bells and staying in st petersburg. —— belgium staying in st petersburg. thanks, john.oscow from their base in reppino this afternoon. willa will a beat willa beat croatia or england? both are in position now, we heard from ca ra are in position now, we heard from cara southgate at the stadium today. history has been thrown at this young england team. —— cara southgate. we know it is their first world cup semifinal in 28 years, can they reach their first final since 1966 when they want it in black and white? it's been a long time coming, england doing this well. they actually reached the semifinals in euro 96, their last major semifinal championship. gareth southgate missed the penalty shoot out, but there are similarities between the squad morale from 96 to this young tea m squad morale from 96 to this young team he has here in 2018. the feel of this group of players is very similar to the players we had then. but that team was a lot more experience in terms of its age and experience in terms of its age and experience in terms of its age and experience in big matches.

you know welcome to studio lot of from st petersburg belgium favorites brazil c one and booking a place in the last for all the world cup. it's just. packing with a two mill when looking comfortable the. front side literally on cloud nine following my quarter final victory with flags being waved wildly as fun as he calls himself right on the result i.

first one being the world cup is edging towards the final the penultimate notch was today in st petersburg belgium taking third place after beating england to deal. thank. god. it with the it was at that was. at the it wasn't the thank the. fellow that welcome back to manchester with me and reform and also you say reading i demand for you know i think he's been watching not much said we've just taken place belgian securing the best ever finish out of world cup finals been feeling even for sale they were saying at half time we were hoping things would get better and in the end it turned out to be quite a night and just the result. was not the result that england. wants but the performance was much better the game was bad was want to game of a sort of fourth place without any kind of pressure in the end england was was dominant and had the best chance to score but. as our talent. made it for them and to neil and looking to the match probably within one second of . the news of the extra time but to the performance. and the results in the globality of the world cup icing belgium deserves to be swords.

know welcome to studio live from st petersburg belgium beat favorites brazil two one in booking a place in the last for all the world cup. was just. packing with a two nil win in mission looking comfortable that. in the meantime france literally on cloud nine following my quarterfinal victory with flags being waved wildly. bombing on cars and celebrate on result i. was. welcomed back to football if you review watching us today one of the has been the first day of the quarter finals has now come to close we know exactly who the first player was still in the race for the trophy belgium and france all through to the last resort of the wife it's time to pack their bags and the game of the day belgium saw off five time world cup winners brazil two goals to one. i. i. it were. and what a game it was belgium opening the scoring in the thirteenth minute chadli curling the ball in straight from warner cable for nadine you know straight past anderson into the net embarrassment for the experience the friend is there and really that set the mood for the whole game belgium doubling their lead a litt

st petersburg. —— now had back. for the third—place playoff against belgium in st petersburg on saturday before they then finally hadmore from moscow later. let's head back to the bbc sports centre. will parry is there. thank you, ollie. the stories away from the world cup today. a big shock at wimbledon today. the eight times champion roger federer is out after losing in five sets to kevin anderson at the quarter final stage. with more here's craig templeton. roger federer has not graced court number one at wimbledon for three years. of unfamiliarity was an issue, it did not show early on. if unfamiliarity was an issue, it did not show early on. after 26 minutes, the first set was over and federer looked in full control. but looks can be deceiving and kevin anderson won the next three games, becoming the first player to break federer‘s serve at wimbledon and 85 attempts. that reinvigorated the defending champion, who forced a tie—breaker and wet two sets up. —— went to sets up. anderson was still fighting and started playing shots his opponent would have been proud of. something special. then saved a match point be

aware of that our sports correspondent andy richardson is in st petersburg and takes a closer look at the matchup between france and belgium ahead of that semifinal clash. well twenty eight countries have already departed the big picture here in russia we're now getting ready for the first semifinal here in st petersburg between france and belgium and for two neighboring countries who've played each other more than seventy times their world cup encounters are relatively few and far between they met in the first round back in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight and then in a third fourth place playoff in one thousand nine hundred six so this by far the most important game the two countries have ever been involved in with each other and france started these finals relatively slowly their group stage culminating in a nail nil draw with denmark probably the worst game we've seen at these finals but since then they've really exploded into life beating argentina for three and then putting in a controlled measure performance against uruguay winning that one sunil belgium meanwhile well they're the only teams have won every gam

tried to reach is that the world cup final with a one to zero victory over belgium in st petersburg. lies off the old you don't know if the twenty. six is. a standoff is expected at wednesday's nato summit in brussels after donald trump accuses european countries are failing to pay their way in the alliance. and the alleged victim of a nerve gas poisoning in the u.k. regains consciousness but remains in critical condition. for broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international thomas certainly glad to have you with us. france is through to the final of the two thousand and eighteen world cup in russia after defeating belgium one in st petersburg will be the third final for france in twenty years they lifted the trophy in one thousand nine hundred eight and lost on penalties to italy in two thousand and six now they will be meeting the winners of wednesday's semi final order. from which they go marching on to the world cup final said it isn't really what you just think. well i think as i was telling you. the whole fun. what we could expect when will would we need.

w news live from berlin it's the battle for the bronze of the football world cup st petersburg is gearing up for belgium versus england both sides playing for pride and one last victory in russia. also coming up pakistan's disgraced former prime minister is arrested he says he'll challenge the ten year jail sentence for corruption but his detention comes mere hours after a massive suicide attack and a political rally one of the deadliest in pakistan's history. and protests break the u.s. president in scotland as he wraps up the official part of his controversial u.k. visit donald trump is spending the weekend at his private golf resort before his highly anticipated meeting with russia's president vladimir putin's. i'm irish waiter welcome to the program the soccer world cup is coming to a head in russia excitement is building ahead of sunday's final between france and croatia but before that mammoth match the third place game kicks off in st petersburg in just under an hour with belgium an england want to end their tournaments on a high fans have been gathering and russia's second city for the bronze me

the french beat belgium today in st. petersburg, russia. fingertip save. and back in brussels, they're watching on the big screen, and they thought we score -- we did not score. 51st minute, still scoreless. france on the corner. samwel heads it past the belgium keeper a fraction of a second late. they love it in paris. france wins 1-0. england and croatia will play tomorrow in the other semifinal. >>> one of the biggest stars in all of soccer changing teams. cristiano ron noaldo is leaving madrid after nine years $110 million to get ronaldo. that's not his salary. they just paid over 100 million to get him. at age 33, he is a giant in the sport. real madrid figuring father time is undefeated and ronaldo may not be this great for much longer. >>> on the wimbledon. drake at the all glend club watching serena williams in the festivals. camilla gyorgy trying to spoil the party. serena takes the first set 6-3. serena, what evs, i got this. she has won 38 times after losing the first set in majors. and now let's make it 39 times she has come bac

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aware of that our sports correspondent andy richardson is in st petersburg and takes a closer look at the matchup between france and belgium ahead of that semifinal clash. well twenty eight countries have already departed the big picture here in russia we're now getting ready for the first semifinal here in st petersburg between france and belgium and for two neighboring countries who've played each other more than seventy times their world cup encounters are relatively few and far between they met in the first round back in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight and then in a third fourth place playoff in one thousand nine hundred six so this by far the most important game the two countries have ever been involved in with each other now france started these finals relatively slowly their group stage culminating in a nail mill draw with denmark probably the worst game we've seen at least finals but since then they've really exploded into life beating argentina for three and then putting in a controlled measure performance against uruguay winning about one sunil belgium meanwhile were the only teams have won every game at t

aware of that our sports correspondent andy richardson is in st petersburg and takes a closer look at the matchup between france and belgium ahead of that semifinal clash. well twenty eight countries have already departed the big picture here in russia we're now getting ready for the first semifinal here in st petersburg between france and belgium and for two neighboring countries who've played each other more than seventy times their world cup encounters are relatively few and far between they met in the first round back in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight and then in a third fourth place playoff in one thousand nine hundred six so this by far the most important game the two countries have ever been involved in with each other and france started these finals relatively slowly their group stage culminating in a nail nil draw with denmark probably the worst game we've seen at least finals but since then they've really exploded into life beating argentina for three and then putting in a controlled measure performance against uruguay winning that one sunil belgium meanwhile well they're the only teams have won every gam

missing atmosphere looking for the next fix like please come around now still no no in st petersburg france belgium twelve minutes play a lot less open than i was expecting i think that's largely down to the belgian line up which is a bit different i think they've been a little bit well cautious moves in the sea breeze much but also down of course. bragging rights isn't it sure a border you don't want to be losing this game all because as i say some of what has been going on this march leading up to it so much fun between the fans i've been looking at this is going to be the battle between asterix tintin the belgian waffle very just the french fries a lot of this is going on but it was a serious under told because if belgium loses to france you know maybe people are expecting that but this is their golden generation this you would expect maybe for the next thirty forty years the best team that they're going to have the next ninety minutes it's vital for their development as a footballing nation i think you can breed even more success because it's a small country and if these guys are losing in the

latest also coming up a look ahead to today's battle of braun's at the world cup st petersburg is gearing up for belgium versus england with both sides playing for pride.

a look ahead to today's battle for bronze at the world cup st petersburg is gearing up for belgium versus england with both sides playing for pride and one last victory in russia. and welcome to the program. former prime minister nabil sharif has been arrested shortly after he returned to lahore from london last week a pakistani court sentenced him to ten years in prison for corruption that decision came just weeks ahead of national elections as sharif's party insists are being rig's meanwhile the pre-election violence that many had feared has become a reality friday's suicide bombing has killed at least one hundred thirty people. in a political rally in southwest pakistan ripped apart by a suicide bomber scores of people killed many more wounded the blast in a town near the boat just down provincial capital quetta was the latest in a growing wave of violence and head of nationwide polls in two weeks time on the streets of lahore security has been boosted thousands of security personnel were deployed across pakistan ahead of the return of former prime minister nawaz sharif sheriffs' backe

last four will be fighting it out for a place and sunday's grand final france are taking on belgium in st petersburg here's daniel hawkins a nice ally from our special studio in the northern capital. well our special coverage of the world cup. over the. same piece of good we're getting ready pulled out semifinal being played here. between strong and solid and we actually have a number of very cold it was behind us getting into the mood by getting into the atmosphere where the gable vents had a little to those funds french president to my old my role as well as belgium's the whole family caught up before profile times france belgium actually the difference between them all a couple who i think is one of the strongest teams with posting titles such as the twenty seven year old merry old kevin the broida and he school got the size of gold in the quarterfinals they're both teams also off to tennis for the big golden boot process case greece one belgium of course of starstruck and look call can it be the youngest player nineteen year old kid him about play a bit of a domestic name before now truly made h

belgium supporters and next i was happening. while i'm i'm sure you can see what's happening it's a belgian invasion of st petersburg look at that they are unfolding what looks to be a nine meta flag which they are now carrying to the stadium lots of positivity remember after the brazil belgium game i maybe issued a rallying call to the belgians to show up in st petersburg and they have good spirits good voices a lot of confidence i spoke to some of them they've all been saying that they will beat france i mean that's something you expect from a teen from supporters of a team but these guys are really confident and you know up the belgians are probably the only team which can actually stop francois look at them. and that's a crock pot fan festival in the heart of st petersburg there now actually on their way to the subway and we'll carry that flag the cute nine meets a belgian flag into the subway and then unfold it at the stadium as well. so you see the atmosphere is very positive i'll try to actually to speak to some of these fans right out. that are you confident tonight are you confident. what i know everyone that you. see y

sports correspondent andy richardson is in st petersburg the venue for tomorrow's first semifinal and he takes a closer look at the match up between france and belgium ahead of their semifinal clash. well twenty eight countries have already departed the big picture here in russia we're now getting ready for the first semifinal here in st petersburg between france and belgium after two neighboring countries have played each other more than seventy times their world cup encounters are relatively few and far between they met in the first round back in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight and then in a third fourth place playoff in one thousand nine hundred eighty six so this by far the most important game the two countries have ever been involved in with each other and france started these finals relatively slowly their group stage culminating in a male male draw with denmark probably the worst game we've seen at these finals but since then they've really exploded into life beating argentina for three and then putting in a controlled measure performance against uruguay winning that one sunil belgium meanwhile well they're the only teams have won ever

we'll look ahead to today's battle for bronze out of the world cup st petersburg is gearing up for belgium against england with both sides hoping to salvage some pride with one more win in russia. and welcome to the program u.s. president is now in scotland as he wraps up his four day visit of the united kingdom he's insisting that bilateral relations between the u.s. and britain have never been stronger and says he looks forward to a free trade deal between the two countries but that's in sharp contrast to comments he made to britain's most widely read newspaper on friday in an interview with the sun tabloid he blasted may's broad strategy and suggested it would ruin chances of a trade deal between america and the u k. a giant balloon taking to the skies over london kicking off a day of protests against u.s. president donald trump's visit. but trump did receive a warm welcome from the u.k. prime minister. after talks with theresa may send heat back whatever strategy her government wants to pursue you whatever you do is ok with me that's your decision whatever you're going to do is ok with

that third place is going to be decided on saturday the players will see england take on belgium in st petersburg they met earlier in the tournament when belgium defeated england one nail in the group stage may recall. well with a championship going to its final stages fans from around the globe have been through the mill experiencing all their hides and the lows of the world cup got to offer current world cup champions germany was sent packing in that huge surprise in the group stage suffering a stinging two nil defeat by a tenacious south korea but that loss didn't deter some german fans from staying here for the whole competition. the consequence for us by the start of the need for. me. to take off in the city. but obviously just to follow my this of. the stars actually to do the one so it doesn't feel to most but the difference which you some. because. you. can come days that is given a feel of the world obviously also about the. choice. of this job but yes it's if you let them stop because you're not sunk it doesn't. exist. yes my long side of bullshit is in such beautiful body but we take.

belgium. let's get the latest from st petersburg. yes, iam petersburg. 0 minutes, england take on belgium for the third—place play—off match of the world cup. not as many england fans here as there were in moscow for the semifinal, but i've tracked down if you england fans and some belgian fans, so let's speak to them. cheering we have kevin and... here we go! first of all, england fans, how significant is today's match? it don't mean a thing, really. it does, a win is a win! doesn't mean a thing. why isn't this significant to you? winning is winning. that's the one. i thought we was going to go all the way. what about the prospect of third—place? sam, you from birmingham. third—place is coming home, made! shouting. you are from belgium. how important is it for you belgian win? it would be amazing, the last time was in 86, we we re be amazing, the last time was in 86, we were fourth place, so this time, the golden generation, we have to do better. we've got to go for it. england fans booing. a bit of expectation for some england fans, not that important,

he was speaking ahead of tomorrow 5 third—place play—off against belgium in st petersburg.rved to finish the tournament well, as our sports editor, dan roan, reports.

belgium east fast for a zil that means that the semifinals on now set france who battled belgium and st petersburg on choose day and croatia will face england in moscow on wednesday. well then time to take stock i'm joined in the studio by former professional footballer fund stale he's now head of international relations and scouting the bundesliga side hoffenheim great to have you with us today now it was an incredible match between the hosts russia of course and croatia on saturday crow i trow asia coming out on top can they go all the way what do you think you think they played a brilliant two women so for loop expression in the group stage very strong for looking at the last two games in the knockout stage they did have their problems they had to go all the way in the penalty shoot out twice but here i mean they have a brilliant scored looking at motivating drug at each round madrid barcelona are absolutely world class players and those are the taking sides of this month to kitchen of their city beach looks very very strong so i think yes they do came through in the way but it's a very difficu

tonight france have booked their place in the world cup final thanks to a one nil victory over belgium in st petersburg. a second half header since being left to a first final in twelve you. also coming off the. world boys who were trapped inside a cave in northern thailand they have all been rescued the last four members of the wild boars a football team. emerged earlier today they joined the elders at a local hospital where they are said to be in good condition and germany's interior minister accused of being insensitive after joking about failed asylum seekers being sent back to afghanistan on his birthday. i'm going to have you with us we know now one of the two teams that will vie for the world cup title later this week france has sealed its spot at the finals after defeating belgium my colleague jonathan crane is here from b w sports talk us through this game tonight john. quite simply a defensive masak lost in france because they worked out how. the mouth of the day and they got the crucial goal five minutes into the second half let's take a look at how it all unfolded. it wasn't until the twent

in st petersburg we're getting really cool that semifinal being played here. between front and belgium and we actually have a number of very cold it binds behind us getting into the mood by getting into the atmosphere where the game will be offended by not only those fans french president the man old mike brown as well as belgium's world family quite a number far profile names france belgium actually my wrist which one i'm on the top for louisiana i'm going to one of the strongest teams with posting titles such as the twenty seven year old midfielder kevin the bro you know and he school got the size of gold in the quarterfinals you know both teams also after tennis for the big golden boot process case greece one belgium of course of star striker romelu lukaku indeed the youngest player nineteen year old kid him about by a bit of a domestic name before now truly made his name as an international superstar it does seem now we've seen french players dancing at the airport after defeating or go on to secure that semifinal place. can be found. who also plays for english clubs chelsea has re

st petersburg now. life pictures on bbc one. belgiumsigned their anthem and in a moment they will face each other for a place in the world cup final. a reminder of the team news, this underbelly in the belgian team. — mousa dembele. the french runners—up in 2006. but this belgian side so good. that match is over on bbc one but for now is sportsday, goodbye. good evening. it has been a fresher day for most of us and likely to stay quite breezy through the rest of this evening. but we do have more clout compared with yesterday and it has been reducing some rain across the highlands of scotland. that continues overnight. not moving much for the north and west of scotland but it extends further south towards northern ireland. the humility is slightly lower than it has been but temperatures are getting to recover a bit like night—time. so for most of us tomorrow a lot of sunshine, still feeling quite fresh to start with and we lose the breeze gradually and start to increase the heat. so back to business as usual. i think tomorrow we have mor

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just the day before right here in st petersburg hoping that maybe belgium in what promises to be a real truck. will be covering. all the action on and off the pitch cop will be with you again soon. what the politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line. they get accepted over checked. so when you want to express. something wanted. to do like the press this is like the full story of the people. i'm interested always in the way i. should. in the last days of the soviet union people were full of hope and anticipation of the upcoming changes underground music by young musicians of the time captured the mood perfectly what was it like to live and make music in that atmosphere. welcome back and to the top news stories from this week britain has been rocked by a second alleged case of nerve agent exposure since much substance in question is again will be chalked prompting some to jump to conclusions. to people hoping that supporters of the right to tell the truth no but shock it remains deadly for long periods exposed to the nerve agent no bitch. will he want to name his id safety

present a team of friends begin was very interesting but russia won but now as st petersburg gears up to host france and belgium for that crucial semifinal clash there's an important question to be os fried chips as we call them back in england are a crucial staple of any not so healthy diet but as we call them french fries other actually french all belgian some content we also found here inside pizzas for the troops. i don't know where the name comes from but there are. so i could. get you could. take you for good. french like a hundred percent sure yeah yeah. i don't. know. who did it was the only. thing. is. we know the truth of the. meat of it. so it should be renamed that's yes that's right so maybe we can decide yes yes we can do that and. two of the strongest teams a belgium boast a talented midfielder kevin to burn who scored the decisive goal and belgium two one victory over brazil in the quarter final. meanwhile have a striker. who. is third world cup goal in the game against uruguay. who plays for much of the united is on the belgian squad it was he who laid the ball for de bruyne in the game against

the world cup final with a one zero victory over belgium and st petersburg. a standoff is expected at wednesday's nato summit in brussels after donald trump accuses european countries of failing to pay their way in. and an alleged victim of a nerve gas poisoning in the u.k. regains consciousness but the main thing critical condition. had to. stay with us now for the financial news but. as a report coming out. it makes you look at me a little bit so ho in london you know this. beard stuff growing yeah. i'm open to get some like is easy top you know yeah jairus a lot sort of look yeah joe was a lobster inspired me i'm going to grow a beard needs. it is the way to be a hipster but you know what we're going to talk about basically that's all that's left to be in america as a hipster if you are because there are no jobs there's no nothing really happening there and of course trump is trying to make america great again so we're going to look at two headlines from wall street dot com wolf rector and he's looking at some the two state of the economy and the true stat

the finish line with the first semifinal match up tonight in st peter st petersburg a powerful france team play their neighbors belgium and belgium are on a roll there i'm beaten all the way back to their world cup qualifiers but never wished a world cup final and france on the other hand are looking for their second world cup title having won the trophy back in nineteen ninety eight. and already from the obvious fourth so will be inside the st petersburg stadium for the match but before that he is now joining us outside very tough assignment ali but somebody has got it there were the two countries are named players how big is their rivalry. of course these two countries share so much in terms of their history in terms of language and of course in terms of culture which includes sports and it's been a couple of pertinent examples of this guy over the last couple of days so he's been doing the rounds on social media of the belgian captain. and his brother told on who's also in the squad. when they were kids wearing fronts french french fans in particular having a lot of fun with not one but one of the footballing legen

vu news live from berlin it's the battle for the bronze of the football world cup st petersburg is gearing up for belgium versus england both sides playing for pride and one last victory in russia. also coming up pakistan's disgraced former prime minister is arrested he says he'll challenge the ten year jail sentence for corruption but his detention.

and england finish fourth in the world cup after losing 2—nil to belgium in st petersburg in the thirdhere it is now. defeat for serena williams in the wimbledon ladies final —— losing 2 sets to love to the german angelique kerber. that and a round—up of the days sport in sportsday at 7:30. those organising donald trump's visit to the uk has been careful to keep the president away from protesters they knew would be turning out to object to his visit and some of the policies he has pursued from the white house. today as he spent a couple of nights at his turnberry golf resort it's been impossible to avoid the protesters. we knew the president was going to play golf, he has played golf over 50 weekends since arriving in the white house at the beginning of last year, so you turned out today. so did year, so you turned out today. so d id protesters year, so you turned out today. so did protesters who knew he would be out playing 18 holes. so, in this report from one accord and you'll see ina report from one accord and you'll see in a day of protest, part his father president and protesters

team of friends and the game was very interesting but russia won but now as st petersburg gears up to host france and belgium for that crucial semifinal clash there's an important question to be now fried chips as we call them back in england a crucial staple of any not so healthy diet but as we call them french fries are they actually french all belgian some content we also spawns here inside pizzas for the troops. who are belgian i don't know where the name comes from but they're belgian hundred percent hundred percent so i could repeat been generally here you know any good process and they've all done no good to you for good passing. new food. my. french like a hundred percent sure yeah yeah i'm not sure i don't know before you start you need to know that i'm here because you know not what. you say it's french belgians as belgian who did it was the outside it's mcdonald's good thing done. it's not surprising but they did have the name we know the truth the first time it was at the end phone signal i drew the news with them from the t.v. only dog was heavy defeat the phone says it but me to visit the manch

so it's a no your opinion affair in the last full france take on belgium in st petersburg in the first semifinal on tuesday and then our wednesday england play croatia at the luzhniki stadium in moscow. cycling world champion peter sagan of slovakia's has won the second stage of this year's tour de france and for good measure it's also imposition of the leaders a yellow jersey sunday stage took the riders on a one hundred eighty two point five kilometer journey with one categorized climb only stage one winner from colombia ferdinand the video was held up in a crash in the final kilometer sagan avoided the pileup and would overtake local rider are no them are on the slight incline near the finish he would also hold of the challenge from italy sunny cold but only in a sprint finish to take the day's honors and that yellow jersey that's all the sport for now i'll have another update for you again in the twenty one hundred g.m.t. hour but for now i'm going to hand you back to nic in london. peter i phone we shall look forward to seeing you later that is it for this news only the model i wi

tonight france have booked their place in the world cup final thanks to a one nil victory over belgium in st petersburg samuel on c t's a second half header since being left blows to a first final in twelve years also coming up. it's world boys in their coach who were trapped inside a cave in northern thailand they have all been rescued the last four members of the wild boars a football team and their job.

launch into the final it's an all european affair from here on out to france will battle belgium in st petersburg on tuesday and croatia will face england in moscow on wednesday and we can cross over now to moscow where our world cup correspondent oliver moody is standing by with the latest from those niki stadium and that stadium that we can see there behind you it will host the final in under a week's time as we just heard but russia are no longer in the running having lost that nail biter on saturday night against croatia of course how have the fans there been taking it. well they say it's the hope that the most in the end russian fans have no hope at the start of the tournament they were built up and then of course cruelly done so it's a difficult one for them but that hasn't stopped them from recognizing what an unlikely achievement this is for the russian seen russian fans turned out in the tens of thousands to welcome the team back to moscow here after their loss to croatia in sochi. i think there's a real recognition despite the disappointment that russia has massively over performed at t

friends have booked their place in the world cup final thanks to a one nil victory over belgium in st petersburg samuel the second half header sending live to a first final in twelve years. we begin the day with a rescue into the white of day in northern thailand some of the world's most skilled and specialized divers completed what may be the biggest mission of their lives safely leading a soccer team of twelve boys and one coach out of the flooded network of caves that had held them captive for two weeks one of the rescued divers lost his life trying to make sure that the other divers had enough oxygen one kilometer beneath the earth's surface of this rescue has been an international effort divers from across the world military specialists from as far away as the u.s. all focused on saving lives and in a world that seems more polarized than ever what mattered most this week was the glue our shared humanity and that shared instinct to leave the cave even an ancient greece plato wrote in his allegory of the cave about the innate longing to escape the darkness and shadows just to feel the light a

it‘s france — who beat belgium in the first semi—final in st petersburg. chant: so we tell them. .. we're from belgium! spirits were high, the odd spirit was consumed, as fans looked forward to the match. whether you were in red or blue, you were hoping, hoping, hoping. translation: i think france have a good chance of getting to the final. after a slow start, we are getting stronger. we will beat our belgian neighbours, our belgian friends. then, a great party, and straight on to moscow. if we play in the final, we have to win the cup. we've come so far, now we have to do it. we know that we have a really good team, in the past there was always something, and now is the moment to win the cup. perhaps unsurprisingly, this is what they would call a cagey game. but, when chances did come, both goalkeepers rose to the challenge. eventually, though, a breakthrough. early in the second half, samuel umtiti leapt up, putting the french ahead. that was all they needed — france back in a world cup final for the first time in 12 years. in paris, there was pandemoniu

so we've got france against belgium in st. petersburg next tuesday i think that one is. in the semifinals. nkem: there's more world cup action on saturd when sweden takes on england before the host russia meets croat to decide who else will advance to next week's semifinals. we will of yourse bring all the action here as well as online and bbc.com/sport. you can reach me on twitter where i shall be making predictis about who is going to win the world cup. no, i'm not. i'm not reliable. bye-bye!re >> make to join me and my co-host christian fraser in london for 100 days on monday. we'll focus on the biggest issues that are impactiboth sides of the atlantic and we'll provide analysis on how they're shaping our world. we look forward to seeing you then. here on pbs. >> national presentation of bbc world news is made possible by t contribution your pbs stu.ion from viewers like yo thank you. >> you're watching pbs. ♪ -next, a "kqed newsroom" special on the arts. -♪ his love -sometimes it takes more than a 90-minute, intermissionless play to kick somebody out of their 40-hour