croatia are through to the world cup final after coming from behind to beat england in extra—time. a huge shock at wimbledon — as the 8 time champion roger federer goes out in the quarter—finals. but rafa nadal wins a five set thriller to set up a semi—final against novak djokovic. croatia are into their first look at final after they eat england 2—1 in their semi—final. they needed an extra time winner to ensure that they and not england, will play france in the final. croatia have done it the hard way, extra time was needed again to get past england. no shoot out this

time. it was their experience that came “— time. it was their experience that came —— that saw them coming from behind to set up a final against france on sunday. well then, deep breaths of. the face here are new. keep your eye on kieran trippier. england flew into the quarter—finals, conceding a freekick when the world ‘s best would fancy their chances of. within five minutes the beliefs or write to england's team. but when you are only 1—0 england's team. but when you are only1—0 up england's team. but when you are only 1—0 up there is always the chance that this could happen. ivan perisic‘s foot beating england. so who has the energy falling —— extra time? a moment to rally the players but with 11 minutes like england lost sight of mario mandzukic. injury time and extra time, one last

freekick cleared and that was it. the final whistle blew on england's world cup, a sense of missed opportunity, the final they knew could have been bears, instead it will be croatia. —— could have been bears. —— could have been theirs. jubilation for the croatian players and fans. such a small nation, making their achievement more remarkable. bethany was in the capital. this is a very happy crowd of people in croatia here tonight. just before the end of the match one fan came up to me and said if croatia wins i am going tojump into the fountain and they have been jumping eversince. the fountain and they have been jumping ever since. this is a moment to cherish for croatia, a small countryjust 4 million people but they proved that they can play foot ball they proved that they can play football on a world—class stage and everybody here is hopeful that they may perhaps win in the final. so

what of england ? may perhaps win in the final. so what of england? they will have to try and lift themselves for the match that nobody wants to play in a third—place play—off against eltham in st petersburg on saturday. their fa ns in st petersburg on saturday. their fans came he was such belief that they would reach their first world cup final since 1966. i think a lot of us thought we would go out in the quarter—finals, but i am really proud of the team and how they performed. i think it is a very young team, i don't think it will be looking good going into the future. so proud of the way that they played, the football that they played, the football that they played, unbelievable. to get to a semi—final, we never expected it. played, unbelievable. to get to a semi—final, we never expected itm is hard to say right now you are happy,a is hard to say right now you are happy, a semi—final would have been a good result before the tournament but right now it feels different. the english fans here and millions backin the english fans here and millions back in england have engaged with their team over the past few weeks and the official twitter account of the english fa sent this out: to

eve ryo ne the english fa sent this out: to everyone who supported us, to eve ryo ne everyone who supported us, to everyone who supported us, to everyone who believed this time was different, to everyone who wasn't afraid to dream, to a run who knows this is only the beginning, thank you, we hope we made you proud. be really was a golden summer for those england players, but that golden prize, the world cup, the greatest prize, the world cup, the greatest prize input all, will be either in croatian or french hands on sunday. roger federer is out of wimbledon after losing in the quarter—finals to kevin anderson. it was the big upset on men's quarter—finals day, but the other four winners left in the championship, rafa nadal and novak djokovic both did win and will 110w novak djokovic both did win and will now play each other. unfamiliar territorial for roger federer. a first appearance on court one for

three years, the opening set went his way without breaking a sweat. that we have seen before, but after that took the second, kevin anderson showed exactly what he could do. the number one seed uncharacteristically off the mark and sensing his chants, anderson cooper that. and as federer‘s game continue to lack its age, anderson cooper screw and took it to age, anderson cooper screw and took ittoa age, anderson cooper screw and took it to a decider, the swiss looking for ants is. and at 12— 11 in the fifth, the opening fell to anderson. after four hours on court, he took his chants, only the fifth man to eat federer from two down. the number one seed heading home.“ eat federer from two down. the number one seed heading home. if you go out there with doubts or unsure what is to happen, like a baby did in the first set, it is not going to go your way and as it went on, i kept telling myself this is going to be my day, just gave it my all and obviously very ecstatic to get through that. and as a shock waves

rippled around wimbledon, time for rafael nadal to restore calm. or so we thought. at one set all, the king of u psets we thought. at one set all, the king of upsets looked as though he might spike and other. 6—4 the argentinian took the third. and after he levelled, it was another five set epic, the spaniard drew first blood after the break. and after almost five hours on court, it was just about enough as one of the great hits home, the other goes through. of course, i think great quality of tennis, especially in the last set, some amazing points. of course, sorry for martin, he is an amazing opponent, amazing player and in some way he deserved the victory too. but it won't get any easier, next up is a rejuvenated novak djokovic after he beat kei nishikori. and america'sjohn

isner takes his place in the semi—finals after the 9th seed came from a set down to beat milos raonic, who was the runner—up in 2016. isner will play kevin anderson for a place in the final. on thursday it is women's semifinals day on the first match on centre court. let's bring you some cycling. slovakia's peter sagan won wednesday's 5th stage of the tour de france in brittany. the world champion beat sonny colbrelli and philippe gilbert in the uphill finish at quimper — to claim his second stage victory. the olympic road race champion greg van avermaet retained the yellow jersey — and he's now two seconds clear of his bmc team—mate tejay van garderen. the defending champion chris froome finished safely in the pack and he's moved up to 15th in the general

classification. they are the world ‘stop they are the world ‘s top to one—day cricket sides and will go head—to—head. england face india in nottingham in the first game of a three match series. nel were 2—1 winners in the recent t20 is but it is this one body —— one—day series against england that will allow both countries to gauge where they are at. next year ‘s world cup, held in england and wales, home side scored a record 461 when they beat australia at trent bridge just three weeks ago. joe root says facing india will be different. i think theyjust bring different challenges. they are a strong side, especially in this format and we

have had some great success here. we have had some great success here. we have got to bear in mind the things that they will bring to the series and then also try and keep at the forefront all of the great stuff that we have been doing over the last couple of years and make sure that we can continue to carry that forward. i think it is very important to. since the world cup is going to be played in this part of the world exactly one year later, so in terms of preparation it is going to be good for us to see where we stand as a team. is english team is good to put us under pressure every now and then. it is all about responding to that pressure and absorbing that pressure and you know, taking it to them. it will be important for us to play how we play as the indian cricket team. a reminder of our top story. croatia have beaten england to set up a world cup final against france on sunday. there is more that and all of the latest sports news at our website. from me, for now, that is

all. 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. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america

and around the globe. my name is ben bland. our top stories: showdown in brussels. president trump demands nato countries double their defence spending. the first pictures of the rescued thai boys recovering in hospital, as more details emerge of their dramatic escape. dozens are still missing after japan's worst floods in decades. the death toll has now passed 170. and croatia come from behind to beat england and book their place in the world cup final. they will face france on sunday. hello and welcome to bbc world news.