wonderful manager. no danger about that. and it's a very similar situation today, where the players... he made it fun. there was always a laugh on your face and gradually results started to go our way, and then we start of started to believe. i think it's a similar situation to the world cup at the moment. well, england have already covered an awful lot of ground in russia over the course of their world cup journey. the group stage took them from volgograd in the south to the russian enclave

of kaliningrad, of course, remember thatjourney? then in the knockouts they beat colombia at the spartak stadium in moscow before saturday's triumph over sweden in samara. now the focus is all on this tournament's biggest stadium, the luzhniki in moscow stages the semi—final tonight then the final on sunday. yesterday southgate and jordan henderson got their very first look inside. so, what of england's opponents tonight? here they are, croatia. well, let's have a look at them. they are very experienced, their players have nine champions league titles between them, four belong to luka modric. he plays alongside another superstar in rakitic in midfield, they play for spain's two leading sides, barcelona and real madrid. rakitic, modric and striker mario mandzukic all made their national debuts more than a decade ago. they've spent a lot of time playing together, unlike the english team. but if england are looking for positive signs, look at these pictures closely. you only need to look at croatia at the final whistle against russia

in their quarter—final, they looked exhausted. both of their knockout games have both gone to penalty shootouts. the matches live on 5live tonight. highlights on bbc one at 10:45pm tonight. now, croatia and england know a win tonight would set up a world cup final meeting with france. did you watch that last night? that's after they beat belgium 1—0 in the first of the semifinals last night. defender samuel umtiti got the only goal in st petersburg. that sparked huge celebrations in paris. look at this! great scenes on the champs—elysee as france secured a place in the final for the third time. they were winners in 1998 but lost to italy in 2006. let's round up some of the other day's sports stories and a huge football transfer involving cristiano ronaldo. the winner of last year's ballon

d'0r is moving from real madrid to italian champions juventus d'0r is moving from real madrid to italian championsjuventus £499 million. he is 33 now. —— for £99 million. the fee is more than what madrid paid to sign him from macro a man i ,of , of calf you serena williams is still favourite at wimbledon after coming from a set down in the quarter—finals. the men's semis are today. the england have won their 0d! series with new zealand after a dominant win. thousands will watch the match tonight on giant screens across the country. 0ne pop star has made sure his gig tonight doesn't mean anyone misses the football. justin timberlake is due to play the o2 arena in london but he's found a way around it all. i spoke to the 02, and for the first

time ever, doors will open at 6:30pm, and we're going to play this england—croatia match up on my big screens. so come here and we'll watch it together. i mean, i want to see it, you want to see it, we all want to see it. we're going to watch this together. and, you know what? it's coming home! do you know what, ifjustin says it's coming home i believe him, i think it must be true. we will see, sally, thank you very much. see you ina bit. the #metoo movement has placed sexual harrassment firmly in the limelight over the past year. but for two years now, police in nottinghamshire have treated the public harassment of women as a gender hate crime. today police chiefs across the uk are talking about whether to roll this policy out nationwide. we are joined now by superintendent ted antill from nottinghamshire police,

and sylvie pope, who has experienced sexual harassment since the age of 14. good morning to you both. thanks for joining us. superintendent, firstly, we've got some figures out today about these crimes. how important is it that it is now a hate crime and what difference is it making?” think it's really important. the message it sent to women locally has been extremely powerful and this has been extremely powerful and this has been a lot of the feedback we've had, women feel empowered, they feel more confident to go about their daily business in nottingham and around the county of nottinghamshire because we've taken this stance and said this behaviour is an acceptable. that's going on in nottinghamshire at the moment. silvio, you would like this extended rosie white? -- sylvia -- extended? why? it's 100

it's100 years since the suffragettes in manchester. there's lots of momentum behind this campaign and we think in greater manchester it's really important to get misogyny recognised as a hate crime. we have the second largest police force in the uk and obviously as we've got other locations who are also campaigning, london, tyne & wear, it's basically a big national campaign we want to get on board with. you've been the victim of harassment and have had problems over the years, do you think that in your head, in your own experience, possibly those you talk to, there's still a reluctance to go to the police for fear that it would be taken seriously even now? yes. for example, one woman i spoke to, this was quite heartbreaking to hear, she had an experience where she was the victim of carjacking. she had the police come round and she is a muslim woman, and the police... obviously not taking away from all the wonderful work the police do but

this particular young man was making jokes with her husband that she should whip off her hijab and attack him with it like a ninja. so obviously it's really islamophobic and really sexist. that's the kind of example where an issue has been trivialised and so she probably wouldn't feel comfortable going to the police again. i know for other young women like myself, speaking out about everyday misogyny is such a huge issue and so many women experience it but there's a stigma still attached and that's part of why we're doing what we're doing, we wa nt why we're doing what we're doing, we want to start a cultural conversation. let's talk to you if we can, superintendent, as well. she talks a little bit there about attitudes, do you think attitudes are changing and is this what will help in your view attitudes to change so it becomes a hate crime? i think that is really where we are coming from, to try and get people to talk about this, addressed the attitudes that lead to this kind of

behaviour, and challenge them. our experienced in the findings of the evaluation which have been done are that both men and women find this behaviour completely appalling. 0verwhelmingly there is great support for what we have done in nottinghamshire, and for that policy to be rolled out nationally and maintained. so it is about changing attitudes. it is not something the police will tackle in isolation. there is a lot of education to be done. but we have made a great start here, and! done. but we have made a great start here, and i think we are challenging this behaviour locally extremely effectively. can i ask you about the figures? the total number of perpetrators who have been convicted remains at one. that's right, and there are many reasons for that. in fa ct, there are many reasons for that. in fact, the majority of incidents that are reported to us are actually not criminal, that behaviour which has been reported, and often there is insufficient evidence and sometimes the people reporting it to us don't wa nt to the people reporting it to us don't want to pursue a conviction. as i say, the success is really about

getting people to talk about this, challenging the behaviour in the attitudes that lead to this kind of crime and behaviour taking place.“ i could, superintendent, i will pick that thought up. there is a grey area. you have heard the superintendent saying that just area. you have heard the superintendent saying thatjust one successful conviction, this grey area between unacceptable behaviour and something that crosses the line into being a crime. yes, so this is something that is really important to clarify. i think there has been a hysteria that this is a wolf whistling kind of attack on men who wolf whistling in the street. wolf whistling is not a crime. we are not looking for loads and loads of prosecutions, we are not looking to get people arrested for wolf whistling on the streets. this campaign is to make misogyny a hate crime, and why it is so important is that it crime, and why it is so important is thatitis crime, and why it is so important is that it is recognising that crimes which already exist, which are against women because they are women, so against women because they are women, so when i was groped in the pub and! women, so when i was groped in the pub and i was 14 and this has happened all the way throughout my life, and to the many women who have

shared experiences with me, it is about recognising that these crimes are crimes against women because they are women, and so therefore the grey area is such that it might not be something such as wolf whistling, but hopefully if sexual assault, for example, is recognised as a hate crime, women will feel more comfortable to stand up when someone is wolf whistling, to say i find this disrespectful. and thank you very much for your time this morning. it is windy in wimbledon. carol has the details. good morning all. it certainly is, and it is chilly as well. it is men's final day, and on centre court, play starts at one. djokovic will be playing first, and then rafael nadal follows. djokovic will be playing first, and then rafael nadalfollows. 0n djokovic will be playing first, and then rafael nadal follows. on the other court, federer on first, and raonic follows after him. this year

there is potentially a clash between there is potentially a clash between the world cup and the wimbledon quarterfinals, and for a change, this year the rules have been slightly relaxed so if you want to watch the world cup on your tablet or your phone, for example, this evening, you can as long as it is not disruptive. so you can't have the sound up, you can't disrupt the players, obviously, so that is something new for this evening. the weather today will be fairly cloudy for many of us, to start with. if you are under the cloud first thing this morning, it is not as chilly as it is if you are under clear skies. at wimbledon it is cloudy, but the forecast for the day is a dry one and we will also see sunny spells developing with ties up to 24. if you are in the breeze, that is coming from the north—east and it is a chilly one. so fresh conditions than in recent days. for all of us it will be a fairly cloudy start. sunny spells will develop and we have some rain in the forecast. it has been raining quite heavily

overnight across parts of the highlands and as we zoom in to scotla nd highlands and as we zoom in to scotland and northern ireland at 9am this morning you can see where we do have the rain. across western scotland, antrim and down, some of thatis scotland, antrim and down, some of that is heavy and cloudy. brighter brea ks that is heavy and cloudy. brighter breaks in the east of scotland. for northern england, the north—west of england is a bit brighter, the north—east seeing a bit more cloud. it has come in from the north sea overnight, extending all the way down towards east anglia and kent and coming quite far inland. then we have a brighter sliver from north—east england, through most of the midlands, east wales, heading down through some of the home counties towards the south coast. parts of south—east england seeing some sunshine but here there is a bit more cloud and we could catch a shower this afternoon in devon and cornwall, possibly west wales. generally the trend today is, where we have the thicker cloud we will see sunny we have the thicker cloud we will see sunny spells develop although it will take its time to clear lincolnshire, and the rain in the west will also start to turn more showery. temperatures today ranging from 16 in the north to highs of 26

somewhere in the south, in the sunshine. of course, you can't help but no that the world cup is taking place tonight. the forecast in moscow is for a dry night, is showers in the afternoon but sunny spells before that and it should stay dry for the duration of the match as well. if you are at home, and you are watching it, perhaps in the garden, a lot of dry weather around this evening, variable amounts of cloud and some early evening sunshine. 0vernight we will see a few showers across the north and western overnight lows of roughly ten to 16. tomorrow we start off with a fair bit of around, but that the fin and break. sunny spells will develop, rather like today. we will develop, rather like today. we will see some showers, especially in the west, and with not much wind around they will be heavy and potentially thundery —— thin. that means there is just the risk of a shower at wimbledon tomorrow, and most temperatures up a notch or two on what we have today. on friday, still a fair bit of dry weather

around. against sunny spells developing but a greater risk of showers on friday. with not much wind it will be heavy and also thundery, there is the greater risk ofa thundery, there is the greater risk of a shower at wimbledon during the course of friday. 0nce of a shower at wimbledon during the course of friday. once again we are looking at those temperatures beginning to climb. they will continue to climb as ahead in all the way the sunday. thank you very much. back with later on. —— act with you later on. we have seen a record rise in petrol prices and talk of an increase in fuel duty in the last few weeks, so sean is looking at the cost of filling up your car this morning. when we talk about inflation and price rises, on the whole prices are not going up as high as they were. if you are filling up at the pumps it will feel like a lot more than that. so if a lot of your spending is to do with fuel spending you might feel it a bit. in may we saw record price rises at pumps, which we had not seen in the 20 years since we started recording. this is the latest average price

in pence per litre across the uk — 128p for petrol and 131p for diesel. there are places in more rural areas you can end up paying quite a bit more than that. the aa reckon it went up by more than 3p alone injune. so quite a bit. while we are reminiscing, when england were last in a world cup semi—final, july 1990, unleaded was 41p per litre, diesel was 38p per litre. back then you saw diesel being cheaper. more recently, in january, they were both around 120p a litre. clearly this will have a knock—on effect on a variety of people. we caught up with a few folk on a forecourt to see how it is affecting them. it costs quite a bit of money to fill this vehicle. that is three quarters of a tank, £86. everytime, the oil price is going up. so they put the petrol up. it isjust

rubbish. if i need put the petrol up. it isjust rubbish. ifi need £40 put the petrol up. it isjust rubbish. if i need £40 worth, £50 worth, i tend to go to the garages that are cheaper. because i only put about £30 in every month, it is not that important to me. ijust run around shopping, picking up, that sort of thing. it really depends on the middle east, they are the ones who control the fuel, they are the ones who control the price of oil per barrel, and whatever they decide is reflect that on the pumps. we often talk about that, just where the blame lies for how much fuel costs. just address what that gentleman said there. there right to make major things. one of those is oil producers around the world. so looking at the latest price of the barrel of oil, around $80 per barrel. there is lots of global debate, donald trump would like to see that lower because he wants cheaper petrol and diesel for his consumers in the us. he is saying to

saudi arabia, can you produce a bit more. saudi arabia would like to keep it higher, because they make a lot of money, but not too high, to encourage other producers to get involved in the game. the other side is tax. domestically, fuel duty makes upa is tax. domestically, fuel duty makes up a large chunk of the price ofa makes up a large chunk of the price of a litre of petrol, and there is talk now that fuel duty may not be frozen in the budget this year. that will be controversial, it has been frozen since 2010, but the money has to come from somewhere to pay for that nhs spending which has been promised. could it be on petrol and diesel? you are one of those little ometers, don't you? and you have said you are a very nervous england fan. ifi if i say england croatia, 7pm tonight... is it going up? is it literally going up when you think about it? it is now 78 beats per minute. it is more the stomach than the heart when you say that. it is

tonight! ijust the heart when you say that. it is tonight! i just can't the heart when you say that. it is tonight! ijust can't bear it, will be extra time penalties? you can see the tension. so lots of people will be concerned about it, some may be more optimistic than others, like charlie, for example. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is at our semi—final preview party outside our studios. good morning to you. what is that i hear? # fan fare. good morning to you. what is that i hear? # fanfare. thank you very much. we are excited, kids! yes! give me your best floss. quickly, let's bring in john. give me your best floss. quickly, let's bring injohn. the world record breaker for keedy —— keepy—uppies. how old were you in

1990? i was four years old. i can't remember much of it. he is rolling his eyes, but most of us are giddy. have a look at this. across england, prayers are being sent up. i believe in god, and i believe england can win. yes! high—five, reverend bob. may allah, may god make everything easy for england, and make them win, and make the whole community come together, and that. two faiths, one belief, and it is a belief which is growing. matt. yes. do you believe? i believe we are going to win 3—0. colin, do you believe? yes, we're going to win 2—0 at least. how old were you in 1966? i wasn't born in 1966.

iamso i am so sorry. 0k, success is written in the history books, and since then, there have been so many upsets, so many tears. 0yez, oyez! england are going to the world cup! but you know what they say about history. what has made the difference this time, david? what has made the difference? i think it's the team spirit, and the fact they have to prove themselves. none of them come with big reputations, like the messis and ronaldos. this is the chance, and they have taken it. we send our best wishes for victory for the england team today! expectations couldn't be higher. really excited, yes. worryingly excited. you know, when you've brought out a wind machine, you really have hit peak excitement. but let's be fair — not everyone is in on this moment. i'm not allowed to watch

coronation street. i know, disaster! what is your name? marion. welsh? of course. who are you supporting, marion? viva le france! get out of here! # it's coming home, it's coming home... but this could be the start of a day for dreaming big. who knows — it mightjust happen. kids, what is the message? it's coming home! fingers crossed. more from us later. first the news, travel and weather wherever you are. and the band. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks.

30,000 football fans are expected to watch england's world cup semi—final in hyde park this evening, after a ballot was held for tickets to the event. a big screen will show the match against croatia, as gareth southgate's side hope to qualify for their first world cup final since 1966. the lightning seeds will perform the anthem three lions ahead of kick—off at 7:00pm. people living in riverside apartments in south—east london who feared they would have to pay to remove grenfell—style cladding have been told their insurance company will now foot the bill. it is thought the cost of recladding the new capital quay development in greenwich could be between £25—40 million. in a landmark decision the national house building council, which provides warranties for the flats, has agreed to pay. londoners are preparing for president trump's visit to the uk later this week, both those in favour of the visit and those planning to protest against it.

mr trump will meet theresa may at her country residence, chequers, and the queen at windsor castle, before heading to scotland. he will use the us ambassador‘s residence in regent's park as his base. he's singling out people on twitter, you know, he's mocking disabled people at public rallies. i really don't think that he deserves much more respect from us than making a giant baby balloon. the us ambassador has confirmed that donald trump knows about the balloon. we don't know for sure if he's seen pictures, but he knows it exists. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there are severe delays on tfl rail this morning, but a good service on all other lines. there will be no service on the piccadilly line from around 10:00pm this evening until 9:00am on saturday morning due to strike action. 0nto the roads — the north circular is closed northbound from the brent cross flyover to colders green road, because of emergency water works. southbound traffic on the m1 is also affected, with delays heading

into the north circular at staples corner. let's have a check on the weather now, with lucy martin. hello, good morning. gradually brightening up as we move through the day today, with increasing amounts of sunshine. temperatures yesterday got in the low 20s. today we're expecting temperatures in the mid—20s, the last of the slightly less hot weather before it heats up again as we move into the weekend. so plenty of cloud around to begin with today, that cloud tending to roll back towards the east, so increasing amounts of sunshine developing. staying dry, with temperatures at a maximum of 25 degrees celsius and a north—easterly breeze. if you are planning on watching the match outside this evening, looks like there'll be plenty of sunshine, with temperatures in the low 20s. this is what the conditions look like for the players in moscow — variable amounts of cloud, and for kick—off, temperatures around degrees 20 celsius. through this evening and overnight, then, some clear spells. we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud starting to feed in from the east as we move into the early hours. temperatures overnight falling to a minimum of around 12—15 degrees celsius. i'll leave you with the outlook. an increasing chance of seeing a shower through

thursday and friday. they will be fairly hit—and—miss, though, with temperatures creeping up into the upper 20s by the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and louise. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today... the biggest game in a generation — england prepare to take on croatia in the world cup semifinal tonight. excitement is building — more than 30 million fans are expected to tune in to watch the match. we will tell you what to expect from

croatia here. things are bubbling up in moscow with england one game away from an appearance in the world cup final and we will be speaking to alan shearer live in a few minutes. after 18 days trapped underground, health officials say the thai schoolboys and their coach who have been rescued are in good health and show no signs of stress. president trump arrives in europe for a nato summit complaining about defence spending and trade with the eu. and at wimbledon it is fairly cloudy but it will brighten up later as it will across many parts of the uk with the rain in the west slowly easing. more details in 15 minutes. it's wednesday the 11th july. our top story is that huge football match happening later tonight. a tv audience of around 30 million is expected to tune in to see

if england can reach the world cup final for the first time since 1966. around 10,000 england fans are thought to have tickets for the game against croatia in moscow. 0ur sports correspondent, richard conway reports. england savoured victory in moscow last week, now they're back in town and determined to stick around for sunday's final. # love's got the world in motion #. it's 28 years since new order's world cup anthem, world in motion. back in 1990, croatia didn't even exist as a country and it's an entire generation since gazza's tears, lineker‘s worry and england's defeat to west germany. it's even longer, though, since england got their hands on the prize. it's 52 years since england last won the world cup, it's still gleaming, as are this current team's hopes. gareth southgate wants his players to make their own history, and is aware of the boost his team is providing back home.

0ur country's been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity, and i think sport has the power to do that, and football in particular has the power to do that. so for us, we can feel the energy and we can feel the support from home, and that's a very special feeling, it's a privilege for us. england's players are noticeably relaxed in this tournament, a far cry from the tension and cliques of past squads. from paddling with unicorns to harry maguire's tweets, they've shown a willingness to engage through social media, helping break down barriers that built up over the years with the public. croatia, meanwhile, appear to be all business. a battle—hardened squad are determined they will be the ones to progress. the trophy may have changed, the ambition remains the same, and england sense a chance to bring it home once more. richard conway, bbc news, moscow. we'lljoin dan in moscow

in just a few minutes, he'll be speaking to former england captain alan shearer. don't forget there's full coverage of tonight's match on bbc 5live. kick—off is at 7pm. the 12 members of a football team who were rescued from a cave in thailand are said to be in "good health" and are showing no signs of stress. they'd been trapped for more than a fortnight but after a dramatic rescue mission they remain in quarantine in chiang rai hospital. 0ur correspondent sophie long is there. it has been such an amazing, extraordinary rescue effort and we think they are doing all right? they seem think they are doing all right? they seem to be in remarkably good health given the ordeal they have been through. such wonderful uplifting scenes here last month, the roads we re scenes here last month, the roads were all closed off last night and when we saw the flashing lights of the final ambulances coming their was applause from the crowds and

cheering. all 12 had been reunited with their coach, they are being treated in the building behind me. as you can imagine, everybody is talking about this in thailand and the prime minister has been on television talking about it, saying that the lesson to be learned is one of safety and children must be aware of safety and children must be aware of the danger of going into caves. the chief of the thai may be seals played a crucial part of this operation and he felt very happy. he also said they did not think they could do it at one stage but they had to move forward because of the weather conditions. translation: it was a tiny bit of hope but we do is exceed, we had to hold onto that hope and in the end we found out that were all alive so i'm very happy -- that were all alive so i'm very happy —— we had to succeed. that were all alive so i'm very happy -- we had to succeed. very happy -- we had to succeed. very happy as you can imagine, as are people in thailand and around the

world who have been following the story. a bittersweet day for some because while everybody is happy that the boys were brought out alive and in good health, a sad day of course for the family of the navy seal who actually died in the operation and we have heard that a statue will be built in his honour. thank you. theresa may is expected to announce that the uk will be almost doubling the number of british troops currently stationed in afghanistan, at today's nato summit in brussels. it follows controversial comments from president trump, claiming the us spends more than any other nato ally on defence. 0ur reporter gavin lee is in brussels. i think you were expecting mr trump to arrive shortly? he is. the military band for nato are piping up and try to put a bright light on it. nice weather and the brand—new headquarters, £1 billion nato hq here in brussels. i think many

european leaders will remember the last time they met donald trump in brussels a year ago, and a public image was him berating the other leaders on a stage like naughty children saying you're not spending 296 children saying you're not spending 2% of gdp on defence as committed previously and he is still talking about it. he has treated saying there needs to be more commitment and america wants more bang for it buck —— niasse tweet. theresa may is saying britain is spending 2%, more troops going to afghanistan to train the afghan mission. a lot of it is about transporting the troops around but ultimately, the potentialfor sparks to fly and european leaders say this is a damage limitation exercise. thank you. the head of uk counterterrorism policing has told a public meeting in wiltshire that it's implausible that the two novichok poisonings in the county are not linked.

doctors say there's been a "small but significant improvement" in the condition of 45—year—old charlie rowley, who's regained consciousness, two days after the death the head of uk counterterrorism policing has told a public meeting in wiltshire that it's implausible that the two novichok poisonings in the county are not linked. doctors say there's been a "small but significant improvement" in the condition of 45—year—old charlie rowley, who's regained consciousness, two days after the death of his partner, dawn sturgess. in march former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were attacked with the same nerve agent. the mother of a six—year—old boy with epilepsy has legally brought medicinal cannabis oil into the uk for the first time. hannah deacon was allowed to pass through london city airport with a five—month supply from amsterdam. she was granted a license last month after the home secretary sajid javid intervened in her son's case. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine from the uk's data protection watchdog over the cambridge analytica scandal. the information commissioner's office said the social media giant had failed to safeguard people's information and had also not been transparent about how people's data was harvested by others. facebook says it will respond soon to the report. prince harry and meghan have arrived

in dublin for their first official overseas engagement as a married couple. during their two—day trip, the duke and duchess will visit the home of gaelic sports, croke park, as well as the city 5 famine memorial and the book of kells at trinity college. it is 11 minutes past eight, you are watching bbc breakfast. it's the biggest game for a generation. england are attempting to reach a world cup final for the first time since 1966. despite having one of the youngest squads at the tournament, they cruised through the group stages, won an historic penalty shootout and tonight gareth southgate's rookie team face croatia in the semifinal. formidable opponents by all estimations. but can they hold their nerve with the weight of a nation's expectation? we'll be asking dan walker and alan shearer injust a minute but first let's take a look

at the team's achievements so far. the edge of your seat is the best place to be. if you're 28 or under, you've never seen england get past this stage. how emphatic was that?! would you believe it? england win on penalties! for the first time since 1990...

the feeling grows stronger that football is coming home. such good times for england fans. i don't know if you can see that, but arab southgate, the joy on his face, if you could bottle that we would make a fortune —— gareth southgate. are you optimistic? good morning everybody, i am a little optimistic. the other day when england were playing sweden, he did not sleep at all because he was worried and slightly confused and concerned! but last night use that like a baby, alan? i did, i'm really confident, i can't wait, i'm so excited. where is this confidence is based? you know what it's like to play for england

ina what it's like to play for england in a major tournament, you have had the disappointment and the elation. where is your smile coming from? they are on a roll and they have huge belief and momentum. they don't seem huge belief and momentum. they don't seem to be suffering from nerves despite being an inexperienced squad. they could played 24 hours after that sweden game, that is the mood in the camp. 17 of the squad we re mood in the camp. 17 of the squad were not alive when england were last in a semifinal in a world cup in1990. ayoung last in a semifinal in a world cup in 1990. a young team. kyle walker said that what gareth southgate to has done is make it feel like a club rather than a national side which has been a problem in the past. is that part of the magic southgate has produced? it is a huge part, gareth has been very clever and meticulous in all his planning and he has had a lot of these boys working with the younger england sides. a lot of them know him and respect him and he had actually played in major tournaments himself, being part of a team and a

squad and he knows the pluses and minuses also be doing an incredible job. he has not made mistakes in press co nfe re nce , job. he has not made mistakes in press conference, in speeches and you have seen it all, people singing in the fan parks, and every time he has spoken he has said the right words. this week he spoke about issues at home and saying that england have managed to unite the nation. if he ran for prime minister he might win at the minute! there might be a chance soon! he is doing an incredible job as i said. a very sensible and nice and humble guy and he is doing everything right. all of his decisions have paid off and long may it continue. croatia are a good team, a second world cup semifinal, they made it there in 1998 so what concerns do you have for them? they have one of the best midfield around in world football in modric and

rakitic and wylie said the ford in mandzukic. — — centre rakitic and wylie said the ford in mandzukic. —— centre forward. but they have weaknesses, in defence, harry kane will come up against someone harry kane will come up against someone he has given nightmares to before playing for spurs against liverpool. that should give england confidence. and they are on a roll asi confidence. and they are on a roll as i said. they will want the game to happen as soon as possible and it's not far away. it is lovely to see you happy and confident and i don't want to throw a spanner in the works but if there is a concern for england, is it the fact they have scored many goals from set pieces, eight out of 11 in the tournament. jurgen klinsmann is part of our team here and he said his one concern was whether england are created enough from open play also look at france last night, they scored from a set piece. they are important, england have been fantastic at them and you

can see the work on the training ground which has paid off. what will give them confidence if the clean sheetin give them confidence if the clean sheet in the last game. and they scored from open play also they can do it but do we care how they score as long as they win?! good point! talking about winning and celebrations, you might have seen this, this was alan bringing out the bread stick thing a bit of lionel ritchie! your signature karaoke song. i have with me, i want people to see this, it is not the bread stick but another breadstick. i would like you to take that if you can, anything you would like to sing for the good people?” can, anything you would like to sing for the good people? i am not going to sing but what i would say is that my friends, that i mightjust have come, fingers crossed! what will you be singing tonight if england win?” have got seven or eight hours to work on it! i can't believe you have

got me stood here with a breadstick in front of the nation! what is the world coming to? we can bring in winston and marcus here from mumford & sons. very excited. i booked my flight & sons. very excited. i booked my flight in the group stages confident we would make it and here we are. winston, you have been here for the long haul, since england against panama. from a fan ‘s perspective, what has it been like? the country has smashed it, it is beautiful, the people are so warm and welcoming. i only wish more england fans had come out. i worried there will not be as many as we need for the extra influence but i am sure the fans who are here will be brilliant. it is amazing, as alan was saying, the

unity that gareth southgate and his tea m unity that gareth southgate and his team have brought to england. i rang my family, three kids in the background all singing in it's coming home nonstop. there was a great article on the bbc this morning, talking about how football unites people in the way that cricket or tennis or rugby does not. football really does. and i'm particularly excited because my first human memory is the semifinal in 1990 when my brother cried and gazza cried. suggestion for a song for alan to sing tonight? 0ne gazza cried. suggestion for a song for alan to sing tonight? one of yours? probably not! there is an obvious one, it'll come out! thank you for talking to us and enjoy the semifinal also i'm not sure where you'll be because they don't even have a hotel yet! thank you and enjoy the game. the breadstick! if you're watching a social media after the game, the highlights are on

later with alan and gary and rio and jurgen and you know that if england win we are bringing out the breadstick! it looks like a new boy band! the latest boy band links to the world cup! they are saying, looking at this thinking it could be the latest boy band line—up! vocals? big ego! maybe we will reform this evening and see what happens depending on the result. a bit disappointed you have not got wa istcoats disappointed you have not got waistcoats but you can't have everything! thank you. i love that mumford & sons have just turned up, as you do! 20 past eight. carol is at wimbledon for us this morning. carol is keeping things clean! absolutely. it's a bit mucky. it is

a good view of court number one. this is where the commentators and photographers stand. this will be fabulous to get a good shot. first on at one o'clock is federer and anderson followed by raonic and isner later. they are preparing the courts as always at this time. it is still in good nick despite the high temperatures. and the hot sunshine of the last couple of weeks. 0nly once have we seen of the last couple of weeks. 0nly once have we seen anything resembling rain at wimbledon in this championships but that is likely to change. not today. todayit today it should be dry and sunny, sunny spells with areas of cloud, highs of 24 and like north—easterly winds. for all of us are very cloudy

start but you will find the sun will come out, sony is both developing but rain in the forecast —— sunny spells developing. we have added in western scotland and northern ireland and we will hang onto it for a while but during the day you will find it will start to turn a bit more showery. at nine o'clock in scotla nd more showery. at nine o'clock in scotland and northern england and northern ireland, a fair bit of cloud around. the rain in the west, eastern scotland is a bit brighter but north—west england is brighter, north—east england has a bit more cloud and that has come in from the north sea overnight. it extends across eastern counties all the way through east anglia and kent and inland. through the day, some of it will burn away with some sunny spells but at the moment the sunniest skies are in north—west england, the midlands, the home counties and onto the south coast and parts of the south west. most of wales and south—west england also

seeing some cloud but it will break away with sunny spells developing and the risk of a shower or two in wales and south—west england this afternoon. temperatures getting up to about 26 at best in the sunshine in the south but under the cloud or rain it will be a bit cooler, around 16. for the match, for the game in moscow, of the afternoon showers it looks like it will be dry with temperatures around 20 celsius and it will stay dry through the rest of the match. if you're watching at home and might be outside, a lot of dry weather across the uk, a fair bit of sunshine to start with, bits and pieces of cloud and a few showers in the north and west and temperatures falling overnight to between ten and 16. a bit of cloud first thing tomorrow, it will break up first thing tomorrow, it will break up and sunny spells will develop and we will see some showers, especially in the west, some moving eastwards. the risk of one or two at wimbledon

but that's all. because the lack of wind, some of the showers will be heavy and thundery. temperatures up a notch on today. on friday, still a lot of dry weather around, variable amounts of cloud and sunny spells but the greater risk of catching a shower on friday on thursday and a greater risk at wimbledon. and with not much wind to move them along, you will find the showers will be heavy and potentially thundery with temperatures continuing to climb. at the weekend, the temperatures will get a bit higher, the highest always in the south—east, 28—30, but across the board we are still looking at above—average temperatures for this date injuly. thank you. firefighters are still dealing with the aftermath of blazes on moors in the north of england more than two weeks after they started. now, scientists from the natural environment research council are flying a specially—adapted aeroplane through the smokey

conditions to assess the impact on the air we breathe. victoria gill reports. more than two weeks after the fire on saddleworth moor started, it continues to smoulder and scientists say the summer drought could bring many more wildfires in the uk and across europe. so these researchers are taking to the smoky air in a laboratory on a plane to find out what that will mean for the air that we breathe. we are heading up to the north of england to sample the fires on saddleworth moor and then winter hill around the bolton area. so this is obviously a converted passenger plane, it normally seats about a hundred people but most of the seats have been ripped out and replaced with a load of instruments that you can see, basically so we can sample the constituents of the air. entire ecosystems have been wiped out in two major fires that are still burning in the north of england, incidents that the fire service has described as some of the worst it has ever seen.

we look at data from the aircraft to identify when we think we're going through a plume and when we think we are in a plume, we hit a button and that takes a sample of air from outside the aircraft which we collect for analysis way down the line. 0nboard instruments show some of the chemicals in the smoke, including methane, an important greenhouse gas, and the air pollutant carbon monoxide. 0nly back on the ground will be team be able to work out its exact chemical make—up and how it affects the air that we are breathing. you can see the fire is still smouldering away. the saddleworth moor fire started on the 24th ofjune and you can still see it burning, the peatland is definitely still burning and a lot of people are wondering why this fire has become so big when there are controlled burns on moorland and peatland reasonably frequently. one of the reasons is this peatland is so degraded, historic pollution meant that the moss which contained so much moisture was killed by acid rain and that means this peatland has really dried out so with the drought conditions and a lot of very dry heather, it gives a lot of fuel for this fire

which is why it has become so huge. with the fire on winter hill 30 miles away, that means there's about 26 square kilometres of land that hasjust been burned. it's going to take us a while to analyse the samples that we've taken, we have to take them back into the lab. they are pretty unusual, they don't happen in the uk that often so it's really important for us to be able to understand what in them and therefore is it adding to air pollution as they get transported over cities? potentially, if these types of fires are going to happen more often in a changing climate and potentially a drier climate in the uk, we need to understand what is being emitted from them and therefore how that's going to affect the atmosphere going into the future. this flight is part of a much bigger global study of greenhouse gas emissions. today, though, it has captured samples that will eventually reveal exactly what is drifting into our towns and cities. victoria gill, bbc news. we'll be looking ahead more to the

big game at seven o'clock tonight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello. we have some rain in the four hello, we have some rain in the forecast, mainly confined to the west of scotland and east of northern ireland. further west towards the east and south of scotla nd towards the east and south of scotland will be mostly dry with some sunshine. like the rest of england and wales, some sunny spells developing. some cloud in western parts around wales and the east of england as well but gradually the sunshine extends back to the coastal areas and temperatures are similar to yesterday, 21—25 in england and

wales, 17—20 in scotland and northern ireland. this evening, something big is happening but there will be clear spells in england and wales, the rain easing in scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow, some sunny spells, it will feel warmer but the chance of some heavy and slow moving showers in the west. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. the united states announces tariffs on another $200bn of chinese products as it intensifies it's trade war with beijing. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday the 11th ofjuly. china says it's shocked by president trump's latest salvo and threatens to retaliate against what it says is totally unacceptable action. also in the programme —

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