To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an excellent start, they scored two first half tries, the first from man u to langa who bulldozed his way over. How was his First International try for two years. Followed by a try from joe marchand. England were in total control of the star of the second half. They seemed on course for a straightforward victory but back came fiji and harrow, two tries in quick succession. And higher. Not much more than ten minutes left when the score was 2a all and the fiji fans sensed a remarkable comeback. But in th
The Scottish First minister speaks to the bbc about fears for his Mother In Law and family in gaza. Nobody has said that israel doesnt have the right to protect itself. But collective punishment cannot be justified. Yes, they are going too far. Sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. We will start with football and a busy friday of action in europe. France can their plate at the European Championship if they maintain their 100 record and beat the netherlands in amsterdam later on. That is the pick of the dyes. Belgium, portugaland on. That is the pick of the dyes. Belgium, portugal and the Republic Of Ireland are all in action. England will face australia in a friendly later. It is the first time in seven years the g teams have met and england have won their last six of the last seven encounters. Gareth southgate has warned against any complacency. Southgate has warned against any complacency complacency. Firstly, it is one of the ureat complacency. Firstly, it is one
This is bbc news, the headlines more than 5,000 people are confirmed dead in libya 10,000 more are still missing after devastating floods. The father, stepmother and uncle of sara sharif are on their way back to the uk from pakistan. Ten year old sara was found dead at her home in surrey last month. Search and rescue teams in morocco Reach Mountain Villages Flattened by last weeks earthquake. At least 2,900 people are dead. Ukraines air force chief congratulates the pilots who attacked russias Black Sea Fleet in crimea, causing a large fire at sevastopol shipyard. Sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sarah. Ben stokes has blasted his way to his First Century since returning to 0di cricket. He reached 100 injust 76 balls for england as they look to post a big score in their third match of this series with new zealand, which is level at 1 1. Stokes is at the crease with liam livingstone, following a huge partnership with dawid malan which rescued england fr
on friday, so will be looking to improve in theirfinal group game against a side they beat 770 earlier this summer. although they ve already qualified and topped group c, southgate knows his team will be under the microscope. performance is priority. we have set a standard. we didn t reach that standard on friday. we have to get back to what we re good at. there is always a chance within that to have a look we the word at a couple of things we would like to see, as well, but the biggest thing is making sure we hit the level of performance we have set ourselves. meanwhile, michael o neill says it s imperative northern ireland end a hugely disappointing euro 2024 qualifying campaign on a positive note. o neill s side go into monday night s final match at home to group h winners denmark at windsor park, having lost seven of their nine outings, including a 470 defeat away to finland on friday. obviously we want to finish on a high if we can t, it s a difficult game against a