this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy the headlines at 2.00pm: a second round of talks in brussels on the uk's departure from the eu. the brexit secretary says it's time to get down to business. a big day for hsz. the winners of contracts to build the new high speed rail line between london and birmingham have been announced by the government. the final section of the route will be revealed this afternoon. a terminally ill man, who hopes to overturn the ban on assisted dying, is having his case heard at the high court. ido i do not want to die very slowly of suffocation and being semiconscious until i am in a position where, you know, i don't even know what is going on. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in warsaw with prince george and princess charlotte for a five day tour of poland and germany. and in the next hour, do you communicate using one of these? it's world emoji day, and to celebrate the popularity

of the animated icons. we'll be looking at how they have changed the way we communicate. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the second round of formal talks on britain's departure from the eu got under way this morning in brussels. the brexit secretary david davis said it was time to get down to business, and that the priority was to decide the rights of british and eu citizens in each other‘s countries. the eu says there has to be substantial progress on this, and on a financial settlement, and the issue of the irish border, before talks on trade can start. meanwhile downing st has said the prime minister will remind colleagues of the need to keep cabinet discussions private, after a series of leaks over the weekend. adam fleming reports. they have been getting

into position for weeks. even months. finally, it is time to talk detail. and for now, they seem to be speaking each other‘s language. we will now delve into the heart of the matter. we need to examine and compare our respective positions, in order to make good progress. for us, it is incredibly important we make good progress. there will be negotiations, and we'll identify the differences so that we can deal with them, and identify the similarities so we can reinforce them, and now it is time to get down to work, and make that successful negotiation. mr davis left soon afterwards, leaving much of that work to officials. this week, they will discuss the northern irish border, which will become an external frontier of the european union. then there is the so—called brexit bill.

how to calculate what the uk owes for financial commitments made as a member. and citizens' rights, what will happen to eu nationals living in the uk and brits abroad? that is what the foreign secretary emphasised at a meeting just around the corner. i am very pleased that negotiations are beginning, and, as you know, a very fair serious offer has been put on the table by the uk government about citizenship, the value we place on the 3.2 million eu citizens in our country, the very good offer i think we are making to them and the security they can have about their future, and i hope very much that people will look at that offer in the spirit it deserves. it is a great offer. questions about cabinet splits at home, they went unanswered. the unionjack has been taken down already, david davis is heading home. the really hard work is taking place behind closed doors.

privately eu officials think the uk is moving closer to their position when it comes to money. there is still the big issue of whether the european court ofjustice has a say over the lives of eu citizens living in the uk after brexit. the european commission tweeted this picture. a not so subtle message. "we have done our homework, what are you bringing to the table?" live to westminster and our chief political correspondent vicki young. iam sure i am sure they did a bit of work but now david davis is in the uk? that is right. what happens is he sta rts that is right. what happens is he starts the negotiations on then officials take over and he will return to brussels later in the week to see whether any progress has been made. at the moment we are hearing about the things that are dividing the two sides and we know the problems there are, for example the european court of justice, problems there are, for example the

european court ofjustice, there are some mps who do not want that court to have any say whatsoever over anything to do with british life and the eu is saying that when it comes to eu citizens someone has to be the arbitrator in all of this and they think the european court ofjustice should still have a role. there could be room for compromise there, you can set up new institutions to try and take over that role but you can see the problems there are and thatis can see the problems there are and that is before you even get to the issue of the divorce bill, the money, the figure of £100 million being banded around. how much will the uk agreed to pay? the government has said very clearly they will go by the obligations and but on the other hand they say the days of vast sums going to the eu have gone for good. all of this, of course, will require compromise and at the moment we do not know from where it will come. the cabinet, if it was full of water it would be empty because it leaks so it would be empty because it leaks so much. yes, it is incredible what has been going on this weekend with the

sunday times suggesting that five cabinet ministers came out of a meeting last week and spoke to them about what had gone on and what was decided and brexit is part of that story. philip hammond, the chancellor, many mps looking to him to be the person who leads a possible soft brexit and he has made it clear he wants the economy and jobs to be put first rather than an artificial reduction in immigration, as he would see it, but there are plenty in the cabinet to think otherwise. public sector pay is another issue where philip hammond is supposed to have said to the cabinet that public sector workers were overpaid if you took into account their generous pensions but again many in the cabinet do not agree with that said there are all sorts of shenanigans going on here before we even get to the issue of a possible leadership contest at some point in the next few years, but it does feel as if discipline has pretty much disappeared, certainly within the cabinet, and that is never a good place for the government to be. the danger, of

course, is that the prime minister look so weak that rather than years this is a leadership campaign in months. yes some people want her to stay in position because they do not like the look of any of the other contenders and there is no want to step into her shoes anyway so the best thing is to keep her there and try and keep it steady so we have to wait and see, and many are looking ahead to the conservative party conference in the autumn, saying it could be a moment when something happens, but there is no doubt that the general election result changed everything and her position is a lot weaker, theresa may, will she discipline had cabinet ministers? we are told that she will tomorrow remind them that these are supposed to be private discussions and we will see if it works. they whispered private if they used your microphone! you have been a bit quiet but we will sort that out.

the government has announced the first major contracts for the high speed 2 rail line between london and birmingham. three british firms are among the companies chosen to build tunnels, bridges and embankments at a cost of £6.6 billion. the final route of the line north of birmingham will be announced in the next hour, after years of disagreement, but the first trains aren't expected to run until 2026, as wyre davies explains. hs2. critics say it'll be the most expensive railway on the planet. the government says it is essential for the future of the uk's transport system and the economies of the midlands and the north. contracts have been awarded for the first phase of the project, between london and birmingham. those first contracts are worth more than £6 billion. that, says the government, will bring in 16,000 jobs, but already six years in the planning, the first trains won't be operational until 2026, by which time 300,000 passengers will be riding on the new network each day. 0vercrowding and overcapacity on the existing network is why its backers say hs2 is essential. no contradiction, says the government. it is spending billions on infrastructure at a time when public sector pay

is still capped at 1%. we have a situation today where the railways around cities are congested. where there is not enough space for the freight service. if we are going to have the capacity we need for the future, we will have to get the express trains off those lines, create more space in london, birmingham, manchester and more space to get freight off the roads and on to rail. large swathes of woodland, farmland and some villages will have to make way for the new line. more controversially still, experts says the department for transport has grossly underestimated the price. some suggestions the first phase to birmingham alone could double in cost from 23 billion, to almost £48 billion. the cost is based on international best standards, and those standards do not apply to the problems we have in the uk, where we are building on a small congested island, full of property—owning people, in a democracy, and the costs of land take

and compensation is considerable. at such a price others say hs2 will be nothing more than a vanity project and there are better ways of spending public monday. of spending public money. lots of much smaller enterprises, they are not as grand, they don't grab the headlines, they don't leave a legacy for the politicians who design them, but there are all sorts of typically road projects that one much more valuable to the economy than a colossal multi—billion pound new train line, which won't be fully operational for 15 years. this project has been mired in delays and complications, but later today the final routes of the northern branches to manchester and leeds are due to be announced including what could be a controversial path round sheffield. let's talk to joe rukin from the campaign group stop hs2 who joins us from our studios in birmingham. is it time to be name your group?

not at all. all have bad has happened today so far is that the first set of design contracts have been assigned and will lead to construction eventually if the design is all right in a year or 1.5 yea rs' design is all right in a year or 1.5 years' time so the project is already a couple of years late. construction was meant to have already started. a little bit of demolition has already started but they have rebranded the enabling works as construction now so they can pretend it started on time. realistically, now, you cannot stop it. yes i do not know, with a minority government we are finding backbenchers on both sides are becoming more emboldened and the simple fact of the matter is that there are so many better ways of spending this money, whether it is on infrastructure or public services and it seems ridiculous that potentially £111 billion could be spent on about the project —— vanity

project. it will only benefit the richest in society. it is a project that will be good for the local economy and create 16,000 jobs and it means better transport links and it means better transport links and it is infrastructure, the benefits are it is infrastructure, the benefits a re clear to it is infrastructure, the benefits are clear to see so those who are behind it. there are a lot of things said about hs2 but a lot of things are complete lies. the bottom line is wherever you look across the world you will find that high—speed rail projects suck more economic activity to the capital. you will find that they fail to attract the grossly inflated passenger forecasts that were used to justify their construction. it will deliver capacity but not where it is needed and all of those jobs, it does not say will create 16,000 jobs, it says it will support 16,000 jobs, which is basically saying they have plucked a figure out of the air, like all of the figures that have been plucked out of the air for hs2 over the years. the debate over the

rights and wrongs of hs2, we have dropped that path on many occasions and they are both well—known. i am just wondering in your heart of hearts by the end of the day, what would be the best result you could have today? game unfortunately we know it will be a terrible announcement because ed miliband asked in parliament on friday and the government said they would only report back on the red route consultation by the end of the year. . the government are making an announcement about the route without actually having paid attention to the consultation. all of those people who filled in consultation forms and thought they were engaged and part of the process until someone was and part of the process until someone was listening to them have all been betrayed because the government has not paid any attention to the confrontation —— consultation, although they never pay attention to consultations, normally it is consult and ignore but this time it is ignore and ignore and ignore because that is

what they do with all of the little people and the only people they ever listen to are the massive construction giants, the very people who have been lobbying for this white elephant since the outset. looking at the root into sheffield city centre that we expect to find out about this afternoon, some concerns about a housing estate which may end up being bulldozed as a result of an announcement that may go against them. what would be the better way in for you? no route is a good route. i knew you were said that! quite simply, this housing estate is a perfect example of the total incompetence of hs2 ltd because it is going through that housing estate because hs2 used out of date maps and we have been telling them that for years. they plonked a railway line dry housing estate that they did not know existed because it wasn't on the map, and they hadn't been bothered to walk the route. they are all

sorts of problems like this up and down the line. part of the announcement to date is that it will go through their cheshire brine fields and people have known not to build there for hundreds of years because of subsidence. the m6 goes around it but when we told them about the sinkholes their underground movement they said it would not be a problem and it would be fine and it would not cost any more or delay the project and that is their mentality. any criticism whatsoever is just brushed away and it is stored up for a massive increase in the cost of this idiotic project. it is good of you to join us. project. it is good of you to join us. i know you will be watching at 3:30pm and! us. i know you will be watching at 3:30pm and i might get your reaction afterwards. thank you. a man who's terminally ill is challenging the government to try to overturn the ban on assisted dying. noel conway has motor neurone disease, and wants to be able to choose when and where he dies, without putting those who might help at risk of prosecution. the law currently makes it illegal to help someone to die. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports

from the royal courts ofjustice. noel conway increasingly relies on a ventilator to help him breathe. his chest muscles are gradually getting weaker. 0nce fit and active, motor neuron disease has already robbed him of the ability to walk. as the condition progresses, he fears becoming entombed in his body. i will be quadriplegic. in fact, i could be virtually catatonic. i'll be conceivably in a locked—in syndrome. that prospect is just not one i can accept. this issue polarises opinion and to on both sides of the argument were

outside court. within the court his lawyers said that a dignified death and what it is was a matter for an individual and not the state. any doctor that allowed mr conway to die would face 15 years in prison. the last man in a fire like this had not been diagnosed as terminally ill and since then mps rejected proposals to allow us assisted dying. supporters of the current law say it protect the weak and vulnerable. parliamentary have rejected this change to the law on at least ten occasions on the basis of public safety. any change to the law to allow assisted suicide is unnecessary and dangerous because it is uncontrollable. mr conway says the law is broken and condemns him to unimaginable suffering. we will

have more from the high court a little later. the headlines on bbc news: brexit secretary david davis has called on both sides of the negotiations to get down to business. he said his priority was to lift the uncertainty for eu citizens living in the uk and britons in the eu. the final route of the manchester and leeds branches of hs2 are due to be announced later and chris grayling says the scheme will help to rebalance the economy. terminally ill with motor neurone disease is challenging the ban on assisted dying. roger federer has told the bbc that he has his sights on becoming world number one again after winning his record eighth wimbledon title. he beat marion cilic in straight sets and he says he will carry on playing for as long as he can. england are heading for defeat after losing four wickets this morning at tent —— trent bridge

against south africa, including joe route. they are currently 116—5 at the moment. this year ‘s sports personality of the year award will be held at the echo arena in liverpool and it takes place in december and will be broadcast live on bbc one. i will have more on those stories after 2:30pm. an american neurologist who's offered to carry out a new therapy on the terminally ill baby charlie gard has met the child's doctors in london. he is also expected to examine charlie over the next two days and to meet other medical specialists. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital believe the treatment won't work, and that charlie's life support should be turned off. jon ironmonger reports. for the parents of baby charlie gard, a great deal is riding on the visit of this man, dr michio hirano. a lauded neurologist from the us. he has offered to carry out experimental treatment which he says could improve charlie's life chances. much of charlie gard's short life has been spent in intensive care.

he has a rare genetic condition, and experts say he should be allowed to die in dignity. but after a lengthy legal battle, charlie's parents hope that decision can now be reversed. dr michio hirano and another physician arrived this morning and were met by the medical directors. they have been given an honorary contract which gives them full status to examine charlie gard. they will also have access to his medical records, and all of the hospitals clinical facilities. so the key thing that the doctors will be looking for today is to ensure that they have absorbed all of the information from the historical notes around this patient, but also carried out a physical examination themselves to find the signs of his neurology and understand exactly his status at the current time. dr michio hirano's assessment is to be completed in two days. the findings will be

passed to thejudge, who will decide whether there is hope for charlie yet. 75 members of staff at a cardiff hospital have been left, broken by a court ruling that means they owe thousands of pounds in parking tickets. on friday, a judge at cardiff civiljustice centre ruled private company indigo could collect the charges from university hospital of wales staff. the ruling means 75 people must pay £128 per outstanding ticket. with me now is our reporter jordan davies from cardiff. this looks... words almost fail one. staff at wales ‘s largest hospital say there simply isn't enough room there. there is one large hospital building and several multistorey car parks dotted around the site, some

just for staff, but the staff say there is not enough room for a large hospital and they have to park elsewhere in designated areas. since april last year staff parking in these areas have received parking fines, some staff say they have received quite a few parking fines. they have not been paying them, believing they didn't have too, and they have been ignoring reminders but now a judge at cardiff civil justice centre says the staff have two babies finds at £128 a ticket and some staff say they may now have to sell their homes or take out loa ns to to sell their homes or take out loans to cover the costs. what kind of staff are we talking about? nurses, doctors, office workers, technical staff, across—the—board. this group of staff were taken to court by indigo parking services who we re court by indigo parking services who were met car parks and they now have to pay £128 per ticket and they had to pay £128 per ticket and they had to share the £26,000 in legal costs.

many to share the £26,000 in legal costs. ma ny staff to share the £26,000 in legal costs. many staff say they cannot believe it has happened and they cannot believe it got to this point. they do not know now what they will do to try and find the money. can they appeal? as it stands, no, thejudge has made this ruling. we have had some state m e nts this ruling. we have had some statements from the hospital and indigo parking services who say that the recent court case related to three persistent offenders who accumulated in excess of 100 parking charge notices between them since last april and the company says it is their obligation to ensure enforcement at this site. the health board says that 98% of its staff comply with parking rules and they say they are aware of significant financial costs and hardships staff have placed themselves in and they are urging the staff to speak to the company but the judge has are urging the staff to speak to the company but thejudge has made are urging the staff to speak to the company but the judge has made this ruling and the staff will have to pay the fines.

thejudge calls pay the fines. the judge calls and persistent offenders, but other people would say they are just people trying to go to work. the company is arguing that the rules are there and they need to be adhered to and a judge has made this ruling on a point of law and they will now have to pay these fines. visitors have to pay when they attend the car park there as well and if staff can get a permit and it means they can park on cyber £1 a day but some staff say they have waited months for that permit and in the meantime they have been charged what has now turned out to be £128 every time they get a fine and a judge has made this ruling that they will have to pay the fines. thank you very much. a former soldier has been jailed for 12 years for the manslaughter and rape of the schoolgirl janet commins in 1976. steven hough, who's 58, killed the 15—year—old in flint when he was 16. he was convicted for decades after

the teenager who was innocent was originally jailed the teenager who was innocent was originallyjailed for the crime. matthew richards has been following the case at mold crown court. thejudge the judge acknowledged this was a very unusual case. stephen hough was convicted last week of the raid her manslaughter of janet commins as well as a serious sexual assault against her and he has been sentenced to prison. janet commins was 15 years old and she disappeared injanuary 1976 was 15 years old and she disappeared in january 1976 after going to was 15 years old and she disappeared injanuary1976 after going to the leisure centre and she died in the process of a brutal sexual assault by stephen hough. he was questioned at the time that another teenager, noeljones, was ultimatelyjailed for manslaughter, although he always protested his innocence and there are no questions about how he became the centre of police investigations at the time. stephen hough may have thought he got away with his crime but he gave a dna sample to police on an unrelated matter in 2016 and

it was traced to dna samples taken from the body of janet commins and he was then taken to trial here at mould. the family ofjanet commins we re mould. the family ofjanet commins were in court today to hear the sentencing and it is clear that although the crime was a0 years ago they have still lost none of the pain that they feel. a spokesman for north wales police made a statement on the case and spoke of the difficulties involved in securing a conviction. this was a very challenging and complicated and emotionally charged investigation andi emotionally charged investigation and i would like to publicly acknowledge the family of janet and the public and the friends and the community and our partners for their understanding and their patience and support during what must have been an unimaginably difficult time. the methodical re—examination of case papers, exhibits and witnesses after a0 yea rs has papers, exhibits and witnesses after a0 years has proved very testing and iam a0 years has proved very testing and i am grateful for the dedication and professionalism of the investigating officers and crown prosecution service, who have worked tirelessly since new evidence came to light

last year. although a previous trial and conviction proved testing, recently obtained forensic evidence was a vital component which ultimately led to our prosecution case of overwhelming evidence. coupled with the support and cooperation from the local community, it has been a joint effort that will ensure that stephen hough is no longer a threat to the public and will spend many years in prison. i would also like to thank mark k wood, qc, and catherine richards, who have skilfully prosecuted this case in the last few weeks. it was a tragic case and on behalf of north wales police i would like to extend our deepest sympathy to janet ‘s family and friends and i hope that the sentence today will bring them community some degree of justice. i would also like to thank the local community for their support, their response and eagerness to assist in this investigation was significant and i am grateful to all concerned. thank you. one of president trump's key election pledges last year

was a promise to send millions of illegal immigrants back to mexico. the bbc‘s panorama programme has been investigating how the president has been putting his controversial deportation plans into action. hilary anderson has been to california to meet families who've been split by immigration arrests, and to talk to the children of detained parents left to fend for themselves. these are the duarte children. one morning in may, when they were getting ready for school in their home in san diego, california, border patrol officers came and arrested both of their parents. theyjust came up to my mum and told her she was arrested and they put handcuffs on her. most of all, we were just shocked. and just sat down and cried. their parents, rosenda and francisco duarte snr, have been living in america illegally for 21 years. border patrol initially suspected them of involvement in international human trafficking, but later dropped the accusation. the duarte parents run a small ice cream business and have no criminal record. the first night alone, the children all moved their beds

into the same room for comfort. francisco, the older brother, now does his best to run the household. the border guards knew they were leaving a teenager in charge of children. they just asked me, are you francisco? i said yeah. they said are you 19 years old? i said yeah. they said, ok, you can take care of them. so, all right. so theyjust left you here with all the family? yeah. president trump came to office on a promise to prioritise criminals for deportation. trump: we have some bad hombres here and we are going to get them out. in his first 100 days, a1,000 illegals or suspected illegals were arrested. most were criminals, but there was a massive spike in people like the duartes being arrested, non—criminals who are undocumented. president trump's supporters say the administration is rightly enforcing the law. nobody wants families split and the way to ensure that, if you are a family,

is to not come to this country illegally. sometimes the sins of the father are visited upon the sons, and that's unfortunate, but the government didn't create those sins. the duartes went to see their parents in the immigrant detention centre where they have been held. their mother has since been released on bail, but both parents still face possible deportation, as now do any of america's 11 million undocumented immigrants. and you can watch panorama tonight at 8.30pm, on bbc one. time for a look at the weather. for many it was cloudy over the weekend. now we are back to work and the sunshine is out thanks to the high pressure. the weather not changing a great deal this afternoon. cloudier weather across

the far north—west of scotland, particularly in the northern isles, otherwise we are bathed in sunshine. 0vernight, we'll keep the dry weather. there will be some patches of high cloud coming and going. for most, it won't be too warm. temperatures hold up quite high across southern parts of england and wales. tomorrow, more of the same really. plenty of sunshine to go around. as we go through late afternoon, we may see some thunder storms moving across the english channel. it will be another warm day. temperatures 26 or 27 and getting warmer in scotland. thunder storms will drive northwards to affect england and wales overnight. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. brexit secretary david davis has called on both sides of the negotiations to "get

down to business". he said his priority was to lift the uncertainty for eu citizens living in the uk and britons in the eu. the final route of the manchester and leeds branches of hs2 is due to be announced later. transport secretary chris grayling says the scheme will help rebalance the economy. a terminally ill man with motor neurone disease noel conway has begun a legal challenge to overturn the ban on assisted dying. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in warsaw with prince george and princess charlotte for a five day tour of poland and germany. kensington palace tweeted, adding that they "hope to meet as many people as possible during the tour". time for the sport now. thank you. roger federer‘s spoken to the bbc about winning his record 8th wimbledon title. the dad of four has set his sights on becoming world number one at least one more time

in his career. but he told the bbc‘s russell fuller it was a special moment for him to go one better that pete sampras and his 7th titles. it's very special but it's borderline strange for me because he'll always be my hero, not because i've surpassed his feat here at wimbledon, that dun't change anything for me, he still is my guy, you know. that is after the match here in 2001, that one day i would surpass him, i never thought that would be possible in my wildest dreams. i take it as it is and i run with it, enjoy it and i'm happy that the people and fans were happy for me again yesterday. it was just another incredible day here at wimbledon. wimbledon's been too kind and too nice to me over all these yea rs. and too nice to me over all these years. now to be the record holder for the first time for a male to win eight wimbledons, i'll always be that guy, it's very, very special

and pete remains my hero for life, obvious. how tempted are you by the prospect of being world number one? it looks almost certain that you or rafa will take over andy murray in the future. it is at least a fantastic storyline? absolutely. i think it's going to be a three or four way race or maybe a two way race with me and rafa when andy will drop his number one world ranking. all of a sudden if andy starts to win again, we all have to win again. at some stage if he drops points, we'll just get there. at some stage if he drops points, we'lljust get there. i hope it's me and not rafa because it would mean a lot to me to get back to world number one. i was trying to explain to the press that i hadn't thought about it a whole lot yet, i have to speak to the team and decide how much ami speak to the team and decide how much am i just speak to the team and decide how much am ijust going to chase it for, the near future, much am ijust going to chase it for, the nearfuture, like maybe get to wimbledon trace one more time in my career or is that the goal to maybe finish the year as well which isa maybe finish the year as well which is a bigger deal. for me, that makes

no difference, whether it's a week ora no difference, whether it's a week or a year no difference, whether it's a week ora yearat number no difference, whether it's a week or a year at number one at this stage in my career, so i have to just have a bit of a meeting and discussion with my team about that in the coming week. britain'sjoanna konta has moved up to number four in the world in the new rankings out today. konta reached the semi—finals of the ladies singles at wimbledon before losing to venus willams. she was ranked seventh before the tournament started. andy murray remains world number one despite going out in the men's semi—finals.. england goalkeeperjoe hart is set for a medical with west ham today, ahead of a season—long loan move from manchester city. he's been told he can find another club by his manager, pep guardiola. it's expected the deal will include an option for the hammers to buy the 30—year—old, with city part—funding his wages while on loan. england are heading for defeat in the second test against south africa at trent bridge. they have to try and bat for two days to save the game. but had already lost a wickets by lunch on day four at trent bridge

including that of captainjoe root. the hosts are attempting a world record run chase of a7a for an unlikely victory. a win for south africa will level the series. the bbc has announced the venue for this year's sports personality of the year awards. last year's show was held in birmingham and this year it moves to the echo arena in liverpool. the ceremony will take place on sunday december the 17th in front of an audience of some 11 thousand people and be broadcast live on bbc 1. that's all sport for now. to try to resolve the diplomatic stalemate from president 0bama's decision to expel russian diplomats last year.

the kremlin has demanded that the us government must restore its access to diplomatic compounds in the us ahead of the talks. the talks could begin as early as this friday, a move which seoul says is aiming to end all acts of military. it comes two weeks after pyongyang tested what experts believe was its first intercontinental ballistic missile which in theory could reach the united states. it also comes just two months into a new presidency. president moon has promised that he will try and re—open talks with the north as part of a new strategy, very different to the conservatism of the past ten years. on the one hand, he's keeping the pressure up with sanctions, on the other hand he's trying to re—engage. so what can we expect with the talks? it's likely that we'll see confidence—building measures being

discussed, in particular the possible ceasing of the broadcasts, the propaganda broadcasts that get blurred through loud speakers across the border. there is the possibility that pyongyang may call in return for end of military drills with us and south korean military forces. that could be a bone of contention. there is also a humanitarian aspect to this deal. it's the case that seoul is looking to propose to re—open the possibility of reuniting people from the south and the north who've been separated, often for many decades. that could be a bone of contention for pyongyang. it's still angry with seoul because of its fail your to send back home a number of key defectors. hello, this is bbc news. a man has appeared in court charged with drugs a man has appeared in court charged with drug s fences after the death

ofa with drug s fences after the death of a 15—year—old girl at the weekend after taking an unknown substance. a 20—year—old was remanded in custody to appear before exeter crown court next month. plans have been announced to make scotland's prisons smoke free by november next year. at present, prisoners are allowed to smoke in their cells and some outside areas. a ban was scheduled to come into force in 2021 but the scottish prison service said the date had been brought forward in the light of research showing the light of second hand smoke inburies. —— hand smoke in prisons. the director of the parliamentary digital service, rob gregg, said fewer than 30 users of the parliamentary system had data stolen. a woman whose sister and mother were shot by her stepfather at the family farm in surrey has returned to the scene of their deaths. 82—year—old john lowe murdered his wife christine

and step—daughter lucy lee in 201a. police had returned his shotguns to him before he killed them. noel phillips reports. it's exactly the same. it's very eerie. it's almost like expecting something to happen. my heart is just...erratic, yeah. for the first time in three years, stacy banner has returned to the family farm near farnham in surrey, where her sister lucy at her mum christine were shot dead in 201a by this man, her stepfather, john lowe. it brings back so many terrible memories. just an awful place, awful. why did you want to come back? just to see if there was anything that reminded me of them. my sister painted those gold. a year before the killings,

in march 2013, john lowe's seven shotguns were seized by surrey police following allegations he made threats to kill. but five months later, the guns on his licence were returned and in february 201a, christine, who had known him for more than 25 years, was shot at point—blank range. her daughter lucy escaped and made a frantic 999 call before she too was shot dead. stacy's account of what happened that day is very distressing. it was worse than an execution. executions are quick. and i keep thinking, she should have hid. gosh, she was so brave. wasn't she brave? so, then, he beat her, shot the dogs...

then stood over her with that gun... now, surrey police had records ofjohn lowe's violent history. he had made repeated threats to kill and even lied on his firearms application, but yet he was still given a licence to hold a gun. as soon as the murders happened, we got in independent police forces to review our firearms licences, so i am confident that the firearms license is now fit for purpose, which it clearly wasn't at the time. that's deeply disturbing, isn't it? of course it is, of course it is. the tragedy should never have happened. christine and lucy lee's murders offer a rare glimpse into a tragic crime and the impact on the victims left behind.

i can't forgive him. i can't for give that pain. lastly, a surrey police detective was found guilty of misconduct after arresting stacy in 201a, while two others were cleared of any wrongdoing. in a statement to the bbc, chief superintendent helen collins from surrey police said. the complaints have been thoroughly investigated and the evidence david davis has called on both sides of the negotiations to get down to business. he said his priority was to lift uncertainty for eu citizens living in the uk and britons in the

eu. the final route of the manchester and leeds branches of hs2 are to be announced in a5 minutes. transport secretary chris grayling says the scheme will help rebalance the economy. a terminally ill man with motor neurone disease begins his high court challenge to the ban on assisted dying. balfour beatty and carillion are amongst the companies chosen to build the tunnels, bridges, all at a cost of nearly £7 billion. itv has appointed the head of easyjet, carolyn mccall, as its new chief executive. ms mccall, who will begin the new job next january, succeeds adam crozier, who stepped down at the end of last month. paramedics, teachers, prison guards and firefighters are thousands of pounds worse off

since 2010 after public—sector pay caps and freezes, according to the tuc. the head of the trade union body, frances 0'grady, is calling for public—sector pay review bodies to be "genuinely independent". blackrock the world's biggest asset manager, handling almost $6 trillion in assets has just announced that its profits were up more than 8.5% in the past three months. samirajoins me samira joins me from the new york stock exchange. doing well then? samira joins me from the new york stock exchange. doing well themm is. blackrock manages lots of money from small mom and pop shops to big institutions. it's grown to a huge size. part of the reason why we have seen size. part of the reason why we have seen such massive increases in the

last three months is because of a few things, one of course we have been talking a lot about the stock market and how it's been on a record—breaking tear. that plays right into blackrock. there are also etfs, electronic trading funds, which has been seeing a lot of success , which has been seeing a lot of success, so which has been seeing a lot of success, so much which has been seeing a lot of success, so much so which has been seeing a lot of success, so much so that blackrock is trying to get more interest for actively managed portfolios by actual people. rising interest rates is also going to be a boost to blackrock. and shares in blackrock itself are down a bit this morning, i gather. people thought good results but perhaps not as good as hoped? yes. then there is still a bit of concern, given the fact that their etfs are just doing so well, but not as well when you compare it to when it's managed by an actual person. so that is giving some

investors a bit of pause. we should remind people why we care so much about blackrock. it's really massive, just controlling from thes of dollars of —— trillions of dollars of money and people refer to it as dollars of money and people refer to itasa dollars of money and people refer to it as a shadow bank. there's even been discussions about whether or not we should label blackrock as too big to fail because it's just so important. thank you very much. and in other business news. the proportion of overseas—based landlords across britain has fallen to the lowest levels seen by a lettings network in at least seven years. countrywide the country's largest letting agent which lets 90,000 properties said just 5% of british homes now have overseas owners, compared with 12% in 2010. foreign investors have previously been blamed for pushing up house prices.

tax changes appear to have discouraged some of them, while others have bought property in cheaper areas instead. a major cyber attack could cost the global economy around £a0 billion, according to research by lloyd's of london. that's roughly the same cost as superstorm sandy, the hurricane that hit the east cost of the united states in 2012. french carmaker renault has reported record sales for the first six months of the year. the company sold 1.9 million vehicles, a 10% rise on the same period a year earlier. sales in europe, which remains renault‘s most important market, rose 5.6% to above one million, helped by a strong performance from the company's dacia brand. let us have a look at the markets. that's all the business news. prince george and princess charlotte

have arrived in poland with their parents, at the start of a four day tour of eastern europe. let me take you live to warsaw. the duke and duchess of cambridge are beginning their trip in warsaw, before moving on to berlin later this week. they'll visit areas, as well as eastern europe. they are at the warsaw rising museum dedicated to the 19aa polish uprising to lib rat

warsaw from german occupation during the second world war. they have a busy schedule this afternoon. it will end with the queen's garden party. all eyes at the airport were on charlotte and george. they're having a bit of a break whilst their pa rents having a bit of a break whilst their parents visit the museum. live pictures in warsaw. it's more than 1,000 years since the lynx became extinct in the uk but campaigners hope a decision later today could change that. an application being considered by natural england could see them released into kielder forest in northumberland, but the return of a major predator is worrying farmers. graham satchell reports. the last lynx in britain was killed for its fur 1,300 years ago. the application going in to natural england today would see them return. between six and ten wild lynx

released into kielder forest in northumberland. this is a huge conservation milestone. this is the first licence ever submitted to reintroduce lynx on a trial basis to the uk. this is a life—sized cutout of a lynx, so that's actually how big a real lynx is, so they aren't that big, that's actually about the size of... paul 0'donoghue from the lynx trust has been doing a consultation, talking, listening and explaining and the children at kielder first school have big questions. are lynx dangerous to people? lynx live all over the world and in human history a healthy wild lynx has never, ever, ever attacked a human anywhere in the world. they might not hurt people but lynx are expert hunters. their main prey, deer. deer eat out the understory, they overgrazed and if you see now there's very little under story around so there's not really many places for small mammals and birds to nest and lynx are needed

to control that balance, to balance the ecosystem. not according to sheep farmers, who say deer are not a problem and lynx would be a threat. i think it's absolutely a stupid idea for a predator that's not been in this country for 1,000 years to be released where it's going to cause damage to viable business. as far as i'm concerned, the lynx will go for the easy target, which is going to be sheep and lamb. 0pinion here is divided. in the local pub, mike brown is thinking about his business. 0ne estimate suggests the lynx could bring around £30 million a year in extra tourist revenue. it is the most remote village in england, so we need as many tourists as we can get. we rely on tourist trade, that's 99% of the trade we take is tourists. will kielder forest become the land of the lynx?

the decision is now in the hands of natural england but if they say yes, experts predict there could eventually be as many as a00 lynx in forests around the uk. graham satchell, bbc news, kielder forest. a cyclist has recovered her stolen bike through a clever sting. she ignored police advice and turned the ta bles ignored police advice and turned the tables on the thief. earlier, jenny spoke to my colleague and explained what had happened. i was very angry, as you might imagine, and i happened to see it was on the internet, someone messaged me, and someone had seen it for sale, i had asked that if anyone saw it, please tell me and i got a response within minutes from a total stranger who was amazing, helped me out messaging the guy and i posed as a buyer,

didn't go to work the next day and just went and took it, pretty much. well, it was a bit more than that. you met him, you chatted, you did the pleasantries and then what did you do? well, i had seen him across the street, i saw him with my bike and i thought i willjust be friendly, be nice, ask a couple of stupid questions about the bike, "is it even a girl's bike? "is it the right size? "i don't know if i can ride it." i was nervous but i think he believed everything i was saying and i said, ok, i'm going to take it for a test ride and i had thought about this the night before. i had a bunch of old keys which were, strangely enough, the keys for the locks that they had cut off my bike the night before, so i thrust those into his hand and said, can you hold these, i'm going to ride it? and he said ok and i wobbled down the pavement a little bit, kind of fell off a couple of times to make it more realistic and off i went. and you pedalled like the wind, did you? i really did, faster than i ever have before for quite a long time.

i didn't look back, i didn't know where i was, ijust kept going. eventually, i found my way back to a meeting spot that i had arranged with my friend who was watching the whole thing from the corner and, yeah, a lot of adrenaline going on. let's talk about the safety side of this, because you did inform the police and say this is what i'm going to do and they did advise against it. why were you so determined? because it could have been dangerous. it could have been but i think anyone who owns a bike knows how i felt. i was so angry, someone else had my bike, which i love. i did phone the police, i did give them lots of evidence because we had a number of screenshots from conversations between the person who saw the sale online and the guy who had presumably stolen it. i did consider that it might be dangerous but i was quite confident that i could pull it off, basically. and you did and there is your splendid bike behind you. right here, very happy.

my my high row. now let's take a look at the weather. for many, the weekend was very hot. this was earlier on in gower south wales. you can see the extent of the sunshine on the satellite picture, a bit of high cloud towards the south making the sunshine hazy. across the north—west of scotland, here we have different conditions, cloudier skies across the western isles, highlands and into 0rkney as well. there could be one or two passing showers. there'll be little overall change today. the winds are light and in the sunshine it feels pleasantly warm. we should see some sunshine breaking

out across the western isles and highlands through the course of the latter afternoon. 0vernight, clear skies are with us. it will be a relatively comfortable night's sleep but perhaps a little on the warm side. for tuesday, we have more of this fine weather to come for most of the day. high pressure still with us. again some areas of high cloud in the sky that will make the sunshine hazy. we should see brighter conditions extending in 0rkney and shetland. more sunshine here tomorrow. late in the day we'll see storms move in towards southern parts. it will be another warm day, if not hot. temperatures could reach 28 on tuesday. the humidity levels picking up a little. the heat will start to spark off some thunder storms. initially, the storms will roll in across the english channel and then through tuesday evening and night—time, they'll make their presence felt in the south, the

midlands and parts of wales. some storms could bring us about half a month's worth of rainfall in the space of a few hours, so we could see some localised flooding. it stays hot and humid across eastern parts of england while temperatures could reach 30 on wednesday, that heat and humidity could be enough to spark off some thunder storms. eventually, the humidity levels will drop and the airwill turn humidity levels will drop and the air will turn fresher towards the end of the week. that's your weather. roe this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm: a second round of talks in brussels on the uk's departure from the eu. the brexit secretary says it's time to get down to business. a big day for hs2. the final section of the route will be revealed this afternoon. a terminally ill man, who hopes to overturn

the ban on assisted dying, is having his case heard at the high court. i do not want to die very slowly of suffocation and being semiconscious until i am in a position where, you know, i don't even know what is going on. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in warsaw with prince george and princess charlotte for a five—day tour of poland and germany. and in the next hour, do you communicate using one of these? it's world emoji day, and to celebrate the popularity