this is bbc news. the headlines at midday. eu leaders present a united front as they meet to discuss brexit — france's president says there will be "a price and a cost for britain". labour leaderjeremy corbyn urges young people to "claim their future" by voting labour in the election. theresa may will campaign in scotland today for the first time since calling the general election. ukip leader paul nuttall is to stand in boston and skegness in lincolnshire in june's general election. north korea test fires another ballistic missile. donald trump says it shows "disrespect" to china. also in the next hour... the heavyweights head for wembley — around 90,000 people will pack into the stadium tonight as anthonyjoshua faces wladimir klitschko in the richest bout in british boxing history. and at 12:30, click investigates a company claiming to offer "absolute security" and discovers all is not what it seems. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. european union leaders have demonstrated a united front as they arrived for a meeting in brussels to formally agree their negotiating stance for brexit. italy's prime minister said it was an opportunity to re—launch the eu, while the french president francois hollande, said britain should not be punished for leaving the eu but it was inevitable it would be worse off outside. my colleague ben brown is in brussels. thank you very much. all the leaders

of the 27 remaining eu states are now here for the summit, a very brief summer, just over three and a half hours, just to finalise the eu's negotiating position with britain over brexit. we have heard already from the european council president, donald tusk, who was saying that there could not be parallel talks, which is what britain had wanted, and a future trade agreement and the terms of the divorce settlement. he said britain has to pay its divorce settlement or at least agree, make substantial progress on agreeing what the divorce settlement should be before moving on to discuss the future, as he put it, in terms of a future trade agreement. he said there also has to be sufficient progress on deciding the future and guaranteeing the future of eu nationals who are living in britain. we also need solid guarantees for all citizens and their families who will be affected by brexit, on both sides. this must be the number one priority for the eu and the uk.

and the commission has already prepared a precise and detailed list of citizens' rights we want to protect. and finally, we need to remain united as eu citizens. it is only then that we will be able to conclude the negotiations, which means that our unity is also in the uk's interests. so, that was donald tusk, and unity is very much the watchword of the 27 leaders who are here for this summit on brexit. we have had from the

chief brexit negotiator for europe, he arrived here saying we need unity, we are ready, he said, and this unity is not something that is against the united kingdom, but we have our own reasons to stay together. i think the reason they are repeating this message about unity is they do not want any sense that britain can try to divide and rule with the remaining 27 in the brexit negotiations. we have also heard from the minister of luxembourg, who was speculating as to the reasons why theresa may has cold a general election. he says it is because she wants theresa's brexit. that party decided to all that rather organise a referendum. she wants to have a new election, it isa she wants to have a new election, it is a decision, i think it is an internal problem she wants to resolve in the conservative party. she will have not hard brexit or soft brexit, but theresa's brexit so she needs support from the

population. that is the view from luxembourg. so what donald tusk has said is that there are three core objectives that have to be made progress on for future trade can be discussed with the uk. we mentioned the divorce bill, it could be up to 60 billion europe dollar euros. the other question is the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. iamjoined northern ireland and the republic of ireland. i am joined now by the irish ministerfor ireland. i am joined now by the irish minister for european affairs. first of all, that question of the border, trying to avoid having a ha rd border, trying to avoid having a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, why is that so important? it is important for all of us, we will have difficult negotiations of citizens's rights and financial publications, the results also the issue around northern ireland, great britain, the uk, and here we have strong agreement with the british

government, the irish... and our eu partners that we do not to see the borders of the past returning in northern ireland. we have worked remarkably well with the united kingdom through the support of the european union to deliver a peace process flow european union to deliver a peace process now that has saved many, many, many lives. nobody wants to see thatjeopardised in many, many lives. nobody wants to see that jeopardised in any way. that is why it is vital for us that we do not have the visible signs of a border in ireland. and you're confident i can be agreement? donald tusk has said there has to be sufficient progress on that question and the divorce settlement, as it is cold, as well before moving on to discussing the british trade relationship outside the eu, with you. again, today, the issue around irish issues, we have had great support from other member states and strong unity of purpose between theresa may and enda kenny with respect to this. so i very much hope

that we can see progress here in this area. we have difficulties about trade and money and many other issues, but peace and saving of lives is far more important than anything else and i think our european friends understand and accept this. but britain wants to do all this in parallel, so talk about theseissues all this in parallel, so talk about these issues about the border, the divorce bill and so on, the future of eu nationals in britain, at the same time as a future trade agreement. why can that not be done? because they are two separate processes. 0ne because they are two separate processes. one is within the treaty, the article 50 process, but provides for a the article 50 process, but provides fora member the article 50 process, but provides for a member state leaving the european union. what we will then see after the uk leaves the eu is a requirement for essentially a new trade agreement, a new relationship to be agreed between the 27 member

states and the uk. because they are separate processes i suppose we cannot start a new relationship until you conclude the last one. we do agree, we will have to move as quickly as possible to discussing elements of the new relationship and indeed for transitional requirements will be needed between both agreements, but i do not think it is an unreasonable position on progress, “— an unreasonable position on progress, —— that some progress is made before we arrive at that point, and that is the unanimous position of all 27 member states today. one other thing ireland is looking for todayis other thing ireland is looking for today is a commitment that if the river to be a vote in northern ireland to be part of the republic of ireland, northern ireland would automatically be part of the eu. just explain why that is important to you. it is important today because today is when we are agreeing the guidelines, and these will be in place for many years,

perhaps many decades. the good friday agreement, it is agreed, we have had referendums here in ireland, north and south and it is an agreed position between the uk and ireland. it provides a pathway through democratic and peaceful means at some time in the future that the people of ireland may decide to vote democratically for a united ireland. we actually do not believe this is the time, the irish government does not believe this is the time, that the conditions are not correct for such a call. but the good friday agreement does provide for that possibility in the future and we simply want explicit wording, similarto and we simply want explicit wording, similar to the case that happened with east germany joining with east germanyjoining west germany to become germany, it automatically entered the eu. the text simply reflects that this will also be the case if the people democratically choose to join ireland, that they will automatically become once again eu

citizens. some people in britain think that the eu 27 are looking to punish britain for brexit, by slapping a pretty big bill on britain, 60 billion euros or whatever it is. is that how you see? absolutely not, ireland is a net contributor it as well to the eu budget. the reality is, we all made commitments financially, over the la st commitments financially, over the last number of years, the british, the irish and many other countries are beneficiaries of europe in support that makes the european continent economic or a stronger. so the mention of figures, i am not sure that is particularly productive. do you have a figure in mind? i do not. ithink productive. do you have a figure in mind? i do not. i think we should go down these robust discussions between the eu side and the british side to look at the legal position and the methodology and agree that first, then the figure will follow

from that. but the british, the irish and the europeans, we have negotiated before, a consensus will be fine because the overriding sense that we have here, and you mentioned the importance of unity, the overriding ambition we have is to have unity, to come to an agreement that allows us to continue a very strong and friendly relationship between the uk and the eu. certainly i think the people of the uk can be sure of ireland's support in that regard. but it is not a unity against the uk, it is unity towards against the uk, it is unity towards a deal that our citizens in europe can enjoy for many decades to come. thank you very much for your time. it isa thank you very much for your time. it is a pretty brief summit, only three and a half hours or so in total, really a long working lunch essentially. a lot of the preparatory work has already been done and there is real agreement already between the 27 leaders as to

how to proceed with the brexit negotiations. theresa may will campaign in scotland today for the first time since calling the general election. the conservatives currently hold one scottish seat at westminster, but opinion polls suggest support for the party in scotland is growing. she will say that a vote for her party is a vote for the union. jeremy corbyn has been campaigning in east london this morning and highlighted the low electoral register figures highlighted the low electoral registerfigures among highlighted the low electoral register figures among young people, which he said would only help the conservatives. 0ver conservatives. over 2.4 million, let me say that again, 2.4 million young people are missing from britain's electoral register. barely 40% of 18 to 24—year—olds normally turn out to

vote. the conservatives are more than happy with this state of affairs. apathy and resignation will secure them seats on election day. meanwhile, the ukip leader, paul nuttall, has confirmed that he will run to be mp for boston and skegness. he said it was a great honour and privilege, and he would be campaigning on he called the "betrayal of our fishing industry" by successive governments. scotland's first minister and snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has been campaigning in glasgow this morning, telling supporters that only her party can stop the conservatives imposing cuts in scotland. she urged voters not to give the tories a free rein. make no mistake, this general election really matters to the future of our country. it will determine whether scotland continues to move forward, or is dragged back by the tories. and it will ensure

that the decisions about the future of our country, whatever that turns out to be, is taken here by the scottish parliament and the scottish people, not by an increasingly hardline, right—wing people, not by an increasingly ha rdline, right—wing tory people, not by an increasingly hardline, right—wing tory government at westminster. joining me now from glasgow to talk all things polls is professorjohn curtice from the university of strathyclyde. good afternoon to you. good afternoon. i might there has been a shift of activity in scotland. for yea rs, shift of activity in scotland. for years, the snp did not have to worry about the tories. should they be worried now? it is certainly true that the snp did not have to worry about the tories, but we must remember that until the general election two years ago, the snp themselves used to struggle in elections to the westminster parliament. but we had that remarkable tsunami of support for the snp in 2015, 56 out of 59 seats, and inevitably such a high watermark

is going to be difficult for the snp to defend. but what is interesting is that whereas two years ago, the snp for the most part were taking labour seats, now the challenge to them is come from the conservatives. 0pinion polls suggest support for the conservatives may be around 30%, double what they managed in the general election two years ago. certainly on those kind of figures, the conservatives might pick up six, seven, eight seats from the snp, including perhaps the biggest scalp of all, the seat of angus robertson, the snp leader at westminster. so, guess the conservatives are not looking at the moment as though they are going to have a large swathe of seats north of the border, but more than at any time since 1992, and enough at least to put a fair dent in the snp's domination of scotland's representation at westminster. is the issue from the snp's point of view, is its

independence still looking in the background or more bread—and—butter things that the voters are interested in? it is certainly true that since the independence referendum, the dominant issue in scottish politics has been the question of whether scotland should or should not be inside the uk, and for example, it is clear that the conservatives' emphasis on the need to keep the union on a very robust defence of that position, that seems to have been crucial to the conservative revival north of the border, such that whereas headed to the unionist vote used to be scattered between the conservatives, labour and the lib dems, over half who voted no say they would back the conservatives. so it has been squeezing the labour vote. but there is some polling this morning that will give the snp some pause for thought, which is that voters' evaluations of the scottish government's domestic record in scotla nd government's domestic record in scotland on things like the nhs and

education is continuing to slide and i think the snp will be concerned that maybe even some of those voters who are still committed to independents are looking at the snp's record on is things like schools and hospitals and perhaps may as a result defect from the snp this time. that is certainly an errorfor the snp this time. that is certainly an error for the snp need to shore up their position. —— an area. error for the snp need to shore up their position. -- an area. opinion polls do have a track record as not being very smart so this has to be taken with the usual caution. certainly it is true that they should be taken with caution. but they did tell us in 2015 that the snp were going to take everything in scotland, which is exactly what happened. it is also that i also worth bearing in mind that the main message of the polls is very different from what was two years ago. two years ago they were saying it was a close thing and in the end it was a close thing and in the end it was a close thing and in the end it was not quite so close as they thought. this time, they are saying that at the moment, it looks like a one—horse race across the uk with

the conservatives around 20 points ahead. the truth is, no other opinion polls have ever been so wrong that a 20 point lead suddenly disappeared on polling day. we may wa nt to disappeared on polling day. we may want to argue about how far the tories are head and that is potentially crucial about the size of the conservative majority. but at the moment, i do not think there is any room for doubt that the conservatives are ahead in this election. professor curtice, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: european union leaders prevents that represent a united front as they meet to discuss brexit. the french president says there will be a cost and advice for britain. jeremy corbyn urges young people to claim the future by putting labour in the general election. theresa may will be campaigning in scotland today for the first time in the campaign. north korea has test fired another ballistic missile,

hours after the united states called for a tougher international approach towards kimjong un's government. the missile was fired from an airfield in pukchang. american officials say it exploded shortly after take—off. president trump has condemned the missile launch. in a tweet, he said: 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher reports. after weeks of mounting concern in washington about north korea, the secretary of state arrived at the united nations to make his case. un sanctions aren't working, was the message. there needs to be a new campaign of pressure. and he clarified the stakes. ultimately this is being driven by america's own national security considerations, he said, so it's serious. with each successive detonation and missile test, north korea pushes northeast asia and the world closer to instability and broader conflict.

the threat of a north korean nuclear attack on seoul or tokyo is real, and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. despite un pressure, north korea's been able to accelerate its weapons programme, and shortly after mr tillerson spoke, it fired another missile, although that test seems to have failed. the trump administration is keeping open the threat of military action in case of further provocations. the latest missile test probably won't be enough of a trigger for that, but it may help strengthen international resolve to put the economic squeeze on north korea's determined young leader. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, at the united nations in new york. a man has appeared at manchester and salford magistrates court charged with the murder of former royal navy officer mike samwell, who is thought to have been run over by his own car. mr samwell was fatally injured

as he tried to stop thieves from stealing his car from outside his home in manchester. 29—year—old ryan gibbons is charged with murder, burglary and aggravated vehicle taking. 0ur reporter leanne brown is outside manchester and salford magistrates court for us. ryan gibbons appeared here charged with three counts, one of murder, one burglary and one of vehicle taking. he spoke only to confirm his name and address. the charges are in connection with the death of 35—year—old ex—royal navy officer mike samwell. he died after allegedly being run over by his own car. the incident took place outside his home in greater manchester last sunday. the case is too serious to

be dealt with by a magistrate so it has been referred to the crown court. ryan gibbons will appear before the crown on tuesday of next week. in the meantime, he has been remanded into custody. a 15—year—old boy and two men, a 20—year—old and a 21—year—old, also charged with murder and burglary, have been bailed pending further enquiries. solicitors representing patients of a breast surgeon, found guilty of carrying out a series of needless operations, say the true number of his victims could be in the hundreds — or even thousands. ian paterson was found guilty of intentionally wounding his patients at two private hospitals in the west midlands. i'm joined now from newcastle byjulie doughty — she's the incoming vice president of the association of breast surgery. thank you forjoining us. i know you have been waiting for some time. thank you for your patience. can you

explain what your association does? good afternoon. firstly, before i answer that, the association would like to offer its sympathy to all those patients who have been harmed by the actions of ian paterson. the association is a charitable organisation, it is not a regulatory body, however, 80% of practising breast surgeons in the uk are members of the association of breast surgery. but not mr paterson? no, he was not a member. what have you made of the details? many of these cases we re of the details? many of these cases were historical cases, and clearly, the public are going to be very anxious, especially people presenting with breast problems. but the association would like to assure

all patients who go to a clinic with all patients who go to a clinic with a breast complaint that they are looked after and notjust by a co nsulta nt looked after and notjust by a consultant surgeon, but their care is managed by a multidisciplinary team, and that team consists of pathologists, radiologists, breast ca re nurses, pathologists, radiologists, breast care nurses, oncologists and the breast care surgeon, and decision making is a multidisciplinary approach. yes, that should be the approach, but yet ian paterson was able to act more or less alone, from what one can gather. as i have said, many of these cases were historical, and things have changed since that time. we now have clear guidelines, the good clinical practice guidelines published in 2009 about how these patients should be treated, and these patients should be treated following guidelines and pathways as part of a

multidisciplinary approach in both the nhs and private practice. multidisciplinary approach in both the nhs and private practicem the nhs and private practice. it is interesting, the divisions, the potential differences between the nhs and private medicine. 0ne potential differences between the nhs and private medicine. one of the suggestions being that surgeons operating in the private sector are interested in earning the money as well as doing theirjob, so these new rules have got to apply right across the board, haven't they? absolutely, and since mr paterson started practising, the gmc have introduced appraisal and validation not just for surgeons but for all doctors, and a spot but appraisal and revalidation process, a surgeon's practice in both the nhs and private practice must be discussed and audited. we are grateful to you, thank you very much. thank you. donald trump has become the first us president in 30 years to address america's powerful gun lobby, the national rifle association. 0n the eve of his 100th day

in office, he told a rally in georgia what his administration had achieved so far, and pledged to protect gun ownership. the former royal marine jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter has praised his "wife in a million" after his release from prison. sea rgea nt alexander blackman was jailed for life for murder in 2013, but was released yesterday after his sentence was reduced to manslaughter. he told the daily mail he would be "eternally grateful" to his wife claire for campaigning for his release. now, what about the prospects for the weather over the bank holiday? let's get the latest on that from sarah. as we head through the remainder of the bank holiday weekend, the weather is looking a little mixed. here is the scene this morning near twickenham. some patchy cloud, but quite thin so breaking up during the

afternoon to allow some decent spells of sunshine. towards the west, southerly wind arrows, so the wind will be picking up in the west. further east, less windy and temperatures up to 16 or 17. this evening, many of us ending the day onafine evening, many of us ending the day on a fine and rhino. turning breezy overnight, cloud increasing from the south west so it should be a frost free night. some wet and windy weather on sunday, nudging further north—east, but most of —— much of eastern england and scotland staying dry bread, temperatures up to around 16 but even cooler around the east coast. the bank holiday monday, sunshine and scattered showers towards the south, brighter and drier in the north. goodbye for now. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... eu leaders present a united front as they meet to discuss brexit — france's president says there will be "a price and a cost for britain". labour leaderjeremy corbyn urges

young people to "claim theirfuture" by voting labour in the general election. theresa may will campaign in scotland today for the first time in the campaign — she's expected to ask scots to vote for her to "strengthen the union". north korea test fires another ballistic missile. donald trump says it shows disrespect to china. the japanese prime minister says it is a serious challenge to the international community. a busy and interesting day in sport. let's say hello to mike bushell. good morning. the former heavyweight world champion lennox lewis is predicting that youth will win over experience tonight. he thinks that, at 41, wladimir klitchko won't have the power that he used to and will be beaten by the 27—year—old briton anthony joshua at wembley. the fighters weighed—in withjoshua ten pounds heavier than his ukrainian opponent.

klitschko weighed—in at 17 stone 2 pounds. it's his his first fight since, losing his belts, to britain's tyson fury in 2015. but this is klitschko's 69th professional fight, joshua has had just 18. here's a good fighter, you can't deny that. they've done a good job, and myjob deny that. they've done a good job, and my job is deny that. they've done a good job, and myjob is to be the same. i don't want to beat him and people to say, x, x, x. i listen to what he has to say. he's got passion. when i faced him, iwant has to say. he's got passion. when i faced him, i want to say i faced the best man possible. the man that is coming offa best man possible. the man that is coming off a defeated the best man. you learn from your mistakes. that is why i'm looking forward to the challenge. i've been in the past always preparing for my next fight as my last fight. i been doing it for many years like that. i

definitely will need to give my best, notjust a little bit of it, but all my best. i want to have it all. i don'tjust want but all my best. i want to have it all. i don't just want to win the fight, i all. i don't just want to win the fight, iwant all. i don't just want to win the fight, i want to win the fight great.