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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 m ....
welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start with apocalyptic scenes in hawaii. us soldiers have joined search and recovery efforts. at least 36 people are known to have died in wildfires others are still unaccounted for. large parts of the tourist town of la highna on the island of maui have been burned to the ground. this is what it looke like overnight when flames spread rapidly forcing some people to jump into the sea to escape. multiple areas have been burnt to the ground and the western side of the island is almost cut off. officials say, the hospital system is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. our correspondent richard galpin has this report. is anybody still out here? it s time to go! these are the desperate calls for people still in the historic city of lahaina on the island of maui, as the flames on the marina gets closer and closer. many neighbourhoods w ....
coming up on bbc news, england quarterfinal opponents will be columbia who got the better of jamaica and the women s world cup of a i jamaica and the women s world cup of a i- 01 jamaica and the women s world cup of a i 01 victory. hello. thousands of people, including politicians and pop stars have turned out, to pay tribute to the singer, sinead o connor. the private funeral service took place in her hometown of bray in county wicklow, with well wishers lining the streets, as the cortege passed by. she died in london last month, at the age of 56. colin paterson has the story. they had come in their thousands to pay tribute to that woman they loved. my mother is 93 and she wanted to come out here. it was your mum s idea? yes. she was a woman that spoke what she wanted, you know? yeah. for the people. she was a warrior - and a weapon standing up to the powers that be before anyone else was. i sinead o connor lived on the sea front in bray county wicklow for 15 years. ....
jordan, a close ally of the us, has also said that the attacks didn t take place insidejordan, but occurred in syria. with me is our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. the attackers taken place in an area on that border between syria and jordan, perthe us on that border between syria and jordan, per the us has long had military facilities. we don t know what side of the border. joe biden says thejordanian side, the jordanians don t acknowledge that. these are facilities that are right on the border, so perhaps in that is less important, though clearly jordan has no interest in getting sucked into this whole original cauldron that we have seen for the last three or four months. the attack is the first time that american troops in one of those bases, scattered across the middle east, of which they have many, had been killed in a drone attack like this. they did lose a couple of navy seals this. they did lose a couple of navy seals in the red sea a couple of weeks ago w ....
prepare to watch the show s final episode. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through commonwealth countries. athletes will compete in 19 sports and 280 medal events, which will include for the first time women s t20 cricket, 3 on 3 basketball and 3 on 3 wheelchair basketball. also for the first time, there are more medals for women than for men, and para events are all part of the main games. 0ur sports reporterjoe lynsky explains what s in store. they have waited fo ....