this is bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: cheering. 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 shoot—out 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. 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. it ends a 51—year wait since they last won these championships. england have never won it. mark lobel reports. it was italy's night. coming back from england's electric start and then winning it on penalties.

cheering. european football's finest honour goes to rome. incredibile! translation: it's incredible, it's incredible! _ you can't feel better than this! it is amazing — we won the final! translation: i am so happy! we are euro champions! i'm going to celebrate all night! after sky—high expectations for england, it was heartbreak. after 55 years without a trophy, the wait goes on. i feel sorry in particular, ifeel sorry in particular, you know, for everyone because, you know, for everyone because, you know, it's a community thing, you know? everyone was rooting for england. in my lifetime, that is the closest that i have sent —— seen to a championship like that. 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 —— possession was rewarded. with a 67th—minute

goalfrom bonucci. no more goals in normal and extra time, just an intruder on the pitch and some extremely intrusive italian tackles on display. penalties would provide both ecstasy and agony. following verratti and kane's goals, belotti denied for italy. england's rashford missed the post. —— england's rashford hit the post. donnarumma denied england's sancho before pickford saved jorginho's effort. it all came down to english teenager saka. one kick to keep the game alive for england, but not this time. a cruel ending for the 19—year—old and his team, an unbelievable one for italy. translation: we are happy for our people, for italians i who deserve this after such a difficult period, and this is ourjoy, and the fact that we played really well. 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. they are a team who have pulled together, given the country some incredible evenings. but, of course, tonight, the devastation of getting so close and not being able to give our country the trophy that we wanted to do is difficult to put into context. for italy, now unbeaten in 31! matches, the party has onlyjust begun. mark lobel, bbc news. i think those pictures tell you there's beenjubilation right there's been jubilation right across there's beenjubilation right across italy, just gone five o'clock in the morning and they are still out there, certainly. here's the bbc�*s mark lowen in rome. the fans on here at piazza del popolo has emptied out but there were scenes of wild celebration with people waving the italian flags and dancing and setting off flares and so

italy has one its first european football title since 1968. you can hear the fireworks they're still going off and i think the italians will be celebrating well into the night and four days and probably weeks to come. they are champions of europe tonight but they feel like they are on top of the world. they won the world cup in 1982 and then again in 2006 and i think that because of that, really, there is not that same sense of—or there was not before tonight's victory the 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 for a long time for a second european victory. but, you know, they had the two world cup titles, they were in the final of the european championship in 2012, and, you know, i think what is the difference really with italy is they felt the complete shame in 2018 when they failed to even

qualify for the world cup. for the first time in 60 years. but suddenly roberto mancini came in, transformed the team, giving it youthful players in confidence and self belief and really, a sense ofjoy and i think that is what is the overriding feeling throughout this entire european championship here in italy, a sensejust that the championship here in italy, a sense just that the italians were enjoying themselves and they now have 31! unbeaten matches and roberto mancini has brought the smiles back to a country that sorely needed them after these 18 months of hell with the coronavirus pandemic. you know, as one football comitatus at the me a couple of days ago, mancini knew from the first time that 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, but sense of desolation when he took over, and yet he has built italy back up, he has brought in youthful players, he has a, immobiliser, he has brought the italians a sense of kind of living themselves once again. and i'm

sure that, you know, they will try to keep him on as long as they came into the qualification for the next world cup and yonder and he looks like he's having a great time and i'm sure he will be enjoying the party too. == enjoying the party too. -- world cup _ enjoying the party too. -- world cup and _ enjoying the party too. —— world cup and beyond. he seems keen to stay on and he signed a longer contract, i understand. quite a different atmosphere on the streets of london, as you can imagine. and it's been raining— typically! a short time ago, i spoke to our correspondent simonjones, who's in central london. miserable weather here and a miserable mood among the england fans werejust miserable mood among the england fans were just hoping it would be different this time. i have to say at times during the evening here, it almost felt like we were in rome because they have been a lot of italian fans around, we have seen a group walking past us waving their flags, still singing. they are absolutely delighted, the mood amongst the england fans could not be more different. but england fans have been gathering down there in leicester square. we had a

big group of italian fans a short while ago who were at piccadilly circus and at times the traffic had to stop, the buses finding it difficult to get through because the italian fans were there, they were singing their songs, waving theirflags. the police their flags. the police eventually theirflags. the police eventually moved people along this road back towards leicester square but i have to say although the moods have been very different amongst the fans, the fans really, it has been really quite a positive mood here. people arejust accepting among the england fans but it was not to be this time, this time again, i will have to say, people are still saying it is coming home, although it hasn't for 55 years and there is going to be a much longer wait once again. but certainly a mood england fans, sad, but they feel the team did well and they are proud of them. in well and they are proud of them. , ., them. in terms of the atmosphere - them. in terms of the atmosphere within . them. in terms of the | atmosphere within the them. in terms of the - atmosphere within the centre them. in terms of the _ atmosphere within the centre of london, simon, you said you have italian fans and english fans and vast numbers of fans as well. how has it all mean? i

think the police will be pleased with the operation because it has been difficult for them because there have been very few official areas where people have been able to watch the game so there is a fans own is down from here in trafalgar square but very few tickets available for that and a lot of people ignored official advice not to come into central london if they did not have a ticket for a fans own or a ticket for a bar or even a ticket for the match itself because people just wanted to be a part of the atmosphere so there were only limited places that people could go. as a result of that, i think, could go. as a result of that, ithink, high could go. as a result of that, i think, high spirits here does make as a result for police it has been quite difficult and challenging but they told us that they have made 49 arrests in connection with the football event and they say that 19 officers have been injured as a result of this. i officers have been in'ured as a result of thish result of this. i have to say, simon, _ result of this. i have to say, simon, there _ result of this. i have to say, simon, there is _ result of this. i have to say, simon, there is one - result of this. i have to say, simon, there is one other. result of this. i have to say, i simon, there is one other area which is caused concern, especially the fa who say they are investigating and expressed their disgust, and it has been racial abuse already online, in

particular of the three england players, marcus rashford, sancho and sucker whose penalties ultimately have cost them the much —— saka. and they seem to have been targeted once again. seem to have been targeted once aaain. , . seem to have been targeted once a.ain_ , ., , ., seem to have been targeted once aaain. , ., ., ., ., again. yes, a sour note to what has been _ again. yes, a sour note to what has been a _ again. yes, a sour note to what has been a really _ again. yes, a sour note to what has been a really amazing - has been a really amazing tournament with many games held here in london. the three players missing the penalties for england have received this abuse online. the football association says it's completely unacceptable, they have described it as disgusting behaviour and say they don't want people who have posted stuff like this online to be england followers and to be england followers and to be england supporters. they say they are going to offer all the support they can to the three players involved. and they are going to push for the strongest penalty for those who posted this abuse.— penalty for those who posted this abuse. ,, ., g ., , this abuse. simon jones there. let's pick _ this abuse. simon jones there. let's pick up — this abuse. simon jones there. let's pick up on _ this abuse. simon jones there. let's pick up on what _ this abuse. simon jones there. let's pick up on what some - this abuse. simon jones there. let's pick up on what some of. let's pick up on what some of the papers are saying. 0h let's pick up on what some of the papers are saying. oh no, not again. let's start with the daily mirror. heartbreak but

they have domination proud which is pretty much what simon was saying. another one, you can see that is saka who missed the last penalty and there he is again being comforted by gareth southgate and the ultimate agony penalties heartbreak again. the times, they go all out with a full—blown line up of all of the players waiting to see what happens with each penalty. they are calling this a souvenir addition and i'm not sure how popular is going to be as a souvenir! 0ne popular is going to be as a souvenir! one other mention, this is from the times sport supplement, come back stronger. the point being made that the world cup is only a97 days away and england's young and talented team can come back stronger. we wait to see. let's pick up on some of the news. —— some other news. 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, 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. wild fires are burning the ferocity that has really been seen before. —— wildfires are burning with a ferocity that has rarely been seen before. in oregon, firefighters on the frontline of this inferno to be pulled back their own safety. —— inferno to be pulled back for their own safety. after almost a week, it's spread to almost 600 square kilometres. in arizona, two firefighters died when their aircraft crashed while responding to another blaze. dozens are burning in california, including this enormous fire, spreading rapidly close to the border with nevada. the beckwourth complex fire, 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 — a8.9 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, from 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 a7.2 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. very challenging conditions. earlier, i spoke to glen macdonald, professor of geography, environmental science and sustainability at ucla. i asked him to explain the challenges faced by california in tackling the wildfires. we've really kicked off the fire season with the beckwourth fire, which is a fire complex which started 50 miles north of lake tahoe. 0urfield area, where we are studying long—range

climate change and fires, is 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. however, this has been a really unpredictable fire. they've only got it about 8% contained. a bit earlier in the week, 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. 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 how much you believe climate change is the key? can you pick stuff up on a 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. no matter how much we spend, no matter how much we have in terms of human resources, aerial resources, they are beyond our control. if you look at the 12 largest wildfires in california history, they have occurred in the 21st century. 0ur 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 a 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 by climate change, in part, by climate change. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: richard branson, the billionaire founder of virgin galactic, flies to the edge of space.

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 are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white 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 paris- fora summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoinedl the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. . wildlife officials in australia have been coping with penguin problems. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing

after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc world 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. america's west is scorched by heat as california and nevada brace themselves for even more record—breaking temperatures. 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 president's widow urged people to continue fighting for their rights. harold isaac is a journalist

in port—au—prince. he says haiti's political system is under huge stress. before the death of president moise we were already in a massive political and constitutional crisis, and if anything that death 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, as you mentioned, is set to talk with the parties to try and perhaps find a way to resolve that crisis, but we are accustomed to crisis in haiti. yeah, quite. i mean, iwonder, does the biden team, as it comes over, do the envoys basically put themselves in a position where they will have an audience with each of these three and then decide which route to take, or is it pretty clear

what the americans would want? well, honestly, at this point, we do not know. because for one, as per reports that have been going around, the delegation seems to already be here, and as for even communication for senator lambert, which is one of the parties involved in this conflict, they've met but we don't have an agenda, we don't have any communiques or any sort of information as to what was discussed or what is set to be discussed and what would be the pathway to get this country out of this political and constitutional crisis. can you get a sense at all as to how ready the united states is to step in and help — if i can put it that way — but to take a more active role in trying to bring some stability back to haiti? well, as per several of the communications

after the death of president moise, in his assassination, the us has claimed and said that they stood ready to help haiti to achieve its goal of democracy and prosperity and security, however, how that formulates in the details of it remains unclear but what we know is that this crisis is serious and there is no clear path forward to it. 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 vaccine — are the biggest on the island in almost thirty years. they come as the country reports a record number

of covid infections. sir richard branson hasjust returned from the edge of space during virgin galactic�*s first fully—crewed flight. takeoff from new mexico was slightly delayed by bad weather but the flight is being seen as a milestone for the commercial space industry. from spaceport america in new mexico, here's sophie long. preparations were made before take—off... about 10 years and 1.5 hours 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. kelly, 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, truly 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. there is one englishman on a

high but possibly the only one. i need you to bring back to the fact that italy have become champions of europe, winning winning euro 2020 on penalties. our special correspondent, ed thomas, spent the day in the north of england — on second avenue in 0ldham — 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 — and it's brilliant. 3—2 to england. what's going on here? i'm gettin�* me england face ready. a nation together — from the granddad 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? can't explain it, 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. singing. 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 a5 minutes now. but then came despair... ..tension. .. ..and extra time. getting a bit nervous now. i don't want it to go back to penalties again. but it did. and football... ..can be the cruellest of sports. are they going to win the world cup? we're going to win the world cup. it's not just about - football coming home. it is how we embrace each other, yeah? i we have another ten

years with that team. ed thomas, bbc news, 0ldham. there is always another chance. you are watching bbc news. well, it's a mixed bag out there at the moment with some rain around. and we've 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.

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football 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. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.