guy delauney in a jubilant croatia. out of a tournament many believed they could win. here's katy watson in sao paolo. you can hear the band has started up, musicians presume blue book to celebrate a win for brazil going to to the semifinals, but now they have been booked they may as well enjoy the party. you see people sitting behind me. an unbelievable result for the brazilians. they were so convinced they were going to win this game and go through to the final. i have never seen such confidence. appalled means everything to brazilians. especially after a difficult few years politically, with so much division. i was talking to one woman who says brazil comes together with football. it doesn't matter about race, politics or religion but that brazil comes together when there is a world cup, and they take the day off. nobody worked because football matters so much, but instead they are going to have to find another team to support. talking to one couple, they said they will now be supporting croatia. they beat brazil, th

guy delauney has been soaking up the atmosphere in zagreb.k livakovic here in the centre of zagreb. all of these bars still pretty much packed out after the match, the quarterfinal of the world cup against brazil, which croatia won on penalties, as they tend to do. and dominik livakovic did what he tends to do, which is save those crucial kicks. croatia on the other hand proving extremely resilient in their own spot kicks. and talking to the fans throughout the course of the day and even during the match, and even when it looked desperate for croatia in the second half of extra time, when they were 1—0 down, they kept saying to me, "look, we will score a goal, we will take it to penalties. "we believe." what is even more, they believe they can go all the way to the final. people are saying to me, "we went all the way to the final. this time, we are going to do it again, but we are going to win it." guy delauney there in croatia. for every winner, there is a loser. for brazil, this was a devastating defeat, crashing out of a tournament many be

came under attack, that claim was rejected by authorities in kosavo. 0ur balkans correspondent guy delauneye border between serbia and kosovo, they will come into contact with nato's k1; peacekeepers. that would not seem to be a sensible thing to happen for serbia. that's not really what they want. they are also relying on k1; right now and have been for a number of years to ensure the safety and security of the ethnic serb minority in kosovo. so it would be counterproductive for serbia to do anything which would lead it to any sort of conflict or disagreement with k4. they are very important actor as far as serbia is concerned. for people who are watching who don't understand the geography and history of kosovo, at the root of it, is it that the northern proper provinces which are occupied by serbs considered themselves part of the greater serbia and not part of kosovo? the matter is serbia does not recognise kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence which kosovo made in 2008. as far as serbia is concerned kosovo is serbia and you will hear this stated, chanted and repeated by everyb

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but first here's guy delauney in croatia.he name of dominic, after the match and quarter—final of the world cup which croatia one on penalty as they ten to do and dominic livakovic did what he did, save those crucial keys. horatio proving extremely resilient in their spot kicks. talking to fans throughout the course of the day and even when it looked desperate for croatia in the second half of extra time when they were 1—0 down, there was an, look, we will score a goal and take you to penalties. we believe and once more they believe and once more they believe they can go all the way to the finals. people are saying to me, we went all the way to the finals and this time we are going to do it again but we are going to do it again but we are going to do it again but we are going to win it. you can hear the band has started up, musicians who presumably have been booked to celebrate a win by brazil, going through to the semifinals, but now, if they have been booked, they might as well enjoy the party. you can see people sitting be

came under attack, that claim was rejected by authorities in pristina. 0ur balkans correspondent guy delauneyou think what we are hearing from bell green is angry rhetoric or do you think there is real intent behind some of the statements they have made? if i was bettin: i statements they have made? if i was betting i would _ statements they have made? if i was betting i would say _ statements they have made? if i was betting i would say angry _ statements they have made? if i was betting i would say angry at - betting i would say angry at rhetoric because belgrade is well aware if it's troops crossed the border between serbia and kosovo they will come into contact with nato's k for peacekeepers. that would not seem to be a sensible thing to happen for serbia to stop and that's not really what they are also relying on k for right now and have been for a number of years to ensure the safety and security of the ethnic serb minority in kosovo. so it would be counterproductive for serbia to do anything which would lead it to any sort of conflict or disagreement with cake for her. they are very im

here's our balkans correspondent guy delauney.mple as that. as far serbia is concerned, kosovo is serbia. and you will hear this stated, chanted and repeated by everyone from the leaders of serbia right down to football supporters in the world cup for example. that is a statement of fact as far as they are concerned. so naturally if you are an ethnic serb living in kosovo you consider yourself notjust in ethnic serb living in kosovo, but a serbian citizen. and that is why when we have this dispute over car number plates in kosovo. which people were scratching their heads over, why a fall out over car number plates? the symbolism was tremendously important. kosovo wanted to assert its sovereignty by ensuring that ethnic serbs used kosovo number plates. ethnic serbs wanted to carry on using their serbian issued number plates. it is a matter of identity. 2022 will be the warmest year on record for the uk — according to provisionalfigures from the country's national weather service. the met office says the year will exceed the previou