and with the match over let's bring in our sports correspondent oliver moody who is watching the match in laver couzin so ali how was the atmosphere during the game can germany fans can they be happy with this performance. well the atmosphere was for the most part very good the fans here in live accusing clearly wanted to give the team a good sendoff as they head off to russia to defend their title. was helped very much in the first half of course by germany taking a two nil lead very good mood around the ground at that point at half time in the second half it wasn't quite such plain sailing it was a bit frustrating at times germany creating lots of good chances but not able to finish them off and then of course saudi arabia scoring as well so very good first off the fans not quite so good in the second but still most of the fans i spoke to were very happy to see their team win their final game before the world cup gets underway absolutely ali because you know a win is a win at the end of the day especially leading into the world cup a lot of people very excited what were the positives

and with the match over let's bring in our sports correspondent oliver moody who is watching the match in laver couzin so ali how was the atmosphere during the game it can germany fans can they be happy with this performance. well the atmosphere was for the most part very good the fans here in live accusing clearly wanted to give the team a good send off as they head off to russia to defend their title. was helped very much in the first half of course by germany taking a two nil lead very good mood around the ground at that point at half time in the second half it wasn't quite such plain sailing it was a bit frustrating at times germany creating lots of good chances but not able to finish them off and then of course saudi arabia scoring as well so very good first off the fans not quite so good in the second but still most of the fans i spoke to were very happy to see their team win their final game before the world cup gets underway absolutely ali because you know a win is a win at the end of the day especially leading into the world cup a lot of people very excited what were the posit

remember anything like this ever happening where you will see how they will cope in the competition oliver moody putting it all into perspective for us thank you. a saudi led coalition has launched an offensive on yemen's main port city of whole data the battle could prove a turning point in yemen's three year civil war the coalition is trying to retake the city from the rebels backed by saudi arabia's arch rival iran they are pushing ahead with the assault despite grave warnings from humanitarian groups the u.n. says that the offensive risk is causing massive civilian casualties and could threaten. with starvation the u.n. security council is have to address the matter tomorrow in mergence. for more now let's bring in the most in said the yemen country director with the aid group oxfam he is speaking with us from sanaa thank you so much for joining us this evening oxfam has a team on the ground we understand. what are you hearing from them about the situation in the city. we all know that yemen has been in a war hunger and disease for the last two years so we do snoo development. saudi backed g

still be a good one to watch for new tools for the portuguese and fans alike a great one to watch oliver moody in moscow thank you. and that action kicks off at four pm and the later game is that if you have to make sure you have your popcorn and for that and i don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the nations news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the op to send us your videos and your photos. and we don't forget about that is your news drop for an ad though do join us again at the top of the hour or you can always check on our web site that's detail new doc com or in these photos on twitter eyes are watching due to the news stay with us if you count. the of the of. the day sometimes you just have to pump up the volume. on the late tom jones a mum.

s oliver moody claire i want to start off with you how has this news been received in the u.s. . hyla as you might imagine u.s. soccer fans are absolutely delighted by this news this is a sport that's really been growing in popularity over the past couple of decades especially since the u.s. hosted the world cup last time back in one thousand nine hundred four a lot of excitement tends to come from immigrant communities here who are rooting for their home countries teams particularly among the latino population in the united states compared to the rest of the world it should be said that the u.s. is not as a soccer crazy as some other countries it's competing with other major sports here obviously like baseball and american football and basketball and of course this year the u.s. men's team didn't qualify so you're probably not seeing the same level of excitement here as you are where you are in pearland for example but overall i do think that there's hope that this winning beda means that there is going to they're going to be able to see this sports to really take root something

let's get more reaction now from indeed is claire richardson who is standing by in washington and oliver moody from our sports desk is here in the studio welcome to both of you and clare i'd like to begin with you because as we mentioned at the outset here the u.s. canada and mexico i mean these are three countries that have had very tense diplomatic relations at the moment how is the news about the world cup being welcome there. hi sara as you might imagine soccer fans here are absolutely delighted by the announcement this is a sport that's really grown in popularity over the last couple of decades and certainly the level of excitement you're seeing now is much greater than when the u.s. hosted the world cup last time back in one thousand nine hundred four now we're probably not seeing the same what kind of energy that you might be seeing where you are on the streets of berlin partly because the u.s. men's team didn't qualify for this world cup but i think that despite that there's still hope that winning this fight is really going to rekindle interest in a sport that was just starting to tak