welcome to bbc news, i'm nancy kacungira. our top stories: france book their place in the semifinals of the world cup, beating england by 2—1. next for them are the tournament history—makers. morocco reach the semifinals, the first african country to do so in the tournament's history. the family of paul whelan, an ex—us marine detained in russia, share their disappointment he was left behind in the latest prisoner swap. based on the state department's statements about a substantial offer being made to the russian government, that paul would be coming home, and so for that not to happen has obviously been a disappointment. three people have died and around 12 others are still missing after an explosion that destroyed

a block of flats injersey. and our 100 women series hears from rita moreno, the multi—award—winning performer, about how racial stereotyping affected her career. at first it seemed just fine, and then it began to occur to me that that would limit me quite a bit. we start with the world cup, where we now know the semifinal line—up. the holders, france, eliminated england, while morocco made history with their victory over portugal. they are the first african and arab country to make it to the last four of the world cup. we'll have reaction from around the world coming up, but we start our coverage with this report on the match

action from tim allman. it is an age—old story — england expects, but usually disappoints. and that seemed as true as ever when france took the lead just after the quarter—hour mark, an absolute scorcher from aurelien tchouameni putting the world cup holders 1—0 up. but this england are more resolute than some of their predecessors, and early in the second half, bukayo saka won a penalty. up stepped harry kane, this goal levelling the scores and putting the england captain equal in the all—time record for his country. but anything harry can do, olivier can do better — giroud's header making him france's top goalscorer of all time. not long after, another penalty for england, but this time kane couldn't convert. misery for the english, france's defence of their title goes on.

in the day's other quarter—final, the hopes of a nation and an entire continent rested on the shoulders of morocco. but that pressure didn't seem to show, the moroccans taking the lead towards the end of the first half. portugal almost equalised a few moments later, bruno fernandez�*s strike hitting the crossbar. then, in the second half, cristiano ronaldo came on. could he be the hero one more time? no, he could not. morocco making history, ronaldo almost certainly making his last appearance at a world cup. so let's get some reaction, starting with morocco�*s historic victory. and plenty of celebrations back home. you can see the delight here in casablanca. there were also joyful scenes with the moroccan expatriate communities in france and belgium.

but the biggest smiles came in qatar, with the fans who were lucky enough to watch the game. our correspondent shaima khalil has been speaking to them. there are many ways to describe the atmosphere here — ecstatic, joyful, shocked, euphoric. but one word that would do justice to morocco�*s performance and their fans�* presence is "historic". this is the first arab and african team to make it to the world cup semifinals. history has been written yet again by morocco�*s team. the tension was palpable on the pitch and in the stands, with the fans chanting "seer", or "go ahead" in arabic. until the last minute they held their breath, and then came relief. many are still trying to find ways to describe what that moment really means for them. yeah, we came today from morocco. we came this way with my husband. i left my baby.

i have a two—month—old baby, who i had to leave. and we're so happy with the moroccan team. all the muslim world, it's history that we're witnessing. and you're going to tell your baby about tonight. yes. we wish he was here with us. i can't really describe it. it's a mixed feeling. we're so happy for the victory and so excited for what's - coming, and hopefully. we're going to be getting into the final. what we want now is the cup. we weren't out here just| to be in the competition, we are here to win. they made us all proud, very proud. we're behind them until the last minute. we ain't going nowhere. i'm supposed to fly back tomorrow — i ain't going back. portugal! airport, this way! i want to thank all the arabic countries for their support, i for their fans. they were standing next to us.

even though they don't . speak the same language, they found it a bit difficult, i but they were asking us how to say it, and they were - singing with us moroccan songs. we're proud of them - and we're proud of our team. it was incredible, incredible, a lot of emotion, and we cried, we cried, we cried! this is a huge performance in the world cup history, but it is much more than just football. this is a moment of much—needed collective joy across africa and the arab world. for the first time, a team makes it to the semifinals in the world cup. morocco stays, and so do the fans. many told me they they've changed their ticket every time morocco won, and they'll have to change it again to witness another historic match for their team. of course, for every winner there has to be a loser,

and it's fairly clear from these pictures of portuguese fans watching the match in lisbon that things weren't going to plan. even an appearance from the substitute�*s bench by cristiano ronaldo was not enough to save their team from defeat. let's turn to the other semifinal now, with france moving a step closer to retaining their title after beating england. every face tells a story, or at least that's how it looks at this fan zone in wembley in north london. england were of course beaten semifinalists four years ago and lost in the final of the euros last year, so hopes were high, and the disappointment is clear. let's get the view from paris now, where celebrations have been taking place on the champs elysees and elsewhere including both french and morrocan fans. the french supporters are hopeful their national team can be the first side to retain the world cup since brazil in 1962. our correspondent lucy williamson watched the match there for us.

absolute euphoria here, absolute joy. that first goal in the first half, when france scored, i can't describe the atmosphere in the bar. i think there are many people here who saw this as the big match, the best side they had faced so far, many said. the final before the final, as one man put it. it is one of the quarter—finals, but for many people it felt like the most significant match, perhaps of the whole tournament. we have yet to find that out. but it was really built up as a match of equals or almost equals. the best side they had faced, as i say, with star players on both sides. a lot of respect, a lot of caution amidst the confidence here tonight, but absolute euphoria that france are through. and obviously as the reigning champions, this is significant, because it is one step closer to that final and one step

closer to taking back the trophy that they won last time. amid the celebrations in paris, there has also been some unrest on and around the champs elysees and the arc de triomphe. there have been reports of dozens of arrests and police fired tear gas during clashes with groups of supporters on the streets. at one stage, one person seemed to be launching fireworks at the police officers. it's not clear what triggered the unrest, but both moroccan and french fans had taken to what is perhaps the most famous street in paris to celebrate their countries�* victories. there was already a large police presence in the area, which is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in paris. so let's take a look at that semifinal line—up. argentina play croatia on tuesday, and france will take on morocco on wednesday. both games kick off at 1900 gmt, and you can find much more about the world cup in the special section on our website.

just log on to bbc.com/news or download the bbc app. the brother of a former us marine imprisoned in russia says his family fears that paul whelan won't be freed in time to be see his ageing parents. the white house is facing backlash from republicans over its deal to return us basketball star brittney griner to the united states. they argue the prisoner swap was a bad deal with russia. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri explains. relief for basketball star brittney griner, but to bring her home, the white house gave in to some of russia's demands. that included leaving former us marine paul whelan behind. he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2018 on spying charges. there have been disappointments in the past. i think this one maybe struck

us a little bit harder as we'd been expecting, based on the state department's statements about a substantial offer being made to the russian government, that paul would be coming home. there is also the matter of viktor bout, known as the merchant of death. the notorious arms dealer was exchanged for brittney griner, a professional athlete. he told russian media that he wished her good luck on the tarmac. republicans argued this swap warranted two americans in exchange. it has put the white house on the defence. they were not willing to — and i said this yesterday — to negotiate in good faith for paul whelan. and so it was either brittney griner, one american, or no american. as for paul whelan, there is still hope. russia and the united states signalled a rare moment of cooperation amidst the war in ukraine. translation: are other exchanges possible? - yes, everything is possible.

this is the result of negotiations and the search for compromises. whether it was a good deal or a bad one, this is the reality of prisoner swaps — joy for some and pain for others. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. kari lake, the defeated republican candidate in arizona governor's race, is formally challenging democrat katie hobbs's win. she is asking a court to throw out certified election results from the state's most populous county and either declare her the winner or rerun the governor's election in that county. with the details, here is our north america correspondent david willis. in recent years, arizona has become a crucial swing state. it was a key battleground in last month's midterm elections, with some very tight races there.

among them that for governor, involving kari lake. but there were some issues. there were printing problems at about 70 different polling stations, and that led to long queues for people queueing up to vote, waiting to vote in line. and kari lake maintains, amongst other things in her 70—page lawsuit, that that led to a lot of republican voters basically giving up because the lines were so long and going home. she maintains that that led to them being effectively disenfranchised. and she also claims that hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots were cast in that race for the governorship of arizona. so she has basically sued. she is calling for the election result either to be scrubbed out — scrubbed away — and for her to be appointed the governor of the state of arizona or, indeed, for the election

to be rerun. it's worth making the point, ithink, kari lake, a very high—profile candidate in these elections, much preferred, much feted by donald trump as an election denier, is one of the only high—profile candidates in this country that has yet to concede after these midterm elections. that, after the officials found that she had come 17,000 votes shy of defeating her democrat opponent, katie hobbs. david willis. three people are known to have died after an explosion flattened a three storey block of flats on jersey in the channel islands, and rescue teams are searching for people who are still missing. the blast happened around 4:00 in the morning in the capital, st helier. a warning that this report from our correspondent robert hall contains footage of the explosion. it sounded like a roll of thunder, according to eyewitnesses, a huge explosion in a residential area

overlooking st helier�*s harbour. a security camera on a cafe half a mile away captured the blast and the subsequent fire. emergency services were on the scene within a few minutes. they found one three—storey block of flats virtually demolished, with adjoining buildings on fire or badly damaged. the explosion had hurled debris and glass over an area several hundred yards across. we heard an explosion about 4:00am this morning — 3:30am, 4:00am. we got up and we found in our flat all the windows had been pushed in, the staircase had been damaged and there was fire everywhere. every available emergency vehicle was sent to the scene as island authorities declared a major incident and the hospital's emergency department closed to non—urgent cases. the collapsed building poses huge challenges for a search operation. although gas and water have been cut off, there were still pockets of fire this afternoon, and the debris pile remains unstable. the cause of last night's explosion is still unconfirmed, but police are following up

information that fire crews were called to the flats in the hours before the blast following residents' concerns about a smell of gas. the search for further victims is expected to last several days. robert hall, bbc news, jersey. hundreds of thousands gathered in the bangladeshi capital dhaka for a mass anti—government rally. organised by the opposition party, the protest called for the resignation of the country's prime minister sheikh hasina. it followed days of violent clashes in the city, where hundreds of opposition supporters were arrested. the government says it respects the right to peaceful protest, and has denied claims its trying to suppress any form of dissent. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has more details. yelling. from across the country, they poured into the capital, dhaka, in their thousands. a mass rally organised by the opposition, held on international human rights day. these protesters say they are being denied their own.

translation: there is no democracy in bangladesh. | establishing democracy is our main demand. we have been harassed by police at every check postjust to get here. translation: this government wants to control everything - with the help of police. they want to use police to be in power for life. sheikh hasina wants to be in power, keeping everyone at a gunpoint. in the last few days, things were much more tense. gunfire. the security forces clashed with opposition supporters, arresting hundreds, who say it's another example of how the government's crushing dissent. they're calling for three and fair elections and for prime minister sheikh hasina to step down. seen here at the cop summit, she's been a key voice on the debate around climate change. in an interview with the bbc in september, sheikh hasina denied claims her government's silencing critics.

many people can place allegation but how far it is true, you have to judge. only during a military time you can see free and fair elections. all chant. the opposition bangladesh nationalist party says it's planning to hold another mass rally next week. they say they'll keep going until their demands are met. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. the un human rights chief volker turk says he is "appalled" by the massacre of civilians in democratic republic of congo and added he plans to visit the country next year. belgium has also told rwanda to "cease all assistance" to the m23 rebels fighting in drc, after a un probe said the group had massacred hundreds of civilians last month. meanwhile amid the fighting in in north kivu province, refugees are fleeing to makeshift camps, and disease is spreading due to lack of shelter and sanitation. ika ba koyi reports.

this is kichangi in north kivu province, an eastern democratic republic of congo. against its striking natural scenery consisting of forests, hills and mountains are arbitrary executions, hungerand and mountains are arbitrary executions, hunger and disease. a recent investigation by the un found thatjust last month, the 23 rebels massacred over 100 civilians here, and committed to dozen rapes. the rebels resumed fighting in the drc late 2021, after being in active for years. it has been defending, it says, the interests of ethnic tutsis are living in drc since the rwandan genocide in 1994 against hutu militias. it has also been involved in a long—running conflict against the central government. un human rights chief voelker turk on friday urged an end to the fighting and plans to visit the country next year.

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with more than 250 patients admitted here, the msf says it is obliged to create a bigger unit, but there are not enough funds. there are dozens of militias operating in the region, many of them legacies of two regional wars that raged at the end of last century. it may seem that all hope has been lost, but the un human rights office pledges that the drc is on the agenda, especially from human rights perspective. now it's time to turn to our 100 women series, and meet rita moreno. she's an actress from puerto rico, who's won not just an oscar, but also an emmy, a grammy and a tony award — making hera member of a very exclusive group. perhaps her best known roll was anita in the 1961 film west side story, but now, at the age of 90, she's speaking out about racial stereotyping and representation in films and on tv. our correspondent nomia

iqbal went to meet her. when i could understand what movies were, i wanted to be a movie star — that was the word. not an actress so much, but a movie star. which i still here among very young people. yeah. and i say to them oh... 0h... let me tell you a few things! you went to hollywood during the golden age of cinema, though, didn't you? that's right, and you were bigger than life. what could be bad about that? and when i got my contract at mgm studios — which, by the way, was the studio of my dreams because that was the studio that made all the great musicals. so when i met mr louis b mayer, can you imagine what that meant to this 15—, 16—year—old girl? what did it...? a man who produced all of those great mgm musicals, and they wanted me to sign a contract with them? it was just unbelievable, unbelievable. they didn't know what to do with me because my name was rosita dolores alverio. they changed it to rita moreno.

what was that like? because these people have your career in their hand and you're pushing back... well, i felt i was in their hands — i was a prisoner in their hands and it really worried me because i was one of those kids who was just afraid to say no to anything. i imagine you've lost count of the number of sort of racist encounters that you had in the industry, just not also in terms of the way that you were stereotyped as well, right, being puerto rican? tell me a little bit about what that was like. well, i was always an island girl. and at first, it seemed just fine. and then, it began to... it began to occur to me that that would limit me quite a bit because normally, those kind of people have accents and almost always, the make—up was dark — and, i mean, that when all

the way up to west side story. you know, any actress that plays anita, though, is always compared to you. how do you feel about that? i — you know, i don't know that, so i can't tell you how it... i guess you understand... i guess, i suppose it's inevitable because, you know, i won some wonderful awards. i won the oscar, of course... you're the egot. yes, that made me an egot. you are called the pioneer... yes. ..in the latino community. la pionera. and i'm trying to think of people that have come after you that are as famous and notable as you and there's not... there's not a lot! there's not a lot. it's better but we are seriously under—represented in the hispanic community, which is shocking to me. i'm very upset about it. there should be so many more of you. oh, there should be so many more of me, and then some.

it's still difficult! and that's — it breaks my heart. i not only feel it, i see it in how i'm employed. in what kind of films, the quality of the films that are offered to me. i'm still — i'm still in that bind. do you — is there any role that you... and it's not in any way that i mind playing a hispanic, it's the kind of hispanic. i would've gotten farther — which is my deepest regret — had it not been for the fact that i'm hispanic. i would've had a different career, i know it. much more from the 100 women series on our website. you can find all of the films from the series — just take your pick by logging on to bbc.com/news or going via the bbc app. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @kacungira.

hello. no let—up in this cold spell. we had another very cold day on saturday and for many of us, sunday could be even colder, sharp frost around. this was the picture in derbyshire during saturday afternoon, and i think that frost really extensive to start the day on sunday. now, over the next few days, it is staying cold. further wintry showers in the forecast, icy stretches around and some freezing fog patches, so various winter hazards out there at the moment. as we go through the early hours of sunday morning, then, some icy stretches and wintry showers for parts of northern and eastern scotland, also around some of these irish sea coasts, north west england, wales, the far south—west as well. fog patches further east

across england and temperatures first thing to start sunday morning at around about minus six degrees for many of us, even in the more urban spots. colder than that in some rural spots. so, sunday, then — quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. we've got quite a lot of cloud around with the odd snow flurry coming out of this cloud for perhaps the midlands, central southern england. towards the east, we've got some lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york as well. further north, these snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland but look at those temperatures — most of us between about freezing to plus two degrees. and then, during sunday evening and overnight, our attention turns to the far south—east. now, there is a chance we'll see a low pressure system just pushing in some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex — essex, suffolk could be at risk — so we are expecting some icy stretches to develop and, again, some freezing fog patches. but sunday night, very cold with a widespread hard frost. temperatures could be as low as minus 12 degrees as we start

monday morning, so an icy and very cold early monday commute, i think. again, a lot of low cloud and freezing fog across much of england and wales. that's going to be quite stubborn to clear. perhaps more sunshine for northern england and scotland. fewer wintry showers than we've seen of late but, again, it is going to feel cold — temperatures generally between around about freezing to perhaps plus three there in belfast. we could just see five degrees for the likes of plymouth. now, heading through into tuesday, and you can see the blue colours still very much on the map, so the cold air still with us. the winds coming in from a northerly direction, another cold plunge of air into the middle part of the week. so, looking at the forecast for the next five days, many places looking dry but expect some freezing fog patches, some icy stretches and temperatures on the cold side, certainly.

this is bbc news. the headlines: holders france have booked their place in the semi—finals of the world cup, beating england, 2—1. they will face morocco in wednesday's semi—final. they are the first african and arab country to reach the semi—final stages. three people are known to have died after an explosion flattened a 3—storey block of flats on jersey. the islands police chief says about 12 people are missing. the brother of a former us marine, imprisoned in russia, says his family fears that paul whelan won't be freed in time to see his ageing parents.

he was not included in the prisoner swap