They are on the verge of a first world title. They know they are up against formidable opponents, they will be the underdogs. The usa have won the world cup three times, olympic gold four times, a team seemingly built to win. Their starforward on and off the pitch has been megan rapinoe. She scored five goals and is a social activist, an equal rights campaigner as well. She is expecting to be fit for the final and recover from a hamstring strain that kept her out of the england game. The netherlands star player is a former ballon dor winner, lieke martens, she is an injury doubt another reason why the odds seem to be stacked against the european champions. But they have belief. They won the European Championship two years ago, they are a great attacking side on their day. They know they need to raise their level to knock the usa off their perch. The final is on bbc one. Kick off in lyon is at lipm. Paul pogbas been included in Manchester Uniteds travelling squad for their pre season tour of australia, singapore and china. The midfielder has been absent from the first week of uniteds pre season training with permission from boss ole gunnar solskjaer. But theres lots of speculation about his future, with his agent mino raiola stating that pogba wants to leave the club. Lionel messi has claimed argentina were the victims of corruption. And that the referee was told to send him off in their copa america third place playoff. He had criticised some of the decisions in their previous match and was again after being shown a red card forjust the second time the first was on his international debut. And 1a years later it happened again. In the first half of their match against chile following a confrontation with gary medel. They were both sent off although it looked like one was doing more pushing than the other. They even checked it via the var and still messi was sent off. Andy murray and Serena Williams new partnership has its first win and a new name too. The mixed doubles team called serandy came through their opening match at wimbledon beating andreas mies and Alexa Guarachi in straight sets in the prime time match on centre court. Earlier murray had lost in the mens doubles while williams came through her third round singles match. Day two of the Tour De France is underway. Its a time trial just over 27 kilometres from the brussels royal palace to the atomium. You can follow it live via the bbc sport website and app. Just to let you know there has been another wicket in the cricket, 208 6 in that multiformat ashes. Now, time for the travel show. Coming up on this weeks programme i am dressing up in dublin as cosplay marks its 35th birthday. Ade heads to dubai to explore a record breaker, in full bloom. This place is like the Chelsea Flower Show on steroids. And lucy puts a cardboard kayak to the test in this months global gadgets. This is pretty sturdy. Hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week from dublin, capital city of ireland, home to guinness, u2, and for one weekend only, costumes like this. Its comic con, ireland, and a big feature is cosplay. This year marks 35 years since the term was first coined in this article by japanese journalist, nobuyuki takahashi. But really, fan costuming began 70 years ago at the First World Science Fiction Convention in new york city, when this couple attended wearing a futuristic costume they designed and made. The cosplay industry is now a multibillion dollar business, with some reports saying it is worth over 20 billion, of £15 billion, worldwide. Everyone is here injust incredible costumes, of all shapes and sizes and frankly, it would be a bit rude not tojoin in. The cosplay experts have got me a costume. Oh, this ones for me . Thank you very much so, im not sure what this is, the grand reveal. Hopefully its one i recognise. Oh, its totoro, from my neighbour totoro, the Studio Ghibli film this one i know and am very happy to wear. Very happy cosplayer today. Lets go thousands of people have come for the comic con, ireland edition. Many are taking part in the cosplay competitions, hoping to be picked to represent ireland in the euro cosplay championships. Others are here to play their favourite characters. Running the cosplay side of things, is guild of nerds. I think years ago, cosplay was seen as sort of an oddity, but now it has become very mainstream, where like 50 of the convention will be in cosplay and i think in the last ten years, theres actually people who have made a living out of it. So, why has it become so big . I mean, how did it turn from a couple of people going to a convention in costume to all this . The internet. And theres some people who may be isolated, and when they come to conventions, thats when they can meet like minded people and some people when theyre actually in costume, they get a bit more confident and their acting in the character, it makes them act like the way they normally wouldnt. Pretty much most people i know are introverts, but you see them and they will be extremely hyper. We are going to start things off, anyone who would like to come up in costume and show us something are you ready to start . If i rub this lamp, will i get three wishes . Only if you say, i wish. How about questions instead . But you still have to start them with, i wish. Oh, ok, well, iwish for you to tell me. Tell me a little bit about the costumes and the competition here because it seems fierce to me. Well honestly we are all. We are all big nerds. We love what we love. We all love anime, we all love videogames, we all love movies. Like myself with aladdin, i have non stop. Non stop been listing to the aladdin songs. On repeat, 24 7. Oh dear so now you get to, kind of, come and show your passion for this . Yes, a lot of people here, we have our day jobs which go into our hobby, a lot of people can spend a lot of money. But some people some people who start out especially, they could use their own clothes at home, your costume could be just a tank top and shorts, something very basic. And, boom you are cosplaying so have you heard, just anecdotally, like, oh such and such spent like 2 grand on a dress . Or. Yeah no, thats happened. That has happened a lot of times. Back to the competition, and there has been a development. They have allowed me to come up on the judges panel, and i even get to give my own specialjudges award. A very wide array of costumes so far, including some pretty gory ones. Contestants are judged on effort and performance for portraying the character, with those making their outfits from scratch gaining extra points. We all get to pick one place. Oh, god youve chosen all my picks but it means im like, on point with myjudging. So thats good despite all the fun, there has been controversy over recent years about some cosplayers getting the wrong kind of attention, with accusations of sexual harassment, inappropriate behaviour and body shaming and offence. Thats why this slogan, cosplay is not consent, has started to appear at many conventions along with a set of rules that mean that nobody should be touched or photographed without their permission. Hello, everybody first of all, may i say, everybodys costumes were just incredible thejudges choice award to go to rachel smith, with her character, yennefer from witcher iii, looking incredibly awesome in black for the winners, it is National Cosplay glory. For the other entrants, theres always next year. I knew only very little about cosplay before i came here, but i feel like it had a crash course and i found it to be such an interesting community of creative people but the most important thing that seems to have come across today, is the passion, and the dedication that people have towards embodying these characters they love so much. Well, if you fancy popping on a costume and morphing into a character for the day, heres your travel show guide for places to strut your stuff around the world. The biggest event of the year for many cosplayers is the san diego comic con, with tickets selling out in minutes. The four day event hosts its own masquerade contest in which you can win significant cash prizes. However, the standard is very high, and the panel ofjudges often includes hollywood costume makers. The cosplay scene in india is rapidly growing, with comic con events taking place in delhi, hyderabad, bengaluru and mumbai. Expect impressive costumes as many cosplayers take full advantage of the army of high skilled, and relatively inexpensive tailors, who work throughout the country. If youd rather be fully immersed in the world of those you are portraying, then maybe larping, or live action role play, is more up your street. The Largest Global larping event is the conquest of mythodea, and takes place in germany where 15,000 people come together for a five day long mediaeval re enactment. Or if dressing up just isnt for you, then the British Museum is currently hosting the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside ofjapan. The immersive exhibition explores the mangas global influence, from anime, to the origins of cosplay. Still to come on the travel show lucy takes to the water in a cardboard boat. And ades in dubai, to explore one of the biggest outdoor gardens in the world. Im not even messing about, i feel like they are speaking to me. So dont go away. Welcome back to the travel show, now before we go any further i have to show you this incredible costume by sarah. Sarah, why dont you give us a twirl . So tell me, how on earth did this costume come to be . Well i saw it on a video, it was like on youtube of like, this guy, a designer, who made loads of dresses for little girls that like, transformed, and i just really wanted one but he doesnt make them for older people so i was like, i will make my own, i will figure it out and ill do it myself. So underneath there is a coat hidden, and the coat is reversed so you stick your hands through and pull it up out the back, and wear it literally like a coat and then you pull the dress up and hide it, so it goes like that. Oh, there you go and so for you, what do you enjoy about making these costumes . Ijust love to make things with my hands, like i love the physical aspect of it, ijust love spending time on it and its something i really enjoy. So, how it take to make Something Like this . Well, for me, this one took about two weeks, like, full, every day working on it. What does being part of a Community Like this mean to you . To me, it is like a really big family. When i was in school i didnt really have many friends and, was really lonely, and no one understood, like. And i was into all these comics and disney and superheroes and no one was, and then i found out about comic con and cosplay and i came to my first event, and it was like, everyone swarms you, and theyre like, oh my god, join our little group this is a family, all these friends, and its so nice cause everyones just. Relates so well and you get along with everybody. Its your tribe . Exactly and you put together this one as well . Idid. Its worked out so well, thank you so much for showing your amazing costume thank you and now for global gadgets with lucy. Summer has sort of, almost nearly arrived here in the uk, so today i have three gadgets that could help you make the most of the long sunny days, whether youre at home or on your holidays. First up, its the solgaard life back solar. The Company Released their first crowd funded backpack in 2016, and this is a new upgraded version. So, it powers your devices when youre on the move and the battery pack slots in nicely here and can recharge itself via the solar panel on the front. If it is an overcast day, which in london, is a lot of the time, it can still be charged by a micro usb. Now, the company says it is good for up to five full phone charges, but if you are relying solely on that solar panel, it will take more than 2a hours to fully charge. Other features include secret compartments for your passport, travel documents and whatever else, but while the bag is advertised as being antitheft, theres a usb port in one of the side pockets, which might not be the safest place to charge a device. All in all, though, its a potentially useful option if youre going to spend long days out and about with nowhere to charge your device. Next, bose are widely known for their earphones and speakers but not stylish fashion items. That could all be about to change with frames. Its their new line of sunglasses with speakers built in to the side arms, so you can listen to music without anything covering your ears. They re actually pretty clever, so theres a built in speaker in both of the arms, the sound comes out here and is then directed into your ears. And the quality is surprisingly very good. You do get a tiny bit of audio leak, but its about the same as youd get with a lot of other earphones out there, they also connect via bluetooth, although its worth noting its all too easy to hit that connection button when taking them off and putting them on again, so watch out for that. If im being honest, they re probably not going to replace your everyday earphones, and being sunglasses, they are not much use indoors, plus battery life is limited to around 3. 5 hours. But as an accessory, theyre fun, theyre stylish, theyre new and theyre discreet. What if youre more of an expedition type . Well, heres something a bit more adventurous. The onak is a new brand of foldable canoe. Its made from a special type of polypropylene which the manufacturer claims is 100 recyclable. To help me assemble it, ive brought along my friend, outdoor tech expert, kieran. So, this is it. What do you think . Are you ready to help me put this thing together . Lets give it a crack. Lets do it weighing i7kg packed down, the canoe is light enough to wheel around. So, would you say that a love of the Great Outdoors is compatible with a love of tech do the two Work Together . I think they do. I know a lot of purists would say you get out to the outdoors to escape technology, and a lot of technology these days is seen as something that dislocates you from your environment, but a lot of the tech that i really like best helps you to get out, it connects you with your surroundings. So the onak canoe, for example, will enable people to go and see things they will have never have seen before. There are loads of gadgets like that. They are just enabling you to get out and explore more. So, are you sure you dont want to join me . Unfortunately, theres only one lifejacket, so you are on your own this time. Here we go youre free its pretty sturdy the company says it can be used just like any other canoe, but obviously, you need to take the usual precautions. So im out here on the very calm waters of regents park boating lake and ive got my lifejacket on. Ok, so far, so good. Theres no leaks and i feel pretty safe sitting inside the canoe. If say, you have limited storage at home but you love the outdoors, you love going on the water, this is definitely worth considering thanks, lucy well, to finish off, weve got the Perfect Place to put that solar backpack to good use. The sun beats down in dubai pretty much all year round, so you wouldnt think it is the best place to grow flowers. But that hasnt stopped them creating one of the worlds biggest outdoor gardens. We sent ade to go check it out. Heading for the entrance here at the miracle garden, three things immediately strike you. First, the smell, then its the colour, and then, theres the scale. This place is enormous since it opened on valentines day back in 2013, almost 8 Million People have come to take a look around the miracle garden. And im off to meet the man whose idea it all was. Dubais full of surprises. Where did you get your inspiration from . Actually, my inspiration, first of all, i am a landscaping engineer. And since i was a child, always reading about heaven, paradise, and it is filled with flowers, so always this idea in my brain, and always when i see my kids playing, you know, games on screens, on tv, i always. It comes to my mind, really, i need something for people to go out. So this has inspired me to create something to take people outside, to take people to nature. And its on such a grand scale so many flowers here how many flowers do you have in this park . We are always sustaining above 50 million flowers. 50 million flowers . yes. This place must take a lot of water. Where do you get it from and how do you keep it sustainable . Actually, we are using the recycled water from dubai municipality, so all the grey water over the city, the municipality recycle it and pump it to us, and from our side we refilter this water and convert it to very high quality water. And what about your challenges . What is the biggest challenge for you . Actually, the biggest challenge is just the wind. If we have strong wind, it is really our best challenge. We cant control it. We can control pests, we can control irrigation, temperature, everything can be controlled but not the wind. This place is like the Chelsea Flower Show on steroids. But you know what im looking forward to . Its when all these people leave and i get to hang out with the gardeners and find out how they keep everything looking so immaculate. Owl hoots. This place takes on a completely different aura at night. Its actually quite scary. I mean, those giant animals staring down at you, they feel more lifelike. Itsjust gone 10 00, and its only myself here and 200 gardeners that work all night to keep this place looking pristine. Im going to find one of them now. Hello, ade how are you . Nice to meet you. Lovely to meet you. This place is so different at night. Of course it is what is going on here . It seems like its raining should i have brought my umbrella . No need for that, just we are doing our irrigation work. We wait till the people leave the garden, then we start our irrigation. Is there anything i can do to help . Of course, you can do as you can see here, we are approaching the sunflower. You can see how it is blooming, it is nice. Its beautiful yeah, so we need to keep it beautiful, as you said. How we would do that, of course, we need to get rid of the dried ones. To trim it, prune it from time to time. 0k. So if you like, you can try by yourself. So, im looking for these dried sunflowers where the leaves are. Of course, the wilted ones, the dried ones. Actually, i was speaking to one of the gardeners earlier and he says, you know, you almost develop this relationship and a connection with the plants. Im not even messing about. I feel like they are speaking to me. You know, these ones are saying, stay away from me with those scissors stay away from me, you madman now, this looks a little bit more complicated than what i was doing earlier. Yes, of course. Why is he shaving the clock . I will not allow you to do it. Come on, come on and the clock, is it accurate . It is accurate, of course, it is connected with the gps, you can check your timing now. Lets have a look. 10 46. 10 a6, yes. Good job, yeah . It is almost time for bed for me, but the team of gardeners will be working here throughout the night until the gardens reopen up to the public at 10 00 tomorrow morning, making sure that all of those millions of flowers are in blooming, tip top condition. Thats all we have on this weeks programme. But coming up next week on the travel show mikes on australias Great Barrier reef, looking at some of the amazing work being done to protect it. Ok, and here we go, we havejust started our descent. Below all we see is blue. Ifeel a little bit nervous. As well as finding out how eco submarines could be the future of underwater sightseeing. So, dojoin us then. And in the meantime, dont forget you can catch up with us on our social media feeds, where you can share your travels with us and the rest of the world. Until next time, from me, christa larwood, the travel show team and the cosplayers of dublin, its goodbye. Time for the latest live update from bbc weather on a sunday offering its fairshare of bbc weather on a sunday offering its fair share of sunshine out there. Not particularly warm, high teens and low 20s but a lot of fine weather. Here is the view from norfolk. Another satellite picture, more clear than cloud but this area of cloud towards south east england has produced rain so far today and 110w has produced rain so far today and now sliding away and brightening up from the north with still the chance of catching a shower this afternoon and some drizzle towards the very far south east. Drizzle into south east england, showers in northern scotland and one or two but thatis northern scotland and one or two but that is the exception to an otherwise fine afternoon. Mid teens in northern scotland but low 20s in southern england. Not as warm as it was yesterday. And tonight, area of cloud slipping southwards into eastern england, cloud running into Northern Ireland, but for many it is going to be clear with the temperature widely rurally in single figures and close to freezing in scotla nd figures and close to freezing in scotland and towards the north east, maybe a brief touch of frost as monday begins. A lot of fine weather as monday starts but things are changing from the west with more cloud running in and Northern Ireland sees outbreaks of rain arriving and as cloud spills and across the west rain and drizzle towards coastal hills. The chance of an odd shower toward southern england but most places again away from Northern Ireland stay dry and we are looking at the high teens and low 20s. Back in action at wimbledon and looking generally fine. An isolated shower cannot be ruled out and nothing too warm for the players and nothing too warm for the players and light winds and shaping up to be and light winds and shaping up to be a fine start to the week. Deeper into the week as we go into tuesday, remember the rain in Northern Ireland, this weather front pushing east and taking some outbreaks of rain across the northern half of the uk so pulling away from Northern Ireland and that the scotland and maybe towards Northern England and north wales in the north midlands and into norfolk, and a mixed week with further spells of rain and showers at times, occasional spells of sunshine with the temperature close to average, if you spots in southern england approaching the mid 20s, so nothing extreme for this stage ofjuly in terms of heat rainfall. You may want some rain on the garden that has been dry. That is the forecast. This is bbc news, im lukwesa burak. The headlines at two leaked emails from the British Ambassador to washington describe president Trumps Administration as inept, insecure and incompetent. Iran says it has breached another condition of its 2015 International Nuclear agreement. 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