welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: england triumph in the so—called battle of britain, beating wales 3—0, going through to the knock out stages. joining them are the usa, who beat political rivals iran one—nil, much to the delight of president biden. usa! usa! that is a big game, man! when i spoke to the coach and players i said you can do this and they said... and they did it! god love them! we'll have all the reaction from qatar. also coming up on newsday:

the founder of the us right—wing oath keepers militia group is convicted of seditious conspiracy, over last year's attack on the capitol. nato promises to give more weapons to ukraine, and to help fix energy infrastructure damaged by russia. and lift—off from the gobi desert: china launches a three—man crew on the latest mission to its space station. hello and welcome to the programme. it's been a busy day at the world cup in qatar with four teams progressing into the knock out stages. england beat wales, 3—0, with marcus rashford scoring two which secured first place in the group, with the usa holding on for the win they needed over iran, to leapfrog them into second. earlier in the day the netherlands

secured top spot with a two nil win over qatar, who finished hosting the world cup with no points and just one goal. senegal�*s win over ecuador gave them second place in the group. that means the first two games in the last 16 look like this: on saturday, the netherlands play the usa, and on sunday, it's england versus senegal. well, our team in doha brought us all the excitement of the match—up between england and wales. it was coined the battle of the british nations, a local derby like no other, but so eager to keep their world cup dreams alive and progress of the last 16 and a must win game for wales. england needed a georgia guaranteed to go through and it did and 3—0, a fantastic second half from england with manchester united, manchester united, one, two, great striking from marcus rashford. i will not bring you all the

action because the go to our correspondent he was watching the match and he is now outside the match and he is now outside the stadium. i can sense the frustration of everyone at half time when the match was goalless because the first half was lacklustre and then england came alive in the second half. take us through the action from the second half of the match. good evening, we can see some of the 45,000 good evening, we can see some of the 115,000 people that were inside leaving now, some clearly happier than others! the english fans are singing at the top of their voices. as for the top of their voices. as for the game, like you say, the first half lacked quality, england had much of the possession and i don't think wales touch the ball in the opposition penalty area in the first half. listen, so many times, gareth bale had been the spark that wales needed and we think there was an injury in the second half. the first half was poor, the second half of the polar opposite. how exciting was that? straight after, marcus rashford, a

powerful, curling freekick into the top of the top corner and a really amazing goal. the english captain hurricane ran in and then marcus rashford, again, a swelling dribble through the keeper's legs and his third goal of the world cup and one of thejoint his third goal of the world cup and one of the joint top scorers. england, much better in the first in the second half and you can hear the english fans singing right now. it was a very different story after iran lost to team usa. our correspondent shaimaa khalil spoke to some disappointed iran fans, outside the stadium. a heartbreaking night for the iran team and they had hoped it would be their time in their world cup. they were hoping to get through to the last 16 but they couldn't find the net in this game. inside the stadium,

the fans cheered and landed and roared relentlessly for their team and out here, they tell me that they did their best but tonight itjust was not enough. very sad. i cried after the game. i'm a very big iran fan. iran versus england, i cried. iran versus england, i cried. iran versus england, i cried. iran versus wealth, i cried. in four years, iran versus wealth, i cried. in fouryears, i iran versus wealth, i cried. in four years, i will be in the stadium and play for the team. i hope so. one day. it stadium and play for the team. i hope so. one day.— i hope so. one day. it was very sad and depressing. _ i hope so. one day. it was very sad and depressing. width - sad and depressing. width because it _ sad and depressing. width because it was _ sad and depressing. width because it was a _ sad and depressing. width because it was a boring . sad and depressing. width - because it was a boring game. they started well and they were on fire _ they started well and they were on fire and then it went boom. very— on fire and then it went boom. very sad _ on fire and then it went boom. very sad. that is life. it on fire and then it went boom. very sad. that is life.- very sad. that is life. it was very tense- _ very sad. that is life. it was very tense- i _ very sad. that is life. it was very tense. i felt _ very sad. that is life. it was very tense. i felt like - very sad. that is life. it was very tense. i felt like a - very sad. that is life. it was. very tense. i felt like a brown one was blocking everyone out. every game is like this, not just because it was iran in the us but a bit more tension there

but it was fun, for me at least. ., ., , , ., but it was fun, for me at least. ., ., , ,., , least. the game was so tense and close _ least. the game was so tense and close at _ least. the game was so tense and close at the _ least. the game was so tense and close at the end - least. the game was so tense and close at the end and - least. the game was so tense and close at the end and we l and close at the end and we could — and close at the end and we could have won but we didn't. so unfortunately now it is only england — so unfortunately now it is only england and the usa have qualified and not iran. i would like to— qualified and not iran. i would like to see them at the next stage — like to see them at the next stage because they are a really good _ stage because they are a really good team but they played really _ good team but they played really well but england was bellen _ really well but england was better. ., ., ., , better. there are no other spot like this with — better. there are no other spot like this with these _ like this with these geopolitical tires and they have had 1a ties diplomatic relationships and have ties, and cut ties for a0 years and political adversities and all this going on while the anti—government protests in iran are going on, triggered by the death of 22—year—old marcia meany in custody in september. in one fan said i am here to spread the word and i want to be the word of the iranian people — — mahsa amini. he also said he wanted the place to

represent the people and when i put it to him it was a historic game, he said that history is being made in iran. the people taking to the streets, challenging the government. this all highlights the difficult position that iran's team has been in throughout the world cup. they are being asked to do more, show more support for the protesters but anything they say or do may have serious repercussions for them back home. all the while, they wanted to drown out the voices, they wanted to drown out the politics and concentrate on that game to deliver the historic win but tonight they just could not do it. fascinating insight there. as we've been hearing the usa are also into the next round and news of their victory came through while president biden was at an event in michigan. this is his response. usa! usa! that is a big game, man. when i spoke to the players and the coach and i said you can do it and they did

it! god love them. anyway, just thought you might want to hear! we are going now to joint base andrews and the french president, and this space is used just outside washington, arriving for the state visit hosted by presidentjoe biden and there are likely to be some difficult discussions about us and eu trade that will be taking place at the moment he is listening. the french leader there watching the ceremony on display for him there at that facility. this is there at that facility. this is the first formal state visit of presidentjoe biden�*s presidency and officials say it reflects deep historical ties and intense partnership in

confronting russia over the war in ukraine. the founder of the right—wing oath keepers militia group in the us has been convicted of seditious conspiracy, in relation to last year's attack on the capitol building in washington. he and four other people were accused of using force to block congress from certifying president biden�*s election victory. our north america editor sarah smith gave us this update. the far right extremist group, the oath keepers, two of them were found guilty of seditious stuart rhodes. that is a very unusual charge the dates of way back to the civil war and it's a very serious charge because it comes up to 20 years injail. there were five oath keepers and they were all convicted of some charges, including obstruction or conspiracy to obstruct. stuart rhodes, the group leader, did not actually go

into the capitol building onjanuary the 6th, but the jury clearly were convinced that he applauded in advance to use violence to stop the lawful transfer of power from donald trump tojoe biden and they saw text messages that had the need to rise up. this would be very carefully watch not just what it means for the oath keepers and the proud boys but what it could mean for donald trump because the justice department is still considering whether or not to prosecute him for his part in the january 06 riot and a special counsel is been appointed here in washington to see whether or not donald trump himself should be put on trial. ahead of the verdict the bbc spoke to rhodes's estranged family at their home in montana about what it was like growing up inside one of america's most notorious militias and how hard it was for them to escape. from an early childhood there was adoration towards my father that slowly eroded away. i

lived absolutely under the thumb of an emotional terrorist. his obsession with the apocalypse was his only hobby and main purpose in life and consumed our lives entirely. i had a childhood set of body armour and we sporadically attended tactical training, especially when he got fully sucked into the oath keepers, he made his family the centre point of this cult of personality that he wanted to build for himself.— build for himself. were completely _ build for himself. were completely isolated, i build for himself. were l completely isolated, the build for himself. were - completely isolated, the kids couldnl— completely isolated, the kids couldn't have friends and we went — couldn't have friends and we went allowed to play outside half the _ went allowed to play outside half the time. it was intolerable. a dark and depressing existence and very hard _ depressing existence and very hard to— depressing existence and very hard to rememberthere depressing existence and very hard to remember there was life outside — hard to remember there was life outside the house. getting out was terrifying. heart pounding, adrenaline raising, getting out was _ adrenaline raising, getting out was, was _ adrenaline raising, getting out was, was one of the hardest things— was, was one of the hardest things and, really up until we -ot things and, really up until we got out, _

things and, really up until we got out, we did not know if we would — got out, we did not know if we would all— got out, we did not know if we would all get out alive. it is a difficult situation all the way— a difficult situation all the way around. but it is a much, much — way around. but it is a much, much better situation with him in prison _ much better situation with him in prison. i'm safer and the kids— in prison. i'm safer and the kids are _ in prison. i'm safer and the kids are safer and the rest of the country is safer, with him in prison _ let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: a man has been arrested in the uk on suspicion of causing the deaths of 27 people who drowned while trying to cross the channel from france in a dinghy last year. harem ahmed abwbaker is accused of being part of a group who conspired to transport the migrants to the uk. he will appear in court on wednesday. the us senate has passed a landmark bipartisan bill to protect same—sex and interracial marriage. the legislation now goes back to the house of representatives, which is expected to approve it and send it to president biden. supporters of the bill hope to pass it before republicans take control

of the house injanuary. ukraine's first lady, olena zelenska, has called on the uk to be a world leader in the country's fight forjustice. she received a standing ovation as she addressed an audience of mps and peers in parliament. mrs zelenska said ukrainians were going through a terror which would resonate with people in britain. nato says it will help ukraine repair damage to its energy network caused by russian missile strikes. at a meeting in romania, the alliance also promised to provide more weapons. nato's secetary general yens stoltenberg said nato had a united message for russia, that it won't back down in its support for ukraine. he also accused moscow of weaponising winter, by targeting ukraine's power supplies. our defence correspondent jonathan beale was at the talks in bucharest.

they need the air defence missiles to shoot down targets causing — missiles to shoot down targets causing so much distress and hardship _ causing so much distress and hardship to, notjust causing so much distress and hardship to, not just the military— hardship to, not just the military but the ukrainian population as well.- military but the ukrainian population as well. they want those weapons, _ population as well. they want those weapons, though - population as well. they want those weapons, though the i population as well. they want | those weapons, though the air defence systems and in significant numbers, and they want the most advanced systems the west can provide. jens stoltenberg said could discussions are ongoing and there may be reasons why patriot missile batteries are not being provided to ukraine. they are more intensive with a number of troops involved, more expensive than some other systems. it would take a long time to actually train ukrainian forces on how to use them and maintain them, probably months. there may be tactical reasons why those systems have not been provided but those discussions, we understand, because of the pressure being put on by the ukraine and the urgency of the situation with its electrical grid being targeted, are ongoing and the pentagon is

looking at that. but they are also looking at other weapon systems as well. clearly, the message is ukraine does not just need help with repairing infrastructure and they are getting that help and a pledge today from the us is that they get more than $50 million to help ukraine repair its electrical grid but they also need those air defence systems and weapons, if they are going to win this war against russia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we'll tell you all about china's latest manned mission to its space station, which has just launched. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i'm feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything.

charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult - suspected of killing sharon tate - and at least six other. people in los angeles. at 11 o'clock this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle, then philippe cossette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with his opposite numberfrom dover. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: england triumph 3—0 over wales in the world cup

and the usa beat political rivals iran 1—0 taking both teams to the knock—out stages. the founder of the us right—wing oath keepers militia group is convicted of seditious conspiracy, over last year's attack on the capitol. five palestinian men have been killed by israeli forces in four separate incidents in the occupied west bank. the un has warned of another boiling point after an escalation in violence in the west bank and israel. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has the latest from jerusalem. the two palestinian brothers shot dead, they were in a palestinian village in the occupied west bank close to the city of ramallah and palestinian sources tell us that there was the throwing of stones and some petrol bombs towards the israeli soldiers and the soldiers

responded by opening fire at the palestinians. the two men were killed and they were brothers, both students at a nearby university that happened during the night, monday into tuesday and then, within a few hours of that, further south near the city of hebron, and incident in similar circumstances and another palestinian man shot dead by the israeli troops and then in the day on tuesday and another village, video shows what appeared to be young men, possibly teenagers again, throwing stones towards the israeli soldiers who again, open fire. the use of live ammunition and another palestinian was killed. the israeli army describes all of these events as violent riots but they virtually never explained why he resorted to lethal force rather than other means. so, we have these four palestinians killed, palestinian officials described in their words as an execution. then on the day on tuesday, palestinian man drove his car towards

an israeli soldier, ran her over and she was left seriously wounded in that car ramming attack — an israeli police officer then pursued him and the palestinian man was shot dead. five palestinians killed in the space of 2a hours and all of it coming in the year of escalating violence. more than 140 palestinians killed in the occupied west bank this year and that includes civilians and militant gunmen in more than 30 israelis killed this year, most of them in a spate of gun and knife attacks. it's all reminding people and reviving fears and memories of some of the worst years in the occupied palestinian territories in israel. and all coming in a year a very volatile politics. the palestinian authorities have been losing control of some palestinian cities and west bank to young militant gunmen were starting to fire at the israeli forces when they carry

out these search and arrest raids and likely the inauguration of the most nationalistic government in israel's history, it will contain a very powerful far—right element in israel's and they are calling for much tougher security operations. and so, you have a year when things have already been the worst in terms of the death toll in many years for greater fear now of escalating violence. one of the leading opposition figures in belarus has been taken to hospitalfrom prison and is now in intensive care. maria kalesnikava was serving an eleven year sentence for her role in anti—government protests. one of her colleagues had recently expressed fears over the state of her health in the prison where she'd been sent. earlier i spoke to franak viachorka in vilnius. mr viachorka is a senior advisor to the belarus opposition leader sviatlana tsikhanouskaya. i asked him for an update on maria's condition. from what we know her condition

is stable, critical. she was moved to the intensive care unit from their, she underwent the surgery yesterday and we have very limited information about her, there is no access to her, she is guarded, they don't tell any information either to family nor friends. allegedly in the recent days or weeks she had the promise with the administration and she was severely punished by putting her in the punishment cell. figs her in the punishment cell. as ou her in the punishment cell. as you point out, information about her condition is limited, but what can you tell us in terms of how hopeful you are that she might recover from what she's going through and then what then, what can we expect to happen to her next? we must understand that allah's prisons are one of the worst places in the world. there are several activists who died in prison in the last two years, many people who were released

recently, they spoke about torture, so we are really concerned about her health and about her life. we don't know if she was tortured particularly but we are sure that she would face huge pressure from the regime, from kgb. they perceive maria as one of the biggest enemies of lukashenko and i have that she will be released and we work with international partners to make sure there is access to maria. we know the information about her and we demand her immediate release from the prison. immediate release from the rison. ,, ., ., , ., prison. senior adviser to the belarus opposition - prison. senior adviser to the belarus opposition leader i belarus opposition leader sviatlana tsikhanouskaya huapai sviatla na tsikhanouskaya huapai spoke sviatlana tsikhanouskaya huapai spoke to earlier today. china has launched a 3—man crew on the latest mission to its space station. the giant rocket lifted off from a site in the gobi desert, aiming for the chinese space station which is circling the earth in low orbit. the expedition forms part of china's broader plan, to catch up with the us as the major player

in space exploration. tom brada reports. as tall as a 20 storey building, china's long march rocket roared into the night sky. on board are three astronauts heading out of the earth's atmosphere and towards china's newly built tiangong space station. translation: and now, the 50 man spacecraft launch mission is a complete success. the mission marks a milestone for the chinese space programme. it will be the second permanently inhabited outpost in orbit after the nasa—led international space station. and the team already out there seem excited to receive visitors. translation: the palace in the heavens is looking forward to your arrival. tiangong is expected to operate for around a decade and run experiments in near zero gravity. china is not a part of the international space station and has been excluded since 2011 after the us banned nasa from interacting with the country.

with this latest mission, there may be more calls for collaboration. the opportunities are, of course, countless, i would say. all the range of science we can do in the world orbit is important for knowledge and improvement of the situation on earth. but also science to prepare for going further and during the next step in going to the moon, maybe to mars. china's space programme has already put robotic rovers on mars and the moon. this expedition could be another landmark moment as china races to establish itself as the dominant power in space. will smith has been interviewed for the first time since the notorious incident at this year's oscars where he slapped the comedian chris rock on stage. will stormed the stage at the hollywood award ceremony

after chris rock made a joke about mr smith's wife jada's shaved head. she has the hair loss condition alopecia. here he is speaking on the daily show with trevor noah. that was a horrific night, as you can imagine. you know, there is many nuances and complexities to it, you know, but at the end of the day, i'd just, i'd lost it, you know? and i guess what i would say, you just never know what somebody�*s going through. that somebody's going through. that was will smith _ somebody's going through. that was will smith speaking a little earlier. fountains of lava are continuing to expert from the well�*s biggest active pokeno, lower in hawaii. experts from the us geological

survey say lava flows do not currently pose any risk to property. the volcano was also belching huge clouds of steam and smoke. —— mauna loa. that's it from us, thanks for watching. yesterday we had some pretty big temperature contrasts across the uk, 12 or 13 celsius with some bright skies, meanwhile across parts of england we had low cloud and mist linger all day and that has kept the temperatures piggyback at three. however, think we got a much bigger change in america with patterns taking place over the next seven to ten days. we're going to lose the influence of the atlantic winds and instead we had a big area of high pressure thatis had a big area of high pressure that is going to build across greenland into next week. what that will do is it will drive these totally cold polar winds across the uk towards the end of next week and with that comes the threat for some snow

particular across the hills of northern scotland so we will be watching out for signs of a change of. it is seven to ten days off but it looks like it could get quite cold next week. before we get there the immediate concern we have right now is mist and fog. it is certainly quite murky through the wash marches, across north—east england was ability has dropped to 100 metres and it is very murky too, parts of scotland notably around the central belt. for many of you starting off today on a frost free note but called for northern scotland temperatures five or six celsius below freezing. bear in mind with that mist and fog around you might need to leave a bit of extra time for your early morning journey and just like yesterday, some of this low cloud and fog will lift into mist and loiter across eastern areas. where that happens temperatures probably staying around four or five degrees. for many of you the weather will brighten up as we had through the day, my eldest across western areas, temperatures again reaching double figures here. now we take a look at the weather picture into thursday, we have still got high pressure

dominating the scene across england and wales but these week with fronts just bringing the threat of some rain into the threat of some rain into the far north—west. the heaviest rain will be across orkney and shetland during thursday, otherwise it is a largely dry picture, again with some mist and fog patches to start the day with poor visibility and things generally turning a bit lighter as we head into the afternoon. england and wales 7— 10 celsius but the mildest weather for with scotland and northern ireland, 11 or 12 degrees, however through friday and the weekend just to get cooler and really cold it starts to arrive towards the end of next week. we will be keeping a close eye on elements here. ——on developments here.

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