check him with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on d w dot com. play. play. play. this is the news line from berlin out safely after a grueling and dangerous rescue in thailand the first boys have been brought out of a flooded came alive after more than two weeks trapped inside a team of diverse has been working for hours to extract boys and their soccer coach and their mission is not over yet. also on the program russia's world cup fairy

tale comes to an end the host nation crashes out of the tournament after losing to a pro a shot on penalties agony for russia joy for throwing a shot now and then happy final. there they'll face a lengthy defeated sweden two goals to nil it's the first time england has advanced to the semi's of this tournament since one thousand nine hundred ninety. s. and welcome to the program it's 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 football coach has been underway for over. ten hours with

a team of divers guiding the group through narrow submerged tunnels. a local governor in charge of the rescue says the 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. 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. briefed on how to do so. tells more about what's unfolding mary correspondent florian nourished near the cave complex in northern thailand florian some of the boys have been rescued from the cave what are you hearing this hour about the operation. for the first time today i can

actually officially confirm that four boys have made it out of the cave and they are actually quite well that is what the chief of the rescue operation the former governor has just said behind me a few minutes ago so four have been safely moved out of the cave they have been taken to the hospital but their health condition is ok actually the governor spoke of perfect health condition i think that was a little exaggeration so he was very cheerful he was very optimistic there was a roar of applause when he actually confirmed that these four boys have been found and have been successfully taken to the hospital which is about sixty kilometers away some of them shuttled over there with ambulances one apparently has been flown by helicopter his condition it says they need close monitoring but again they're

out there safe. but it's for only so there are nine boys remaining in the cave and the governor also told us that rescue operations will be suspended for about ten hours so the rescue teams it's apparently it's about ninety divers who are involved or weren't involved in this successful operation so far they need to take a rest they have to regroup and they will start taking out the rest of the boys in about ten hours time florrie on these first rescues appear to have been completed earlier than a riginal e expected do we know the reasons for this. yes it was definitely my. early the first boy came out at five forty local time that was about three hours earlier than the original timetable that we were presented with this morning so we're not one hundred percent sure what the reason for this difference in time

is maybe the authorities just didn't want to get everyone excited and. basically just wanted to confirm the good news before. before it was it actually broke the news so i mean it's been more than two hours now that the first boy has been extracted. maybe the conditions inside the cave were better than expected actually that's what the governor said there are still parts that were flooded but apparently the pumps have been doing their work they have been able to take out much more water than originally planned so apparently this rescue mission even though it is still very daunting was while they performed better than expected we can say that missing for several days and they were found and now a massive rescue operation do we know how the remaining children and their coach are doing as they await rescue briefly if you consular and. we don't know anything officially yet i would just assume that there has been

information passed on to the group that four of their friends half than expected safely because that will certainly boost the morale of those that are still trapped in the cave. florrie on newish near the tom long cave complex in northern thailand thank you. the dangers of the operation are 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. the group must travel four 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 their 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 teach unction 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 coats will be brought out one by one it's estimated each trip will take six hours. earlier we spoke to a cave diving expert ad sorenson he described the stressful conditions faced by the rescue divers you know everybody reacts differently to stressful situations and there are you know any of the freeway stress high school of. which they have dreamily high flow is unpredictable i think experienced cave divers in a high floor and. yet their stress level gets so high. heel and restrictions everybody restrictions differently and they've got damage.

thankfully worst thing that we imagine. now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkey's government has fired more than eighteen thousand state employees over alleged links to terror groups those sacked include police officers military personnel and teachers it comes a day before president ever to juan will be sworn in for another term under the country's new executive presidency more than one hundred ten thousand public sector workers have been sacked since of failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen. 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 of diplomatic 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 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. house russia have been hailed as heroes despite losing to croatia and a nail biting penalty shoot out at the world cup the team are bask in moscow today to greet supporters of the capitals then best to bring us up to date on the world cup i'm joined in the studio by a lima attack of the d w sports department only my first of all the match it had it all it seems it did it did and it's been

a fascinating journey for russia i mean they are the underdogs of underdogs and yet they play with this mentality and this added to it that only champions possess and they came this close to beating croatia i'm talking about creation they did it with spain and they came this close but you know i don't believe me let's take a look. the host took a shot clay just past the half hour 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 higher storm a corner to one. but russia was done mario finance has made it to

wall to send the match into penalties. and off to russia missed two of their spot kicks it came down to even rocketeer church and the pass along the midfielder kept his cool sending croatia into jelly area him. for their opponents russia their world cup is now was. only a mile we were on the edge of the r.c.s. watching that match but for russian fans surely it was even more nerve wracking i'm sure amplify all those emotions by a hundred or thousand and this is what football is all about it's about emotions and there's no other sport that makes fans cry as often as football as you have the high home and you have a very you know a very deep moment and i think this is also very interesting because society in a way tells us that we especially grown men are brothers our fathers that you know crying is a sign of weakness but if you watch the world cup you see how many grown men have you seen shedding tears i nonstop and there's also of course the unpredictability

factor and that's what you know one minute your team is in the next minute your team is out and that is exactly what russians felt last night why don't we take a look. 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. the eve. who'll be. my final we fought well we fought hard and we did great anyway not because the boardroom looked over it was very emotional now boys did well there were believed in them at the start but they

managed it when the score was two more i thought we already had a victory of that moment everyone believed we could do it for the last moment we just like to preserve luck. through church richard resumed their. russians can hold their heads up they were graceful in defeat. through from russia with love memories that will last a lifetime. so it wasn't to be for russia for croatia glory how special is this when oh absolutely very special i mean this is the this will be their first semifinal since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and if you think about it croatia only has a population of over four million so what they've done at the world cup is quite incredible and there's even i mean opinion is divided a spoken to so many question fans but there is really one side of the fans who think that this team this golden generation could go one better than the one in one

thousand nine hundred ninety eight they really is that self belief where they could go all the way and let's be honest when it be a bit refreshing if just kind of brain. the dominance of the st a teams that always win the world cup i'm sure croatian fans greely a few but they will have some hurdles they have to face england is next yet and into i mean the three lions they have exceeded all expectations at this world cup and they to book their place in the semifinals after beating sweden two new england of course took the lead after half an hour what harry make y.-o. of all people rose above the rest inside the box to score his first ever intend national goal and get this the three lions have netted poor goals from quite knows at this world cup that's more than any other team more of the same in the second half across from jesselyn got was turned in at the back post by. in it now advance into the world cup semi final for the first time since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and i hate to say this but they could phosphors have me bring it bring

it home thank. you sports reminder of the top story that we're following for you thailand's navy says four boys have been taken to hospital after being rescued safely from a flooded cave complex a team of international. who do you think is going to be neutral.