and newsnight‘s emily maitlis has a run—in with a german politician. first full week of the world cup divided the nation into happy and often excited fans, and disgruntled, often angry non—enthusiasts. many of the latter felt the tv schedules and news output were being taken over by football, with england's first game on monday already the top headline 12 hours before it kicked off. you're watching bbc breakfast. the wait is almost over, england make their debut at the 2018 world cup. this morning, the team have appealed for fans to get behind them as they prepare to take on tunisia tonight. get behind us, we'll give it a real go. we aren't there to lay up, we will go there and give it a go. gillian grey tweeted her dissatisfaction with that. the news channel and bbc one news bulletins continue to look forward to the match during the course of the day, and to look back to england's victory the following day when it took top billing. carol peters contacted us and send us this video. i'm very aware ofjust how important england playing in the world cup ri