the headlines: croatia are in the world cup final. they've beaten england 2—1 in a thrilling game in moscow. initial euphoria turning to desert —— bitter disappointment across the uk as england couldn't keep up with the energy of croatia. donald trump says allies must increase spending on defence. we are protecting germany, france, protecting everybody and yet we are paying a lot of money to protect. i think it is very unfair to our country, very unfairto our is very unfair to our country, very unfair to our taxpayer. the 12 boys rescued from a cave in thailand are in good spirits as they recover in an isolation room in hospital. new pictures show the difficulty of the operation to rescue the bodies and their coach from the case. it was revealed they we re from the case. it was revealed they were heavily sedated. the company which offers pregnant women and new pa rents which offers pregnant women and new parents health advice faces up a fine of £1a0,000 for illegally

sharing more than i fine of £1a0,000 for illegally sharing more thani million people's personal data. and in tennis, roger federer crashes out of wimbledon as he loses to kevin anderson, while rafa nadal reaches the semifinals. good evening to you. heartbreak for england fans after the team failed in its bid to reach theirfirst world cup final in more than 50 yea rs. world cup final in more than 50 years. england were beaten 2—1 i croatia in moscow. england scored early on in the first five minutes, giving hope to many, but they are opponent equalised after the interval. england will now face belgium in the third fourth place play off

on saturday — while croatia will take on france in sunday's final. our sports editor dan roan reports from moscow. last month they came to russia and heralded, but tonight they arrived on the verge of sporting immortality. in moscow, the moment england's fans had waited 28 years for, that how long it had been as their team had a chance to reach football ‘s greatest stage of the nerves, tension, try telling kieran trippier that. he is in! five—minute scorn and england with the kind of start and freekick that dreams are made of. what a way to score your first international goal is. ivan perisic, a gentle reminder of the threat they would later pose. hurricane denied by subasic and then the post, the tournaments leading goalscorer and usually failing to ta ke goalscorer and usually failing to take his chance to pick with these misses, the next byjesse lingard,

and about proving costly. croatia we re and about proving costly. croatia were in the last author reason and with the team dominant after the restart, perisic then showed why. in truth, it had been coming. england paying the price for sitting back. and then rely on luck not to go behind a. for the first time in russia, they were rattled. their composer in defence, grateful to hang on for extra time. now they have to do it the hard way. john stones going agonisingly close before jordan pickford stones going agonisingly close beforejordan pickford bravely came to his teens rescue. but then, with penalties looming, came the painful twist. england hesitating, mario mandzukic pouncing. with just a few minutes to save themselves, england put bodies on the line, but to no avail. that time was up. it had been glorious while it lasted, but england's unforgettable, unlikely russian ad venture was over. the hope may be back, but the hurt

continues at. well after such high hopes — such expectation for this team — tonight's results has left england fans crushed. they really had dared to believe it could be the year when england finally won the world cup again. jon kay has been living the ecstasy which turned into agony and finally despairfor england with fans in bristol. and they dared to hope, to dream. but tonight, heartbreak for these england fans. it is over. it had started so well. cheering. a monsoon, after weeks without rain. you a 52 years to reach a final and you get a goal injust you a 52 years to reach a final and you get a goal in just five. you a 52 years to reach a final and you get a goal injust five. —— fight minutes. at bristol city's

ground they suddenly thought it was currently easy. —— five minutes. expecting that? no. we are going to win, we are going all the way! i believe! a nation explodes. from hyde park in london to harry maguire's home village of. and in manchester, a years worth of the fell in just manchester, a years worth of the fell injust a manchester, a years worth of the fell in just a a few seconds. —— worth of beer. and then, like a horrorfilm, worth of beer. and then, like a horror film, croatia worth of beer. and then, like a horrorfilm, croatia equalised. worth of beer. and then, like a horror film, croatia equalised. huge change, but got to stay loyal england, we are bringing it home. and so, extra time, extra pence. my heart is coming out of my chest. suddenly, they are raping four penalties. but another croatia goal and it is all over. i am 23 years

old, 23 stone, i thought this was my yea rs. old, 23 stone, i thought this was my years. disappointed. i am old, 23 stone, i thought this was my years. disappointed. iam not old, 23 stone, i thought this was my years. disappointed. i am not that disappointed because this is better thanl disappointed because this is better than i thought they would do. disappointed because this is better than i thought they would dolj disappointed because this is better than i thought they would do. i am gutted. i feel winded, if than i thought they would do. i am gutted. ifeelwinded, if they than i thought they would do. i am gutted. i feel winded, if they don't bring it home, i gutted. i feel winded, if they don't bring it home, lam not gutted. i feel winded, if they don't bring it home, i am not going gutted. i feel winded, if they don't bring it home, lam not going into night. so, more years of hurt. they are coming home. president trump has launched a forthright attack on germany —— accusing it of being controlled by russia. he was speaking shortly before meeting chancellor merkel at the nato summit in brussels. mr trump also repeated his claim that the eu was taking advantage of the us — and stepped up his demands for nato members to boost their defence spending. our europe editor katya adler has the latest. such careful choreography. not showy, but precise. nato boasts that it's in control and ready to take on modern—day threats —

cybercrime, cross—border terror, concerns about russia. but there was one big element today over which nato had no control at all. donald trump, a man determined to shake up this alliance, which has guaranteed european security since world war two. thank you very much. thank you. the morning here started with a jolt. germany is totally controlled by russia, because they were getting from 60 to 70% of their energy from russia and a new pipeline. a blistering and not entirely factually correct attack by donald trump on nato ally germany for its plan to build a gas pipeline with russia. so we're supposed to protect you against russia, but they're paying billions of dollars to russia, and i think that's very inappropriate. but the german chancellor was mentally prepared today for a ding—dong with donald trump. her reply was swift.

translation: i myself experienced living in part of germany when it was occupied by the soviet union, but i'm happy today that germany is united in freedom so we can make our own independent policies and our own independent decisions. so what does this all mean? is, nato the cornerstone of european security, falling apart before our eyes? well, not quite. the us remains as involved as ever in nato missions and donald trump blows hot as well as cold when it comes to this alliance. but he did stamp his foot today about his favourite nato bugbear, military spending, a message above all for europe. "you want us protection," he insists, "you start coughing up a lot more for defence." nato has a military spending target of 2% of gdp for all its members. most european countries don't make the grade —

including big beasts germany, france and italy. with all her problems at home, the prime minister came here determined not to trip up. at least with regards to president trump. we're announcing today that we will be deploying an additional 440 personnel to nato's resolute support mission in afghanistan, and i think that shows when nato calls, the uk is one of the first to step up. the right honourable theresa may. and just for good measure, theresa may also underlined that the uk is paying its way when it comes to military spending. nato leaders then headed off for dinner, to keep talking — and possibly arguing. a big question donald trump's allies have for him is about his one—to—one meeting with russian president vladimir putin next week. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. earlier i spoke to general sir richard barrons who is one of the signatories to an advert in the times today, which says president trump's criticism of the amount european countries spend on their own defence

needs to be answered. i started by asking him if there is merit in president trump's argument. president trump is only saying it in his colourful way it got from how all persuasions have been saying. which is we all buy into collective security which is the us is paying more than its fair share and it wa nts to more than its fair share and it wants to put it right. in terms of how we figure, we have heard from the government, that britain is spending ever more on defence, that we are meeting the nato commitment that was agreed at the wales summit when we were the nato host under david cameron. in a sense, you might be left the impression that there is nothing to worry about. there is good news and bad news. the good news is we are spending around 2% of gdp. the bad news is, we are at the bottom of a slide that has lasted 25 yea rs bottom of a slide that has lasted 25 years since the end of the cold war where we have been in the luxurious

position of being able to take risks with our defence, it has gotten smaller, hollowed out and has less technology. that didn't matter for long time but it really matters because of the way the world has turned out. we have got to ask ourselves some hard questions about how much we want to spend too defend our homeland and our interest abroad and the answer now is that the forces are and the answer now is that the forces a re not and the answer now is that the forces are not able to do that as we wa nt forces are not able to do that as we want to. it will cost a little more. you talk about rebuilding a hollowed out, key front—line capabilities. you can only rebuild them if they are, as you say, hollowed out. that isa are, as you say, hollowed out. that is a pretty damning criticism. are, as you say, hollowed out. that is a pretty damning criticismm are, as you say, hollowed out. that is a pretty damning criticism. it is not new. we should be absolutely clear. we can explain where we are, why we are because any years after the cold war we didn't need fear at an accidental. it now we have to worry about how people can threaten us worry about how people can threaten us and this is partly because the way war is fought changes and

technology has moved on and method has moved on and people who we are not on good terms with can really hurt us and we need to do better at preventing. what did you make of president trump's criticism ofjet —— germany, saying its energy dependency, also about security, makes it vulnerable to russia and italy to changes? i do think it is a surprise that germany carries some vulnerability to the amount of gas it gets from russia. that means that if russia were to turn it off germany would have serious problems, particularly in the winter. but germany is not some sort of vassal of russia. the first images have emerged from the hospital where 12 thai boys and their football coach are being treated after their remarkable rescue from a flooded cave. and new details have been release about the complexity of the rescue operation. it's been confirmed that the boys were heavily sedated ahead of the rescue effort to prevent them panicking in the dark, narrow,

passageways which were underwater in parts, as our correspondent lucy williamson reports. these are the luckiest boys in thailand. still weak, still in quarantine, these pictures the first we've seen since a rescue diver filmed them huddled together in the cave. their schoolboy poses for the camera hiding the miracle that they are here at all. what happened here at the cave over the past two weeks inspired horror, then awe, and now curiosity. a dozen boys who couldn't dive or even swim, trapped two miles inside the cave. rescuers said the biggest risk was that they would simply panic. so how did they get them out? the incredible story of their rescue from tham luang is onlyjust emerging. this is the first footage of the mission itself. each boy wrapped in a special kind of stretcher and carried along by hand. in parts of the cave where it was impossible to stand, rescuers built a complex system

of pulleys to transport them out. and where it was flooded, scuba divers strapped the children underneath them and carried them through — a feat described by one rescuer as superhuman. several sources have told the bbc the boys were sedated during the journey. watch his arm. not unusual for normal mountain rescues, experts say, but much riskier with children and scuba diving conditions. you have to be real. we think that our plan is perfect. we try and try and try. we test and test and train. 0k. and you've got the best team so you have to believe them. leaving from chiang rai airport tonight, the british cave diver who starred in the rescue denied he was a hero. it's not like that.

if you could do the same for someone else's child, you would. i hope. but what most people see when they look at the rescuers and their boys is the most incredible show of courage from one — from the other, incredible trust. lucy williamson, bbc news, chiang rai. the headlines on bbc news: the latest we have is a tweet from england captain harry kane, as if he didn't have better things to do. talking to people and maybe speaking to the folks back home. he has tweeted to the fans: the headlines on bbc news: initial excitement turned to disappointment for fans in hyde park and across the uk, as england went out of the world cup, losing 2—1 to croatia. consternation at nato headquarters as us president donald trump says allies must increase spending on defence. it comes after he also said

germany was being totally controlled by russia. new pictures emerge of the operation to rescue 12 boys and their football coach from caves in thailand. it has been revealed they were heavily sedated to stop them panicking. sport now, and a full round—up. it is not the way we were hoping to end the night, but notjust football you wa nt to the night, but notjust football you want to tell us about. there is a lot more going on to take our minds off the disappointment. that's right, drama at wimbledon as well.

england beaten in their world cup semi—final, 2—1 against croatia. england manager gareth southgate says it is a tough defeat to take for the whole team. a very difficult situation to be, for all the players all the stuff. we as a team have made incredible progress. if you had said to us before henry would get to a semi—final that is beyond what we thought. when we were eerie really believe we could go another stage, and certainly in the first half i think we played extremely well. one of the stars of england's campaign scored the opener tonight, and he believes the team's success has all been down to the manager. the way we

have bonded as a group, that all comes from the manager himself. most of all, i want to thank the fans that travelled today, and all the support back home. we have seen the videos on instagram and everything, it has been crazy. we wanted to win it has been crazy. we wanted to win it for them today but it didn't happen, and we just it for them today but it didn't happen, and wejust want it for them today but it didn't happen, and we just want to let them all know that we gave it iio%, and it just wasn't to beat. all know that we gave it iio%, and itjust wasn't to beat. england's supporters were watching all over the country. many travel to moscow to watch the game, these fans leaving the stadium still remained up leaving the stadium still remained up beat about the team performance asa up beat about the team performance as a whole. i think a lot of us thought we would go out, but i am proud of the team, the way they performed. it is a very young team, soi performed. it is a very young team, so i think is going to be in good going the future as well. the footballer played was unbelievable, and to get to the semi—final, we

never expected it. it is hard to say, but you are happy. a semi—final would have been a good result, but right now semi—final feels like a very good outcome. a big shock at wimbledon today. the eight—time champion roger federer is out after losing in five sets to kevin anderson at the quarterfinal stage. the south african fought his way into the match, taking the final step 13— ii, ending federer‘s run. anderson will now take onjohn isner, who beat raonic in four sets. you know, i just isner, who beat raonic in four sets. you know, ijust kept on telling myself i had to keep believing and i said today will be my day. you really need that mindset taking the court. if you go out and show them

what is going to happen, like they did in the first set, it is not going to go your way. as the match went on, i thought to myself, this is going to be my day. ijust gave it my all, and obviously very ecstatic to get through. novak djokovic booked his place in the semis by beating nishikori. the victory brings him level with pete sampras‘s match win record at wimbledon. world number one rafa nadal reached the semi—finals for the first time since 2011 with a five—set victory over juan martin del potro on centre court. the two—time champion was forced to come back from a set down before breaking in a thrilling fifth set, to win in almost five hours. that is all your sport for now. police investigating the death

of a woman in wiltshire from suspected nerve agent poisoning have spoken briefly to her partner. charlie rowley was taken ill with dawn sturgess last weekend. she died from exposure to the agent novichok. police are hoping that mr rowley will be able to provide essential new information about what happened. facebook is to be fined £500,000 by the information commissioner, the maximum fine possible for misuse of data in the uk. the regulator has been investigating how the details of tens of millions of users ended up in the hands of the political consultancy cambridge analytica. and concerns have been raised about political parties buying personal information from so—called data brokers. the fine is modest compared with previous sanctions on facebook, as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. personal data — a vital new weapon in election campaigns. but now, the information commissioner has found it has been misused, and a social media giant is facing a record fine. the data of 87 million facebook users was harvested

by the now—defunct political consultancy cambridge analytica. the £500,000 fine for allowing that to happen will hardly make a dent in the social media giant's profits, but the watchdog says the penalty is still significant. it sends a very strong message to facebook and other online platforms about what is expected of them, and that the regulator will step in with sanctions. this report shows just how much of our data can potentially end up being used for political purposes. it is notjust about your facebook details. every time you interact with a credit reference agency, or even a mother and baby club, your data could be sold to a political party. the information commissioner is planning to fine emma's diary, a service for mums—to—be, for passing the data of! million people to the labour party. the company says it doesn't agree with the regulator's findings. labour insists the party has done nothing wrong. there's no suggestion

that the labour party has behaved unlawfully. all 11 political parties have been contacted by the information commissioner and asked to review their policies. the watchdog is also looking into whether the leave.eu campaign founded by aaron banks may have used data from his motor insurance business for political purposes. this inquiry has some way to run. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the second time, the bbc has revealed salary details of some of its presenters. but it said the figures do not yet fully reflect some pay changes, which won't filter through until next year's list. the match of the day presenter gary lineker has overtaken chris evans as the best—paid person on the list. the highest—earning woman is claudia winkleman. some prominent names are not on the list because they work for bbc studios, which has been classed as a commercial entity since last year, as our media editor amol rajan explains. equal pay for equal work! publication of last year's annual

report by the bbc sparked an outcry over the issue of equal pay. when the salaries of bbc staff earning over £150,000 were disclosed, many women broadcasters were revealed to be on less than male counterparts. a year on, the bbc has made some progress, but critics argue it is not enough. while the balance between men and women is projected to improve from 75% male and 25% female to 60—40, the top 12 earners are all white men. the highest earners were match of the day and world cup presenter gary lineker, and chris evans of radio 2. the bbc‘s director—general admits there is more to do. it's true that, at the very top, it's still a male—only game. only two women in the top 23 of these names. these things take time,

especially when you're dealing with people who are the voices and the faces of the bbc to millions and millions of people. these things take time. what i'm concentrating on is also ensuring that we are seen to be making real progress, but that does mean changes in the way the top 20 people are also paid. i want to see more women there, and notjust men. for all the new detail, this list, which includes my name, represents a fuzzy picture. and that is because salaries paid by bbc studios, a commercial wing of the bbc, are not disclosed. and, like so much financial reporting, these numbers reflect an old state of affairs. changes made within the last few months won't filter through until next year's report. a former managing editor of sky news says progress is too slow. well, it is complicated, and it does need to be sorted out, but quite quickly. and the point i'm making is that you've got so many men at the top end that that's really disproportionate, and it's all very well saying women at the lower end are coming through or that the gender pay gap is narrowing, but they've got very fat, almost exclusively male, cats at the top of the tree. in a landscape dominated

by american media giants, today's report also argued the bbc‘s current funding model was not sustainable. how the bbc evolves to compete in the global race for audiences will define its current leadership as much as gender equality. amol rajan, bbc news. the "special relationship" was a phrase used by sir winston chrurchill in a speech in 1946, when he referred to political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military and historical relations between the united kingdom and the usa. on the eve of president trump's visit to the uk, our special correspondent allan little reports on how the relationship between britain and america was nurtured in the past, and how it is now seen in the age of trump. in st paul's cathedral, this memorial chapel remembers the americans stationed in britain who died in the second world war. the roll of the dead

has 28,000 names. newsreel: britain and america join together in persons of high and lowly estate... it was inaugurated in 1958. by then, a new world had emerged from the shared sacrifice of war. the american—led atlantic order has endured and evolved over seven decades. its founding fathers were president franklin roosevelt and winston churchill. the institutions of global governance, the imf and world bank, the world trade organization, the marshall plan, nato and the european union, would all emerge from their victory. at the heart of the international system that america built after the second world war was the idea that nations should live by a set of agreed rules, in politics, economics, security and trade. america was the principal author of those rules, and has spent the last 70 years using its power in the world to enforce them. not anymore. donald trump believes that america

is not the beneficiary of those rules, but the victim, that the rest of the world uses those rules to cheat america, and that the european allies are among the worst offenders. the question those allies are now facing is this — is the rules—based order that roosevelt launched ending with donald trump? he doesn't know the history, and he doesn't care. he takes a very transactional approach to international relations, which seems to come from his sort of real estate background, where he is — where everything is a deal. the essence of the american support for the international order is that you're investing in it. but that investment allows them to sustain the rules—based order, and nobody else could do that, and that rules—based order is something which the united states benefits from tremendously. that's hard to measure in dollars and cents. it's a long—term proposition, and trump doesn't look at transactions that way. but does this mean he wants to tear up the rule book,

or just rewrite it? i think trump's role is to be a disrupter in all things. it is to look at how these relationships either help or hinder america. he literally wants to put america first. i think the whole idea of this international, globalist worldview has taken hold of government, and he wants to shake that up and say, "well, is it really in the best interest of america to do it this way?" for the first time in 70 years, europe will look across the atlantic at an america no longer willing to carry what it sees as the costs of an alliance forged in the sacrifice of a different age. allan little, bbc news. now it is time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. hello again. for most of us it was more of the same, really. more warm sunshine across england and wales and it is a peaceful end to the day

as well. in topsham, devon, thank you for this picture of the setting sun. we have had plenty of sunshine across england and wales but it has been different, cloudy, for northern ireland in scotland and we have seen outbreaks of rain as well. some of the wettest weather has been across the wettest weather has been across the north and west of scotland. looking at the weather picture through the night, the cloud could continue to be thick enough for a patch of rain across western scotland, maybe a little bit as well for antrim and down. england and wales will have a mixture of cloud and a few clear spells. temperatures overnight between 11 and 11! degrees for most, so it should be a fresh enough night's sleep ahead. looking at the weather picture tomorrow, it should be a dry start to the day. cardiff scotland and northern ireland, sunshine in the morning across england and wales, but it won't be a dry day everywhere because as we go through the