queen elizabeth sent her congratulations to the england team. she said they ve set an example for girls and women today, as well as for future generations. also on the programme: us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia amid intense speculation over whether she ll anger china by visiting taiwan. fidel ramos, the former president of the philippines, now seen as one of the most effective leaders the country ever had, has died. frequencies open, sir. and the american actress nichelle nichols, best known for her groundbreaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died age 89. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. england have won the european women s football championship, beating germany 2 1 at wembley. the lionesses had never won a major trophy before and this is the first football honour for the nation since the men s world cup victory in 1966. a crowd of almost 90,000 people
absolutely brilliant. cannot believe it. 2-1, absolutely brilliant. cannot believe it. 2-1, england, i absolutely brilliant. cannotl believe it. 2-1, england, get believe it. 2 1, england, get in! in other news us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia amid strong warnings from beijing not to visit taiwan. the office of the prince of wales has insisted that all rules were followed when the prince s charitable fund took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia. hailing frequencies open, sir. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died, age 89. thanks forjoining us. if you haven t heard by now, england have won the european women s football championship beating germany 2 1 at wembley. the lionesses, as they are known, had never won a major trophy before and this is the first senior football honourfor england since the men s world c
2 1, england, get in! in other news us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia amid strong warnings from beijing not to visit taiwan. hailing frequencies open, sir. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died, age 89. england have won the european women s football championship beating germany 2 1 at wembley. the lionesses as they are known had never won a major trophy before and this is the first senior football honour for england since the men s world cup victory in 1966. a crowd of almost 90,000 people were at the stadium, with millions more following the game on television and radio. mark lobel reports. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley and many more watching on around the country and world. let s hear it for england! cheering. i said t
for girls and women in sport. absolutely brilliant. cannot believe it. 2 1, england, get in! in other news us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia, amid strong warnings from beijing not to visit taiwan. hailing frequencies open, sir. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died, age 89. england have won the european women s football championship beating germany 2 1 at wembley. the lionesses, as they are known, had never won a major trophy before, and this is the first seniorfootball honour for england since the men s world cup victory in 1966. a crowd of almost 90,000 people were at the stadium, with millions more following the game on television and radio. mark lobel reports. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football home in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley and many more watching
just days before ballot papers arrive with tory members rihsi sunak and liz truss set out new promises on health and education. the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. hello and welcome to wembley where we are just a couple of hours away from the kick off between england and germany in the women s european championships. of course germany have won against england many, many more times. but in this competition england have scored 20 goals and they have only conceded one. there is no doubt that they will have the home advantage here, we have seen the last few hours thousands and thousands of people walking down wembley way, heading towards the stadium. the atmosphere is like that of a carnival or a fair, everyone is hoping for a really good match and they do want england to win. joe lynskey looks ahead. five wins down. goes for goal! oh, my word! one more match to go. through t