you're watching the news line from berlin rescuers in thailand say they're approaching the bad possible conditions to evacuate the points trapped in a flooded. officials say a rescue could come within days before monsoon rains make flooding worse this as the children send their families written messages telling them they're ok we'll get the latest from our correspondent. and the world cup england advances to the semifinals by putting two goals past sweden and the first coming from defender harry maguire the three lions will now face either russia or pro a shot for a chance to make the world cup final.

and welcome to the program rescue officials in thailand have said they're approaching the best possible conditions for evacuating the twelve children and their coach trapped in a flooded cave system they are now hoping to extract the group before forecasted monsoon rains caused water levels to rise again we'll talk to our correspondent in thailand in just a moment but first this report on the mounting pressure to get the boys out soon. rescue teams are racing against the clock they have put pumps into action day and night trying to drain the water from the caves so the boys can get out they also have a plan b. and. we're drilling down from above. we've already drilled holes in more than one hundred places eighteen of those times we were able to break through the rock. one

of these holes stretches down four hundred meters but still doesn't connect to the boy's location. but. meanwhile inside the cave the boys are trapped in an opening that's just ten square metres which means there's a limited supply of oxygen the challenge is to prevent carbon dioxide levels from rising even though rescue workers have been pumping in a steady stream of fresh air. time may be running short everyone is worried about the return of the monsoon if the rain starts falling the cave could flood completely. for more on the story we're joined now by g.w. correspondent florian newish who's following the story from the site florian there is an activity where you are what's happening this hour. well once the rain has started falling as you can see about an hour ago it has been

pouring down quite massively now it's just a light drizzle but it doesn't auger well for the rescue effort but it was basically what everyone was expected so the weather forecast was like this and this is why rescue help those trying to rush things now we have seen about an hour ago that they've put up this green and by just behind me this is the entrance to the cave so we don't know exactly what that means but there was some activity after an otherwise quite an eventful day now there is one very unfortunate incident that i have i can report about it's four of the mountaineers that were actually on top of the mountain sign to find alternative routes into the caves and potential drilling side on their way back from the mountain there as you've even heard off the road and fell down a few meters into

a cliff so apparently we out of those four have been only injured have suffered minor injuries but the fourth one is actually in critical condition so it comes to show once more how difficult this whole rescue mission and how dangerous this rescue mission is. florrie on a dangerous mission a truly daunting task ahead can you speak to the challenges the rescue crews are facing. while the official who will have to give the final go ahead they're pretty much caught between a rock and a hard place it's all these three different scenarios have their own risk so. plan a that which is still being. it's the dive option that is actually a very challenging route that the boys would have to pretty much make on their own . it's really narrow and certain parts and those experienced seasoned rescue cave divers say it's one of the most dangerous places they have ever been in so that

carries a whole lot of rest now the drilling operation is actually quite dangerous as well the experts are not sure if they actually find an opening once they and they manage to actually drill down if there is not if there is not any additional danger because this this place where the boys are trapped in right now this might collapse once they break through with a bore hole so that has its own dangers now the last option just waiting out the monsoon season this is pretty much off the table because they say even if the boys manage to stay where they are right now with enough oxygen it could just harm their health it could cause psychological problems being trapped in a dark place for so long so they don't want to wait the earth already and we just have to wait and see when any rescue mission will commence d.w. correspondent florian newish reporting from thailand thank you. for the

first time the children have been able to communicate with their parents many of whom who are waiting anxiously outside the cave and have a closer look at their messages. hope and desperation it's been two weeks since the ordeal began now letters handwritten by the boys have emerged from the cave delivered to their loved ones by a diver. in one the twenty five year old coach apologizes to the parents to all the parents the kids are still fine i promise to take very good care of them. thank you for all the moral support and i apologize to the parents. the boys reassure their families some right light hearted jokes. i'm doing fine the

air is little coat but don't worry and don't forget to prepare for my birthday party. if i get out can you please bring me some group or can vegetables. to my dad mom and sister i love you you don't need to be worried about me i love you all with efforts to install a phone line so far unsuccessful this is the only way for the two sides to communicate directly. to britain our prime minister trees a man has won the backing of her divided cabinet for her plans to trade with the european union after brag that following hours of closed door talks at her country residence north of london the cabinet agreed to seek a free trade area for export goods but not services london also wants to curb european migration to britain european commission has welcomed the british proposal but says it still needs to assess whether the deal on offer is workable may though

is optimistic that our agreement can be reached. i've been talking to you repeatedly over the last week also and obviously i've been talking to them about the hopes the need for us to increase the pace on both sides of for all of the considerations for the future this is a proposal that i believe will be good for the u.k. and good for the e.u. and i look forward to it being received positively. from the other stories making news around the world and japan at least thirty eight people are dead amidst record flooding in some areas dozens more are reported missing a week of heavy downpour has triggered landslides and caused reverse to burst their banks across western parts of the country over a million people have been evacuated and the forecast calls for even more rain. in the somali capital mogadishu at least five people were killed when two car bombs

exploded near the interior ministry the intense then opened fire on security forces a battle lasting fabro hours followed the longest group al-shabaab have claimed responsibility for the attack. north korea has condemned an american delegation for its handling of the latest round of high level denuclearized talks between the two countries jiang and criticised the americans attitude and suggested officials made too many demands hours earlier u.s. secretary of state mike palm pale had hailed what he called progress at the meeting in pyongyang. and other nation has just advanced to the semifinals of the world cup to talk about that further nick mechanic line from sports england to swede nel what happened it was incredible his absolute surreal situation to see him in the any scene in the semi final once in my lifetime those nights ninety six i was too young for ninety ninety the first reaction was i want to mention that was my colleague who just said jesus

where in the semifinal just goes to show how much this means for seeing him fanciers was it so surreal he was the first goal from. the rest of the course to get that one no it's incredible for him as well two years ago he was a he was at the euros as a fan and now he's scoring goals at the world cup and then in the school of their second passing into delhi ali who had it in his living convinced third goal from of complexity they've been very good at set pieces so far. and didn't reach the first semifinal it's well cup since one thousand nine hundred absolutely incredible. hasn't quite sunk in yet and we have been quite frank and perhaps a lot of words for a lot of english fans especially our office here in the final four did their place a jasc that they're deserving semifinalists that's the surprising thing as well having watched and so often in the past where they've just disappointed this time they have pace they have got a game plan and. he's really responsible for that is incredible considering that he took over from south coach he was sacked and stuff he wasn't supposed to be the

permanent replacement he was the acting coach for a long time and this is you know what will give you a chance and look what he's done to this team if he's found their strengths this scoring from set pieces which i mean england always had they were back in school free kicks but what they're doing now while the players are ahead. so how you came you got. all these players who were just clicking it's finally clicking the confidence in the capabilities and we saw that games colombia as well usually when england go a goal will go down to concede a goal so late they crumble and this just hasn't happened at this tournament and you sort of as well today they were just so convinced by what they can do and what they can achieve and compared to teams we've seen in the pos with household names as i said we mentioned beckerman gerrard and all these stars they were at the time this team is more of a known name but not quite the same caliber but applying to so much better and i have to give a shout out to a pick for the human goalkeeper because you just start made so many stops not just in this game but so far throughout this tournament he's been absolutely incredible so we know that the hand will keep the shows they were quite poor they're missing

by this in the sweden team that we saw in the group phase of the germany just managed to beat they after a poor performance against switzerland in the last sixteen that should have been the end of the rope to be honest with you to be honest perfectly honest england had an easy game today easy game a different england perhaps different result but they'll face the winner of russia croatia what can we expect and match up in russia so far exceeded all kinds of expectations in this tournament we didn't really think they'd get at the group stays i mean they get as the last sixteen ahead they are in the quarterfinals but they're clearly underdogs against croatia side have been very very strong so far this tournament. the atmosphere in russia is incredible but i think before we talk about that let's have a look at a preview of this game. russians have done football crazy at their home world cup and now fans hope that team compile of another upset croatia in the quarter finals whatever happens president vladimir putin figures perceptions of russia will have changed because of the tournament. he tens of thousands of people came to russia

from various countries it's them who are creating this wonderful festival atmosphere in russia and. i'm sure the overwhelming majority of people who came with the best feelings and memories of our country and will come many times again. because you're. buying out of the competition now is the last thing on the minds of this result russian team but the game in so she will be anything but child's play. through a ship both one of the best players in the world and rich and previously reached the semifinals in one nine hundred ninety eight. twenty years have passed and no one has managed to emulate but i believe in this team and i believe we can do better than the ninety eight with a little luck and several other things falling into place we can do better than first. croatia staying cool as they plot to end russia's dream.

nic russia as you mention is already surprised but is there fairytale coming to an end here. my gut feeling says yes just a question of that much stronger but they have to surprise so often so far this tournament the good thing for them of course is they have absolutely no pressure if they you know if they see the tunnel at this phase everyone is absolutely happy with their performance so far this reminds me of germany from two thousand and six as a host nation who weren't expected to go particularly fall they made it all the way to the semifinals the one round for the russia done so far and just riding this wave of euphoria that just keep going so my gut feeling as i said russia should be out with this team and with these fans anything can happen i guess or gut feeling once your head telling you who put your money on when your creation to want to work for the win time in normal times and penalties all right well you heard it here first croatia talking about that later nick mckenna climb from the fourth thank you very much. you're watching the news more coming up at the top of the hour we get the latest anytime on our web site at www dot com now because often in berlin

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