i'm sharanjit leyl in london — the headlines: croatia come from behind to beat england and book their place in the world cup final. they'll play france on sunday. showdown in brussels — as president trump demands nato countries double their defence spending. i'm rico hizon in singapore — also on the programme: dozens are still missing after japan's worst floods in decades. as the search continues — the death toll passes a hundred and seventy. and we're doing fine — first pictures of the rescued thai boys recovering in hospital. it's 1am here in london, 8 in the morning

in singapore and 3am in moscow where croatia have beaten england to reach sunday's world cup final. the balkan team fought back from a goal down, to win two — one, and end english hopes of glory after extra time. it's the first time they've ever reached a world cup final — in their fifth appearance at the tournament. they'll now play france who beat belgium in the other semi final on tuesday. olly foster is in moscow with a full round—up. the 80,000 people there at the luzhniki stadium were richly entertained, they got value for money. world cup semi—final was always going to be gripping in its own way, just astonishing from croatia who have now played three lots of extra time in more than a knockout matches. they knocked out the danish on penalties and then the hosts on penalties. this one didn't go to a shootout but croatia had to dig deeper because england made a wonderful start, ciaran trippier with a lovely kick over the croatian wall, and croatia were absolutely stunned. harry kane thought he should have

kicked a couple but this is where croatia's experience began to tell because when they pulled one back with 20 minutes to go, england lost their way a little, lost their shape. croatia so experienced, they have on average 30 more per man than england. and then extra time in the second period of extra time, just when we thought we were going to penalties, english hearts were broken and absolutely jubilant scenes with all those croatian fans with their distinctive red and white chequered tops. wonderful achievement for croatia that absolute desperation

for england who really were starting to believe that they could reach their first world cup final since 1966. it's croatia who are into their first world cup final just 20 years after they made their debut at this tournament. as you say, a wonderful start but heartbreak at the end for those players yet for croatia, we know this is the first time this fairly small country has made it through. it's an astonishing story, this, because it's one of those newly formed balkan state countries that formed out of all those troubles there are and they have got such a footballing pedigree. a population ofjust over four million and they made their debut in france 98, felt they should have to. who beat them? the french, in the semifinals, who went on to win it. who are they facing on sunday?

the french again. but obviously the croats here in moscow will be partying of the next three nights. and at the full—time whistle, when they realise, all their millions of fans, i'm pretty sure the population will be watching. this seems a fantastic. 0ur correspondent was at one of those parks. this is a very, very happy crowd of people here tonight. just before the end of the match, one fan came up to me and said, if croatia wins, i'm going tojump into the fountain and they have been jumping eversince. this is a moment to cherish for croatia, a small country, just 4 million people but they have proved they can play football on a world—class stage and everyone here is hopeful that they may perhaps win in the final. i am sure they are but that is the world—class stage, the luzhniki stadium, where they will take on the french.

the french will be heavy favourites remember, they are the team that knocked argentina out and they are looking stronger as they progress through this tournament, one more match for them. it's the third world cup final. they won it on home soil in ‘98. they have some world—class players. watch out for mbappe. but croatia will feel this is finally their year, their squad has been together for years and they know each other well with the likes of modric and rakitic in the squad. they are world—class and we hope it should be a wonderful world cup final. for england, that third—place play—off, the match that nobody wants to play as they face the belgians on saturday

in petersburg but all lies, really, on that stadium behind me, croatia against france for the right to be called world champions. 0lly foster there. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. us president donald trump has urged nato member states to commit 4% of their annual gdp output to military spending — double the current target. he made the remarks during the western military alliance‘s summit in brussels. nato's secretary—general, jens stoltenberg, acknowledges disagreements, but said the alliance was forging ahead. in the history of nato, we have had many disagreements

and we have been able to overcome them again and again. because, at the end of the day, we all agree that north america and europe are safer together. nato is good for europe and nato is good for north america. china says it will hit back, after the us raised the stakes in a trade war between the countries with a 10 percent import duty on a further $200 billion worth of chinese imports. the tariffs will be due on hundreds of food products as well as chemicals, coal, handbags and cat food. more on this coming up later in asia business report. in wimbledon, defending champion roger federer has been knocked out. he was beaten by eighth seed, kevin anderson, who fought back from two sets down in a gripping quarter—final. top seed federer, who was aiming for a record—equalling ninth singles title, missed a match point in the third set which proved pivotal.

the duke and duchess of sussex are visiting dublin in their first official overseas engagement since getting married. prince harry and meghan markle met the irish president michael d higgins and first lady sabina coyne at their residence —— alongside their two dogs. rescue workers injapan are continuing their search for dozens of people missing after torrential rain caused flooding and landslides in central and western areas. at least 179 people have died in the worst weather for decades and around eight million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. earlierjapan‘s prime minister shinzo abe visited the city of 0kayama to inspect the damage, as michael bristow reports. when the scale of the flooding became clear, shinzo abe cancelled a planned trip abroad. he went to see this natural disaster for himself. he visited a shelter for people who have been washed out of their homes.

the prime minister promised them everything they needed to rebuild their lives. the government has put aside extra money and pledged to make sure they get it quickly. the emotion of the ordeal told them the voices of some of those mr abe met. the clean—up has now begun. people are sorting through the items that can be saved and those that must be discarded, and there are constant reminders of more carefree times. somehow, the floodwater that this miniature horse stranded on a roof. she fell off but was unharmed. the search is now on for her foal. japan's worst flooding in decades is being blamed on more

unpredictable weather caused by climate change. japan is one of the best prepared countries in the world when it comes to disaster risk reduction, disaster risk response. they are supremely well prepared, so the magnitude of the casualties of the destruction that we are seeing now really is an indication ofjust how big and how extreme this was. nearly 200 people have died. tens of thousands of homes are still without clean water. many have no power. japan has detailed plans to cope with earthquakes but some say it's done far less to get ready for flooding. when rebuilding is finished, that will no doubt change. michael bristow, bbc news. i've been speaking to naomi akamatsu, an emergency response 0fficer with the japanese red cross society. she updated me on the rescue efforts. so far, ever since this disaster

happened a week ago, there has been the headquarters set up in these prefectures and these headquarters, self defence quarters, red called —— red cross and other agencies are trying to co—ordinate and make treatments by this disaster. there are outages. is there enough clean water, food, medicine, for the displaced residents? yes, the situation is changing time by time. according to a medical team, it has been able to be on the site of the early stages of this disaster. they arrived in evacuation centres. people have been asking for medicines and treatments. it seems the majority of people affected were elderly people living alone and at the time of the evacuation, they

needed more time to grab essential medicines. these kind of treatments are something that is in high need. also, it is to be noted that 7000 people are living in these. there are challenges and issues around heatstroke. also economics to be treated as well. there are fierce right now of diseases as the death toll rises? that's true. the situation is understood more clearly over time. i think that is one of the reasons the death toll is going day by day so in terms of the fear, we are also hearing people are concerned about the future. what is the situation of their houses? can you tell us more about the area in

which this is occurring. is it often susceptible to flooding? in the past, we have seen floods like this but not on this scale. it seems to have had different types of disasters, and heavy rains the same region which resulted in this heavy floods and landslides. there is a lot of co—ordination between the red cross and other local organisations. what more can be done to help the residents in these areas.|j what more can be done to help the residents in these areas. i must say, that information at this stage, there are a lot of people who are still looking into what is going to happen next and as mentioned earlier, the rain has stopped early this morning as well as last night,

in some areas, heavy rain has fallen in very rapid time. residents and people affected are worried by what is going to happen next. along with items, but more than that, it the information is paid and the red cross is try to provide information on how to deal with heatstroke and prevented as was also taking care of their own health and sanitation conditions. coming up on the programme, the first images are released from the hospital where a 12 thai boys and their football coach are being treated after rescued from a cave. we will have the latest as new details emerge. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup,

and they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom, then he asked her for a cigarette. and, on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore.

our top stories: croatia have made it to the final of the football world cup for the first time, after defeating england in extra time in the semi—final. rescue workers injapan are continuing their search for dozens of people missing in floods and landslides. at least 179 people have died and around eight million are being evacuated. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the straits times leads on the junior football team and their coach rescued from the cave in thailand. it's printed a picture of a few of the boys sitting up in their hospital beds, one of the giving the victory sign, looking remarkably well considering their ordeal. the japan times leads on an ironic twist from those devastating floods. it says hundreds of thousands of people in affected areas are now

suffering with water outages — their homes being completely cut off from water supplies. and the international edition of the new york times says china is investing billions in high—tech systems to track and control its people. the picture is a screen image that shows facial recognition software in use on a street in beijing. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? and the story about the instagram model who got bitten by a shark is trending worldwide. katarina zarutskie was visiting the bahamas with her boyfriend last month when she decided to get in the water to take a picture with a pack of nurse sharks. one of them bit her wrist and pulled her underwater. she managed to free herself and get out quickly holding her wrist up to stop the blood getting in the water. you can see in the last picture the shark's bite marks. her boyfriend captured

the entire incident on camera, clearly not keen to jump in and save her! 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 released 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 believe. 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. 0ur reporter howard johnson, is outside the hospital in chiang rai where the children are being treated. hazard is huge rescue to an end,

people are leaving. lots of people now scaling down this operation, leaving for their home countries or different parts of thailand. this morning we saw a team of climbers going back to bangkok. they said that they were proud to be part of this operation. they said that they were tired, but that they were happy to be going home. we also heard from the british divers later on in the day. i spoke tojohn volanthen and jason mallinson and i asked them, actually, whether they felt that — whether there were any moments of doubt in the operation. and john told me that they were very pleased, pleased with the results, because they speak for themselves. the bullies have met their parents.

what we are hearing is that they will stay in this hospital for a week and after that the as have said they must stay with their parents in our homes for another week after that. his mother was assassinated in a terrorist attack, his grandfather was executed by a military dictator, but now bilawal bhutto zardari is following in their footsteps — and leading their party's campaign ahead of elections in pakistan at the end of the month. it's not an easyjob. critics say support for the party has dropped over the past decade — as secunder kermani reports. bilawal, the third generation of pakistan's most famous dynasty takes to the streets of. his mother and grandfather both seemed as —— served as good grandfather and he is now emphasising on his party ‘s focus on

delivering socialjustice. this is bilawal‘s first election campaign, many have praised his energy, but ever since his mother's death, the party has faced serious challenges. having once dominated the political scene, holes predict they will now finish in third place. bilawal is fighting to keep his family ‘s political legacy live. my vision for pakistan is a peaceful, and prosperous pakistan. my mother fought for 30 years of her life, struggled for and ultimately lost her life in this struggle. it is what motivates me, it drives me to continue to push this message. his father, former president, leads the ppp party alongside him but is more divisive. he has been dogged by allegations of corruption, although none have been proven. alice say his

image has lost the party votes. —— a nalysts. image has lost the party votes. —— analysts. but they still have their supporters, especially in the southern provinces and could be crucial in forming a ruling coalition. for now, though,, the campaign hasn't overshadowed by the conviction of the former prime minister on corruption charges, allegations of, that was engineered by pakistan's most powerful army. allegations of, that was engineered by pakistan's most powerful armylj wouldn't say that the conviction is a soft too, what i am concerned about would be the issues of human rights, the freedom of the press and the freedom to campaign the. those things to concern me. the best way to ta ke things to concern me. the best way to take the challenges is to put them into parliament and that is why iam running them into parliament and that is why i am running for parliament. the family ‘s history has been marred by

tragedy, but bilawal says he is determined to be a progressive political voice for years to come. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. coming up — from eels to anvils. we'll have more on us president donald trump's latest round of import restrictions and what it means for the markets. and before we go, let's just leave you with these pictures. after all, it's the first time croatia have made it to a world cup final. this was the reaction when they scored that first goal, which changed the course of the game. and that win sets up a world cup final clash against france. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello there.

temperatures dipped a little bit at the start of this week. wednesday was a warm one, and those temperatures are going to continue to rise towards the end of the week. some places could be really quite hot during the course of the weekend. we also had a few showers around. they will tend to fizzle out, but we could start thursday morning with one or two across some western areas, maybe north—west england, in towards wales. there could be quite a muggy start to some of the larger towns and cities across southern england and southern wales. now, we start thursday, then, on a rather cloudier note. clouds will tend to break up with some sunny spells developing, although the eastern coastal areas remaining a little bit cloudy through the day, and then showers will develop, and we think most of these will be across more western areas. now, some could be quite heavy, particularly across south—western scotland, maybe the western side of england to the west of the pennines, in towards wales and south—west england. and they will be very slow moving, almost stationary. some areas could get quite a lot of rainfall. the ground being so dry could lead to some local flooding,

so watch out for that. but be warned, though — where you get the sunshine, especially in the south—east, 26 or 27 celsius. as we hurtle towards friday, looks like the risk of showers and thunderstorms begins to increase, and some of them could be on the heavy side. friday starts off mainly dry, with the sunshine, although there will be showers from the word go across parts of north—west england and southern scotland. these will become more widespread across parts of wales, into the midlands, maybe southern england as well. like i mentioned, some of them could be quite intense, with the risk of some local flooding. temperature—wise, around 25, maybe 26 celsius, and some eastern coastal areas may hold onto that cool breeze. now, as we head on in towards the weekend, a big area of low pressure will be anchored to the north—west of the uk. this may bring further cloud, maybe outbreaks of rain, to scotland and northern ireland, but it's also going to draw much warmer air from the near continent. so from saturday it's definitely a north—west, south—east split, with outbreaks of rain across the north and west of scotland, maybe into the far north—west of england, as well. much of england and wales, though, dry and sunny. locally hot in places, maybe 28, 29 celsius in the south—east. on sunday it's a similar picture —

breezier, with more cloud from northern ireland and western scotland. with outbreaks of rain, could see a few showers pushing into wales, north—west england. but elsewhere, across most of england and eastern wales, a hot day to come. we could see one or two locations in the south—east reaching 30 or 31 celsius. so for the end of the week it looks like we will see an increase of showers and thunderstorms for a time, and then it starts to hot up as we head on into the weekend. you are watching bbc world news. our top story: croatia has beaten england 2—1 in the world cup semi—final. they are now through to the final, where they will play france in moscow on sunday. this is the moment croatia scored the winning second goal. earlier on, england scored in the fifth minute, and led for more than an hour until croatia equalised. rescue workers are searching for 70 people missing in floods in western japan. the death toll has reached 179 and more than 8.5 million people are being evacuated.

and this video is trending on bbc.com. 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. new details about the rescue operation have also been released.