hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. donald trump s legal challenges continue as ejean carroll returned to the witness stand today to testify in her damages trial as part of her defamation case against him. unlike yesterday, the former president was not present in court. us forces have conducted strikes in yemen on two houthi anti ship missiles today that were loaded and prepared to launch. us officials say they destroyed the missiles. that is the fifth round of attacks against the houthis in yemen since thursday. on wednesday, an american owned vessel was hit by a drone near the gulf of aden, second time in a week that us vessels have been targeted by the houthis. also on wednesday, the white house re designated the houthis as a terrorist organisation which will mean sanctions. the secretary of state said that status will be reviewed if the attacks stop. here sjoe biden speaking at the white house. he was asked if the airstrikes in yemen were
and rob page has paid the price for not getting wales to germany, he s been sacked also coming up on sportsday. the chase is on. can england make it two wins out of two in the t20 world cup super 8 s? and the curtain comes down on draper. knocked out in the queen s quarterfinals evening, three more group games at the european championship today, we re still waiting for the first 0 0 in germany. we ll show you the goals from that ukraine win, and there have also been goals between poland and austria. and a look ahead to netherlands against france, will kylian mbappe be involved? before that, let s talk england. it was poor yesterday, the draw against denmark, with gareth southgate s selection and tactics questioned. he admitted that trent alexander arnold is an ongoing experiment, but will he persist with it, he certainly has options ahead of theirfinal group match. we ll head to frankfurt, and speak to our co respondent andy swiss in just a moment, first to the england camp,
against usa in theirfinal group match would put them through and knock the defending champions out. manchester united might have competition as they try to sign atalanta striker rasmus hojlund. french giants paris saint germain have bid just over a2 million pounds for the denmark international but we understand that it will be their last and only offerfor his services. hojlund is manchester united s number one target in this transfer window but they re yet to agree a deal with atalanta. on the pitch, there was a shock defeat for scottish side hibernian as they lost 2 1 to andorran side inter escaldes in the first leg of their europa conference league qualifying tie. jean luc with what proved to be the winner. the second leg is next thursday. to tennis where dan evans is in action this evening in the second round of the latest atp tour event in atalanta. beaten in the last 16. he faces the world number 88
women are also through to the semifinals of the curling event. it did not look good for them, they had to beat the russian 0lympic to beat the russian olympic committee in theirfinal to beat the russian olympic committee in their final group to beat the russian olympic committee in theirfinal group match and hope other results went their way. the heat the russian 0lympic way. the heat the russian olympic committee nine four, and had an agonising wait to see if other results went their way, and when sweden beat south korea at the end of their match, that meant that the british women were through to the semifinals where they will face sweden. huge relief for eve muirhead s team, their medal hopes are alive. in the a few hours, the men will play their semifinal of the curling against the champions, the usa. if the win, they are guaranteed a gold medal or a silver medal. some encouraging performances in the ski zoe acton is through to tomorrow s