troops. this is news live from berlin a dangerous mission gets off to a successful start in thailand officials say the first boys have been brought out of a flooded cave alive after more than two weeks trapped inside a team the elite diverse has been working for hours to extract twelve and their soccer coach. also on the program russia's world cup fairytale comes to an end the

host nation crashes out of the tournament after losing to croatia on penalties agony for russia joy for croatia now and then to the semifinals. there they'll face england who defeated sweden two goals to nil it's the first time england have advanced to the same means of this tournament since nineteen ninety. and welcome to the program is a dangerous and complex mission and it's not over yet but so far the rescue operation at a flooded cave in thailand has been a success the first boys have now emerged at the cave entrance after more than two weeks trapped inside the operation to free the twelve boys and their soccer coach has been underway for over nine hours with a team of divers guiding the group in their own submerged tunnels. the local

governor in charge of the rescue says that current weather conditions provide a short window of opportunity to free the group it's monsoon season and more water is expected to soon poor into the underground cave system i need. right now where as ready as we can be and it's d. day. at ten am thirteen professional cave dive is along with five navy seals into the cave to extract the children were. briefed on how to do so i mean while the dangers of the operation were highlighted on friday when an experienced diver lost his life when he was delivering oxygen tanks to the cave let's take a look now at the mission facing the rescue divers. who we know. they were in there.

for kilometers from the elevated shelf where they were found to the entrance of the cave each boy will be tethered to two divers who will supply them with air fixed ropes and lights have been installed to guide the group through the darkness and air tanks have been strategically placed along the route for exchanging the most critical part of the operation is the t. junction or sam yak an extremely narrow fork in the cave which can only accommodate one person at a time here the group will have to remove their oxygen tanks and dive through to the dry area. the boys in their coach will be brought down one by one it's estimated each trip will take six hours. to tell us more about what's unfolding there d.w. correspondent laura newish near the cave complex in northern thailand loran some of the boys have been rescued from the cave what are you hearing this hour about the

operation it's just what i can tell you the things that are definitely very out there as good as this one. yeah but i think it is like to get excited. speed up your reports that's why it's taken off who can talk a lot of the pieces of sixty kilometers in some ways it's got a flow. spawn. of about thirty. six for these days is that it's getting the relief it's. got something out of the seas trust fund both ways. so they'd go to the states of course does do they have definite treaty was with them. if you want taken but i think so i says that it's the development of to do not think so on

scale that we feel thank you my lord and satisfied always the floor and nourish near the cave complex in northern thailand we apologize for the quality of that call now from the other stories making news around the world the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea are holding historic peace talks in the eritrean capital asmara it's the first time leaders of the regional adversaries have come face to face in nearly two decades a diplomatic thought aims to end a border war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. the death toll from flooding and landslides in japan has climbed to more than sixty with dozens of people still missing tarantula downpours have caused flash flooding across central and western parts of the country prompting evacuation orders for about two million people forecasters say the situation is extremely dangerous. in

haiti at least two people have been killed during violent protests over fuel price hikes the clashes erupted after the government announced double digit increases to prices for gasoline and diesel haiti's prime minister has since backtracked and suspended the decision. to. house russia have been hailed as heroes despite losing to croatia in a nailbiting penalty shootout the team are back in moscow today to greet supporters at the capitals fan fest to bring us up to date on the world cup i'm joined in studio by a lima attack of the d.w. sports department first of all the match itself it had it all it seems what happened they did and i mean this their journey at the world cup has been so fascinating they truly are the underdogs of all the underdogs but they pay with the attitude of a champion it was a close match you know they did push push crazy to the limit and why don't we take a look at how the threat that played out. the host took

a shockley just past the half shell mark. denny's chair a chef smashing home his fourth goal of the tournament since spectacular style. the lead was short lived however as a dry kraemer it showed at home less than ten minutes later to level the score was . a goal the second half meant extra time and after a short break croatia took the laid down a rising highest for the corner two one. but russia was done mario finance has made it to wall to send the match into penalties. and after russia missed two of their spot kicks it came down to even racketeers each and the pass a lot of midfielder kept his cool sending croatia into delirium. for their opponents russia their world cup is now over. oh my it was nail biting for us to watch

but surely for russian fans even more nerve wracking at the abbey football it's a it's all about emotions and there's no other sport that makes hands cry as much as football you have to happy moments the sad moments and i mean society tells men grown men our fathers our brothers that crop crying is a sign of weakness but yet that doesn't stop these men from shedding tears when it comes to the beautiful game and what also makes it so fascinating is the unpredictability factor one minute rushes in the next minute there i would and i mean this is exactly how the russian. let's take a look. it was. the world cup took the home fans on an emotional roller coaster these were the scenes in moscow ecstasy when russia equalized in extra time against croatia

another shot another lifeline. but hopes turned to despair russia's world cup journey ended on penalties. who'll be. right but we fought well we fought hard and we did great anyway and of the boardroom both of us it was very emotional now boys did well no one believed in them at the start but they managed it when the score was two all right i thought we already had a victory of that moment everyone believed we could do it for the last moment we just lacked a piece of luck to churches in there. russians can hold their heads up high they were graceful in defeat. to prom rush hour with love memories that will last a lifetime. so it wasn't to be for russia glory for croatia how

special is this win for them very special a first semifinal since one thousand nine hundred eight in a country with a population of just over four million and opinion is divided but sums think that this golden generation can even go one better than that of one nine hundred ninety eight they are super was of course sitting there watching now croatia will meet england in the semifinals how the three lions get to the final four as are england to have exceeded all expectations state book their place in the semi's after beating sweden two two one in england took the lead after half an hour thanks to harry make wire of all people if you can get the video. they go he rose above the rest inside the box to score his first international goal and get this the three lions have netted quot goals from corners at this what cap that's more than any other team and more of the same in the second half across from jesse lynn got was

turned in at the back post by delhi alley and now advance into the world cup semi final for the first time since one thousand nine hundred ninety. taki from the detail we use for its department thank you very much our mind of the top story we're following for you the first boys have been rescued safely from a flooded cave complex in thailand after being trapped for more than two weeks a team of international divers are working to bring the twelve boys and their football coach out of the cave and a risky and complex operation. to give an idea of the arduous mission we're joined on the line by ed sorenson he's a veteran diver and a regional coordinator of the international underwater cave rescue and recovery organization mr sorrels and thank you for joining us can you explain just how dangerous and difficult a mission like this is for having yeah. it's incredible there are so many factors that are there are so many as are taking into

consideration when wearing out want to be. free you might have one or two or three in. the area that they're raising they just die pretty much all so it's a miracle that. that john and reve crowned him in the first place and it's. credible that they're that they've actually got some of them out alive and now yourself have saved people's lives in cave rescue missions can you give us an idea of what happens once you emerge. yeah there's every body recovery every rescue mission i've been called to when i by the time i get out . it's usually a good deal of time is passed. there's always huge crowds around and they're always expecting the worst. in cave diving rescue attempts it's always fatal

so to just see the joy on people's faces to send someone home to be with their family instead of home in a body bag just an incredible feeling. and i'm glad to had a part of it in multiple occasions as a rescue diver what goes through your mind as you undertake this kind of mission well for all the rescue attempts that i have gone it's completely different than what they're facing the rescues that i've done and the body recoveries that i've done over the many years. completely water filled so that's why it's about a ninety nine point nine nine nine percent chance of a challenge so. time is of the essence these people literally have very little or no time to still be alive. every decision that i make on one of these has to be instantaneous and. has to be direct or rather the results are or they

don't panic conditions inside the cave of course are arduous visibility is low and there's some flooding there how does someone prepare another person especially a young child to make a journey like this. you're really. we've seen you know peter cave diving a diving instructor graner's. we've seen you know everybody reaction differently to situations and they're all reasonability that stream. high flow. which they have stream lehi flow is unpredictable i've seen experienced cave divers in a high floor and grover's ability. there should all get so high that he turns the brain . you know and reassuring everybody has to research it differently and they've got i. think we were three possibly imagine thank you mr

sorenson regional coordinator and of the international underwater cave and rescue recovery organisation thank you for insights. on at equinox and in berlin stay with us we'll have more news at the top of the hour thanks for joining us. think your smart t.v. smarter double your smart t.v. . what you want what you want. to do extraordinary. to. what's on. your. smart t.v. .