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this is bbc news. a brilliant night for england in rome, as they thrash ukraine, and move on to the semi finals of the euros. it's been a long year for everybody. i'm chuffed the two performances we've put on have brought so much enjoyment and happiness to people. cheering it was a saturday night to celebrate for fans. football now is coming home, with 60,000 fans at wembley on wednesday. i can't believe it. we're over the moon. absolutely brilliant. they've played amazing. could not even have dreamt it. at least 17 people have died and a0 others have been
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rescued after a military plane crashed in the southern philippines. here the health secretary sajid javid says there's a strong argument that easing coronavirus restrictions in england will improve the country's health. in miami, an approaching storm accelerates plans to demolish the rest of the apartment block where at least 2a people died and more than 120 are missing. and hidden away for 42 years — the priceless andy warhol paintings finally being put on show by a gallery in iran. hello and welcome to bbc news. england are heading to theirfirst semi final at the euros for 25 years after a decisive 4—0 win over ukraine in rome last night. gareth southgate�*s side will now head home to wembley to face denmark in the last four on wednesday. spain and italy face each other
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on tuesday also at wembley stadium in the other semi. mark lobel reports. # i cannot escape, and i cannot forget!# for england fans that travelled to italy for this one, the sky is the limit. the only thing perhaps worth flagging up now — for once — is overconfidence. if you were gonna offer us a tournament semifinal against denmark, you take that every time. so at wembley, i think, it is not in doubt at all. ukraine's fans found solace in equalling their greatest run in a major international football tournament. translation: ukraine got to the quarterfinals. - we lost to england. there are no weak rivals in the quarterfinals. this is not a problem. england got off to a flying start. kane slotted home a superb pass from stirling after only four minutes.
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barely a minute into the second half, maguire powered home a headerfrom shaw's free kick to give england some breathing space. four minutes later, shaw provided a perfect cross, headed in from six yards by kane. then it was england's fourth from substitute henderson — his first international goal on his 62nd appearance. it was a fifth successive clean sheet for a jubilant england. on a night that was beautiful for football with the weather, i think inspired the players and they gave a fantastic performance. england face denmark in the semifinals after they beat the czech republic in baku. they lead from the fifth minute when delaney evaded his marker to head in from a corner. they made it 2—0 just before half—time with dolberg volleying in a superb cross from maehle. but it was the czech republic's
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schick volleying the next one, his fifth goal of the tournament, taking him level with portugal's cristiano ronaldo in the race for the golden boot. yet, denmark held on. standing between them and the final is gareth southgate's england. it's a chance to make history — we have never been to a european championship final, so it's not so much pressure for this team, it's another challenge that they've got the chance to take on. bbc commentator guy mowbray described the feeling for england's fans during the ukraine match as "the greatest therapy session watching england you've ever had." they will soon find out if this competition also offers a lasting cure to years of hurt. mark lobel, bbc news. let's go to our sports presenter, john watson, who joins us from rome. it was an electric match, wasn't it?
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now england expect as the stakes get higher, the nerds get more frayed. yes. good morning. anyone who has watched england at major tournaments, this is not how it goes full that there is a feeling this morning, did it really happen? a 4—0 victory. the last 20 minutes of the game is probably the most relaxing any england fan can remember england playing at a major tournament. i think you take emotional attachment away from it and it is a huge opportunity for england and gareth southgate, make no bones about it. the signs of progress are there. they won their first group match at european championship for the first time. this is the first time they had scored four goals or more since they beat germany in the final back in 1966, 755 years it has taken england to produce a scoreline like
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in a knockout match in a major tournament. clearly going in the right direction. it is a case of keeping professionalism going. the hypeis keeping professionalism going. the hype is only going to grow, isn't it, as the team heads back to wembley for the semifinal to come against denmark? there is a clear route through to the final on the 11th ofjuly. it is a case of england maintaining its focus on trying to get the job done. arguably playing on home soil in front of 60,000 fans at wembley for the semifinal, there might not be a better chance for england to go on and end the long wait for silverware on the biggest stage. back to back semifinal is now at major tournaments for gareth southgate. he has called it his everest, getting through to the final. they are one match away from reaching the final of euro 2020. match away from reaching the final of euro 2020-_
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let's go to our correspondent in kyiv, sarah rainsford. when one team wins, another is disappointed. what is the media this morning? disappointed. what is the media this mornin: ? . , disappointed. what is the media this morninu? . , , , ., disappointed. what is the media this morninu? . i, , ., , morning? really subdued, of course. -- the mood- — morning? really subdued, of course. -- the mood. last _ morning? really subdued, of course. -- the mood. last night _ morning? really subdued, of course. -- the mood. last night watching - morning? really subdued, of course. -- the mood. last night watching the —— the mood. last night watching the match, theirfans —— the mood. last night watching the match, their fans we —— the mood. last night watching the match, theirfans we have been speaking to all day were massively enthusiastic going into the game. they were ignoring the statistics, the facts that england were firm favourites and letting their hearts will their heads to some extent. they were telling me all day they built ukraine could win and at least and the clean sheet england have held onto. they felt they could score. it was four minutes for their dreams to start to shatter and the places in the fan zone where we were last night were a bit of a sad picture to watch. there were 10,000 fans squeezed into one of the squares here in the city. there were other than sense here and others
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across the country as ukraine dared to dream they could make more history here. what they are clinging on to list this was a historic performance by ukraine, the first time in the quarterfinal of the european championship. even as the massively crushing defeat came in, at the end of the match they were clapping, cheering and shouting, ukraine! they are proud of their team and fans are telling me, look, this is a moment to be proud, to be happy they have got this far and see it as the start of something better, not the end of a dream.— it as the start of something better, not the end of a dream. let's speak to one of the england fans lucky enough to be at the game last night, peterwhite. good to see you. thank you for joining us. i already used the word electric. i guess nerves were calmed with the goal. what was it like being there. with the goal. what was it like being there-—
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with the goal. what was it like bein: there. , . ., , being there. getting an early goal was brilliant. _ being there. getting an early goal was brilliant. very _ being there. getting an early goal was brilliant. very rigorous, - being there. getting an early goal was brilliant. very rigorous, very| was brilliant. very rigorous, very sensible. we'll thought we would end “p sensible. we'll thought we would end up at a 1—0 game. we will get across the line, we hope. at the start of the line, we hope. at the start of the second half and it was like ukraine were still finishing off their coffee and england but the goal in the first minute or so. at that moment we thought the game is going our way. clearly that must have not ukraine. sadly for them but great for us. a couple of minutes later we got a bad goal. everybody at that stage realised we were going to win the game. then the game loosened up. all the structured plane that had been going on in the first halfjust plane that had been going on in the first half just turned plane that had been going on in the first halfjust turned into really a party but on the pitch and off the pitch in terms of the way they were playing football. frankly the crowd
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and fans were ecstatic. the playing football. frankly the crowd and fans were ecstatic.— and fans were ecstatic. the crowd was obviously _ and fans were ecstatic. the crowd was obviously really _ and fans were ecstatic. the crowd was obviously really diminished . was obviously really diminished because of the circumstances that we are in. what was that like? diminished but still absolutely buzzing. brilliant atmosphere. a lot of chanting. everyone just thrilled to be there and having a brilliant time. i am sure the sad thing was only a few people were able to experience it. how many england fans would have loved to have been there! this was a brilliant atmosphere and everyone was having an amazing time. i am so glad to have been there and watched the match. abs, i am so glad to have been there and watched the match.— i am so glad to have been there and watched the match. a lot of 'ealousy for any england * watched the match. a lot of 'ealousy for any england fan i watched the match. a lot of 'ealousy for any england fan who _ watched the match. a lot of jealousy for any england fan who could - watched the match. a lot of jealousy for any england fan who could be - for any england fan who could be there and watch it. the next stage is coming back to england. i assume you live there. what is the situation. i you live there. what is the situation.— you live there. what is the situation. ., , ., situation. i need here in italy and i will situation. i need here in italy and i will need _ situation. i need here in italy and i will need to _ situation. i need here in italy and i will need to try _ situation. i need here in italy and i will need to try to _
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situation. i need here in italy and i will need to try to find - situation. i need here in italy and i will need to try to find a - i will need to try to find a television to watch it. for all the fans who can go to their next match, it is not a guaranteed thing. i am really glad laterfans in it is not a guaranteed thing. i am really glad later fans in the it is not a guaranteed thing. i am really glad laterfans in the uk will be able to watch england again stop i reckon we have two more matches to be seen in the uk. let’s matches to be seen in the uk. let's ho -e. matches to be seen in the uk. let's hope- thank — matches to be seen in the uk. let's hope- thank you — matches to be seen in the uk. let's hope. thank you very _ matches to be seen in the uk. let's hope. thank you very much. - let's bring you some breaking news from the philippines — a military plane with 92 people on board has crashed. the chief of the armed forces told reporters that a total of 17 bodies has been recovered and a0 people have been rescued so far from the wreckage of the aircraft. he said it had been trying to land onjolo island, in sulu in the southwest of the country, but reportedly missed the runway. many of those on board recently completed basic training. they were being deployed to the region as part of a joint task force fighting militant groups. we'll bring you more on this story as it develops. let's get more from our asia—pacific regional editor, michael bristow. just bring us up—to—date with what
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has happened. still just bring us up-to-date with what has happened-— has happened. still no clue about the number _ has happened. still no clue about the number of _ has happened. still no clue about the number of casualties, - has happened. still no clue about the number of casualties, as - has happened. still no clue about the number of casualties, as you | the number of casualties, as you mentioned. 17 people had been confirmed dead, 1a were pulled alive from the wreckage. they have been taken to a military hospital on an island in the southern philippines where they are receiving treatment. i am not quite sure the nature of their injuries, how serious they are or not. there were a total of 92 people on board the aircraft. eight crew members. as you mentioned, all of the rest, 84, were soldiers. just completed basic training and they were on their way to an island to begin an operation against militants operating in the area. they had been operating in the area. they had been operating doubtful several decades. more known over recent years for kidnapping people for ransom and
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earning money that way. there has been an ongoing military operation against them. that is what the recruits were there to try and fight. recruits were there to try and fi . ht. ., recruits were there to try and fiuht. ., f . recruits were there to try and fiuht. ., , . , recruits were there to try and fiuht. ., m , ., recruits were there to try and fiuht. ., , . , ., ., fight. how difficult is it going to be to mount — fight. how difficult is it going to be to mount a _ fight. how difficult is it going to be to mount a search _ fight. how difficult is it going to be to mount a search and - fight. how difficult is it going to | be to mount a search and rescue operation in that area? i do be to mount a search and rescue operation in that area?— operation in that area? i do not think it is _ operation in that area? i do not think it is too _ operation in that area? i do not think it is too difficult. - operation in that area? i do not think it is too difficult. as - operation in that area? i do not think it is too difficult. as you l think it is too difficult. as you mentioned in the introduction to this report, the aircraft was approaching a landing strip on this island. forsome approaching a landing strip on this island. for some reason it had missed the runway and was attempting to pull back up, did not succeed and then crashed. the accident appears to have happened in a built—up area near the airport. picture shows some of the aircraft appears to have remained intact although it was on fire, there were plumes of smoke coming from the site. the rescue operation is not too difficult in terms of its location. 0bviously
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operation is not too difficult in terms of its location. obviously it is a very serious accident and people have already died. the enquiry into what happened will surely now begin.— here, the uk health secretary, sajid javid, says there is a "compelling" case that easing covid restrictions in england will improve the country's health. writing in the mail on sunday, mrjavid, who took over from matt hancock a week ago, said england remains "on track" for a relaxation of the rules on july the 19th. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. this is the new man at the department of health. here, the uk health secretary, sajid javid, says there this is the new man at the department of health. he says that when he came off the phone last weekend, having been offered the job of health secretary by the prime minister, his teenage daughter said, sarcastically, "you won't have much to sort out then, dad." a week into the job, he is making clear he wants to get rid of covid restrictions in england quickly, for the sake of people's health. he says england is on track for the final stage of unlocking
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later this month, and adds: he blames the rules imposed for more than a year now for causing what he describes as a shocking rise in domestic violence and a terrible impact on mental health. the government's expected to set out the broad direction of travel it hopes to follow in england in the next few days with a shift away from rules and towards personal responsibility. big decisions still have to be taken on, for instance, social distancing and masks. chris mason, bbc news. professor sally bloomfield from the london school
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of tropical medicine joins me. thank you very much forjoining us. do you agree with the health secretary's analysis that now is the time that the live with it? yes. secretary's analysis that now is the time that the live with it?— time that the live with it? yes, i think it is _ time that the live with it? yes, i think it is entirely _ time that the live with it? yes, i think it is entirely right - time that the live with it? yes, i think it is entirely right and - time that the live with it? yes, i think it is entirely right and i - time that the live with it? yes, i think it is entirely right and i do | think it is entirely right and i do support it. we have to go back to developing lives, careers, education and so forth. i do fully support it. my and so forth. i do fully support it. my impression is every time that government relaxes restrictions, we tend to think it is because it is safe and that is something we have to grasp. it is not safe. the virus is still circulating in circulation will increase in the coming months because of relaxation of restrictions. we had to take on social responsibility, particularly in the next two or three months when there is a significant amount of the population still not fully vaccinated. there's other people who are most active in terms of
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spreading the virus at the moment. —— those other people. anything we candy to mitigate the spread will be very important in terms of making sure we do not lurch back into situations where we have apply restrictions. 0ne situations where we have apply restrictions. one key thing is wearing masks stop we know most of the transmission is due to airborne transmission and people getting close to each other, not necessarily close to each other, not necessarily close to each other, not necessarily close to each other stop i had a horrible vision last night watching the football grounds of the coronavirus swirling around the air. wearing masks in places where we possibly can like shops and supermarkets, on public transport, and when we are in close contact with people. that means we can keep restrictions where it is important, keeping children in schools and for people in the workplace. wearing a mask all day is so inconvenient and
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so restricting. for those that he can take on the small inconvenience of continuing to wear masks and good hand and surface hygiene. it really will make a difference and i hope the government will really stress the government will really stress the social responsibility aspect. in terms of your concerns for the risks going forward, as you had said in the health secretary has said, cases will continue to tick up, that is inevitable. currently they have gone up inevitable. currently they have gone up to levels where previously when the number of cases at that level, the number of cases at that level, the number of hospitalisations was dramatically higher, as was the death rate. hospitalisations are going up but they are still very small compared with where they were before and in terms of the numbers of deaths, they are pretty static. what would you anticipate? we are in a totally new situation. it is impossible to say what will happen.
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we have now had maybe three or four macro weeks of cases rising dramatically. we have not seen hospitalisations and deaths following the same curve. i think we have to hold our nerve and go for it stop as i say, it really is down to the public. if wejust stop as i say, it really is down to the public. if we just forget and say we must get on with it, we may run again into a situation where it gets out of hand. we had to keep the lid down on it. the pressure is there with this very very lent dell variant and we must recognise we may have other virus types and new strains developing in the community. —— very very lent delta variant. that will be down to social responsibility. we know what we need to do. to abandon that would be
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awful. when i talk around to my friends and say, are you going to continue to wear a mask? they say, yes, we well. i hope we will work together to do this.— yes, we well. i hope we will work together to do this. thank you very much. search efforts for possible survivors of the collapse of a tower block in miami have been temporarily suspended, to allow for the demolition of the rest of the building. there are fears an approaching tropical storm could bring down debris onto search teams. 24 people are known to have died with more than 120 still unaccounted for. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has the latest. 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
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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, you know, 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. 0nce 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 and electrical problems. their 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. attacks, abuse and threats
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with weapons and syringes — that's what shop workers say they're facing every day. some of the uk's leading retailers say violence towards staff has escalated during the pandemic, and they're urging the government to change policing laws to tackle the issue. our business correspondent, katy austin, reports. attacked while at work. the health and beauty chain boots says abuse and aggression against staff in its stores is a real problem and one that's been getting worse, particularly during the pandemic. david, a store manager for another retailer, says he's had horrible experiences. you get in between customers who are arguing about social distancing or mask wearing. we don't challenge that ourselves cos we feel we shouldn't have to, but we have to defuse the situations. and one time we've had an incident where we tried to defuse the situation and remove someone from the store and that sadly ended
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up with one of my colleagues getting punched. and on the way out, one of the ladies stuck her nails into my head and gouged a big chunk out of my head. having to come home and explain to my two young girls why i've got a big cut on my head is not really what i should be doing. boots says incidents sometimes happen when shoplifters are challenged. it's opened a new cctv monitoring centre near nottingham. today, dozens of retail chief executives has signed a letter asking for the law to provide stronger protection for their staff. the boss of boots told me a specific offence of violence against retail workers would be a clearer deterrent. note of every time we see violence or aggression against our staff and i'm reading those everyday now. so one of the things we've done recently is — and we're rolling out very rapidly — is to give bodycams to all of our colleagues on the shop floor, and we have found that is very affective at de—escalating issues as they arise, but it's not enough. we need to have a really good legal framework that will enable our colleagues,
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and people who feel tempted to behave in this way, to know where they stand. and so i think it s a joint effort between us, between the police, between our legislators. we all have our part to play. a committee of mps said last week a new criminal offence to protect retail workers was needed. in a statement, the minister for crime and policing told us extra officers were being introduced to cut crime and guidelines from the sentencing council should mean increased sentences for assaults against shop workers. retailers say more need to be done to ensure everyone can feel safe in their workplace. katy austin, bbc news. paintings from andy warhol are being exhibited for the first time at the tehran museum of contemporary art in iran. the masterpieces had been left for decades in the museum's storage, away from the public�*s eye. sara monetta reports. bright colours, nervous lines, andy warhol's work is unmistakable.
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but these paintings are even more extraordinary because they've never been seen before. now they're on display for the first time in their home, tehran. translation: when i heard about a new exhibition - on andy warhol, i thought it was happening abroad. but no, it's happening here. it's a real surprise. i didn't know we had any warhol work. these, like hundreds of other pieces, were bought in the 1960s, by iran's empress, who posed for warhol herself. after the iranian revolution in 1979, these artworks remained locked away from sight in the museum's storage. the empress' collection is one of the largest in the world, it counts 3,500 masterpieces and has been valued at over three billion euros. the museum's curators think it's time to start sharing their treasure with the public. people are much more up—to—date in iran than —
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about the west than west — about iran. andy warhol broke down barriers in the art world. the curators hope his work could do the same with some of the barriers between iran and the west. sara monetta, bbc news. quite a collection. you are watching bbc news.
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thunder. shallow numbers were reduced compared with what we saw this morning. for the north wales, north midlands northwards away from the gloomy north—east corner, showers will develop. with the showers will develop. with the shower start to come thunder and hail. warm in the sunshine and temperatures in the low 20s. this evening and overnight some of the showers and thunderstorms will continue. longerspells showers and thunderstorms will continue. longer spells of rain in northern ireland, southern scotland and the far north of england. southern areas will be dry compared with what whistle to start this morning. temperatures almost in double figures, if not the mid—teens. a quick look ahead to monday into tuesday. an unseasonably deep out of low pressure. keep a night on the forecast if you are spending time outdoors in seven counties of england and wales. 0n counties of england and wales. on monday during the day will be drier and brighter. any of you showers
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around. northern england, scotland and northern ireland mcleod with outbreaks of rain here and there. the thunderstorm thrown in for good measure. —— and cloud with outbreaks of rain. not great news if you are on holiday. temperatures down a bit and we have seen this weekend. three monday night after a wet end to the day in south—west and the channel islands, a swell of wind. torrential and persistent rain across the north of england and wales and strengthening winds into tuesday morning across southern counties. gusts of wind could cause damage and travel disruption. heavy showers to go with it. longer spells of rain, sun heavy and tangerine northern england, potentially into southern and eastern scotland. the mix of sunshine and showers further west. temperatures down a bit on the weekend even though winds are
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generally lighter. more sunshine and showers to come across the country on wednesday. it looks like things will turn drier, brighter and by the weekend a as well. —— a touch warmer as well.
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this is bbc news. the headlines... a brilliant night for england in rome — as they thrash ukraine, and move on to the semi finals of the euros. it's been a long year for everybody and i'm chuffed that the two performances we've put on have brought so much enjoyment and happiness to people. at least 17 people have died and 40 others have been rescued after a military plane crashed in the southern philippines.

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