and setting up that final against spain at the weekend. england manager gareth southgate has faced a lot of criticism for the team s play through the tournament. this is what he had to say about his time in charge after the match. we have had some incredible nights, the last seven, eight years. these games have been dramatic because the goals have come so late. the only reason i did thejob when i took it come so late. the only reason i did the job when i took it on was to try and bring success to england as a nation, and to try and improve english football, and improve english football, and to be able to take the team to a first final overseas, i am immensely proud of that but now, of course, we have come here to win, the team have been the best team in the tournament we play, and we have less than a day to prepare, a huge task, but we are still here and we are fighting. and let s hear from ollie watkins, the man behind england s 90th minute winner. speaking just after the ma
you re watching bbc news. team gb have picked up another eight medals including two golds at the tokyo olympics their biggest haul in a single day so far. giles scott and the pairing of dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were victorious in their sailing events; 19 year old 800 metre runner keely hodgkinson brought home britain s first medal on the athletics track; while jason and laura kenny were both part of british cycling teams which claimed silver in the velodrome. our correspondent natalie pirks reports from tokyo. nautical perfection, sailing dominance. britain were riding the crest of a wave. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were in a great place in the men s 49er and just needed to beat the germans in their final race. they literally put it all on the line. right on the line, great britain. with it, the gold medal in tokyo 2020. but not to be outdone, giles scott was doing in the finn class where britain is superb. they have won gold at the last five games. but
the #bbcyourquestions. the chancellor rishi sunak is expected to pledge to make the uk the most advanced and exciting financial services hub in the world at a speech he ll be making at mansion house in the city of london. more than two years after he was jailed for sexual assault, the american entertainer bill cosby has his conviction overturned. a tough message on the 100th anniversary of the chinese communist party president xi jinping warns that foreign powers will get their heads bashed if they attempt to bully the country. the dukes of cambridge and sussex will come together later to unveil a statue of their mother, diana, princess of wales, on what would have been her 60th birthday. and andy murray reaches the third round of wimbledon beating german oscar otte in a centre court thriller. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the car maker nissan has announced a major expansion of electric vehicle production at its car plant in sunderland. the development will see
and international practice that guides international civil aviation under the chicago convention. max mosley, former boss of the formula one association, who took the news of the world to court, for invading his privacy and won, has died aged 81. a vigil is held for the black lives matter campaigner sasha johnson after she was shot. she remains critically ill in hospital. a bbc investigation reveals how some children with special needs are being failed by a school charging over £50,000 a year per pupil. and how dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus in humans and could be used in the future for screening at airports or mass events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there s been international outrage at belarus after a ryanair flight travelling between two eu capitals was forced to divert there following claims of a bomb threat. a journalist on board who s criticised president lukashenko was detained. the chief executive of ryanair, michael 0 leary, has called it a sta
details about novak djokovic s appeal. and an eerie calm settling over kazakhstan, after the president gave a shoot to kill order to quell the protests. okay. we begin in the u.s., because that s where covid cases are soaring to record levels. driven by the super contagious omicron variant. infections are now averaging more than 660,000 per day. this map gives you a sense of the dramatic spread across the nation, with cases surging in nearly every state. child hospitalizations are at an all-time high as well. some of the largest increases are in children under 5 who are not authorized to be vaccinated yet. hospitalizations in that group are up 48% from a little more than a month ago. and with the public skexasperat by what seems like an endless pattern of covid surges americans want to know when will it end. in a news conference on friday, president joe biden was asked if this was going to be the new normal. no, i don t think covid is here to stay. but having covid in t