And coming up in sport on bbc news, ben stokes will be part of englands world cup squad later this year after reversing his decision to retire from one day cricket. Good evening. Englands lionesses have made history by reaching the final of the womens world cup for the first time. They beatjoint hosts australia 3 1 in a thrilling match in sydney. Australia equalised midway through the second half after ella toone scored the first goal, but then goals from lauren hemp and Alessia Russo saw england through. They will now face spain in the World Cup Final on sunday. Our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil is in sydney. Face of both teams were quenching for that spot. In the final it of History Making Territory for both sides. The england fans were outnumbered. They knew that. Is the matildas supporters packed the stadium and the fans. But with every one of the lioness goals they grew louder and bolder and then it was heartbreakfor louder and bolder and then it was heartbreak for the hosts with e
fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
Welcome to bbc news. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says claims that his forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he has claimed the United States worked hand in glove with Terror Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american Missile Strikes, and he questioned whether the tv images of dead children were real. Tonight, International Investigators said allegations of a Chemical Attack last week were credible. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. It contains distressing images. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas, and Rescue Workers struggling to help. Hosing victims down to try to wash it away. President trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime to calling the syrian president a butcher. Bashar al assad denies every accusation against him. There was no order to make any attack. We dont have any ch
Welcome to bbc news. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says claims that his forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he has claimed the United States worked hand in glove with Terror Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american Missile Strikes, and he questioned whether the tv images of dead children were real. Tonight, International Investigators said allegations of a Chemical Attack last week were credible. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. It contains distressing images. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas, and Rescue Workers struggling to help. Hosing victims down to try to wash it away. President trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime to calling the syrian president a butcher. Bashar al assad denies every accusation against him. There was no order to make any attack. We dont have any ch
Welcome to bbc news. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says claims that his forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he has claimed the United States worked hand in glove with Terror Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american Missile Strikes, and he questioned whether the tv images of dead children were real. Tonight, International Investigators said allegations of a Chemical Attack last week were credible. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. It contains distressing images. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas, and Rescue Workers struggling to help. Hosing victims down to try to wash it away. President trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime to calling the syrian president a butcher. Bashar al assad denies every accusation against him. There was no order to make any attack. We dont have any ch