this is bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: shock as denmark's christian eriksen collapses on the pitch at the european football championship. translation: we saw i christian eriksen collapse, and then he received help and cpr on the pitch. and then christian came back, before leaving the stadium, and he was awake at the time. leaders at the g7 summit agree on a huge spending plan to counter the influence of china, but it's not clear how it will be financed. is it goodbye to the era of benjamin netanyahu? a crucial vote in the israeli parliament today will decide. and a $28 million trip into space on blue origin, with the founder of amazon.

hello. the danish star footballer christian eriksen is in a stable condition in hospital after collapsing during his nation's european championship match against finland. the 29—year—old suddenly fell to the ground in front of his home supporters in copenhagen. the team's doctor said the midfielder received life—saving cardiac massage treatment on the pitch. the game was suspended, but later resumed at the request of both teams. nathalie pirks reports. it was a picture that gave hope to millions, christian eriksen leaving the parken stadium on a stretcher — dazed but awake. moments earlier, it had all seemed far more worrying. the game was near half—time when, without a player around him, eriksen staggered to the ground and collapsed.

team—mates immediately recognised how serious this was, forming a protective ring around him as medics rushed onto the pitch. but fans and players could only look on in horror as doctors attempted to resuscitate the midfielder. english referee anthony taylor swiftly suspended the match, as fans of both denmark and finland chanted eriksen�*s name. back in the bbc studio, former players struggled to contain their emotions. i think football totally goes out of the window right now, and you're thinking about his family... all the rest of the players out there, witnessing it, as well. actuallyjust got on my phone and messaged my mum and told her i love her, i think it's a reminder of how quickly life can change. that first five or six minutes, god, i'm telling you, man, it's horrible. fabrice muamba understands all too well what eriksen went through. in 2012, the former

bolton player collapsed in an fa cup quarter—final. remarkably, his heart stopped for 78 minutes. watching tonight was understandably difficult. it brought back stuff that i've put down in me. the sort of emotions, just deep down there, i never want to relive it again. and then to watch it from that distance, and not knowing the expectation of what's going to happen... it's scary. the match between denmark and finland continued tonight after both teams requested to restart the game. eriksen had spoken to his team—mates from his hospital bed to reassure them he was ok. translation: because christian is well, it was important - for them to know he is awake. he got help quickly from our own doctors and the rest of the staff, who helped and saved him. the players have been reassured that christian is well, and that was important for them. there's no doubt the players

are playing the game on adrenaline, and then we must take care of everything else afterwards. right now, football is not important, but the players have talked with christian and they know he is well, and that gave them some comfort and they are now playing the game for him. christian eriksen! eriksen is now stable in hospital. football so often divides, but tonight, a continent drew a collective sigh of relief. klaus egelund is a danish footballjournalist. he gave us this assessment. christian eriksen is a national hero, he's been crowned champion with inter milan, he's been crowned a footballer of the year, he is our biggest football star since michael laudrup some 30—35 years ago. so i think you could say this is footballing royalty in denmark that was battling for his life. most of you have probably seen

the pictures of the players shielding him on the pitch. he was stretched off behind white linen, so everyone was really concerned. i mean, everyone was really, really concerned about his well—being. this was definitely the key, the core member of the squad, all of a sudden collapsing to the ground. i mean, this has had a huge impact. reaction to the collapse on the pitch of footballer christian eriksen. a crucial vote is taking place in the israeli parliament the knesset later today. mps will decide whether to support a new coalition governent — a move that would put an end to benjamin netanyahu's time in power. overnight, protesters gathered in front of

the prime minister's house to celebrate the upcoming vote. mr netanyahu has been in power for more than 12 years making him the longest serving prime minister in israel's history. iamjoined by i am joined by a diplomatic correspondent for the times of israel. are we about to see the final moments of benjamin netanyahu as prime minister? yes, for today, for this week, we don't really know if this government will be able to stick together for a long time, because it's a very complicated and weird government. i think netanyahu is trying to be an opposition leader and wait for their collapse. notjust their collapse. not just waiting, maybe their collapse. notjust waiting, maybe even because their collapse. so if this government won't be able to stick together, we might see him come back pretty soon, but having said that, it's going to be the first time for 12 years he's going to be out of the prime minister office. there is

a chance that this government will be able to function. mr netanyahu _ will be able to function. mr netanyahu does have corruption charges against him. once he is removed as prime minister, won't that make it difficult for him to take his position back? �* . . , for him to take his position back? a .,y �*, for him to take his position back? a ._ �*,, back? actually, he's been prime ministerfor— back? actually, he's been prime minister for a _ back? actually, he's been prime minister for a year _ back? actually, he's been prime minister for a year now - back? actually, he's been prime minister for a year now with - minister for a year now with the trial going on, so the trial is going on at the same time he is serving as the prime minister. it is difficult already, and we do see a fourth election cycle in israel in two and a half years specifically because of this trial. many of the new coalition do not want to stick together with him in the government and this is exactly the reason he was unable to form a government four times. unable to form a government fourtimes. so unable to form a government four times. so we expect the trial to go on, and the difficulty remains. you mentioned _ difficulty remains. you mentioned the - difficulty remains. you | mentioned the coalition government and whether it can hold together. it's an

extremely diverse government, right, left, centrist and arab politicians. if they do manage to stick together, will they be able to necessarily make any policy changes given they are so diverse?— so diverse? there is a lot of talk about — so diverse? there is a lot of talk about internal- so diverse? there is a lot of talk about internal policy . talk about internal policy changes after the lockdowns, the israel economy not in the best situation, so we need a budget, we need housing and education reform and so on. but when you ask about foreign affairs policy, i think they will have a huge problem to move to any direction. this is the premise of this coalition, not to shape the world in foreign affairs and security, but during a lot of change for the israeli welfare and internal situation. we the israeli welfare and internal situation. we saw the -ictures internal situation. we saw the pictures earlier _ internal situation. we saw the pictures earlier of _ internal situation. we saw the pictures earlier of people - pictures earlier of people celebrating outside mr netanyahu's house, i'm not sure if he was home, but how closely

is the public going to be watching the events now? i think very closely. it is a once in 12 years event. netanyahu's politically so neta nyahu's politically so strong netanyahu's politically so strong and so blunt against his opponents, tagging leftists and liberals as traitors, talking about arabs in a way that no democratic leaders should talk. obviously you have plenty of people here following very closely, and also we have to say he has a lot of followers and admirers. so they will probably be very sad, and may be after this government will be after this government will be formed, they will be taking to the streets to demonstrate against the new government. so i think you're going to have people watching this from every angle. people watching this from every anule. ., ., people watching this from every anule, ., ., ., people watching this from every anule. ., ., ., , _ people watching this from every anule. ., ., _ angle. you have a busy day ahead of— angle. you have a busy day ahead of you. _ angle. you have a busy day ahead of you. thank -

angle. you have a busy day ahead of you. thank you i angle. you have a busy dayj ahead of you. thank you so much. artillery attacks on a hospital and residential area in the northern syrian city of afreen have killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens of others. the syrian observatory for human rights said the dead included a doctor, three hospital staff, and two children. a sixth round of talks to resurrect the iran nuclear deal is under way in vienna. iranian officials met representatives from china, france, germany, the eu and britain, but will not hold face to face talks with the united states. the european union called the discussions intense. algerians have largely shunned a parliamentary election denounced by opponents of the government as a charade. after polls closed, the election authority said less than a third of people entitled to vote, actually showed up to cast their ballot. day two of the g7 summit being held in britain played out with plenty of colour. leaders reached a broad consensus on a plan to finance

infrastructure projects in the developing world to counter china's influence. it's meant be an alternative to the belt and road initiative, but we're still waiting on the details. tanya dendrinos reports. speed, agility and precision — the red arrows soaring over cornwall. a breathtaking display of unity and teamwork, that these leaders it seems are working hard to replicate. covid—i9, we have to face a lot of challenges, a lot of crisis, climate change, and for all these issues what we need is co—operation. and i think it's great to have the us president as part of this club, and very willing to co—operate. the us is back. we feel very, very strong about cohesion with nato. i, for one, think the european union is an incredibly strong and vibrant entity that has a lot to do with

the ability of western europe to not only handle this economic issue, but provide the backbone and the support for nato. behind closed doors, bilateral discussions, getting to the crux of why the g7 leaders are gathered. a key item on the agenda, the us—backed build back better world plan, a rival to china's belt and road initiative which has seen billions of dollars poured into developing countries. the promise from the world's seven wealthiest democracies, a partnership to help meet the tremendous infrastructure need in low and middle—income countries, a clear challenge to beijing. there will be tough language on tensions in the taiwan strait, there has never been a statement like that before from the g7. last time there was a communique, it was one line on china. here, we expect a more robust section, that the chinese government will probably react

to very strongly, not happy, saying the g7 is meddling, interfering in their affairs. how the plan will be financed remains to be seen. the world now waiting for detail, with more expecting to be delivered in the communique on sunday afternoon. but of course it wasn't just about business. there was also a chance to schmooze on the sand, another family photo for the collection. and, to end day two, a beach party. angela merkel with a cheeky peek at the smoked fish on the barbecue, and borisjohnson with a beer in hand, making the most of something not typically in british — fair weather. sara hsu is a visiting scholar at fudan university and an expert on chinese economic development. i asked her if g7 nations need to counter china's increasing investment in developing nations. i think to some extent the us and other nations believes that it needs to. i think there are many issues it does need

to work with china on. but in terms of developing infrastructure, it generally benefits the rest of the world to have us and g7 countries working on this, in addition to china. essentially, listening to whatjoe biden has been saying about this, there is a sense that perhaps china's approach to developing nations has been political, and the intentions aren't pure. why is china in these countries building railways, building infrastructure? i think the most credible story is that china had a lot of excess capacity in its construction firms in about 2013, when it started the one belt, one road project. this excess capacity was exported to the rest of the world in order to generate revenue for china, and their construction firms.

and also to build trade ties with the rest of the world. there have been some concerns about transparency in these projects, whether they have been given sufficient due diligence or not, which is hard to tell, particularly because china approves so many of these projects annually. but it has been quite helpful to many countries, it has built a lot of bridges and highways and ports and so on. it will be interesting to see how the g7 countries step up to the challenge. it's interesting, the criticism of china, that in return for building this infrastructure, it's saddling these countries with debt. but that has also been the approach of the west in terms of giving loans to developing nations, hasn't it? right, and that theory has also been debunked by people who have found that actually china is more than willing to renegotiate terms on loans with indebted countries. and really the ultimate goal is to increase infrastructure

in these countries. and so there are sufficient benefits to recipient countries, it's not necessarily something that only china benefits from. it's hard to imagine that the g7 has the money that it would take, that presumably china has invested, to counter china's belt and road initiative. i mean, especially in the current context of spending on the problems associated with covid and climate change. i think the us can find, and the g7 countries can find the smart money to invest in infrastructure. what's really interesting to me is that the us and other countries are investing in projects around climate, health security, digital technology and gender equity. this has been emphasised by the white house. these are not areas

where china has invested. i think there will be a lot of potential investors interested in doing this for a debt position or some type of grant or other type of financial structure, just because it will provide a lot of returns. we have talked a lot about investment into developing nations, but what about those nations themselves? do they even want help from the west or are they quite happy with how things have been going with their relationship with china? well, china is a major investor in many countries especially in sub—saharan africa. but a lot of western countries are still invested there. there are many world bank projects going on, as well as public—private partnership projects and so on. so i think it's not, if the us, the uk, other countries have to go in there cold — they are already there. countries will be looking

at it project by project, it's also going to take some political skill to work with other governments that are different, not necessarily democracies, just to see if these western countries can get along and make a deal with them. shock as denmark's christian eriksen collapses on the pitch at the european football championship. the danish football association says he is recovering in hospital. at the end of the second day of the g7 summit, leaders agree on a huge spending plan to counter the influence of china. the united nations human rights chief michelle bachelet is warning of a military build—up and rising violence in myanmar. sweeping arrests of activists, journalists and opponents of the military continue

and the un say they are deeply troubled by reports of detainees being tortured. there are growing concerns for an environment activist, who was arrested early this week by security forces. the family has told the bbc they fear he will not come home. this is the last image of mansa. witnesses say security forces shot him while he was riding his motorbike onjune 8th and then took him away. he was a well—known local land rights activist, having led protests against a controversial large—scale copper mine. and in recent weeks had helped organise protests against the military coup. now his family fears for his safety. translation: i see on social media that they are arresting | people who are healthy and then later returning their bodies. so i'm worried for my son's life. i like to plead with them not to torture my son, and release him. since the coup on february ist,

at least 20 people are known to have died in custody, according to rights groups who are keeping a toll. his family has had no information about where he's being held, and the military has not responded to the bbc�*s requests for information. translation: he's a good boy who looks out for his parents. i we are now in a difficult situation, but i know this is the nature of the revolution and we have to face it. i have been a political prisoner many times. more than 800 people have been killed by security forces since the military took power. the united nations rights body now warning of a further escalation in violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis. despite the brutal ongoing crackdown, a nationwide movement demanding a return to democracy continues. rebecca henschke, bbc news.

the copa america football tournament has suffered another setback after 12 members of the venezuela squad tested positive for covid—i9. they were due to play the opening match against the hosts brazil on sunday. the brazilian health authorities haven't specified how many of those affected are players, rather than support staff. the tournament only received the final go—ahead on thursday, when brazil's supreme court rejected requests to cancel it due to the pandemic. a group of wild elephants wandering across southern china has captivated people around the world. they've trekked more than 500 kilometres, the furthest of any wild elephants from their habitat. but why are they on the move? becky shu chen — an elephant expert with the zoological society of london — explained where the herd might be headed. elephants, they are giant animals. they need a big house to live, and they need to eat 200kg of food every day. back to the 1970s in china,

elephants were only in protected national nature reserves, so people hardly saw them back to the 1970s. but today, we have about 293 elephants, the number has doubled, so they need more houses to go and more food to eat. so i think it's normal for elephants to disperse, it's not migration i want to clarify, but this happened back to the 1990s. for this particular herd, it is just an outlier and they went too far beyond their natural home range. we have pictures of the herd having a bit of a nap, which is extraordinary, they are all huddled together. it's unusual, you say, to see a herd travel this far. is there any sense of their destination, and when they are going to stop and set up camp?

nobody knows. so elephants, just like human beings, have different personalities. so maybe this herd are just adventurous and exploring new territory. but i'm pretty sure to tell you that these elephants depend on human crops. you can see the pictures of them lying down, they feel very relaxed. we don't know. is it concerning that this herd has to travel so far to find some place to live, essentially? is this a growing problem in china, growing urbanisation, and a reduction in forests and natural habitat for the elephants? so i think it is a complicated issue. based on research in china, elephants don't attack, they are herbivores. we found out elephants

like to live in the forest, about 50%, in combination with other land practice, like crops. so we think it could be the major reason driving them to go outside the reserves. but you are particularly right, if they keep going, they are going to the huge urban cities, it could be a problem for coexistence because we have limited space and elephants are not very easy to be living with! it could be a challenge. if you've ever fancied a trip into space, another opportunity has slipped by, for nearly $30 million. that's what it is expected to cost to secure a seat on jeff bezos�*s first crewed spaceflight by his blue origin company. after a month—long bidding process which attracted interest from more than 140 countries, top bid stood at $5 million, but once an online auction that

figure rose dramatically. sold, $28 million! the winner's identity has yet to been revealed, but their donation buys them a seat alongside the world's richest man on his blue origin spacecraft for its maiden voyage beyond the earth's atmosphere. the trip is due to take place onjuly 20th, a landmark moment in commercial space travel. to see the earth from space changes you and your relationship with this planet — it is one earth. but a rival space pioneer could steal a march on him, it is thought richard branson mightjoin a test flight of his virgin vss unity space plane onjuly the 4th. funds raised from the blue origin auction are being donated to charity.

hello there. the first half of the weekend saw temperatures reaching 25 in hampshire. the second half of the weekend will be warmer across the uk, and it will be feeling more humid as well. we've got high pressure building up from the azores. that's bringing with it the heat and the humidity and, for many parts of the country, dry weather, too. but there is a weather front that will be heading towards the north west of scotland, where we've already got some pockets of rain and drizzle, early on sunday morning. elsewhere, though, it's going to be dry. sunshine at times for england and wales, some areas of cloud. should get more sunshine breaking out in northern ireland, and much of scotland seeing some sunshine away from the north west, where it turns wetter during the afternoon. here, the pollen levels won't be quite so high, but across england and wales, very high pollen levels —

grass pollen at this time of the year — helped by the heat and humidity. now, it's going to be a warmer day in northern ireland. could make 26 celsius in aberdeenshire, and for the midlands towards the south east of england, 27—28 celsius. it's going to be a muggy game of football at wembley. that heat and humidity ahead of that weather front, which brings rain down across scotland and northern ireland on sunday night. by the time the rain reaches northern england, there's not much left. that rain peters out, and a band of cloud will head its way towards the south east. sunshine follows on behind. showers in the north and west of scotland, and it's cooler, fresher air that's coming in behind that band of cloud for many parts of the country, except towards the south east, where we've still got the heat and humidity and we could make 30 celsius for the first time this year. may start to feel a little cooler and fresher as we head into monday evening. and as we move into tuesday, we've still got another area of high pressure building across the uk, keeping most places dry. but a next weather

system is again pushing in from the atlantic. and that means some stronger winds developing in scotland and northern ireland, increasing cloud, some rain towards the north west of scotland. more in the way of sunshine, though, and strong sunshine for england and wales. and those temperatures in many areas beginning to climb once again on tuesday, although it won't be as warm as monday in the south east of england. looking further ahead, scotland and northern ireland does turn cooler. we get a spell of rain midweek. but as the heat and humidity builds in england and wales, that could trigger some heavy rain and the potential for some thunderstorms as well.

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danish footballer christian eriksen collapsed on the pitch at the european football championships. the 29—year—old suddenly fell to the ground in front of his home supporters in copenhagen, causing the match to be temporarily suspended. the danish football association says he is recovering in hospital. leaders at the g7 summit have reached a broad consensus on a plan to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world to counter china's influence. president biden said he wanted it to be an alternative to china's belt and road initiative, which he said has left many poorer countries in debt. a mystery bidder has paid 28—million—dollars at auction for a seat alongside amazon founderjeff bezos on a flight to the edge of space. the blue origin spacecraft will make its maiden voyage on the twentieth ofjuly. the proceeds from the auction are being donated to charity. now on bbc news: a look back at the week in parliament.