in the bbc s sport centre. thank you very much indeed. for the victors, spain, it is a story of triumph from considerable turmoil, because they have won the women s world cup for the first time over after that win over england in sydney, in which i side would have made history by winning. but so many of their playersjust made history by winning. but so many of their players just a year ago were in a dispute with the coach and a spanish federation. it is in those circumstances that they won the trophy today, and the goal that proved to be the winner came from the spanish captain olga carmona, the spanish captain olga carmona, the left back that also made to the telling contribution for the women s semifinal. england s best chance at all to come by that point, and spain could have won by more, awarded a penalty for handball, jennifer hermoso s spot kick saved by mary earps, meaning the final chapter of the game was tense, but england couldn t find a way back, despite 30 minutes
but this is going to motivate a lot of young women to play football and other sports. it s wonderful. translation: i ve been playing football since i was little. - i feel like i was them. i wish i was there to celebrate. it s so exciting. the only goal of the game came from the spanish captain olga carmona. she slotted the winner past goalkeeper mary earps in the first half. it means england s wait to win a first women s world cup title goes on. in london there were tears, hugs and disappointment for the lionesses, who were looking to become the first england senior side since the men s team in 1966 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
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 pena
right now. this is after the parliament just passed part of a controversial new bill that dramatically reshapes the power of the courts. we have already seen large crowds of people on the streets, opponents of the plan call it a coup. they say it threatens to turn israel into a dictatorship. let s get right out to cnn s hadas gold she is in jerusalem. walk us through what this bill does and also what comes next. reporter: hey, guys. sorry you can t see me, there are some protesters here it s affecting our live signal. what has happened just now is that this legislation passed 64-0. what that means is all the opposition lawmakers left parliament in protest when this bill came up to vote. now, what this means technically is the bill that passed says that the supreme court now cannot stop government actions it deems unreasonable. these protesters they believe that that is the beginning of the end of an independent judiciary. they believe that this will give the government unfe
russian strikes damage a landmark in odesa. we are following the latest. and texas defies the justice department. governor greg abbott is refuse to go comply with the doj s request to remove floating razor wire buoys. the u.n. command says they re now in talks with north korea to bring him home. we re following these stories, with many more coming into cnn news central. retaliation inside russia. ukraine taking credit for overnight drone attacks on moscow and crimea. the kremlin says that russian defenses shot down at least two drones that hit a pair of buildings in center moscow. this as ukraine is blaming russia for taking out another grain silo at one of its ports, causing another sudden jolt in global wheat prices. in odesa, even centuries-old sites are not off-limits. a cathedral was hit over the weekend. alex marquardt saw the damage firsthand. reporter: we were asked to put the helmets on because of the work and the debris falling. this is where the most dest