here's nick beake.ter they nearly lost one their team—mates on the pitch, the danish side were back on the training ground, trying to prepare as best they can for their next euro 2020 match. leicester city goalkeeper kasper schmeichel said they would give it their all for christian eriksen. the real important thing for us is that we know that christian's 0k, and from there on we would talk a lot about the spirit we have in this team, and to be able to fight the way we've done. that wouldn't be possible without us knowing that christian was ok. this was already a very close group of players, and it seems their ordeal has only brought them closer together. but there has been strong criticism of the way they were asked to make a decision very quickly on saturday night as to whether or not they resume the match. schmeichel, whose dad peter, the manchester united legend, has already blasted europe's football authorities, says no other team should be put in the same situation. a decision about the game should

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagen. and as nick said, the tournament does go on.ey beat croatia 1—0 at wembley stadium, the only goal coming from raheem sterling in the 57th minute. austria earned their first ever victory at a european championship, beating north macedonia 3—1 in the romanian capital bucharest. and the netherlands beat ukraine 3—2 in amsterdam. a late goal from denzel dumfries sealed the win — after the ukrainians had come back from 2—0 down. to tennis now — novak djokovic has clinched his 19th grand slam title with an emphatic, come—from—behind win against fifth seed stefanos tsitsipas. tsitsipas came out firing, claiming the opening sets, 7—6, 6—2, before the world number one switched into another gear, setting up a five—set thriller. it was an historic victory for djokovic, making him the first player in the open era to achieve the career grand slam twice. he said he was thrilled, ranking the past few days in the top three achievements of his career. it is nearly 70 years since the queen first met a serving us president, and she welcomed joe bi

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagen.le with a back—from—the—brink win against fifth seed, stefanos tsitsipas in the final of the french open. tsitsipas won the first two 7—6, 6—2 before the world number one fought back, to level things at two sets apiece, before taking the final, deciding set. it was an historic victory for djokovic, making him the first player in the open era to have won all four grand slam titles twice. he said he was thrilled, ranking the past few days in the top three achievements of his career. two voices inside — there is one that is telling you that you can't do it, that it's done, it's finished, so that was pretty strong after that second set. and so i felt there was a time for me to actually vocalise the other voice and try to suppress, you know, the first one saying that i can't make it. so i told myself i can do it and i encouraged myself and, you know, strongly started to repeat that inside of my mind and tried to live it with my entire being. it is nearly 70 years since queen elizabeth first

here's nick beake., the danish side were back on the training ground, trying to prepare as best they can for their next euro 2020 match. leicester city goalkeeper kasper schmeichel said they'd give it their all for christian eriksen. the real important thing for us is that we know that christian's 0k, and from there on, we would talk a lot about the spirit we have in this team, and to be able to fight the way we've done. that wouldn't be possible without us knowing that christian was ok. this was already a very close group of players, and it seems their ordeal has only brought them closer together. but there's been strong criticism of the way they were asked to make a decision very quickly on saturday night as to whether or not they resume the match. very emotional experience for everyone of us. and you come you could just see on the danish player's faces... this evening, the captain of finland, the team that was playing denmark, told us football bosses need to reconsider their rules. did you feel you a

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagen.itle with a back—from—the—brink win against fifth seed, stefanos tsitsipas in the final of the french open. tsitsipas won the first two 7—6, 6—2 before the world number one fought back, to level things at two sets apiece, before taking the final, deciding set. it was an historic victory for djokovic, making him the first player in the open era to have won all four grand slam titles twice. it is nearly 70 years since queen elizabeth first met a serving us president, that was harry s truman, and on sunday she added to her list as she welcomed joe biden for afternoon tea at windsor castle. he'd travelled from the g7 summit in cornwall, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. dropping in for tea. how very british. president biden�*s helicopter brought him to a windsor castle geared up for a vip visit. stand still! in the quadrangle, the grenadier guards were being bawled at by their sergeant major. he shouts orders once he was happy, the queen emerged from her castle to take

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagen.she welcomed joe biden for tea at windsor castle. he'd travelled from the g7 summit in cornwall — as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. dropping in for tea. how very british. president biden�*s helicopter brought him to a windsor castle geared up for a vip visit. stand still! in the quadrangle, the grenadier guards were being bawled at by their sergeant major. shouts orders. once he was happy, the queen emerged from her castle to take her place on the deus, ready to receive the president and the first lady. when it comes to us presidents, no one has met more of them than the queen. president biden is the 13th she has greeted. the guard of honour was inspected, and then the president and first lady went inside for tea with the queen. a moment of hospitality between two heads of state, simple enough in itself, but with a particular significance, underlining the bonds between long—standing allies. later, president biden told us reporters that the queen had reminded him of

nick beake reports from copenhagen. the heartfelt messages were to get well soon.sking about his team—mates. everyone here at this euro 2020 fan zone knew it could have been so different. hearing that he's in good shape and he actually had some conversations with the team and so on, it's fantastic. that's the only thing that matters to us, christian's health. yeah, the football is secondary today. 100%. that sense of relief has been shared by football fans the world over. that's because today we got confirmation, if it were needed, ofjust how serious the situation was. earlier we asked denmark's team doctor how close they were to losing christian eriksen. yeah, what should i say? he was, he was gone. and we did cardiac resuscitation, and it was a cardiac arrest. how close were we? i don't know. we got him back. and the sight of christian eriksen conscious as he left the pitch gave hope to all. but his team—mates are being offered psychological support and the denmark head coach says it was wrong to ask the players to resume the match. the players resumed in a shock

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagen.ine jailed catalan separatists. right—wing parties backed the demonstration. they accuse the minority socialist—led government of pursuing the plan to shore up political support at a national level, with groups that seek to undermine spanish unity and sovereignty. the socialists deny this, saying pardons would help calm tensions in catalonia to better aid dialogue. the catalan separatist leaders were found guilty of sedition two years ago, linked to their role in a failed independence bid in 2017. it is nearly 70 years since the queen first met a serving us president, and today she welcomed joe biden for tea at windsor castle. he�*d travelled from the g7 summit in cornwall, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. dropping in for tea. how very british. president biden�*s helicopter brought him to a windsor castle geared up for a vip visit. stand still! in the quadrangle, the grenadier guards were being bawled at by their sergeant major. he shouts orders once he was happy,

here's nick beake. training ground, trying to prepare as best they can for their next euro 2020 match. leicester city goalkeeper kasper schmeichel said they'd give it their all for christian eriksen. the real important thing for us is that we know that christian's ok, and from there on, we would talk a lot about the spirit we have in this team, and to be able to fight the way we've done. that wouldn't be possible without us knowing that christian was ok. this was already a very close group of players, and it seems their ordeal has only brought them closer together. but there's been strong criticism of the way they were asked to make a decision very quickly on saturday night as to whether or not they resume the match. very emotional experience for everyone of us. and you come you could just see on the danish player's faces... this evening, the captain of finland, the team that was playing denmark, told us football bosses need to reconsider their rules. did you feel you are being forced in some way? i did

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagen.s let's head over to the bbc sport centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news where we start with football and england won their opening match in the delayed european championship after they beat croatia 1—0 on sunday. fans gathered before and after the match outside wembley stadium where they were celebrating raheem sterling's winner in the group d encounter as his side got off to a winning start for the first time ever at this tournament and the manager was full of praise for the manchester city forward, i'm so pleased for raheem. he has had this hex, if you like, in the tournament, not being able to get the gold, so i thought he was dangerous all day. right from the start he was throwing inside and he was running at the defence and a threat, so yeah, i'm really pleased for all of them. —— get the goal. austria made it a first ever win in the european championship after they saw off debutants north macedonia 3—1 in bucharest. while in the late group c match the ne

nick beake, bbc news, milos. let's get some of the day's other news.er faces the potential prospect of defeat in the house of commons later over the government's cuts to the country's overseas aid budget. more than 30 conservative mps, including the former prime minister theresa may, want to force boris johnson to restore the commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on international development, rather than 0.5%. germany's governing christian democrats have scored a convincing victory in a key state election — the last before national polls in september. partial results put them on 37 in saxony—anhalt — up by more than six points from five years ago. the anti—immigrant afd party, which had been expecting big gains, is trailing at less than 21%. a leading kremlin critic says he's left russia for ukraine because of pressure from the authorities ahead of september's parliamentary elections. dmitry gudkov, a former mp, said people close to the kremlin had warned him he would be arrested over a �*fake' criminal case unless he left. he was picked up and h

nick beake has more details. anagnostopoulos had led the family in mourning for his wife, caroline. brutally murdered by burglars, he said. but he had killed her. loving birthday messages on instagram now a lie. just like his account of what happened in the family home last month. caroline wasjust happened in the family home last month. caroline was just 20 years old. she had moved to a greek island as a child, and she was now a young mum herself. this was the moment plainclothes officers confronted babis anagnostopoulos, asking him to come with them. they had worked out from phone and smartwatch data he had made up his story. the helicopter pilot, used to being at the controls, was flown to athens, where he will now face trial. the man who played the grieving husband now being vilified by a furious greek public. people in iran are voting for a new president, but with prominent reformist candidates barred from running, almost all those in contention are seen as hardliners. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, is

by the end of the month, in what it's calling "0peration blue freedom". 0ur europe correspondent nick beakend sprucing up, getting ready to welcome back visitors with open arms. for yannis, a diving instructor, there will be customers once more, descending to this shipwreck he discovered. these ancient food jars, thought to be more than 2000 years old, still visible. but its modern medicine, in the form of the covid vaccine, that's raising his spirits. translation: this year, there is the vaccination. i we are vaccinated, most of our customers are vaccinated, we also have the tests, and we're not afraid. we know if someone has the virus or not, and this is how we go on. greece has been prioritising its islands when it comes to covid vaccinations. that's because so many of them are hugely dependent on tourism. and they want to show that they are as safe as possible as they compete with destinations right across europe, trying to win back their visitors. they've nearly vaccinated all of the locals on milos, as well as the summer workers from the mainland. but are they worried about visitors f

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagan. road map back in february. we understood that 21st ofjune as we could start planning events without limits, without restrictions. even until a couple of weeks ago we were hearing from ministers there is nothing in the data showing there would need to be a delay. it is very difficult for our sector. we hear from the live music industry that there are 5000 shows at risk of collapse, 250 grass roots music venues at risk of eviction, and £500 million financial damage. it is catastrophic for our sector. we'll be talking about theatre in a moment. in terms of theatre, andrew lloyd webber has said he is going to... basically the show is going to go on, he will continue with opening up the theatre as he had anticipated. he said, i can be arrested, i am prepared to be arrested if that is the approach the authorities want to take. do you sense that sort of rebelliousness in music? we just want to operate safely. we are not going out there saying we want to break the law. we are not saying we wa

nick beake reports from copenhagen. the heartfelt messages were to get well soon.s fantastic. that is the only thing that matters to us — christian's health. yeah, the football is secondary today. 100%. that sense of relief has been shared by football fans the world over. that's because today we got confirmation, if it were needed, ofjust how serious the situation was. earlier, we asked denmark's team doctor how close they were to losing christian eriksen. yeah. or should i say, he was gone. and we did cardiac resuscitation. and it was a cardiac arrest. how close were we? i don't know. we got him back. and the sight of christian eriksen conscious as he left the pitch gave hope to all. but his team—mates are being offered psychological support. and the denmark head coach says it was wrong to ask the players to resume the match. eriksen is still being monitored at denmark's leading heart unit, where doctors have yet to work out why he collapsed. a tournament already delayed by the pandemic goes on, with football and life put in perspective. nick beake, bbc news, cope

our europe correspondent, nick beake, is in copenhagen. nick.tion today, saying they have been able to speak to the player, and that he wanted to send his best wishes to the colleagues, the team—mates, last night, who form that quite incredible human chain as he was receiving the life—saving treatment on the pitch. there was also thanks in particularforfans across the world, but also the danish and british royalfamilies, because there is a link with the united kingdom. christian eriksen played for seven seasons in north london at tottenham hotspur, but there is certainly a feeling today that football fans far and wide are sharing in this sense of relief, and even though denmark lost the game last night, there is a headline here today which says denmark lost, but life won. on the pitch, the tournament continues. thousands of fans are heading to wembley stadium to watch england start their euro 2020 campaign. in just over an hour's time, gareth southgate's side face croatia — the team that knocked them out of the world cup semi—finals three years

nick beake has more details.the family home last month. caroline was just 20 years old. she had moved to a greek island as a child, and she was now a young mum herself. this was the moment plain—clothes officers confronted babis anagnostopoulos, asking him to come with them. they had worked out from phone and smartwatch data he had made up his story. the helicopter pilot, used to being at the controls, was flown to athens, where he will now face trial. the man who played the grieving husband now being vilified by a furious greek public. the notting hill carnival in london has been cancelled for the second year in a row. the event, which is normally attended by about two million people, was due to take place over the august bank holiday. but the organisers said it would not be going ahead, due to uncertainty over the easing of coronavirus restrictions. a british woman who saved her sister's life by fighting off a crocodile has been speaking about the moment it attacked. the pair were swimming in a lagoon in mexico

nick beake is following the story in brussels.( this is the furthest the eu has gone in this is strikingnce with other key powers, the united _ in accordance with other key powers, the united states, canada and the uk. the united states, canada and the uk they— the united states, canada and the uk. they all seem to be on the same wavelength— uk. they all seem to be on the same wavelength here. what is interesting in terms _ wavelength here. what is interesting in terms of— wavelength here. what is interesting in terms of the eu action is that it is not _ in terms of the eu action is that it is notiust— in terms of the eu action is that it is notjust targeting individuals and entities although an additional 80 people and organisations have been _ 80 people and organisations have been put — 80 people and organisations have been put on the sanctions list. it is also _ been put on the sanctions list. it is also talking about economic sanctions, and up until this point they've _ sanctions, and up until this point they've hesitated to use a further tightening of economic sanctions, mindful— ti

nick beake is at the stadium in munich and has been speaking to the fans there.etermined to send their own message nonetheless. this is the scene that would have greeted victor 0rban had he come here tonight, and said he is going to brussels for a european leaders summit tomorrow, but if he hopes to get a friendly reception or hopes to get a friendly reception or hopes to get a friendly reception or hopes to get a reception that was more on his wavelength there i think he will be very much mistaken because more than half of the 27 eu countries are already condemning the new legislation in hungary as homophobic. i think he will have lots of questions to answer in brussels tomorrow. talking to people here tonight they don't want the message they are sending to be a distraction from this festival of football. the focus in hungary comes from an otherwise widely backed new law that targets paedophiles. however, that is not all that the law addresses. the law stipulates a bans on the "display and promotion of homosexuality" among under—18s. in effect, that bans gay peo

helping explain it for us is nick beake. today we are flying from munich to brussels.e test — you can show it on your phone — passport, ticket, and you are good to go. within europe, different countries have different rules about what happens when you reach your destination. at the moment, british people arriving in, say, spain, greece or portugal don't have to quarantine. but here in germany, and we are still in germany at least for the next few minutes, angela merkel has said she would like to see all brits having to quarantine this summer, that is to try to stop the spread of the delta variant first seen in india. well, we are back in brussels and we will not have to quarantine, but if we had arrived from the uk or another red zone it would be the start of at least a week of self—isolation. travel within the eu is supposed to get even easier with the introduction of vaccine passports. they show if you've been jabbed or if you have taken a test recently, or in fact you have recovered from the virus. lets put this into context. in spring, the uk had one of the lowest

nick beake, bbc news, copenhagan.t sussex has made an appeal after two people were caught on cctv vandalising its life—saving heart defibrillator. the footage — which was posted 2a hours after christian eriksen�*s collapse — has been viewed more than 700,000 times on twitter. buxted fc said the incident, which occurred in the early hours yesterday, has put lives at risk. i feel absolutely disgusted that people would do something like this to a bit of equipment that saves someone's life. we all know how important defibrillators are. it proved yesterday to a professional player. that saved his life yesterday. now, the club hasn't got one until we get a replacement, so lives are at risk. because you never know what's going to happen. the us president has been talking about his meeting with the queen at windsor castle yesterday. joe biden and the first lady enjoyed afternoon tea with the queen, after a greeting from a guard of honour. president biden described the queen as "gracious." a sighting of a long—snouted sea hors

let's talk to our correspondent nick beake. nick, give us the background to the story, please.t of people in i really shocked a lot of people in greece because the details were so disturbing. as you are saying, caroline crouch died last month. at the time, her husband, who is greek, told the police that there had been an armed robbery and that three men had arrived, they threatened their daughter and had taken lots of money, lots of cash but at some point they had actually killed caroline crouch by suffocating her. she was just 20 years old, a mother of one. but now the greek police say her husband has confessed to the killing. he was under suspicion right from the outset. he had talked to reporters just hours after the death, also at the funeral of his wife he gave what appeared to be a very moving eulogy. he led the mourners that now it seems he has confessed to this killing in greece in the last 24—hour is. qm. confessed to this killing in greece in the last 24-hour is.— confessed to this killing in greece in the last 24-hour is. ok, we will leave it there _ in the last 24-h

we've been looking at what it's currently like to make your way around europe. 0ur correspondent nick beake rate in britain. today we are flying from munich to brussels. you need to fill in a form online before you travel, you need a negative test — you can show it on your phone — passport, ticket, and you are good to go. within europe, different countries have different rules about what happens when you reach your destination. at the moment, british people arriving in, say, spain, greece or portugal don't have to quarantine. but here in germany, and we are still in germany at least for the next few minutes, angela merkel has said she would like to see all brits having to quarantine this summer, that is to try to stop the spread of the delta variant first seen in india. well, we are back in brussels and we will not have to quarantine, but if we had arrived from the uk or another red zone it would be the start of at least a week of self—isolation. travel within the eu is supposed to get even easier with the introduction of vaccine passports. they show if you've been jabbed or if you have tak

nick beake gave us this update from copenhagen(sot you can see the relief on the faces of the supportersd yes, at a press conference earlier today, i asked the team doctorjust how close they were to losing christian eriksen and he said he was gone. it was only when they used a defibrillator on the pitch, gave that very rapid medical response that they were able to bring him back, in his words. now, clearly for his team—mates, very traumatic, they have been offered psychological support. the head coach said today that actually, in hindsight, they should not have finished the match. they should not have returned to the pitch later on to do this. as for the player himself, he remains in hospital tonight, michelle, and top medics there have said that they have still not been able to ascertain why exactly he collapsed. england have — for the first time — won an opening match in the european football championship. at wembley this afternoon — in front of 22—thousand fans — they beat croatia 1—0 thanks to a second half goal from raheem sterling. it means gareth southgate's men have three points

on arrival to slow the spread of the delta variant, first identified in india. 0ur correspondent nick beakeritish people arriving in, say, spain, greece or portugal don't have to quarantine, but here in germany, and we are still in germany at least for the next few minutes, angela merkel has said she would like to see all brits having to quarantine this summer, that is to try to stop the spread of the delta variant first seenin spread of the delta variant first seen in india. well, we are back in brussels and we will not have to quarantine, but if we had arrived from the uk or another red zone it would be the start of at least a week of self isolation. travel within the eu is supposed to get even easier with the introduction of vaccine passports. they show if you've been jabbed or if you have taken a test they show if you've been jabbed or if you have ta ken a test recently, or in fact you have recovered from the virus. but with covid variants there is big uncertainty, so even if there is big uncertainty, so even if the uk government wants to ease quarantine restrictions for people coming i

nick beake, bbc news, milos.nce platform klearnow. let's speak now to our business correspondent alice baxter. it's a combination of the glorious british weather that we are finally getting to enjoy and ongoing covid restrictions, the removal of portugal, more and more of us are looking to staycation, which means more of us are wanting those staycation items, garden furniture, garden toys, tents, chairs, picnic baskets, oilfor camping garden toys, tents, chairs, picnic baskets, oil for camping fires, garden toys, tents, chairs, picnic baskets, oilfor camping fires, you name it. everyone wants to buy them, which is why supply chains have broken down. a lot of smaller retailers that we have been talking to have particularly pointed to the six day long suez canal blockage that we experienced back in may and the clog ripple out effect that, container ships with clogs of all of the supplied —— with backlogs, including china in particular. we have also seen other leisure centres like hotels, restaurants, also wanting t

our europe correspondent nick beake reports from the island of milos.s would be in business again. as the hotels reopen, the orders come in. "everything here is a chain", the boss tells us. and stella, whose honey is said to be left on the island, is praying for better times and tourists are just the corner. the tourists are very important for my shop. because they come in and buy marmalade and sweets for their presents for families and friends, and they are in really important to come back. at milos primary school, these young greek philosophers have been contemplating the pandemic. "our hearts hurt," the lyrics go. everyone's hope is that freedom returns. the greek islands have started their summer serenade but many visitors will have to work a little longer before they can come here and surrender their hearts. nick beake, bbc news, milos. you are trying to transport yourself there! it you are trying to transport yourself there! :, :, :, , you are trying to transport yourself there! :, , �*, there! it looks lovely there. it's lovely here _ there! it l

let's talk to our correspondent nick beake. reek police had been monitoring him for the past month, as he led the family in mourning. he gave the eulogy at the funeral of his wife. but they were examining his firm that shows that he was moving in the house on the name that he claimed he had been tied up by these robbers and they were able to analyse his wife's phone, her smartphone, and also her smart watch, which had been monitoring her breathing and that contradicted his account and faced with this evidence he confessed to the killing of his wife. this with this evidence he confessed to the killing of his wife.— the killing of his wife. this must have ut the killing of his wife. this must have put the _ the killing of his wife. this must have put the country _ the killing of his wife. this must have put the country into - the killing of his wife. this must! have put the country into shock, because they lived on alonissos which i happen to know is a very peaceful, sleepy little island. lthallium peaceful, sleepy little island.