but england booked their place in the final with two late goals. lauren hemp taking advantade of some hesitency in the australian defence to put england back ahead in the game. alessia russo then found space on the right hand side with four minutes to go to net a third and confirm england's place in their first ever world cup final. so england now take on spain in the women's world cup final on sunday. this team has been adapted all the time before the tournament, and during the term in and now this game again. during the term in and now this game aaain. ., . ., ., during the term in and now this game aaain. ., _, ., ., again. how we come true and find a wa to again. how we come true and find a way to win — again. how we come true and find a way to win again — again. how we come true and find a way to win again is _ again. how we come true and find a way to win again is so _ again. how we come true and find a way to win again is so incredible - way to win again is so incredible so i'm really proud of them. {lib way to win again is so incredible so i'm really proud of them.— way to win again is so incredible so i'm really proud of them. oh my god what a feeling _ i'm really proud of them. oh my god what a feeling i _ i'm really proud of them. oh my god what a feeling i feel— i'm really proud of them. oh my god what a feeling i feel like there - i'm really proud of them. oh my god what a feeling i feel like there is - what a feeling i feel like there is no words — what a feeling i feel like there is no words to describe what we all feel right — no words to describe what we all feel right now. it's an unbelievable achievement getting to a world cup final, _ achievement getting to a world cup final, every kids dream. like i said i final, every kids dream. like i said i have _ final, every kids dream. like i said i have no— final, every kids dream. like i said i have no words, absolutely knackered right now. i have a few days— knackered right now. i have a few days to _ knackered right now. i have a few days to recover but then we go again because _ days to recover but then we go again because we — days to recover but then we go again because we want to win this. now that we _ because we want to win this. now that we have gone so far, why not. i feel like _ that we have gone so far, why not. i feel like we — that we have gone so far, why not. i feel like we faced part of that obviously in the columbia game fans were wild, _ obviously in the columbia game fans were wild, unbelievable. i felt like the australia fans were unbelievable again _ the australia fans were unbelievable again it _ the australia fans were unbelievable again. it was a fantastic atmosphere, even after sam pause michael— atmosphere, even after sam pause michael i _ atmosphere, even after sam pause michael i felt like there was no fear in — michael i felt like there was no fear in the squad. we were not nervous — fear in the squad. we were not nervous we _ fear in the squad. we were not nervous we were just playing football _ nervous we were just playing football and i think that shows the relentless inside the squad. it obviously making it to— one and even on the _ obviously making it to— one and even on the back— obviously making it to— one and even on the back foot going into the final— on the back foot going into the final few— on the back foot going into the final few minutes i feel like we showed — final few minutes i feel like we showed calm and composure on the ball showed calm and composure on the hall to _ showed calm and composure on the ball to manage to counterattack them and obviously make it 3—1. sol ball to manage to counterattack them and obviously make it 3—1. so i feel like no _ and obviously make it 3—1. so i feel like no matter what challenge we face as _ like no matter what challenge we face as a — like no matter what challenge we face as a squad we managed to deal that really— face as a squad we managed to deal that really well. our reporter emily brown was watching the game at lioness ella toone's former club — astley and tyldesleyjunior football club in manchester. and our crew there captured the moment lauren hemp scored england's second goal. cheering the lionesses�* passage through to the final is the culmination of years of progress by the team. in the previous two world cups, england's women made it to the semi finals — being knocked out on both occasions. a slump in form followed the last world cup with a run of defeats sealing the fate of manager phil neville — he resigned from the role. 2021 saw a new manager appointed and the start of a golden era — the dutch coach sarina wiegman took over, overseeing a period of huge success including a run of 30 games unbeaten. that included the lionesses�* historic win at the euros in 2022 — lifting the trophy and winning their first major tournament. will it be another one after sunday when they face pain? both teams have reached the final for the first time. i'm joined now by phil minshull, a sports journalist based in madrid. what are the spanish team like and what do england have to prepare for? i think england are going to go into the spinal as the favourites because as you say they are the reigning european champions, they have been in the last two women's world cup semifinals but spain have grown into this tournament. they had a terrible final game when they lost 4—1 to japan and everyone thought that the spanish were going to struggle to even get beyond their first opponents in the knockout stages, switzerland. instead they were changes made, they beat switzerland 5-1 changes made, they beat switzerland 5—1 and rolled on every since. they are a tough team in defence and they brought in for her debut again switzerland the barcelona goalkeeper who while is the leading end goals has been a big improvement over the previous incumbent and they have a solid defensive front of them. in front of goal they have experience internationals who got the winner against sweden a couple of days ago and also they have this fantastic new star salma paralluelo who has taken the road by a storm and has been the mvp in the last few games. a star in the making at only 19 years of age and has had only a handful of internationals and a former international athlete at the age of 15 she was running for spain in the european indoor championships. i think it spain have the legs as well. at the end of the day i think the experience of england could be be deciding factor, but spain are there to create an upset. but spain are there to create an u set. ,, ., but spain are there to create an u set. ,, ._ ., but spain are there to create an uset. ,, ., " upset. on sunday at 11 o'clock here in the uk there _ upset. on sunday at 11 o'clock here in the uk there will— upset. on sunday at 11 o'clock here in the uk there will be _ upset. on sunday at 11 o'clock here in the uk there will be a _ upset. on sunday at 11 o'clock here in the uk there will be a lot - upset. 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to be millions glued. i would not be surprised if them numbers topped 4 million. your time but one intent of the spanish population from babies to watching spain. they have the same name as the spanish men's football team. spanish women's football has been on the rise on the course of the last few years. have a well organised domestic leak and professional league and the majority of these players also come from barcelona and real madrid. barcelona forming the nucleus of the steam with nine players and of course supporters of the men's game are now following the women's game. that has just led to an upsurge of interest right the way across the nation. it's front page news here. across the nation. it's front page news here-— across the nation. it's front page news here. ~ ., i. ,, ,_, news here. what you think the score miaht be news here. what you think the score might be on — news here. what you think the score might be on sunday _ news here. what you think the score might be on sunday 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neighbours are not watching this. sitting on the fence a bit there, phil, thank you so much forjoining us. lioness start lucy bronze shared her excitement showing photos of her self with arms wrapped around fellow start lauren hemp walking across the pitch while she celebrated with the. but a little earlier, my colleague rich preston spoke to the aunt and grandmother of one of the england team, lucy bronze. they arejulie tough and gloria stapleton — and rich began by asking how they had felt while watching the game... i was on the edge of my seat if i was being truthful. but yeah. and up in the air as well. was there a key moment of the game for you? uh, key moment, i think when they scored the first goal. yes, we let off a big shout then and we were very happy about that. but then we started to worry even harder when they got a goal. and then it was very tense after that. to be fair, sam kerr's goal was magnificent, but we were in leon with lucy when we got knocked out of the semifinal, and it was heartbreaking. so we're just willing them. we were the extra player. we had lucy's t—shirt and had everything going. praying, reading, hoping. lauren hemp, won player of the match. obviously you two have your biases, but is there someone who throughout the whole tournament has really shone brightly? i think, lauren hemp. she's always been a fast player, fantastic player. but yeah, the play is a team. there's no i in team. and that's the thing. they're always together anything is possible. we look ahead now to the final against spain on sunday. where are your plans to watch that? we'll be watching it in the same place, doing the same things. same sofa. is there a sense of luck creeping in here that you don't want to jinx anything by changing your set up? absolutely, not going to take the risk. do you have a prediction for the score? i don't mind them getting one goal as long as we get two. ok, that's fair. now, i want to ask you about lucy and her career. talk to us about when she first showed notjust an interest in football, but this burning passion. she was about four days after her fourth birthday, i think the first time we have a video somewhere in the family archives when she was asked what she wanted to do when she grew up. she threw her arms at the air ans said "play football," the picture has changed when it comes to women's sport. it gets much more coverage in the media. it's much more encouraged, certainly at schools for women to get involved in sport. how do you see it for young women and girls now compared to the journey that lucy had? well, it's a differentjourney. to be fair, there was no such thing as a professional female footballer when lucy started, and i don't ever believe that football would be such a vehicle for equality. but wow, how that's changed in the last 20 years. well, i think she was in her early 20s when she looked at her mum one day and said, "i think i might be able to play football all the time and not have to get a properjob." yes. have you have you spoken to her much while she's been out in sydney? a couple of times facetime. she rings and keeps in touch, in touch with the family over there all the time as well. well, she and the team she and the team obviously doing doing fantastically well. thank you very much for being with us. grandmother and aunty to england defender lucy bronze. thank you, ladies. appreciate it. thank you so much for your support. thank you. inflation in the uk has fallen sharply, to its lowest level for more than a year. the rate at which prices rise dropped to 6.8% in the year tojuly — that's down from 7.9% injune. it's partly because food price increases have been slowing down — and also because of a fall in energy costs. inflation hit a peak of 11.1% in october last year. but if the current trend continues, wages will soon be rising joining me now is heidi karjalailen, a research economist at the institute for fiscal studies, an independent organisation that analyses economic and social policy decisions. quite a mouthful there, good to have you with us. tell us what your first takeaways are from today's news? the inflation takeaways are from today's news? tue: inflation figure takeaways are from today's news? t'te: inflation figure that takeaways are from today's news? tte: inflation figure that we takeaways are from today's news? t'te: inflation figure that we have takeaways are from today's news? tte: inflation figure that we have today shows that prices injuly were 6.8% higher on average than injuly of last year. as you mention that does not mean that prices are falling it simply means that there are now increasing at a slower rate than what they were previously this year and also last year. the key components that are driving down fleet student rates are energy in particular gas and electricity —— inflation rates. and also food prices are now rising at a slower pace. what is really worrying about today's figures is that core inflation, the rate of inflation taking out food, taking out the volatile component of gas and electricity, that rate of inflation is still stubbornly high at 6.9%. what does this potentially need for interest rates because we have seen rises through the year could there be another one around the corner? t be another one around the corner? i think because the current level of inflation and be still higher level of inflation with the core inflation staying high there will be a lot of pressure on the bank of england to continue increasing interest rates. that is also because we have seen wage data, through which shows wage growth has been quite strong this year. when wages are growing that also puts pressure on businesses to increase their prices to be able to afford those higher wages for their employees. i think these pressures on the bank of england will definitely continue. the on the bank of england will definitel continue. ., definitely continue. the government wants to have _ definitely continue. the government wants to have the _ definitely continue. the government wants to have the rate _ definitely continue. the government wants to have the rate of _ wants to have the rate of inflation by the end of the year does today's news make a suggestion that this might be on course? what news make a suggestion that this might be on course? what today's news shows _ might be on course? what today's news shows is _ might be on course? what today's news shows is that _ might be on course? what today's news shows is that it _ might be on course? what today's news shows is that it is _ might be on course? what today's news shows is that it is still - might be on course? what today's news shows is that it is still very l news shows is that it is still very much uncertain. we think that when it comes to gas and electricity prices as well as food prices if we think trends for those components continue as they have so far this year, that will get rishi sunak most of the way there when it comes to his pledge of having inflation. whether he actually reaches that level will depend on what happens to core inflation. as a mention, that will be driven by both what happens to wages whether wage increases feed into higher prices and also to what extent producer prices which we see now increasing on a much slower rate or even falling to what extent those are then fed through to consumers as well. ., ~ are then fed through to consumers as well. ., ,, , ., are then fed through to consumers as well. . ~' , ., , are then fed through to consumers as well. ., ,, , ., , . ., well. heidi, thank you very much for brinuain well. heidi, thank you very much for bringing us — well. heidi, thank you very much for bringing us your _ well. heidi, thank you very much for bringing us your insight. _ breaking news and in the past hour, police investigating a homophobic attack on two men outside a gay club in south london have released new images of a man they want to trace. this image was taken on a bus at around 8.30pm on sunday, just under two hours before the victims were hurt. the men, in their 20s and 30s, were were stabbed in an unprovoked attack that is being treated as a hate crime. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the news. junior doctors in scotland have accepted a pay offer from the scottish government — ending the threat of further strike action. they'll receive a pay rise of 12.4%, backdated to april with yearly negotiations for the next three years. meanwhile in england, junior doctors remain in dispute with the westminster government. the cost of renting a home in the uk has hit its highest level since records began in 2016 — rising by an average of 5.3% in the year tojuly. prices have been pushed up as demand outstrips supply — with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. companies vying to buy the homeware chain wilko — which fell into administration last week — have until today to make an offer. wilko, which has been trading since 1930, has more than 400 shops across the country, and employs 12,500 people. you're live with bbc news. a bbc investigation has heard from ukrainian prisoners of war who say they were subjected to torture, including frequent beatings and electric shocks, while held in russia. a dozen former captives described extreme violence and ill—treatment in apparent violations of international humanitarian law. many of them surrendered in the city of mariupol last year. they were taken to a detention facility in the southern russian city of taganrog — before being released in exchanges. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega has been reporting from ukraine during the war — and worked on the investigation into the treatment of captives. hejoined me earlier and described the testimony he's heard from people who have been held as prisoners of war. so i spent weeks in ukraine tracking down ukrainians who had been taken to this facility in the city of taganrog. and what they describe is a situation of extreme abuse, psychological abuse, physical abuse. they say that captives are tortured, are given electric shocks, frequent beatings. there is no health care provided, food portions are very, very small. so you do have a situation that, you know, prisoners are said to have been dying in this facility because of this level of abuse. and we interviewed a dozen former captives. and i think what really struck me was that what they described was that this wasn't something that was being done by a handful of bad guys or by a guard who had an argument at home and decided to torture somebody. they said that this was routine, this was, you know, the modus operandi in this facility. and keep in mind that no international observers have been allowed into this facility. the united nations, the red cross have been trying to to visit this facility to see the conditions there. but russian authorities have not allowed them to enter this facility in the south of the country. well, hugo, you talked about some of the people that you spoke to. let's hear a little bit from one of them. her name's irina. translation: they dragged us by our hair. _ they beat us in the kidneys, in the ribs, with hammers and batons. how do you describe taganrog? only devils live and work there. hugo, have we had any response from the russians after your investigation? no. well, the russian defense ministry hasn't replied to our requests for comment. in the past, they've denied that prisoners of war were being tortured. but i've shared my findings with a number of human rights organisations, even with the office of the united nations human rights office. and they say that they've heard similar claims cases not only from this particular location, but also from other places where prisoners of war are being held. so i think this gives us an indication that this is happening not only in this particular facility, but also in other places across the country. and are you know, when i was in kyiv, i interviewed the ukrainian ombudsman for human rights who told me that 90% of the ukrainians who have been returned in those prisoners prisoner exchanges, they say that they were tortured in these facilities. so the situation, you know, is a very concerning situation. he said that there's nothing he can do really, because all these facilities are now in under russian control. and no international observers have been allowed to get to those facilities and talk to those prisoners of war and actually see by themselves the conditions that these people are facing. president biden will travel to hawaii on monday in response to the deadly wildfires on the island of maui. the number of peole who've died there has risen to 106 — with over a thousand more missing. maui's police department have named the first two victims as lahaina residents robert dyckman, who was 7a, and buddy jantoc, who was 79. it is likely to take several more days for authorities to reach an accurate figure for the number who died. the us state department has said it cannot verify comments attributed to the us soldier travis king by north korea and remains focused on his safe return. north korea says the 23—year—old private, who crossed into its country last month, had wanted to seek refuge there. its state media says private king harboured ill feelings towards the us army, and american society in general. the soldier ran across the heavily fortified border with south korea while on a civilian tour of the area. our correspondent in south korea, jean mackenzie, gave us this update. it's been a month since the soldier dashed across the border when he was on the tour of the demilitarised zone and he ran into north korea and it has effectively disappeared into their custody and this is the very first be publicly heard from north koreans who say that travis king told him that he was being inhumanely treated in the army and he was being racially discriminated against. it also that he was complaining or had become disillusioned with the inequality in america. forthese disillusioned with the inequality in america. for these reasons, they say travis king wanted to either claim asylum and north korea. this is only what north koreans are telling us he said because we have not heard from him directly since he crossed, we have not seen him. the pentagon has said earlier that they cannot verify these alleged comments. there are a couple of things worth noting which is travis king was in trouble with authorities in south korea and do to be sent back to the us where he was going to be disciplined by the military and possibly even discharge. his parents gave an interview to abc news in america a couple of weeks ago saying in this time prior to his return, prior to him crossing, he had said in one of their phone calls that he was experiencing some sort of racism within the military and that his mental state had significantly deteriorated before he crossed. police in china have shared nerve—racking photos of a child playing on a window ledge saying it was part of an effort to watch children playing on high—rise buildings footage taken by a neighbour of a child purportedly playing hide and seek with the neighbours shouted back at them to go inside. please share the video on chinese social media along with the message which read, be a good neighbour and remind parents to take good care of their children. before we go some light relief let's show you some footage of an unusual police rescue in the united states. here we go. i'm referring to this police officer who came to the rescue of a beleaguered racoon with a jar stuck on its head. i did say that. two police officers were in the right place the right came across the creature who got it self track. body can footage shows the officers approaching the animal before one of them manages to pull off the jar freeing the animal as you can see. who then promptly scurried off into the dark. that is quite the story to enter the programme. plenty more on all of the stories including a life page on the england's women's football team ahead of the match on sunday. thank you for watching. now lewis and the six o'clock news as well. hello there, good afternoon. lots of dry and sunny weather right across the uk today, particularly for southern counties of northern ireland, england and wales. blue skies, sunflower fields, as captured by our weather watcher in norfolk. a bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up in powys. as we head through the rest of the week, although it is looking wet and windy on friday, there will be lots of dry weather, some sunny spells and it will turn warmer and more humid, especially by night. but for the rest of this afternoon, we will keep the sunshine for most areas, i wouldn't rule out a shower breaking out just about anywhere, but they are more likely across northern areas of scotland, possibly heavy in places — it is cloudier here — and temperatures will be lower. but elsewhere creeping into the low to mid 20s celsius, 26 celsius possible in south—east england. overnight tonight, any showers we see will fade away to leave us with a dry night, long clear spells, mist, murk, low cloud gathering towards central areas, perhaps into tomorrow morning, but it's a mild start to the day on thursday yet again. on thursday morning any mist and murk, low cloud will gradually lift and clear through the morning, burnt back by the sunshine. we draw in more of a south—easterly wind, just feeding this warm, humid air our way from the near continent. the highest temperatures perhaps for western areas of wales. those temperatures a little lower towards north sea facing coasts with the onshore breeze. but again, we're expecting the mid 20s for many spots. and then on friday, we look out towards the atlantic where we have a deep area of low pressure. it will be pulling in all of these weatherfronts, merging together at times to form longer spells of rain. there will be some heavy thundery downpours, very windy conditions too across northern areas of wales, but we do keep that mild, very muggy feeling air, and temperatures pretty much across the board will be in the low 20s in celsius. it stays dry in northern scotland until we get to friday night, into saturday, and then that system clears off into scandinavia, so still some rain on saturday morning for northern areas of scotland. elsewhere, though, it should be largely dry, some showers feeding into the west perhaps, as we go through the afternoon. it will feel fresher on saturday, but the air is still warm, temperatures in the low to the mid 20s once more in celsius. here is the outlook for our capital cities, as we head through the weekend and into next week, dry and warm in the south—east, still warm, but more showery in the north and west. this is bbc news, the headlines. cheering. england made history by reaching the final of the women's world cup after beating australia 3-1. world cup after beating australia 3—1. inflation slows to 6.8% injuly but a further hike in interest rates is expected. aerial photographs of england taken during world war two are made publicly available — we hear about what makes them so special. a warning about the dangers of ebags is a number of fires linked to them grows. it's time for sports. let's get a full round—up of the bbc sport centre. angered and booked a place in sunday's world cup final after 31 when after cocos australia and cindy. a superb strike which found the top corner. australia responded through their superstars or incur starting her first match of the tournament. lauren hemp pounced on an australian defensive error 8 minutes later to restore england's lead before alessia russio wrapped up