the world championship semifinals continue in sheffield. mark allen was maintaining his two frame lead over the four time champion mark selby. he was 5 3 overnight. let s go to the crucible for live pictures. they are just re racking because mark selby has pinched the frame back. mark allen now leads 6-5. the frame back. mark allen now leads 6 5. the scheme is quite a difficult watch and pretty cagey. mark selby has got the better of the second session. two years ago he won the last of his four titles. it s the first to 17. in the other semifinal sijiahui is well under first to 17. in the other semifinal si jiahui is well under way against luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11-5 luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11 5 up after two sessions. the belgian really lost his composure at the end of one of the frames after failing to get out of the snooker. he got a warning. he hasn t come close to the form that saw him stunned defending champion ronnie o sullivan in the quarters
are fitted with identity rings in one of europe s biggest flamingo colonies to help track their journeys and ensure their survival. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the countdown is on, to the women s euros football final with england taking on germany in front of a sell out crowd of 87,000 fans at wembley. england who ve scored 20 goals and conceded only one so far have been getting ready to take on the most successful nation in the tournament s history. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, looks ahead to the match that could provide a defining moment for women s football in the uk. you know it s a big deal when the queen s guard get involved. the familiar refrain of three lions has been echoing round every ground on route to wembley. # football s coming home, it s coming home. doubt again for this sell out final. from lionesses of the past to the current squad, as they survey the pristine pitch they took a moment to take it all
allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, it s the threshold for former disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. the world s first fully working sand battery is installed in finland, with developers calling it a major breakthrough for green energy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny as a former top civil servant at the foreign office, lord mcdonald, writes to the parliamentary standards commissioner this morning, saying that borisjohnson was briefed in person about an inv
As a storm introduces heavy rain and severe gales in some parts of the country. Details later. President biden will visit israel tomorrow, in a show of support after more than moo people were killed by gunmen from hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. The trip was announced by the us secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, who also revealed that israel and the us had agreed to develop a plan to get aid to civilians in gaza. Un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the territory, where more than 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. But a world leader is heading this way. I wednesday, President Biden will visit israel. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel. For the region and for the world. Itruiith critical moment for israel. For the