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2010-07-12 BBC

BBC News with David Legge.

Spain has just scored against the Netherlands in the final match of the first football World Cup in South Africa with just over two minutes left of extra-time. Neither has won the title before. There have been several yellow cards in a game characterized by some ferocious Dutch tackling and Holland went down to 10 men at the start of second-half of extra-time. Andres Iniesta made the breakthrough.

"Torres, looks laboured, crosses, Torres edges the penalty area. Fabregas picks it up. Here is Iniesta, scored, he had. Iniesta has won the World Cup for Spain. Just this is done, gain in the extra-time, four minutes left and Iniesta who's at a poor game makes up for it."

And we just heard that Spain have scored a second goal.

Before the game, there was a colourful ceremony culminating with a smiling Nelson Mandela greeting the fans. Andrew Harding was there.

A musical finale here at Soccer City, South Africa is swelling with pride after confounding the skeptics and hosting an almost flawless tournament. There was a huge roar from the crowd as Nelson Mandela arrived at the stadium. Mr Mandela's brief appearance tonight is the dream ending FIFA had been pushing for and a reminder of this country's extraordinary transformation, a defining night then for the teams, for the fans, for South Africa and for the continent, too.

The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he doesn't intend to resign despite his government suffering a setback in elections for the upper house of parliament. Exit polls suggest the coalition lost its majority in the polls. Projections give Mr Kan's Democratic party about 47 seats and none to its much smaller ally. Analysts say the stage could be set for a legislative deadlock. The Democratic Party swept to power last year, promising fundamental reforms, but its popularity has shrunk due to financial scandals and perceptions of weak leadership.

President Obama has called on governments to re-double efforts to arrest those responsible for the war crimes at Srebrenica during the Bosnian conflict. The main suspect still at large is the Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic. Mr Obama's call which echoed the Serbian President Boris Tadic came as thousands of mourners marked the 50th anniversary of the massacre by Bosnian Serb forces of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys. Paddy Ashdown is the former international high representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina. He told the BBC it was now essential to bring Mr Mladic justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

"He is the last of the primary architects to arrest now in The Hague. I'm pretty confident where he is. I think he's being protected by renegade elements, not under the state but renegade elements of the Serbian security services. He does have to be brought to justice. The Balkans cannot properly move forward, Serbia cannot properly and Bosnia cannot properly move forward until that's done."

World News from the BBC.

Special forces in Colombia say they dealt a severe blow to a top Marxist rebel leader by killing 12 of his bodyguards. Commandos launched a dawn raid against a base belonging to Guillermo Saenz, the chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. A woman said to be one of his closest friends was killed during the attack. The government described the woman as very dangerous and blamed her for the deaths of 70 members of the state security forces.

A Sri Lankan student living in the UK says she is considering legal action after a holiday company cancelled her booking because her surname was too long. Jennifer Abegoonewardene says she feels her human rights have been violated. Jill McGivering reports.

Jennifer Abegoonewardene booked her holiday to Cyprus a few weeks ago with the online travel company, ebookers, but several days later she received an email and phone call from them. They insisted she cancel her booking because her name was too long. The statement issued on behalf of ebookers confirmed that the company had been unable to process the booking. ebookers has apologized to Ms Abegoonewardene for any inconvenience caused and given her a full refund, but she is considering legal action.

A total solar eclipse has been making its way of crossing the South Pacific with a rare alignment of the sun, moon and earth, plunging a narrow corridor into darkness. The eclipse drew an arc across the open sea and uninhabited atolls, making its main landfall on remote Easter Island. Thousands of tourists, scientists and journalists have travelled there to witness the brief moment of daytime darkness.

And just to clarify a main story this hour, in a dramatic final, Spain has won the football World Cup in South Africa by one goal to nil, scoring a goal against the Netherlands during extra-time. It's the first time Spain has won the World Cup.

I am David Legge, and that's the latest BBC News.