 In football, France are through to the Euro semi-finals, beating Portugal 5-3 on penalties. In the day's other match, Spain won 2-1 after extra time knocking out the host Germany. On Saturday, England play Switzerland and the Netherlands face Turkey in the last quarter-final matches. BBC News. Thank you. You're listening to The Newsroom from the BBC World Service with Oliver Conway. And we start with news of a rare success for the reformers in Iran.