this is bbc news: i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. england's footballers are in theirfirst majorfinal in 55 years after beating denmark at wembley. this was the moment harry kane clinched it sparking celebrations that went well on into the night. former south african president, jacob zuma, begins a fifteen month prison sentence after handing himself over to police. haiti's security forces say they've killed four of the gang suspected of assassinating the country's president. and roger federer is knocked out of wimbledon — could it be the last time he'll

play at the tournament? hello and welcome. there are some sore heads here in england this morning after the country's footballers reached their first major tournament final since 1966. they beat denmark 2—1 in the semi finals of the european championship, and will play italy in the final on sunday. the victory sparked celebrations late into the night, as tim allman now reports. england allman now reports. fans have waited a long time england fans have waited a long time for this. 55 years in fact. 55 years since they had last reached the final of a major tournament, so you can understand why they wanted to have a party. in london, they

danced in trafalgar square. they danced on top of double—decker buses, and it wasn'tjust double—decker buses, and it wasn't just the capital. double—decker buses, and it wasn'tjust the capital. all across the country they celebrated, as if the tournament had already been one. north, south, eastand west, everyone understanding the significance of three very important words. it’s the significance of three very important words.— important words. it's coming home! there's _ important words. it's coming home! there's other - important words. it's coming home! there's other option! | home! there's other option! where in are in the in the finals for the first time and who cares how many years! i thought we would be a lot better_ thought we would be a lot better against italy then we would — better against italy then we would against spain so i am quietly— would against spain so i am quietly confident. i say quietly, but i've had a couple of beers. _ quietly, but i've had a couple of beers, so loudly confident. also— of beers, so loudly confident. also loudly confident with supporters in wembley stadium. covid safety measures meant it was only about two—thirds full. among those in attendance, the prime minister, suitably tired

two attired for the occasion. the stunning freekick made it one nil, but within ten minutes england were on level turns, a danish own goal sending wembley into raptures. we had to wait until extra time for a winner, raheem sterling going down in the box. penalty. up stepped harry kane, who is shot was stopped, but he tapped in the rebound. and what a sweet night for gareth southgate. 25 years after his own semi—final disappointment as a player, he leads his nation into a final as a manager.— leads his nation into a final as a manager. for our country, i've not heard _ as a manager. for our country, i've not heard this _ as a manager. for our country, i've not heard this new - as a manager. for our country, | i've not heard this new wembley like that ever, and to be able to share that with everybody and share it with everybody at home is very special. 55 and share it with everybody at home is very special.- home is very special. 55 years is a long _ home is very special. 55 years is a long long _ home is very special. 55 years is a long long time. _ home is very special. 55 years is a long long time. more - home is very special. 55 years | is a long long time. more than half a century of heartache, handballs, penalty misses and red cards. but now england

believes anything is possible. and we'll have more reaction to that result, and the rest of the day's sports news a little later. south african police say the country's former president, jacob zuma, has handed himself in to the authorities to begin serving a fifteen month jail sentence for contempt of court. officers had warned they were prepared to arrest the 79—year—old if he had failed to meet an overnight deadline. courtney bembridge has this report, and a warning, it contains flashing images. less tha n less than one hour before the midnight deadline, jacob zuma left his home flanked by bodyguards and police and handed himself in. he spent his first night behind barsjust over a week after he was given a 15 month jail term for contempt of court. he was convicted for refusing to testify at a corruption enquiry where he stood accused of siphoning off state assets. allegations he denies. i plead

not uuil allegations he denies. i plead not guilty south _ allegations he denies. i plead not guilty south africa - allegations he denies. i plead not guilty south africa has - not guilty south africa has never seen a former president jail before, and his supporters have been determined that the man once dubbed the teflon president for his survival skills would not be the first. his son had warned that they would fight the ruling. we will not allow that, _ would fight the ruling. we will not allow that, they _ would fight the ruling. we will not allow that, they would - would fight the ruling. we will. not allow that, they would have to shed blood for that.- to shed blood for that. jacob zuma himself _ to shed blood for that. jacob zuma himself has _ to shed blood for that. jacob zuma himself has said - to shed blood for that. jacob zuma himself has said that i zuma himself has said that sending him to jail during the height of a pandemic at the age of 79 is the same as a death sentence. he was once an illustrious political figure who battled the apartheid regime alongside nelson mandela, and when he spoke on sunday, he drew parallels between his conviction and apartheid. between his conviction and apartheid-— between his conviction and aartheid. �* ., ., apartheid. being “ailed without apartheid. being “ailed without a trial is not _

apartheid. being jailed without a trial is not different - apartheid. being jailed without a trial is not different to - apartheid. being jailed without a trial is not different to the i a trial is not different to the apartheid's detention without trial. , ., g. . .,, apartheid's detention without trial. , ., g ., . ., , ., apartheid's detention without trial. , ., g. . .,, ., .,, trial. joveneljacob zuma was marred by — trial. joveneljacob zuma was marred by scandal— trial. joveneljacob zuma was marred by scandal and - trial. joveneljacob zuma was marred by scandal and he - trial. joveneljacob zuma was | marred by scandal and he was forced to resign after nine years in power. much of the country has praised the court was for affirming south africa's democracy and demonstrating that no—one is above the law. let's get some of the day's other news. officials in florida say there's no hope of finding anyone still alive in the rubble of a block of flats near miami, which partially collapsed two weeks ago. more than 50 bodies have been recovered and almost 90 people are still unaccounted for. donald trump has announced he's filing lawsuits against twitter, facebook and google. the former us president alleges that the social media giants silenced conservative viewpoints. mr trump was banned from various platforms after repeatedly claiming that his election defeat was the result of widespread fraud. that assertion was rejected by multiple courts, state election officials and members of his own administration. scientists say the

deadly heatwave that occurred in western canada and the us at the end ofjune would never have happened without climate change. in a rapid attribution study, researchers say it was a one in a thousand year event, triggered by man—made carbon emissions. hundreds of people died when previous temperature records were broken by up to five degress celcius. british holidaymakers hoping to travel abroad are expected to find out on thursday the date they'll no longer need to quarantine when returning home. it would apply to destinations of medium covid risk — the so—called �*amber list�*. the move could see a big rise in international travel, but there are still questions about how the policy will work, as caroline davies reports. onejab one jab two onejab twojab no one jab two jab no jabber. at the moment it doesn't make any difference to the rules you have to follow when you travel from another country to the uk. that depends on the traffic light system and whether the

country you are coming from is green, amber or red. but things could be about to change. today the government is expected to make an announcement about when people who are fully vaccinated might be able to travel from amber list countries but not have to quarantine on arrival. at the moment most countries in the world are on the amber list including spain, greece and the usa. the travel industry are hoping the policy will be introduced soon to help their summer bookings. this introduced soon to help their summer bookings.— summer bookings. this is an industry that _ summer bookings. this is an industry that has _ summer bookings. this is an industry that has been - industry that has been absolutely believe by the regulations around travel that have gone on for the past nearly 18 months now, and it's time there was more of an opening up or travel. people have been confused by the regulations to date, and we really look forward to a simpler regime going forward. the government has said public health remains a priority, and it's taking a cautious approach on the resumption of international travel. there are still questions like whether under 18 can avoid quarantine

if travelling with fully vaccinated parents, and whether the scheme will be open just to those jabbed in the uk, or to everyone who is fully vaccinated around the world. there will also be questions about what happens to all of those who are not fully vaccinated yet, and you are hoping to jet off this summer. i'll be speaking to an industry expert in our business in around twenty minutes, so do stay with me for that. security forces in haiti say they've killed four of the gang suspected of assassinating presidentjovenel moise. the country's under a state of emergency after the president was gunned down in his home. and the streets are deserted amid fears of more violence. the un security council will be briefed on moise's assassination later on thursday. aruna iyengar has this report. forensic teams marking vital clues in an attempt to make sense of what has happened here. haiti has been thrown into turmoil after the assassination of president jovenel moise at his home in

port—au—prince. according to the communications minister some of the alleged assassins have now been intercepted by police. haitian officials believe the killers posed as us drug enforcement officers to gain entry. drug enforcement officers to gain entry-— drug enforcement officers to aain ent . , ,, a' gain entry. they were speaking sanish gain entry. they were speaking spanish and — gain entry. they were speaking spanish and presented - spanish and presented themselves as de gea agents, and as we know, whenever there is an operation, the us embassy will notify haitian police. they were speaking spanish, and it is a well orchestrated attack. , . , it is a well orchestrated attack. , ., , attack. the first lady was reported _ attack. the first lady was reported to _ attack. the first lady was reported to be _ attack. the first lady was reported to be injured - attack. the first lady was reported to be injured in i attack. the first lady was i reported to be injured in the attack and is being treated in south florida. interim prime minister has called for calm and declared a state of emergency nationwide, but there is a political vacuum.

parliament is defunct, a new prime minister was named just this week is yet be sworn in. jovenel moise was a controversial leader. he led haiti since 2017 but was accused of corruption and extending his presidency illegally. he faced mass protests and demands from the opposition to step down. now there are fears about a possible foreign intervention. the people necessarily don't want a foreign military intervention in the form of the un forces that came into 2004 after the coup d'etat against the us backed leader. the situation is confusing, it is sad, it is depressing, but at the same time people don't want a foreign invasion into the country. a foreign invasion into the country-— a foreign invasion into the count . , country. the border has been closed between _ country. the border has been closed between the - country. the border has beenl closed between the depending country. the border has been - closed between the depending on republic and 80. this country has suffered from natural disasters, a devastating earthquake in 2010 and a

hurricane that struck six years later. there are territorial battles between heavily armed gangs and 13,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. with this assassination the sense of insecurity has intensified further. a fire that broke out on a container ship in dubai's main port following an explosion has been bought under control with no casualties. the fire was caused by an explosion within a container on board a ship at jebel ali port which had been preparing to dock. dubai police said three of the 130 containers on the ship held flammable materials and that there were 14 crew on board. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: in the disputed south china sea. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible.

germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourite, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace i through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom, then _ he asked her for a cigarette and, on the pretext - for arranging for some to be . bought, summoned a footman on duty who took the man away. cheering and applause. one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: england's footballers are in theirfirst majorfinal in 55 years after beating denmark at wembley. south africa's former president's jacob zuma's handed himself in to serve a 15—month term for contempt of court. the newest country in the world, south sudan, is preparing to mark its tenth anniversary on friday. hopes were high when it gained independence from sudan after decades of civil war. but since then, it's suffered yet more conflict, floods, droughts and a deepening economic crisis, leaving two million refugees scattered across eastern africa. patience atuhaire reports from kampala in neighbouring uganda. this woman is the head of a household of 18 people. they have been living in uganda,

living on aid and the generosity of relatives. she returned to southern sudan in 2005 after the comprehensive peace agreement to end the civil conflict in sudan. when it became an independent country, she thought finally peace would prevail. translation: peace would prevail. tuna/mom- peace would prevail. translation: ~ ., ., ., , ,, translation: what made me happy was that we came _ translation: what made me happy was that we came out _ translation: what made me happy was that we came out of _ translation: what made me happy was that we came out of that - was that we came out of that life, being dominated by the north. we had our own government, our children started working on our own country. the land which we created, that is what made me happy when we raise our flag. we now have our own country, south sudan. herfamily is one of south sudan. her family is one of dozens living in uganda as refugees. independence didn't make life better for most of them. in 2010, over22,000 better for most of them. in 2010, over 22,000 sudanese, mostly from the south, had fled to uganda. thousands returned home when the country was

reformed, drastically reducing the number. when civil war broke out in 2013, mehdi fled again. in december that year, an estimated 1000 refugees arrive at the borders every day. even now when fighting has stopped in most of the country, there are still over 900,000 sudanese refugees living and you can do. the 2013 civil war was triggered by disagreements amongst security forces and the government. what started and a barracks and the capital soon spread to the entire country, leading to more loss of lives and displacement. after independence in 2011, the two men at the top appeared ready to rebuild their country. south sudanese had reasons to hope. their country is immensely rich with oil, minerals, wired by diversity and culture, but politics always seems to get in

the way. people became so engaged and corruption. the leadership never showed compassion to the common man and the common woman. the services that were supposed to be delivered, not be delivered. not because of lack of resources. we had a lot of oil. the formation of a unity government brought fighting to an end in most parts of the country, but not all of the aspects that were agreed upon have been implemented. south sudan has yet to form a national army that brings together all former fighters, and this remains a threat to peace and security. the government says it is working hard to build a functional nation. there is no country in the world that has done away with corruption. corruption is a human advice that follows human. the problem is, when the great people are not brought to justice. but, south sudan, time

and again and through the mouth of the excellent president, they have shown zero tolerance for corruption. as citizens of the youngest country rely on support from neighbours from other countries, some say they aren't truly independent until they can enjoy total peace and life in south sudan, their own country. five years ago next week, the philippines won a landmark legal victory over china, about incursions in the disputed south china sea. a tribunal at the permanent court of arbitration in the hague ruled that beijing had been unlawful in its occupation and blockade of traditional filipino fishing grounds, including scarborough shoal. both china and the philippines claim sovereignty over the large coral reef while vietnamese claim it is their traditional fishing ground. howard johnson reports. we're on a fishing boat heading towards occupied maritime territory in the south china sea. we want to verify reports that

chinese boats are unlawfully blockading a traditional filipino fishing ground, just 120 nautical miles from its coast. we sail with trepidation. we have identified a foreign vessel. this year, china has been swarming reefs and rocks in philippine waters with hundreds of its boats, many from its maritime militia. in this recent promotional video, the militia are seen firing automatic weapons and ramming what appears to be a small fishing boat during training exercises. we arrive at scarborough shoal the following morning. notice how waves from the deep blue ocean break on a lighter, turquoise body of water — that's the limestone reef you can see in the satellite image. easier to spot is the chinese coastguard presence. so, there's a chinese coast guard vessel that's watching us at the moment, it's done three sweeps — first of all, 200 metres away, then 100 metres away,

and now 50 metres away. it's watching our every move. the boat leaves without incident — but our captain knows the lagoon is off limits. translation: we are the bandits in our own territory. _ why is that so? we steal our own territory? we steal our own fish? that's because we don't have our own coastguard there. on the last day at scarborough shoal, we venture into the blockaded eastern entrance. but after ten minutes, we notice a boat moving on the horizon towards us. it's coming here? ok, let's go. it's a maritime militia boat. by cross—referencing our footage with satellite data, it appears that the vessel that sailed towards us is called cheong sa nsha yu00311. sansha is where the maritime militia promotional video was filmed. five years on from a landmark legal ruling that found that china had been unlawful in disrupting traditional fishing by blockading

scarborough shoal, ourjourney has revealed that beijing continues to flout international law. we put these allegations to the chinese embassy in london and received this reply. howard johnson reporting from scarborough shoal. and you can see more on that story in our world — battle for the south china sea, this weekend on bbc world news. a large diamond, described as the third biggest ever found, has been unearthed in botswana. the diamond, about the size of a fist, was discovered by canadian mining firm, lucara and presented to the country's cabinet in the capital gaborone. botswana is a leading producer of diamonds. the government said the latest

find could not have come at a better time for botswana after the pandemic caused diamond sales to slump last year. now for more on england's semi—final victory in the euros, and a defeat for roger federer at wimbledon. lets go to the bbc sport centre. hello, i'm marc edwards with your sports news. and there'll be some sore heads in london this morning after the pandemonium at wembley last night. england are into their first major final since 1966. they beat denmark 2—1 in extra time of their euro 2020 semi—final at wembley. the 65,000—crowd treated to an absorbing contest that saw the danish take the lead before england drew level courtesy of an own—goal. 1—1 after 90 minutes, but captain fantastic, harry kane, stepped up in extra time with a penalty to send england into sunday�*s final where italy await. iamjust so

i am just so proud. this group of players deserve what has happened to them. they have been fantastic from when we met five weeks ago. the experiences that the core group have had over the recent years have shown tonight. we knew that we won't going to go through a hole tournament without conceding, we would have to respond to setbacks in the right way, and they did. denmark have been a fantastic opponent, i have to say. in the end, it was a white knight. thursday is women's semi final day at wimbledon, and what a match up on centre court between 2018 winner angelique kerber and reigning world number—one ash barty. then the capacity crowd will be treated to a tasty tie between karolina pliskova and second seed aryna sabalenka. meanwhile, is this the last time we'll see the great roger federer gracing the wimbledon turf? the 39—year—old was beaten in straight sets in the quarter finals on wednesday by poland's hubert hurkazs.

i'm actually very happy i made it as far as i did and i was able to play at the level i did after everything i went through, so of course i would like to play again but, you know, at my age you are never sure what is around the corner. eight british and irish lions are isolating after a player and member of the management team tested positive for covid—19. this follows the news that the match against the bulls on saturday will not go ahead because of covid—19 cases in the hosts' camp. on the field for the lions though, it was business as usual as they geared up for the test series by beating the sharks in johannesburg. duhan van der merwe and josh adams ran in three tries each in the 54—7 win. wales winger adams now has eight in three games on the tour so far. to the tour de france. and after two trips up mont ventoux on stage 11, the peloton gets a bit of a break with a 159km flat stage from saint paul trois chateaux to nimes. tadej pogacar strenghtened his grip on the yellowjersey, winning wednesday's stage and increased his lead to more than five minutes.

the slovenian finished fourth on stage 11, which was won by belgium's wout van aert. britain's mark cavendish in the green jersey finished before the cut off time keeping alive his hopes of equalling eddy merckx record of 34 stage wins. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. thank you, mark. england are in the final of the major football tournament for the first time in 55 years. they will play italy at wembley this weekend after beating denmark 2—1 in the second semi—final. as you can imagine, plenty of celebrations in london and across england last night. covid restrictions notwithstanding. goodness knows what the scenes actually will look like ever england win on

sunday. fingers crossed, forgive me for being biased. back shortly. well, quite a lot of pent—up energy in the atmosphere wednesday afternoon and evening. we had some thunderstorms, some really quite heavy downpours. you can see the showers — that was earlier in the last 10—12 hours or so. and then, towards the end of the day on wednesday, we saw those thunderstorms across some central and eastern areas, and the weather remains quite unsettled over the next few days. i say unsettled for a summer month. a fair bit of cloud out there across the atlantic heading our way, and we'll see further showers developing over the next few days with low pressure in charge of the weather. so, i think a showery day on the way for some of us on thursday, but actually, the showers will be very well—scattered, so that does mean that many of us will miss them altogether. so, the forecast through the early hours shows a lot of dry

weather across the uk. temperatures will be around 14 celsius or so across the south of the country, just a tad fresher in the north, around 11—12. now, the morning will become increasingly sunny right across the uk, but then fairweather clouds will start to develop, and as we head into the afternoon, those fairweather clouds will turn into storms. and some of the downpours really will be very heavy indeed, but as i say, they will be very well—scattered. not too many of them around across much of scotland or northern ireland. maybe across the grampians here, but the showers certainly will be scattered across many areas of england and mostly away from the coasts — so places like western wales should end up having a pretty decent day, for example, in swansea. so, friday's weather forecast shows a very weak area of high pressure over us. that does mean, i think, fewer showers, at least early in the day, but then, come the afternoon, we are expecting 1—2 to develop once again. but particularly across the southwest of the country,

there's actually a weak weather front approaching us here, so places like cornwall, maybe the western fringes of wales seeing some showers, and 1—2 eastern areas, as well. now, the outlook into the weekend remains pretty showery, particularly on saturday across some southern areas of the uk. there's a small area of low pressure heading our way, so that will bring a lot of cloud to places like plymouth or london. sunday, also a chance of some showers, and actually, early next week — my goodness, we've got a low pressure close to us, and that's going to continue to bring further showers.

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