this is bbc news. england's lionesses beat haiti one—nil in their opening match at the women's world cup. meanwhile denmark secure their first win of the tournament with a late goal against china. meteorologists in greece say the current heatwave is on course to be the longest in the country's history. it comes as scientists say the speed and timing of a recent series of temperature related climate records is unprecedented. and russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has hit an ammunition depot on the peninsula. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. let's begin with the womens world cup — because england, one of the tournament favourites, have beaten haiti — who were playing in the world cup for the first time. haiti produced a strong performance and the game was decided by a single goal. georgia stanway scoring from a twice taken penalty in the 29th minute. her first effort was saved,

but var ordered it to be retaken as the keeper had moved off her line, but she made no mistake the second time. earlier i spoke to our sports reporter jane dougall who is in brisbane. many of the players said, a win is a win. that is all they were looking for, but it was not the best performance. a4,000 fans here and they were not treated to the best performance they had ever seen. from the euros winners, so maybe a bit more was expected of them against a side like haiti who were making their debut at the world cup. you would not have known it because they really tested england but around 20 minutes in they had their first shout for a penalty. it was turned down but moments later they had a second shout. handball in the box.

georgia stanway was handed the ball and she took the strike and the goalkeeper did really well to get to it. the haitian goalkeeper made the save and her team—mates ran to her to congratulate her, because to make a save in the first world cup match for haiti was a real feat but she had come off her line early as shown by a replay. georgia stanway immediately grabbed the ball to retake the penalty. no doubt that she was going to take it for a second time. and she did score with the second attempt. and she was triumphant as she ran away. that is how it finished. england were very lucky because haiti played very very well for a team making their debut in this world cup. their striker was through on goal

three times in the first half alone and the lionesses were lucky she could not find the target. it did not get any better for england at the start of the second half. mary earps had to make a couple of saves and she said she did not expect to make as many saves. but the strong haitian strikeforce tested england and really pushed them in this match. but england got the goal they needed eventually and they got the win. i was joined earlier by corrine yorston who played for the england national team between 2003 and 2009. i asked her how the players might be feeling by now.

relieved to kick off the tournament. there's a lot of expectation building up to this treatment with them being european champions. it is always such a big lead in phase to major tournaments, that you just want to get going with it. they probably know they can perform better, but the biggest thing is they got three points in their opening group stage game, i sure they are happy and relieved with the win. similarities of course to england's opening game in the euros last year, where they beat austria 1—0 in the first game in manchester, not the greatest result then either, but of course they progress to be champions. will they get stronger as the treatment progresses? you often see at a lot of different sports, in men's and women's world cups, top teams do start off fairly slow. nerves come into the game no matter who you are.

you are going to be nervous. the expectation may be a little bit more pressure now being european champions. you often see a team starting slowly. it does not matter how you start. the most important thing is getting a win for opening game, that is huge. it relieves the pressure a little bit. as long as they push on now, which we saw them do in the euros, they will be fine. we heard that england are missing captain leah williamson, and beth mead, how much impact is their absence having on this england team? england have class players throughout. back in the euros, players they brought off the bench, the impact the entire squad had. they have got a top team, a top squad. clearly they are world—class players. some key players missing through injury. a couple of big names that have now retired as well.

compared to the euros they are a different team. but they have got such strength in depth, young players pushing through. you are going to miss big players, buti think england have got the depth. the wsl league is so strong, they will be absolutely fine. they will perform better than they did today. next up they have denmark and china. will england progress from this group? yes, of course they will. a lot of people would be extremely disappointed if they did not. but it is the world cup. we saw haiti today, probably a lot of people underestimated them. the gap in the women's game

has closed globally. there are not weak teams any more. it's great to see. you cannot take any team for granted. but england will be disappointed if they did not progress from the group stage. they have set expectations high in this tournament. denmark marked their return from a 16—year fifa women's world cup absence with a 1—0 win over china. the result moves denmark to the top of group d, level on points and goal difference with england. so, let's review denmark's narrow win over china with amalie bremer, host of the women's football podcast and co—founder of the danish women's national team supporters. it took 90 minutes for denmark to it took 90 minutes for denmark to score. i saw that powerful header in the 90th minute. how confident were you feeling before you saw that goal go in which a mark not confident at

all. it was very nervous, first world cup in 16 years. it was a big task for the danish team to take on this very important match, historic match. especially the first half was not pretty. but we got there in the end. denmark may not have played in world cups for 16 years but you do have a good reputation in european football. was it a match we were expecting to win more easily? a lot of people have a lot of respect for china, which has a great tradition in women's football as well. but also the way that danish women's football set off, no one

expected an easy test, everybody has a lot of respect for china, but to get this win, get off to a good start. you are expecting to progress in second place in group d behind england, who you are facing next july 28. having seen england play today, how are you feeling going into that match?— into that match? denmark had a nervous start. — into that match? denmark had a nervous start, a _ into that match? denmark had a nervous start, a bit _ into that match? denmark had a nervous start, a bit rocky, - into that match? denmark had a nervous start, a bit rocky, not i nervous start, a bit rocky, not to the display that we wanted, it may be a lot of english people feel the same way about your national team. the first match is always difficult. i am looking forward to the second one. denmark being underdogs against england. very big strength of the lioness is. but we will play our

chances. the win against china will give some confidence to the team. good luck with the rest of your matches. thank you forjoining us. that is eight women's football podcast and co—founder of danish women's national team supporters have. and you'll be able to see more of the action with bbc sports in the next few minutes. over the last few weeks we have been reporting extensively on the heatwaves that have hit large areas of europe, the united states, and parts of asia. well now, leading scientists have told the bbc, they are concerned by the recent run of new climate records being set — saying the speed and timing of them is unprecedented. some fear we're already witnessing worst—case scenarios. sweltering temperatures in spain and dangerous wildfires in greece. millions have struggled through powerful heatwaves around the world in recent days. now scientists are poring over a run of climate records that have not only been broken, but smashed, and alarm

bells are ringing. it's true to say that the models, the climate models that we have, do a very good job of predicting the climate system, but in the kind of larger scale. so, the fact that we're seeing the world warming because of greenhouse gases is not unexpected. but seeing some of these records being broken, you know, these marine heatwaves in the north atlantic, the severe decrease in antarctic sea ice was not expected, and is something that we're going to have to work to try and understand. and this is why they're worried. for decades, the global average temperature has been getting higher and higher. then, injuly this year, it broke through 17 degrees for the first time. the record for the hottest day on earth fell notjust once, but three times in a week. and it's notjust the land that's hot. the oceans, which take up most of the world's heat, are seeing unprecedented temperatures. the north atlantic and seas off the uk coast are up to five degrees hotter than average. and there's another worrying abnormality. sea ice in the antarctic is extremely low for the time

of year — 10% lower than usual. we know that the planet is warming because of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere by humans burning oil, coal and gas. the world will also be hotter because of el nino, a powerful, naturally occurring weather pattern that started in june. but scientists say these records constantly being broken are not yet a sign that the climate is in collapse. they say there is time to use the solutions we have to keep the planet as liveable as possible. the extreme heat gripping greece is expected to become the longest in the country's recorded history. the country's national weather institute said the heatwave — which is defined by the greek authorities, as temperatures above 39 degrees celsius — could last for up to 17 days. 0ur reporter azadeh moshiri is in lagonisi, southeast of athens and gave us this update. there is no respite from the heat here in greece.

i was speaking earlier to someone in lagonisi, they were saying this is unusual for them. they are concerned about how hot it is. this is not the experience that they are used to. locals are very much feeling that. records could potentially be broken. you mentioned the fact there could be the longest heatwave in history, in the history of greece, that would last up to 17 days. it also is potentially going to be one of the hottestjulys on record for greece. for the fire service of greece there is a real concern because this is a country that has been rocked by these wildfires. they have been battling these blazes for days now. when i spoke to the fire service

earlier they said they expect tomorrow to be extremely dangerous. they believe that more fires could potentially be reignited. they said it is difficult conditions, extremely difficult weather conditions for the firefighters to be able to respond. that is why they can use all the help they can get, france, italy, israel have sent firefighting planes, and firefighters from bulgaria, romania, poland, have come to help as well. the stakes are high. people are losing their homes. people are losing their lives they have lived in villages. for the firefighters and for the government it is about providing as much support as they can. for now, here in places like lagonisi, places like athens, it is about trying to stay safe and healthy, drinking as much water as possible, staying indoors. for tourists that information is particularly important because it is

high tourist season here in greece, which is why archaeological sites are also closed, to try and force people to take precautions. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello there — football from the women's world cup on the way, plus an update from the 4th ashes test... but first to the open. and it's been a stunning day forjon rahm — who has fired himself into contention at the end of his third round at hoylake... the man to catch though — still brian harman. he's out on the course now. ben croucher is there for us. we have had a lot of rain on the wirral this morning. we thought it would stick around for the day but it stopped at 10am. it has softened this hoylake golf course, and some of the world is's base have taken full advantage. the early starters had the best of the conditions. jon

rahm, the masters champion, one of those to shoot a super low score. he was tied for 89th after the first round, now he is tied for second after shooting an eight under par round of 63. he came back injust 30 shots. it is the best ever round here at royal liverpool golf club by two shots in an open championship. the wind has settled right down. that has played intojon rahm's hands. he has had super support around this golf course this morning. nowjust three points behind american left—hander, brian harman, he started the day with a five shot lead, that has been whittled away, his 36 hole leads was the highest in second world war, but he has already made a bogey today.

brian harman with a three shot lead, and his playing partner tommy fleetwood has picked up a birdie at the second, and rory mcilroy has scored three birdies in his opening five holes. that whether starting to drizzle again. could prove challenging for haman to maintain that advantage. thank you for that from hoylake. england got their women's world cup campaign off to a winning start — but it was far from convincing against haiti — a team ranked almost 50 places below them. sarina wiegman�*s side won 1—0... and needed var to intervene on their penalty — georgia stanway scoring at the second attempt... the first was saved by haiti keeper kerly theus — who was judged to have stepped off her line too early.

england face denmark — who beat china earlier — in their second group game next week. it was important that we scored a goal, kept a clean sheet, get that first game out of the way. and we've had over an hour's play now at old trafford — as england chase wickets against australia, on day four of the the 11th ashes test. persistent rain stopped most of the day's play in manchester. australia's marnus labuschagne has since passed his 50. they're on 159—4. "166-4. no wickets so far for england. the weather could still play some part later. australia lead the series 2—1. a draw will good enough for them to retain the ashes. more on those stories, on the bbc sport website — including lewis hamilton on pole, for the hungarian grand prix... and coverage of stage 20 of the tour de france,

russia's proxy governor in occupied crimea has said an ammunition depot in the centre of the peninsula has been hit in an attack by ukrainian drones. he said people within a radius of five kilometres were being evacuated. rail traffic across crimea has been suspended. with more on this here's our europe regional editor, sergei aksyonov, proxy governor of crimea... footage shows plumes of smoke. ukrainian military has said ammunition houses and oil depots where hits but it did not claim

responsibility. that is not unusual, ukraine does not usually claim responsibility for such attacks. the attacks themselves are quite significant. we are looking at some pictures right now. this is the latest in a series of attacks in the crimean peninsula. absolutely. what you are seeing at the moment is that ukraine, which has an ambition obviously to liberate the peninsular, that was annexed in 2014 by russia, but that is the long term goal, in the short term it is trying to disrupt military supplies, basically what ukraine is trying to do is launch a counter offensive in the south of ukraine, supplies come up through crimea. 0n ukraine, supplies come up through crimea. on monday it targeted one of the key bridges, the main bridge that links russia to occupied crimea. the damaged one of the road

lanes there. one of those road lanes in schools. earlier today, lanes there. one of those road lanes in schools. earliertoday, because of these in schools. earlier today, because of these attacks, in schools. earliertoday, because of these attacks, there in schools. earlier today, because of these attacks, there was disruption on that bridge. large queues. fora disruption on that bridge. large queues. for a while traffic was suspended. it has since been reopened. disruption being because they are, as well as the rail disruption that you mentioned earlier. thank you. a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters is heading for its final destination, the parliament injerusalem, where mps are due to pass the first bill in the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary. the number of protesters has risen to around ten thousand since the march began in tel aviv earlier this week. they plan to set up tents at the knesset as they stage a last ditch effort to try to prevent or delay the final votes on a bill that would curb the supreme court's ability to render void decisions by the government that it

deems unreasonable. iam i am protesting, iam protesting, i i am protesting, i want to defend our democracy, ifeel i am protesting, i want to defend our democracy, i feel like our government is stealing our democracy. half of the people are saying they do not want to do rules they are pressing, they are just ignoring us, we are here to show our voice, and to do whatever we can. to fight this. i am not that optimistic any more, but i have do something — optimistic any more, but i have do something. i cannot reach the bridge. — something. i cannot reach the bridge, but i do what i can. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said his party must learn the lesson from the narrow defeat it suffered on thursday in a by—election in boris johnson's former seat in west london. the conservatives won after a campaign focused on the decision by labour's mayor of london, sadiq khan, to expand an ultra low emissions zone. mr starmer was speaking to the party's national policy forum

in nottingham. that result in uxbridge demonstrates there is never any reason to be complacent and never a reason to rest on our laurels. it's a reminder, as danny said, that in an election, policy matters and we are doing something very wrong if policies put forward by the labour party end up on each and every tory leaflet. we've got to face up to that and to learn the lessons. here in the uk, rail strikes are disrupting travel plans today, as many families begin their summer holiday getaway. members of the rmt union employed by 14 companies, have walked out again, in their dispute over pay and conditions. passengers are being urged to check before they travel.

todayis today is the latest strike by members of the rmt train companies and is the last day in the overtime ban by train drivers in the aslef union. you do need to plan ahead when you have got young children. we you do need to plan ahead when you have got young children.— have got young children. we left manchester _ have got young children. we left manchester at _ have got young children. we left manchester at nine _ have got young children. we left manchester at nine o'clock - have got young children. we left manchester at nine o'clock this | manchester at nine o'clock this morning. — manchester at nine o'clock this morning, now we have had one hour wait in _ morning, now we have had one hour wait in york, — morning, now we have had one hour wait in york, normally it is a direct— wait in york, normally it is a direct train. the - direct train. the level of disruption will vary around the country. many services well and for the day earlier than usual. another striker is expected next saturday. rmt the moment seems to be concentrating its strikes more at weekends, the aim is to affect leisure travel, today's strike on a saturday, and next weekend again, will have a big impact on people taking these out, and there will be a skeleton service operating. the strikes are happening after progress at the national dispute stalled in april. the rmt says plans to close hundreds of ticket offices have now added to its members anger. separately, strikes in the london

underground which were scheduled to begin tomorrow have been called off. the summer getaway is traditionally a busy time on the roads, and the train strike could add to congestion as more people take to their cars instead. the travel association abta thinks over 2 million british holiday—makers will head overseas this weekend stop the port of dover will be under scrutiny again after long delays at easter and last summer. the ports as it has made changes to ease the queues but there could still be waits of up to 2.5 hours at border controls. after last year's disruption because of staff shortages, airports and airlines insist they have that as much as possible to ensure things go smoothly, although worries persist about congested european air space and air traffic control issues. the coming days will be a test at what is expected to be their busiest time since before the pandemic. stay with as on bbc news.

hello. for many parts of the uk it has turned into quite a soggy saturday. not for everyone, though. this was the scene earlier on for a weather watcher in the north—east of scotland. compare that with the scene in staffordshire, with the rain just hammering down, thanks to this area of cloud, this complex weather system moving its way across the uk. northern parts of scotland, sticking out into something drier and brighter, albeit with a chance of some showers. a bit of rain in southern scotland, heavy rain at times for northern ireland and across england and wales. there will be some drier gaps in between the heavy downpours, quite windy in the south—west corner, temperatures suppressed, 16 to 19 degrees at best. through this evening and tonight, we will continue to see outbreaks of rain coming and going across parts of england, wales, northern ireland, perhaps into southern scotland. it will be misty and murky in places. temperature—wise, maybe down to six or 7 degrees in some parts of northern scotland.

more generally, ten to 16 degrees, and certainly mild where you keep the cloud and rain. into tomorrow, this area of low pressure continues to track slowly eastwards and this frontal system here will make for some quite heavy and persistent rain, especially across parts of northern england, into north wales as well. there could be enough rain to give rise to some localised flooding, particularly after what has been such a soggy day today. it doesn't bode massively well for the cricket at old trafford. it may turn a little drier and brighter later on, but even if that happens, there is the chance for some pretty hefty showers. to the north and south of that rain band, we will see some spells of sunshine, but also some scattered showers, some heavy, possibly thundery, and the windiest weather on sunday likely to be across coastal parts of south—east england. a slightly warmer day, temperatures between 16 and 23 degrees. that is still no great shakes for this time of year. as we move out of sunday

and into monday, this frontal system should slip southwards. the area of low pressure moves away. that leaves us in quite a cool, northerly flow of air for the start of the new week. temperatures below par for the time of year, and actually, the week ahead remains unsettled and rather cool. goodbye for now.

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