:00:13. > :00:17.26 days ago, Wales played their first ever game at the Euros
:00:18. > :00:20.in Bordeaux where they beat Slovakia 2-1 to kick start their European
:00:21. > :00:23.Tonight they take on Portugal, in this very stadium,
:00:24. > :00:28.So far, they've played 450 minutes of football, won 4 out of 5 matches
:00:29. > :00:31.and scored 10 goals to reach this historic moment.
:00:32. > :00:34.It's a truly incredible story of a team with unbreakable spirit
:00:35. > :00:40.A small country, who have taken one of the world's biggest football
:00:41. > :00:52.Just a sheet years ago, they were placed 114th in the world, now they
:00:53. > :00:54.are taking one of the world's biggest bubble tournaments by storm.
:00:55. > :00:57.Whatever happens here tonight, one thing's for sure -
:00:58. > :00:59.this Wales team will be national heroes in their fans' eyes.
:01:00. > :01:01.Thousands of them have been arriving in Lyon today,
:01:02. > :01:04.to cheer on their team, and I caught up with some of them.
:01:05. > :01:11.I ask them for one word that describes their team.
:01:12. > :01:19.I think Wales are awesome, because they have got Gareth Bale.
:01:20. > :01:33.We are dreamers. We believe we can achieve.
:01:34. > :01:42.I think Wales are epic, because they have really good players.
:01:43. > :01:46.Now, as you can see, a lot of the talk in the build up
:01:47. > :01:48.to this game has been about the head-to-head clash
:01:49. > :01:51.between Real Madrid team mates Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.
:01:52. > :01:53.If you want to know more about how they stack up,
:01:54. > :01:56.That's also where you can tell us your views about the result tonight.
:01:57. > :01:59.So that's it, Wales are one win away from making the final of Euro 2016.
:02:00. > :02:06.The other big news today is about a war involving British
:02:07. > :02:10.It caused huge arguments across the world and now a report
:02:11. > :02:12.has been looking into what went wrong.
:02:13. > :02:15.In a moment, a BBC political expert will explain what this all means,
:02:16. > :02:23.In 2003, the US led an invasion of Iraq in the Middle East,
:02:24. > :02:31.They targeted the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
:02:32. > :02:36.The American and British leaders at the time said he was dangerous
:02:37. > :02:40.They also said that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that
:02:41. > :02:47.Saddam Hussein said he didn't have any such weapons.
:02:48. > :02:57.But the American and UK leaders didn't believe him.
:02:58. > :03:01.The decision to go to war was extremely controversial, not
:03:02. > :03:05.everybody agreed. Millions of people
:03:06. > :03:07.protested all over the UK. But the British prime minister
:03:08. > :03:09.at the time, Tony Blair, Iraq's army was defeated
:03:10. > :03:12.and Saddam Hussein was But no weapons of mass
:03:13. > :03:15.destruction were found in Iraq. The mission turned into a long war
:03:16. > :03:23.lasting eight years. 4,500 American troops
:03:24. > :03:25.died and the UK lost No-one knows for sure
:03:26. > :03:31.how many Iraqis died, It also left different
:03:32. > :03:35.groups in Iraq fighting Many people questioned
:03:36. > :03:41.why the UK and US got In 2009, the then British Prime
:03:42. > :03:49.Minister, Gordon Brown, set up a special investigation
:03:50. > :03:52.to find out what happened in the run-up to the invasion
:03:53. > :03:54.and whether the right It was called the Chilcot Inquiry
:03:55. > :04:04.named after the man in charge of it. Sir John Chilcot was asked to find
:04:05. > :04:09.out what happened in the run-up to the invasion, and whether the right
:04:10. > :04:13.decisions were made. And today, seven years on, the enquiry reported
:04:14. > :04:16.that the UK went to war when it wasn't necessary, and that the
:04:17. > :04:18.problems that caused the war could have been solved peacefully.
:04:19. > :04:20.It also said that in future politicians should think more
:04:21. > :04:23.Now over to BBC Political reporter Chris Mason,
:04:24. > :04:29.who has been looking at why this report is so important.
:04:30. > :04:36.The biggest job of our government is to try and keep us safe, and the
:04:37. > :04:39.biggest decision that the leader of our government, the Prime Minister,
:04:40. > :04:43.ever has to take is whether or not we go to war, and that is because
:04:44. > :04:47.wars are horrible. Our soldiers get killed, and other people get killed
:04:48. > :04:51.as well. That means some people think all wars are a bad idea, but
:04:52. > :04:57.some say they have to happen sometimes to protect our country and
:04:58. > :05:01.what is important to us. This report into the Iraq war says not enough
:05:02. > :05:04.preparation was done beforehand, Iraq wasn't really a threat to us,
:05:05. > :05:10.and not many people had given much thought to whether Iraq could be put
:05:11. > :05:13.together afterwards. Tony Blair, who was our leader, our Prime Minister
:05:14. > :05:17.at the time, said it was a very, very difficult decision, but he did
:05:18. > :05:21.think he was doing the right thing and he hadn't lied. But some of the
:05:22. > :05:24.families of the soldiers who were killed are still very, very angry
:05:25. > :05:28.about this, and some of them would even like Tony Blair to go to prison
:05:29. > :05:32.for what he did. That is probably not going to happen, but what is
:05:33. > :05:36.definitely going to change, I think, because of this report, is that it
:05:37. > :05:37.will be much harder for the leaders in the future to persuade is that
:05:38. > :05:38.war is a good idea. Well, that's all
:05:39. > :05:41.from Newsround today. We'll be back tomorrow
:05:42. > :05:42.with that all-important result from Euro 2016 -
:05:43. > :05:45.good luck, Wales!