i understand the sort of narrative towards me, and, you know, that is better for the team than it being towards them. but it is creating an unusual environment to operate in. i have not seen any other team qualify and receive similar. so this is what it all means for group c. denmark serbia was also a drab 0—0 draw so denmark and slovenia join england in the last 16. denmark and slovenia, see there, played three, drew three. slovenia, would you believe, have never actually won a game at the euros. denmark finished ahead of slovenia by having a better head—to—head record in qualifying. as for england, top of the group, one win, two draws, two goals and not a lot to excite, and in a week where their comments have caused as much attention as the players, just what did the pundits make of this latest display? i think, for me, a number of players stood out, photo and played particularly well but it's about building relationships and feeling you have freedom to express yourself. ifeel like the have freedom to express yourself. i feel like the last couple of games, they are holding back a little bit. there is a lot of pressure on their backs but we want them to express themselves and have fun and to be the best versions of themselves for this english team. that is what fans want. hopefully, this was a much improved performance from the last game against denmark and i hope we see it again for the last 16. ., , ., ., last 16. he has not figured out the best team _ last 16. he has not figured out the best team and _ last 16. he has not figured out the best team and the - the best team and the relationships you are asking about _ relationships you are asking about. how does that make you feel as — about. how does that make you feel as a — about. how does that make you feel as a player in that situation?— feel as a player in that situation? , , ., ., situation? they will be aware of that, situation? they will be aware of that. no — situation? they will be aware of that, no getting _ situation? they will be aware of that, no getting away - situation? they will be aware| of that, no getting away from that. the reaction has not been great for the first two games but i got the impression they really believe this would be a performance tonight. and it wasn't. all the same, we're looking for some personality. i felt like in the second half a few people were give me the ball and i will make it happen. they didn't. they didn't make it happen. but these people were saying we have nothing to lose, we are a good team and we will try to hurt them. so you've heard from the manager. you've heard from the ex—players. but what did the fans make of it? it is all the build—up, we build up and then we pass back. there are so many options and we don't take it. boring, isn't it? gareth southgate has been worked out, everyone knows how to play him. going backwards in time. go forward, let's attack. i've watched all of our game. so far, they are all the same, none of them are exciting. i get more enjoymentl watching other teams. i don't think we deserved to go through with that to be honest, but we will see. things can change. if you make changes we can do better, we cannot do that again. from group c to group d and how many of you had austria coming out on top, ahead of france, netherlands and poland? well, that's what has happened, following a 3—2 win over the dutch. having led at half time, austria were pegged back when cody gakpo produced a smart finish two minutes after the interval. romano schmid here responded just before the hour mark, only for memphis depay to then equalise for the dutch for a second time. marcel sabitzer was austria's hero. netherlands are through as one of the best third placed teams. france finished second in their group, after a 1—1 draw with poland. kylian mbappe — wearing a mask for his injured nose — opening the scoring from the penalty spot. robert lewandowski saw a penalty saved, but it was retaken and he made no mistake second time around but ultimately poland will be heading home early. the second group phase at the men's t20 world cup is already decided and what a story this is. afghanistan all—rounder rashid khan says it's an unbelievable feeling to reach the semi—finals for the first time in their history by beating bangladesh, and in doing so knocking out the 2021 champions, australia. sports correspondent joe wilson has the story. on a rainy night in st vincent, afghanistan's men reached a new level. they might be surprised, if we are still surprised. they keep finding, producing such talented players, like faisal, the leading wicket—taker in this tournament. now veen ul—haq is close behind. he took four wickets as they chased a rain adjusted total. rashid khan is a global bowling superstar. afghanistan's captain and still only 25. bangladesh were all out nine runs short of their victory target, a nervy, stirring, inspiring win. yes, i think the cricket we have played in the whole tournament so far, i think we deserved to be in the semis, and the way everyone took the responsibility of getting into the game and performing best for the team. so i don't know how i can describe my feeling, but, yes, it is a massive achievement for us as a team and a nation. here is the reaction in afghanistan. the national team is based in the uae, but the significance is felt here. this man describe his joy that for the first time afghanistan have reached the world semifinals after beating bangladesh. "we are very proud," he says. the cricket gave afghans a great deal of happiness. well, that is clear, but do you see any women here? when the taliban returned to power, afghanistan's women's cricketers fled for their lives. cricket allows the men's team to achieve all this. the absence of women's cricket in afghanistan is a clear breach of the sport's own rules. progress, even this progress, comes in that context. joe wilson for bbc news. rugby union, and england head to new zealand this week, and arguably the toughest challenge in world rugby, they have never won a series against the all blacks in new zealand, and it's been over 20 years since they won a test there. they play in dunedin on the 6th ofjuly and in auckland a week later. if we are just in awe of what the all blacks are we're not going to be on the right headspace to go out and beat them and that is our intention — to go over there and beat the all blacks in new zealand. we are excited to go there and try and do that. we have so much respect for what they do. at the same time, we can't sit back and pay too much respect for that. we have to go and make sure we assert ourselves in the way we want to. and if you want more sports news, why not head over to the bbc sport website or the bbc sport app? until next time — thanks for watching. see you again soon. hello, there. let's take a look at the weather for the week ahead. scotland and northern ireland saw the warmest day of the year so far. 27 celsius in parts of aberdeenshire, but compare that to tuesday afternoon's temperatures within the same areas — just 12, 13 celsius again for eastern scotland, so quite the drop there, and that cooling trend will continue from the north and the west, as we head through the next couple of days or so. some showers around, at times — the heat and humidity last longest across england and wales but, again, that will be gone by the time we get to the end of the day on thursday, and you can just see this cooler—feeling air on wednesday, shown in lighter colours, that will threaten its way further southwards and eastwards. quite a muggy, warm start on wednesday morning, for most of us. we will have seen plenty of low cloud rolling into north sea—facing coasts, that's running back towards the coast, as we head through the afternoon, so burning back, sunshine and showers for scotland. a fine day for most in northern ireland, clouding over later. of course, we keep the heat and humidity, the sunshine, across much of england and wales — temperatures in the mid—to—high 20s — locally, perhaps, 30 degrees. but here's our cold front that's trailing down from this area of low pressure that will bring the fresher—feeling airfor all, and that will be pushing further eastwards, as we head through thursday. rather windy conditions for much of the day across scotland and for northern ireland. it will take most of the day for that cooler—feeling air to filter into south—east england and east anglia, so temperatures here probably still in the mid—20s, at least. but that cold front pushes further eastwards to the near continent, low pressure remains across the far north of the uk, so across northern areas of scotland, we are likely to see some further outbreaks of rain, as we head through friday. a much fresher feel through the course of the morning. a few showers out to the north and the west, but further south, it is looking largely dry, and there still will be some sunshine around, as well, and, of course, it's still warm in the sunshine at this time of year, so it will help to lift the temperatures, somewhat. but, generally, the high teens, the low—20s in celsius, much closer now to the seasonal average. into the weekend, and not a lot is set to change, but these weather fronts could just start to graze central areas of the uk, bringing some outbreaks of rain, perhaps, across northern ireland, northern wales and into northern england for a time. to the north of that front, we are likely to see a few showers, but some sunny spells to the south. it's probably looking mostly dry, and again, sunshine will help to boost the temperatures somewhat — the low—20s, i think, for many, towards the south, and cooler further north, and it is the same sort of thing on sunday, really. low pressure still towards the north, so some showers here, but largely dry further south, and of course there will be some sunny spells around, as well. generally, temperatures between 16 and 23 celsius, north to south. let's take a look at the following week, then. we've still got these westerly winds, so the air won't be particularly warm, still rather unsettled, too, with areas of low pressure moving in from the north and the west, so tending to be wet in the north—west, and a little drier towards the south and east. we could perhaps, in southern areas, see a lot of dry weather, as we head through the week. there will be some sunshine, at times, but always watch out for some showers. temperatures, of course, much lower than they were to start the week. bye—bye for now. live from washington, this is bbc news. julian assange appears in court on a remote us territory and pleads guilty to an espionage charge. dramatic images in kenya — at least five people were killed during protests over a controversial tax bill. and — the us surgeon—general declares gun violence a public health crisis. hello. welcome to bbc news. i'm sumi somaskanda. after a 1a—year legal battle, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, is now one step closer to becoming a free man. in the past few hours, mr assange arrived at a court in a remote us territory in the western pacific after being released from a british prison. there, he pleaded guilty to a single charge of espionage, as part of a deal with us authorities to secure his release, allowing him to return to his native australia. the 52—year—old was charged by us officials in 2010 for leaking a vast amount of secret us military information from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. here's his wife, stella assange, reacting to the news of her husband's release. when we met, he was under house arrest, it will be the first time that i get to see him as a fully free man and i wasjust, when i was speaking to him, said, well, we can walk, go for a walk and they will be no restrictions, no curfew, all this is so alien. the hearing has been