justice department is examining donald trump s alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow with the opening ceremony. hello and good morning. england s lionesses are just one match away from glory after thrashing sweden 4 0 in their women s european championship semi final last night. they ll play the winner of tonight s second semifinal between germany and france in the final at wembley on sunday. it s the first time the team have reached the final of a major international tournament since 2009 and it follows the heartbreak of defeat in their last three semifinals. the england coach sarina wiegman hailed last night s performance against swden, the tournament s top ranked side, saying she was incredibly proud of her players. our correspondent natalie pirks was at the match at bramall lane in sheffield. the relief was palpable, the joy was intense. and the dancing? fit for a wembley fi
the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. what i witnessed was horrific. and thinking about it, i realised how much it sjust a part of my psychological furniture, always there. and after travelling all round the commonwealth the queen s baton has arrived in birmingham, for tomorrow s opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games. and coming up on the bbc news channel. germany take on france in the second euros semi final this evening. so who will england face at wembley? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. england are celebrating a thrilling performance last night as they thrashed sweden to book their place in sunday s women s euros final. a peak audience of more than nine million tv viewers watched the lionesses win their semi final at bramall lane in sheffield 4 0 with goals from beth mead, lucy bronz
falling much lower than 25 celsius. what is known as a tropical night. but have a look at how fickle the weather is at the moment. in actual fact, first thing this morning these were the kind of temperatures we had with temperatures in low, single figures from scotland down to 0xfordshire. because high pressure is here at the moment, but it is actually allowing the airflow to come from the north and with clear skies, those temperatures fell away. we have more in the way of cloud developing as we speak and act like a trigger off a few showers through this afternoon. no showers will gradually drift their way and steadily northwards, they will be very hit and miss so not many seeing them. the temperatures will be disappointing, perhapsjust below disappointing, perhaps just below parfor disappointing, perhaps just below par for the disappointing, perhapsjust below par for the time of year. top temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and thatis temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and that i
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr