live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with both new hope in ukraine and a new round of fighting. officials say 13 missiles struck a city about 300 kilometers north of mykolaiv, leaving a number of people injured and killed. the missiles targeted a military airfield and a railway facility. officials are urging people to stay in shelters for now while the mayor of mykolaiv is reporting what he called powerful blasts in that city as well. on the hopeful side, ukraine and russia have signed an agreement that will allow ukraine to resume grain exports through the black sea. much of that grain has been stranded buzz of a russian naval blockade leaving 47 million people around the world in state the u.s., britain and the eu all have welcomed the agreement. president zelenskyy seems skeptical that russia will keep their word. here he is. translator: we trust the u.n. thousand it is their responsibility and responsibility of international part
after their fourth placed finish in the world cup. the atlas lions exceeded all expectations and set a new benchmark for african teams, beating belgium in the group stages and then knocking out both portugal and spain on their way to the semi finals. four premier league teams have moved through to the quarter finals of the english league cup after the last 16 fixtures played on tuesday. an adam smith own goal for bournemouth was enough for newcastle to progress at the cherries expense, while southampton and leicester city also went through. and wolves gave new managerjulen lopetegui a winning start with two late goals against league two strugglers gillingham. liv golfers will be allowed to compete in the masters in 2023, organisers at augusta national have confirmed. despite the issues in the sport brought about by liv golf, the tournament organisers say their ultimate focus is to bring together a pre eminent field and they ll invite players who are eligible under their current crit
i think moroccan people not only in morocco but throughout the world needed this kind of joy and pride in their national team. after spain, which was another nail biter game, were you surprised that they still had enough reserves left to take on a team like portugal? to be completely honest, i think we broke a glass ceiling. not after spain, but after beating belgium in the group stage. and holding croatia to a stalemate. so it was a happy surprise, because obviously portugal has got one of the most the best teams around the world. but it was half a surprise, considering the motivation and considering the team that has been sacrificing, giving so much effort. all right, let s look ahead. france and morocco are facing off in the semifinals. these two countries, they share history, they share cultural and linguistic ties. will it be a loaded game?
them and the locals as well. beating belgium, spain, portugaltonightand surely the moroccans are not fearing anyone and if you talk to all players, they would much rather go into teams as favourites than the underdog because morocco go against teams are favourites rather than underdogs because morocco have nothing to lose. the? than underdogs because morocco have nothing to lose- nothing to lose. they are used to knockin: nothing to lose. they are used to knocking out nothing to lose. they are used to knocking out european nothing to lose. they are used to knocking out european big - nothing to lose. they are used to l knocking out european big nations, england or france, bring it on for morocco. many thanks indeed, those moroccan fans are a sight to behold, it will belong to them once again. three astonishing quarterfinal so far, still 1 0 by the way against england, those two penalty shoot out as well on friday, croatia knocking out brazil. neymar in tears after