and peter schmeichel won it then. and peter schmeichel was in goal, kasper schmeichel, his son, is in the goal of this time. lots of people saw historical connections to that, they were playing all of their games in the group stage at home in tobin hagan, but i think a lot of people thought they could progress there. —— at home in copenhagen. looking at the players as they gathered around the medical emergency, they look very shocked. it could go either way for them. they could say, right, we will knuckle down and play for christian, or it could undermine them. but one thing is for sure, they will be missing one of the best players in europe. jim missing one of the best players in euro e. , ~ missing one of the best players in euroe. ~ europe. jim white, football commentator _ europe. jim white, football commentator and - europe. jim white, football. commentator and columnist, europe. jim white, football- commentator and columnist, thank europe. jim white, football— commentator and columnist, thank you for speaking to us. shocking news but at least looking more hopeful thanit but at least looking more hopeful than it did half an hour or so ago. let me bring you up—to—date if you

have justjoined us let me bring you up—to—date if you havejustjoined us on bbc news. the latest we have is that following his collapse in the match against finland at parken stadium in copenhagen, denmark player christian eriksen, who we believe received cpr at the site, quite hard to tell because his fellow players were surrounding him to give him privacy, has been transferred to hospital and is now in a stable condition and awake and awaiting further tests. we will bring you more at the top of the hour. before that on bbc news, ros atkins on the pros and cons of vaccinating children against covid—i9. some of the world's richest countries are now deciding whether

to backstage children. and now in the us, millions of older children are getting the covid jab too. i can get back into going to school and travelling and spending time with my family. feels good. now i can be with my friends and i won't have to worry so much about getting covid. and while those two are happy to go ahead, there are concerns about doing this. here's one uk government adviser. we want to be clear the reasons why we're immunising children. we need to be absolutely sure that the benefits to them, and potentially to society, far outweigh any risks. well, the authorities in the us do sound sure. here's the press release on the approval of the pfizerjab for 12— to is—year—olds. it's explicit. it says, "this decision is bringing us closer... it couldn't be clearer, but, for some, vaccinating children is far from a straightforward decision. there's concern about

intergenerational unfairness. the times columnist iain martin tweeted this week... or there's the world health organization with this critique. there are concerns, too, about whether sufficient research has been done on using this vaccine at scale with children. there are a lot of questions. so let me take you through what we know. first of all, this is which countries are vaccinating i2 to 15—year—olds with the pfizerjab. israel began in earlyjune. america, canada and germany are doing it too, and france will start soon. in the uk, the regulator has given clearance, but the government is yet to decide whether to go ahead.

and here's pfizer tweeting that a trial of over 2,000 adolescents who received its vaccine showed 100% efficacy and was well—tolerated. in other words, side—effects were mild at worst. and to understand why some countries have decided to vaccinate children, well, there are several factors to consider. the first is reducing transmission of covid in schools, which in turn reduces the risk of disruption to schooling. here's my colleague fergus walsh on that. the biggest benefit to children from immunisation would be in preventing school outbreaks, and we know that the delta variant does seem to be spreading more easily among secondary schools. the argument being that reducing transmission in schools helps to reduce transmission across society and in particular helps reduce the transmission of new variants. have a look at this tweet from president biden. he says... and if he's focused on a current variant, there's concern

about future variants, too. this is the head of the israeli paediatric association speaking to the bbc. the argument here being that if there is any one section of the community where the virus can evolve and spread unchecked, there's a risk to the whole community. and so helping to restrict transmission is the first argument for vaccinating children. the second is that while the vast, vast majority of children who get covid aren't ill, some do still need protecting, as this us scientist notes. we are seeing fairly severe disease in some of our older teenagers as well, and i think that we're seeing a little bit... we're seeing that a little bit more acutely now that a lot of adults have been vaccinated. but if that's a focus on a small number of adolescents,

the broader argument here is that vaccinating children helps protect those most at risk, such as older adults and vulnerable people. that thinking summed up by the paediatrics professor dr sarah long, who told ap... in which case, you may be wondering — why does this issue remain contentious? well, not everyone is convinced this is the lynchpin. and i'd highlight three reasons for this. the first is whether children are being vaccinated in part to make up for some adults not getting vaccinated themselves. listen to professor adam finn, another uk government adviser. there is clear evidence from israel, for example, that by immunising a sufficiently high proportion of adults with the vaccine, you can actually eliminate the infection in children without immunising them at all, and if that proves to be

the situation we find ourselves in, then there wouldn't be any justification for immunising children who weren't at any risk at all. professor finn acknowledges new variants could change that equation, but his point still stands in the view of other scientists. look at this quote from a us public health professor talking to fox news. she says... which begs the question, should more be done to ensure all adults get vaccinated before children are involved? and if that question's giving pause for thought, so is the question of whether we know enough about the vaccine's effect on children. in this article from the news website the conversation, three ethics experts at the university of oxford have written that...

the regulators and pfizer, though, say they are satisfied they have adequately assessed the risks. and after millions of american children have now been vaccinated, that conclusion hasn't changed. the final question mark against vaccinating children right now, well, that ties to the biggest question of them all — how to stop this pandemic globally? because if that is the goal, the un's children's charity, unicef, is clear. at some point, no doubt we will need to vaccinate under 18s. but the priority at this moment has to be making sure that all of the vulnerable and priority groups around the world get vaccines. and that argument very much matches the who mantra of, "no—one's safe until everyone's safe." but just as we've seen with climate change many times, it is perhaps a little naive to expect global considerations to immediately trump the considerations of national leadership. senior uk politicians, past and present, acknowledge this. the priority will always be first

to get your own country vaccinated and we're doing that. those priorities have meant the richest countries buying up the bulk of the vaccine supply. those priorities now mean children being vaccinated ahead of adults elsewhere, not yet in the uk, i should emphasise, but we've seen criticism of the prospect. guardian columnist gaby hinsliff argues that to do this... while, for its part, the g7 would no doubt point to the billions that are being committed to vaccine programmes in the developing world. but think back to that tweet from joe biden. he wants to vaccinate children to restrict the delta variants in the us. ok, but then listen to former us president bill clinton talking to the bbc. i think the g7 has a big obligation.

to get this vaccine out as quickly as possible to poorer countries. look at all these variants that keep coming up. all of this is going to come back to the uk and the united states. now, bill clinton's not criticising joe biden here. and i should note, as president biden arrived at the g7, he confirmed the us will provide 500 million pfizerjabs to other countries by next year. however, every leader knows there aren't enough vaccines at the moment and that variants are a threat. and there's an inevitable tension between managing those variants nationally and globally. and whether to vaccinate children is part of that equation, meaning, in time, each country and each parent will have a choice to make.

hello. an increasingly sticky story across the uk in the next 2a hours. a lot of fine weather to be had, a lot of sunshine — as we've been seeing from our weather watchers pictures so far today. but increasing humidity now in the next 2a hours is going to make it quite uncomfortable — particularly, i think, to the south of the uk right the way through sunday and into monday. it's all getting pulled in around this big azores high, which has been building through saturday, will be right across us on sunday and will bathe us all in very warm, humid air. through this evening and overnight, the humidity starting to pick up. we'll see a bit more cloud getting into northern ireland and western scotland. to the south, clear spells. overnight lows just about in double figures, perhaps in the odd spot in the low teens. sunday morning starts with some cloud across western scotland, which could bring some light rain — that will thin through the day

but i think we're never going to see clear blue skies here. for eastern scotland, though, as we get into the sunshine, the temperatures shooting up to 25, 26 through the afternoon. we'll see the mid 20s, i think, in parts of northern ireland, widely across england and wales. close to 30 in the southeast of england. and it will feel very humid and oppressive. and obviously, the humidity is something for the cricketers to factor in as the second test continues at edgbaston. and it will be warm even on into the afternoon and evening as we start to see the kick—off for the england—croatia match at wembley. overnight sunday into monday, a change — a subtle one, but a notable one. this weather front comes across the uk. not very much in the way of rainfall, but you can see a lighter colour moving across the map. behind it, lower humidity, cooler air across the northern half of the uk for monday. there's the weather front, it's just a little bit of cloud basically drifting south — no significant rainfall. doesn't bring fresher air

into the south of england, either, until monday evening. so 30 degrees possible somewhere like london. elsewhere, seven, eight degrees down on sunday — it will just feel very different. but from midweek onwards, humidity starts to build again. and then from wednesday onwards, it also looks like things could start to go bang, with thunderstorms spreading from the south.

this is bbc news. the headlines at seven: denmark's christian eriksen collapses at the pitch during his teen's opening match against finland. he was receiving cpr on the pitch as he collapsed just before the second half of the game. he was then transferred to hospital. the latest news from the danish national team is that christian eriksen is in a stable condition and has regained consciousness. the match has been abandoned. in other news there is a new global plan to help other countries develop infrastructure for pandemics