the victorious players gathered with fans in downtown reykjavik to celebrate through the night. now the icelandic thundercloud made famous at the european championships will be heading for russia twenty eight. this is day doubly his reminder of our top story. has delayed a speech to the spanish region's parliament by an hour is to tell lawmakers whether he is to declare independence if i see huge pressure from his process as well as spanish and international that lead us to urging him to back down we'll carry that live. up to that. kickoff special. three women three religions one goal put the boy on the back of the next they've come all the way to the indian states i'll go because football is a team sport. you go next to. last. day after day jungle talking tough sandy pope said weight loss can't. hold that fact must go. like most of the young people here he comes from a wealthy family. in china only the well off send their children to these fitness camps and yet it's parents and especially grandparents who are a large part of the obesity problem. gluten free. in sixty minutes b.

the victorious players gathered with fans in downtown reykjavik to celebrate through the night. now the icelandic thunderclap made famous at the european championships will be heading for russia twenty eight. ahead of the u.s. environmental protection agency has confirmed that the united states a plans to withdraw from climate change regulations put in place during the a bomb administration scott pruitt said he would today begin the procedure to withdraw from the clean power plan which aims to limit limit carbon emissions from coal fired power plants mr pruitt like president trump rejects the scientific consensus that manmade emissions are the primary driver of climate change that's it you're up to date and we'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site that's t w dot com of the day.

. >> they're all of iceland and reykjav reykjavik came out to celebrate their entry into the world cupsia next year. >> i like it! >> france is in. speaking of soccer, check out this play. a dutch player makes his move. the goalkeeper attempts, a tackle, open net, oh! >> oh, he missed it! >> you had one job! >> you know what makes it worse? the team ended up losing by one goal. >> one job, buddy. >> oh. >> ah. >> that makes me feel bad. >>> now to a very confused dog named blue. she was playing a game of fetch with her owner when the ball was thrown into the air and -- >> apparently, the white. >> yeah, and blue started -- >> blue is looking up at the moon. and she now thinks that the ball is stuck in the air. she apparently paced back and forth. she starts barking. she's trying desperately how to get the ball back down. all the while, her owners could have just shown her the ball to make her realize right here. >> to calm her down. >>>. >> i know. instead they just point, laugh, and video the whole thing, which, let's be honest, we all would do and we all very much appreciate. >> blue

the victorious players gathered with fun's in downtown reykjavik to celebrate through the night. now the icelandic thunderclap made famous at the european championships will be heading for russia twenty eighty. five. and it is not just iceland that we are going to talk about now we're talking world cup qualifying with our sports reporter back tomorrow joining us here in the studio hi to you max iceland of course a very small country how do they make it well it's a fantastic footballing faeries when you saw the excitement there in the country and with the fans i mean the smallest nation to ever qualify for world cup tournament and the they were the big surprise package at euro twenty sixteen so this isn't necessarily new news that they are this good but again just supposed to observers of hers every time they beat england out that tournament and went on to the quarter final and now in their world cup qualifying group beat out croatia turkey ukraine all teams that have a bigger population a better footballing infrastructure what they did though seventeen years ago is invest heavily

but these are the scenes in reykjavik care as players and fans joined in a rendition is a fighting class following attain a win over kosovo iceland celebrations became famous when they made a surprise once the quarter finals of euro twenty sixteen with a population of just three hundred thirty five thousand. i'll be the smallest country to ever take part in a world cup. the republic of ireland world cup playoffs thanks to a one know when i will wells in cardiff in what was a dramatic end to group day the victory in short they finished second to serbia qualified automatically for next year's tournament while wales were eliminated the netherlands need any a miracle later if they are to qualify for next year's tournament despite finishing third at the last world cup theater and you need to beat sweden by seven goals to reach the playoffs lee wellings reports from amsterdam the future was bright the future was only when the netherlands finished third in the last world cup in brazil robin van persie is famous header in a five one humiliation of spain gave them lift off but three years of mise

the victorious players gathered with fans in downtown reykjavik to celebrate through the night. now the icelandic thundercloud made famous at the european championships will be heading for russia twenty eight but the. head of the u.s. environmental protection agency has confirmed that the united states of plans to withdraw from climate change regulations put in place during the a bomb administration scott pruitt said he would today begin the procedure to withdraw from the clean power plan which aims to limit limit carbon emissions from coal fired power plants mr pruitt like president trump rejects the scientific consensus that manmade emissions are the primary driver of climate change. essential updates we'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site that's t w dot com of the. rationalists are on the rise with lard to make your country great again that is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking a long trip to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find out why this nation me to you. to share your story

this was the centre of reykjavik just a couple of hours after they qualified.6 in france last year. iceland has a population of only around 333,000 people and is the smallest nation ever to feature in the ultimate football event. translation: pride and joy come to mind. this is one of the biggest moment in the sports history of iceland. we are a small nation but we use that as a strength. serbia have also qualified for the finals. they beat georgia 1—0 to finish top of group d. the republic of ireland finished second to make the play—offs after they beat wales 1—0 in cardiff. james mclean's goal breaking welsh hearts as they miss out on a place. really i think i speak for a lot of the nations in the play—offs, i don't think anyone will want to play italy, i don't think anyone would really wa nt italy, i don't think anyone would really want to be playing portugal, although portugal might beat switzerland. and there's about six others that i'd rather not have but i'm delighted to be in it. syria could take a big step towards qualifying for their first world cup o

martin bashir, bbc news, reykjavik. it's been described as a mix of rap and conventional poetry but with performance at its heart. 0ne prominent exponent is dylema, a spoken word artist and musician from east london who's been explaining to our reporter izin akhabau why it challenges our traditional notions of what poetry is and the impact it can have. what if a black girl knew that she would be desired by others only if she desired herself? that beauty is not a shade but a mindset? and the best indicator of it is self—confidence, as i talk some sense, insert here, confidence. spoken word poetry to me is like one of the purest artforms that there is right now. it's really special, it's actually a special time right now. the dynamic genre helped dylema solve the puzzle of who she is, proudly woman but fighting stereotypes, black and british but not an outsider. i'm heavily inspired by my background. i grew up in an african household, and i'm african and british and that dual nationality had a lot of influence in my poetr

martin bashir, bbc news, reykjavik.hes of the country's late king is currently taking place. king bhumibol adulyadej died last year at the age of 88. hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of bangkok for his cremation. it was a ceremony steeped in buddhist traditions. it's not illegal to be gay in indonesia which is the world's largest muslim majority country. but police are finding other ways to arrest members of the lgbt community, conducting a series of raids on saunas popular with the gay community. those caught up in the raids have spoken out for the first time, to the bbc‘s rebecca henschke. it was a typical friday night at us on our popular with jakarta's gay community when suddenly the police stormed in. translation: people were shouting get down, get down. i was terrified because i know in the eyes of the police everything about us is wrong. along with 58 men including foreigners this man was detained, paraded before the cameras and grilled about his sexuality before being released. translation: th

a 2—0 win over kosovo in reykjavik was enough to clinch top spot in their qualifying group.f less than a million. an open—air swimming poll in the british seaside town of brighton has opened its doors to hundreds of dogs and their humans to celebrate the last weekend of the swimming season. and if you were thinking of swimming there next summer, then don't worry about the furballs — staff at the saltdean lido have promised to give it a thorough clean overwinter! much more on all the news any time on the bbc news website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. quite a lot of cloud first thing across the southern half of the british isles. some drizzly outbreaks of rain, as well, in parts of england and wales. the best of the sunshine first thing today is likely to be across scotland. for northern england, perhaps some breaks in the cloud, and for the midlands, too. here's the picture first thing, as you can see. fairly solid cloud across england and wales. we'll take a closer look at where the breaks are to be foun

in sport iceland's a viking chant is ringing out in reykjavik again find out why they took. the polls opened in liberia where voters will choose a new president after twelve years of africa's first elected female leader nobel peace prize winner ellen johnson sirleaf is stepping down after two terms in office twenty candidates are taking part in the election including former football star george where. joins me now live from the liberian capital monrovia in the day the voting stations were getting ready it does seem that everybody is now beginning to. like that the moment. well basically the previous station we were at things were going smoothly voting are started but we have moved now to painesville some thirty miles from where we were just an hour ago. there has been some confusion as to how and why. right behind me a lot of crowd has been gathered says mourning and a lot of them my angry that when they queue up to move to the ballot box to vote they were told that they were not on their names are not on the register so it's a little bit confusing but an election official h

in support iceland viking chant is ringing out in reykjavik again find out why they dropped. wildfires in the u.s. state of california have left ten people dead and more than one hundred missing over a thousand homes and businesses have been destroyed in the northern wind producing region in southern parts five thousand homes have been evacuated as fire crews struggle to control the blaze the governor of california has declared a state of emergency in seven counties rob reynolds has more from los angeles. much of california is burning or at risk of going up in flames from north the south in the most populous us state more than twenty major fires are burning with nearly thirty thousand hectors already scorched thousands of homes and other buildings have been destroyed at least twenty thousand people have been evacuated including patients at two hospitals the fire sprang up quickly fanned by winds gusting up to eighty kilometers per hour and aided by extremely low you miltie know these kind of conditions the rest is just a stream of new stars and that's what i mean what happene

that was the team and the fans in reykjavik after they beat kosovo to top their group last night.help take the women's game to a different level. players from the home nations as well as france and new zealand will play against munster in their first match next month. the first of many they say. that is all for now. i will be back with the headlines in the next half an hour. good morning, welcome to our programme. good morning, welcome to our programme. a council in london is considering legal action against anti—abortion protesters accused of "harassing" women attending a clinic. ealing council will decide whether to pursue a public space protection order — known as a pspo — to prevent disruption at a marie stopes clinic where daily vigils are held by anti—abortion campaigners carrying what's been described as "deliberately disturbing images". if the order is granted, it would be the first time it's been used in a situation involving an abortion clinic. 0ur reporter anna collinson has been to the clinic in west london. this is a leafy london street and just along here is the maor

that is then celebrating in reykjavik after beating kosovo. fantastic achievement. sydney. it was 1—1 after the first leg. syria took the lead at first leg. syria took the lead at first leg but australia have equalised there. it is 2—2 as it stands with about ten minutes to go. they would go to extra time unless that is another goal pretty quickly. wales have named their squad for the rugby league world cup in australia and papua new guinea that starts later this month. super league young player of the nominee is among those selected. there are also three uncapped players in the 2a. rugby union, the barbarians are forming their first union, the barbarians are forming theirfirst women‘s union, the barbarians are forming their first women‘s team. the invitational club has featured the greatest rugby union players from the men‘s game through the years. this is going to help take the women‘s game to a different level, players from the home nations as well as france and new zealand will play munster in film and park next month. a good win for aljaz bedene at the shanghai