this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight. england's lionness' take on the usa — in the most important match in english women's football. this is the scene live in lyon — where the match is about to get under way — victory would mean a place in the final of a major tournament for a senior english side for the first time since 1966. the eu's leaders reach a tentative deal on who should hold the most prominent positions for the next five years, but the package still faces approval from the european parliament. police try to identify the body of a man thought to be a stowaway who fell from this plane, and landed just a metre away from someone sunbathing

in a london garden. boris johnson and jeremy hunt go to northern ireland in their battle to be our next prime minister, both of them insist the backstop can't be part of any future brexit deal. and british number one, johanna konta, is safely through to round two of wimbledon, after a straight sets win in her opening match. the lionesses have just kicked off against the united states — in the semifinal of the women's world cup in france. england are hoping to reach the final for the first time, but it'll be a tough game against defending champions — and tournament favourites — usa.

let's go live to that match. england and white, and those that stayed at the stadium for a sell—out, 90 minutes to see if england can make history. they have only been in the usa once, but the line—up has been called, rather the matchup has been called, rather the matchup has been called as a perfect semifinal. england has been described as having a better chance of beating us at the world cup. described as the stronger side, but england have the stronger side, but england have the better manager tactically. interestingly, both coaches from

both sides from the north of england. let us get more on this and speak to our guest. we're joined by the former england captain, gillian coultard who is in castleford. also helen alderson — former player in the england under—23 squad, who's in sunderland. how are you feeling tonight? excited and a bit anxious. the game started and a bit anxious. the game started and hopefully we can pull one over the americans tonight. how do you feel about their chances? we have a get a chance as they do. very good squad and the team has very strong and athletic qualities and if we can match them with that, hopefully will get the right result. helen, what are your thoughts on the match?”

get the right result. helen, what are your thoughts on the match? i am looking forward to it. a lot of people on how to they make it out as a david and goliath situation, but they approved that that is not the case. england has a really strong line, sol case. england has a really strong line, so i think it's going to be a very good match. what do you make of those last—minute line—up changes with mac i understand there has been an injury, but megan. it is a massive test of character for her, so massive test of character for her, so she will be really please to get the opportunity and see that, i will bea the opportunity and see that, i will be a bit disappointed but it is one less thing for england after worry about, they'll be in fantastic form so about, they'll be in fantastic form

so far. so definitely a positive for england. ijust want so far. so definitely a positive for england. i just want to take you back to a comment that phil neville said, talking about how nobody remembers a loser. how key has he beenin remembers a loser. how key has he been in building up the psyche of the team. i think he has been instrumental. they have smiles on their faces instrumental. they have smiles on theirfaces and instrumental. they have smiles on their faces and they seem to enjoy as much they can and he has instilled that into them for the past 18 months. people like we know now, they have been given something back to that team and they're reaping the rewards for it now and like i say, they can get the right result. ultimately though, a lot of experience in the us side. defence and attack whites, how do england look? and how key will this be?m

is key in any game that you play, the players that are mobile and can get forward at the same time, both teams are going to go head—to—head with this because the americans, they are very strong as well, my physical and they'll be there for the 90 minutes, if not beyond that, within 30 minutes extra time, sign is going to come right down to the wire. just looking back at the progression to the tournament, england's progression to the tournament, describing the us team is being very physical, england has often tends to start off very well and then kindly give the game away, how are they going to have to manage to tighten up that game?” how are they going to have to manage to tighten up that game? i think first of all, they kind of done that the other way around, they don't set the other way around, they don't set the world a light in my opinion, to

start at the beginning of the tournament but as each game is gone on, they turned it up. sol tournament but as each game is gone on, they turned it up. so i think that it's tidy up defensively, sol think they will agree, because the us will take those chances to show how clinical they were in the last match. and so, i think that is the strategy and they have a great chance to capitalise tonight. just talking about the women's game in general, we look at the mine up in the players, even in fact, the coaches. we look at england coaches, northern coaches, northern place, why do northern players appear to be dominating the england team?” why do northern players appear to be dominating the england team? ijust think that is how it is, i do not think that is how it is, i do not think there any significance in that, i think it's just all about getting the players to play and the ones who obviously fitting the way

the plaintiffs are. that is the managers position, they pick what they want to pick regardless, i don't think there's anything of that, you just have to look at the way the girls of come together as a squad and they all get on, i don't think there is any north—south divide on that one. you're going to be with us through this match and we will leave you for now, let's get back to watching that match. we are going to cross to ben who was in battersea. and find out what is going on. the crowd has settled down a bed, tense the early moments in the game, perhaps not quite the cheering that was there, more than a reflection

and seeing how england can impose themselves on what is regarded as themselves on what is regarded as the tournament favourite. and hello. you have come up from ten from this, haven't you ? you have come up from ten from this, haven't you? yes. without, after seeing it on twitter that we would come here. what you think about the tournament in england so far? we really enjoyed it. that we were people were worried that england would be put out of the stride. they did really well and therefore a force to be reckoned with. do you think england can do it?” force to be reckoned with. do you think england can do it? i think so, this going to be touch a tough game. —— sucha this going to be touch a tough game. —— such a tough game. this going to be touch a tough game. -- such a tough game. i have heard that they are one down

unfortunately. we are not seeing that here. anyway, i think we should let them go back to watching the game here and let the rest of the crowd do that as well. so back to you. waiting for that reaction but it was somewhat subdued, but thank you very much indeed and we are watching this game here on bbc news. as we get the goals and the commentary as well, all the way, we'll bring it to you here and bbc news. will be finding a how the story and many others of being covered in the front pages. are covered in tomorrow's front pages( at 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are brexit editor at the telegraph, asa bennett, and head of news at the huffington post, jess brammar.

police are trying to identify the body of a man who fell from a plane and landed in a garden in south west london. 0fficers believe the victim fell from the landing gear compartment of the kenya airways plane — as it came in to land at heathrow on sunday. a neighbour said the body landed a metre away from a resident who'd been sunbathing. here's our special correspondent, lucy manning. coming in to land at heathrow on sunday, but minutes earlier from beneath this kenyan airways plane, a body had fallen to the ground. the man fell thousands of feet into a garden, a small crater visible. it is a desperate act to stowaway on a plane and he did not survive. the body, described as an ice block, just missed a man who was sunbathing in the garden. neighbours are reported to have said they heard an almighty bang that had fallen from the sky. the man who was sunbathing in the garden has been left badly shaken by what he saw

and the narrowness that and the narrow miss that could've killed him as well. the kenya airways flight left nairobi on sunday morning at 7:19 british time, at the start of a nine hour 4000 mile trip. it was at three and a half thousand feet when the body fell, the plane flying over 0fferton road at 3:36, and landing at heathrow just six minutes later. this has happened in the past, it happened in richmond. it's quite frightening, that it's happened so close as well. it's unfortunate. a bbc documentary about a man who fell to his death in 2012 showed how stowaways get into aircraft. he would've had to climb up as quickly as possible along the metal into the wheel arch. the temperature is down to —60 celsius, and the pressure oxygen is not enough to sustain life so the stowaway will pass out

at about 20,000 feet and then they will die above 30,000 feet and then on the approach to land, the gate comes down probably fall out of the aircraft and fall to their death if they are not already dead. a bag, water and some food were discovered by the landing gear. they were not enough to keep the stowaway alive. it has been a marathon — and very tetchy effort, but this evening the leaders of the european union have finally agreed on who they want to take the top jobs for the next five years. eu leaders have been haggling since sunday over who should fill the four most important roles, juggling political affiliation, nationality, geography and gender. the nominations are. german defence minister, ursula von der leyen — for the top post of european commission chief. belgian prime minister,

charles michel — is to lead the european council. former imf boss, christine lagarde — as president of the european central bank. and spanish foreign minister, josep borrell — to be high representative for foreign policy. here's the european council president, donald tusk, speaking about the results of the negotiations a few minutes ago. five years ago, we needed three months to decide and still some of us were against. this year it was three days and nobody was against. even if germany abstained on the commission president due to some issues in the government coalition. they supported the whole package. first and foremost, we have chosen two women and two men for the four key positions.

a perfect gender balance. meanwhile, earlier today the new european parliament sat for the first time. but a smooth start it was not. members of nigel farage's new brexit party staged a protest by turning their backs — and facing the wall as the european anthem was played. gavin lee is in brussels for us a bit of drama there, but let's start off with those top jobs. take us start off with those top jobs. take us to the list. i don't think any of them perhaps other than the central—bank household names and they were not named particularly known here, amongst institutions here in brussels until yesterday morning, in fact. the person was going to become the first female president of the commission, the six

defence minister was thrown in very late because they cannot break the deadlock because so many different power games are going on between the different political clocks in the socialist, the liberals, they were knocking out each other‘s contenders and suddenly they settled on this and suddenly they settled on this and providing the prime minister is the council president and also more famous actually spoke out a lot during the independence crisis in spain, the foreign minister becoming a high representative forforeign affairs and being the head of the ecb. interesting because 27 countries voted for her, one abstained and i was wrong country, such germany. talking about incompetency on getting her out and inquiry, here, she is seen as a staunch federalist someone who was born in brussels, spent time in london and has spoke

on brexit and there will be compete unity and —— complete unity. and they can pass a short while ago and isaid, they can pass a short while ago and i said, what does this mean for brexit? his point was they are new faces and actually, they are going to stay the same that he believes in terms of unity. no chance of opening the withdrawal agreement, this is about thejob, the withdrawal agreement, this is about the job, the the withdrawal agreement, this is about thejob, the post, personality politics he believes are not come to it stop by talking about the challenges and the implications of brexit. brexit is interesting, we are talking about both sides of the water fairly long played out leadership and of course, the next stage, they have been nominated here in the european council, the commission president has to be voted on in two weeks' time, and is also gravy a new president of the european parliament being nominated

tomorrow, so we are hopeful from a european perspective that these candidates will come through. it has taken a long time to get to this point, they have said that it has been a really bad image to show how indecisive the european union has beenin indecisive the european union has been in this process but they have spoken a lot to the bbc in the past, i don't expect she will be a stranger in the future either. we just heard it from another short press co nfe re nce , just heard it from another short press conference, the head of the european council, if he gets the vote, and they said that he does wa nt to vote, and they said that he does want to talk brexit now, but he has to meet with jeremy want to talk brexit now, but he has to meet withjeremy hunter boris johnson and work out a strategy to go forward. thank you very much. message from the page - the headlines on bbc news. champions, the usa in lyon, for a place in the world england's lionesses are playing the defending champions, the usa in lyon, for a place in the world cup final in france.

an update, they have just scored 1-0. an update, they have just scored 1—0. so england hadjust an update, they have just scored 1—0. so england had just scored. you can see them there celebrating, looks of disbelief! more on this shortly with the sport. so that is a life picture that you can see in the moment. let us in fact go to gavin. in the sport for us. what drama, 1—0 in leon. as you say, one all against the usa now, sixth goal in five games because they were a goalie down after just games because they were a goalie down afterjust nine minutes and, scoring the goalfor down afterjust nine minutes and, scoring the goal for the us down afterjust nine minutes and, scoring the goalfor the us put down afterjust nine minutes and, scoring the goal for the us put them one up with a superb header after the us pressured, nine minutes and,

the us pressured, nine minutes and, the us pressured, nine minutes and, the us scored, but, this is it now, a lovely cross in here will stop england, struggle to defend against this and the pressure gets out of them, 1—0 but she has come in and we can have a look at the pictures now, you can watch this on bbc one and hoping to make the first final of the women possible world cup. equalised for england in the sixth goal in five games, she is now the top scores so far and let's see how this one pans out. 0nto matters in the premier league, they have signed for a record fee, the french international has signed a five—year dealfor around £54 international has signed a five—year deal for around £54 million, international has signed a five—year dealfor around £54 million, the highest fee ever paid by tottenham for a player, the 42 million paid

for a player, the 42 million paid for in 2017. the second new arrival following the transfer of he has gone back to ellen road. heading to wimbledon, leaving the british charge and around two of the championship. joined in the next round by serena williams and rafael nadal, let's head down to a john watson, great to see you, the attendances how did they fare in their matches? apt to say, roger federer had a shaky start and his opening match with harris, he took this to make his first set, but the next three progressing over for, roger as we know is a 22nd time grand champion, hoping to win by more wimbledon championship heading into the second round. rafael nadal

was an action today, some cracking matches and the singles today, rafael nadal coming through. straight sets one this one for rafael nadal, 6—1 and 6—3, and he will face nick from australia. producing one of his most famous victories he wimbledon, knocking off rocky on the rafael nadal. 24th grand slam hoping to equal the record, beating julia and straight sets this one. serena williams having not played a match since going out of the french open in the third round, no signs of resting is therefore serena williams. the familiar surroundings a centre court for serena williams, sisson big names already through and a great day for this british players as well all involved and a number of big names. a good start for the

british. she came through with her match, straight sets, she was one of eight british players in action on day two. it is enough, she had got out earlier in the lead up to wimbledon at birmingham and she came through against anna from romania. she actually being her earlier this year, so she would felt confident in progressing, interesting to note that on commentary, she said she feels that she is playing better now than she two years ago when she reached the wimbledon semifinals. good news as well, as did cameron, andj good news as well, as did cameron, and j clark, good news as well, as did cameron, andj clark, so find british players progressing today and in the first round, to reach the second round here wimbledon and currently at the moment, we have paul in action. a wild card that is playing college

tennis out in america, he was two sets down but he just won the third. so turning that into a fourth set, it will become the story as a 19—year—old wild card here at wilmot he can win his place in second round. thank you very much. australia have won the opening match up, playing in the first international of the multiformat series in england, struggled in their endings, manning to reach 177 despite being 19 for four at one stage. hard work was the reply, but 66 and help them along and they won by two wickets, given the tourist in early two point lead. and that is all the sport for now, it is still 1-1 all the sport for now, it is still 1—1 in the world cup semifinal between england and the united states, 24 minutes going in that match and that is all from us from now, stay tuned for more women's football updates and sports day later in the evening.

the 2 conservative leadership candidates have faced questions from party members in northern ireland —— with brexit dominating the agenda. one of the most controversial parts of the withdrawal agreement is the so—called backstop, an insurance policy to avoid any new checks or controls on the irish border after brexit, if a trade deal can't be agreed. it would mean the whole of the uk would continue to share customs arrangements with the eu and northern ireland would remain in the eu's single market for goods, meaning no custom checks for goods crossing the border. bothjeremy hunt and borisjohnson are seeking substantial changes to this arrangement, which the eu has previously refused to agree to. here's our ireland correspondent, emma va rdy. what will the future look like with a new prime minister? i'm just going to run with it. here in belfast, there is no escaping the reality that the new prime minister

will have to do with the bumpiest part of brexit so far. how to avoid checks on goods across the irish border. i don't think boris orjeremy will have an easier ride than theresa, to be honest. so if i could devote you virtual prime minister? i would head back and just delete the whole programme. i'd start fresh with another one. the candidates have virtually pledged to do just that. both want to persuade the eu to ditch the so—called backstop, which could mean northern ireland having to follow different rules and the to follow different rules from the rest of the uk. that has to change we need to find a different solution. and i think it will be a technology lead solution what the germans call an invisible border. borisjohnson wants to solve it through a separate trading agreement with the eu or leave with no deal. solve the border issues where they belong, logically, in the context of the fga that we are going to do. context of the fta that we are going to do. the biggest critic of the backstop, northern ireland's

democratic unionist party, will be brought into the brexit negotiation team underjeremy hunt. we need to persuade the eu that we have a coalition that can get a majority through parliament and we do depend on the partnership. if we didn't have the dup, i'm afraid the truth is we would have jeremy corbyn, who has an agenda to break up union. break up the union. who impressed you? boris. why is that? because he's wonderful. i think boris is treating northern ireland the same as the rest of the united kingdom and i think that is important for northern ireland. the conservative party does not have a single mp in northern ireland, but there are about 500 party members who will be voting next week. jeremy hunt made a real effort of answering the questions and boris waffled about everything. they both want to do away with the irish backstop, do you believe they could? there is a solution but nobody understands. after today's hustings, it was borisjohnson who went

to meet dup leader and whoever becomes prime minister, the relationship with her could be crucial. well more on the tory leadership contest and our correspondent iain watson is in westminster, there's been something of an intervention by the chancellor today? yes, actually. inside in downing street, there been so many interventions, the leadership contest himself since he was criticising already, the spending plans of both candidates, talking about tax cuts and today he focused ona about tax cuts and today he focused on a note of brexit, both candidates saying they're willing to contemplate a new deal brexit but then the house of commons is particularly critical of what might happen under the circumstances. let me say this. i think i have been consistently clear that i believe that leaving with a no deal exit will be bad

forthe uk, bad forthe british economy, bad for the british people. we cannot, however, rule out that could happen because it is not entirely in our hands but i do agree with him that it would be wrong for a british government to seek to pursue no deal as a policy and i believe it will be for the house of commons, of which i will continue proudly to be a member, to ensure that doesn't happen. giving him a leaving present whoever gets appointed as a new conservative leader, neither could see, he gave a very strong hand fed that he would be prepared as a backbench conservative mp, if he is outside of the cabinet, to vote against his own government, to vote against whoever becomes the conservative leader, should they pursue a no deal policy

and in addition to that, to remain in the house of commons, that he could cost them £90 billion if there was a disruptive no deal exit. admittedly, that figure which comes from a treasury estimate from last year, could project 50 is to the future. the point is the money that he had put aside all for an scenario, he did not think be adequate to cover the full cost of no deal, sows another shot he fired across a both borisjohnson and jeremy hunt. thank you very much for that. good evening. a lot of fine weather to come across the uk in the next few days. many of us will see cloud filling in from time to time, but it will be fairweather cloud building under an extensive area of high pressure. just thursday, i think, a chance of seeing some significant rainfall across northern scotland. generally, though, a dry picture. through this evening and overnight, we stay fine.

we will see a lot of cloud through the day dissolving and then turning quite chilly actually in rural wales, across the hills of northern england and southern scotland by first thing. low to three or four degrees. some patchy mist and fog first thing across east anglia. for wednesday, a bit of sunshine from the get—go, and we will see some thicker cloud pushing into northern scotland through the day. that is a weakened warm front, some more persistent and perhaps especially heavy rain into the western isles and highlands. heavier rain to come, though, on thursday. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: england's lionesses are playing the usa at the world cup in the most important match in english women's

football, and despite going a goal down, england havejust gone back down 2—1. first goalfor the usa first goal for the usa scored by christen press but then the equaliser from ellen white. christen press but then the equaliserfrom ellen white. we'll get a name on the second goal for the americans. but you see england celebrating there. more in a moment. the eu's leaders have reached a tentative deal on who should hold the most prominent positions for the next five years, but the package still faces approval from the european parliament. an investigation is under way after a stowaway fell from this plane into a london garden. boris johnson and jeremy hunt make their pitches to be the next prime minister to conservative party members in northern ireland. and british number onejohanna konta is safely through to round two of wimbledon after a straight sets win in her opening match.

thousands dominant thousands of fans are in lyon for the match, and millions are watching back home. plenty also watching here. this is the scene live in lyon. the usa have just gone back ahead, the score is 2-1. just gone back ahead, the score is 2—1. england did manage to equalise, that coming from ellen white. alex morgan then took the usa ahead. and the score is 2—1 to the usa. captain megan rapinoe is not playing today. she has been replaced by christen

press who actually scored the first goal taking the usa ahead. the equaliser coming quite quickly from england by ellen white and then alex morgan again taking usa ahead. so the score currently at 2—1. the bbc has defended the wages of its top presenters after publishing details of on—air staff who are paid more than £150,000. the number of people in that category rose last year, as did the overall wage bill, but the corporation said it was not paying anyone above the market rate. this year's annual report includes three women in the top ten earners for the first time. here's our media editor amol rajan. the roll call of the top salaries

and bbc which includes me include many over the average salary in the uk. and this comes when they are cutting the free credit injune. this is from back in 2015. the balance was between supporting the over 75 and on the other hand cutting all licence holders value. if this is unfair to impose bbc, why did you sign up to it? this came back out in your deal, your negotiation. let's go back to 2050 and a high of austerity and incoming government and this was coming... you think it is wrong the bbc was co—opted into this? you think it is wrong the bbc was co-opted into this? i think it is wrong and now twice in 20 to ten and now is when he 15 decisions about the licence fee in the amount of licence fee should be taken over a matter of days behind closed doors bya matter of days behind closed doors by a small group of people. most bbc staff are producers, researchers or a ministry to on conventional public sector salaries. they include women

who are still embroiled in grievances over equal pay. the gender pay gap has fallen and there are now three women in the top ten salary brackets. the bbc is buffeted by forces both global and local. what the competitors are driving inflation in spore and drama putting his very business model under strain. meanwhile as a public broadcaster and polarised times, it's every commercial and editorial decision faces unprecedented scrutiny. the question of who should pay reflects britton's generational divide. the wages at 75. i think if they can afford it, then they can pay for it. but i want to be something for the bbc in cutting back their wages built. i want to see them make a contribution as well as asking for and after contribution from the over 75. creative su ccesses , from the over 75. creative successes, structural reform and some progress on salaries about abc time. but if it slows loyal audiences the client to pay, those

very high salaries might not last. a fire aboard a russian navy submersible has killed 14 crew members, according to the country's defence ministry. the fire was later put out and the vessel is now at severomorsk, the main base of the russian northern fleet. the ministry says an investigation into the incident is now under way. with me in the studio is vitaliy shevchenko from the bbc‘s monitoring service. just update us on what we know so far. the details are still very sketchy but if we look at whatever little is available from officials, a very interesting picture is beginning to emerge. so this afternoon, at the defence mistry said there was a fire and what they called a scientific submersible

working in the interest of the russian navy. as a result of which, 14 people were killed because of smoke inhalation. they did not say where exactly the submersible was operating. but because it was brought back to the northern fleet‘s base, it suggests that it was somewhere in the arctic ocean. the russians came to stress it was operating within russian territorial waters. so what kind of submersible was it? the fact that they were at least 14 people on board suggests it was pretty big, a proper submarine. and to reports from normally reliable media sources in russia say it is what is known as the as—12, a nuclear powered submarine. now what was it doing? later this evening, the president met the defence

minister and at the meeting he revealed that among the 14 people who died were two heroes of russia, which is a very high rank of distinction in russia, and seven ca pta i ns distinction in russia, and seven captains first rank, which suggests that the mission was of a very high importance. now the as—12 happens to be the type of submarine which the americans earlier accused of nosing around underwater sea cables, and the british chief of defence staff in 2017 warned that nato should defend its cables better because russia was probably planning to cut them and cause chaos. russia are obsolete going to want to contain

this very quickly and shut this down quite quickly. we understand there is an investigation that is under way. but what do we know about the russian fleet? well, it is big and perhaps this is the reason why submarine accidents do happen. and well you could say that it could have been maintained a bit better but the most high—profile accident happened in the year 2000 when more than 100 submariners were killed in an explosion aboard the submarine and eight years later, i think 20 people died and suffocated on board submarine. these kind of tragedies keep happening in the russian fleet and they are a huge embarrassment. vitaliy, thank you very much for that. you are watching bbc news. a man from east yorkshire who shot dead his six—year—old great—grandson has been jailed for 3 years. stanley metcalf died in hospital after being hit in the stomach with a pellet

from an air rifle. albert grannon pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced at sheffield crown court. stanley's mother said mr grannon had never apologised. a former haemophiliac has described what he called a "coalition of secrecy" around contaminated blood products, which infected thousands of people with hiv and hepatitis c in the ‘70s and ‘80s. the evidence came on the first day of the infected blood inquiry hearings in scotland, chaired by sir brian langstaff. dai griffiths said doctors didn't tell him he had hepatitis c until nine years after being diagnosed. he said more honesty could have led to better treatments and saved many lives. around 3000 people died in the scandal. a ten—year—old girl who social services believed to be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation has been stopped by police from boarding a plane to africa. the child had her passport taken away before being detained at heathrow airport.

from bristol, our social affairs correspondent fiona lamdin reports. this mother, who we can't identify, has a ten—year—old daughter who is now the subject of an fgm protection order. why do i have to tell them where i'm going? why? we have no freedom of movement. we have done nothing wrong. two weeks ago, she told the school that she'd be taking her daughter out of lessons before the end of term. her daughter was due to fly to djibouti on thursday, the family say, to visit her grandmother who's unwell. i couldn't afford the flight and needed to look after my other children, so my cousin and her family agreed to take my daughter. butjust as she was boarding the plane, police detained her. she was crying. and devastated, to be honest. they say she was kept in an interview room at a police station near the airport for three hours. the police took away her passport. they say she wasn't able to speak to her mother. can you understand that the police, social services were trying

to protect your daughter? no. i'm not going to send my daughter to an unsafe place. and not in my family, to be honest. i have a sister who's five years younger than me, and she hasn't had fgm, and she's a mum now, she has daughters and even my nieces. they haven't had any fgm, so i wasn't even thinking of that. the family are also unhappy that even though the court order was issued at 2pm in the afternoon, it wasn't acted on until six hours later. this has been so traumatic for my ten—year—old. but bristol city council say they will always act if there is a concern. about fgm? yeah. why would the teacher...? sorry, which teacher is this? the headteacher. tonight, a play is being performed by a community who say the reaction of the authorities to fgm is disproportionate. it doesn't happen any more. it's actually in fact illegal in

somalia and somaliland and djibouti. and, you know, speaking to friends and family who live in the country, it's not something that's relevant for them any more. what if, at the party, they get you distracted and theyjust take me away? that will never happen. but a big part of the problem is that we still don't know how many girls are actually at risk. fiona lamdin, bbc news. the chinese government has condemned the protests in hong kong as an "undisguised challenge" to its rule by "violent offenders". yesterday, pro—democracy demonstrators stormed the parliament, occupying its chamber and scrawling graffiti on the walls. china's state media have denounced the protests as mob violence, with very little coverage making the newspapers. the communist party newspaper people's daily didn't mention yesterday's protest. instead, they prominently reported celebrations of the "22nd birthday of hong kong", marked by a gathering of 5000 people

spelling out "i love hk". china's nationalist daily paper, global times, also kept pictures of the protests out of their edition, but did publish reports in english and chinese condemning the clashes. while this pro—beijing newspaper in hong kong did show pictures of the protests, saying that "mainstream" public opinion "firmly supports" the police taking "decisive and rigorous law enforcement actions as soon as possible" to suppress "violent terrorist incidents" and "severely punish the mobs". china has warned western powers, including britain, against interference in chinese internal affairs. here, the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says the authorities in hong kong must not respond with repression. nick beake has the latest. they were already trying to repair the damage done to hong kong's battered parliament,

but these protests have inflicted other wounds, deep wounds, which will not be easily healed. thousands of young hong kong people besieged the building yesterday, saying they did not want to be part of china, a seemingly leaderless protest powered by social media and anger. they even took over the chamber, where normally it's the city's politicians in control. 0ne demonstrator told us why he was there. i think it's important for us to show what we are fighting for. and we are willing to risk ourfuture, in a sense, to fight for what we're doing. today, when we met this architect again, he tried to defend what happened. nobody wants to step over that line, if there is such a line, and i think the one that steps over

the line first is the hong kong government. i mean, they have been ignoring us for so many years. their administration is getting worse. they are pushing us towards the edge. but beijing condemned the protesters as violent criminals and told the world not to interfere in its business. translation: the violent storming of the parliament building in hong kong and the indiscriminate damage to parliament's facilities is a serious illegal act that trampled on the rule of law and damaged public order. we strongly condemn this. the former british colony has not seen anything like this in the 22 years since it was handed back to beijing. the uk has condemned the violence, but says it happened for a reason. we urge the authorities not to use what happened as a pretext for repression, but rather to understand the root causes of what happened, which is a deep—seated concern

by people in hong kong that their basic freedoms are under attack. hong kong's police, who deny claims they lured protesters in by simply standing by, say they are now gathering evidence for future prosecutions. and the prospect of hundreds of young citizens being put on trial is likely to generate yet more anger in a city already in turmoil. the headlines on bbc news: england's lionesses are playing the defending champions, the usa in lyon, for a place in the world cup final. it's half—time, and it's the usa who lead 2—1. the eu's leaders have reached a tentative deal on who should hold the most prominent positions for the next five years, but the package still faces approval from the european parliament. an investigation is under way

after a stowaway fell from this plane into a london garden. it's half—time in the crucial semi—final match between england the usa in the women's world cup, and usa are ahead. it's 2-1. alex morgan scored their second goal. it has been something of a game of high drama with at least ten shots at goal, including six on target. we are going to speak to helen who has been watching the first half for us. thank you so much forjoining us. what has been going on? to headers by the usa. they are making this look very easy indeed. they are. it has certainly been an eventful first

half i think i mentioned earlier on that it looks like england have not tightened up the defending. it looks like two or three headers which is disappointing. they got a goal and equalised and then the usa got a go back. the second goal can attract england a little bit. but they are still in it so they can tidy things up still in it so they can tidy things up when the second half. let's go through those goals. christen press standing infor through those goals. christen press standing in for megan rapinoe and then ellen white and alex morgan. sta n then ellen white and alex morgan. stan —— start off with that first goal. talk us through it. probably dominic probably a bit of an unpopular opinion. lucy bronze has been strong this treatment but she was a bit in no man's land and watching the ball here and christen press commend behind her. a header offa press commend behind her. a header off a pass from carly telford. so

lucy off a pass from carly telford. so lu cy bro nze off a pass from carly telford. so lucy bronze will be disappointed by the fact she did not know where she was. and england coming back in equalising in that goal coming from ellen white. it was and it was a good goal tracking assisted by beth who gave her a good at cracking ball. —— beth mead. ellen whitejust got something on the end of it who got something on the end of it who got enough that she just needed to make contact and it was probably going to go into that did england a lot. england have not had many chancesin lot. england have not had many chances in the game so she took it and she has done that all tournament. so full credit to ellen white to keep england in contention. and alex morgan are busy taking the us back ahead. are we likely to seek more goals because england to have this tendency to start giving goals away as the match progresses? well, let's hope we do see more goals, but just hopefully for england. it does look like one of those games where

it is going to be high—scoring. i don't think how it is looking that most teams will hold a high regard for the defence apply. so let's hope it isa for the defence apply. so let's hope it is a high—scoring game but in england's favour. 0k, helen, fingers crossed here and also all those fans. thank you for that. we are going to cross to ben who is with lots of england fans in the fan zone. what has it been like? so i am in battersea park. and large number of fans here have gathered in the park and they are all watching the match. there was a big cheer when the national anthem was played closer by think the crowd started here in really good spirits. i think they are not too dejected right now but quite disappointed to see england go in at the half—time down to — one, especially after that fantastic equaliser gave everyone a surge of hope. now malcolm and mike are watching the match here. where did

you come from it today? we are from stoke—on—trent but we are port vale fans but based in london. he wanted to come out and support the girls? what do they need to do to get back in the match? not too much. i think the states have changed a bit. i wa nt the states have changed a bit. i want to see karen carney come on too much. she could cost the us a few problems may get karen on there. do you feel even the most partisan fan here would say in terms of pure skill and possession, england here would say in terms of pure skilland possession, england had been outplayed ? skilland possession, england had been outplayed? today, yes. but i think england had been at their best today. —— have not been at their best. they played better through the term and have had a rough edges where we had played probably worse than we have today actually. but i think there is still a lot to play for at this moment and i think phil neville will be able to really bring the girls up and i am hoping in the second half we will be able to get

just an extra yard of pesos and i think we are liking that today. the americans seem to be just clearing up americans seem to be just clearing up all the second balls that they are getting to first and i think we could certainly win the game in the end of the day. honestly half-time, the game is not over yet.” end of the day. honestly half-time, the game is not over yet. i think the game is not over yet. i think the us have it shaded it but we still have a lot to play for. ellen white is still there was a lot of goals and she is the top score in the competition. while she is still in the game, we have got a really good chance. we are not added this yet by any stretch of the imagination. in terms of women's football... has a tournament made a big difference? yes, i think it has been going the past three or four yea rs been going the past three or four years and growing along with football in general about that there has been a real atmosphere about this and i saw my first live football game which was just the

warm—up. i was really impressed both by the atmosphere at the ground which was remarkably different to the men but also the skill level is phenomenal at times. and i really enjoy the way that phil neville has got them playing. if my team to play this kind of football, i would be very happy. thank you very much and some enjoy the second half. that is it from here were people are looking forward to a better performance from england in this and half. back to you. thank you very much for my been in battersea. indigenous people living in the amazon rainforest fear their survival is being threatened as more and more trees are cut down to make way for farming and agriculture. they say brazil's new president is now allowing deforestation in some of the 700 protected areas for indigenous groups within the brazilian rainforest, which cover more than a tenth of brazil's entire land area. around 900,000 indigenous people live there, but that's a tiny proportion

of brazil's overall population. 0ur science editor david shukman has been to see one group fearing for its future. in a remote corner of the amazon, talk of conflict and how to prepare for it. the indigenous people of the forest feel the need to defend themselves. this man has dark memories of the first violent contacts with the outside world in the middle of the last century. his wife was wounded as a young girl. an attack left her with scars and killed her family. there's a long history of conflict over land, and she says she's now worried once more.

known as the uru—eu—wau—wau, they're a tiny band ofjust 120, and they've never been so vulnerable. they're making an ink that's used as a warpaint. they feel the new government of brazil is against them and that they have to be on guard. so they patrol what's meant to be a protected reserve. but they discover incursions, like this track, carved out to steal timber or create new farms. this is where they gather food and hunt. they used to be seen as guardians of the forest. now they say invaders are encouraged by the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro.

farmers are already pressing against the dark green edge of the reserve, and the president says they should be allowed to use it, that indigenous people have to much land. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. a lot of fine weather to come in the uk across the next few days. some find cloud building in from an extensive chance of high pressure. thursday was some sniffing at rainfall across northern skill and

but generally a dry picture. through this evening and overnight we stay fine. we will see a lot of clout from the day dissolving and then turning quite chilly in a rural wales, across the hills of northern england and in southern scotland by first thing wednesday and loathes down to three or 4 degrees. some patchy mist and fog possible first thing across east anglia. wednesday, sunshine from the get—go and we will see some thicker cloud pushing into northern scotland through the day and that is a weak warm front bringing some more persistent but perhaps not especially heavy rain into the western isles and the highlands. heavy rain to come here on thursday.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. eu leaders have chosen the german defence minister ursuala von der leyen as their nominee to head the european commission. we have chosen two women and two men for the four key positions. a perfect gender balance. russia's defence ministry says a fire on board a submarine has killed 14 people. the chinese government accuses protestors who ransacked hong kong's parliament — of trampling the rule of law. this is a scene live in chile where hundreds of thousands