this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. our top stories: britain's prime minister theresa may outlines her agenda in the queen ‘s speech likely to be dominated by laws preparing the country for brexit. belgian soldiers shoot dead a suspected suicide bomber after an explosion at brussels train station. georgia's republican candidate karen handel wins a congressional election in what's seen as a referendum on donald trump. keeping it japanese — toshiba has announced it's chosen a japanese government—led consortium as the preferred bidder for the conglomerate‘s prized flash memory chip business. remember the romantic days of supersonic air travel? the days when the concorde was the choice of the jet—set. well it's back to the future at the paris air show. hello and welcome to bbc news.

the british prime minister theresa may will promise to work with humility and resolve in the queen's speech to the new parliament later this morning. mrs may still does not have a parlimentary majority and a proposed deal with a small northern irish party is not yet sealed — one of the reasons the speech has taken so long to arrange following the election. it will also be the only queens speech in the next two years as the government attempts to deal with all the issues surrounding the uk‘s withdrawal from the eu. the uk‘s withdrawal from the eu. here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier it is the ultimate show of pomp and ceremony, it marks the formal opening of parliament. the queen ‘s speech might be read by the queen but it is written by ministers. a

list of legislation the new elected government aims to bring in but this year it is going to be as scaleback event, just like in 1970 all. with a crowded calendar and little time for preparation, there will be no gold carriage and it will be day dress for the queen. it is significant, it reflects it is a snap election. 0r two ceremonies that could not be together. we were expecting to see the full pomp next year the queen ‘s speech will not be seen again. it will not be seen again sent the thousand 19. when theresa may sent out her party ‘s manifesto she proposed scrapping of free school meals for all but the very porous. plans to reform and expand grammar

schools. without a conservative majority and a lack of support, expect a moderated version of her ma nifesto. expect a moderated version of her manifesto. brexit will be the central theme. it is likely there will be a great repeal bill which will be a great repeal bill which will turn all eu laws british laws. look into legislation to tackle terrorism to protect the public. measures to protect the workers rights with worker representation on company boards as well as protection of pensions. theresa may is still tried to put together a deal with northern ireland ‘s democratic unionist party. she will need their support to see her queens speech voted through parliament. and of course we'll bring you televised coverage of the queen's speech throughout the day here on bbc news and we've got a live page on our website, which we'll be updating constantly. the coverage of formal events starts at around 11am local time in london — the speech expected to take

place at around 11:30. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: oj simpson may get a prison release date next month. a parole court will consider whether to free simpson, who's served nine years for robbing and kidnapping a group of sports memorabilia dealers. he was famously acquitted of murdering his ex—wife and herfriend, although he was later found liable by a civil court. the parents of the black teenager, michael brown, have reached an undisclosed settlement with city authorities in ferguson, missouri, over his fatal shooting three years ago. the killing by officer darren wilson — who was not prosecuted — sparked months of protests that grew into the black lives matter movement. venezuela's president has replaced four top military commanders, amid accusations that security forces have been using live bullets on demonstrators. seventy—five people have died in protests since april. video has emerged showing at least

three members of the national guard apparently firing on demonstrators. the actor daniel day lewis is to retire. his spokesman said the actor was immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences but would no longer be working as an actor. the three time 0scar—winner, famous for such films as movies like gangs of new york and there will be blood, will make his final screen appearance in fashion drama phantom thread. belgian soldiers have shot and killed a suspected suicide bomber after an explosion rocked the central train station in brussels. police say the man was wearing what appeared to be a bomb vest and triggered a small explosion. prosecutors are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. this report from frankie mccamley brussels central station evacuated shortly after police say a man triggered a small explosion. eyewitnesses say they heard gunfire and multiple explosions.

just minutes later, smoke can be seen inside. as the station was evacuated, flames were caught on camera inside. translation: i went down the stairs to go back to the platform where i had to go and they i heard someone shouting and then at one point he shouted "allahu akbar" and blew up the suitcase he had. ijust carried on down, trying to get as many people to evacuate as possible. and there he was, just behind me, two metres away from the stairs, and he still had the belt on him. 0utside, moved back by police officers, people gathered together to make their way to safety, trying to come to terms with yet another attack in the city. translation: we heard an explosion and my colleagues started shouting that it was a bomb! it is a bomb! i saw the man. he came towards me so i began to panic.

luckily he turned around and went away. the country's military, which is already on high alert were on the scene within minutes, shooting dead the suspect. bomb disposal units were also sent in to make sure the area was safe. belgian prosecutors now say this is being treated as a terrorist attack. at about 8:30, there has been a small explosion in the central station here in brussels. the suspect has been neutralised by the military that were present at the scene immediately after the explosion. there were no other victims. this incident is considered as a terrorist attack. the attack follows a series of attacks last year, when three suicide bombers targeted the city's airport and an underground station. an area popular with tourists enjoying the evening sunshine now on edge, surrounded by police and military personnel. frankie mccamley, bbc news.

sally is here with all the business news. lots going on. the brexit heavy queens speech is did later. the board of japanese conglomerate toshiba has chosen a japanese government—led consortium as the preferred bidderfor it's prized flash memory chip business. the group consists of a state—backed fund, the innovation network corp of japan, the development bank ofjapan, as well as us private equity firm bain capital. finance is ecxpected to come from south korean chipmaker sk hynix inc and the core banking unit of the mitsubishi ufj financial group inc. toshiba is rushing to sell the unit to cover billions of dollars in cost overruns at its now—bankrupt westinghouse nuclear unit. this has been a real crisis point

for toshiba. will it finally sort out the company? when concorde first took to the skies in 1969, it seemed to herald a new age of supersonic travel. it was sleek, elegant and outrageously futuristic. unfortunately it was also very noisy and very expensive. it was never a commercial success, and when it was retired in 2003, it seemed the supersonic age died with it. but perhaps not the american company boom supersonic, based in denver has big plans for a new supersonic jet. and it says it will have a demonstrator ready next year. we have been finding out more at the paris air show. we will be also looking through the

newspapers and news site later in the programme and sally will be joining me with that. let's turn our attention to america. the bitterly—contested special election for a house of representatives seat in atlanta, georgia, has been won by the republican karen handel. her democratic rival, jon 0ssoff has conceded what was the most expensive congressional contest in american history, after both main parties poured millions of dollars into the seat, which has been solidly republican since 1979. speaking to jubilant supporters, ms handel acknowledged it had been a closely fought campaign. 0n on april 18th, i said to everyone this was going to be a very, very tight race, it was going to be contentions and it was going to require all hands on deck and that is exactly what we had... cheering

and applause. live now to our correspondent peter bowes who's monitoring the election for us from los angeles. if it has been traditionally republican seat for so long by did the republicans pour so much money into this? -- the democrats. they wa nted into this? -- the democrats. they wanted to make a point in the trump presidency. it was in many senses a referendum on the state of national policy and trump administration even though the local republicans wanted it to be about local issues. the democrats wanted to make donald trump angry, some express. they did not achieve that. they came fairly close. a lot of money into it full of it came from across the country, california, new york. it became a national story especially when you look at the media attention this was

given. it was seen as the first big, big challenge at least at that polls to donald trump. the republican won the days. donald trump has been tweeting about it, saying congratulations to karen handel. at the end of the day, a win is a win. the polls do not paint a good picture. motlop, one of the most if not the most unpopular president in the history of the united states so why did they win? it is difficult to extrapolate from this particular district because it was so unusual. the amount of money and the attention given. but clearly they managed to win enough support from the republican base and again, the republican base in this district is rather different to the kind of support donald trump got from the general election bash those

white—collar workers who traditionally were vote democratic. it is difficult to say what has happened here. and whether it will happened here. and whether it will happen elsewhere. the message as far as democrats are concerned is that they can come close but they still have a lot of work to do if they wa nt to have a lot of work to do if they want to get the 2a seats they need at the next mid—term election to ta ke at the next mid—term election to take back the house. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the biggest fire to open in the west end. we will see a preview. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act,

which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: britain's prime minister out lights

agenda later in the queen's speech which is likely to be dominated by laws preparing the country for brexit. police in brussels have shot dead a suspected suicide bomber as he triggered a small explosion at the capital's main railway station. 11 men go on trial in hungary today, over the deaths of 71 migrants — found in an abandoned truck in austria two years ago. the men are charged with being part of a criminal smuggling network and in some cases with murder. they were part of a wave of migrants and refugees heading across the western balkans towards germany and their deaths provided one of the triggers for borders being opened to allow people through. bethany bell, who was at the scene in 2015, has this report from parndorf in austria. this is the layby where the truck was discovered on a baking hot day in august 20 15. it had been

abandoned. it was a grisly cargo. 71 migrants from iraq, afghanistan and syria. 0ne migrants from iraq, afghanistan and syria. one of them was just a baby. no one knows exactly where they died but it happened before they reached austria. the hungarian border is just a short drive away from here. prosecutors believe they paid a smuggling gang to drive them to rest in europe but they suffocated, trapped in the refrigerated lorry. we came to this very spotjust after the lorry was discovered. we saw the police are now white forensics suits terming this area, looking for clues. we'd just come from a summit of european leaders in vienna looking at the increasing numbers of migrants and refugees coming up through the western balkans. germany's chancellor, angela merkel, was there. the horror of this event was there. the horror of this event was one of the catalysts for the decision to open the borders and let the migrants through. things are

very different today. the western balkan route is practically closed and austria's foreign minister says he wants to see the mediterranean route closed as well. people smugglers still operate in this area and arrests have been made. the people have been accused of having organised the lorry trip are facing justice at the calls for a rider —— wider pan—european solution to the migrant crisis have still not been answered. the incoming leader of hong kong has told the bbc she cannot guarantee that freedom of speech will protect those who call for independence. carrie lam is the chief executive elect which is about to mark 20 years since the uk handed it back to mainland china.< in 2014, carrie lam is the chief executive elect which is about to mark 20 years since the uk handed it back to mainland china. next week she'll be sworn into office by the chinese president. her predecessors have been accused of being beijing's puppet. can she escape the charge? she spoke to our china editor, carrie gracie. 20 years since hong kong returned to china, and its leaders are often

accused of being beijing's puppets. they're chosen not by the public, but by an establishment committee, carrie lam won 777 votes. how can you claim to represent all the people of hong kong with only that number? well, i don't think it is a question of a number. the question is about legitimacy. i know perception is important, but to say that i am just a puppet, i won this election because of pro—beijing forces is, sort of, a failure to acknowledge what i have done in hong kong over the last 36 years. i have pledged that, as part of my governance style, i will be engaging all sectors of the community, especially the young people. three years ago young people made their own effort to engage with a massive democracy protest that brought the heart of hong kong to a standstill for months. they won nothing, and now some say the only way to get democracy

is independence from china. beijing sees such calls as a threat to national security. i think hong kong is an inseparable part of the people's republic of china. you think so, what if other hong kong citizens disagree? what if they wanted to call for independence? they disagree in the form of being an expression of personal opinion, then everybody could have a view. you could condemn him and so on. but whether that expressing a view constitutes an offence, then we'll have to look at what the law says. what's the answer? we'll have to look at what the law says. can you promise the people of hong kong that never in your tenure will someone go to jail for calling for autonomy, self—determination or independence? well, i can promise the people of hong kong that we will abide by the rule of law. so that's a no, you can't make the promise? no. how can you promise when you don't know the actual situation, when you don't know the actual

legislation in hong kong and to give a, sort of, perpetual situation answer, i don't think that is a very fair question to ask. china's influence in hong kong is growing — some of it open, some of it not. last year there was public outrage over the suspected abductions of publishers whose books were critical of chinese leaders. they were held on the mainland and forced to make televised confessions. even after their return to hong kong, most have stayed silent about what happened. the hong kong police force have been working on this case and trying to collect evidence and come to a view. but unfortunately, without the co—operation of the people involved, it's just not possible. so do you think it's possible that those hong kong citizens

are afraid to speak up about what happened to them, do you think that's a possibility? i don't know. so how many hong kong citizens need to disappear before you start to draw any conclusions about what might be happening to them? i think that is not a fair question. we are not here to quantify that sort of allegation, but if there are worries that have been undue interference into hong kong affairs, which should come under a high degree of autonomy, then the chief executive has to reflect those sentiments and speak up on behalf of the people. yes. so would it be fair to imagine that you might have a conversation with president xi which goes — please, make sure that no security services from the mainland operate undercover on hong kong soil? will you be having that conversation? i will be very honoured to have a conversation with president xi on occasions, hopefully on the 1stjuly. carrie lam, thank you so much forjoining us. pleasure. sport now and a huge shock in tennis, where defending champion andy murray was knocked out of the queen's tournament in london on tuesday.

it's the first time since 2012 the world number one has lost his opening match at the event. he was beaten by world number 90 jordan thompson of australia in straight sets. the australian was only playing because murray's original opponent pulled out injured. 0bviously obviously i had a good french open, it felt good coming in. that's something that speaks to my team. labour trying to work out the reasons why. get back to work and prepare for wimbledon. sam mendes is the oscar—winning director who's responsible for what many critics say is the biggest stage triumph of the year — the ferryman, which is about to open in london's west end. mendes has collaborated with the writerjez butterworth, whose last play — jerusalem — was a massive hit on both sides of the atlantic. 0ur arts editor will gompertz went to meet them. you're on a ship with

the rolling stones, the beatles and led zeppelin. it hits an iceberg. there's only room in the lifeboat for you plus one of these legendary combos. three seconds, go. the ferryman is set in 1981 in a farmhouse in rural northern ireland. you'd save led zeppelin? ijust said i would. there is a party atmosphere as the carnies rev up for the annual harvest festivities. but an unwelcome visitor will change the tune and bring the troubles home. the life force that's in the play's overpowering, that sense that its people struggling to make sense of their life that you get with the greatest drama. that they're just trying to find out why they're here and how to get through. and in a world where we are doing that all the time at the moment in the face of violence, in the face of living with violence and terrorism, to see a story about a family struggling with those very things, however

far away it now seems, 30 years ago, it still feels very contemporary. paddy considine and laura donnelley play the flirtatious brother and sister—in—law in this new play byjez butterworth, who does not write by the book. is it almost an out—of—body experience? completely, i know it's working when you have the least to do with it and you're just clinging on for dear life. i obviously have devices and a sense of structure that i can help the play outwith. but really if i'm overly doing that it is going to be end up being a stuffed bird. it won't fly. you have got to make these things fly and they have to contain a kind of a magic. jez butterworth worked on the bond film spectre with sam mendes, a director who thinks... movies are in a parlous state at the moment. you're either making a $200 million, or you're making a movie for $5 million and there's very little in between. so you can't make the movies you necessarily want to make? i think it's more difficult to find them, much more difficult. i couldn't make american beauty, road to perdition, jarhead

and revolutionary road now and release them. no one would pay for them. maybe it is the case that film's loss is theatre's gain. sam has an extraordinary ability to just organise a thousand things in front of you that are all going wrong into a shape that works. almost like the mechanics of it it has a fantastic... are you comfortable with that? hugely, yes. look, if it makes it better, it's still got my name on it! come the award season, there is a good chance his name will also be on the best new play shortlist. will gompertz, bbc news. sally and i are looking at how the news is being covered around the world. don't go away. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team of the team on twitter. hello, once again.

as has been the case in recent days, tuesday brought 30 degrees quite widely across the southern half of the british isles and, as they say on the bbc, other heatwaves are available. if we get to 3a on wednesday that will put us well up the league table. not quite into pole position compared to 1976, but certainly up there. of course, wednesday is the summer solstice. for some, the real start of summer. and it will certainly feel that way, starting with 20 degrees in the south of wales and into the west country, down into the south—west of england. once the sun is up and we're off and running the temperatures are set to soar. that's not quite the whole story about the day's weather. there will be a fair amount of cloud coming in across the northern half of britain and come the afternoon we may see pretty violent thunderstorms breaking out

in the far north of wales and to the north of england, maybe the scottish borders as well. the story in the south will undoubtedly be about the heat, especially if we get to that mark of 3a celsius, but it's notjust a south—eastern problem, because it extends yet again into the west country, to the south—west of england, into wales, the heart of the midlands and up towards the north—west of england. further north than that there is a somewhat cooler feel to the weather. but even some of these temperatures, for example 22 in belfast, is above average for the time of year. as you'll see, as you get that wee bit further north it does look very much more unsettled. those storms will rumble on during the course of the evening. and later on we will see the first signs of somewhat cooler conditions trying to move in from the atlantic. once we start putting that moisture into the mix of all of the heat that we've had of late, well, that could be really quite explosive. if you catch some of these thunderstorms as they rumble their way from west to east,

right through the heart of the british isles, you will certainly know all about it. there could be some very gusty winds, damaging hail and there will be a lot of water very quickly, so driving conditions will be treacherous. but at least they herald the arrival for many of cooler, fresher weather. that will not feel the case across east anglia and the south—east, where temperatures still well on into the 20s in one or two locations. to the latter half of the week and on towards the weekend, low pressure very much the dominant feature. weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. all the while introducing the cooler and fresher conditions from the atlantic rather than the air from the continent that we've experienced of late. hence that sort of temperature profile will take us on into a cooler weekend. this is bbc world news, the headlines: britain's prime minister theresa may outlines her agenda later in a queen's speech which is likely to be dominated by laws preparing the country for brexit. belgian soldiers have shot a suspected suicide bomber in brussels central station. police said the man was wearing what appeared to be a bomb vest and triggered a small explosion.

he died later. no one else was hurt. republican candidate karen handel has won the congressional election in georgia, in what many saw as a referendum on donald trump's presidency. with about 83% of votes counted, handel has a five point lead over democratic challengerjon 0ssoff. the incoming leader of hong kong has told the bbc she cannot guarantee that freedom of speech will protect those who call for independence. carrie lam is the chief executive—elect of the former