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With lengthy sunny spells and a few isolated showers, then it will get warmer and turn more humid. All the details later. Its wednesday the 16th of august. England are preparing to face australia in the semifinal of the Women S World Cup this morning. The lionesses will go head to head with the hosts, in sydney, in the hope of reaching the final for the first time. Well have all the build up here on breakfast. Our Sports Editor dan roan has more. Cue the party even here in sports mad australia, ...

Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 1...

Attack on the russian capital. Two Office Blocks were damaged but there were no reports of any injuries. Meanwhile, ukraine says a Russian Missile attack on the North Eastern city of sumy, has killed at least one civilian and wounded five. Officials said the missile hit an education centre. Steve fish is a Politics Professor with the university of california in berkeley. Earlier, he outlined how he believes the russian president would approach any peace talks. Well, hes open to a ceasefire if he...

Time looming, gallagher fired past time looming, gallagherfired past millie a. Leeds united were the better side in the Second Period with a 17 year old archie gray catching the eye with a compose display. Matteojoseph who gave leeds an eight minute lead equalised before the hour with a downward header. Chelsea led 21 at half time, but it wasnt a convincing conformance performance is cell plate c in the quarterfinals at home. Play Chelsea Clement 5live� s ian dennis the play chelsea re. So che...

im sally bundock with the top business stories. and we begin here in the uk where, as youve been hearing, the nhs in england is braced for six days of strike action starting in an hour and a half, so 7am. and this marks the longest stretch of industrial action in the history of the national health service. junior doctors have been pushing for a 35% pay rise, which they say would restore their earnings after inflation to 2008 levels, but the government says this is unaffordable. for man...

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering 16—year—old brianna ghey in a park near warrington in february. the girl and boy, who were 15 at the time, stabbed her 28 times. they cannot be named for legal reasons. outside court, prosecutors said it was "one of the most distressing cases the crown prosecution service has had to deal with". heres our north of england correspondentjudith moritz. brianna ghey�*s family described h...

security council have spent the day trying to come to an agreement over the wording of a resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting in gaza. they have delayed the vote multiple times in the last 2a hours to try and come to an agreement that will avoid a us veto. in the last hour we have heard it has been delayed until tomorrow. remember, the us was the only country to vote against the last security council resolution calling for a cease—fire. we have heard from the state...

a few hours ago, maersk also announced it will re—route some of that red sea vessels around the cape of good hope, on a case—by—case basis. around 10% of global trade passes through the red sea, thats around 17,000 ships a year. but several major freight companies have now stopped passing through here. instead they are taking much longer route all the way around africa by the cape of good hope. that adds costs and delays. here is the us defence secretary lloyd austin. these attac...

To the kremlin� s coffers . Well be getting the view from our man in moscow. There he is, steve rosenberg. And ill also be discussing all of this with a sanctions specialist. There she is, Agathe Demarais from the Economist Intelligence unit. Also on the show, its all about your people from taking on coca cola to flying on board your own spaceship. Im going to be getting the lowdown from self proclaimed Trouble Maker and Global Business magnate sir richard branson. Wherever yourejoining me fro...

thats the first increase after five consecutive months of declines. consumer prices edged up from 6.9% in march, which could further encourage the european central bank to raise interest rates on thursday. joining me now is christian schulz, deputy chief european economist at citi bank. lovely to see you. so, the number is on the up, no great surprise considering what we have seen elsewhere, but the big question is how the central bank response. the ecb has made some progress, i guess,...