England fans are already gathering at wembley there ll be 40,000 spectators at the game. It isa it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, we can t wait, we are so happy we got tickets. Nervous? ve , ou so happy we got tickets. Nervous? very. You have so happy we got tickets. Nervous? very, you have two, so happy we got tickets. Nervous? very, you have two, england so happy we got tickets. Nervous? | very, you have two, england versus germany we ll be live at wembley ahead of this afternoon s momentous match. Also this lunchtime. Self isolation for school pupils because of covid could be scrapped next term replaced by daily testing. New research shows that higher grade facemasks can be up to 100% effective in preventing coronavirus infections. How only a tiny fraction of the authors taught in english literature lessons are from ethnic minority backgrounds. And up for auction the ford escort prince charles gave diana when they got engaged. And coming up on the bbc news channel.
England fans are already gathering at wembley. There ll be 40,000 spectators at the game. In other news, self isolation for school pupils because of covid could be scrapped next term, replaced by daily testing. New research shows that higher grade facemasks can be up to 100% effective in preventing coronavirus infections. How only a tiny fraction of the authors taught in english literature lessons are from ethnic minority backgrounds. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. There are just three hours to go until one of the biggest games in world football england germany. At stake, a place in the euro 2020 quarter finals. Fans are already gathering at wembley. There ll be 40,000 of them there for the match. England haven t beaten germany in a knockout game in a major tournament since the world cup final in 1966, and manager gareth southgate is calling on his team to make history today. Natalie pirks reports. Make your own history has been a mantra of gareth southgate s for this young
Out that they are right there, right into it. out that they are right there, right into it. And out that they are right there, right into it, and not half asleep. I into it, and not half asleep. Think we into it, and not half asleep. I think we are as to sites battle it out for a place in the euro 2020 quarterfinals. 30,000 fans packed and this is the scene and will be speaking very shortly to our presenter who was at the stadium for us and we will speak to them in a few moments and maybe they will bring us a goal and we will see with the two sites do for the second half and will keep a very close eye on that for you. Turning to other news, new calls for a the rules with schools in england should do when the people test positive for covid i9, all children in a bubble or sent home the latest figures show a sharp rise in covert related absences. Pupils were out due to covid i9 reasons and that is one and 20 children and this is quadrupled. One solution to be more testing come septemb
Face masks can be up to one hundred per cent effective in preventing coronavirus infections. It s the match we ve all been waiting for and it s just got under way. England are taking on germany for a place in the euro 2020 quarter finals. 40,000 fans are at wembley and among them is our sports presenter, john watson. John, itjust kicked off in england expects. It john, itjust kicked off in england exects. , ,. , , expects. It is interesting to see what garrett expects. It is interesting to see what garrett southgate expects. It is interesting to see what garrett southgate is expects. It is interesting to see. What garrett southgate is stunning regards to his team. Matching germany with employing wing backs. Keeping his place after the men of the match performance against the czech republic in that final group game. It will be fascinating to see how this plays out having a very tight tactical battle between germany and england out there but certainly a defensive set up from gareth sou
investors brushed off comments from the chair of america s central bank, jerome powell, who s ruled out an interest rate cut next month. isaac poole, the global chief investment officer at 0reana financial services gave us his outlook on the interest rates and the markets earlier. what we are seeing here is the market really continuing to expect significant rate cuts from the fed and that has helped drive forward returns, as you say, this target was what we were expecting to hit at the end of the year, but we have seen a little bit better than expected economic data is also helping optimism, that earnings growth might pick up a bit in the next few months. so this is all bit in the next few months. so this is all about expectation for rate cuts, mr optimism because of strong earnings? i think it really does reflect rate cut expectations and a growing belief that the us can have a soft landing, because when you look at earnings growth, actual earnings growth has been slow and