and the uk's doctors' union calls for hospital managers to be regulated in a similar way to medical staff after the conviction of nurse lucy letby, for murdering seven babies. hello. welcome to the programme. it's nowjust one hour to kick off in the women's world cup final in sydney, with england taking on spain. england's lionesses are the favourites — and will be hoping to become the first england team since 1966 to be crowned world champions. england have announced their starting line—up. it's unchanged. ella toone starts and laurenjames is on the bench after her two match suspension after stamping on a nigerian player during the tournament.

spain have had an impressive tournament with a talented attacking side, so its expected to be a tight match. we will have all the build up from australia, across england and of course from spain as well. but first, here's our sports editor dan roan sent this report from sydney. having booked their place in the world cup final with a memorable victory over co—hosts australia, england's preparations have continued to go smoothly in sydney, a fully fit squad enjoying a final training session on the eve of the match, intent on surpassing the european crown they claimed last year. your players are about to play the biggest game of their lives, when you look in their eyes, what do you say? when you look in their eyes, what do you see? i see calmness, we are in a good place, everyone is fit, the team is confident and we want to play our best game. this is a tournament the lionesses have had to battle through, overcoming injury, the suspension of a star player and a penalty shoot—out. but despite such adversity, the team has prevailed.

i think everyone knows how big this is. i think it's been players' dreams for years, so everyone already knows that. we know how passionate the nation is back home, and how much they want us to win, but for us as a process we have a game plan to execute, and we need to play the game of our lives. so these are the players that stand between england and world cup glory. they were beaten 4—0 in the group by japan, but it's gathered pace despite several missing stars because of a player revolt. their coach has been at the centre of the controversy with some of his squad threatening to quit amid reports over concern over training methods and game preparation, but despite the unrest, spain have plenty of talent and are the highest ranked team england have faced. translation: there will be a tactical battle and it - will be competitive.

we are going to fight with all of spain's weapons, it won't change, its going to be the same we've used for all these years. it's going to be the match everyone in the world has been waiting for. some people are on the pitch, . they think it's all over, it is now! 57 years have passed since an england team last competed in a senior final on the world stage, producing the performance of a lifetime. these lionesses will be aware of such glorious history but they are here to create their own. these are live pictures from australia. it's the final countdown, the last day. 31 days of competition. 30 teams have gone. there is nowjust two teams left, england and spain. 0ne match left. the final.

people arriving, waiting for kick off in hour's time. live now to the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil in sydney. you've been covering this for an awful long time. not long to go now. know, and i think as i heard you say, this is the final countdown. 0ne say, this is the final countdown. one more hour to go. i can feel my heart pumping. it's been such an exciting day, an exciting moment coming down to england playing spain in an epic world final. i must say, in an epic world final. i must say, in the last game when i was here, the england fans were a bit outnumbered. i think it's quite an even keel when you look out here now. 0ver there, there some england fans at the back and what the announcer was shouting out to both supporters, i think the shouts and the loudness was even. they might be

outnumbered in the stadium because i heard a lot of australian fans after the matilda's were kicked out by england had switched allegiance to spain and they're going to support spain. but i've spent a day with them today and they are motivated, they are confident. yes, of course there are some nerves but it's amazing to see how many england fans have travelled that this tournament to be close to the team and make their voices heard in the stands. what a tournament it has been. it's the first time it's come to the southern hemisphere. 32 teams competing and whoever wins today, they will be picking up the trophy they will be picking up the trophy the first time. this tournament has shown how far the women's game has come but it has also brought so many more fans to the winning's game and brought it to the world attention. they started the big date early on, for a practice run of chanting. not

since 1966 is world cup glory pink so close for an england side and this time it's the women and their fans have been there every step of the way. we're going to bring the trophy home. we've come from england. we are not going home without the trophy. i'm excited. it's been a long time coming. it's been years and years and years of waiting for this moment. and we are here. really excited like everyone else. can't wait to see - what they can do today. i'm having the trip of a lifetime l with my daughter and she's been absolutely amazing so we're trying to savour every moment of it. - it's not everyday you are in the world cup final. as the fans headed to sydney on the city ferry you could feel the excitement building up. it's a massive day. it is already a massive achievement and we are so proud of the team and we are proud of the supporters

who have travelled all this way to be in fine voice to support them but this will mean so much for so many people and it's going to be a magical moment. standing in their way is a spain side also playing in their first final, a team who struggled with internal turmoil with players and their coach off the pitch but have still played beautifulfootball, with memorable moments in the field. they've told me that they want to save their voices but theyjust can't help it. they've been chanting and singing all morning. it is uncharted territory for the team but the players and fans are ready for their moment. the england squad has already changed the game and captured the nation's imagination when they won the euros last year. but this feels different. they are one victory away from being world champions. if they win, their name is going to be etched on the world cup trophy and in the women's game and the history books. what have the highlights for you?

oh, my god. i don't think we have time for all of them so i will tell you of the top of my head, the matilda madness has to have been one of the top highlights. this is one of the top highlights. this is one of its countries that usually is done by this team but this team has converted the matilda's to a soccer loving nation. the recognition for their team has captured the nation's imagination but i will say as well, a moment that i don't think we would have lived through is when the united states, the former world champions were kicked out of the tournament with their start missing that crucial penalty shoot—out. speaking of penalty shoot—out, england and nigeria and australia and france cook, i think we've all aged ten years watching that. we will be back with you before it ends

and when it ends. for the moment, i will let you get back to the fun there. thank you very much for that. luke anderson is alessia russo s former pe teacher. we can talk to him now. thanks for coming on the programme. good morning. it's a pleasure. did you think all those years ago you'd be sitting here chatting on bbc news about a world cup final appearance? no. definitely not. it's no surprise though. we knew she was destined to reach the top. it was pretty special to see her win the euros with the lionesses last year. this is the biggest stage, playing in the world cup final today, it's just phenomenal. cup final today, it's “ust phenomenai cup final today, it's “ust phenomenal. cup final today, it's “ust henomenal. ~ ., ., ., cup final today, it's “ust henomenal. ., ., phenomenal. what i love about top 5 - orts phenomenal. what i love about top sports peeple _ phenomenal. what i love about top sports peeple and _ phenomenal. what i love about top sports people and their _ phenomenal. what i love about top sports people and their school - sports people and their school careers, they are always good, everyone knows that but there are some who all the teachers know that

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almost covered it there. i am presuming a lot of those attributes, the way she applies herself, plays the way she applies herself, plays the game, that would be the same off the game, that would be the same off the field as well? she the game, that would be the same off the field as well?— the field as well? she was an outstanding _ the field as well? she was an outstanding student, - the field as well? she was an outstanding student, great . outstanding student, great character, fantastic personality, unassuming, hard—working, unassuming, ha rd—working, respectful, willing unassuming, hard—working, respectful, willing to help others. she was sports— mad. she did sports every day, all day. she comes from a great family. her parents are really supportive and support her every step of the way. her hope to elder brothers are great sports players. —— her two elder brothers. she definitely got sporting pedigree. give us an idea of how you think she will be approaching this game? how

will be approaching this game? how will she be feeling with less than an hour to go until? is she kind he gets nervous, anxious before or focused, goes focused, goes quiet, goes loud? give us a sense of what she'll be doing now. i goes loud? give us a sense of what she'll be doing now.— she'll be doing now. i think she'll be calm and _ she'll be doing now. i think she'll be calm and composed. - she'll be doing now. i think she'll be calm and composed. probablyj be calm and composed. probably excited, understandably for this game, the biggest there is. she'll be familiarising yourself with the situation is, hopefully trying to visualise how she can put the ball in the back of the net if she gets a chance. the same routine she goes through, in the way that any elite sports player will. she works selflessly for the team. i think the way she has approached every game in the tournament, her sense of ability as a forward has been outstanding. she is shown in the group stages, in the semifinal as well, i think she'll have an outstanding game again. without a doubt, she's been

one of the star players of the tournament so hopefully she can have another great game today. lots tournament so hopefully she can have another great game today.— another great game today. lots of en . land another great game today. lots of england fans _ another great game today. lots of england fans will _ another great game today. lots of england fans will be _ another great game today. lots of england fans will be hoping - another great game today. lots of| england fans will be hoping exactly that. where are you watching it and what do you think the school will be? ~ ., ., ., , what do you think the school will be? ~ ., ., ., what do you think the school will be? . ., ., ., ., , be? we are away with our family. were in the _ be? we are away with our family. were in the forest _ be? we are away with our family. were in the forest in _ be? we are away with our family. were in the forest in but - be? we are away with our family. were in the forest in but we - be? we are away with our family. were in the forest in but we are l were in the forest in but we are going to say it's gonna be a 2—1 england. going to say it's gonna be a 2-1 encland. . �* , going to say it's gonna be a 2-1 encland. ., �*, ., england. that's the most popular rediction england. that's the most popular prediction i've — england. that's the most popular prediction i've seen _ england. that's the most popular prediction i've seen so _ england. that's the most popular prediction i've seen so far. - england. that's the most popular prediction i've seen so far. lukel prediction i've seen so far. luke anderson, great to have you on the programme. anderson, great to have you on the programme-— anderson, great to have you on the rouramme. ., ., ., programme. thanks for coming on the show. programme. thanks for coming on the show- thank— programme. thanks for coming on the show- thank you _ programme. thanks for coming on the show. thank you very _ programme. thanks for coming on the show. thank you very much. _ programme. thanks for coming on the show. thank you very much. we'll- show. thank you very much. we'll have plenty _ show. thank you very much. we'll have plenty more _ show. thank you very much. we'll have plenty more coverage - show. thank you very much. we'll have plenty more coverage of the world cup in 45 minutes' time, until kick—off is under way. let's take a quick look at some of the live images we've got from around the uk. this is croydon, south london. you can see people gathering there. just

to give you a sense of time zones. it's an evening game out there in sydney. that kick—off in the uk, in a rather civilised manner, 11am. that's why fans have had enough time to wake up on sunday morning and get themselves down to croydon and that's the kind of picture that is mirrored up and down the country. we'll be back with a well cut later but let's get some of today's of the news. polls open in ecuador in a few hours' time for a presidential election amidst high security and concerns over violence. the election gained international attention after one of the candidates — who opposed the country's drug cartels was shot dead whilst campaigning. many other candidates have taken to wearing bulletproof vests. it's the first round of voting. taiwan says 25 chinese air force planes have entered its air defence zone, in the past 2a hours. china has been carrying out military

exercises in the taiwan straight with navy vessels and warplanes. the drills were conducted after taiwan's vice president visited the united states — a trip beijing saw as a provocation. three men have been convicted in court in london for trying to sell a ming dynasty vase from 15th century china. the vase, worth $2.5 million is believed have been stolen from a swiss museum in 2019. undercover police posed as potential buyers after receiving a tip off from an auction house. let's bring you some breaking news. russia's luna—25 space craft has crashed into the moon after it spun into uncontrolled orbit. this is according to russia's space agency roskosmos. earlier roskosmos reported an "abnormal situation" that occured to the spacecraft when it was preparing

for a pre—landing orbit. luna—25 was scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon tomorrow. live to the newsroom and the bbc�*s europe regional editor, paul moss. first of all, it's important to understand what this mission was supposed to achieve. it was the plan to land based craft on the south pole of the moon. it would have been the first time it would have happened. it was important for two reasons, first of all, scientifically it was very interesting what the russians were hoping to do which was to detect ice or water on the moon, which would be very important if there was ever to be a permanent moon base. however, this project was all about prestige and that's why this latest

development is so important. russia launched a space mission in the midst of sanctions and acknowledged it can get some of the technical parts it would normally need for a space mission. they went ahead anyway and at the time of the launch, there were critics who said well they thought they had a 50—50% chance of success. if russia successfully landed this spacecraft on the south pole of the moon it would be able to say, you sanction us and still we are able to manage this extraordinary technical achievement. instead, itappears this extraordinary technical achievement. instead, it appears the spacecraft has crashed, that's what the russian news agent —— agency has said. it was certainly close to the moon when things were going right. 0nly moon when things were going right. only on saturday, the russian space agency was showing off about the success of the mission. it showed some pictures from the spacecraft of the crater on the moon. it was

crowing about how it had already been able to analyse some of the lunar surface and then a few hours later we were told as they were trying to shift the spacecraft into a pre—landing orbit, there was some kind of communication problem and the latest announcement from the space agency has said as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon, the space spacecraft no longer exists. that's pretty final and fundamental, i guess. exists. that's pretty final and fundamental, iguess. it's exists. that's pretty final and fundamental, i guess. it's not the only country with a rocket on its way to the moon's south pole. this is what's interesting about this mission, at the same time, india is trying to achieve exactly the same feat. landing spacecraft for the first time on the south pole of the moon. there spacecraft took off

after the russian wanted and was expected to land on wednesday. there was clearly a race going on and it now looks like the indians have a better chance of winning that race. i should say that india's space agency tried this mission before and they rocket crashed on that occasion which shows its not an easy mission to achieve but bearing in mind the original space race was the us versus russia but this time it's india and russia. khanna explain more clearly how important the press stage is for russia's space agency. —— | stage is for russia's space agency. —— i cannot explain. there was a furious demonstration outside the agency building in moscow. i had a woman screaming in my ear saying if

we allow our space station to go down it's the end of russia. she was speaking for many in terms of russia boss mark sense of abilities, prestige,... they were desperately hoping to bring back to life that early sense of russian achievement in space and so today's news is a major blow, notjust for the russian space agency but for russia itself, andindeed space agency but for russia itself, and indeed for president vladimir putin. thank you, paulfor that. wildfires in canada are threatening tens of thousands of people in british columbia, which is now under a state of emergency. 30,000 people have been told to leave their homes, with another 36,000 warned they may need to leave at any moment. 0ur correspondent peter bowes has this report. oh, my god. the intensity of the

flames is terrifying. moving rapidly over a vast area there are more than a thousand wildfires burning throughout canada. about a third of them are in british columbia, where 30,000 people have been told to leave their homes. another 36,000 have been warned they may have to evacuate at any moment. kelowna, a popular tourist destination about 180 miles east of vancouver, is on the edge of a huge inferno. the fire has already destroyed several homes in the smaller community of west kelowna, with embers from that blaze travelling in the wind over a lake to ignite more structures. officials have urged the public to cancel all non—essential travel to the region. at this time, we are strongly recommending that people with plans to travel to fire—affected areas throughout the central interior and south east in the coming

days to cancel those plans. we need tourists and travellers to take this situation as seriously as the residents of these areas do. to the north, yellowknife — the capital of canada's northwest territories — is now a ghost town. over two days, almost the entire population of 20,000 people were evacuated from their homes leaving the city by road and air to escape a fire encroaching on their community. officials said it had been an extraordinary achievement to get everyone out. the fire, caused by lightning a month ago, is still threatening the city — although cooler conditions have slowed its progress. but gusty winds are forecast, and officials fear they could further propel the fire towards the city boundaries.

siren wails this is an epic struggle for firefighters. reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as south africa, with local resources stretched to the limit. in a nation used to forest fires, this countrywide crisis has reached a level never seen before. peter bowes, bbc news. a major storm is bearing down on mexico and southern california. mexico's government has placed 18,000 thousand soldiers on standby as hurricane hilary makes its way up the the pacific coast. it's been downgraded to a category two storm with winds still expected up to 110 miles an hour. in the us, the us national weather service has issued its first—ever tropical storm warning for southern california. nearly 26 million people in the south—western us are affected. the big worry is the huge amount of rainfall expected in areas that aren't used to it. the leader of niger's coup has warned against outside

military intervention and said there would be general abdourahamane tchiani met with a delegation from west africa's regional bloc, ecowas in the capital niamey. the bloc which counts among its members nigeria and ghana has begun preparations for a possible military intervention to restore democracy in niger. and with every great sporting event comes a great piece of music! before we go let's leave you with this version of the anthem of english football. this is the foot guards performing the three lions — outside wellington barracks.

hello there. the weather's a lot quieter today than what we had yesterday. of course, storm betty brought disruption from heavy rain, damaging winds across western parts of the uk. today, the winds will be lighter, still quite fresh across the northwest of the uk. and we'll see a mixture of sunshine and just a few showers, a lot of places staying dry. now, this is the pressure set up. even for the next few days, lower pressure towards the northwest, higher pressure over the near continent. so the further south and east that you are across the country, the better chance of you staying dry, seeing the sunshine and it will feel warmer. lighter winds here as well. more of a breeze for western scotland, northern ireland where we will see

most of the showers, but the odd shower may develop elsewhere. pretty light and isolated. you'll be unlucky if you catch one. most places will stay dry. top temperatures again, 25, maybe 26 celsius across southern and eastern areas. high teens, low 20s, further north and west. now, as you move out of sunday and into monday, a similar story once again, high pressure to the southeast, low pressure to the northwest. if anything, on monday, this area of low pressure will encroach in a little bit further to scotland and northern ireland. so after a fine start with some sunshine and a few showers, we could see areas of rain pushing into western scotland. some of it could be heavy at times, stronger winds. but eastern scotland, most of england and wales, bar the odd shower, it should be mostly dry again with the best of the sunshine in southern and eastern parts — we could be up to 26, maybe 27 celsius in the warmest spots. for tuesday, bits of cloud to begin with, some mist and murk, particularly in the south. a few showers could push into the southwest. 0therwise, most of england and wales should be dry again. most of the showers should be across scotland and northern ireland. but even here, there'll be some good

sunny spells at times, but the winds fresher in the north than they'll be further south. another warm day to come across southern and eastern areas. now from midweek, it looks like we'll start to see some changes. weather fronts start to gang up on us and push right across the country. so we'll start to see some showers, some of them heavy and thundery across southern areas by the end of the week, and also by the end of the week, low pressure takes over, we start to see our winds switch to a north—north—westerly direction. and so you can see the red and orange colours ebbing away back to the near continent. so it will be turning fresher for all areas. so a warm start across the south and the east of the country, in particular, further showers in the north and the west. then all areas start to turn cooler and breezier with showers by the end of the week. this is bbc news, the headlines:

fans are arriving at stadium australia in sydney ahead of the 2023 women's world cup final. spain and england will go head to head within the next half an hour — with crowds of 75,000 people expected to gather at the match. scenes of devastation in canada — around 30,000 people have been told to leave their homes in the western province of british columbia. wildfires continue to rage with officials warning vast areas are under threat. a state of emergency has been declared. and the doctors' union in the uk is calling for hospital managers to be regulated in a similar way to medical staff — following the conviction

of serial—killer nurse lucy letby. there are concerns that nhs bosses failed to respond adequately when questions about letby�*s conduct were raised. welcome to the programme. the countdown continues — it's now less than 30 minutes to kick off in the women's world cup final in sydney, with england taking on spain. it all comes down to this, two teams left. spain versus england. these are live pictures from sydney, as you can see, it's an evening game there, lots of excitement throughout there, lots of excitement throughout the day, who will take it home, england or spain? shaimaa khalil is there and we can speak to her. how

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