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The main thing is that we are going through, we had to melbourne. The main thing is that we are going through, we had to hold are going through, we had to hold down and move on. Players came in and really helped and we had so many game changes coming in and making the difference. It is game changes coming in and making the difference. The difference. It is tough, what we have been doing the difference. It is tough, what we have been doing is the difference. It is tough, what we have been doing is incredible. The difference. It is tough, what we have been doing is incredible. We l have been doing is incredible. We have have been doing is incredible. We have got have been doing is incredible. We have got to be proud. This is football have got to be proud. This is football but i think we showed that in football there is no impossible things in football there is no impossible things. We have been working so hard in our things. We have been working so hard in our clubs things. We have been working so hard in our clubs. We deserve much more. The netherlands finished top of their group uncomfortably so, beating vietnam 7 0. It is the biggest victory of the tournament so far. It would have been enough for The Netherlands to go through as the Group Winners on Goal Difference evenif Group Winners on Goal Difference even if the usa had won their game against portugal. Netherlands are on course at the moment to face italy. This is the situation at the Netball World Cup and these are the fixtures today. Everything was very cordial at the oval between england and australia after the ashes series ended in a draw yesterday evening. But a little later, reports came through that the traditional laying aside of the rivalry to share a drink together might not have happened. It was suggested that the Australian Team went to the england dressing room, knocked on the door and werent let in. But a diplomatic incident has been averted thanks to a tweet from ben stokes sent around 4am by the way that explained theyd had a lot of presentations to get through. By the time theyd finished, the aussies had stopped waiting and gone, so the drinks did happen, just at a nightclub instead. Well, a day after the ashes finished, the third edition of the hundred starts today, but one of its stars rashid khan has pulled out with an injury. The afghanistan leg spinner who is the number one ranked t20 bowler in the world was due to play in Trent Rockets first three games. Rockets start their Title Defence against southern brave this evening. This is the premier competition in the country for white ball. The ecb� s flagship white ball competition. And it has created so much energy and enjoyment in the audience, in the crowd. The changing demographic in the crowd, especially in the hundred crowds is very important. The growth of the game not only in england but around the world, you know, having this increased female involvement is amazing. Play was stopped at a match in sri lanka by a large snake on the field of play. The game between galle titans and the dambulla aura in colombo was brought to a temporary pause by the non venomous reptile. Local Wildlife Officers were called in to move the snake back to its natural habitat and play resumed after that. The womens hundred is the opening match of the competition and that begins in a few moments which you can follow on our website. And thats all the sport for now. The uk may be about to launch its first rocket into space from an island north of the scottish mainland. The land on unst, one of the shetland islands, was bought by a husband and wife team 15 years ago. Now the site could now be just weeks away from securing a spaceport licence. Our correspondent Laura Goodwin has more details. As you might imagine, getting to the most Northern Point in the uk is a bit of a mission in itself. First up, a flight from mainland uk. Then onto one ferry and then onto another ferry, before you reach your final destination. But its remoteness is just one of the reasons unst in shetland could soon become something of a Super Highway that way. Once part of an raf radar base, the land was bought by frank strang and his wife around 15 years ago. Never in My Wildest Dreams did i think wed be building a spaceport. Its all about geography and location, location, location. And were the most northern tip of the united kingdom. So when we launch, were launching over sea. Weve got a clear trajectory into the orbits that were trying to get to and the airspace itself is very uncongested. So theres very little civilian air traffic flying overhead. So from this location here, we can get the satellites into the orbits they need to be. Also, because of our location, were two and a half kilometres away from human houses, human habitats, so its a very safe location. This is the first of three launch pads, with the site hoping to get their orbital licence in the next few weeks. Eventually, up to 30 rockets could be launched each year, carrying a number of small satellites, and thats attracted interest from Companies Across the globe. There are so many applications from space. The biggest two dimensions are connectivity and earth observation, right . We are talking lots about Climate Change and understanding our planet, but we are not even halfway there of understanding it properly. So we really need a live data Climate Model of our planet and thats only possible with supervision and monitoring from space. That is what we need these satellites for. Less than 700 people live on unst and its hoped the spaceport might bring morejobs and more people to the island. Speaking as an islander, im just really, really keen for this project to happen. Im giving It Everything i can to ensure that this build happens and the spaceport is operational. Because, for the islanders, its sort of a lifeline. The population has gone down, and down, and down. Its halved since 1999, and we need economic and social activity on the island to ensure its viability. Unst is already a place of immense Natural Beauty and ancient heritage. This burial site was recently discovered not far from the launch pad. Few places in the world can boast bronze age and space age sitting side by side. Laura goodwin, bbc news. Rain and wind and Cool Temperatures have dominated the uk in recent weeks and last month was the six wettestjuly on record and the wettestjuly on record and the wettest everjuly in Northern Ireland according to figures from the met office. Northern ireland had an average of 185 Millimetres Rain Last month, just above the previous record set in 1936. The figure could be revised once all the data is collected and some parts of england also set you Rainfall Figures with Greater Manchester and merseyside all having their wettestjuly. Have you ever suffered from hiccups . You are not alone. Take a look at this. You cannot hear it but you can see it, a giant panda in china, suffering from a bout of hiccups. We want to end the programme with a bit of cuteness. The animal was found at a world leading centre in panda conservation efforts. You are watching bbc news. Goodbye. Hello there. Were into a new month, but very little change to the weather pattern. Its going to remain unsettled throughout the rest of this week with low Pressure Systems dominating the sea. And it will feel rather cool as well for the time of year. Now, july was a wet month up and down the country. Many places saw more than double their normal amounts of rainfall. A few areas even saw three times the amount of rainfall, all because of low pressure. Now, thats yesterdays area of low pressure. This is tomorrows low pressure. Were in between Weather Systems for the rest of today. So not a bad afternoon, i suppose. Well see some sunshine around. Quite a bit of cloud, though, across scotland, northern england, Northern Ireland, some spots of rain in there as well and the odd shower elsewhere. Otherwise, its mostly dry and with lighter winds for many, we should be up to around 22 degrees, but it goes downhill quite quickly across the southwest. This next area of low pressure hurtles in this evening and overnight, bringing strengthening winds across the south and the west and outbreaks of rain which will continue to push northwards and eastwards to most areas, that is away from the north of scotland. And for many it will be quite a mild and muggy night as well. So heres wednesdays picture, it looks pretty autumnal. And in fact, with this deep low spreading across the country, well see widespread gales across the channel and Southern England there, 50, 60 mile an hour gusts, but lighterwinds in the centre of the system. So as we move through the afternoon with light winds here, sunshine appears, may set off some heavy showers or thunderstorms and they may be slow moving because the winds will be light in the centre of the low. Could be up to 20 to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. Otherwise, for most, its the high teens. That area of low pressure pulls away into the near continent. So for thursday, were in a run of north north westerly winds, could start off with quite a lot of cloud across the northern half of the country. A few showers from the word go in the south, but it is a day of sunshine and showers. It will feel quite cool as well in the brisk north westerly winds, certainly around northern and western coasts. In the sunshine, not too bad, but well see most of the showers across Western Areas and some of them could turn out to be heavy and thundery. Disappointing temperatures for early august. Generally its the mid to high teens. So another day of sunshine and showers today on friday. The heavy showers will be towards the east of england. And then another area of low pressure arrives in time for the weekend. Live from london, this is bbc news. France is to evacuate its nationals from niger as the Security Situation deteriorates after last weeks military coup. Translation we were asked to take just a small bag with the necessities, because we cant take the suitcase. As russia blames ukraine on a second drone strike over moscow skyscraper, we will bring you the latest from the bbc verify team. Torrential rains batter northern china, leaving 20 People Killed as another typhoon approaches the eastern coast. And england beats china 6 1 to reach the last 16 of the world cup. We will speak to a former lioness about the teams performance. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. France says it will begin airlifting its citizens out of niger in the coming hours. The Foreign Ministry in paris said the decision to carry out an evacuation was prompted by the worsening Security Situation in niger after last weeks military coup. France said it had negotiated with the acting authorities in niger to proceed and will also help other european nationals to leave. Italy and germany have also encouraged their citizens to leave. It comes after supporters of the coup Burned French flags and attacked the French Embassy on sunday