chill here and take you 23, three minutes to kick off in the wales match, 30 degrees there, higher than it should be in november, a gentle breeze. will drop a few celsius by the england match later on. a common theme between doha and many here in theme between doha and many here in the uk, the clear skies. you can see the uk, the clear skies. you can see the clear skies on the satellite imagery for both, in between weather systems across much of the uk. there were some exceptions, showers in the north and west but for the vast majority, dry and bright day, compared with much of the week. the exceptions pretty heavy rain across the highlands, spreading to see grampians. that will break into showers later, a bit more of brightness, one day on the western isles, the odd shower in southern scotland, northern ireland, through the west of england and wales and for most you will avoid the showers, stay dry, if not for the bug, for
they have been trying to enjoy this moment, waiting so long to get back onto the stage, not competed any world since 1958, gareth bale will be taking to the field any moment. he set himself on the press conference in the build up up people psyche is a man for big occasions, seems to produce his best moments for his country in securing qualification, some of the goals he has scored in the past, a real landmark friend today, will become the most capped player in wales history. how he would love to deliver another goal in front of those fans who are pouring into the stadium now less than 30 minutes to go. many of whom were there to watch the opening game, and many of him who has spent thousands to be here. many have been staying in hotels, were gathering this morning
and this is their must win morning. all the noise now needs to lift them for a match with iran and three points would keep belief in the war. we ve got to beat iran. got to. if we don t beat iran, i don t think we deserve to go through, and that s that. yeah, we need to win and then hopefully a draw against england will be enough to take us through to the last 16. wales are back on the same ground they drew their first match. this time their fans have been told they can wear rainbow colours inside. iran, too, are here in numbers, but they watched their team let in six on monday. now in welsh schools, they want second period to be a history lesson they ve not won a world cup match in 64 years. if i was one of the teachers, i would let them all watch the game, and i hope they do. it s a historical moment in wales for us to be at a world cup. so i think a lot of schools will cheer us on and get behind us and also, yeah, mini history lesson.
match against iran, which kicks off injust under an hour. meanwhile, their group b rivals england are looking to earn enough points to qualify for the final 16 in their match against the usa this evening. and sharing deepfake pornographic images without consent is to be criminalised in england and wales. hello. and welcome. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland will strike just before christmas in what is set to be their biggest walk out in the nhs s history. the royal college of nursing has announced strikes across two days. those walk outs will happen on 15th and 20th december from 8am to 8pm. it s a dispute over pay.
hopefully it ll be a great occasion for all of them, and they can enjoy watching the game. tonight, england face the usa a team they ve played twice at world cups, and not beaten. he s spilled it! the united states are level! but gareth southgate s side play without the dread of 2010. harry kane is fit, and a win would take them through. their strength is their options. there s still places up for grabs in there. we played well, and people who came on played well, as well. so i think we can go deep. i think we re one of the, you know, top four, five teams in there. you re going to get to the semi finals. we have to try to make history, number one. we re good at that. we re good at talking highly of ourselves as a nation and on the basis of very little evidence, so. chuckling what we ve got to do is perform on the field. in game two, each team can plot their path to go through, but it can also end suddenly. both england and wales want