lovely to have you with us. we start with football, where it s been confirmed that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. the five nation bid ran unopposed and european football s governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on tuesday morning. that was in switzerland. wembley is set to host the final with cardiff s principality stadium likely to have the opening match. northern ireland s casement park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. their chief executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. this is fantastic news. we have been part of the bed from the beginning. we are looking forward to hosting part of the world s third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. people would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic football tournament in our country. so, it is going to transform the country, it
stadium likely to have the opening match. northern ireland s casement park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. their chief executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. this is fantastic news. we have been part of the bed from the beginning. we are looking forward to hosting part of the world s third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. people would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic football tournament in our country. so, it is going to transform the country, it will be good news and we re looking forward to it. england were one of the 11 countries to host euro 2020, with wembley hosting the final. but that game was overshadowed by trouble pre match which saw over 2000 people get into the stadium illegally, after breaching disabled access gates and emergency fire doors. fa chair debbie hewitt insi
continue preparations for a possible ground assault into gaza. also on the programme. interrupted by a protester, but the labour leader sir keir starmer stays on course as he urges his party to seek a decade of national renewal at the next election. and coming home, again euro 2028 will be jointly hosted by the uk and ireland. and coming up on bbc news england are back on track at the cricket world cup. reece topley among the wickets, as the defending champions celebrate a comfortable victory over bangladesh. good evening from jerusalem, where new details are just emerging as we ve come on air of the ferocity of the attack by hamas gunmen on southern israel last saturday. the israeli defence forces have today been recovering the bodies of civilians, including babies, from a rural community, just a mile from the border with gaza. whole families are reported to have been killed. israeli soldiers on the ground have described what they ve seen as a massacre. tonight we ll hear
lovely to have you with us. let s start, then, with football, where it has been confirmed that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. the five nation bid ran unopposed and european football s governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on tuesday morning. wembley is set to host the final, with cardiff s principality stadium likely to have the opening match. northern ireland s casement park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. their chief executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. this is fantastic news. we ve been part of the bid from the beginning. we re looking forward to hosting part of the world s third biggest sporting tournament in five years time, and it will be transformational for northern ireland. and people would have laughed if, 25 years ago, we d have said, we re going to be hosting part of what is a fantastic football tournament in our country. so it s going to transform our country