mo salah scores as hosts egypt beat democratic republic of congo 2—0 and qualify for the knockout phase of the africa cup of nations. and defending champion caroline wozniacki is out of the eastbourne international, beaten by aryna sabalenka in a repeat of last year's final. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that pakistan have kept their play—off hopes alive at the cricket world cup by ending new zealand's unbeaten run. babar azam notched a century as he led his side to a 6 wicket victory which also adds pressure to hosts england who sitjust above them, as patrick gearey reports. if pakistan have a plan, it is not an easy one to work out. after six games they had had no

steady level but constant volume. mohamad amir‘s first ball — new zealand's martin guptill swept away in the energy that pakistan thrived on. their captain, sarfaraz, somehow got ross taylor. like the sharp spin of shadab khan, another wicket fell. like the sharp spin of shadab khan, kane williamson out. england were nervous. they were the third team in this match. pakistan could catch them. new zealand made it to 237. so, how would pakistan cope when faced with the kiwi attack? lachie ferguson made welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. imam—ul—haq flinch. our top stories: after a shocking image emerges of a father and daughter drowned martin guptill flew. a time for level heads. on the mexico border, they call mohammad hafeez president trump blames the migrant the professor, but this crisis on the democrats. was a miscalculation. were they about to blow it? they want to have open borders,

and open orders mean crime, and open borders mean people drowning in the rivers. ba bar azam operated —— borders. in a bubble of calm. every drive drained the menace the first ten hopefuls in the race from new zealand's bowlers. to be the democrats' not long after, the match was over. nominee for president go head in 1992, pakistan won a world cup to head in a tv debate shortly. after a similar start. italy's government refuses to allow 42 migrants rescued watch out england, in the mediterranean to land in its ports. they are behind you. and we speak to the dalai lama, 60 years after he fled chinese now to football where hosts egypt forces in tibet. are through to the last 16 of the africa cup of nations with a match to spare after they beat democratic republic of congo 2—0 in cairo. mo salah picked up the second goal and in the earlier game at the same venue uganda drew 1—1 with zimbabwe to leave them in pole position to qualify second. two hours away in alexandria, nigeria have progressed from group b with a game to spare with a 1—0 win over guinea and our reporter in egythohn bennett can round it all up.

ahmed elmohamady scored the first goal, as egypt lived up to expectations. 70,000 fans at the cairo international stadium had been waiting for this moment. after great work, national hero mohammed salah rocketed the ball past the keeper. uganda moved closer to the last 16 after an entertaining 1—1 draw against zimbabwe. both teams mist chances to wind it. meanwhile, in group b, if nigerian players were distracted by talk about a bonus, they didn't show it. they made it two winds from two. they have a good

team, they have experienced players as well, i am just happy to win this game today. we just wanted to finish one so we can game today. we just wanted to finish one so we can avoid some teams at least at this stage, but you know, we had a good qualifier, and hopefully we can win the next game as well. there are three more games on thursday. madagascar and burundi will both be looking for their first wins in group b. and we've got the second round of matches in group c, where senegal and algeria will both be hoping to make it two wins out of two, while kenya and tanzania will be looking for their first points of the competition. elsewhere, the quarter—final line up at concacaf gold cup will be completed later, following the final game in group d. the usa and panama have already qualified for the last eight and the match between them in kansas will decide who finishes top. they kick—off in around 15 minutes.

the group winners will face curacao and the runners—up will play jamaica. earlier, guyana and trinidad & tobago played out a 1—1 draw meaning guyana finish third in group d on goal difference with both sides having already been eliminated. staying with football, urawa red diamonds and shanghai sipg are through to the quarter—finals of the asian champions league. urawa overturned a first leg deficit against ulsan to go through, while shanghai needed penalties to see offjeonbuk motors. colm harrison reports. having come from behind to win the first leg 2—1 in japan having come from behind to win the first leg 2—1 injapan last week, ulsan were expected to complete the job at home. but urawa fans had travelled in great numbers in the hope they could turn it around. patients was the key for them and their patients was awarded when it became 2—2 on aggregate. ulsan still had their noses in front on away goals. ten minutes from time, urawa scored again. another header and the side were now ahead. with four minutes left, the shellshocked south

koreans considered again — evident slotting home third. the second leg between shanghai sipg and johnson motors. the chinese champions drew level with time running out. there we re level with time running out. there were ten minutes left when it became 1-1 were ten minutes left when it became 1—1 on the night and 2—1 on aggregate. extra time was goalless but not without incident. tempers frayed as the clock ticked beyond 120 minutes. 0rder frayed as the clock ticked beyond 120 minutes. order was restored in time for the penalty shootout that followed. advantage shanghai, and in the end, it fell to oscar to seal their place in the semifinals. england centre—backs steph horton and millie bright are major doubts

for their women's world cup quarter—final against norway later on thursday in la havre. a heat wave in france will make it more difficult for the players and teams hoping to lay claim to the title of best in the world. but the england manager says his team can handle the conditions. we quite like it hot, we feel good in the heat. we have two weeks at st george's park where they virtually lived in a sauna, and that really was the sauna, there was no air—conditioning. we have planned for it, they have thermals, they are prepared for it, there are no surprises. the norwegians, who were winners of the second women's world cup in 1995, beat england 1—0 when the two sides last met in 2017 and the winner at stade 0ceane will face either three—time champions usa or france in the semi—finals.

one more football line is that manchester united have reached an agreement to sign england under—21full—back aaron wan—bissaka from crystal palace in a deal believed to be worth around $63 million. he'll be offered a long—term contract that would lift his salary from $12,000 per week, where he's currently the lowest—paid player in palace's first—team squad, to around $100,000 a week. now to tennis where defending champion caroline wozniacki has been knocked out of the eastbourne international, beaten by aryna sabalenka, the lady she defeated in last year's final. the 11th seeded dane took the first set comfortably 6—2 before sabalenka claimed the second to level matters and the third saw wozniacki in a solid position leading 5—2 before the belarussian saved a match point and then won the tie break to set up a last eight contest against 3rd seeded dutch player kiki bertens. 2017 winner karolina pliskova is also through after she accounted for belgium's elise mertens in straight sets. the second seeded czech won 6—1, 6—2 and will now face russia's ekaterina alexandrova for a place in the semi—finals.

simona halep aslo progressed to the last eight but the former world number one struggled through in three sets to beat slovenia's polona hertzog. the 6th seed needed almost two hours to win 6—1, 4—6, 6—3 and set up a quarter—final against reigning wimbledon champion angelique kerber. britain'sjohanna konta is out though after she lost in straight sets against tunisia's 0ns jabeur. the 28—year—old will enter wimbledon having played only four grass—court matches, after also being eliminated at the second—round stage in birmingham last week. to major league baseball where trevor bauer struck out 12 batters over six and two—thirds innings as he helped the cleveland indians defeat the kansas city royals 5—3 in ohio on wednesday. jake bauers and tyler naquin also hit home runs as they homered off bauer‘s counterpart jakob junis in the fourth inning. junis who allowed four runs in six innings hasn't been on a winning team since the 30th of may. you can get all the latest

sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. the much advertised summer heat this week is yet to kick in. when it does it will be very brief. 0n the continent as you may have heard the european heatwave is in full swing, and on wednesday new june temperature records were set in germany, poland, czech republic, to above 38 celsius. the best we could manage in the uk was 25 in wales. to start thursday morning, where you are clear in scotland and down through northern england, single figures could be yours. low cloud in wales across to eastern england and southern scotland. it may hang on towards lincolnshire, norfolk, it may push more generally back towards the north sea coast later in the day. northern scotland staying cloudy, elsewhere abundant sunshine. it will be sunny at glastonbury,

but it will be windy here, in fact even stronger winds towards cornwall and devon. these are average speeds but there will be gusts through thursday and into friday, may be reaching 50mph on western ground. this offshore cloud will keep temperatures close to the midteens on the eastern coast, elsewhere it will be a warmer day in the sunshine, into the mid—20s for warmer spots in the west. thursday night into friday, cloud lurking in the north sea, and will filter further inland, and once again could make for a rather dull and grey start to friday morning, especially across the eastern side. that will put on back away from the coastline as we go through the day. high pressure is now moving towards the north sea on friday, and by then we are finally tapping into some of this continental heat and humidity across the western side of the uk, with abundant sunshine. so here it will feel hotter on friday.

here is how it is looking on friday, remember the cloudy start through central and eastern areas, but there goes the low cloud, slowly retreating to the north sea coast. it will feel cooler than elsewhere. elsewhere in the sunshine more places will be into the upper 20s, even into the hotspots of north—west scotland we could be near 30 degrees. on saturday, for northern ireland and scotland, it is atlantic air taking over once again with showers and thunderstorms. the heat on saturday transferring further east across more of england. temperatures near 32 or 33 in south—east england is possible. part two of the weekend on sunday, it has all changed, the cold front moving through, followed by cooler, atlantic air moving more towards average for this 00:12:40,177 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 time of year.