for girls and women in sport. absolutely brilliant. cannot believe it. 2 1, england, get in! in other news us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia, amid strong warnings from beijing not to visit taiwan. hailing frequencies open, sir. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died, age 89. england have won the european women s football championship beating germany 2 1 at wembley. the lionesses, as they are known, had never won a major trophy before, and this is the first seniorfootball honour for england since the men s world cup victory in 1966. a crowd of almost 90,000 people were at the stadium, with millions more following the game on television and radio. mark lobel reports. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football home in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley and many more watching
took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia two years after osama bin laden was killed. the family disowned him in 1994. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. south africa is in a long term flirtation with political and economic chaos. mass unemployment, power cuts and rising crime are stoking discontent and instability. my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of the ruling party. could one of africa s richest nations be consumed by insurrectionist violence? julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well or the country is in a cris
also on the programme: in other news the ukrainians living with the constant threat of russian missile strikes. we have a special report from southern city of mykolaiv. parts of beirut s huge grain silos badly damaged in the 2020 explosion, collapse after a long running fire. and nichelle nichols, the first black actress to play a figure of authority on american tv when she starred as lieutenant uhura in star trek, has died age 89. hello and welcome to the programme. england fans have celebrated long into the night after their side triumphed in the final of the european women s football championship at wembley. the lionesses 2 1 victory over germany came 56 years after england s men beat west germany in the 1966 world cup final the only major trophy previously won by an england senior team. queen elizabeth said the players would be an inspiration for girls and women . mark lobel has the story. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the
it s the morning after the historic football victory the night before and as the parties continue across the uk, the mammoth machine behind the scenes that is the business of football is positioning itself to the make the most of this moment. the women s euros has been seen as a landmark tournament for many reasons not least the record breaking spectator numbers, and now england s win is seen as the cherry on the cake. so who wants a slice going forward and what are they willing to pay for it? let s get down to the business of football with jenny mitton business director and women s sport lead at m&c saatchi sport and entertainment. a very warm welcome. in a nutshell, when we talk the business of football what does this victory mean? this business of football what does this victory mean? this victory mean? this victory is hue, this victory mean? this victory is huge. what this victory mean? this victory is huge, what we this victory mean? this victory is huge, what w
there on his first middle east tour. and as china s heatwave makes roads buckle and roofs melt, we ll hearfrom our correspondent in beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore and 5:30 in the morning in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, to the maldives, about 2a hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state in his absence. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force and the prime minister, and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe, has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, cr