this is bbc world news today. our top stories: the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan has addressed a mass rally to mark a year since an attempted military coup was put down. this is the scene live in istanbul. the former british prime minister tony blair says eu leaders are willing to compromise — in order to persuade the uk to remain a member. if we were looking at this from the point of the view from the interests of the current three, one option would be to britain to stay within a reformed european union. and thousands march through hong kong after chinese nobel peace prize winner, liu xiaobo is buried at sea. the first woman to win the top prize in maths, iranian maryam mirzakhani has died at the age of a0. also coming up on sport today: all the smiles belong to spain's garbine muguruza as she beats venus williams to win her first wimbledon title. hello and welcome

to world news today. hello and welcome. we begin in istanbul — where tens of thousands of people have gathered to mark the anniversary of the failed military coup against president erdogan. a year ago today, a faction of the army tried to seize power but the attempt failed. and it is at the spot where the soldiers surrendered that this gathering is taking place. the failed coup resulted in the deaths of 260 people — who fought the rogue soldiers. more than 2,000 people were injured. and in the aftermath, more than 150,000 state employees, including academics and government officials have been sacked. 50,000 people have been arrested.

in the last hour, president erdogan has been paying tribute to those who lost their lives — here's what he had to say. translation: the barrels of the ta nks translation: the barrels of the tanks hijacked by the coup plotters we re tanks hijacked by the coup plotters were full of bombs and loaded with ammunition. there are some planes we re ammunition. there are some planes were full of the deadliest weapons, these were used against our citizens without mercy. they did not show any hesitation but what did our nation who stood up against them have? my people didn't have guns in their hands, they had in their hands only their flags, hands, they had in their hands only theirflags, and hands, they had in their hands only their flags, and even hands, they had in their hands only theirflags, and even more effective weapon, their deep faith. with me now is michael daventry, freelance journalist based in london. you've been listening to what president

erdogan had to say, give us a flavour. it is one of the most religious, pious speeches of his career, without a doubt. president erdogan is a very faithful man, he has built his politics around religion but even from him in a country like turkey which has such strong secular foundations, for him to be talking with such strong alleges undertones, it was quite remarkable. quite an aggressive speech, he said he wanted the chop the heads off of traitors. would you make of that? there has been talking turkey of reintroducing the penalty. it was abolished about 17 or 18 yea rs it was abolished about 17 or 18 years ago as part of turkey's attempt tojoin years ago as part of turkey's attempt to join the european union. that is beginning to slowly backtrack and the president's supporters repeatedly called for the death penalty, and he is playing a very coy aim, occasionally he will say yes it is time we introduced it

and all traitors to the nation should be executed, but then he will also be slightly withdrawn because he knows if it is reintroduced, that will be the end of turkey's eu membership bid. another rally happening and ankara, how do you think the countries with acting on this either speak? it is worth pointing out it was a traumatic night. it was for me, i am a turkish citizen, i grew up in ankara, i can't quite find the words to describe the feelings to see tanks driving down the roads were i grew up. it was a deliberate action of destruction and terror, it was dramatic in so many ways. turkey is entitled to express little bit of anger at the top and with that as it is in the pic of unity that the president would like everyone else to think. he commands the support of precisely 50% of the country. there

was a referendum three months ago and the result was a bit in doubt but the point of it was it exposed the country is definitely divided but the president commands only half of that support. who are his supporters? they are a new middle path that has been created over the last 15 to 20 years. these are people who has lives drastically improved, better schools, better jobs, better health care, things like pensions and mortgages, lots of things we are used to in the west we re things we are used to in the west were brought to a vast section of conservative right wing anatolian people, so they rewarded the resident with their support. but because he has a very rigid way of thinking, he isn't always the most tolera nt thinking, he isn't always the most tolerant person when it comes to different unions and that has become more evident in the last few years when the successful alliance of liberals and left wingers that he got when he first came to power about when the allies began to

disintegrate. thousands of people have marched through the streets of hong kong following the burial at sea of the chinese nobel peace prize winner, liu xiaobo. the largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office to show their support for mr liu, who died on thursday. he died in hospital while serving an 11—year prison sentence for his political activism. 0ut out at sea in and loan location, the remains of liu xiaobo were placed in an urn. the ashes were committed to the water with his wife and relatives looking gone. after the ceremony, the authorities put the eldest brother in front of the camera to praise the communist pa rty‘s humanity. camera to praise the communist party's humanity. translation: first

of all, on behalf of my family and especially my brother's wife, all the things the government has done since my brother's death were all down the request of my family. each and everyone met with satisfaction. he was led away before itjournalist could ask why the nobel laureate was buried at sea. was it so his admirers would have nowhere to go to remember him? liu xiaobo's wife has been under house arrest since her husband one the nobel prize in 2010. her mental health has deteriorated. an official suggested she is now a free woman but that has not been tested. liu xiaobo was given the nobel prize after calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him, then suddenly a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised him

and what he stood for in life, they try to control the manner of his death but the nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. china has warned india will face embarrassment if it doesn't pull its troops from a region in the himalayas claimed by beijing. chinese negotiators said there was no room for negotiations until india withdraws. india said it wanted to stop the chinese from building a new road. leading democrats have voiced their control —— leading democrats have voiced their concern over the fact concern over the fact that a former soviet intelligence officer was present when president trump's eldest son met a russian lawyer during last year's election campaign. it happened at a meeting donald trump junior attended in which he was promised damaging information about his father's presidential rival hillary clinton.

senators in poland have approved a controversial bill to reform the country's judiciary. the vote came in the early hours of this morning after more than twelve hours of heated debate. polish opposition parties are concerned the law gives parliament, which is dominated by the right—wing law and justice party, the power to choose who becomes a supreme courtjudge in poland. former british prime minister tony blair has suggested that some eu leaders might be prepared to change the rules of the single market to keep britain inside the european union. he says the views of voters could have shifted, and the british might be willing to stay inside the eu if changes were made, such as stricter controls on migration. his comments have been dismissed by both senior conservative and labour figures. 0ur political correspondent, eleanor garnier reports. balancing the needs of the uk economy at the same time as getting control of britain's borders is a key issue in the brexit debate

but a former labour prime minister has suggested political change in france has opened the path to compromise. tony blair claims the eu could be willing to make concessions on the free movement of people to allow the uk to stay in a reformed eu. britain benefits enormously from that freedom of movement. however the question is, where there are changes to it, not alteration in the indivisibility of the printable but qualifications to it, around the things that concern people. but those claims directly contradict what those in brussels are saying, that the uk must accept free movement without exception or nuance. i'm not going to disclose conversations i had within europe, but i am not saying this on the basis of a whim. some of those who campaigned to leave the eu says there is no evidence to back up his claim. the eu has made it absolutely clear

that the four freedoms including freedom of movement are indivisible. the chief negotiator said that. they took four minutes to agree these guidelines, there is no debate in the eu. it's complete nonsense, another attempt to undermine brexit. campaigning in southampton the current labour leader rejected the position of his predecessor and says his party respects the result of the referendum. anyone is entitled to give their views and i listen to all of them. the views we have are that we want to see tariff free access to the european market, protection of eu nationals and of the rights and consumer rights we achieved through european union membership. this latest intervention from tony blair will not change the government's approach to negotiations. ministers say the former labour prime minister is demonstrating again that he is out of touch with voters yet mr blair has reopened the debate on the central issue of brexit,

a decision he says is the biggest country has faced since the second world war. once, he helped determine britain's place in the world. now this former prime minister must settle with commenting from the sidelines. eleanor garnier, bbc news. laws on buying and carrying acid are to be reviewed by the british government following a spate of attacks which took place in london on thursday night. five people had corrosive liquid thrown at them, including one man who is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. two teenagers have been arrested. the attacks were carried out at five separate locations in east london — within the space of less than ninety minutes. it's happened amid rising concern about the number of assaults in the capital involving corrosive fluids. this report — from andy moore — contains some disturbing images from the start. where's it hurt, mate — your eyes? we need to try and get water in your eyes... in the aftermath of the first

attack, police doused the victim with water. he was protected by his helmet, and lucky to escape with only minor injuries. but even so, it was a terrifying experience. i took off my helmet, and i wasjust screaming for help, because it was getting dry, and as much as it was getting dry, it was burning. so i was just screaming for water, screaming for help, knocking on all the doors and car windows. another moped rider attacked at this location was not so lucky. he has life—changing injuries to his face. the shadow home secretary called the attacks horrific and barbaric. she is calling for tighter controls. nobody in their own home needs pure sulphuric acid. there are different alternatives forjust cleaning your drains. no—one should be able to buy sulphuric acid unless they're a builder or a workman who needs it in the course of their profession, and they should have to have a licence.

the government says it's working with the police to see what more can be done to combat the growing menace of acid attacks. andy moore, bbc news. this is bbc world news today. all the latest sport still to come, including spain's garbine muguruza who has denied venus williams has six wimbledon title. this is bbc news news today. the latest headlines. the turkish president has addressed a wrasse —— mass rally to mark a year since a military coup was put down. thousands of people marched through hong kong to remember chinese nobel peace prize winner liu xiaobo after

he was buried at sea. let's go to iraq — where the government has finally declared victory in mosul against the so called islamic state. it's after a lengthy battle which destroyed much of the city, killed thousands of people and forced almost a million from their homes two weeks ago we reported on the rescue of 20 children who were being used as human shields by islamic state militants. well, there have been emotional scenes, as some of those children were reunited with their parents. 0ur correspondent nafesah kkoonava rd has been following their stories from just outside mosul. an emotional moment. after three yea rs an emotional moment. after three years apart, this boy can barely recognise his father. when the so—called islamic state attacked their village, this man was told he had lost all his seven children, it

is only now he realises some have survived. for years, the son, who has learning difficulties, was held in an orphanage by is. this was the scene when we reported the release of this boy from the orphanage. almost 20 children here were being used as human shields by is. this boy was one of them. tired and hungry, the children were rescued by iraqi security forces. the pic shows off the kids went viral. this man, like many of the parents, saw his child and the bbc report and travelled here as quickly as he could. translation macro when i saw his picture, it felt like i was

being given all the riches in the world. now they are out of mosul and the children are safe. but not all reunions are going to well. these yazidi girls werejust reunions are going to well. these yazidi girls were just six years old when there were taken by is. they no longer recognise their family. these children have been separated from theirfamilies for children have been separated from their families for almost three yea rs. their families for almost three years. they have no memories of theirformer years. they have no memories of their former lives. years. they have no memories of theirformer lives. an years. they have no memories of their former lives. an uncle tries to help her to remember but it is difficult after having lived under is for such a long time. the father shows me his daughter's id card and tells me, he is still shocked. shows me his daughter's id card and tells me, he is still shockedlj didn't tells me, he is still shocked.” didn't think i would ever see her again. i thought there was maybe a 196 again. i thought there was maybe a 1% chance but when i saw her pick on facebook and read that they had been

three —— freed, i couldn't believe it. abbas and his son are getting ready to leave for home. like so many here, they are together again, ready to try and rebuild their lives. let's get some sports news for you. spain's garbine muguruza has won her first wimbledon title with a straight—sets win over five—time champion venus williams. the 23—year—old won the last nine games in a 7—5 6—love victory under the centre court roof. muguruza denied the 37—year—old american a first major title for nine years. which would have made her the oldest female grand slam champion in the open era. she's delighted to see her name enscribed with those of the other champions. it was amazing and like i said

before, i always look at the wall and see all the names and all the history and at the last final, i was close, i didn't want to lose this time because i know the difference, i really know the difference of making the final, which is in credible, but... so happy that it is there now. she played really well, she played top tennis, i have to give her credit. i've had a great two we e ks give her credit. i've had a great two weeks and i am looking forward to the summer. there is always something to learn from the matches you win and the matches you don't win. there is definitely something to learn from this but at the same time, that is looking back, and it is looking forward, too. on sunday roger federer will aim to win a record eighth men's singles title at wimbledon. marin cilic stands in the 35 year old's way... although the croatian has only won one of his previous seven meetings against federer.

it makes me really happy to mark history here at wimbledon. i love this tournament, all my dreams have come through here as a player so to have a chance to get to number eight and be so close at this stage is a great feeling, and, yeah, and the lviv excited, and i hope i can play one more good match. you know, 11 finals here, all these records, it is great, but it doesn't give me the title quite yet. that is why i came here this year. so close now, ijust have to stay focused. and a busy day... not least in nottingham where it's been day two — of the second test — between england and south africa. and something of a collapse for england in the afternoon. they were 205 all out... losing their last 7 wickets forjust 62 runs... replying to south africa's first innings score of 335. the tourists then ended the day on 75—1 — to lead by 205... in colombo, sri lanka trail zimbabwe by 63 runs.

that's a "one—off test", in which craig ervine excelled — 160 for him. upul tha—ranga — and dinesh chandi—mal — made 126 between them — in reply. sri lanka closing on 293 for 7. in the women's world cup, india have beaten new zealand — to reach the semi—finals. 186 runs was the difference — at derby — as india skittled new zealand out for just 79. mithali raj had made 109 for india. they'll play australia — at the same venue in the last four. group winners, england, face south africa. stage 1a — of the tour de france — was won by michael matthews — for the sunweb team. the 181—kilometre ride — from blagnac to rodez — from blagnac to rodez finished in a sprint to the line — the australian taking it — ahead of greg van aver—maet and edvald boasen—hagen. team sky's chris froome "regained the race leader's yellowjersey" from astana's fabio aru. the briton‘s lead is 19 seconds over the italian with six stages remaining.

lewis hamilton will start the british grand prix from pole position. he was fastest in qualifying by more than half a second. that delighted the crowd at silverstone. the mercedes driver equalling the record of 5 poles at this race. his rival — sebastian vettel — was third fastest; fellow ferrari driver — kimi raikonnen will be on the front row with hamilton... who trails vettel in the drivers standings by 20 points. english premier league champions chelsea have completed the signing of french international midfielder tiemoue baka—yoko from monaco. the 22—year—old helped monaco claim the ligue 1 title last season and joins chelsea on a five—year contract for a reported fee of more than 50 million dollars. that's all sport for now. now she was a trail blazer in herfield of mathamatics. maryam mirzakhani became the first woman to win the fields medal, regarded as the nobel prize of maths. sadly the ao—year—old iranian has died in the us from breast cancer. iranian president hassan rouhani said professor mirzakhani's death had caused "great sorrow".

but there has also been criticism on social media at some of her publications. and images have appeared of a photo—shopped image of her wearing a head—scarf. well, one person who knew professor mirzakhani well was caroline series. she spoke to us about her life and achievements. we had known she was ill for a long time. she was a revered and outstanding mathematician and the fa ct outstanding mathematician and the fact that she was iranian and the first woman ever to win this prestigious fields medal, she was just such an icon and role model and inspiration around the world, so she will be very sorely missed. it was the way in which she managed to combine ideas that perhaps other people knew that she combined them

together in a completely un—expect it and remarkable way. she actually sent me a draft copy of her thesis, her ph.d. dissertation, before it was finally submitted, and the way she put together ideas which really i had known about, other people had known about, but she was able to combine things and draw absolutely astonishing and remarkable conclusions with them. they're read clea nly conclusions with them. they're read cleanly and simply. but somehow to get to some goal that would be com pletely get to some goal that would be completely unexpected and turn around the way you would then to the whole subject. marion mr khan e, who the weekend hasn't got off to the

brightest of starts. a lot of cloud for many of us during saturday. the cloud has been producing outbreaks of rain, as you can see from the earlier radar picture. whether cloud began to break up across parts of the midlands this afternoon, the temperatures began to rocket, 2a degrees in places. between these two weather fronts, a warm front and a cold front, there is a warm wage of air. the warm air will be confined to the southern half of the country, across england and wales, with that, across england and wales, with that, a lot of misty and murky conditions. quite a a lot of misty and murky conditions. quitea humid a lot of misty and murky conditions. quite a humid night. to the north, some clear spells, and it will feel cooler and fresher but there will be showers as well. into tomorrow morning, some showers across north—west scotland could be quite heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder. and fine and bright

start to the day. our weather front things southwards. through the area of our weather front, we will have a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, particularly murky across the south west, and 20 degrees london, even by nine o'clock in the morning. across the far south—east, the cloud should tend to break up a little bit through the day to reveal some spells of sunshine, that sunshine will be quite warm. the cloud sticks to the south—west, the southern half of wales amid lines. —— and the midlands. a fresh feel in the north, it's humid beale further south, including at wimbledon. a small chance of catching a shower and a similar dory at the 13 at silverstone, a lot of cloud and the chance of a shower,. what is left of oui’ chance of a shower,. what is left of

our weather front things slowly south. an area of high pressure builds its way in from the west and that means a promising start to the week if you like dry weather. spells of sunshine around, increasingly warm, particularly in the south, where temperatures could get quite close to 30 degrees. this is bbc news, the headlines.