this is the deal the news line from berlin out safely after a grueling and dangerous rescue in thailand the first points have been brought out of a flooded cave alive after more than two weeks trapped inside a team of elite divers has been working for hours to extract twelve boys and their soccer approach and their mission is not over yet. 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 freedom two goals to nail it the first time england have advanced to the families of this tournament since one thousand nine hundred ninety. and now because of us and welcome to the program it's a dangerous and complex mission and it's not over yet but the head of the rescue operation in thailand says that so far the operation has been going better than expected the first boys have been rescued after more than two weeks trapped inside the operation to free the twelve boys and their soccer 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 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 pour 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. were. briefed on how to do so. so tell us more about what's unfolding there d.w. correspondent florian nourish is near the cave complex in northern thailand for and we just mentioned there was a short window of opportunity but i can hear the rain what's going on. yeah it has been raining again for the last hour or so it's not a massive downpour but it's pretty hard rain so this might affect the rescue

mission of the nine boys that are still trapped inside the cave about an hour ago we have heard the cib of rescue operation give a press conference just behind me here and he confirmed officially confirmed that four boys have been taken out of the cave they happened taken to the hospital and songwriter which is the provincial capital about sixty kilometers away from where we are right now and the chief of the rescue operation actually said that they are in perfect health condition now i guess he was getting a little bit carried away but he was very enthusiastic during this press conference that was cheering when he announced officially announce that those four boys so safe what we are hearing is that they are in ok condition for real those boys have been shuffled over to john ryan in ambulances one apparently has been shuffled in a helicopter he needs most medical attention this is the official wording but

apparently none of them is in any acute. danger optimism surely with the rescue of these boys got florian with the rains now the official mention anything about concerns they may have going into monday. well i mean the rains are always a concern and so today even the rescue people apparently half and caught a little bit by surprise that conditions inside the cave for better the next. back to that is what the what the government said was in charge of this operation and this is also why the first boy came out ahead of the cave about three hours before the official timeline that was given out this morning so yes he said that so far those rescue operations have been quite successful but he also said that they will be suspended now for the next ten to twenty hours for ones because

obviously the rescue divers who have been involved in this operation they need to rest as well back to check their gear and we're also hearing that they have to replenish the oxygen level inside the cave so you can imagine with dozens of rescue helpers inside the cave today those oxygen levels have come down so they need to be out again before they can start bringing out the remaining nine that are still trapped in the case oxygen levels remain a concern florrie and do we know anything about the condition of the remaining boys and their coach inside the cave in this hour. we don't know anything and there were a few questions during this press conference about an hour ago. the rescue operation did not go into any details as to the remaining boys he did not even this close to where they are right now their house they had been a little bit of a confusion in the beginning it said six boys have been taken out of the cave

officially it's only four so maybe two of the boy's house already been taken to one of the chambers so maybe they have gone part of the way we don't know yet so there's no official line as to the officials as to the state of the boys that are correspondent florian newish near the town long cave complex in northern thailand thank you very much. now the dangers of the operation were even more evident on friday when an experienced diver lost his life when he was delivering oxygen tanks to the cave of 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 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 out one by one it's estimated each trip will take six hours. or earlier we spoke of a cave diving expert ad sorenson he described the stressful conditions inside the cave especially the strong currents known as high flow. you know everybody reacts differently to stress and situations and. stress high. which they have extremely high. it's unpredictable and to experience a diversion high for in your overs ability. their stress will get so high.

and restrictions everybody the restrictions their family and their diet. all they actually were things that we imagine. absent 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 and a wand 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 fired since a failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen. the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea are holding historic peace talks in eritrea in capital and 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 directional 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. house russia have been hailed as heroes despite losing to croatia and a nailbiting penalty shoot out at the world cup the team are bask in moscow today to greet supporters at the capital spent best to bring us up to date on the world cup i'm joined in the studio by a lima taki 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 crazy how they did it with spain and they came this close but you know what don't believe me let's take a look. the host took us shockley 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 coverage 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 the croatia took the lead. rising highest for a corner to one. but russia was done finance has made it to wall to send the match into penalties. and off to russia missed two of their sport kicks it came down to even rocketeer church and the parcel line a midfielder kept his cool sending croatia into delirium. for their opponents

russia their world cup is now over. only my we were on the edge of the our seats watching that match but for russian fans surely it was even more nerve racking 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 does you have the high moral means 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 our 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 life. 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 for the boardroom lots 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 or 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 through church richard cizik. russians can hold their heads up

high they were graceful in defeat. from russia with love memories that will last a lifetime. so it wasn't to be for russia liam about 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 eight they really believe where they could go all the way and let's be honest when it be a bit refreshing if desk had a break. the dominance of the same a teams that always win the world cup yeah i'm

sure croatian fans are few but they will have some hurdles that they have to face england is next 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 nato england of course took the lead after half an hour what harry made 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 quarter knows at this world cup that's more than any other team more of the same in the second half across from jesse lynn got was turned in at the back post by debbie elliott 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 boss possibly bring it bring it home with a. sports. you're watching the news more coming up at the top of the hour you get the latest any time on our web site at www

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