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this is bbc news. i am ben boulos with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. england are through to the semi—finals of euro twenty—twenty — after a four—nil victory over ukraine. they'll now play denmark — while italy will take on spain in the other semi—final. tens of thousands of brazilian protesters call for president bolsonaro to resign over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. in miami — an approaching storm accelerates plans to demolish the rest of the apartment block where 2a people died and more than a 120 are missing. hundreds of supermarkets in sweden are forced to close after a cyber—attack that's hit organisations around the world. and — the sexism row in ukraine — after a government plan for women soldiers to parade in high—heels.
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the semi—final line up at euro 2020 is now complete. an impressive england side thrashed ukraine 4—0 in rome to grab the final place in semis. england got off to the best of starts with a goalfrom captain harry kane injust the fourth minute. harry maguire scored england's second just after the restart — before goals from jordan henderson and captain kane once again. england now play denmark at wembley stadium in the semis — after the danes earlier beat the czech republic 2—1 in baku. our correspondent greg mckenzie has been at a bar in south london with england fans — getting reaction to the victory.
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well, very competent team and they were confident from the beginning. not one person said england were going to lose. they're predicting 4—0. somebody even said 8—1 to england. england didn't quite get there. four goals. an amazing performance. the skits some fan reactions.— some fan reactions. brilliant evening! _ some fan reactions. brilliant evening! very _ some fan reactions. brilliant evening! very impressive i some fan reactions. brilliantl evening! very impressive and heavy— evening! very impressive and heavy chain leading from the front — heavy chain leading from the front and _ heavy chain leading from the front and very comfortable, very — front and very comfortable, very comprehensive. never in doubt — very comprehensive. never in doubt. , ., ., , doubt. they going to play denmark— doubt. they going to play denmark in _ doubt. they going to play denmark in the _ doubt. they going to play| denmark in the semifinals doubt. they going to play - denmark in the semifinals and they are a good team. if denmark in the semifinals and they are a good team.- denmark in the semifinals and they are a good team. if you go auainst they are a good team. if you go against them — they are a good team. if you go against them are, _ they are a good team. if you go against them are, you - they are a good team. if you go against them are, you take - they are a good team. if you go i against them are, you take that every— against them are, you take that every time. at wembley, i think it is not— every time. at wembley, i think it is not in— every time. at wembley, i think it is not in doubt at all. and i'rn — it is not in doubt at all. and i'm sure _ it is not in doubt at all. and i'm sure will do the job. and i'm sure will do the 'ob. and to people *
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i'm sure will do the 'ob. and to people here, _ i'm sure will do the 'ob. and to people here, but_ i'm sure will do the job. fific to people here, but do you make 4-0. ~ ~ to people here, but do you make 4-0. ~ 4' ., 4-0. we knew there were going to win. 4-0. we knew there were going to win- he _ 4-0. we knew there were going to win- he put _ 4-0. we knew there were going to win. he put our _ 4-0. we knew there were going to win. he put our bets - 4-0. we knew there were going to win. he put our bets on - to win. he put our bets on england _ to win. he put our bets on england winning 4—0.| to win. he put our bets on england winning 4-0. i said harry kane _ england winning 4-0. i said harry kane earlier. - england winning 4-0. i said harry kane earlier. and - england winning 4-0. i said | harry kane earlier. and here england winning 4-0. i said - harry kane earlier. and here we are, _ harry kane earlier. and here we are, an — harry kane earlier. and here we are, so. . ., , are, so. exciting atmosphere, it has been — are, so. exciting atmosphere, it has been amazing _ are, so. exciting atmosphere, it has been amazing tonight. l it has been amazing tonight. the atmosphere is been incredible, we knew england fans— incredible, we knew england fans come out for the football. we can't — fans come out for the football. we can't wait because were going — we can't wait because were going to _ we can't wait because were going to go up against the danes _ going to go up against the danes on wednesday. best of luck to — danes on wednesday. best of luck to the danes but we never going _ luck to the danes but we never going to — luck to the danes but we never going to beat them. we never going — going to beat them. we never going to — going to beat them. we never going to beat them. we never going to be in that final come next — going to be in that final come next week and i cannot wait. that— next week and i cannot wait. that is— next week and i cannot wait. that is not— next week and i cannot wait. that is not going to be any some of luck to the danes but we never going to beat them. we never going to be in that final come next week and i cannot wait. that is not going to be an and have gone through a tough time but the whole world and the whole country skiing behind england. come on england. it is coming home. many of these england fans will be celebrating and drinking into the small hours, and that
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semifinal against denmark next wednesday at wembley stadium. the england manager gave this reaction after the game. there been so many things along the way. so many people involved. we have fantastic players, we have a really great staff in every department that create a good environment and their professional environment. and of course, we've had to suffer a bit to get to where we are. we've had some difficult nights, some tough performances. but we are now playing with a lot of belief and i think the players can see what is possible and we still have a long way to go and we are not satisfied and tonight is another enjoyable night and
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i've got to say, even before the end of the game, i was thinking about the next challenge and that is the one for us. we have never been to a european championship final and it's another opportunity to make history. joel phillips is from doncaster, he now lives in hamburg in germany — so he was one of the lucky england fans allowed to attend the game in rome. hejoins me now. to be honest, i've lost my voice a little bit because this is been crazy tonight. but it was emotional. it was, it felt like wembley at times. i was so surprised when just before the kick around and i saw the fans outnumbered us about ten to one and all the way, it felt like a
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home game and a lot of really in his conversations with english fans from ex—pats all over the globe from dubai, to belgium, italy, spain, france. ex—pats have come in for this and it was special. it was a bit emotional. cast your mind to four hours ago where this minute past, past the hour, the first goal was in. harry kane had scored. did you think they would go on to such a thumping victory or not? to would go on to such a thumping victory or not?— victory or not? to be honest, i had england — victory or not? to be honest, i had england down _ victory or not? to be honest, i had england down is _ victory or not? to be honest, i had england down is a - victory or not? to be honest, i had england down is a 3-0 - had england down is a 3—0 victor. i thought they were going to win tonight but not to the extent that they did. it was amazing seeing england in the flesh but yet, tonight, seeing them, when you're in the stadium, it's a different thing. in the way the steam presses. there something special about the team tonight.
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there was something that is really in their spirit. no special to see. if really in their spirit. no special to see.- really in their spirit. no special to see. if you want to ick special to see. if you want to pick one _ special to see. if you want to pick one game _ special to see. if you want to pick one game to _ special to see. if you want to pick one game to see - special to see. if you want to | pick one game to see england play in person, tonight was the one. let's look ahead now to their semifinal against denmark. how do you think they're going to fair? i mean, ou they're going to fair? i mean, you have _ they're going to fair? i mean, you have to — they're going to fair? i mean, you have to fancy _ they're going to fair? i mean, you have to fancy england - they're going to fair? i mean, you have to fancy england all| you have to fancy england all the way now. i had a few conversations with italians today and a couple of taxi drivers said that it is going to be invented in the final and they fancy england. i can say i disagree with them. i've watched italy play in the first tournament. they lost against turkey and they had a bit of something but the way they busted tonight, there's just something very german about the performance, to be honest. it's quite ironic because i live in germany. this team isjust quite ironic because i live in germany. this team is just so disciplined and they never look in danger at all. even when they make a mistake, the gist of the negative got it covered
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and there was not one point during the game where you felt in danger. play, even if there was a mistake and the chance. theyjust was a mistake and the chance. they just seemed absolutely foolproof at the moment. look at the other— foolproof at the moment. look at the other semifinals. - foolproof at the moment. look at the other semifinals. spain | at the other semifinals. spain versus italy, who do you think will emerge victorious from that and who would you like to see england play if they make it through to the final? a lot of it's in that question, admittedly. i of it's in that question, admittedly.— of it's in that question, admittedly. of it's in that question, admittedl . ,, ., , admittedly. i think italy. yet, auoin admittedly. i think italy. yet, going back — admittedly. i think italy. yet, going back to _ admittedly. i think italy. yet, going back to the _ admittedly. i think italy. yet, going back to the first - admittedly. i think italy. yet, going back to the first of - admittedly. i think italy. yet, going back to the first of the | going back to the first of the tournament. i watch the game and a lot of people, this italy team is got something about it and a lot of people were saying, yeah, it's turkey, you can't think too much into it. but it was quite exciting to watch the team listen to a few people that the italian team was something to watch and not too many door courses and yet,
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i think the finals going to be england if i do put money on it. and i think the italians and england will be there and i fancy england will win in the end. . ., fancy england will win in the end. ., ,, , ., fancy england will win in the end. ., ~' , ., , fancy england will win in the end. ., ,, , . ., end. thank you very much and will let you — end. thank you very much and will let you rest _ end. thank you very much and will let you rest your _ end. thank you very much and will let you rest your voice. . will let you rest your voice. take care. tens of thousands of people in cities across brazil have been protesting against the government of president jair bolsonaro, calling for his resignation over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the demonstrations were triggered by recent allegations of corruption involving the purchase of vaccines by the health ministry. mr bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing. here's thai—eess carrank—a, from bbc brazil. i asked her what the atmosphere was like at
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is very different from the other protest that was full of older people and now it's full of a younger audience that is joining these protests and yes, people are really fuelled by the recent announcements of corruptions of the vaccine, the covid—i9 vaccine. and so, the protesters are very angry today because of the corruption scandal that is been picking up steam this week. bud scandalthat is been picking up steam this week.— steam this week. and what is the issue _ steam this week. and what is the issue surrounding - steam this week. and what is the issue surrounding the - the issue surrounding the health ministry purchase of the vaccine. wise is a controversial? it vaccine. wise is a controversial? , , ., controversial? it seems that there is some _ controversial? it seems that there is some pride - controversial? it seems that there is some pride being i there is some pride being involved in the purchasing of the vaccine. it was quite an unusual purchase because it was
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the contract was closed very fast compared to contracts such as pfizer and the oxford vaccines which are way better known vaccines and so, that was closed way faster and for a higher price and it seems as if there's some bribing involved and it's getting very close to the president himself. that is why it is so scandalous. $5 why it is so scandalous. as thins why it is so scandalous. as things stand, bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing. he things stand, bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing-— any wrongdoing. he denies any wrongdoing _ any wrongdoing. he denies any wrongdoing but _ any wrongdoing. he denies any wrongdoing butjust _ any wrongdoing. he denies any wrongdoing butjust friday, - wrongdoing butjust friday, yesterday, an investigation on him himself is being initiated on the sick that he might have done a crime by not telling the authorities when he got to know that there was something wrong with the purchase because he is a public officer, there is a
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law that stands that he should have called for an investigation when he got to know that there something wrong but because he did not do that, he might be considered to have participated in a crime and that's just going to be investigated on friday. at least forty—three migrants are feared to have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of tunisia. it's the latest in a series of similar tragedies in the central mediterranean, with people thought to be trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa. the humanitarian organisation, the tunisian red crescent, said dozens more on board the stricken vessel were rescued. officials in the us state of florida say they are bringing forward plans to demolish the remains of an apartment building that collapsed just over a week ago, amid fears an approaching storm could destabilise what remains of the block. 2a people are known to have died in the collapse, with more than a hundred and twenty still unaccounted for. david willis reports.
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for those leading the painstaking recovery effort, it's now a race against time. a tropical storm is bearing down on miami, packing winds of up to 70 mph. officials fear tropical storm elsa could send what remains of the apartment complex toppling on to those on the ground. so they're now looking to demolish it before elsa makes landfall. this will protect our search and rescue teams because we don't know when it could fall over and, of course, with these gusts, potentially, that would create a really severe hazard. that means boring into the structure of the building in order to install explosives — a precarious proposition given how unstable it has become. once complete, however, the effort will give officials their first access to the garage area, which has been the focus of the search so far. meanwhile, residents of another miami apartment building have been evacuated after engineers came across concrete
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and electrical problems. they're building isjust seven miles from the one that collapsed. there, two more bodies were discovered overnight, bringing the total confirmed dead to 24. david willis, bbc news, washington. two bodies have been found after a powerful mudslide hit the japanese city of atami. around twenty people are still missing. the city is southwest of tokyo, in shizu—oka prefecture and is a popular hot—spring resort. it's had more rainfall in the first three days ofjuly than it usually sees in the whole month. sodaba high—dairy reports. this is the aftermath of the mudslide in the city of atami. knocking down and crushing homes and sweeping away cars. officials say the mudslide struck at 10:30am local time, leaving thousands of houses without power. atami is known for its hot springs and holiday resorts. time, leaving thousands
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of houses without power. atami is known for its hot springs and holiday resorts. it is in the same region as the famous mount fuji, which usually attracts over a million visitors every year, but there are fear tourism already affected by the coronavirus pandemic could be further impacted. atami is a favourite place not even for people from shizuoka but people from tokyo and kanagawa and chiba, in the tokyo area. so basically, it is going to give out a lot of negative connotation and fear which means that psychological negativity will bear possibly a further hit on the already burdened tourist industry in the eastern part of shizuoka which is in atami. the region has seen heavy rains and flooding since friday. japan's prime minister is putting together
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an emergency task force while rescue workers on the ground are still searching for the missing. residents in parts of three prefectures, shizuoka, kanagawa and chiba, have been ordered to evacuate following warnings of further flooding in low—lying areas. japan is prone to mudslides and flooding during its annual rainy season, but the heavy rainfall is getting more intense and destructive each year which has been linked to climate change. dozens of people were killed in flooding in july last year, with more than 200 dying in 2018 when parts of western japan were inundated by bad weather. sodaba hadaire, bbc news. you are watching bbc news, the headlines: england are through to the semi—finals of
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euro twenty—twenty — after a four—nil victory over ukraine. they'll now play denmark — while italy will take on spain in the other semi—final. tens of thousands of brazilian protesters call for president bolsonaro to resign over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the canadian military is on standby to help evacuate towns and fight more than 170 wildfires fueled by a record—smashing heat wave and tinder—dry conditions as the government in ottawa warned of a "long and challenging summer" ahead. at least 177 fires were active in the western province of british columbia, 76 of them sparked in the last two days, officials said. most were caused by intense lightning storms. canadian documentary film—maker, and reporter, brandy yan—chick is in edmonton, alberta she updated me on the situation. in alberta, there is still a heat warning and it's hot here. i've been living in my basement for a week. people do not have air conditioning units and most
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people have covered their windows and are using fans. it is a very challenging situation for us because we are used to the cold, to be honest with you. we are not used to these high temperatures. it is very challenging time for those who are living the streets were homeless and people are volunteering, giving out water and pizza and also the cities of edmonton in the city of edmonton is open recreation centres, libraries, places for people to cool down with air conditioning. in people to cool down with air conditioning.— people to cool down with air conditioning. in terms of the fires, conditioning. in terms of the fires. we _ conditioning. in terms of the fires, we are _ conditioning. in terms of the fires, we are seeing - conditioning. in terms of the fires, we are seeing picturesj fires, we are seeing pictures now of just one fires, we are seeing pictures now ofjust one of them in the intense smoke that is building across large parts of canada and ijust wonder, how bad things are in terms of where you are, have you heard anything more about that? that anything more about that? git the moment, everyone is concentrating on british columbia because there is these active fires that are happening there at different communities are being evacuated in
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edmonton, the safety minister has announced there will be a base set up here so that firefighters can have a place to have a bit of relief. aviation resources available and if there are more people who have to be evacuated, they would come to edmonton, which is in alberta, the province beside. it is a very scary time for people of british columbia. i know friends are watching the news and trying to see how close these fires are coming to their communities and evacuating and then going home, it is a city and it is a very scary time and we are in alberta and it's possible, it is very dry here that we could also forest fires that we've had in the past. in also forest fires that we've had in the past.— also forest fires that we've had in the past. in terms of the military _ had in the past. in terms of the military efforts, - had in the past. in terms of the military efforts, what . had in the past. in terms of. the military efforts, what more do we know about what they will be doing and how that will help? be doing and how that will hel ? �* , be doing and how that will hel? �*, ., g; ::
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help? there's about 350 military _ help? there's about 350 military personnel - help? there's about 350 military personnel who l help? there's about 350 - military personnel who have been deployed to help fight the forest fires and they're going to be here this summer because this is notjust a one—time thing. we had this heat wave that this going to be a very challenging summer and conditions are dry and some as a lightning storm and lightning hits a bunch of grass, it's like hitting a match, it'sjust awful. 350 military personnel are being deployed we have the space and edmonton were people will be able to get evacuated to an aviation resources are being made available and the government of canada has said that they are going to help out and give us many resources as possible to the situation which is very scary. imagine, you have a house into sprints to the ground you have to evacuated. it'sjust the ground you have to evacuated. it's just awful. the former president of south africa, jacob zuma has for now avoided going to jail after the constitutional court agreed to hear his appeal against a fifteen month jail sentence. mr zuma was due to hand himself
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in by sunday or face arrest, after the court ordered him to be jailed for failing to appear before an inquiry into corruption. the appeal is due to be heard onjuly the twelfth. hundreds of the former president's supporters have gathered outside his home in kwazulu—natal — many hoping to ensure he stays out of prison. one of sweden's biggest supermarket chains, co—op sweden, says it's had to close around five hundred of its stores temporarily — due to what's been called a "colossal" ransomware cyber—attack — after checkouts began crashing on friday evening. cyber—security firm huntress labs said the hack first targeted a florida—based it company kaseya before spreading through corporate networks that use its software. our cyber reporter joe tidy told me more. i think many people will be unfamiliar with the name kaseya. unfamiliar with the name kase a. �* , v , unfamiliar with the name kase a. �* , �*, _ ., ., kaseya. but she's by of other companies — kaseya. but she's by of other companies and _ kaseya. but she's by of other
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companies and that's - kaseya. but she's by of other companies and that's why - kaseya. but she's by of other| companies and that's why this is so serious because usually a ransom attack has them gaining access to a computer system they can take months to gain access to that system and then they will encrypt the network and take over and hijack that system and then demanded payment from the victim. in this case, they have gone after kaseya leave effectively use the company and taking victims of their entire supply chain. there's a figure going around at the moment by a cyber security company and its instrument of the situation. in this era in 200 companies that use kaseya, they have been affected by this and normally it's one of the stories that is a big deal in the cybersecurity world but now we are seeing a company that everyone does know and it's a massive company in europe in the uk and of course a natural, almost 1% of markets sold in sweden are done through them and even though they do not use kaseya directly, they
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use a company that uses kaseya, if got to close around 500 of their stores in the country and that's having a massive impact on not only the company, but also people trying to buy their groceries. also people trying to buy their aroceries. �* . also people trying to buy their aroceries. . ., , also people trying to buy their groceries-— groceries. and at this stage, in the wp — groceries. and at this stage, in the idf was _ groceries. and at this stage, in the idf was behind - groceries. and at this stage, in the idf was behind the - in the idf was behind the attack? ,, ., ., , ., attack? strong indications are cominu attack? strong indications are coming from _ attack? strong indications are coming from huntress - attack? strong indications are coming from huntress labs i attack? strong indications are l coming from huntress labs and this is not a national authority, this is in the month cybersecurity firm and their pointing in the direction which is a site that uses a piece of malware, ransom where and they are notorious, they're the same company that held a travel x, the foreign exchange company to ransom back into his 19 and caused huge amounts of problems with that company. because the millions and reported ransoms and there is the big hit against a meat supplier that affected need for players of
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the us last month and they admitted to paying the $11 million to get them out of their situation and so, right now, it looks like they cannot be holding kaseya but a chain of different companies to ransom for potentially millions of dollars. ukraine's government has come in for some flak for asking its female soldiers to march in high heels. the country is holding a military parade next month to mark 30 years of independence following the collapse of the soviet union. its plan to ask women to parade in heels has provoked outrage. the bbc�*s zhanna bezpiatchuk is in kyiv she says many battle—weary frontline soldiers are not impressed. the most interesting, important reactions in this case are of the opinions of the female officers who fought on the front line, who served, or now work in the ranks of the army. i spoke to some of them and they told me that
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for them, it's humiliating. despite all of these formal explanations of the defence ministry which even posted the pictures of the other armies parades on their social media accounts to prove that there is they sometimes ask the women to wear that there is other armies, they sometimes ask the women to wear these high—heeled shoes. but despite all of these arguments and explanations, they think that they should not be distinguished in that particular way in the official ceremonies. maybe the big significance is the one in ukraine when they are shown as equals very often to men in the battlefield. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ ben m boulos.
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hello again. the weekend's weather was always going to be dominated by showers. showers coming from big clouds like these that were spotted over the skylines of staffordshire, and the heavens opening not1 million miles away in birmingham. you can see surface water building up on the roads here. and that we have this line of storms that moved across the midlands and on into lincolnshire. moved across here which is just south of lincoln itself, and it brought a real deluge. we had 25 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour. that is nearly half a month's with the rain in the space of one hour, and i'm sure that would have caused one
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or two issues here. now, at the moment, we have got some areas of rain pushing northwards across scotland. some heavy showers slowly easing in northern ireland. there are one or two showers elsewhere. some fairly big ones working across northern england for the next hour or two. but later in the night we are going to see another area of rain moving up across southern areas of england, and rain pushing into southern wales as well. this widespread area of rain will then move into parts of wales, the midlands and east anglia before then breaking out into showers later on in the day. but it's another day when those showers are going to be widespread and some of them torrential as well. could bring around 30 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour, so again there is the risk of seeing some localised flooding in the heaviest of those downpours. some dry weather between those showers as well. on into monday and tuesday we have got the next area of low pressure that's going to be swinging across the uk. so the weather certainly not settling down in any sense. monday sees rain pushing northwards across scotland. sunshine and a few showers elsewhere, but generally a slightly drier kind of day
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for most of you, and then we have got this rain that's going to be moving in to the southwest accompanied by some strengthening wins through monday afternoon. monday night time and on into tuesday area of low pressure pushes in bringing the rain and pushing it northwards. gales developing around the coast initially in the southwest. and then along the english channel coasts in the southeast by tuesday. showers following our main band of rain through, and it will start to feel just a little fresher. temperature is around 17 to 19 celsius. from there, later in the week those showers will gradually become a little bit less widespread. the weather slowly gets a little bit more settled, but before we get there sunday will see plenty of heavy downpours.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. england's footballers are through to the semi—finals of euro 2020, after a 4—0 victory over ukraine. it's the first time in 25 years that they've got so far in the competition. they'll now play denmark — while italy will take on spain in the other semifinal. protests against the brazilian government's handling of the coronavirus crisis have been taking place in cities across the country. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating to demand a boost to the vaccination programme, and the resumption of financial support for the poorest in society. officials in the us state of florida are bringing forward plans to demolish the remains of a building that collapsed just over a week ago — killing at least 2a people. it's feared an approaching storm could destabilise what remains of the structure. 121 people are still missing.

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