this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: france book their place in the semi—finals of the world cup, beating england, 2—1. next for them are the tournament history—makers: morocco reach the semifinals, the first african country to do so in the tournaments 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. tens of thousands of opposition supporters in bangladesh rally, calling on the government to step down. hello, campers! rise and shine! and ruth madoc, one of the stars of the hit �*80s tv comedy hi—de—hi!, has died, at the age of 79. we start with football and history has been made at this year's world cup. for the first time a team from africa has qualified for the semi—finals. morocco beat portugal 1—0 in the quarter—finals.

they're also the first arab team to achieve that feat. in the day's other game, france beat england, 2—1. the bbc�*s tim allman watched the action. the heroes return. the team bus for morocco arrive at their team hotel in doha. hundreds of fans there to welcome them. players and supporters united in celebration and perhaps a little surprise. and this was the reaction back home. thousands taking to the streets all across the country. here in casablanca, they were shocked, shocked to find their team were in the semifinals of the world cup. translation: ., , cup. translation: . , ., cup. translation: ., , . translation: it was a difficult match and honestly _ translation: it was a difficult match and honestly i _ translation: it was a difficult match and honestly i was - translation: it was a difficult match and honestly i was very l match and honestly i was very nervous. and so were all my friends. thank god morocco came out on top!

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early in the second half and harry kane scored from the penalty spot. his kick making it a joint record score about anything that harry kane could do, olivia gerard could do better, making him the most prolific striker for france. england had a chance of the penalty and this time the captain could not convert an as is so often the case, england expects but in the end mostly disappoints. for france, it could be a very different story! so, let's get some reaction, starting with morocco's historic victory. cheering. 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, seer", which means "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 arab and 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 win, and so excited for what's i 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're 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 semi—finals 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. tancredi palmeri is a sports commentator who is in doha and he gave his reaction to the games. well, once again, this is the curse of penalties landing

on england. and, you know, it has been a long time — almost a century, we can see now, but especially since 1996. this time it has been a bit different — just a penalty, not a series of penalties. what hurt the most for the english is that actually england deserved to go through. i know that in football, "deserving" doesn't exist. there is only winning and losing. something was missing, maybe, in the lack of experience. but england were very positive, much better than what is the normal outlook of a southgate team. what we consider normal actually is not that normal. i'm talking about france, being the world champions, getting into the semi—final. we could say, ok, they're the reigning world champions, it makes sense. it's not like that.

it was 2a years since the last time that the reigning world champions were able to get in the last four again. and this tells how they are reigning world champions, but they are a brand—new team, with so many young players — how serious they are to bring the trophy back. so that is quite a record there for france to be able to get this far again. of course they're hoping they can get all the way to the end, but also a very big night for morocco. they've broken some records here too. let's repeat it again, because sometimes we get carried away with the news and we don't put it in context. morocco are in the semi—finals of the world cup. this just sounds unreal even to say. it's not only the first arab county to make it, it was really the first african to get so far.

it's also very weird because, if we think about it, africa had some huge stars that were never able to get to that point. george weah won the ballon d'or and never played in the world cup, didier drogba, not to mention samuel eto'o. they never get that far. it's been a miracle on one side, nothing less. on the other side it makes a lot of sense, because they have been very, very clever in the way they played. there is the talent from hakimi, from bono, their fantastic goalkeeper, who was probably the best goalkeeper of the world cup. but it's the cleverness with which morocco has beaten portugal. you would not expect that, because portugal have got so many options and they're so experienced. they're at the top of the game in the premier league, in serie a, in the bundesliga, in la liga. the big name behind this

unbelievable success is walid regragui. the young morocco manager, who has been the real master of puppets with this massive plan to get there. i don't think that morocco is only the big surprise of this world cup. this is one of the five biggest surprises ever in the history of the world cup. let's get some of the day's other news. peru's new president, dina boluarte, has presented her cabinet, three days after she replaced pedro castillo who was ousted following his failed attempt to dissolve congress. former state prosecutor pedro angulo becomes prime minister, one of a number of people considered technocrats rather than partisan politicians. almost half the new cabinet are women. supporters of the ousted president have continued to protest against his removal. the head of memorial, the russian human rights organisation, which has been jointly awarded this year's

nobel peace prize has denounced russia's war in ukraine as "insane and criminal" at the award ceremony in norway. jan rachinsky�*s organisation was awarded the nobel prize with ukraine's center for civil liberties, and a jailed belarusian rights activist, ales bialiatski environmental activists have marched in the canadian city of montreal, which is hosting a un biodiversity summit. the protesters say they fear the conference is not being ambitious enough with its targets. delegates are considering 2a targets, including curbs on pollution and protecting nearly a third of the world's land and oceans by the end of this decade. 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 azaday 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. the biden administration has been very open and helpful about what has been going on but we may not know into the very last minute and it could happen any time but my concern is that as months go by and probably years go by this

point, my parents may not be here for paul.— here for paul. there is also the matter— here for paul. there is also the matter of _ here for paul. there is also the matter of this - here for paul. there is also the matter of this person. l here for paul. there is also l the matter of this person. he told that he wished brittney griner luck. it is but the white house on the defence. they were not willing to negotiate in good faith for paul whelan and so it was either brittney griner, one american, or no american. figs 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: �* ., translation: are other exchanges _ translation: are other exchanges possible? - translation: are other|

exchanges possible? yes! everything is possible. this is the result of negotiations and search for compromises. whether it was a good _ search for compromises. whether it was a good deal— search for compromises. whether it was a good deal or _ search for compromises. whether it was a good deal or a _ search for compromises. whether it was a good deal or a bad - it was a good deal or a bad one, this is the reality of prisoner swap. joy for some and pain for others. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. 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 it's trying to suppress any form of dissent. our 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. this is bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: morocco make world cup history — they become the first african team to reach the semifinals. next up for them, the reigning champions france on wednesday. the family of paul whelan have expressed their disappointment at his continued detention in russia, after the white house agreed a prisoner swap deal to free britney griner.

three people are known to have died after an explosion at a block of flats on jersey in the channel islands. rescue teams are continuing to search for several people who are still missing, after parts of the building collapsed in the early hours of saturday morning. a warning, 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. it is, as i described this morning, a scene of utter devastation. i mean, the building has completely collapsed. it is — it doesn't even look like a building was. 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 primary challenge is that, one, it is dangerous to operate in and around the area. but, secondly, anything that we do or don't do in the wrong way might then jeopardise the chances of survival for somebody who might yet be able to be rescued.

meanwhile, dozens of people have been evacuated to st helier�*s town hall and provided with clothing, food and warmth while efforts are underway to rehouse them as temperatures continue to fall. for the people who have, in the run—up to christmas, effectively been told that they cannot be at home, that's clearly going to be an enormous disruption to them. but i'm sure we'll do all we can to make sure they have a good christmas. this is the second tragedy to hitjersey in the past few days. the island is still grieving the loss of three local fishermen following a collision between their vessel and a ferry. the recovery operation at the wreck site is due to begin tomorrow. 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.

kari lake, the defeated republican candidate in arizona an eight—year—old boy in central india has been found dead more than 72 hours after he fell into a bore well. frantic attempts were made to free the boy, he got stuck 60 metres down the well on tuesday. rescue workers spent more than three days digging a sharp parallel to the well and pumping oxygen to him, but could not reach him in time. kari lake, the defeated republican candidate in arizona governor's race, is formally challenging democrat katie hobbs' 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's 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. manchester airport had to close to its runways on saturday due to its runways on saturday due to heavy snowfall in the area. the airport said both reopened later. temperatures are set to drop to as low as —10 celsius in some parts of the uk this weekend. the met office has issued a forecast for snow and ice for several parts of the country.

the actress ruth madoc has died, aged 79. she found fame playing gladys pugh in the hit tv comedy hi—de—hi in the 1980s. it was one of the first bbc shows to capitalise on the merchandise market, with products such as board games, albums, books, toys and t—shirts available to buy. lizo mzimba looks back at her life. playsjingle. laughter. hello, campers. hi—de-hi! campers: hi-de-ho! the ever cheerful gladys pugh, the chief yellowcoat with a passion for the camp's entertainment manager. yummy—yum—yum. laughter. you're all heart! laughter. so sensitive. with so much feeling. it's no surprise to me — i can tell it by the way you use your hands. laughter. co—starjeffrey holland, who played spike, has fond memories of her. it was a joy to work with someone like her. we had such laughs, you know? i was very lucky to work with that comedy crew, and we just — we never stopped

laughing from morning till night, and i will have those memories of ruth forever. iam...a gay! 0h! in later years, she performed a variety of tv roles, including dafydd's mother in little britain. to be honest, love, we did have an inkling. laughter. hello, boys and girls, and welcome to rhyl. the pantomime this year is gonna be brill! and she was a regular pantomime performer. beautiful! but she'll be best remembered as one of maplins' most famous and most—loved stars. well, campers, it's a sad moment, but all your buses and trains are waiting to take you home. may i, on behalf of maplins holiday camp, say we hope you've had a wonderful week and we look forward again to seeing you next year. goodbye, campers, and hi—de—hi! the actress ruth madoc, who's died at the age of 79.

you can reach me on twitter. i'm @kacungira. no letup in this cold spell. we had another very cold day on saturday and for many of us, so they could be even colder. sharp frost around. this was the picture and arbiter during saturday afternoon, and i think that cost was really expensive to start the day on sunday. over the next few days it is staying cold. further wintry showers in the forecast. i see stretches around some freezing fog patches. so various winter hazards out there at the moment. as we go through the early hours of sunday morning, some icy stretches and wintry showers in parts of northern eastern scotland. also around some of the irish sea coast, north—west wales and the far south—west as well, fog patches across england and temperatures first thing to start sunday

morning at about —6, many of us, even in the more urban spots, colder than that some rural spots. sunday, spots, colder than that some ruralspots. sunday, quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. the odd snow flurry coming out of perhaps the midlands, central and southern england. towards the east we have lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york. the north, snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland. most temperatures between freezing to plus two. sunday evening and overnight our attention turns to the far south—east. there is a chance we could see a low pressure system just pushing some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex, essex, suffolk could be at risk. we are expecting some icy stretches to develop, and again, some freezing fog patches. sunday night very cold with a widespread hard frost. temperatures could be as low as -12 temperatures could be as low as —12 as we start monday morning. so an icy and very cold early monday commute. again, lots of low cloud and freezing fog across much of england and

wales. quite stubborn to clear, perhaps more sunshine for northern england, fewer wintry showers than we have seen of late but again, it is going to feel cold. temperatures between a roundabout freezing to perhaps plus three in belfast, could see five degrees for the likes of plymouth. heading three to tuesday, you can see the blue colour still very much on the map, the air still with us. wind coming from a northerly direction, another cold plunge of air into the middle part of the week. looking at the forecast for the next five days, many places looking dry but expect freezing fog patches, on the cold side, certainly.

this is bbc news. the headlines: football, and holders france have booked their place in the semi—finals of the world cup, beating england by 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. 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. he was not included in the prisoner swap which saw the basketball star brittney griner return to the united states. tens of thousands have gathered in the bangladeshi capital dhaka for a mass anti—government rally calling for a neutral interim governent to be appointed. it followed days of violent clashes in the city, where hundreds

of opposition supporters were arrested. the government denies claims it's trying to suppress