welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: celebrations in rome as italy's footballers are crowned champions of europe for the first time since 1968. the 2020 final finished 1—1 after extra time but the italians beat england in a tense penalty shootout as england's last three penalty takers all failed to score. across england, hope turned to bitter disappointment after their team had made a spectacular start in the final. america's west is scorched by heat as california and nevada brace themselves for even more record—breaking temperatures. and richard branson,

billionaire founder of virgin galactic, has flown to the edge of space on the company's first ever passenger flight. no, i wanted to enjoy every minute of it, and i did. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. well, you could describe it as a classic italianjob. italy have snatched the euro 2020 trophy from england at wembley and in the most dramatic fashion, on penalties. mark lobel reports.

it was italy's night. coming back from england's electric start and then when you can to arnold his. europe's highest football honour goes to rome. translation: it's incredible, it's incredible, you can't feel better than this. it is amazing. better than this. it is amazing-— better than this. it is amazing. better than this. it is amazinu. ~ ., ., amazing. we won the final. translation: _ amazing. we won the final. translation: |_ amazing. we won the final. translation: | am - amazing. we won the final. translation: | am so - amazing. we won the final. i translation: i am so happy, amazing. we won the final. - translation: i am so happy, we are euro _ translation: i am so happy, we are euro champions. i'm going to celebrate all night, i'm going _ to celebrate all night, i'm going to _ to celebrate all night, i'm going to celebrate all night! after— going to celebrate all night! after sky high expectations for england, it was hard make up to 55 years without a trophy, the weight goes on. it was the perfect start for england. left back shaw hitting the back of the italian net afterjust two minutes, the fastest goal in a european championship final. but italian pressure and position was rewarded with the 67th minute goal from position was rewarded with the 67th minute goalfrom bonucci. no more goals in extra time, just an intruder on the pitch and some extremely intrusive italian tackles on display.

penalties would provide both ecstasy and agony. following veratti and kane's goals, mr italy. england was denied sancho before pickford saved giorgigno's effort. it all came down to english teenager was mark saka. not this time. accrual ending for the 19—year—old and his team, and unbelievable one for italy. translation: we are happy for our people, for italians who suffered through such a difficult period, and this is ourjoy. it's a sombre time for gareth southgate's young team now, but they can look to a bright future after this massive disappointment has passed. massive disappointment has assed. . , massive disappointment has assed. ., , ., passed. originally, now unbeaten _ passed. originally, now unbeaten in _ passed. originally, now unbeaten in 34 - passed. originally, nowl unbeaten in 34 matches, passed. originally, now- unbeaten in 34 matches, the party has onlyjust begun. mark

lobel party has onlyjust begun. mark lobel, bbc news. when you look at that, you don't need me to tell you del popolo has emptied out but i can tell you there were scenes of wild celebration here, people waving the italian flags, they were dancing and setting off flares, so italy has won its first european football title since 1968. you can hear the fireworks, they're still going off and i thiink italians are going to be celebrating well into the night for probably days and weeks to come. they are champions of europe tonight but they feel on top of the world. they won the world cup in 1982 and then again in 2006 and i think because of that really, there ws not that same sense, there was not before tonight's victory, that same sense of national trauma here as there is in england, with 1966 almost being kind of carved into the hearts of

england football fans. here in italy, yes, they were waiting a long time for a second european victory, but they had the two world cup titles, they were in the final of the european championship in 2012, and i think what the difference is with italy is, they felt a complete shame in 2018 when they failed to even qualify for the world cup, the first time in 60 years. suddenly roberto mancino came in, transformed this team, giving it youthful players and confidence and self—belief and a sense ofjoy and i think that is what is the overriding feeling through this entire european championship here in italy, a sensejust that the italians were enjoying themselves and they've now had 34 unbeaten matches and roberto mancino has brought the smiles back to a country that sorely needed them after these 18 months of hell with the coronavirus pandemic. as one football commentator put it to me a couple of days ago, mancini knew from the first time, he said he knew he could bring the italian team here when he took over in 2018. he kind of has taken victory from the jaws of defeat, i suppose, that sense of desolation when he took over, and yet he has built italy back up, he's brought in youthful

players, chiesa, ciro immobile, as one football commentator put it to me a couple of days ago, mancini knew from the first time, he said he knew he could bring the italian team here when he took over in 2018. he kind of has taken victory from the jaws of defeat, i suppose, that sense of desolation when he took over, and yet he has built italy back up, he's brought in youthful players, chiesa, ciro immobile, he's given the italians a kind of sense of belief in themselves once again, and i am sure that they are going to try and keep him on as long as they can into the qualification for the next world cup and beyond and he looks like he's having a great time and i'm sure he will be enjoying the party too. let us look at the state of play in rome right now. they've been threatening to carry on celebrating through the night, and they are going to be true to their word there. i don't suppose you can blame them either. a big moment for italy.

they waited more than 50 years. i want to contrast that with the scenes in central london. simonjones is there. leicester square i think that is. we are into dribs and drabs, really. some very glum faces here. it's early in the morning in the heart of london but still quite a lot of england fans around. they had been hoping they would be spending this night celebrating right into the night and partying. instead, there were discussions about what went wrong. a short time ago, just over there in piccadilly circus, a big group of italian fans, lots of italians living here in london, they were waving the italian flags and cheering, some of them were climbing up. lots of england fans around them. it has been a good atmosphere into the evening. speaking to some of the italian fans, they're obviously delighted at their

team. and speaking to the england fancier, they are proud of how the team played during the course of the tournament. they hope for better things to come. obviously huge amount of disappointment that england were not able finally to lift a big trophy after a wait of 55 years. certainly the atmosphere has been rather, people being rather sombre but overall active and quite proud. simon. simon, huge build—up to the final itself, massive expectations, tens of thousands of people out, hoping they are going to celebrate that moment we've been waiting so long for. and that is a policing challenges well. how have things gone in london? it’s things gone in london? it's been a big _ things gone in london? it�*s been a big policing operation, because although fans have been gathering in areas like leicester square and piccadilly circus, there have been very few official fan zones. there

was one down in trafalgar square, but that was mainly for nhs and key workers who gathered there. there haven't been a number of places for people to gather officially, so for the police, it is being quite a challenge facing these huge crowds and thousands of people, especially in covid times. the police have made 49 arrests in london during the course of today. during the euro 2020 game. also we hearing 19 officers have been injured when they confronted by the police are calling a volatile crowd which officers are saying is very unacceptable. it has been a good atmosphere, it has been a good atmosphere, it has been very visible policing a short time ago. they moved everyone down from piccadilly circus because some people were on the road. they moved them down because people were congregating here in leicester square to try and keep some order on things. so far police will be relatively happy with

the way things have gone, given there have been huge crowds, england fans, italian fans as well, they are not in official zones. it has been quite a challenge but overall a pretty decent atmosphere here in the early hours. it’s decent atmosphere here in the early hem-— early hours. it's good to hear, thank you. — early hours. it's good to hear, thank you, simon. _ early hours. it's good to hear, thank you, simon. simon - early hours. it's good to hear, l thank you, simon. simon jones thank you, simon. simonjones in central london with a fan. parts of the us are braced for more record—breaking temperatures, having already endured the hottestjune on record. forecasters are warning that some places including california and nevada will remain dangerously hot, fuelling fears of even more wildfires.0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. wildfires are burning with a ferocity after almost a week, it's spread to almost

600 square kilometres. crashed while responding to another blaze. dozens are burning in california, to the border with nevada. the beckwourth complex fires, the state's biggest, was started by lightning. a vast area of forest has been closed and people have been evacuated from their homes. in the california desert, they're used to extreme heat, but nothing like this. this isjoshua tree national park, a tourist destination close to the resort of palm springs where temperatures reached a record for the time of year, 48.9 degrees celsius. it's the hottest place on earth. like, this is hot. it's never been hotter. it feels like we're in an oven, yeah. i came from the caribbean, i came from dominican republic, a very hot country, and it's still hot for me

so i'm trying my best. officials have warned tourists and residents here that these baking temperatures can be lethal. honestly, it can be feel even hotter because there is no shade and that sun is just beating down on visitors so do come either very early for a sunrise hike or stay late and stargaze and be out here when there is no sun. las vegas has also matched its all—time high temperature. the entertainment city reached 47.2 celsius. the authorities said several people were taken to hospital over the weekend with heat—related conditions. scientists say there is growing evidence that climate change is fuelling extreme weather patterns, and they are likely to become more common. last month was the hottestjune on record in north america. the high temperatures of the past few days are expected to ease off by the middle of the week but the heatwaves this summer have been relentless and the months that are usually the hottest are still to come.

peter bowes, bbc news, washington. we can now speak to glen macdonald who's a professor of geography, environmental science and sustainability at ucla. thank you very much forjoining us. i understand that you had a wildfire very close to your own research facility. you can hardly get a clearer indicator of the challenges in front of you. of the challenges in front of ou. �* , ., of the challenges in front of ou. �* , . ~ you. right, it's unreal. we really kicked _ you. right, it's unreal. we really kicked off _ you. right, it's unreal. we really kicked off the - you. right, it's unreal. we really kicked off the fire i really kicked off the fire season with the beckwourth fire, fire complex which started 50 miles north of lake tahoe. ourfield area started 50 miles north of lake tahoe. our field area where we are studying long—range climate change advises located less than 30 miles away to the south—west. the fire, however, is burning towards the north—east, so it's away from our field area. north—east, so it's away from ourfield area. however, this has been a really unpredictable fire. family what it about 8%

contained. a bit earlier in the way, it was over 20% contained. winds have picked up, temperatures are so high that water drops are evaporating before they have a chance to get to the fire and people are losing their homes. it's a terrible situation. and it's really the start of the season for us. wide it makes it that much more worrying i suppose. can you learn anything year by year on these sorts of fires about managing them better or perhaps somewhat you believe climate change is the key? can ou ick climate change is the key? can you pick stuff— climate change is the key? can you pick stuff up _ climate change is the key? can you pick stuff up on a case—by—case basis? you pick stuff up on a case-by-case basis? well, i think you — case-by-case basis? well, i think you can. _ case-by-case basis? well, i think you can. there are - case-by-case basis? well, i | think you can. there are two lessons. one, on a smaller scale, some of these fires, you cannot control. it's just as simple as that. the matter how much we spend, no matter how much we spend, no matter how much in terms of human resources, aerial resources, they are beyond our control. if

you look at the 12 largest wild flies in california history, they have occurred in the 21st century. our budget for firefighting has never been higher than it is today. we've never had more resources and yet we keep making records. 2020, we had over 4 million acres. so what is the lesson from that? we're not going to get ahead of all of these fires and knock them down, the other longer term lesson from that is that this is a long—term secular pattern, driven in part ijy secular pattern, driven in part by climate change, in part, by climate change. fix, by climate change, in part, by climate change.— climate change. a very clear message- — climate change. a very clear message. thank _ thousands of people have joined protests against cuba's communist government in the capital, havana, and several other cities. the opposition says the demonstrations — calling for freedom, democracy and coronavirus vaccines — are biggest on the island

in almost thirty years. they come as the country reports a record number of covid infections. sir richard branson has just returned from the edge of space, during virgin galactic�*s first fully—crewed flight. takeoff from mew mexico was slightly delayed by bad weather but the flight is being seen as a milestone for the commencial space industry. from spaceport america in new mexico, here's sophie long. preparations were made before take—off... about 10 years and an hour and a half behind schedule, in one of the most desolate areas of north america, a lifelong dream became reality. sir richard branson, along with two pilots and three other virgin galactic employees, were transported to the spaceship unity tethered to the mothership eve. then take—off. this is the moment he's been waiting for. after more than 16 years and hundreds of millions of pounds, sir richard branson is now on his way to space.

that's so cool. so, you can see the moment when they release right there. are you so excited to experience that? forjust under four minutes, they experienced weightlessness and enjoyed a view of planet earth that only astronauts can dream of. well, i've done some ridiculous things in my lifetime. really, really, really ridiculous. but i just can't wait for... ..one day to be able to experience this. it's the experience of a lifetime. and touchdown. safely back on earth after a 90—minute flight. critics call this a billionaire' joy ride, harmful to the planet sir richard says he wants to protect. but for people here at the first purpose—built commercial spaceport on the planet, this passenger flight marks an historic moment in the long and continuing journey towards space tourism becoming a reality. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. stay with us on bbc news, still to come:

disappointment for england fans, as their team lose to italy in the euro 2020 final, after they had made a spectacular start in the final. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone has been averted. emergency services across central europe by stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods the century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great wide way by americans but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in for. a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning theyjoined . the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the -

shops of these us. wildlife officials in australia have been coping with penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge show of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc news. i'm david eades. the latest headlines: wild celebrations in rome as italy's footballers are crowed champions of europe, after beating england in a penalty shootout. a us delegation is due to visit haiti later, to assess the security situation following the assassination of president jovenel moise by mercenaries. president biden's envoys will also meet the three politicians claiming to be haiti's legitimate leaders. on saturday the fomer presiden's widow urged people to continue fighting for their rights. let's get more on this from harold isaac,

he's a journalist based in port au prince. that says it all. three people claiming to be the new leader of the country. where is the confusion here?— of the country. where is the confusion here? the keyword is confusion _ confusion here? the keyword is confusion because _ confusion here? the keyword is confusion because precisely - confusion because precisely before the death of president jovenel moise we were already in a massive political and constitutional crisis and if anything that has propelled us in a worse crisis where we have three persons claiming to be able to run the country and, as it is, this delegation is set to talk to the parties to try and perhaps find a way to resolve that prices but we are

accustomed to crisis in haiti. i wonder, does thejoe biden team, do the envoys basically put themselves in a position where they have an audience with each of these three and decide what route to take or is it clear what the americans want? fist it clear what the americans want? �* , , ., ., it clear what the americans want? �* , ,., ., ., want? at this point, we do not know. want? at this point, we do not know- reports _ want? at this point, we do not know. reports are _ want? at this point, we do not know. reports are going - want? at this point, we do not. know. reports are going around that the delegation seems to be already here and as for communication for the senator, one of the parties involved, they met but we do not have an agenda or any communique or any sort of information about what was discussed and will be discussed as a pathway to get this country out of this

elliptical and constitutional crisis. , ., elliptical and constitutional crisis. ., , , elliptical and constitutional crisis. , crisis. do you get a sense as to how crisis. do you get a sense as to now ready _ crisis. do you get a sense as to how ready the _ crisis. do you get a sense as to how ready the us - crisis. do you get a sense as to how ready the us is - crisis. do you get a sense as to how ready the us is ready crisis. do you get a sense as i to how ready the us is ready to step in and help, if i could put it that way, to have a more active role to bring stability back to haiti? figs active role to bring stability back to haiti?— active role to bring stability back to haiti? as several of the communications - back to haiti? as several of the communications after l back to haiti? as several of l the communications after the assassination of president jovenel moise, the us has claimed and said stood ready to help haiti achieve it goal of democracy and disparity and security, however, how that formulates in the details of it remains unclear but what we know is this crisis is serious and there is no clear path forward. and there is no clear path forward-— forward. we will leave it there. thank _ forward. we will leave it there. thank you - forward. we will leave it there. thank you very i forward. we will leave it - there. thank you very much indeed for shedding some light on the situation in haiti.

at least twelve migrants have been killed and twenty others injured in eastern turkey when their bus crashed. the vehicle was carrying afghans, bangladeshis and pakistanis near the iranian border when the driver lost control and it overturned in a ditch and burst into flames. the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has warned that the country's economy is being damaged by violent protests over the jailing of the former leaderjacob zuma. the police say dozens of people have been arrested after lorries were torched and shops looted. pope francis has appeared in public for the first time since undergoing surgery a week ago. the 84—year—old pontiff led his weekly prayers from a balcony at the gemelli hospital in rome. vatican officials say he is responding well to his treatment. we will bring you back to the news that italy have become

champions of italy. ed thomas, spent the day on second avenue in oldham where the whole community came together to celebrate — and commiserate. a moment to come together. a day to hope and believe. england to win. are you nervous? yes, very nervous. football's coming home! very nervous, about what? come here. i can't. come here. don't show my bottom half! what do you see in this team? different backgrounds, different cultures, all coming together — brilliant. 3—2 to england. what's going on here? i'm getting my england face ready. a nation together — from the grandad who remembers �*66. did you ever think you would see this again in your lifetime? i honestly didn't. i've watched them

over the years and it's never happened. what does this moment mean to you? just can't explain it. love it. absolutely love it. kick—off, and it didn't take long. i think they're doing brilliant. and you got your face painted as well now. finished the face painting, ready for it to come home. half—time, and they're starting to believe. ecstatic, it feels like you've won it with the atmosphere, but it's going to be a long 45 minutes now. but then came despair... ..tension. .. ..and extra time. getting a bit nervous. i don't want to go back to penalties. but it did. and football... ..can be the crueliest of sports. are they going to win the world cup? we're going to win the world cup. it is not about football coming home — it is how we embrace

each other. - we have another ten years with that team. the great thing about sport is that hope springs eternal. thank you for watching. well, it's a mixed bag out there at the moment with some rain around. and we've some showers in the forecast for monday too. some of the showers could be particularly heavy across southeastern areas of the country. and here, we could have some thunderstorms as well. so this is what it looks like early hours of the morning. you can see where the heavy rain is, particularly in the south and the southeast. dry weather across most of scotland and most of northern ireland. and really quite mild in the morning — around 16 degrees, for example, in liverpool. so on that heavy rain, then, in the south, it'll come and go through the course of the morning. in fact, there might even be some sunshine around for a time. but then through the afternoon, showers will brew across parts of scotland, the north of england, but the heaviest ones probably in the southeast here.

and these are the ones that could turn thundery and linger through the afternoon, into the evening hours. best sunshine on monday, i think some of these western areas of the uk — certainly western parts of wales, maybe cornwall and devon too. now, low pressure is still fairly close by on tuesday. you can see it's actually centred around, well, the western half of europe in the alps, but it's just about influencing the weather around the near continent, so there could be one or two showers around in the southeast. the best of the sunshine, i think across western and northern areas on tuesday. in fact, from plymouth through cardiff, liverpool, belfast, glasgow, should be a relatively sunny day, and the temperatures are starting to recover as well. in fact, by the time we get to wednesday, it should be a dry day across the uk. high pressure is slowly building from the azores. there could be a weak weather frontjust about nudging into the western isles, giving a few spots of rain. but on the whole, it's a fine day for most of us. and then from thursday onwards, we are expecting that high pressure to build right across the country. the winds will fall light. and given some

sunshine, we'll see those temperatures recovering. in fact, we're expecting the mid—20s quite widely across the uk, but it really does depend where the winds going to be blowing from. for example, if it's coming in from the north, the north sea coasts could be a little bit chilly, but further inland, certainly around 25 or so. so here's the outlook, with monday and those showers there, maybe even one or two thunderstorms in the southeast, and then a steady climb in the temperatures as we head towards the weekend. that's it from me. bye—bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: footballs fans across italy are celebrating in the streets after the team won the euro 2020 championship in a hard—fought match against england in london. the game finished 1—1 after extra time but england crumbled during the penalties as their last three penalty takers all failed to score. america's west is being scorched by heat as california and nevada brace themselves for even more record breaking temperatures. they have already endured the hottestjune on record. forecasters are warning that some places including california and nevada will remain dangerously hot, fuelling fears of even more wildfires. the british billionaire, richard branson, has successfully flown to the edge of space in his virgin galactic rocket plane. he described the flight as the "magical" and said it marked the dawn of a new space age. the six people on board experienced zero gravity

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