colombia are through to the quarter finals of the women's world cup for the first time. they beat jamaica 1—0 and will now face england on saturday. catalina usme�*s goal in the second half in melbourne was enough to set up a clash with the european champions. they become just the second south american nation to ever reach the quarterfinals of the world cup, brazil were the first. forjamaica though, their impressive world cup comes to an end. for us, why are coming in with no games. ifeel very happy for us, why are coming in with no games. i feel very happy for the players that they could perform at this level without getting adequate games to play so i am very pleased with them and they gave it everything tonight. they should be

proud of themselves and i am very proud of themselves and i am very proud of themselves and i am very proud of them. laurenjames will miss that quarter—final against colombia and has apologised for her red card for standing on nigerian defender michelle alozie. in a post on social media she said to alozie... france are also through to the quarter finals. they comfortably beat morocco 4—0 in adelaide. they were never really troubled by the opposition, kadi diani opening the scoring afterjust 15 minute, and further goals from kenza dali and two from eugenie le sommer sealed the victory and a quarter final against hosts australia in brisbane on saturday. to the premier league now, where chelsea's christopher nkunku has had an operation on his knee and will be out for an extended period according to the club. the french international suffered the problem during the first half of chelsea's preseason friendly against borussia dortmund in chicago last week.

nkunku joined the club this summer for a fee of £52 million. and there is increasing uncertainty over the future of wolves managerjulien lopetegui. he is in talks today with the club. it's understood the former real madrid and spain coach, whojoined midway throughg last season, is unhappy with the club's transfer policy this summer. anthonyjoshua will fight finland's robert helenius at london's 02 arena on saturday helenius, at london's 02 arena on saturday. helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in with a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyte, who failed a voluntary drugs test. helenius�* last big fight was a first round knock—out defeat to deontay wilder who could be joshua's next opponenet if he comes through saturday's nights bout. tuesday marks the return to the court of the former world number one, caroline wozniacki, after three years away in which time

she's had two children. she plays australia's kimberley birrell in the first round of the canadian open in montreal, and she's aiming to peak in time for the us open, and isn't backjust to make up the numbers. i think i still have a lot to give to tennis, and that is why i decided to come back after practising for a little while i thought, i am hitting the ball well, i still feel fit, i still feel like i have a couple of good years in me, so that is why we are here. my goals are still the same, i want to be the best i can possibly be and i want to win tournaments. i want to win, no matter who is on the other side. in major league baseball, the boston red sox recorded just their second win in nine games as they beat the kansas city royals 6-2. with the scores tied in the ninth inning and the bases loaded, pablo reyes hit a grand slam

home run to win the game. it marked a great recovery after they'd blown a two—run lead. it leaves them five games off a wild card spot after being whitewashed by fellow contenders, the toronto bluejays, over the weekend. and that's all the sport for now. tens of thousands of pupils across scotland are getting their exam results this morning for their nationals, highers, and advanced highers. the scottish qualifications authority has warned that the system still hasn tfully recovered from the covid pandemic. pupils are finding out how they've done by a combination of text, email and post. our scotland correspondent, james shaw reports. it's the moment of truth for thousands of pupils across scotland... holly. yeah, that's me. thank you. 0k, and chloe. ..and the end of an educational experience hit hard by covid. but these pupils at hamilton grammar school have shown resilience in the face of difficulties that

previous generations did not have to endure. it was a lot of hard work during the exams. it was definitely the most stressful period of my life, but it's all paid off. i'm very happy as well, actually. some things, coming towards it, i was a bit unsure about what, like, actually could happen, but, yeah, i'm very happy. feeling great. into uni regardless. i got an unconditional offer. exams have been quite... they've been all right. crashed a few subjects, so it's been a new experience for me. _ the scottish qualifications authority cut out some elements of coursework and exams to make the return to normal more manageable. they are the first set of young people to sit exams post covid so they sat their nat 55 last year and their highers this year, so we're really particularly proud of them because arguably they've been the most distrupted at that senior academic level throughout the covid period. this is the last year that special measures have been in place because of covid.

the plan is for everything to be back to normal during the coming academic year. whatever the circumstances, results are not always as good as they might be. helplines are up and running to give advice on how to deal with disappointing grades. this is one of the most important days in the year of course for this organisation who provide that national offering in relation to advice and guidance and, yes, it's absolutely key that we give young people the best advice and guidance in relation to their options. the scottish government will face questions about its aspiration to close the attainment gap between pupils in the most and least affluent areas and the extent to which this set of results indicates that progress is being made. let's stay in scotland — across the day we've been getting

a sneak peek at some of the many acts gracing the stages at this year's edinburgh fringe festival. 2023 marks the festival 5 76th year, and over that time the event's grown from a handful of performances to a sprawling extravanganza. 0ur reporter courtney bembridge is there and has been speaking to performers. this is yes—ya—yebo! from south africa, an amazing group we've just been rehearsing. they are absolutely incredible. and i've got two people here ready to tell us all about it. so, many of this group had never been on an aeroplane before and they arrived here in edinburgh to quite the spectacle. what was that like? exciting. great. 0verjoyed. very dramatic, i love it. you're already in character. and sylvester, can you tell us? this show is a celebration of the 12 languages in south africa. tell us about how this show came about. obviously, this show has been put together by a charity which believes in inspiring confidence, finding your voice, finding your rhythm and finding your authentic self. so through the show, we've managed

to celebrate our culture and our 12 official languages. well, i think we should probably see the celebration of culture. let's take it away. will you get into position? let's have a look at what you guys put on for us.

amazing! well done. that was yes—ya—yebo! coming from a township outside cape town in south africa. absolutely incredible. i don't know how you all have the energy. they're mainly teenagers, that's how they have the energy, i think. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. i think most of us have had to manage our expectations a little with summer 2023 across the uk, and the next few days no exception, i'm afraid. so far today the best of the sunshine has been through the north — scotland, northern ireland and northern england. there has been a bit of a north—south divide. further south it was a cloudy, misty, murky, drizzly start to the day and that cloud and drizzle is pushing its way steadily east as we speak out of wales, out of south—west england, over towards the capital and along the kent coast for the remainder of the afternoon. in fact, we draw a line really from north wales over to lincolnshire. anywhere north of that will continue to see the best of the sunshine. a few scattered showers. the winds will strengthen close to gale force across the northern isles, tied in to storm hans that's affecting scandinavia at the moment. but one unifying factor is the feel of the weather — still disappointing for this time of year. high teens for most, maybe, if we're lucky, 20 or 21 degrees. now, as we go through the evening and overnight, we'll see that rain

easing away from the kent coast. we keep some cloud filtering in across the south—west. where we've got the breaks in the cloud temperatures into single figures, but it feels quite humid down to the south—west by the end of the night as we're tapping in to that warmer air coming from the near continent. high pressure is building and we will start to see an improving picture on wednesday, but this warm front toppling across the high will still introduce more in the way of nuisance cloud and drizzle. quite murky conditions once again on those exposed west coasts. northern and eastern areas seeing the best of the sunshine and potentially the best of the warmth on wednesday, but all of us will be a degree or so up in comparison to of late, so low 20s, possibly as high as 2a or 25 degrees. that's the mid—705 fahrenheit. warmer still as we go into thursday. we're going to tap into some extreme heat that's pushing its way up from iberia. by the time it gets to us, it's not going to be, obviously, as hot. but nevertheless, thursday is likely to be the hottest day of the week

as we see those temperatures widely into the mid—20s, possibly as high as 27 degrees. that's 80 fahrenheit. but it's not expected to last, as somewhat cooler and showery conditions are set to return from friday and into the weekend. that's it. take care.

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saving the amazon — leaders from eight south american countries gather to thrash out an urgent plan to protect the rainforest. a warning from washington — about the wagner mercenary group — taking advantage of the coup in niger. us secretary of state speaks to the bbc: every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. the uk's elections watchdog reveals it has been the victim of a "complex cyber—attack" — potentially affecting millions of voters. and at the women's world cup — france and colombia make it through to the quarter finals. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out

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