to win the world cup. in a statement king charles said: "while i know "how sore today's result must be, let none of you feel defeated, "for to have reached the finals at all is an immense tribute "to your skill, determination and team spirit in the finest "sporting tradition." the tournament has broken attendance and tv records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for the women's game. well, the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil was watching in sydney. it was such a moment when spain, lifted the trophy for the first time. of course, both teams made history, with this being their first final. but i was looking at spain's fans when they lifted the trophy, and i could see tears in their eyes, with one boy telling me he could not believe it. this is a team that has gone so much on the pitch, gone through so much, and so many didn't expect them to get this far, let alone win. but so has england, of course, getting through injuries, and james being suspended, getting through nail—biting penalty shoot outs of their own, to get to that moment, and they fell short just in that last game. the england fans were often outnumbered here, but today, they had a _ outnumbered here, but today, they had a strong presence, and you could hear the _ had a strong presence, and you could hear the cheers and jeers for the lionesses — hear the cheers and jeers for the lionesses. they leave her disappointed, as this is not the night _ disappointed, as this is not the night they wanted, and yet they are very proud — night they wanted, and yet they are very proud of their team. this is a tournament that has changed women's football. you can see _ has changed women's football. you can see kids with jerseys, has changed women's football. you can see kids withjerseys, and they have _ can see kids withjerseys, and they have now_ can see kids withjerseys, and they have now become household names. and there is_ have now become household names. and there is hope _ have now become household names. and there is hope this will now bring momentum and more investment for women's _ momentum and more investment for women's football and women's sports. well, as you might expect, the celebrations have already kicked off across spain. our reporter sergi forcada freixas is in madrid and i spoke to him a little earlier. here, a party continuing. lots of people are excited about the fact they have won the world cup. some, i have to say, that have gone home already here in madrid. but others, especially youngsters, have stayed around this venue where they have been gathering, and now, they are celebrating. it was a match for spain, wasn't it? as i was saying to maddie just now, spain simply outplayed a very strong england team. yes. and i was in the stadium where 6,000 fans, some of them included, were gathered for the final. i have to say that at the beginning, there were quite a lot of nerves, but as soon as 0lga carmona scored the goal, and put spain as leading the match, i have to say that the vibe was more relaxed, more like what we are seeing here, like a party atmosphere. but for some of them, the end of the game was very long. i have been speaking to some people who were following the match earlier, and they said "look, the last ten minutes "were "too long." "we just wanted the match to end." because that meant that they would be world cup winners. i spoke to maddy about the english game. how do you think this win will change the way that people perceive women's football in spain where you are, sergi? it will definitely give it a boost. i have to say that, for some years, women's football had already been on the rise in here, especially after barcelona won two of the three last champions leagues. so, it was something that was already increasing, but definitely, many agree this will give it a boost in terms of coverage and people knowing the players. i keep saying this, but when i was a kid, i didn't know any of the players. all these people, teenagers and even younger, they do know 0lga carmona, alexia putellas, any of them. for some of them, they are icons. they are leaders. earlier, i was also joined by gemma soler, a spanish journalist from barcelona. i asked her to summarise for us people's reactions to spain's victory. it is an extraordinary historical day for football, for women, for women in sports. it has been a fantastic tournament, and eventually, a victory for a generation of football players who have been amazing for the last almost a decade. they managed to learn together, a lot of them in barcelona academy, and to bring that success to the spanish national team with a story that looks very much alike of what happened in 2010, when the men were able to get the world cup, with the help of barcelona's academy as well. there has been a lot ofjoy and reaction, as well, because it was not the best preparation, what that failed rebellion, with 12 players being left out from that squad. there has been a lot of controversy, but at the end of the day, it was everything about the sport, and now, the feeling is that hopefully this will be a turning point to make women's football more professional and to give that privileged generation what they need to keep on succeeding. i think that is what a lot of people are saying now, how can this tournament move forward and change the women's game? how closely watched is women's football in spain? well, there has been audience records. there has been huge giant screens everywhere. so, it has somehow, even though the timing was probably not the best, because the timing difference with australia and new zealand, it has proved that if you give resources to women's football, the audience, the money, revenue, it works. so now, the thing is that here in spain, they need to make an improvement as well in the professional league, because barcelona has won four league titles in in a row in four years, only one defeat. there is no competitive national league, and the spanish federation need to work for that, and that rebellion, even though some people maybe cannot understand what happened and why they did that, a lot of the requests they were doing, have been accomplished in that world cup. some basic things that any professional athletes should be having, and they have shown that with good conditions, they can bring success to spain, as they did today. and how will you celebrate tonight, gemma? actually, i am just behind the olympic stadium, barcelona football club is playing their first team as a local here in this new provisional stadium, so i will be working, but in barcelona especially, in madrid, there will be celebrations. and especially tomorrow, when the squad is coming back to spain, and there will be a huge parade, and they deserve it, because the truth is that alexia putellas, paredes, cata coll, 0lga carmona, they became heroes for a young generation of girls, that will hopefully be very much inspired and decide to keep on trying to be professional football players. women's football writer, carrie dunn, explained to us what could have contributed to england's defeat today. yes, it is hugely disappointing, and ultimately, spain were the better side on the day, so you have to give them every credit. i listened to the interviews with millie bright and sarina straight after the game, and they were extremely magnanimous and gracious in defeat, and i don't think any of us can pick over the bones a bit too much. spain were the better side and deserve all the congratulations. i think if we zoom out and look at the tournament as a whole, it has been an incredible success for the lionesses, taking away the fact that they didn't take the trophy home. of course, we can't lose sight of the fact this is england's first ever women's world cup final. the first world cup final for either of the senior sides since 1966, so it is a huge leap forward, and there are so many positives to take from the whole campaign. it has been wonderful to see the team spirit and togetherness, and it is an england team who has faced a lot of obstacles themselves, not in terms of the back room shenanigans, the same way that spain have had that problem with their coach and their federation, but they had three serious injuries going into it, without fran kirby, without the captain beth williamson, all of whom were the spine of the team during the euros, and they had that red card, for laurenjames, and that injury halfway through the tournament. there has been a lot to overcome, and am hoping the impact back at home will be huge. and what you think that lasting impact will be? people have been watching the matches and talking about the women's game, but once the tournament fever dies down in the next few days, what comes next? hopefully, it will translate into domestic league attendances, attendances, people will watch the women's super league, watching domestic games in wales, scotland, northern ireland, all over the place. but also, at home, that interest will trickle down to the grassroots of the game, making sure that girls and women also have a place to play, not necessarily the next generation of lionesses, but recreationally, for leisure as well. and people will start to see women's football and women's sport as not just there to inspire little girls in the next generation, but because it is top class sport, it is a spectacle, that can be enjoyed by men, women, people of all ages. it is just a top—class sport, the same way that men's sport is. ecuador is choosing a new president after a campaign marred by the assassination of one of the candidates. the authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and soldiers to protect the vote. live now to our south america correspondent, katy watson, who is in the capital, quito. 'l ., how have things gone today, given there has been such a security presence?— there has been such a security resence? , . ., , ., ., presence? there is certainly a lot of concern _ presence? there is certainly a lot of concern over _ presence? there is certainly a lot of concern over this _ presence? there is certainly a lot of concern over this boat. - presence? there is certainly a lot of concern over this boat. lots i presence? there is certainly a lot of concern over this boat. lots of| of concern over this boat. lots of ecuadorians i spoke to feeling nervous about going to cast their vote. but when we came here, there was an awful lot of security, police, military, checking our backs before we were allowed through. here in quito, it is not something people really foretold, in terms of security. of course, we saw were fernando villavicencio, the shooting of the candidates, really shocked ecuadorians. even in a country that is used to, you know, growing cartel violence and growing organised crime, certainly, people coming to vote were very nervous. but as you can see, there is an awful lot of people who are turning out to boot. this is the first round, and they are not expected, a candidate is not expected to win outright, and there will be a second round expected in october. �* , ., , will be a second round expected in october. . , ., , ., october. and tell is a bit about the arties at october. and tell is a bit about the parties at play _ october. and tell is a bit about the parties at play in — october. and tell is a bit about the parties at play in this _ october. and tell is a bit about the parties at play in this election. - parties at play in this election. so, the front runner is luisa gonzalez, and she is a former protege of raffaella courier, who has a mixed legacy, and lifted millions out of poverty, and was in power when there was an economic boom, but there have been corruption scandals surrounding him, and he is now based in belgium. —— there was a commodities boom. she is a candidate that people will both love and hate, if you like. but of course, this campaign has been obtained by the death of fernando villavicencio, and people here have really started to think about what do i want? security and peace were concerns. this is a country that used to be very peaceful, but are seen in recent years a huge surge in violence. but no question, all of the candidates have been talking about peace and security. there is also an indigenous environmentalist, two businessmen, everybody hates talking about peace, security and jobs as well, because at the end of the day, everyone here is saying that people need jobs, everyone here is saying that people needjobs, people everyone here is saying that people need jobs, people need health, education, and without that, you're effectively giving people over to the cartels, because that is where people can make money, and that is something that really, every single candidate agrees on. i 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lucrative markets. and i think that is the question, that is the biggest issue here, is how do you... with a lucrative drug trade, and demand in europe and the likes of australia and new zealand soaring, how on earth can you rein that in? and i guess that is the issue that every single candidate is talking about. how do you try to make sure that these cartels, their power is diminished, and the power politics is strengthened? but when you have a country that was hit hard by the pandemic, and then has been hit hard by corrupt politics, and politics that has been co—opted by organised crime, many people feel, it is a very difficult struggle. especially, given that these elections were brought forward, actually, there will be another vote in 2025, there will be another presidential election. so, there is 18 months in which a candidate can try to do as much as they can, but many people feel that this could be achieved in a country that is struggling. achieved in a country that is struggling-— achieved in a country that is struggling. achieved in a country that is stru~lin~. �* , ., ., ,, ., struggling. are very good to talk to ou. the netherlands has committed to supplying its us—made f—16 fighterjets to ukraine — just days after the united states gave the green light. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky visited the dutch air force base of eindhoven today, to inspect the fleet of f—16s. the us has agreed to allow the transfer of the fighter aircraft to kyiv from the netherlands and denmark — a long—standing request from president zelensky. details of the delivery are yet to be unveiled, but the f—16s would boost ukraine's air power in its counteroffensive. well, president zelensky has hailed what he called the �*historic�* decision to hand over the f—16s. translation: so, today, we were also talking about the widening _ of our defence and cooperation. so, the third point is definitely for us, the historical one, a powerful and motivational one, that is one more step to strengthen the air shield of ukraine f—16 aircrafts that we will use to keep russian terrorists away from ukrainian cities and villages. mark and i have agreed on the number of f—16s — and we can speak about that — that will be provided to ukraine after our pilots and engineers have been trained. russia's luna—25 space craft has crashed into the moon after spinning into uncontrolled orbit. that's according to russia's space agency roskosmos. earlier, it reported an "abnormal situation" as the spacecraft prepared for a pre—landing orbit. luna—25 was scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon on monday. the bbc�*s europe regional editor — paul moss — explained what went wrong. i think there are really two ways you can look at that question. first of all is the question of what went wrong in the last 2a hours. we know that the luna—25 was close to the end of its mission on reaching the moon. 0nly yesterday, roscosmos, the russian space agency, was proudly sharing photos of the lunar surface taken by the spacecraft. as it prepared to move into what is called a pre—landing orbit, something seems to have gone wrong, perhaps with communications, and the spacecraft crashed into the moon, and there were rather pithy words of the roscosmos, saying that following a collision with the moon, luna—25 has ceased to exist. i think it is also going to be worth asking what went wrong in the longer term, because there has now been a commission of inquiry already launched by roskosmos. they will be looking at various possibilities that have been suggested. first of all, this mission was launched while russia was under sanctions, and it couldn't get hold of some of the western technology it usually uses. there were plenty of critics who said for that reason, the mission would always be difficult. but there is also an allegation that roscosmos has been underfunded recently, and specifically, the suggestion that russia is spending so much on its military because of the invasion of ukraine, that it hasn't diverted enough funds to roscosmos. if you don't mind me putting it crudely, the suggestion is they are so busy firing rockets at ukrainian civilians, they didn't divert enough attention to firing rockets at the moon. there has also been a suggestion, even in the russian state media, that roscosmos is riddled with corruption, and that money that was supposed to be spent on that mission has, infact, ended up in private hands. as i say, roscosmos has launched a commission of inquiry, and whether they actually come up with the truth, truth that may be unpalatable to many within roscosmos, we will have to see. and of course, russia is not the only nation which is trying to soft land on the moon. india is, around about now, as well. yes, that is the extraordinary, what i gather really is a coincidence, that india is trying the same feat. it due to land its chandrayaan—3 spacecraft also on the south pole of the moon, probably on wednesday. i should say that india has actually tried this before, several years ago, and on that occasion, their craft crashed into the moon. an indication that this is no easy task. but if india were to succeed on wednesday, i think that heaps the humiliation on russia. russia, after all, has been in the space race as the soviet union, since the 19505. india — very much a newcomer to the space race. if they can succeed where russia failed, it really will emphasise quite what a disaster it has been both for scientists in russia, but also for russia's prestige, that the luna—25 has now crashed into the surface. the british medical association is calling for hospital managers to be regulated in a similar way to medical staff, following the case of the serial—killer nurse lucy letby. she was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more. there are concerns that nhs bosses failed to respond adequately when questions about letby�*s conduct were raised. simonjones reports. the smiling nurse who was a killer of babies she was supposed to be caring for. this is the moment lucy letby was arrested. the british medical association says her crimes have shocked the nation, and something similar must never be allowed to happen again. consultants at the countess of chester hospital say senior managers ignored their repeated warnings about letby for many months, despite hospital bosses claiming there was a culture of listening. it was secretive, it was judgemental. there was no credibility given to our opinions. and from january 2017, it was intimidating, bullying, to a certain extent. the consultants who raised concerns at one point even had to send letby an apology letter, against their wishes, for any stress and upset she may have experienced due to their comments. they also feared being reported to the general medical council when they continued to push for the police to be brought in. the gmc regulates doctors and has the power to strike them off. the british medical association is now calling for similar regulation for non—clinical hospital managers so they can face the same rigorous scrutiny as doctors. if there were a duty of care for hospital— if there were a duty of care for hospital managers to apply the standards that some hospitals do very well— standards that some hospitals do very well in being open and transparent, but sadly, a lot of nhs managers _ transparent, but sadly, a lot of nhs managers ignore the problems brought to them _ the former chief executive of the countess of chester trust, tony chambers, said... ..have any concerns that there was... the government says an inquiry examining the circumstances behind letby�*s murders will also look at how concerns raised by clinicians were dealt with. simon jones, bbc news. wildfires in canada are threatening tens of thousands of people in british columbia, which is now under a state of emergency. 30,000 people have been told to leave their homes, 0ur correspondent peter bowes has this report. oh, my god. the intensity of the flames is terrifying. moving rapidly over a vast area — there are more than a thousand wildfires burning throughout canada. about a third of them are in british columbia, where 30,000 people have been told to leave their homes. another 36,000 have been warned they may have to evacuate at any moment. kelowna — a popular tourist destination about 180 miles east of vancouver — is on the edge of a huge inferno. the fire has already destroyed several homes in the smaller community of west kelowna, with embers from that blaze travelling in the wind over a lake to ignite more structures. officials have urged the public to cancel all non—essential travel to the region. at this time, we are strongly recommending that people with plans to travel to fire—affected areas throughout the central interior and south east in the coming days to cancel those plans. we need tourists and travellers to take this situation as seriously as the residents of these areas do. to the north, yellowknife — the capital of canada's northwest territories — is now a ghost town. over two days, almost the entire population of 20,000 people were evacuated from their homes, leaving the city by road and air to escape a fire encroaching on their community. officials said it had been an extraordinary achievement to get everyone out. the fire, caused by lightning a month ago, is still threatening the city — although cooler conditions have slowed its progress. but gusty winds are forecast, and officials fear they could further propel the fire towards the city boundaries. siren wails this is an epic struggle for firefighters. reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as south africa, with local resources stretched to the limit. in a nation used to forest fires, this countrywide crisis has reached a level never seen before. peter bowes, bbc news. the latest on the wildfires there in canada _ the latest on the wildfires there in canada to — the latest on the 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here through the rest of today in towards western scotland as well. but eastern scotland having some sunshine too and some pleasant warmth around the moray firth. but the real heat is across parts of central and eastern england, 25 or 26 degrees. breezy though, in the northwest, with those winds set to continue as we head into sunday evening, with some cloud and shower outbreaks of rain working their way eastwards across scotland, parts of northern ireland, too. but the winds means temperatures here not falling particularly far, around about the mid teens in places. cooler, fresher, further south and east. dry, some clear skies, but some areas of mist and fog and low cloud forming through parts of the south midlands in towards parts of southern england. for the week ahead, we've got low pressure anchored to the northwest, high pressure down towards the southeast. so, that northwest—southeast split will likely persist for the next few days. and it means on monday, after the early mist and fog in the south clears, it's a dry and fine day for much of england and wales. but further north and northwest, cloudier with some showers and then outbreaks of rain working across the highlands and islands of scotland in towards parts of the west of northern ireland. eastern scotland, though still dry with some sunshine and pleasantly warm. further south, though, once again we'll see temperatures reaching the mid—20s, maybe 26 degrees through parts of east anglia. looking ahead now towards tuesday, and once again, some showery activity across parts of scotland, in towards northern england, parts of north wales and northern ireland. but much of central, southern and eastern england is dry and fine. once again, any early morning mist and fog will soon lift and temperatures again, mid—afternoon, here in the mid—20s. now, midweek, we start to see a change. we've got that high pressure still nearby, but a weather front bringing the chances some showery rain through parts of the midlands and wales. and you can see that there on the chart through wednesday. south of that band, staying dry with some sunshine. north of here, that familiar picture of bright spells and showers always focused across parts of the west and northwest. so, on the outlook, you can see that for much of wales and england, it's dry and fine, turning unsettled later. further north, fresher, with showers at times. that's the forecast for now. this is bbc news — the headlines. spain have won the women's football world cup — beating england 1—0 in a gripping final in australia. there was jubilation among the spanish players when they lifted the trophy in sydney. it's the first time they've won it. the tournament has boosted the profile of women's football. it was a hugely disappointing result for england's lionesses, who were also hoping for their first ever world cup win. the prince of wales lead the messages of support, saying, "although it's the result none of us wanted, lionesses, you have done yourselves and this nation proud." russia says its first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years has failed, after its luna 25 spacecraft crashed. officials say the probe had "ceased to exist following a collision with the moon's surface." russia had hoped to make the first soft landing at the moon's south pole. surface temperatures at the moment, somewhere between 87 and 95 degrees. so many people don't think that climate change is real.