as i say, it's on | the outskirts of blankenhain, all the outskirts of blankenhain, all the luxuriesort it says three golf courses to swimming pools, there are saunas and game rooms and basketball and restaurants everything a footballer could want but most importantly world—class football im porta ntly world —class football facilities importantly world—class football facilities that were brought in just a few years ago and earlier on today i was speaking to the owner of the hotel where england are staying and he told me thatjust a few weeks ago, the german national team was staying and elect of the german players he said are jealous of the fight they are not staying here and that england are emma and he told me a bit about the preparation of the facilities, the football facilities at the resort, and he said england had specifically requested that the grass on the training pitch be similar to the grass at wembley. we have 1.5 pitches here, and his also ua five _ have 1.5 pitches here, and his also ua five certified, and i think the conditions — ua five certified, and i think the condi

andy swiss, bbc news, blankenhain. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear.the weather? i can't do anything, i'm sorry. let's move on to what is happening in europe because it is notjust the uk seeing the disappointing weather. this northerly flow extending right down through france even into northern spain. so anywhere yellow, that is below average weather but any way with the dark russet is saying above average temperatures at the moment and where the two meet, in actual fact, that is triggering some sharp gambles. we have seen localised flash flooding in the alps, hail which extends all the way up into poland, those sharp and thundery downpours. even some rain heading towards germany, i'm afraid. closer towards germany, i'm afraid. closer to home, we have seen some thunderstorms in the last few hours. a rash of showers. those showers will tend to ease as we go through the night and actually, with skies clearing, temperatures are likely to fall away. a few showers running down through the irish sea into the cheshire gap as well but look at this. just to add

that game is five days away and ingrid will be training at their camp in blankenhain tomorrow hopingit was just a to prove that that defeats against iceland on friday it wasjust a mere blip, and hopefully that they'll be ready for their opening euros match against serbia on sunday. thank you, andy swiss- — let's cross like the jane gould —— jane dougall who is the scott and camp. a bit of a boost for andy robertson and others being back in training, and some relief for the squad? training, and some relief for the suuad? , ., ., ., , , , squad? yes, and for fans. this is because yesterday, _ squad? yes, and for fans. this is because yesterday, both - squad? yes, and for fans. this is because yesterday, both andy i because yesterday, both andy robertson and lawrence shankland did not take part in the whole of the training session, the first one of the camp, and robertson actually limped off, so there is quite a bit of concern but we knew yesterday it was not anything serious because the assistant scotland managerjohn assistant scotland manager john calvert assistant scotland managerjoh

after acclimatising to their surroundings — a five—star resort near to the east—german town of blankenhaint training session for the team will take place on tuesday. england kick off their tournament on sunday against serbia in gelsenkirchen. their welcome party were very excited for them to arrive. first, we are really proud to have such a team here, and i think all the people around living here in the small town are very proud to have the english team here. and my staff is quite excited, but even the english staff is now excited because they will arrive today, and everybody is waiting for the resurrection of the team, if they are satisfied and everything is ok, and it is a really big thing for us here to have the british team here, the english team here, it is really fantastic. italy arrived for their campaign on monday. italy come into the competition without the weight of the favourites tag over them, having endured a tricky qualifying campaign. clinching second place in group c behind england. they have since had the misfortune of being placed in arguably the toughest group alongside

they've been fine tuning their preparations at their base in blankenhain, hoping those first night nervesre's so much attention, i don't think people can really understand what it is like for young players. so, pleased to have got the result from that and we know we have to be better now. well, england know a win here in frankfurt tomorrow will guarantee their place in the knockout stages but in denmark, they're up against a team with a point to prove. at the last euros, england beat denmark in the semifinals. kane is there to follow in! the danes will be out for revenge but england will be hoping once again the celebrations will be theirs. andy swiss, bbc news, frankfurt. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. live from london. this is bbc news scotland get off the mark at euro 2024 — keeping their hopes of progressing alive with a draw against switzerland. the search continues in the canary island for a british teenager, jay slater, who's been missing since monday a police officer working as part of the prime minister's close protection team is arrested on suspicion of bett

this morning, those who didn't play yesterday were training at england's base in blankenhain, while thosereat save, jordan pickford! and the travelling fans know they will need to improve. well, for england supporters here it was a tricky night off the pitch, too. many of them struggled to leave the stadium after the game because of transport problems. they'll be hoping their next match against denmark on thursday is an altogether more comfortable experience. fans fa ns were fans were left stranded because they were not enough trains and some ended up walking miles through the night. ended up walking miles through the niuht. ., , , ended up walking miles through the niuht. ., ,, ~ ended up walking miles through the niuht. . ,, ~ ., night. fans still kill some kicking three hours _ night. fans still kill some kicking three hours after— night. fans still kill some kicking three hours after the _ night. fans still kill some kicking three hours after the game - night. fans still kill some kicking three hours after the game has l three hours after the game has finished at 2am is ridiculous and

dan roan, bbc news, blankenhain. the schooner, "quest" was discovered largely intact on the sea floor. the miraculous survival of shackleton's crew after their ship "endurance" became trapped in antarctic ice flows in 1914 is rightly lodged in history. after that incredible escape, shackleton continued exploring. he set sail for south georgia with some of his men, in a schooner called quest, but died of a heart attack while on board. the ship eventually sank off the coast of newfoundland, where it's now been located. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. good evening. it's a bit of a nondescript day again, much like we have seen the last three days. chilly start, bit of cloud around and warm sunshine here and there. tomorrow we will see a change, a weather system is moving in and that will bring in some milder air but some heavy and persistent rain. it is not going to feel much warmer because of the cloud and rain. tonight the sky is clear so a chilly night to come and lows down to one to 4 degrees in

andy swiss is at their base in blankenhain for us. andy.es for the euros. you can see why. it is a pretty quiet little place, away from all the hype of a major tournament. earlier on today, before they left saint georges park, england were given a royal sendoff by the prince of wales, who is also the president of wales, who is also the president of the football association. in the last few minutes, england have now touched down here in germany. they are staying in a hotel on the outskirts. it has all the sort of luxuries you would expect, a couple of golf courses, a couple of swimming pools, but most importantly it has world—class football facilities. england have a little bit of work to do on the training pitch after that disappointing defeat to iceland in their final warm up game on friday. but they are confident they will be ready for their opening euros match against serbia on sunday.— their opening euros match against serbia on sunday. andy, thank you very much- — serbia on sunday. andy, thank you very much- andy — serbia on sunday. an

after acclimatising to their surroundings — a five—star resort near to the east—german town of blankenhain have such a team here, and i think all the people around living here in the small town are very proud to have the english team here. and my staff is quite excited, but even the english staff is now excited because they would arrive today, and everybody is waiting for the resurrection of the team, if they are satisfied and everything is ok, and it is a really big thing for us here to have the british team here, the english team here, it is really fantastic. scotland are gearing up for friday's opening euro 2024 match against hosts germany in munich, with the scottish camp being extra cautious around player fitness, after andy robertson and lawrence shankland were withdrawn from training on monday. the scottish management though playing down any concerns, saying that both players are not expected to miss out on any more preparation ahead of the tournament opener. scotland manager steve clarke is already without the services of six players including lyndon dykes and ben doak. defending c

this morning those who didn't play yesterday were training at england's base in blankenhain, while whoe teams and how they've come into the tournament and how they've started, it wasn't quite reassuring to see how we've started. but, look, a win's a win. and that's the most important thing. i think it was always going to be a tough game, as well. so, yeah, that's. .. we're top of the group and in a good position. well, for england supporters here it was a tricky night off the pitch too. many of them struggled to leave the stadium after the game because of transport problems. they'll be hoping their next match against denmark on thursday is an altogether more comfortable experience. scotland, meanwhile, are preparing to face switzerland and they're hoping to forget this. after that 5—1 thumping by germany, can they rediscover their feel—good factor? certainly for scotland supporters, you know, we feel that _ disappointment as well. but, you know, i think they can see it's a real genuine side here, - with lads that want to give their |all for their country, and that's| what they will con

well, our reporter alex howell was in that press conference at england's training base in blankenhainon any criticism from outside the camp is not filtering into it. i think you could put it in the words of supporters, support views on how the team see it, the team are very calm and speaking to the men we heard from just there, he said that word three or four times that the team are very calm and focused, specifically when he was asked about the reaction to the team, then being booed after that game against sylvania, the reaction to the manager. he said they are all behind him, and they are focused on one game at a time. so inside the england camp, we'vejoined our message draw the competition since we been here, going into the final group game we heard all of the players repeat the message can we choose our own destiny, we are top of the group, this is how we qualify. i think the team even though there is a lot of discussion outside the camp, they are varied together with in it. so england play on sunday, as do georgia, as on the final day of the group stage they provided the story of

harry kane's team arrived in the small town of blankenhain in central germany on monday at a resort usedon friday. that's before switzerland on the 19th ofjune and hungary on the 23rd. scotland have never gone beyond the opening group stage at a major tournament and picked up just one point from three matches at the delayed euro 2020. the bottom line is we need four points to come out of the group, that guarantees to come out of the group, almost forever, of the group, almost forever. that always happen, so four points gets us out of the group. three points and 80 goal difference probably get you out of the group, so that's what we have to look at every game to look at every game in isolation, make sure we're competitive in every game. realistically, we go into the last game with a chance to qualify. hopefully, we'll have done it before with the points tally in the first two games. two comebacks from two of the big names in british tennis to bring you now — but it didn't go to plan for andy murray today at the stuttgart open. but betterfortunes for emma raducanu in nottingham — as she pu

dan roan, bbc news, blankenhain. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos.ight, rishi sunak underfire for the conservative government's record, as keir starmer refuses to rule out a series of tax rises. will any of it shift the dial? good evening. welcome to newsnight, with the best insight into tonight's interviews rishi sunak and sir keir starmer gave to sky's beth rigby and the answers they both gave to an audience of voters in grimsby. we're going to talk live to the home secretary and labour's shadow paymaster general. as soon as we establish communications. we can see them, we cannot quite hear them yet. and later, we'll speak to the deputy leader of the greens. ashraf al-qudra. —— zack polanski. our political panel tonight — philip collins — former speechwriter for tony blair and keir starmer, and salma shah, who was special adviser to ex tory home secretary sajid javid. first, some highlights of tonight's battle for number 10 on sky. no tax rises in the next parliament? no tax rises needed in the plans in our manifesto? in the plans? no tax rises for

but first, let's go to our reporter andy swiss, who is in blankenhain, where the england team are trainingers certainly seem to enjoy their first full training session here in germany. their training pitch is in a beautiful location deep in the german countryside. the local ground staff were asked to prepare the surface as if it was wembley stadium and it certainly looked in pristine condition. but there was one england player who was not at training today and that was defenderjohn stones. he did pick up a bit of an injury last week but we understand in fact it was illness that kept him out of the training session today. that will be a bit of a worry for england because they are already without one of the most experienced defenders harry maguire and so to miss another experienced defender would be a real blow. they will be keeping their fingers crossed that this is nothing serious. watching over the training session of course was the england manager gareth southgate and in an interview with a german newspaper he said that this might be his last chance to win a trophy with england. so he wi

but england's reception in blankenhain was still positive.the hosts had a chance. the fa have even had the grass made to order. i think the conditions are really good. if you know we have, this is a golf resort, we have m green keepers. but once things change, if your green keeper came and you said, hey, i want grass like wembley stadium, and then they said, hey, if you want it, we can do it. and they changed it. now we have really the same grass as the wembley stadium. the problem is, i said to you guys, hey, on the 14th ofjuly, you play in berlin on german grass, you have to know! scotland have settled in already. their german base is a little further south and they've been training ahead of their meeting with the hosts in the opening match of euro 2024 on friday. they're in the foothills of the alps in garmisch—partenkirchen but they'll soon be swapping the peace of bavaria for the buzz of munich and 75,000 fans in the allianz arena. that game will mark the beginning of scotland's second euros in a row which one of their senior players sug

england have been settling into their new surroundings in blankenhain, in central germany, as they beginwspaper bild that if england don't win it, he probably won't stay on in the job. he's been dealing with fitness worries but all 26 players did train yesterday in an open session with around 500 school children looking on. cristiano ronaldo never seems to age, he's certainly not slowing down. he scored twice for portugal in their 3—0 win over the republic of ireland in a friendly last night. 39 years old now, ronaldo. he lit up portugal's farewell party in a fairly comfortable warm up win before they head to germany for the euros. portugal are the 2016 european champions and they're one of the favourites to win it this time too. they begin their campaign against czech republic next tuesday. like the republic of ireland, northern ireland missed out on the euros but they were far too good for andorra in their friendly in murcia. liverpool's conor bradley scoring both goals in a 2—0 win. their next game will come in the nations league in september. it's the final day of the european athlet

after acclimatising to their surroundings — a five—star resort near to the east—german town of blankenhainhe south africa camp. some relief that they managed to rebuild from a potentially disastrous 23—11, but with just 13 from the final three overs, they'll be hoping that's enough runs on the scoreboard to hold off bangladesh. both sides unbeaten so far at the tournament. bangladesh bakhtin as we speak, 13-1. and it's official, jannik sinner is the first italian to become men's world number one in tennis. sinner won the australian open earlier this year and secured his position at the top of the atp rankings by reaching the semi—finals of the french open, where he was beaten by eventual champion carlos alcaraz. sinner replaces novak djokovic after the serb withdrew from roland garros before his own quarterfinal. the 22—year—old say there's plenty more to come. meet region number one in the world was always rich in one go and sit in another one, now i am in this case again, now we want to show ourselves and myself that i can do it again, so we know it's a great chance, but visibly that's i

the england team were back on the pitch today at their base in blankenhain as they recover from thatge. page led wales to their first world cup in 64 years when they played in qatar in 2022. they also got through to the last 16 of the previous euros. wales thanked page for his service and acknowledged his role in the "significant milestones and victories which have created many incredible memories" for the nation during his time in charge. england have been set 164 to beat south africa in their second super 85 game of the t20 world cup. england won the toss and decided to bowl in saint lucia. and they might have regretted that decision early on as quinton de kock made a half—century in just 22 balls. butjos buttler�*s side managed to get him for 65 thanks to the captain himself, who took a superb catch as south africa made 163—6. in reply, england are 19—1. jack draper has taken his queens quarter final into a deciding set against american tommy paul. he lost the first 6—3 to the fifth seed... but has just broken in the 12th game of the second to take it 7—5. these are life pictures

harry kane's team arrived in the small town of blankenhain in central germany on monday at a resort usedk- two years. no signs of nuts numb nerves early on. a break of- two years. no signs of nuts numb nerves early on. a break of serve | nerves early on. a break of serve in the opening game. a one game break soon became two. it is the opening game. a one game break soon became two.— soon became two. it is magnificent from radical- _ soon became two. it is magnificent from radical. accuracy _ soon became two. it is magnificent from radical. accuracy in _ soon became two. it is magnificent| from radical. accuracy in abundance all too much — from radical. accuracy in abundance all too much for _ from radical. accuracy in abundance all too much for her _ from radical. accuracy in abundance all too much for her opponent, - all too much for her opponent, closing the opening set in 31 minutes, and despite breaking twice in the second, her opponent could not stop the inevitable. 713 days after she last stepped onto a grass court amaretto kernel winning on home turf. alex fletcher, bbc news. andy

we can now go live to blankenhain in germany where the england team are holding a press conference.ngham scored the winning goal in the open—air of the tournament. they are top of their group as things stand. they play denmark next on thursday so we are waiting to hear what all of the latest news is from the england camp. we will bring that to you life when it begins. president putin has praised north korea for "firmly supporting" russia's war in ukraine, as he prepares to arrive in the country for the first time in 20 years. his visit was announced on north korean state tv, and the ruling worker's party newspaper published a letter in which putin pledged his unwavering support for pyongyang. few more details have been released about the timings, but president putin has stopped off en—route in the eastern russian city of yakutsk. there are concerns in the west that the two nuclear powers could increase co—operation on weapons systems, in violation of international sanctions. 0ur correspondent, shaimaa khalil, is following the story from seoul and sent this update. well, this visit i