An incident in the game against nigeria, when the lioness is defeated the super falcons on penalties, you can see it happening here, this is when laurenjames, who has been a key player, got a red card against nigeria. She was shown a straight red for what was seen as stamping. You can see pictures of it here. It means you will not be able to play on the quarter final match on saturday. England will be playing colombia. We understand now that she has just apologised. She colombia. We understand now that she hasjust apologised. She is most distressed about what happened and hasissued distressed about what happened and has issued an apology. It does mean that you will not be playing in the quarterfinals. She scored the winner against denmark in the grip came and against denmark in the grip came and a couple of goals when they defeated china 6 0. So, laurenjames out of the quarterfinals. More now on our main story. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in niger have stepped up a gear. S
Among the injured are at least 19 police officers, five rescuers, and a child. The head of the Donetsk Region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. Meanwhile, ukraines Intelligence Agency announced that it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against president zelensky. The woman was allegedly preparing a russian airstrike in the mikolaiv region during mr zelensky s visit to the area. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse has more. So these are quite interesting allegations emerging from the southern mykolaiv region. Sources at the Security Forces have told us they have arrested a woman who is accused of travelling around the local area, taking pictures of Different Military sites, and sharing them with her russian handlers. But these are part of a string of allegations which include her trying to get hold of the itinerary of an official visit by president zelensky and trying to share that with moscow, which wo
Heres tanya arnold. Colombia are through to the Quarter Finals of the womens world cup for the first time. They beat jamaica 1 0 and will now face england on saturday. Catalina usme s goal in the second half in melbourne was enough to set up a clash with the european champions. They become just the second South American nation to ever reach the Quarter Finals of the world cup. Brazil were the first. Forjamaica though, their impressive world cup comes to an end. For us, we are coming in with no games. I feel very happy for the players that they could perform at this level without getting adequate games to play so i am very pleased with them and they gave it everything tonight. They should be proud of themselves and i am very proud of them. Englands laurenjames will miss that Quarter Final against colombia and has apologised for her red card for standing on nigerian defender michelle alozie. In a post on social media she said to alozie. France are also through to the Quarter Finals, they
The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, have gathered in the city of belem. The summit s host brazilian president Lula Da Silva has urged leaders to agree on common policies to protect the environment and boost sustainable development. Scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible Tipping Point. President lula is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. Hes promised to end deforestation in brazil by 2030. Our South America Correspondent Katy Watson reports from para, the most deforested state in brazil. Virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. From up high you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. This part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. President lula has promised to fix the problem, telling the bbc that this summit w
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