Minister heads to south africa hours before he was due to be charged in connection with the murder of his 2nd wife. And im he said with your support the u. S. Womens Football Team on 66000000. 00 in damages in a discrimination case plus a 16 year old gives india a flying start in the opening match of the womens team to win the world cup the games champions australia. Ok lets get going to afghanistan where an agreement thats supposed to usher in peace is to take effect in just a few hours time the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a quote reduction of violence as of midnight if the 7 day deal proves a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups and the u. S. Has said it wants to pull it strips out of afghanistan live now to washington and my colleague our current correspondent she has she have just take us through the choreography of the next week in theory. So we have the 7 days o
Administration, from britains top diplomat in the us, sir kim darroch. Two years of his secret e mails leaked. In one, he wrote. On Donald Trumps recent state visit to the uk, he said the president had been dazzled by the queen, but cautioned this is still the land of america first. And on foreign policy, trumps sabre rattling over iran, approving air strikes and then calling them off, was described as chaotic. Here, serious questions are being raised about the leak. The thing with diplomatic cables, and i used to work at the Foreign Office, id be quite careful about what you say which is on a personal basis in those cables, because its all very well talking about the substance of the relationship, the policies, but i think some of that may, in retrospect, be regarded as unwise. Put in a statement, the Foreign Office denied it would have any long term impact. As for the future, the ambassador compared it to a roller coaster which could lead to disgrace and downfall, but cautioned about
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 to
Against the usa, the current holders of the womens world cup. It was a dramatic final ten minutes, with england 2 1 down, then missing a penalty, which was awarded thanks to help of the video assitant referee. It means the usa become the first side in womens world cup history to make three successive finals. Lets cross to lyon now and speak our Sports Editor dan roan. Dan, what a match talk us through the key events. England came into this game full of confidence and momentum. Phil neville had said they were here to win it now but they knew that they we re win it now but they knew that they were up against the dominant force in womens game in the us, three times formerly champions and the reigning champions, too. And it was the us who got off to a very good start indeed, as you can seat now. Christen press and ben brought him to their side, scoring with a thumping header to give them an early lead within ten minutes. Not the start the england then had been looking for. It was the first