this is d.w. news live from but they now say the office a grueling and dangerous rescue in china and the first four days have been brought sounds of a flooded cave alive often more than two weeks from tim sides as he vividly diagrams was found no was to get them out and then mission is not over yet. the boys are coming out brushes world cup fairy tale comes to an end happy. heartbreak for the host a nation that they losing

a nailbiting penalty shootout their opponents croatia advance to the last day take a look at all of the semifinal match ops. i'm going to home free glad you could join me officials in thailand say they've managed to get four boys out from a flooded cave off that they spent more than two weeks on the ground a team of international divers spent ten hour was leading the first children to safety but have now pulled off for a sions overnight eight more boys in their twenty five year old soccer coach remain stranded the local governor held the first stage of the rescue effort a success. sixteen days today's the day we've been waiting for we are seeing the wild boars in the flesh.

it's the outcome the world has been hoping and praying for the first voice from the soccer team called the wild boars extracted safely from the cave and on their way by helicopter and ambulance to hospital. after days of preparation expert foreign divers and members of the tiny babies elite seal unit launched a daring and dangerous mission to rescue the youngsters and their coach a hazardous nature of the operation highlighted by the death of a diver on friday. the boys and their rescuers must travel four kilometers from the elevated shelf where they were found to the entrance to 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 tanks strategically placed along the route for resupply the t. junction or sam yak is the most critical part and narrow for where there's only room for one person at a time here they will have to remove their tanks and dive through to the dry area

as night fell the rescue mission halted to give the teams time to get ready for the next phase of the operation and. we will continue the rescue operation when we are ready we need to lay out all the air tanks along the way we have used up everything we had today. some ninety divers are taking part and thirteen separate medical teams have been lined up one for the coach and one for each of the twelve boys bringing them out will be a long and painstaking process each trip will take several hours. well the w.'s familia knishes been reporting from the scene for us he sent us his assessment of a momentous day. it is the end of an exhorter narry and very long day here in the north of thailand early this morning we were presented with an official timeline of

when the first voice would actually be extracted from the cave then all of a sudden we hours prior to this original timeline we first heard only rumors and a few hours later the official confirmation that four boys have actually been able . to get out of this cave they are in stable health conditions they have been transferred to the provincial hospital about sixty kilometers away from where we are right now and the mood here in this makeshift press camp as well as anywhere around has been very very enthusiastic for the last few hours this news that they actually made it stows for boys really was met with grades searing and so one can safely say that the first stage of this rescue mission has been a success now what we mustn't forget is that even though four boys out nine are

still trapped in the cave and as you can see it is raining right now and it is still a race against time and weather so this daunting mission here in the north of thailand is far from over. our correspondent flavio and in northern thailand well japanese officials believe at least seventy six people have died due to flooding and landslides in the west of the country to rancho downpours have wreaked havoc in the region to order two million people to evacuate their homes rescue workers are still searching for dozens of missing people amidst dangerous conditions i have the rains have transformed much of japan into a quagmire killing scores and wreaking havoc in cities throughout the west of the country like here including. the city was one of the hardest hit

rescuers were forced to evacuate over one hundred thirty patients from this hospital after floodwaters continue to rise. many of them were in wheelchairs the evacuation was difficult. the true extent of the damage is only visible from the air. boy i just didn't expect something like this to happen so i hadn't packed anything i left with only the clothes on my back. the government says this is the most ring to hit the nation in over forty years they've enlisted the help of more than fifty thousand rescuers to deal with the flooding. you don't think anybody who took part we will adopt the rescue efforts as the situation develops and continue to do our utmost to save lives and directive accusations there are still many anxious people staying at evacuation centers we will do our utmost to help them. almost two million people have been ordered to evacuate their

homes many have found shelter in evacuation shelters like this one. and while many residents have already started to clean up japan's national broadcaster warned many regions could face more rain over night. now some of the other stories making news around the world the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea have agreed to end decades of conflict and reopen diplomatic ties it was their first meeting between leaders of the african neighbors in nearly twenty years if you're in eritrea began a border war in one nine hundred ninety eight in relations remain tense and till now. turkey's government has fired more than eighteen thousand state employees over an edge links to terror groups those sacks include police offices military personnel and teaches it comes a day before president obama 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 they failed coup in twenty sixty. meanwhile turkey says ten people have been killed and dozens more injured after a train derailed in the country's northwest heavy rain caused a landslide on to the tracks need to keep that about one hundred twenty kilometers west of istanbul to. the quarter finals of the world cup in russia all done and dusted let's get a round up of all the results while on saturday croatia beat russia a thrilling penalty shootout in england defeated sweden in friday's quarterfinals from scott the better of year of belgium east falls brazil and that means that the semifinals are now set france will battle belgium in st petersburg on choose day and croatia will face england in moscow on wednesday. well then time to

take stock i'm joined in the studio by former professional footballer found in steel he's now head of international relations and scouting the bundesliga side hoffenheim great to have you with us here today now it was an incredible match between the hosts russia of course and croatia on saturday crow i trow asia coming out on top can they go all the way what do you think you think they played a brilliant two women so for loop expression in the group stage very strong but looking at the last two games in the knockout stage they did have their problems they had to go all the way in the penalty shoot out twice but yeah i mean they have a brilliant squad looking at motegi drug at the realm of the person who are absolutely world class players and those of the taking side this month who creature of the city beach looks very very strong so i think yes they do came through in the way but it's a very difficult game of course against informing absolutely you know talking about that much against england in the seventy finals here sweden of course what do you

make of gareth southgate's side. well i'm very surprised positively surprised i think so straight really is the the key fact that the three lions doing that well you know it's a mix between experience and very very young players england for a long time seem to have a goalkeeper was picked for really doing well i think it was always one of these issues in english football that the goalkeeper makes mistakes at world cup level so far as absolutely outstanding but of course hurricane delhi belly like why are all very interesting players top class players and i think england is for me i know in a shaper they really can win the title all right well let's take a look at the other side of the jaw we've got from south facing belgium belgium who got past brazil what makes the belgian so dangerous over meets at the moment the best counter-attacking team in the world it's speed froot loop could have so much temple on the wing specially when they win the ball in midfield to go directly up and actually counter-attack. they're really cold brazil very very cold and i really

had brazil on the list to win the world cup but the belgians had the exact right tactic and i think also martinez as the head coach doing a brilliant job really working on a different kind of tactic and i think he transformed the belgium side not just in to c could favorite now the actually a team which can challenge for the title that said front slipped equally convincing against argentina and uruguay is this something that you can see in france is all snow which looks to be their weapon of choice very young but very very solid i think the mix between old and young players is perfect. one of the most interesting players griezmann have to work close play sports for me county in midfield he's the key factor because he's the balance he's filling all the rooms all the spaces he runs his socks off and he's just the guy which is maybe the key factor against belgium side which is expression be on the side of the counter take the injuries so

they will be the guy who will close that down and i think it's a very open game fifty fifty i can't think a favorite all right but it has been an incredible wild cup so far of enjoyed every moment that you have any moments that were just your favorite yes i think the whole situation where russia was like the laughingstock of their own country nobody had them on the list to actually go anywhere and suddenly the whole country is behind them that performed outstanding church yourself did a great job but i think russia became a footballing country during that vote cup and i think that was true in the stadium the way the stadiums of built the whole world cup so far is a fairy tale and i'm actually very very proud that russia menage that this by the critics that you take before the tournament well that fairy tale is of course at this time around here's your pick to lift the trophy i would go for england because i have a bit of england in my heart so let the three lions actually win the title they were waiting for a long long time write me six why is this fantasy have thank you very much indeed.

in formula one sebastian fighter has edged out title rival lewis hamilton at the british grand prix extending his lead at the top of the standings squeezed his ferrari past the sadie's of terry both tests in the dying laps to take the lead and claim his fifth win of the season he now holds an eight point advantage over hamilton who ended up in second place commuter i can finished that and the race to the line so get another mass crash that eliminated nearest rival here's what happened. the top headed in learning for stage two waving through one hundred eighty three kilometers of french countryside for veteran silva shover no it was his eighteenth tall and he broke ahead in front of cheering home fans but after one hundred fifty kilometers the packet caught up again as the peloton and to rush to your for the final desha the pace increased with the sprint specialists jostling

for position chaos struck just before the finish line with a massive crash taking out a number of riders including the yellow jersey holder ferdinando. that left the leading pack to fight it out the podium finishes amongst themselves slovakian pair to saga to tally in saudi could barely an hour of france in the final sprint. with this stage victory sargon also claimed the yellow jersey as the tools overall leader. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you the first four boys had emerged along from a flooded cave in thailand authorities rushed them to hospital after they spent over two weeks on the ground a team of international divers voters you met this to rescue the rest of the grief the whole sting operations of another. new spending all coming up at the top of the hour of course you can always get the latest on our web site d.w.

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