us anywhere.“ you're watching in the netherlands you're watching in the netherlands you welcome to giveur country. that's it for this half of outside source. i will be backin half of outside source. i will be back ina half of outside source. i will be back in a couple of minutes time when we will have the latest on this potential deal between barcelona and paris st germain. neymar could break the world transfer record. we will be talking about floods and typhoons in this weather forecast. much of our time will be spent in asia where the weather is particularly likely at the moment. looking at the effect where we have two tropical systems coming together, spiralling around each other. it's called the smartmatic effect where two storms have brought torrential rain across south—east areas of china. more recently it has been the turn of a neighbouring province with 113 millimetres of rain falling province with 113 millimetres of rainfalling in province with 113 millimetres of rain falling in 24 hours. again, flooding has been a result, with ca rs flooding has been a result, with cars submer

it was the perfect ending for netherlands.y young team and what a fitting final. the first european title and they did it in some style stop you can hear the cheers behind me as the players make their way onto the bus. what a game. the first half had four goals. denmark where the ahead after a penalty. then it was levelled, much to the delight of the boisterous crowd. then the netherlands went ahead again before it was equal again by half—time. in the second half, the dutch started to wrestle control of these match. the captain with a great freekick to make it 3—2. and finally with a minute to go, 11—2 for the netherlands. what a tournament for the hosts. the surprise team coming into this. after 22 years of german domination, it is the start of a new era in women's european football. arsenal have english football's first silverware of the season. the fa cup winners beat the champions, chelsea — to win the fa community shield at wembley. it was chelsea who took the lead though — victor moses beating the offside trap and firing

the netherlands, much of the land there is reclaimed from the sea, and netherlands decades ago to basicallys sums seal itself off from the flding that typically came from the sea and destroyed villages, homes, farms and so forth. a big difrences the netherlands is a very small untry. its coastline is relatively small. the coastline of the united states isany hundreds of times, including inlets and so on, thousandsf times larger th that of the netherlands. trillions of dollars to build the equivalent infrastrucre in the united stes that they see in the netherland. even then, i doot think it would be practical from an engineering perspective. that said, what thcaller is sayi is that what she sees i value in the investmenof infrastructure that would help reduce the severity and frequency of flooding. that is an excellent point. currently, given we have a policy of subsidizing homes, as in. in coastal -- businesses coastal areas, we do not ze to discourage ts. we need to adopt a consensus, and there are some reforms proposed that would do this, that would provide incentives to invest in the kind

the netherlands, much of the land in the netherlands is reclaimed from the sea and the netherlands decades ago spent enormous sums to basically seal himself off from the flooding that typically came on the sea and destroyed farms, homes, villages and so forth. a big difference is the itsherlands is a very small country. its coastline is relatively small. the coastline of the united states is many hundreds of times and if you include the inlets and so on and so forth, thousands of times larger than that of the netherlands. it would cost literally trillions of dollars to build the equivalent infrastructure in the united states that they see in the netherlands today. even then, i don't think it would be practical from anul engineering perspective. that said what the caller ishat saying is what she sees is value in the investment of infrastructure that would help reduce the severity in the frequency of flooding.ue that is an excellent point. currently, given that we have a policy of subsidizing homes, businesses to live in coastal areas and we don't zone in a way that would discourage this wha

for many thousands of people across the netherlands, how it ends will truly bea netherlands, how it endsjoin the conversation online and let us join the conversation online and let us know your thoughts. before we go, a look at the markets. japan and australia have open. the nikkei is up australia have open. the nikkei is up by australia have open. the nikkei is up by 129 point four. the all ords gaining 35 points, 0.6%. this is because wall street stocks jumped overnight as investors took advantage of recent pullbacks in equities as worries about us political stability and tensions with north korea received. the dow jones soaring by about 1%, 196 points. the nasdaq composite index in positive territory by 1.4%. as for the currency markets, the dollar advancing ahead of the meeting of central bankers. thank you so much for investing your time with us and have a profitable wednesday. see you again soon. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: two days after an american warship and a tanker collided off the coast of singapore, divers have found bodies inside the flooded compartments o

our latest report comes from the netherlands and looks at euthanasia, which is legal in the netherlandsis deemed to be experiencing unbearable suffering can submita experiencing unbearable suffering can submit a request. here is the bbc‘s anna corrigan. how all some of you to check out my channel right now. i'm a comedian, motivational speaker. she was a performer who adored the spotlight. but in 2015, she decided to end her life with euthanasia. lowe she was so young, life with euthanasia. lowe she was so young, 25. she had a lot of pain in her body, physically and mentally. she couldn't deal with it. head doctor granted her request on the fourth time of asking. she said, mum, i've got news. i can go. it's my liberation day. and we had never such a happy child. 6300 patients we re such a happy child. 6300 patients were given the life ending treatment in the netherlands in 2016 and 500 of them used this independent foundation. the end of life clinic isa foundation. the end of life clinic is a private company. they employ 55 teams consisting of a doctor and nurse who travel out to people

it's the first time the netherlands have won the european championships.adium. enormous roar around the london stadium because it is time for the men's 100 metres medal for the men's100 metres medal ceremony which has been brought forward because the iaaf fear that it might distract from the main event. it was said to be after eight o'clock but we have the two times drug cheatjustin o'clock but we have the two times drug cheat justin gatlin o'clock but we have the two times drug cheatjustin gatlin perceiving the gold medal, 12 years after his last —— receiving. he stunned this stadium when he beat that man usain bolt into bronze, christian coleman, the young american, taking silver. we are waiting to see what kind of reception justin gatlin we are waiting to see what kind of receptionjustin gatlin gets when he gets his gold medal. lord coe this morning on the bbc said this is not the perfect script. slightly awkward that here's a man who will be hanging a gold medal, one of the mild —— the most prized medals. christian coleman will get a great round of app

the netherland netherland have to deal with that as hosts in the stadium and out?ave been dealing with it very well. they have risen to the occasion. they are one of the form teams coming into this, as as england. they have 100% record and conceded one goal. playing very well indeed. england beat them any friendly back in november last year, 1- friendly back in november last year, 1— yl. the dutch side want to show they have improved. we have lots of players who are based in england, including the arsenal striker and liverpool's clear. the pose a potent front three. we spoke to martin's earlier today and this is what she had to say about the match. earlier today and this is what she had to say about the matchm earlier today and this is what she had to say about the match. it feels good. every single player is going to england or france and, if the comeback with the national team, ucb team growing and that is good. hopefully in the few years will be more. “— hopefully in the few years will be more. “ you see hopefully in the few years will be more. —— you see the te

the public authorities of belgium and the netherlands play a key role.rket shelves and as tests continue, one theory is that the chemical may have entered the food chain when barnes were cleaned with a detergent against insects. the financial losses for dutch farms are potentially huge. "this batch of eggs have been blocked as a precaution," the trader says. "the damage is enormous. "we are fighting a crisis at the moment." millions of eggs are now being destroyed and a criminal investigation is under way. sarah corker, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news — still to come. a trip down memory lane with the veterans of edinburgh's international festival. the question was whether we wanted to save our people, and the japanese as well, and win the war, or whether we wanted to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. invasion began at 2:00am this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. and we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old, and still ful

the netherlands took england out of the european championship. be the netherlands and denmark in the final. psg have signed neymarfor a world record fee of $200 million. incredible! from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello, once again. this sphere is beginning to get a bit overworked. it's been one of those weeks. the reason? that area of low pressure has been thereabouts across the british isles for much of the past week. there are signs of a change, but it's going to be oh so slow. feeling that way across northern scotland from the word go. showers, if not longer spells of rain. that's not the only area. coming away to the opposite end of the country, showers running in up the bristol channel, getting into the northern half of devon and cornwall, up to bristol. another feed coming in from the channel itself, away towards the kent and sussex coasts. further north, some dry weather across the east midlands east anglia, and the rest of the south—east, but generally speaking, the further north you go, the cloud fills in and some of those sh

sample netherlands played a key role. sa m ple tests netherlands played a key role. one theory is that the chemical may have entered the food chain through cleaning barns with a detergent against insects. the financial losses for dutch farms are potentially huge. this batch of eggs have been blocked as a precaution, the trader says. the damage is enormous. we are fighting a crisis at the moment. millions of eggs are now being destroyed and a criminal investigation is under way. let's round up some other stories now. it's emerged that the father of the captain of a team of afghan schoolgirls who took part in a recent robotics competition in the us was among those killed in a bomb attack in the city of herat. officials say he was wounded in the attack on a mosque on tuesday and died later. the afghan team made headlines participating in the international robot 0lympics in washington last month. an air france plane carrying more than 330 passengers may have come as close as 100 kilometres to an intercontinental ballistic missile — launched by north korea last week. air

england have been taking on the netherlands in the euro championship.sjust about finished. tell us what's happening. i'm afraid to report for england fans that they have lost this semifinal 3—0. the third goal went on in the stroke of that time, see you can probably still here the cheers behind me. vivien medina gave the netherlands the lead in the first half and only one team in women's euro semifinal history have come back from a goal down at half—time to win and that was germany in 2009. it was not to be on this occasion. danielle vande dong scored the second goal for the netherlands, and the third was just said has gone on. england u nfortu nately for said has gone on. england unfortunately for their supporters waved their worst performance for the most important match of all. they had conceded just one goal in the tournament up until this point, scoring 11. it seemed the dream was alive. england chasing theirfirst ever major trophy in the women's competition. they reached the final of this tournament in 2009, losing to germany. then the semifinals

they all have to start by beating the netherlands here tonight.ace either denmark or austria, the danes who knocked out the defending champions germany. austria had an excellent chance to take the lead, but sarah puntigam missed from the penalty spot. it‘s still 0—0 in the 2nd half. there‘s live commentary on bbc 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. england against the netherlands kicks off is at 7.45 with commentary on radio five live and of course live updates on the bbc sport website. there‘s nobody who wants england‘s women to reach the final more than gloria sta pylton. she‘ll be glued to the tv tonight as her grand—daughter lucy bronze is part of the team to take on the dutch. but if england make it through to the final, gloria faces a bit of a fixture clash as mark tulip explains. that‘s the touch, and manchester city lead. she is one of the most inform footballs and the planet, lucy inform footballs and the planet, lu cy bro nze inform footballs and the planet, lucy bronze helped england to third place in the last world cup and h

most of the tainted eggs come from the netherlands belgium and germany. but the netherlands being europe's biggest a producer. scores of farms have been shut down. eggs contaminated with that burnell have also been found in sweden switzerland france and luxembourg bringing the number of european countries affected so far to eight. in venezuela face the opposition math has been removed from his post and jailed stated smolinski was found guilty of failing to prevent anti government protests in his district. and he was sentenced to fifty. prison. the jailing all. the government. and the day. and now what they and number i do both mayor from the position he's but spokesman. as has been removed from office by the government in the past year moreover. hostile seven see alexis opposition mirrors and excellent face some sort of legal actions against them. and. you knowing in caracas sets you out of five for. out on iran has as we as we speak so our people have not been surprises supposed by by this movie just relates the sound of repression. but it's been a leadi

it was the perfect ending for netherlands.l. their first european title and they did it in some style. you can hear the cheers behind me as the players make their way onto the bus. what a game. the first half had four goals. denmark went ahead after a penalty. then it was levelled, much to the delight of the boisterous crowd. then the netherlands went ahead again before it was equal again by half—time. in the second half, the dutch started to wrestle control of this match. the captain with a great freekick to make it 3—2. and finally with a minute to go, 4—2 for the netherlands. vivianne miedema again. what a tournament for the hosts. the surprise team coming into this. after 22 years of german domination, it is the start of a new era in women's european football. one pennsylvania family has taken to the tree tops in their own backyard to protest against a portion of their land being seized by the petroleum company sunoco. they want to lay a new pipeline and they say they've followed a proper legal process to take the land. th

the netherlands the only side other than england have a 100% record at the euros.gether for a place in the final. and you can listen to live commentary on the semifinal tomorrow night on bbc five live from 7.45. now to one of the more bizarre stories of the day, but at the same time absolutely brilliant. roma have honoured club legend francesco totti by launching the striker‘s final shirt into space. totti spent his entire 24—year playing career with the italian club before retiring in may. yesterday, a rocket carrying the iconic number 10 shirt, from his final game against genoa, was successfully launched from french guiana. he scored 307 goals for roma after making his debut. he'll now become a director at the italian club. also coming up on tonight's sportsday. .. coming up, a eurostar homecoming for british athletes after their holding camp. world championships about to begin andi camp. world championships about to begin and i will speak to an olympic medallist. now this man has undoubtedly been one of the stars of the sporting summer so far — british swimmer a

ona ineffective against the netherlands.land were able to take the final step. we will be talking about that more corrupt programme. they did do us proud. they did. a supermarket in greater manchester has received a number of complaints from customers who accused builders of wolf—whistling at them. it turned out the local workmen were very right to protest their innocence, because look with was! we couldn't believe it. we kept telling the customers when they came in and they think it is hilarious. i have people looking at me when he's whistling and they go —— and i go, no, it's the parrot! it later turned out that this chap is the actual culprit. a local, called ted, and that was his owner. he's a cheeky parrot who lives in a pet shop just across the road. that must have being quite funny. i wonder how many workmen got berated for being so rude! shall we have a look at the papers? the front pages, lots of different stories, real variety. the front pages, lots of different stories, realvariety. picking up on the news which ca

euthanasia is legal in the netherlands and optus for those with terminal illnesses.cing unbearable suffering with no chance of recovery can submit a request. but as anna holligan reports, plans to relax the law further are attracting opposition and accusations that insurers just want to cut pay—outs. how all some of you to check out my channel right now. i am a stand—up comedian and motivational speaker. she was a performer who adore the spotlight, but in 25th team, she decided to end her life with you than asia. -- euthanasia. she was so young, 25. she had a lot of pain in her body, physically and mentally, she couldn't deal with it. her doctor granted her request on the fourth time of asking. she said, mum, mum,i fourth time of asking. she said, mum, mum, igot fourth time of asking. she said, mum, mum, i got news. fourth time of asking. she said, mum, mum, igot news. i fourth time of asking. she said, mum, mum, i got news. i can go. it's my liberation day. and she was such a happy child. 6300 patients were given the night —— life ending treatment in 2016, and 500 o

there are many rules in the netherlands, so we are thinking it is ok.e, farms have had to be closed. fresh eggs and products made with eggs have been withdrawn from sale from the uk, ireland, poland, italy and romania, and others. in switzerland, even as far afield as hong kong, there have been re—calls, too. all this shows is how interconnected our industrial food chains are today. belgian authorities said the first signs of a problem may have emerged as long ago as november in the netherlands. there are difficult questions for european countries — why wasn't anything done sooner? the european commission has called for a meeting of member states to get to the bottom of the problem. the aim is to draw the relevant lessons and continuously improve the effectiveness of the eu system to deal with food fraud and food safety issues. fipronil is used to kill fleas in domestic pets and is not allowed on animals entering the food chain. the amounts discovered in eggs are not harmful to humans, but prosecutors said two people have been arrested for threatening p

denmark, so it is england against the netherlands. the netherlands. win their first ever major tournamentre at the manchester academy. england are without their goalkeeper. siobhan chamberlain will replace the injured karen bardsley. that doesn't seem to worry her team—mates or manager. in the tournament. and face the hosts. a host nation in the quarter—final, which was a fantastic experience. which was a fantastic experience. want to put on the england shirt and do what is right for the team. the biggest transfer in world football should be completed today. for it, £198 million. he left barcelona for the french capital yesterday. or 865,000 euros a week before tax. here's what some psg fans think of the move. we are all very excited for his coming. coming. i think he can make good things in this team. things in this team. ridiculous, that's the only thing i think about. think about. for players is ridiculous at this moment. after a hard—fought victory over the norwegian side rosenborg. brendan rodgers' side a 1—0 aggregate win. they now go into the playoff round which will be drawn tomor

that was a record for women's football in the netherlands. it is they who go on to the final.d, they will look to rebuild after what has been a very impressive campaign on the whole. it has made such an impact back home. thank you david. as david said, that means they will take on denmark in sunday's final at euro 2017. after a goalless 120 minutes in breda, denmark beat austria on penalties to reach their first final. simone boya sorreson with the winning spot kick. this is the penalty that sealed it. that means denmark will be playing in sunday's final of course against the hosts, and the netherlands. elsewhere... it's a done deal! paris st—germain have finally completed the signing brazil forward neymar for a world record fee from barcelona on a five year contract. it smashes the fee that took paul pogba back to manchester united from juventus last year. neymar will earn just over a0 million pounds a year. our sports news correspondent rivhard conway is in paris. it has been the transfer saga of the summer. it is now officially at an end. neymar is a paris st germain player

the eggs were first discovered in belgium, the netherlands, and germany.se three countries are getting blamed. hague, walkrom the us through what we know about this contamination scare. >> this started with a lowly poultry mite. it was one company in holland that has proven effective at treating it. 180 companies have hired this company. the reason it was so effective is because it was treating this with an insecticide that you might use for your cat or dog. it is banned for use in the food industry. that led to a series of arrests, at least three arrested here yesterday. it is an international scandal because their supplier was in belgium. this has escalated into a diplomatic spat as well. the belgian minister learning the netherlands, saying the country has known about this for a few months and failed to act. the netherlands hit back yesterday saying there was an anonymous tip back in december, but there is no reason to believe this would affect eggs. this has gone up to eu level talks. the european commissioner says they should stop trading blame. he is

the netherlands is europe's biggest producer of eggs.ghtered. this farm has been given the all clear. the pest control company that fumigate her band, didn't use the banned insecticide fipronil but the damage to hurt industry has been done. the farmers trust the companies to come and do their stuff. there are many rules in the netherlands, so we are thinking it is ok. the extent of the problem is spreading. where it started in the netherlands, farms in belgian, germany and france, farms have had to be close. eggs have been withdrawn from sale from the uk, ireland to poland, italy and romania. in switzerland, even as far as hong kong, there have been re—calls. all this shows how interconnected our industrial food chains are. belgian authorities said the first signs of a problem may have emerged as long ago as november in the netherlands. there are difficult questions for european countries, why wasn't anything done sooner? the european commission has called for a meeting of member states to get to the bottom of the states. the aim is to c

belgium has accused the netherlands of numbing abouta has accused the netherlands of numbing about aerous contamination since late last yea r. let's dangerous contamination since late last year. let's look at this. belgian officials had already admitted to knowing injune that dutch eggs might contain a harmful insecticide. the information was not made public until a month later. that was widely criticised across europe. now, belgian's agriculture minister says that the netherlands may have known about the problem as far back as last november. what is involved here? it is fibrin alba talking about, the contaminants that can harm the kidneys, thyroid glands. he is adam fleming in brussels. belgian mps interrupted their summer holidays today so they could quiz the head of the food standards agency and also the agriculture and public health minister here in belgium. the belgian government is fighting against this allegation that they knew for quite some time that there could be a problem with these contaminated eggs. but they failed to pass that information on to their european neighbour

now it's pointing the finger back at the netherlands. the belgian agriculture minister says that the dutch knew about the. twenty sixteen. and that requests for information made in june went unanswered for nearly a month. golf. when a country like the netherlands one of the biggest exporters of eggs in the world. does not share this type of information because we've got santa's a real issue. suppose the mobile. the heart of the scandal is a drug called cipriano an insecticide use to rid animals of fleas lice antic. the eu has banned the drug from being given to animals dustin for human consumptio. belsen food inspectors notified the european union on july twentieth that tests conducted in early june. revealed elevated levels like that you know in a spoon to form twelve million we have to find ways to reduce the communications delays. in the future portal cop when you cases arise should become so done with oculus rotate well since then contaminated eggs have also been found in france. germany the netherlands sweden switzerland and the uk.

. >>> in the netherlands, boris conrad sits down with a deck of cards and memorizes them.ranked memory athlete. he's also a neuroscientist. >> we all want to have a healthy brain through all of our lives. as the field of scientific research shows us, if you don't challenge your brain, your memory, the risk to get dementia or other diseases also increases. >> boris works at the donders institute in the netherlands with fellow neuroscientist martin dressler. their latest study, to understand the brains of memory athletes. >> we were interested in what makes a memory athlete on the neurobiology level. we do know that they use certain strategies but we don't know what happens in their brains. >> the study enrolled 23 top ranked memory athletes, including boris. he helped design a regimen for the participants to train like the athletes do for 30 minutes a day for six weeks. there was also a control group. the brains of all three groups were then examined through a series of mris. >> you can do a lot of different things. first we looked at the brain structure. we could see by si

millions of eggs have been pulled from super marks in germany, belgium, and the netherlands. -- fromupermarkets in germany, belgium, and the netherlands. >> nearly 2 billion and waiting to be destroyed. this dutch farm has ground to a .alt they have found traces of a dangerous insecticide. is bannedreat fleas, on animals -- it is banned on animals that produce food. there are strong suspicions it was used to water down and authorized herbicide. the scandal has major financial consequences. thehe government determines rules. they decide these eggs are not good enough. so we should talk about damages. take six to eight weeks to be eliminated, a long wait that means lots of lost revenue. three supermarket chains in the netherlands, germany, switzerland, and sweden pulling dutch eggs from their shelves. germany has been hit hard with contaminatedllion eggs. authorities are pressing for answers. >> even if you assume an acute health hazard is practically impossible, the unlawful use of this on food producing animals such as hens is unacceptable. reporter: germany x pressing -- they were t

the contaminated eggs came from the netherlands.ent anna holligan from a poultry farm in dalfsen. she said that farmers there are worried that their reputations will be damaged by this scare. there are 25,000 hens inside this poultry farm. that might sound like a lot, but this isjust a tiny portion of what is a vast industry. that's part of the problem and part of the recently contaminated eggs have spread so far and so fast. we are hearing now that some have reached hong kong. the eggs here have been exported to germany in the past. we know more than 3 million eggs have been removed from shelves. the farmers here are hugely concerned about the damage that has been done to their reputation. they are doing everything within their power to restore that. a huge row has now broken out, it started out asa has now broken out, it started out as a crisis within the dutch poultry industry, and now the row is enveloping politicians. belgium and the netherlands, the authorities are blaming each other saying they should have alerted each other

will we be able to overcome the netherlands? a monumental match for both countries. have reached the final before, but we re have reached the final before, but were destroyed by germany. in the last tournament, the departed in the group stages, which led to the departure of the head coach. mark sampson has comments and liberated them, giving them an identity. he finished third at the world cup in canada two years ago. they will have to do something similar today. 30,000 netherlands fans will be here, willing them onto a major finalfor here, willing them onto a major final for the first here, willing them onto a major finalfor the first time. here, willing them onto a major final for the first time. one suspects jodi killer final for the first time. one suspectsjodi killer has been wrapped in cotton wool? she just saw some of her —— taylor. she has been the star of the tournament for england. she is hoping to lead england. she is hoping to lead england to a famous victory which will put them in the final on sunday. time for a look at the latest weather now. another da

but the netherlands, cheered on by a full stadium in enschede, responded quickly.area to give the dutch a 2—1 lead. before half—time, it was all square again, denmark fighting back through pernille harder. but the netherlands took control after the break, sherida spitse's low free—kick restoring the lead. in the final minutes, with denmark desperate, miedema sealed it with her second of the game. the dutch ran out 11—2 winners, claiming the title for the first time. arsenal have english football's first silverware of the season. the fa cup winners beat the champions, chelsea to win the fa community shield at wembley. it was chelsea who took the lead, though, victor moses beating the offside trap and firing past peter cech. then pedro was sent off for a late tackle on granit xhaka. arsenal immediately took advantage of the extra man, new signing sead kolasinac scoring just two minutes after the red card. so the match went to penalties. goalkeeper thibaut courtois with chelsea's second kick — he fired it too high — over the bar. substitute olivier giroud scored the w

%-rwhos in the netherlands came as the people of catalonia came together once again to remember those killed in twin terror attacks just a week ago? the regional presidents on the matter of barcelona were among the crowds there who've come out to. show into faith ceremony. fifteen people in total lost their lives in those attack. barcelona's last ramblings. well one of thoughts hersel. trials his van into crowds has since become. huge carpets of candles and floral tributes. now precisely three thirty six a. m. this thursday bells rang out two hundred forty nine times in the italian town of i'm a tree che. in memory of those who lost their lives that a year ago. many of the buildings that were also shocked to rubble by the six point zero magnitude quake hits the community. and those in the mountains around it that country's my minister has traveled to the town. to attend a special mass on this day of mourning. silence and candlelight march was also held through the streets of the town. many pounds of which still remained in ruins those commemorations come. following another small tremo

vivianne miedema scored twice for the netherlands to seal the win and lift the troiphy for the firstea's ik kim is the new women's british open champion — holding off a spirited challenge from england'sjodie ewart shadoff to win her maiden major title. ewart shadoff equalled the kingsbarns course record with a stunning final round 64 that included eight birdies. she finished on 16 under par. 0ut front, though, kim remained composed to clinch the title by two shots. it means four of the last five majors have been won by golfers from south korea. britain's alfie hewett was beaten in the men's singles final of the british open wheelchair tennis championships. after beating compatriot gordon reid in the semis yesterday hewett was beaten in straight sets by argentina's gustavo fernandez. disappointment for alfie hewett. that is it from sportsday. next it is time for meet the author. victoria hislop has been having a long love affair with greece and her bestselling novels have led her army of readers from island to island and into the greek experience. in ca rtes postales, she takes a new

thymen vuik / here from netherlands to see eclipse: "the dark skies ... i think i will love it.if you want to watch the solar eclipse -- you have to be prepared -- special glasses are mandatory for viewing pleasure and protection.dr. nicholeen viall/nasa scientist: "you want to make sure that they are safety glasses so they have an iso number and a manufacturer number. you want to cross check those with eclipse2017.nasa.gov to make sure they are reputable manufacturer."or make a pinhole projector to safely see the sun disappear.if you are one of the lucky ones in path of totality-- experts say witnessing an eclipse is a

the party still hasn't ended in the netherlands where fans have been celebrating the women's euro 2017n utrecht on monday after their 11—2 victory over denmark. more than 10,000 fans turned up to greet the players. a sell—out crowd of nearly 30,000 watched the final, with around three million more watching at home. before sunday's big match the netherlands' women's team had never reached the final of a major tournament. the two—time tour de france winner, alberto contador, has announced he'll retire from cycling after this month's vuelta a espana. the spanish cyclist announced on social media that the vuelta would be his final race. here's how he announced the news. roger federer says rafael nadal would absolutely deserve it if he gets to world number one during this weeks atp montreal masters event in canada. nadal only needs to make the semi—finals if he is to move ahead of andy murray, who's not featuring in this event as the build—up to the us open continues. i remember when he was injured at the end of the last year and here he is, a few matches away from clinching world number on

millions of eggs are being recalled and destroyed in germany and the netherlands after some were found to contain a toxic insecticide. 180 dutch farms have been temporarily shut down since wednesday. firefighters in dubai have been tackling a blaze that engulfed several floors of one of the world's tallest residential buildings. it's the second time the torch tower building has caught fire. everyone was safely evacuated. now it's time for all the business news. world business report — ben is standing by. fighting to regain the crown. toyota may reveal a fall in profits as it slips from the world's number one carmaker — to the world's number three. plus— when the olympic flame dies. one year on from the games, how rio's property boom has turned to bust. welcome to world business report. i'm ben bland. more trouble for uber. but first we start injapan where car giant toyota is set to report its latest results in the next few hours. for years toyota was the world's top carmaker. its corolla model is still the best selling car the world has ever seen but recently toyota has lost its crown

the contaminated eggs came from the netherlands.try farm in dalfsen. i know it's very loud in there. what's gone wrong here, and what are the recriminations? there are 25,000 hens inside this poultry farm. it might sound like a lot, but this is just a tiny portion of what is a vast industry. that's part of the problem and part of the reason why the contaminated eggs have spread so farand the contaminated eggs have spread so far and fast. we are hearing some of them have reached hong kong. the eggs here have been exported to germany in the past. we know more than 3 million eggs have been removed from shelves. farmers here are hugely concerned about the damage that has been done to their reputation. they are doing everything in their power to restore that, but a huge row has broken out, and it started as a crisis within the dutch poultry industry. now the argument is enveloping politicians with belgium and the netherlands where authorities are blaming each other and saying they should have alerted each other sooner to the problem. as

the men follow in the footsteps of england's women, who face the netherlands in their semi—final tomorrowt no matter how the game went, we dominated, particularly in the first quarter and were one goal down and then the pressure built and we had to step up and we had ireland on the back foot for long periods and no tea m back foot for long periods and no team has done that but ireland stick at it and it was a real nailbiter. olympic bronze medallists marcus ellis and chris langridge are through to the third round of the world badminton championships in glasgow. the pair are seeded 14th in the men's doubles and beat austria by two games to nil. fellow english player rajiv ouseph and scotland's kirsty gilmour have progressed to the same stage in the singles. before we go, just time to reflect on our top story this evening — the retirement from international football of wayne rooney. england's top goalscorer announced earlier today he's decided to stand down from the national side. he scored 53 goals in 119 appearances. we leave you tonight with a reminder of some of them. goodnight. rooney!

there have been huge crowds following the netherlands throughout the tournament and they are expectinging about 30,000 tonight. this is a confident side, full of belief. they can call on the tournament's top scorer, jodie taylor, who is in the form of her life. her goals have powered england to the semifinals. jodie taylor has scored five at the euros, no team has been able to stop her. as relaxed off the pitch as she is bearing down on goal, taylor knows the prize for the top scorer of the tournament is in reach. it would be awesome. ask any forward and eve ryo ne awesome. ask any forward and everyone wants to score goals. the main priority tommy is for the team to win gold. i'd love us for us to win the euros. —— the main priority to me. was that your first touch? pretty much. the 31-year-old is making upfor pretty much. the 31-year-old is making up for lost time there was a moment where i thought it might not work out for that i'm quite proud of sticking at it and the hard work i've put in. it feels like it's paying off. the england players now have all the tools they need to go the

the netherlands have taken the lead, 1-0, the netherlands have taken the lead, 1—0, halfan the netherlands up to date. if england win tonight, they face denmark in sunday's final after a goalless 120 sunday's final after a goalless120 minutes, denmark beat austria and penalties to reach their first final. the biggest football transfer in the history of the game is really close to being completed. the brazil superstar neymar is set to move from barcelona to paris st—germain imminently. his lawyers paid barcelona just over 200 million pounds this evening, to buy him out of his contract at the nou camp. our sports news correspondent richard conway is in paris. is there are kerber have been some twists and turns today, that is no official confirmation from psd that it must be a matter of hours before neymar is confirmed as a psg player. neymar‘s lawyers started by going to la liga, their offices in madrid, the officials turned them away and said we are not interested in taking the money for the release clause. the chief executive has called this dealfinancial the chief executive has called thi

the contaminated eggs came from the netherlands. 0ur correspondent anna holligan is at a poultry farmn in this barn and it might look and sound like a lot but this is just a tiny fraction of what is a vast industry, and the fact that the contaminated eggs spread as far and as fast as they did is a reflection of the netherlands status as europe's largest producer. what started out asa largest producer. what started out as a crisis in the dutch poultry industry is now engulfing politicians, and it has been about what the authorities in the netherlands and belgium knew before they went public with that information. as well as that, companies associated with supplying, producing and using this band chemical, fipronil, has been discussed, and two directors of a dutch company had been arrested. in terms of the risks, the food standards agency say the amount of fipronil detected in the contaminated eggs which reached the uk is so low it is very unlikely to pose any risk at all to our health. anna, many thanks. air passengers were most likely to be delayed over the last two summers if they fl

they reached the semi finals, but were beaten 3—0 by the netherlands.r team. england fans may be feeling a little outnumbered here in enschede today, these semifinalists were a perfect match, because the only two teams to have won all their games, something had to give. and early on it was those in orange who shone brightest. miedema heading them in the direction of the final. with england behind for the first time in this tournament, jade moore almost mustered the perfect response. and as half—time approached, ellen white had a strong claim for a penalty, but the referee thought differently, much to the frustration of mark sampson. for a team that has captured the imagination back home, these were nervous times. what was needed in such a cauldron was a cool head, but fara williams usually so reliable, did nothing to settle the nerves. double delight for the dutch, and england only had themselves to blame. with time running out, jody taylor nearly gave her side hope, but it would get worse for england. an own goal with the last kick of the game the mill