this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at apm. england prepare take on senegal in the last 16 of the world cup, with the winners facing either france or poland in the quarterfinals. i'm lucy hockings here in doha for another big day of world cup action. stay with us for all the latest from both games. the government says it's putting contingency plans in place to minimize disruption, from a series of public sector strikes expected in the run—up to christmas. whether it's our military personnel that we have trained up or a surge capacity that we can actually make sure things like borders are safe and protected and people's lives are not disrupted coming

up to christmas. iran's attorney general says the country is dismantling the police unit that enforces the islamic dress code, after a wave of anti—government protests engulfed the country. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it's a place in the quarterfinals or a flight home for england later, as they prepare to take on senegal in the knock—out stages of the world cup. the two countries have never met in a competitive fixture before. my colleague lucy hockings has the latest from doha.

hello the latest from doha. everyone, welcome to doha, what hello everyone, welcome to doha, what a thrilling first half we have just watched between france and poland. it is the french who lead by one goal. poland have an excellent chance to take the lead just before 40 chance to take the lead just before a0 minute mark when pyotr zelensky was picked out in the opposition box when his strike was stopped by hugo lloris, the captain and goalkeeper. as we approached half—time it was kylian mbappe trashing a transfer zero who made it 1—0 with an excellent finish into the bottom right corner. let's get more on all of the action. let's get more on all of this from my colleague 0lly foster from bbc sport. he's outside the al thumana stadium for france against poland. let's start with 0livier giroud, not just a great goal for him but never record. he becomes france's top goal—scorer of all time. amazing moment for him and france? yes.

goal-scorer of all time. amazing moment for him and france? yes, his 52nd coal moment for him and france? yes, his 52nd goal for— moment for him and france? yes, his 52nd goal for his _ moment for him and france? yes, his 52nd goal for his country. _ moment for him and france? yes, his 52nd goal for his country. missed - moment for him and france? yes, his 52nd goal for his country. missed an l 52nd goal for his country. missed an absolute sitter early in the half against poland. as we expected half—time, the french have their noses ahead but this match is not over by any stretch. you mentioned the chance for the polish, we will get onto that but giroud working in feeling a very proud man at half—time. he did miss one earlier but it was kylian mbappe who has had a fantastic half without getting a goal that he deserves who just played the through ball for giroud who had just beaten the offside trap, took it very cleverly, found the bottom right—hand corner. 0ne the bottom right—hand corner. one reason poland are in the last 16, the knockout stages, is because of the knockout stages, is because of the exports of their keeper wojciech szczesny. saving two penalties in the groups, he has kept the french

at bay yet again. i think i canjust hear the sides coming out for the second half now but the french have their noses in front. you just feel that they should get another couple of goals. visuals kounde has been bombing up the right—hand side. he has had a couple of chances, mbappe himself cutting quite a frustrated figure down the other side. this is a french side who rested nine of this side in their final group game, slightly backfired because they lost against tunisia, it did not stop them finishing top of the group, so they should be very, very full of energy. the polish have soaked up an awful lot of that pressure. still in this, and a passage of play, they had more chances on goal than for much of the group stage. and robert lewandowski laptop has had a couple of chances. the french want to put

this to bed early in second half. uses the french have their noses ahead which is true but is it also fair to say the polls have had a much stronger performance than many were expecting? yes. much stronger performance than many were “petting?— much stronger performance than many were meeting?— were expecting? yes, because they have been awful. _ were expecting? yes, because they have been awful. shot _ were expecting? yes, because they have been awful. shot shy - were expecting? yes, because they have been awful. shot shy is - were expecting? yes, because they have been awful. shot shy is the i have been awful. shot shy is the polite way to describe how they got out of the group. remember that one stage they were only progressing on fair play, they had less yellow cards than mexico, in the end they got through on goal difference with four points. theyjust had not offered much creativity at all in those first three matches. they have had a slight tactical tweak. they have made two changes of personnel and perhaps their most creative player, peterzielinski and perhaps their most creative player, peter zielinski playing on a white right, he plays a different position for his club napoli, doing great things in syria in italy, he

is tucking in a little bit more centrally behind lewandowski and it was zelensky who had the chance before the pinball in the box and he should have scored for the polls but it's a zero who has the french ahead and you just think didier deschamps will be calming down those french nerves. the world champions. their captain hugo lloris making a save in that passage of play. just as we have had a record from 0livier giroud, 52 goals, and in a2 caps for hugo lloris and that equals the record from the great french defender lilian thuram. lots of french records. they would like a few more goals. it’s french records. they would like a few more goals.— french records. they would like a few more goals. it's going to be an interesting — few more goals. it's going to be an interesting second _ few more goals. it's going to be an interesting second half. _ few more goals. it's going to be an interesting second half. you - few more goals. it's going to be an interesting second half. you feel. interesting second half. you feel anything could happen. you are right, the noise behind you means the second half is under way. let's turn our attention to the game later between england and senegal who will start playing in a few hours.

the three lions have never lost a game of football to african opposition, a record that dates back to 1986. but the senegelese are the champions of the africa cup of nations, and despite being without their star man sadio mane, they'll be brimming with confidence going into today's match. england manager gareth southgate has some big decisions to make about who plays today. both marcus rashford and phil foden scored in their first starts of the tournament against wales, but will they start again tonight? we've been speaking to england fans ahead of the game. this is my sixth world cup in a row, this is his first. it's been very different, but it's been great having all the nationalities in one city. what would it mean if england actually went on and won the world cup? what would it mean to you? well, it would just be amazing.

my first cup, my first - world cup and england wins. we're full, fans having a good time, fans for the next game coming in, getting ready to go out but, yeah, it's fantastic. you know, it's what we expected and wanted the world to see. and will the english fans be bringing the noise when they play senegal? how lively is it going to be in here? it will be maximum crescendo, i dare say. yeah, it's going to be to the limit. i came to doha four years ago wanting to be here during the world cup. that's what brought me to qatar. there are other countries i could have chosen so, yeah, it's something that i've always believed, almost believed it's in my destiny to be here to see harry kane lift the world cup. look back to when the women won and, you know, straightaway you could see happy, smiling faces everywhere, so i think if england, if the men could, you know, reciprocate that, i think it'd be absolutely fantastic. # football's coming home!# the bbc�*s alex howell has been following the england team throughout this tournament and he's

now at the al bayt stadium ahead of the game. hi, alex, have you started seeing movement over there? any thing happening at the moment? slowly building up. you can hear the music from the fan own but coming into this match we heard those fans expecting england coming to the game as clear favourites. yesterday gareth southgate said that target does not actually mean anything. the team are fully focused on this game. he was speaking and remembering back to the world cup when england got through against colombia on penalties and just how tough that match was. he said they are further in theirjourney now and enjoyed qualifying but taking this game as it comes. he has a few selection issues, dilemmas, he think about in his starting xi. whether to pick

phil foden, bukayo saka, marcus rashford or raheem sterling. there has also been talk about england captain harry kane who joined the manager in the press conference and was asked about his scoring, he said because of his experience now in this tournament he tries to taper the way he plays and get into his best form the longer the competition goes on. coming into this one there is a lot to talk about for england but particularly around the starting xi. , ., ., , but particularly around the starting xi. they have not played senegal competitively _ xi. they have not played senegal competitively before. _ xi. they have not played senegal competitively before. you - xi. they have not played senegal competitively before. you have i xi. they have not played senegal - competitively before. you have spent a lot of time with a team. would you say the lack of knowledge and gametime has affected their preparation anyway? i gametime has affected their preparation anyway?- gametime has affected their preparation anyway? i have been trainin: preparation anyway? i have been training every — preparation anyway? i have been training every day _ preparation anyway? i have been training every day and _ preparation anyway? i have been training every day and just - preparation anyway? i have been training every day and just the i training every day and just the other day at their training base i

asked man city'sjohn stones the centre—back whether as they are now and out knockout stage whether the team start thinking about the world cup final as they are so close and just a few games away. he said not at all. he said if anything it makes the players focus more on the game in front of them because they know if it does not go their way there will be on a plane home tomorrow. they are highly motivated, it is the first time they have been in the knockout stages of a world cup for 20 years. their manager has experience of playing for the country. they are african champions. the only bit that is slightly nervy for them is he is such a talisman for them is he is such a talisman for them, aliou cisse, he has been suffering within illness and it is not clear whether he will be on the bench. gareth southgate was asked about that in the affected will have but as i said before and john stones said, the players are very focused on this match and are going to do

everything they can to win it in 90 minutes. although the message from the england camp is that they are prepared for penalties, mentally and physically. i prepared for penalties, mentally and -h sicall . ., prepared for penalties, mentally and -h sicall. ., , �* physically. i cannot believe you're finishin: physically. i cannot believe you're finishing this _ physically. i cannot believe you're finishing this by _ physically. i cannot believe you're finishing this by talking _ physically. i cannot believe you're finishing this by talking about - finishing this by talking about penalties! great to see you, we will be with you throughout the evening. usually to the expectation around this english side and a lot of people picking them to be the favourites but you cannot rule out the senegalese and if you look at african newspapers they are expecting great things from their team tonight. my colleague mayeni jones is in dakar mayeni, what will we be seeing later in the senegalise capital. hundreds of people are expected at this fan viewing area tonight. this is a country that's obsessed with football. everywhere you go, young men are playing the beautiful game and all of the country is an underdog in this game. tonight, many senegalese people tell us they're confident that their team could defeat england. of course, we know that we'd be even

more confident if sadio was there, but i think the team gained confidence that they can finally do it. so with england, there is no reason at all why we couldn't do it. so i'm going in very confident in that game. of course senegal will win by 2 to 0 and we bring back- the cup, the world cup. you know that most of our players are playing in premier league. we have almost six players. so we know how english players will play tonight. so it will be not difficult, i think, for us to beat them. i think! the last time that senegal made it to the quarterfinals was in 2002 when they defeated sweden to make it to the quarterfinals. the captain then is now coaching senegal�*s team, aliou cisse, and he'll be hoping to achieve this feat for his country once again. some fantastic optimism there and

senegal. its venue back to the uk. my colleague sean dilley is in boxpark in wembley sean, what's the atmosphere over there? the atmosphere, you mentioned noise, it's a really good point, if we have a quick look at the smartwatch, to showing the decibels is sometimes 100, long—term exposure to that... but england fans are not worried about that... they are hoping it goes 120 minutes and gareth southgate with his record as a player back to the 90s, penalties instead, if i bring you over my shoulder... you can see we have got dozens upon dozens of fans filling up dozens upon dozens of fans filling up a hatbox park wembley. there is a bar in the centre serving mostly beers but there will be england fans hoping they can crack open a bottle of champagne. 0n

hoping they can crack open a bottle of champagne. on that point, it is england fans tonight, there have been 1500 tickets sold, it sold out straightaway. 500 vips gathering round. we have got screens all around, jubilant fans stalking up on drinks. we have a quick chat with a couple of fans. they are excited. later tonight there's going to be a war of excitement or despair because we have been here before, not here, the bbc has been many times but that hope and anticipation building so fans will be on the edge of the seat jumping and singing and having three lines hopefully on their shirt. people will be willing on gareth southgate, hoping that this world cup does not end like it did with croatia last time round with a defeat and that england can get into

the quarters, the semis, they would hope the final on the 16th of december, live coverage on five live, keep an eye out for our live coverage on the bbc website. just to kee ou coverage on the bbc website. just to keep you up-to-date _ coverage on the bbc website. just to keep you up-to-date on _ coverage on the bbc website. just to keep you up-to-date on what's - keep you up—to—date on what's happening in the match between france and poland we are into the second half. still 1—0 but the goal—scorer this evening for the french, 0livier giroud, that goal has, his 52nd international goal, makes him france was not all—time record goal—scorer. a massive night for him and france. feels nervy because we are well into the second half and it is still 1—0. that is it from me here in qatar. more on bbc sport live. we will have updates throughout the evening. still a good half an hour to go in

that game. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's huw ferries. the first of the day's last 16 matches at the world cup is under way and it'll provide the opposition for the winner of the second, which is of course between england and senegal. 0livier giroud could have given them the lead midway through the first half. but poland, playing their first world cup knockout game since 1986, had three good chances in a minute — piotr zielinski and jakub kaminski both foiled, before kylian mbappe played in giroud, who finished neatly to become france's all—time leading goal—scorer with his 52nd international goal. that was just a minute before half—time. this is 15 minutes into

the second half. it is live on bbc one and indeed via the bbc website. antoine griezmann launches another attack for france attempting to secure the lead because poland have certainly been plucky opponents to the extent they have had those chances we showed you. they seem to have been saving all their energy for this one after a pretty lacklustre group stage from poland, they have been very much in this one but france with their pedigree leading by a goal to nil might suggest to you they will be the team reaching the last eight. so far unlike the group stage, the last 16 has followed form and reputation. england will hope that continues later against senegal. alex howell is at the al bayt stadium. alex, england are favourites, whether they like the tag or not. there has been plenty of downplaying going on. that there has been plenty of downplaying auoin on. . , there has been plenty of downplaying auoin on. ., , going on. that is right. gareth southgate _ going on. that is right. gareth southgate was _ going on. that is right. gareth southgate was asked - going on. that is right. gareth southgate was asked whether| going on. that is right. gareth . southgate was asked whether the favourite tag means anything for england coming into this match and

he said no, it doesn't. he pointed to the upsets they have been in the other matches in the group stages. even though the game so far in the round of 16 has gone the way you would expect, england are very focus on this match in front of them. just a few days ago at the training base i asked manchester city centre—back john stones whether the team even starts thinking about the world cup final, as they are only a few games away but he says no good being in the knockout stage actually focuses them even more and they are just focusing on this game and that is the message from gareth southgate. coming into this game he has decisions to make in those attacking areas whether he is going to play marcus rashford, raheem sterling, bukayo saka or phil foden. that is the biggest decision or biggest talking point for the england manager coming into this match. we will be back with you later. thank

you very much. england's cricketers have set up a grandstand final day of the first test in pakistan after more fireworks with the bat and a bold declaration means a draw is the least likely of the three results. they lead by 262 after day four in rawalpindi, which began with the end of pakistan's first innings. joe wilson was watching. day four in rawalpindi began with pakistan batting and time disappearing. finally all out for 579 thanks to the bowling of willjacks, a last—minute selection, really a batter. he took six wickets on his debut. keep watching... carefully, because now it was england's second innings, trying to extend their lead in the middle rapidly. joe root�*s trick shot, still a thrill to see that in a test match, unless you are bowling. almost amusing. here is the same root playing left—handed. attacking, planning, how many did england need? harry brook scored quickly and elegantly,

the essence of new england. 0n course for england's fastest ever 100 until...still, job done. england declared 3a2 ahead and gave themselves a chance to win — and pakistan a chance, too. tempting. 0ne down in their second innings. then babar azam, the captain, the man, edged, gone. 80—2, one day left, the match is alive. joe wilson, bbc news. reading have moved seven points clear of the women's super league relegation zone after beating tottenham hotspur1—0. amy turner's own goal early in the first half at the select car leasing stadium gave reading all three points against the visitors. the other two games ended in slightly more comfortable home wins. liverpool were ahead in just three minutes before beating west ham 2—0. manchester city consolidated fourth place with a 3—1 victory over brighton.

just over 25 minutes plus possibly lengthy injury time to go. still 1—0 against poland, much more on that in sports day at 6:30pm. the government is making plans to use the military to try and minimise the impact of a host of public sector strikes due to take place between now and christmas. in particular they could be used when nurses take strike action later this month. 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart reports. the government line is still that they hope the strikes will not go—ahead but we are getting information about the contingency plans they are putting in place in case they do. 2000 members of the military, civil service, volunteers getting training in roles they potentially might have to step into

two and that could range from driving ambulances we hear to working in the fire service. nadhim zahawi is up was on the airwaves this morning talking about these plans but he seems to have caused some headlines when he talked about reasons he felt workers should not go on strike and made reference to the russian president vladimir putin in doing so. let's have a look at what he said. we have got a great team, cobra team that is doing this every day, so whether it is our military personnel that we have trained up, or a surge capacity that we can actually make sure things like borders are safe and protected, and of course, people's lives are not disrupted. coming up to christmas, it is unfair, in my view, for the unions to...really damage and disrupt people's lives and livelihoods at a time, at christmas. they should really rethink and they should reflect on this because that is exactly what putin

wants to see, that division. they would say, of course, that pay has been unfair... let's not divide, let's come together. that comment invoking vladimir putin the royal college of nurses responded to that by saying that was in their words a new low for the government. of course it is notjust the government that are facing questions about their approach to pay rises. for many public service workers, the government say it cannot match inflation linked pay rises at the moment but of course unions say their staff are struggling with the cost of living. labour is also facing questions and trying not to get tied down to much in the specifics of all of this but we heard the shadow education secretary this morning and essentially, her argument was that if there was a labour government, they would be taking a more active role in pay negotiations and that would help things go a bit smoother. let's have a look at what she had to say. if i were education secretary, i - would be sat around the table trying to get a compromise.

in any negotiation... but where's the compromise, then? 12%? where's that compromise? you say you would find a compromise. it's often somewhere in the middle, and that's why it's a _ process of negotiation. it's about pay but it's also about terms and conditions. and what teachers tell me they feel is that they are i demoralised, the government hasn't had their back and they want to note| that there is hope for the future. labour saying that perhaps the way forward is somewhere in the middle between what the government is offering and the inflation linked pay rises or even in some cases above inflation pay rises that some unions want. perhaps labour trying to find a middle ground but of course many unions will not be particularly happy with the approach they are taken because they are not agreeing essentially with their pay demands. labour seems to be sticking to that line the government not being active enough in pay negotiations and that is why we are in a situation we are currently in. i'm joined now by the general secretary of the royal college

of nursing, pat cullen. what we were hearing from nadhim zahawi is that this is the wrong timing for industrial action by nurses and other public sector workers, that is exactly what putin wants? i workers, that is exactly what putin wants? ~' ., , . ., ., workers, that is exactly what putin wants? ~' ., ,~ ., ., , wants? i think the tory chairman is -la in: wants? i think the tory chairman is playing what _ wants? i think the tory chairman is playing what he — wants? i think the tory chairman is playing what he considers - wants? i think the tory chairman is playing what he considers a - wants? i think the tory chairman is playing what he considers a cleverl playing what he considers a clever game. 0ur nurses know exactly has caused the cost of living crisis. it is a decade of underpayment to our nurses. that has placed him in this position. it is not the issues with putin at this point in time that has caused the crisis in the nhs. for the tory chairman to come out and say that it is certainly not lost on my nursing colleagues. i do not think it will

be lost on the people of this country either. he be lost on the people of this country either.— be lost on the people of this count either. , ., country either. he said it is unfair for the unions _ country either. he said it is unfair for the unions to _ country either. he said it is unfair for the unions to damage - country either. he said it is unfair for the unions to damage and - country either. he said it is unfair . for the unions to damage and disrupt people's lives at christmas. he was questioning the timing of public sector strike action and that the unions, people like yourself, should reflect and rethink as i mentioned because that is what putin wants. what do you think of his intervention today? i what do you think of his intervention today? i think it is shameful actually. _ intervention today? i think it is shameful actually. and - intervention today? i think it is i shameful actually. and ludicrous intervention today? i think it is - shameful actually. and ludicrous and the other suggestions we have heard over this past number of days instead of getting into a room and negotiating with myself on behalf of those nursing staff, being forced to stand on picket lines outside of hospitals when they want to be inside looking after their patience. that is very clear given it is 106 years since they have taken action like this. it would be best placed spending his time at a table with me

talking seriously on behalf of those nurses instead of gameplaying as we have seen this morning. fin nurses instead of gameplaying as we have seen this morning.— nurses instead of gameplaying as we have seen this morning. on your 1996 -a rise he have seen this morning. on your 1996 pay rise he says _ have seen this morning. on your 1996 pay rise he says that _ have seen this morning. on your 1996 pay rise he says that would _ have seen this morning. on your 1996 pay rise he says that would cost - have seen this morning. on your 1996 pay rise he says that would cost the l pay rise he says that would cost the nhs £10 billion and that's the wrong thing, the run time he says. this is the wrong thing to do right now, he says. that you cannot have that kind of pay rise. what is your reaction to that? it of pay rise. what is your reaction to that? , ,., ., . of pay rise. what is your reaction to that? , ., . ._ to that? it is the same rhetoric day after day about _ to that? it is the same rhetoric day after day about what _ to that? it is the same rhetoric day after day about what it _ to that? it is the same rhetoric day after day about what it costs. - to that? it is the same rhetoric day | after day about what it costs. those are figures we don't recognise but i will tell you what we do recognise. there has been a 20% cut to nurses pay over the past dated when there has been a 20% increase to minister pay over the same period of time. we know who's looking after her here. if the health service is worth looking after and worth saving, then they ought to get to a table and start to talk to us realistically and without being disrespectful to

the organisation i represent. what the organisation i represent. what about preparing — the organisation i represent. what about preparing the _ the organisation i represent. what about preparing the military for this strike? hundreds of troops we're being told being prepared to drive ambulances? that we're being told being prepared to drive ambulances?— drive ambulances? that is for the government _ drive ambulances? that is for the government and _ drive ambulances? that is for the government and nhs _ drive ambulances? that is for the government and nhs to - drive ambulances? that is for the government and nhs to decide i drive ambulances? that is for the | government and nhs to decide on drive ambulances? that is for the - government and nhs to decide on the day of action. how they intend to the nhs. frankly, what my nursing staff have said to me today, isn't it incredulous that year—on—year, the lowest paid of our nursing profession has been working in these conditions, coming in every single day to eight accident and emergency and other parts of the hospital having to try and firefight with a completely depleted workforce and when that responsibility is pushed up when that responsibility is pushed up towards ministers and others, they cannot survive one single day without having to bring in support. i would have suggested if it was such a crisis why didn't they bring in the military and to help and support our nursing staff or the

number of years when they have been struggling to provide the best safe care for our patience?— care for our patience? thank you very much- _ care for our patience? thank you very much. good _ care for our patience? thank you very much. good to _ care for our patience? thank you very much. good to talk- care for our patience? thank you very much. good to talk to - care for our patience? thank you very much. good to talk to you, | very much. good to talk to you, thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. it has been cold this weekend, particularly factoring in the easterly wind, but things are set to turn even colderfor this upcoming week as we pick up an arctic northerly airflow. an increasing chance of snow, particularly across northern scotland and nights will be very cold by the end of the new week with widespread hard frost. in the short term we've still got these easterly winds driving in showers to eastern scotland and eastern england. quite a bit of cloud as well. for most overnight, best of any clear spells will be towards the north west of the country. in one or two places, further south and east where we have more cloud then lows of 3 to 6 degrees. monday's looking pretty similar to how the weekend's been, rather cloudy skies for many and northeasterly winds this time not quite as strong, feeding in further showers to north sea coasts. best of any brightness again, scotland, northern ireland, maybe western fringes of england and wales. temperatures range from 5

to 8 degrees, but it turns very much colder. as we move through the new week, we pick up that strong northerly wind.