Were so nearly on the end of the latest upset against nigeria. The african side were more than a match and could so easily have won the match inside 90 minutes. Englands struggles not helped by in form laurenjames being sent off, for an off the ball incident shades of David Beckham in 1998, if youre old enough to remember that. The match went all the way to penalties but this time, as not the case back then, england progressed, keeping their dreams of a first Womens World Cup alive. Jane dougall is in brisbane for us. England were given an almighty scare and questions will be asked as to why they could not go against a country ranked 36 places below them. In contrast, nigeria looked strong right from the start and were the better side throughout this match. In the first half though, england had shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed down on the box but var deemed no penalty. Much to the disgust of the fans. And then, in the second half, drama. Striker
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
Zimbabwe last our correspondent in the capital harare. Also coming up a bird it does do this morning in the war crimes trial of the right code law bitch to serve warlord who terrorized balls in the one nine hundred ninety s. Is expected to be convicted today for the last genocide committed in europe. And his cover up of a massive hack data of fifty seven million customers were exposed but the ride hilling firm kept quiet and then paid the hackers to delete the stolen information. Also coming up in the next hour qatar accuses saudi arabia of undermining security in the gulf region in the exclusive interview with g w compost foreign minister slams what he calls reckless behavior by his nations gulf neighbors and reject accusations that contact is financing islamist organizations. Then in football but dark out of the Champions League after losing to the english side tottenham will go through up through the fallout with our sports correspondent. Oh im terry martin good to have you with us
Also coming up a new era begins in zimbabwe. Jubilation as president Robert Mugabe resigns the man who once proclaimed only god will remove me step down after thirty seven years in power so what is next for zimbabwe. Saad hariri back home in Beirut Lebanon as Prime Minister makes his First Official appearance since unexpectedly resigning from abroad will get more. And over a covers up a massive hack data from fifty seven million over customers exposed for the Ride Sharing Company kept it quiet and then paid the hackers to delete the stolen information. Someones going to get to have you with us judges in the hague have found the former Bosnian Serb Army chief wrote coladas you guilty of war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide and they have sentenced him to life in prison the charges were related to the massacre of thousands of Muslim Bosniak men and boys in the town of srebrenica in one thousand nine hundred ninety five and was carried out by serb troops under modest just comman
Butcher of bosnia is guilty of genocide and war crimes the u. N. Tribunal sentences the former bosnian serb commander to life in prison for atrocities he committed during the bosnian war. And is germany in a National Crisis will not according to German Defense minister bristle up on their alliance w. s caught up with her to get her take on the uncertainty plaguing german politics in the wake of failed Coalition Talks. And also coming up stories of unimaginable suffering we hear from a group of ivorian migrants whose return home after experiencing the force of modern day slavery in libya. The rock a very. Warm welcome zimbabwes former Vice President Emerson Ganga Hauser arrives back home in preparation to take power after president Robert Mugabe shock resignation all a short while back he addressed his supporters outside the headquarters of the ruling zanu p. F. Party lets listen to what he had to say. The hardest. Day. Is. Getting home. While journalists are rainbow who joins us from h