this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm... england's women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers — preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night's euros final. tomorrow is not the end of a journey but the start of one and regardless of the end result of that game, they will be a nice moment for reflection. police investigating the death of 9—year—old lillia valuteeta have arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder. the arrest follows a combination of information supplied by several members of the public. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. the race between rishi sunak

and liz truss to become prime minister continues as former leadership rival tom tugendhat backs the foreign secretary. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down — and would do so — if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. and at the commonwealth games england'sjohnboy smith wins the wheelchair marathon after fellow countryman david weir suffers a puncture. the anticipation is growing, the excitement is building — by this time tomorrow we should know whether the lionesses have managed to win england's first major international football trophy in more than half a century. the team take on germany in the women's euros 2022 final at a fully—sold out wembley stadium tomorrow, kicking off at five o—clock.

england beat pre—tournament favourites spain and europe's top—ranked team sweden on their road to the final. but our reporter matt graveling, who was at the stadium earlier watching the lionesses put the finishing touches to their preparations for the game, says tomorrow's game is likely to be a close one. in just under 24—hour is time, it will begin by being watched by 87,200 people. in a sold out wembley, which will of course be a record attendance of any european championship game, men or women. and i think the lionesses are ready. earlier, i was in teddington watching them train. from what i could see, the whole squad were there, there were no injury concerns that we are aware of, and that is a good thing because they are about to take on a team who have won the european championships eight of the last ten times. i think it is going to be a very, very close game because both england and germany have only let in one goal all tournament. germany are a solid, experienced side, but this england team,

scoring forfun, really, aren't they? with goals coming from right across the park, eight against norway, five against northern ireland, and four versus sweden with alessia rousseau brilliant backheel. i think england can and will go into this game with a lot of confidence. they have had a phenomenal tournament, and what a brilliant showcase for women's football. the team's head coach sarina wiegman was holding the lionesses last news conference before the game and told the reporters how the team had prepared to get to this stage. we want to get all these experiences, so what we are trying to do before this tournament, in the preparation to try to figure out, what can we expect on and off the pitch? and if you prepare really well, then you... some of those situations will occur, too, and we at least know how we can react on that and how we can take that. i think the team has done really well and i think we even, we

grew throughout the season but i think we grew even more in this competition so far. the england captain was also at the news conference and described the enormity of tomorrow's final. i think what we have seen in the tournament already is that, you know, this hasn'tjust been a change for women's football but society in general, how we are looked upon, and i think tomorrow is not the end of a journey but the start of one. and i think, regardless of the end result of that game, there will be a nice moment for reflection. naturally, it is myjob to go out for 90 minutes to play and win but i think when we look back on this tournament as a whole we have really started something, and as i say, i think tomorrow is the start of that, i want it to be the start, i want it to be a mark for the future, not looking back on what has come before. earlier, i spoke to faye white, former england and arsenal defender. she gave me her insight into preparing for such they will have gone through their routines, gone to meetings, to see how they are going to set up. obviously, they have done their training session, i would have thought in the morning, and then this evening at some

point today they would have gone to wembley. i think i have seen a few pictures of them looking around the pitch rather than actually training on it. but a lot of these players have played at wembley, so that is good, they have already got that experience of playing there, either cup finals with england previously. cup finals or with england previously. but, yeah, generally, you go back, you have dinner, you probably have another meeting, or you have time to switch off and try and relax and, generally, players will have a pre—match kind of routine that they will do the night before. then, in the morning at breakfast, what they will eat, and certain breakfasts that they will eat every time, and lunch and then obviously a walk or a stretch of something, just to loosen their legs. it might be listening to music, it might be watching a film, it could be anything, really, probablyjust trying to relax. it might even be watching the men's community shield at the moment, they might be doing that, you don't know, because i know that is playing. doing anything to try and relax. i love that kind of detail about what exactly happens in those camps because,

obviously, that is the side of the game we don't really get to say. what about conversations? because they always say to the media, it is one game at a time, we're not going to get ahead of ourselves, we are not thinking about winning, it is all of that, we're just going to out and concentrate on the game, but when you are in camp together, did the players, do they chat to other and say, imagine if we did do this, imagine if we did beat germany? no, i think they will, i think they will be reminiscing on what has happened before, good things that have happened in games. a lot of them are really good friends, they have come up through the youth ages together. for example, jill scott, ellen white, they started playing when i was playing. and they would have known how far the game has come. and i am sure they are talking about the sense of kind of how they have captured the imagination of the country and obviously a sense of the texts and messages they might be getting over the last few days from friends and family. yes, and just snippets. but, generally, ithink they willjust imagine it, you've got to, you have to say, imagine if we win.

that is the motivation, that is what they're going to work so hard to achieve. it is those dreams, those conversations they are having each other. they believe they can do it and i truly believe they will do it. that is really interesting, getting into that right mindset, so that kind of conversation is ok. and what about you? more objective, take a step back, do you think, obviously they could win, do you think they will win? it is 90 minutes. in a way, you can never predict a game of football, not when it comes to this close enough final. they have the best chance that an england team, female england team has ever had, because of the level between the two teams and the gap has closed. in 2009, i captained the side at the last final we got to but the team between, the difference between us and germany was a gulf, basically, even at that time. nowadays, it is not that. none of their team have been in a final either. yes, they have won it eight times but none of them have won it,

so those players weren't in the squad when they last won it, so it is a new expectation and burden. germany expects germany to do well into an immense. the thing that might help them is that they will probably rally round each other because a lot of the fans i am i think germany, a lot of people will have booked tickets from the german side of the camp, expecting their country to get there. interesting. and how much of an advantage is home game, it is not home, technically, but playing at wembley in front of your home fans, how big will that be? i think it is big, because how they have handled every single game says the austrian game, says it all kicked off, 68,000, just under 70 at old trafford, and yes, a few nerves, but it is bound to be. you have two or three weeks or even longer building up to this one game and obviously once you get the nerves going to look at the performance, we won it 1—0 and then we built from that.

we've beaten spain, beaten sweden, the highest ranked team in this tournament but the germans do pose a different threat in that they are organised and so efficient and so clinical, so ruthless. we gave sweden a few chances at the start which, if you give the germans they will score, so we are going to have to start brighter than we have in the last two games against the spanish and the swedes. but, yeah, i do believe we have the talent, we have the depth in the squad which wasn't the case during my era, my time. so, they have to believe they can do it and it is going to be a test, without doubt, but the best time is now, with an extra day's rest, they have got the stadium, they have got home support, they have been performing magnificently and have put in some good performances. a 22—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion

of murder following the death of a nine—year—old girl in boston. it comes after lincolnshire police released cctv images of a man they wanted to question over the killing of lilia valuteeta who was fatally stabbed in the town centre on thursday. two people previously arrested, have been released. 0ur reporter, phillip norton, reports from boston. a kind, caring, adorable little girl, nine—year—old lilia valutyte, a schoolgirl said to be just playing on the street when she was allegedly murdered. her classmates and friends among those who have been leaving flowers for her today. i used to dance with her but she is really kind and this incident broke my heart. i knew her mum, she was with my son in the same class. she was very happy and always caring for others. _ i knew lilia's mum and i knew her friend who worked in our local shop and she was such

a lovely little girl. this is a town that remains in deep shock at the events that took place here on thursday evening. flowers and candles are now being left around various parts of the town. now that the cordon been lifted, they have also been left at the scene where lilia was found with a stab wound. this afternoon there was heavy police activity in a nearby street. earlier, lincolnshire police had released cctv images of the man they wanted to talk to. a short time ago, confirmation a 22—year—old man had been arrested in the area. i can confirm that we have arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder. he is now in police custody. 0fficers detained the man in boston central park area at around 2:1i5pm today. lincolnshire police say officers continue to provide support to lilia's family as they grieve

following their unimaginable loss. there's been yet more disruption on britain's railways this weekend as train drivers who are members of the aslef union, walk out, in a row over pay. drivers from seven rail companies are involved in the strike. it's the second this week affecting passengers, with more strikes scheduled for dates in august. 0ur correspondent, judith moritz, reports on the scale of the disruption. folkestone station this morning was a gateway to nowhere. no southeastern trains running and passengers who didn't know about today's strike caught by surprise. so we were planning to go to brighton and now we'll have to find an alternative. probably we'll have to take the bus or something. not right, because i don't go to london very often and i've got a lunch date with my daughter and a friend. but not all stations are closed. though around 5,000 train drivers at seven companies have walked out over pay on a busy sporting weekend,

not all lines are affected. at leeds station, northern rail services are running, but the lner east coast main line is severely reduced. normally, there are two trains every hour that run from here in leeds to london. today, there was one which left first thing this morning, but that's it. the next one won't go to the capital until tomorrow morning. the train drivers union aslef says members like these at leeds haven't been on strike since 1995, and they have a high mandate for action as they push for a pay increase to address the cost of living. what's the magic figure? what are you looking for here? there is no figure. what we're saying is we want a suitable pay offer. look, let's be clear. it's the 14 companies that are controlled by the government that are in a blockage. elsewhere in the industry, we've agreed deals with other companies ranging from about 4.5% up to 8%. what we're saying is give us a suitable pay rise, give us a suitable figure that we can put to our members

and if they believe it's the right thing to do, we move on and the dispute is over. but the transport secretary, grant shapps, has accused militant union leaders of bringing the country to a standstill and the rail delivery group, which represents operating companies, said it was urging the aslef leadership to resume talks. we want the trade unions to come to the table and make sure we have meaningful discussions. the industry continues to lose a significant amount of money, with passenger revenues only back at 75% of what they were pre—pandemic. so it's really important to look at modernisation. with more strikes planned during august, the trains may be hit and miss, but a summer of disruption for passengers does look set to rumble on. judith moritz, bbc news. tory leadership contenders liz truss and rishi sunak continue to set out their stalls on the campaign trail today. former tory leadership contender tom tugendhat has become the latest senior conservative to back liz truss in the race to become prime minister. mr tugendhat, who was knocked out in fifth place, said the foreign secretary could unite the party. in the contest to replace

borisjohnson, ms truss is now seen as the frontrunner. more from our political correspondent, ione wells. the general consensus from both sides is that either she would need some big blow to the campaign or rishi sunak would need an incredible boost, really, to bring him back at this stage. now, in terms of, as you say, the endorsement that we've had last night from tom tugendhat and why that's significant — perhaps less so the endorsement itself, remember that at the moment it's not really mps that matter right now, it's the tory party members. but i think why it's significant is the fact that he's decided to come out now and support her shows that people like him think that's where the momentum is. it's with liz truss. if you want a job in a future government, that's where mps feel is the sort of most likely camp at the moment for them. i think, speaking to some liz truss allies last night, their message ahead of ballots going out to tory mps on monday was certainly one of optimism. they're saying they're not complacent but they feel like everything is pointing in the right direction from them.

meanwhile, there has been a bit of pessimism, from some sunak allies, with some telling me they feel like he hasn't yet had that sort of real moment of optimism that has cut through. he hasn't sort of landed any particular big blows in the last couple of days that have helped boost his position in the polls. so i think certainly, going into those ballots coming out on monday, as you say, liz truss is being seen as the frontrunner. we have seen a couple of big adjustments, notably from ben wallace, the defence secretary, who came out in support of liz truss, now from tom tugendhat. there are multiple factors at play here. 0n the one hand, for these mps coming out and endorsing candidates, this is part of their throwing their weight behind somebody who they feel would be a leader that they can get behind policy—wise, but also that they may be able to have a position in government with as well. that is playing into this. i think what it does for the campaign, it is a bit of a branding exercise at this point, it is showing that momentum, driving behind certain campaigns, and as i said before, it's not necessarily a case

of actually needing that mp support right now, but a message to the members that they can unite different figures from across the political spectrum, with tom tugendhat being a notable example here. he is not exactly usually aligned with foreign secretary liz truss as he's more on the centrist spectrum, he is more of a centrist lead in the mps, but one of his key messages when he backed her was that he feels that she is one that can unite the party. a quick bit of breaking news about president by then, he has tested positive for covid—i9 again, a second time, and is returning into isolation, so another positive test for covid but the doctor does give a bit of context and background, saying this positive test represents rebound positivity, which is a situation where patients who are treated with this drug, packs

loaded, as president biden was, clear the virus but tested positive after completing that course, so he has gone back into isolation. the president has experienced no re—emergence of symptoms, the white house i. the headlines on bbc news... england's women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers — preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night's euros final. police investigating the death of nine—year—old lilia valutyte have arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. sport — and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's paul scott. there have been four gold medals won today at the track cycling at the lee valley

velodrome in london. scotland's jack carlin winning silver in the men's kerin, with fellow scot neah evans taking bronze in the women's individual pursuit. wales' emma finucane added a second commonwealth games bronze medal to her tally in the women's individual sprint. there was plenty of drama on the track with england's joe truman involved in this horror crash. truman was in the final lap of the men's kerin, when he was brought down with australian matt glaetzer. truman required oxygen treatment track—side before being taken off in a wheelchair with a suspected broken collarbone. it's also a big day in the pool with the likes of adam peaty, tom dean and duncan scott all in the hunt for medals. ben proud hasjust won england's first gold in the pool — cruising to victory in the 50 metres butterfly. the 2014 champion was disqualified

in his heat back in 208 but says he earned redemption tonight. after finishing second to tom dean at last year's 0lympics, scotland's duncan scott pipped the englishman to win the men's 200 metre freestyle. england's imogen clark and hannah russell also picked up silver tonight, as did scotland's stephen clegg. england's netballers are continuing the defence of their commonwealth title. they thrashed trindad and tobago in their opening match and there was another comfortable win today as they beat malawi 66—41. they next play northern ireland on monday, who heavily lost their opener to new zealand last night. scotland were also soundly beaten today by australia. in the t20 cricket, the opening match of the day saw new zealand take on south africa. a great knock of 91 not out from suzie bates helped new zealand to a total of 167—2 from their 20 overs. south africa fought hard but fell 13

runs short of their target. let's stay with the t20 and see how england are getting on against sri lanka. these are live pictures from edgbaston. england are without their captain heather knight for this match due to an injury. she has a hip problem. but they'll be expecting to beat sri lanka who are the lowest ranked team in the competition. sri lanka won the toss and chose to bat. they made 106—9 from their 20 overs. but you can see it is not going england's way, necessarily. 6a—4, they are still very much in their hands, they need 42 more runs from 58 balls and you can watch live coverage of that one. on the iplayer. george russell has claimed the first pole position of his formula one career ahead of tomorrow's hungarian grand prix. the briton hadn't lead any of the practice or qualifying

sessions, but on his final lap he beat ferrari's carlos sainz by just 400ths of a second. it's the first time this season that a mercedes car has claimed pole. lewis hamilton will start from seventh and championship leader max verstappen is down in tenth after problems with his red bull. england lionesses face germany tomorrow at wembley. they're hoping to become the first england team to win a major trophy since the 1966 men's world cup. earlier, manager sarina weigman spoke about the pressure both teams may be under. i think the pressure is on both, we both want to win the final and we both want to win the final and we both have a very good squad, and i think it will be a very tight game. it is going to be exciting. we don't feel more or less pressure, it is just again, it is a very exciting game with two very good teams you both want to win.

the new efl season is also underway, burnley winning 1—0 in the championship at huddersfield last night. another side relegated from the premier league last season are norwich. they began with a 1—0 defeat at cardiff earlier today. while rotherham who were promoted from league one, started their championship campaign with a 1—1 draw at home to swansea. there were wins for blackburn, blackpool, hull and millwall. all the details and results from all the efl fixtures of course on the bbc sport website. liverpool beat manchester city 3—1 in the community shield at the king power stadium in leicester.. liverpool's trent alexander arnold had the most assists in the league last season but scored himself after 20 minutes. city employed new signings erling haaland and julian alvarez, and it was the latter who equalised, after var had at first ruled the goal out for offside. var then ruled a handball in favour of liverpool, and mo salah made it 2—1 late in the game. that became 3—1 when another new face, darwin nunez, scored in injury time. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories

on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport the us state of kentucky has been hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. hundreds of homes and businesses had been flooded in the east of the state. president biden has declared it "a major disaster." 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. flowing water, powerful enough to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 cm in a 24—hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. everything's gone. like, everything is gone. my whole life is gone. there's no words. it'sjust hard to imagine. there's nothing, really,

that you can do, but we're are just glad that we got out. some areas are difficult for rescuers to reach because local roads have been badly damaged and are impassable, cars engulfed in the muddy waters. there's widespread poverty in the affected areas. making matters worse, tens of thousands of people are now without electricity. the biggest concern is the many people who are still missing. we continue to pray for the families that have suffered an unfathomable loss, some having lost almost everyone in their household. this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. but again, that count is going to continue to go up. and we don't lose this many people in flooding. this is a real tough one. rescuers fear the search for survivors — and bodies — could last several weeks. scenes like this are

becoming more familiar. this part of kentucky has had flash floods before, but nothing on this scale. we didn't have no time to get nothing out of my little apartment in the basement. i lost everything twice. this makes twice that i've lost everything. and i ain't the only one. we going to have to have some help, more than what they brung in here the last flood. president biden has declared a disasterfor this area, freeing up funds and equipment to help. but the worst may not be over, with more rain expected early next week. this is, according to experts in kentucky, another glimpse into the future, becoming hotter and wetter due to climate change. peter bowes, bbc news. pope francis says he can't keep up his busy international travel schedule — and has acknowledged he could retire. the announcement came on his return flight from a week—long trip to canada —

where he met indigenous people to apologise for the catholic church's role in the residential schools scandal. let's have a listen. translation: i don't believe i can | travel at the same pace as before, | and i believe that at my age and with this limitation, i have to save some energy to be able to serve the church. i think about the possibility of stepping aside. with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe. you can change your pope. it's not a problem. in iraq, supporters of the powerful cleric moqtada sadr are staging a sit—in inside the country's parliament — after storming the building for the second time in three days. the demonstrators are protesting against the iran—aligned opposition�*s proposed candidate for prime minister. richard galpin reports. twice now this week, protests here in the iraqi capital baghdad leading to parliament being broken into and occupied —

supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada al—sadr venting their anger about the possibility of a pro—iran candidate becoming prime minister. concrete barriers pulled down so they could enter the high—security green zone. more than 100 people have been injured. iraq's current prime minister, mustafa al—kadhimi, has called for calm. translation: i ask on everyone to maintain peace and calm - and to avoid clashes, and for the citizens not to clash with the security forces, to respect the rule of law of the country. all this the result of many months of stalemate between the political factions, in the quest to create a new government. translation: this is the longest | postelection deadlock iraq has gone through since the days

of the old regime. the political forces possess the authority and possessions but forget about the iraqi people. there is no budget, no infrastructure. it has been eight months and they could not yet elect a prime minister. moqtada al—sadr, who opposes iranian and american influence in iraq, has claimed victory for his own nationalist movement. but he's refused to work with any of his rivals, making it impossible to build a new governing coalition. richard galpin, bbc news. the british ambassador to ukraine has called for an investigation into an explosion at a jail in the country's east in which dozens of ukrainian prisoners—of—war were killed. more than 50 people died while they were being held at a detention centre in the russian—occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack, which is thought to have

lead to the prisoners' deaths. ukraine and russia have accused each other of carrying out the attack. ukraine says moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. spain has announced a second death from monkeypox, one person has also died in brazil — these are the first known deaths outside of africa. there have been more than 20,000 cases recorded worldwide in the current outbreak. last week, the world health organization declared monkeypox a "global health emergency". a ticket holder has come forward to claim the us megamillions $1.2 billionjackpot — that's a billion pounds. the only information revealed about the win is that the ticket was bought in the state of illinois. it's not quite the biggest jackpot in history — that stands at over $1.5 billion.