this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser. the headlines at 2.00. a strong earthquake between the greek island of kos and the coast of turkey kills two people and injures a hundred others. the room shook from side to side. the noise was terrible. just dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. a significant period of transition must be guaranteed soon, says a leading banker, to stop jobs leaving the uk before a brexit deal is agreed. a man admits murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a new year's day house fire. a palestinian man is reported to have been shot dead as palestinian worshippers and israeli police clash near the old city ofjerusalem. and coming up — a significant day for gender equality. baroness hail is appointed president of the supreme court, baroness hale is appointed president of the supreme court, meaning for the first time the uk has a female head of state,

prime minister and head of the country's highest court. the state rooms of buckingham palace open to display more than 200 gifts presented to the queen. plus a special exhibition of rarely—seen personal items belonging to diana princess of wales. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two people have been killed and more than 100 others injured, after a powerful earthquake struck near the greek island of kos. the 6.7 magnitude quake hit in the early hours of the morning under the aegean sea, between greece and turkey. holiday—makers on kos woke this morning to find parts of the island turned to rubble, and there was also flooding in the turkish resort of bodrum. richard galpin reports. panicked shouts. it's just after 1:30am

in the morning, local time. and holiday—makers who have been enjoying a night out are now running for their lives. security cameras captured the moment the powerful earthquake shook the turkish city of bodrum. anyone inside at the time getting out as quickly as possible, fearing otherwise they would be crushed. but it was the nearby greek island of kos which was hardest hit. it was closer to the epicentre. there was significant damage in the main town. police say two tourists, one from turkey and one from sweden were killed, when the roof of a popular bar collapsed. we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably, the room shook from side to side, the noise was terrible. i actually thought that was it, i really did.

it was getting really, really loud and i thought we were being attacked, but then bits of the walls started falling off and our beds were shaking. so we ran over to the door frame, to hide under it and it stopped, and we heard everyone screaming in the hotel, running down, trying to get out. half—past one in the morning, we were woken by a tremendous shaking of the whole building. the fans were thrown around, the mirror came off. it lasted approximately 10—15 seconds. myself and my wife and two children just got our stuff as quick as we could, and as we were making our way out there was a second shock. all this at the peak of the tourist season. officials here say there are 200,000 holiday—makers on kos at the moment. at least 10,000 are british. with a series of strong after—shocks

throughout the night, many people in bodrum and kos decided they'd be much safer sleeping outside. and while many of the injured have been treated locally, those badly hurt on kos are being flown out for specialist treatment. yannis kritikos is a headmaster of a local school on kos. he joins me now on webcam. thank you for being here. this is the strongest quake you have had on the strongest quake you have had on the island for decades? that is true. good afternoon to you and all your viewers in the united kingdom and worldwide. it was the greatest we have seen on the island of kos. we had big earthquakes years ago in

athens and northern greece, but this, we can say was a shock last night. do you have buildings that are earthquake proof, have changes being made on the island? most of the buildings are ok, nothing that can happen to them, because these we re can happen to them, because these were built after the decade of the 19405, 19505. the problems were a couple of old buildings before the 19305in couple of old buildings before the 19305 in the middle of kos town. if you can imagine an island of 52 kilometres in length, whatever happened happened within a distance of 200 metres in the centre of kos. nothing else happened anywhere on the island. that was due to the old buildings that collapse. not as a whole, but pieces fell and hurt some people that were below. you can

modernise the infrastructure, but nothing can prepare you for the event, what was it like for you? 6.7 isa event, what was it like for you? 6.7 is a very strong earthquake. we are used to it, in greece we have regular earthquakes, but not to this strength, usually be up 3.2, 3.4, you can barely feel them. this must have been very sudden for the tourists who are not used to these things. as i listened to some of the reports, it was quite a shock for them. where will you? for us of course, also. iwas them. where will you? for us of course, also. i was in bed, on the internets preparing something for local governments. all of a sudden, everything started shaking. the idea is not to panic at that moment. we must learn how to live with these natural phenomenon is, disasters, whatever it is. you just find a

table to go underneath for as long as it is in progress and then we all went outside. we immediately communicated with the town hall and we went outside to calm people down. most of the injuries were due to the fa ct most of the injuries were due to the fact that the people panicked. and in that panic, on the way out, and to go somewhere else, they hurt each other, they weren't careful. it is reasonable for them to panic and that was most of the injuries. you refer to the tourists, it is peak season refer to the tourists, it is peak season and most british people will head towards kos, what will they find when they get there? first of all, they must feel there isn't a problem with the safety here. we are very, very safe as a destination, as an island. this 6.6, 6.7, as they say can cause disasters in other

countries. but due to the aegean sea and the mythology, itjust had the shake. that was the problem, the sheik and a couple of old houses before the 19305 had the problem. we didn't have great problems. so the tourists, they must feel safe here. another reason is that we managed to control things. and as the minutes go by, kos is back to everyday life. the second thing they must keep in mind, is all the hotels and the resorts have been built with, having in mind, the new regulations, which are very, very strict. it is not very easy for something to happen within hotels or the resorts. i am not saying this just to calm people down, but this is the reality. there is no great problem, they will be

saved when they come here. the airport is working. the problems is in the old structures. the infrastructure is working and it withstood and we are fixing things 110w. withstood and we are fixing things now. 0k. withstood and we are fixing things now. ok. we have support from the ministries in athens. this morning they came and they are still examining our schools. nothing happened anywhere to any school. the problems we can say were found within the middle, the centre of the old town of kos, not the whole of the city. that is very good to know, we are glad you are safe and well and thanks for bringing us up to speed with this situation. thank you. and in my mother's house, in the middle of the resort, i am speaking from there so there is no problem. keep in mind, kos is safe

in many ways. good to hear, thank you very much indeed. the environment secretary michael gove has said the uk will need continued access to workers from europe as the country goes through the process of leaving the european union. mr gove said the cabinet was agreed on the need for an implementation period between britain formally leaving the eu and a new trading relationship coming into force. but it's unclear if that would include continuing freedom of movement for eu nationals. from westminster, our political correspondent chris mason reports. this week's brexit negotiations concluded with an acceptance on both side there's still a lot of work to do and the clock is ticking ever closer to the uk's exit day in march 2019. but the government wants a transitional period after that, where the uk is out, but some elements of eu membership remained. could that include unlimited immigration from the eu? the prime minister has made clear as we leave the european union we will have an implementation period which will

ensure we can continue to have not just access to labour, but the economic stability and certainty which business requests, and again, that something around which the government and cabinet are united. the details, inevitably at this stage, are sketchy. the boss of the bank goldman sachs says that means they are spending a lot on contingency planning. if i knew today that we'd have a transition period i could stop spending that money, taking out the assurance, because i know i'd always have time to transition my business. if they tell me in february of 2019 there will be a transition period, well, i've already spent that money, it's not much use to me. business and others want certainty but the only thing certain right now is the opposite, uncertainty, because no one, either here at westminster or in brussels knows for certain what if any deal will be reached and so what a transitional arrangement might look like and how long it might last. the newest party leader

at westminster said... it's encouraging that some of the more sensible and pragmatic members of the government are beginning to exert themselves and look for a compromise, but it's still the case that, within a few years, british people are going to lose their right to move freely around the continent. ukip, the party that achieved its dream in the referendum, says the government would be cheating those who voted out. we are seeing brexit betrayed because the eu doesn't want us to leave. it's delaying, impeding, in the hope of overturning, and it is assisted by quislings in both houses of parliament over there. pleasing business, pleasing brexit voters, trying to do a deal. the government's big task is onlyjust beginning. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's speak to the conservative mp peter bone. he's in our northampton studio. good afternoon, how are you? good

afternoon, in good form. good, do we need a transition period from march 2019 that includes freedom of movement? absolutely not, the idea we will have freedom of movement is for the birds. nothing do ministers have said indicates that will be the case. the main reason people voted to come out of the european union was the fact that immigration, free movement and the eu was unacceptable and it will end when we come out of the eu, iam and it will end when we come out of the eu, i am certain of that. michael gove was studiously choosing his words, he said migration pose brexit will be determined by the needs of the economy. what does that mean in practice if there are farmers and food producers whose needs of this unskilled labour? that is the case. this is where people

make the mistake. what the government is not saying is there will be no migration from the european union, that would be absurd. but it will be done on the basis of a uk immigration policy. we will allow in people we want and keep up the people we don't want. the free movement allows everyone in and that is what the difference will be. the overall will be less people coming in from the european union. chris mason has been making the point because it is difficult to know what will follow march 2019 because we don't know at which stage the deal will be at and what it will look like. equally, we might not have a procedure in place to vet people, the process people who are coming in. we might need that slack? chris mason is right, that he doesn't know what's going on, because that is the whole point. david davis and the reason may our negotiating in total secrecy. it is

great credit to the european union there are no leaks. it may be the bbc journalists don't there are no leaks. it may be the bbcjournalists don't know what's going on, but on this particular occasion, that is good news, they should know what is going on. we should know what is going on. we should be negotiating in secret, as we are. i was in brussels yesterday and we were given this colour—coded chart where there is agreement in green and disagreement in red. 0ne of the issues in red was british pensioners who are in france will have their rights, but they won't be able to transfer those rights to germany. there might be people who say, you told us our rights would be the same under brexit, they are not the same under brexit, they are not the same. go back to it from the media point of view, you don't know what is going on and that is how it should be. eventually a deal will be worked out, it will be put to the british parliament and we will either vote to accept it and do a deal with our european counterparts when we come out, or we deal with our european counterparts

when we come out, 01’ we come deal with our european counterparts when we come out, or we come out with no deal and we are under wto rules. that is the situation and nothing has changed and we may be going into the silly season and mention all sorts of ideas, but the government is getting on with negotiating and doing it very, very well. peter bowen, thanks for being with us. the headlines on bbc news: at least two people have died in an earthquake on the greek island of kos. more than 100 people were injured on the island, and in the nearby turkish resort of bodrum. environment secretary michael gove says there should be a time after brexit to negotiate. a man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home near glasgow on new year's day. rory mcilroy‘s climb up the leaderboard on the second day is to

rail. the northern irishman is level par after 16 holes. the tour de france is underway with chris vroom in the lead. and illy nastase is banned by the itf until 2021 for a range of offences, some of which we re range of offences, some of which were committed during a federal cup tie against great britain earlier this year. i will be back more with those stories just after 2:30pm. well michael gove was making his first speech since returning to the cabinet, he also told environmental and countryside groups that brexit offered a "once—in—a—lifetime opportunity" to reform britain's agriculture and fisheries. he announced farming subsidies will in future be paid only to farmers who use their land responsibly, by managing natural resources and habitats. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports. the racehorse frankel, owned by a saudi billionaire. he gets £400,000 of eu money

for his stud farm near newmarket. the royals get more than £0.5 million for the sandringham estate. the sums based on the amount of land you farm, basically, the richer you are, the more you get. mr gove says that must change. leaving the eu gives us a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to reform how we manage agriculture and fisheries and therefore how we care for our our rivers and seas. and we can recast our ambition for our country's environment and for the planet. in short, leaving the european union should mean a green brexit. that means payments for owning land will be scrapped by mr gove. subsidy will come instead for protecting the soil and waterways, preventing flooding, and reducing pollution from farm chemicals. landowners have been braced for reform. farmers like me are both producers of food and conservationists at the same time. you must remember that most farmers, a small family owned businesses,

hard—working, trying to produce food for the nation but also trying to conserve a clean environment. the key question will be how much of the total subsidy farmers retain when reform happens. mr gove's speech stretches beyond farming. 0n fisheries, he said the eu had allowed overfishing. the uk would stick to tighter limits. 0n plastics, he said the 5p bag charge had been a success, but he wanted to do more to cut plastic waste. 0n animal welfare standards he said he wanted the uk to lead the rest of the world in producing healthy food. gove has been saying positive things on the environment, re—purpose think the agricultural policy so the environment is at the heart of that. the devil is in the detail and we looking forward to seeing actually how this is going to be done. mr gove's next big test is on air pollution from cars and planes.

will the government favour business, or will it put air quality and public health first? we'll soon find out. roger harrabin, bbc news. the country land and business association — the body that represents the country's biggest landowners has agreed with the need for reform. it's president, ross murray is in our central london studio. good afternoon to you. in the future, subsidy will be linked to what farmers do for the environment, what farmers do for the environment, what do you make of the secretary of state's proposals? i am pleased with that. he said farmers need to be supported because of the strategic importance of agriculture in feeding the nation and the role we play in conserving the environment. i have noissue conserving the environment. i have no issue in principle with what he said. a lot has been made and roger

picked up about the landowners who are already very wealthy people, who are already very wealthy people, who are getting these subsidies. how will they change this system, how will they change this system, how will it change who receives the subsidies? 9096 of recipients under the current scheme are smaller farmers of less than 400 acres. the larger landowners you work referring to are in the minority at the moment. in the future, how i see it, we will contract with the government under what we call a land management contract, in which we will deliver public goods. we get rewarded in two ways as farmers and land managers. first, we sell our produce into the market and secondly we don't get rewarded at the current dying for the public goods and environmental work. it is important, but going forward , work. it is important, but going forward, because clearly we need to be very positive land managers and stewards, that we get paid for that

and be encouraged to do that.|j stewards, that we get paid for that and be encouraged to do that. i was recently in west yorkshire at a market for pig farmers. i was struck by how many of them were old men, their sons didn't want to go into their sons didn't want to go into the business because they were farming in sheds and they were getting the subsidies that landowners were. do we need to change the subsidy so that our livestock producers are getting the support they need ? livestock producers are getting the support they need? there are many things are livestock producer does which is giving great public benefit. we love are grazed upland environment and the tourists love it and it is important to preserve. those are marginal locations for farmers. going ahead i can see particular support for that community. you said in the future farmers need more support, because we don't know what the brexit deal will look like, they might be opened

up will look like, they might be opened up to more competition and their costs might go of. are you looking to the secretary of state to give assurance that farmers will not be out of pocket? we have assurance on the budget going forward to 2022. the secretary of state has said what sort of support scheme comes through for agriculture as a strategic interest beyond 2022 and i am confident the government understands farming requires support. what we are not doing is talking about less support, we are talking about being more accountable in the way we spend public money. it is exactly the same issue you are having at the bbc about your salaries, it is about public accountability. we are certainly having that debate. thank you very much. the parents of charlie gard have begun the latest stage of their legal fight over treatment for their terminally ill baby. chris gard and connie yates want a high courtjudge to rule

that their 11—month—old son, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, should be allowed to undergo a therapy trial overseen by a specialist in the united states. 0ur correspondent laura trant is at the high court and told us earlier that charlie gard has undergone further tests and scans. we have heard that charlie gard, 11—month—old has undergone further scans and the results of one of those mri scans aren't yet available. in this morning's hearing we heard from mrjustice francis who referred to the work the great 0rmond street hospital has done the charlie and other terminally ill children. he urged any protesters are campaigners outside the hospital to respect the needs and the wishes of those children and their parents. he said charlie's parents chris korb and kone yates could give further spoken evidence next week if they wish to and he said the american neurological specialists could also

give more evidence, but thejudge stressed he would need to know what the new evidence was and the difference it would make the charlie. he said in a clinical meeting that took place earlier this week, it amounted to evidence from leading world experts who mainly came to agreement. there is a further hearing on monday. mr justice francis is keen for a judgment by tuesday. a palestinian has died after being shot following escalating tension surrounding the jerusalem holy site known to muslims as the haram al—sharif, and to dues as the temple mount. israel has barred men under 50 from friday prayers there. at the core of the current violence is israel's installation of metal detectors at the holy site. this followed the killing of two israeli policemen. palestinians strongly object to the new security measures. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is in the west bank. palestinian worshippers across the

west ba n k palestinian worshippers across the west bank aren't praying inside their mosques today, but they have come outside. in bethlehem they are in the street in the hot sun with their prayer mats and this is a symbolic and important location. that is the road tojerusalem and it is now blocked by israel's separation wall. you can see the israeli watchtower. the friday sermon has been about the need to protect the mask. palestinians are seen as the guardians of these places, the third holiest site in islam. emotions are in very high. the palestinians took the decision to fight for their dignity. all the people coming here, came here to raise their voice. jerusalem is the red line and we will not allow the

occupation to pass this breadline. soldiers, soldiers. now those prayers are turned into protest very quickly. there has been skunk mortars fired, stinky liquid biba soldiers. they are using stun grenades. we have got to back. 0bviously that is developing situation and we will keep by combat and bring you any further news we get it. thejudge baroness hale has made history by becoming the first female president of the uk's highest court, the supreme court. the family law specialist, who has championed diversity in the judiciary, was confirmed in the role by downing street a little earlier. she will replace lord

neuberger in october. clive coleman is in central london and lady a has served since 2013, and lady a has served since 2013, andi and lady a has served since 2013, and i know she is talking about continuity, but how will she change what it does? good question. her appointment today comes just a day afterjudicial diversity appointment today comes just a day after judicial diversity statistics we re after judicial diversity statistics were released, which show diversity remains a sticky problem for the judiciary. the fact is, only 28% of judges are female and that is in spite of the huge range of initiatives to encourage more women to apply to the bench. 0ne initiatives to encourage more women to apply to the bench. one of the effects her appointment will have, to show that a woman is now the president of the supreme court, the most seniorjudge in the united kingdom, is likely to encourage, that certainly is the hope, it will encourage more women to apply to becomejudges and encourage more women to apply to become judges and rise of the judicial ladder. she will be joined,

by the way, three otherjustices, one of whom is also a woman lady justice black. so there will be two women in the highest court of the land. how will she mulled the court? all i can tell you is, she faces a difficult challenge. she has to steer this place through the brexit and oppose brexit period. she is the uk -- the uk and oppose brexit period. she is the uk —— the uk supreme court will have to determine what a way to give the judgments from the european court of justice. we know what a hot issue the relationship between the uk and the relationship between the uk and the european court ofjustice is. there are issues arising out of what has become to be known as the great repeal bill, could end up in this place. the eyes of the press will be trained on the supreme court during this period and it will be a very challenging time for her. but she is well equipped to deal with it. she is well qualified, she was the first woman to become a law lord, first woman to become a law lord, first

woman to become a law lord, first woman to become a justice of the supreme court. she has a brilliant academic career as a family lawyer. she was on the law commission and herjudgments here she was on the law commission and her judgments here have she was on the law commission and herjudgments here have been very powerful. indeed, she has had one of herjudgments to extend the definition of domestic violence beyond that of pure physical violence. 0ne beyond that of pure physical violence. one of the ruling relating to the mental capacity of those who are in care homes, where again she extended the definition of what it is to be detained in one of those homes. the famous phrase, a gilded cage is nonetheless a cage. she is bowled in her judgments cage is nonetheless a cage. she is bowled in herjudgments and i think she will be bowled and forthright in being the president of the supreme court and she is looking forward to taking up the role. we wish her the best of luck. clive coleman at the supreme court. we are keeping an eye on suffolk police headquarters, there will be a press briefing to

talk about the missing airman corrie mckeague. police have been searching this local landfill site after it emerged he might have ended up in a bin lorry. they followed his mobile phone signal which seemed to track the progress of the lorry and that is where they have been searching. we will bring you that police statement live on bbc news when it comes in. probably in about half an hour. the duke and duchess are in poland. earlier they visited a concert hall where they saw a special performance by the hamburg symphony orchestra for the children of the city. the royal couple are later due to meet apprentices at the city's airbus training facilities before departing for the training facilities before departing forthe uk, training facilities before departing for the uk, just in time for prince

george's 4th birthday tomorrow. now it's time for a weather update. many of us feeling a chill in the air, some strong winds around and some heavy rain, even cracks of thunder again across one or two areas of the uk, in wales, for example, in the last few hours. the weather's been nasty, especially in the south—west, winds have been strong around coastal areas and blustery inland, as well. this is the area of bad weather i am talking about, wind and rain crossing the country through the course of today and into tonight. it doesn't last for long but the rain is heavy and it's accompanied by strong winds. how about the weekend? it's looking u nsettled, how about the weekend? it's looking unsettled, has to be said. frequent showers, some hail and thunder possibly, as well, but also some sunshine so that classic mixed bag of weather. here is the weather for saturday. you can see the south and

the south—west and the midlands peppered by the showers, rain in the north too. best of the weather probably in the far north of scotla nd probably in the far north of scotland tomorrow. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. two people have been killed and around 100 others have been injured following a powerful earthquake which hit the greek island of kos and the coast of turkey. the environment secretary has said the whole cabinet gress there should be a period of adjustment after brexit so that businesses have access to the migrant workers they'll need. a man has admitted murdering his younger brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting them on fire. there are reports that a palestinian man has been shot dead and dozens injured in clashes with israeli police near the holy site in jerusalem

clashes with israeli police near the holy site injerusalem known as the haram al—sharif to palestinians and temple mount to jews. baroness haram al—sharif to palestinians and temple mount tojews. baroness hale has been appointed as the president of the supreme court. it's the first time the uk has a female head of state, prime minister and head of the country's highest court. now all the country's highest court. now all the sports news. good afternoon. strong winds and the threat of rain are making for a difficult day of scoring at royal birkdale. it's midway through the second round of the open. rory mcilroy‘s round is just second round of the open. rory mcilroy‘s round isjust about second round of the open. rory mcilroy‘s round is just about coming toa mcilroy‘s round is just about coming to a close. he got to 2 under at one point. is still very much in the hunt. american matt kuchar who started tied for the lead has rushed —— has returned on 4under. ian

poulter is still on 3 under. scotla nd poulter is still on 3 under. scotland women's european championship hopes have suffered another blow, with star strikerjane ross likely to miss their remaining two group games. ross injured her shoulder in scotland's six nil defeat by england on wednesday. they conceded three goals in each half. but vaila barsly says their confidence hasn't been affected. but vaila barsly says their confidence hasn't been affectedm shows the strength and quality that we have. the ability that we have as scotla nd we have. the ability that we have as scotland as everyone from scotland we have the ability to bounce back. so, yeah, obviously disappointed with the result, but no issues with the confidence for anyone in the team. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has ruled out any chance of coutinho leaving the club. the brazilian has attracted attention from barcelona who have reportedly bid £72 million

for him. this was his reaction. of course it's only that a few people obviously see as a few good players, that's how it is. but very important message, maybe we are not a selling club. so, that's how it is. we believe in working together. we believe in working together. we believe in working together. we believe in development together, we believe in development together, we believe in development together, we believe in using the basis we want to work together, we want to make the next step together. doesn't look like it's going to happen, does it? former world number one tennis player ilie nastase has been banned by the international tennis federation from their events until 2021 for a number of offences. he was romania's fed cup captain when he made racially insensitive remarks about serena williams. he also made abusive and threatening comments to players, match officials and journalists. he is then said to have

made unwanted advances of a sexual nature to the gb captain. chris froome is closing in on a historic fourth tour de france victory — stage 19 of 21 is currently under way in the south of france, and the defending champion has a 23—second lead. if he can avoid mishaps on today's stage and match his rivals in tomorrow's time trial, he'll win his third tour in a row. bbc pundit rob hayles says if he can do it, it'll be his best ride yet. his performance this year in the tour has been phenomenal. it's shown signs of the champion that he is, bearing in mind that his lead has been no more thanjust bearing in mind that his lead has been no more than just under 30 seconds at any moment. it's not been a walk in the park by any means. to deal with that pressure as well as the physical capabilities of the riders he is up against has been truly outstanding. west ham are continuing to spend ahead of the premier league season

with marko arnautovic due to have a medical ahead of his £24 million move from stoke city. the hammers have also paid £16 million to bayer leverkusen for former manchester united strikerjavier leverkusen for former manchester united striker javier hernandez. the united states is preparing to ban its citizens from travelling to north korea — according to two travel agencies that run tours there. it hasn't been confirmed by the white house yet, but the companies say the ban will start at the end of august — and may be in response to the death of the us student 0tto warmbier who'd been imprisoned there. let's get reaction to that i would

have thought to be honest there won't be many americans who want to go to north korea after what happened to 0tto warmbier? go to north korea after what happened to otto warmbier? even before that, americans make up about 20% of the western tourist market and the total western tourist market somewhere under 5,000 people. it's still several hundred people, more than most people expect. at a time when the state department is trying to increase the pressure on pyongyang, what they don't want to do is give a dictator leverage over what they're doing. you can kind of understand why they want this ban in place? yeah, this ban has been a while in coming. there's been a bill introduced in the congress weeks ago, specifically to ban tourists and other americans from going. it's not a huge shock. it's a little disappointing and sad, especially for any north koreans who were hopeful of interaction with americans outside of what their national media provides them, which is just national media provides them, which isjust demonisation national media provides them, which is just demonisation and showing

americans in the worst possible light. unfortunately, that will come to an end at least. so you are saying there is a mutual benefit for both countries in travel continuing, is that what you are saying? not so much for both countries but for the people. for people from the outside curious about north korea and interested in experiencing it, as much as you can experience it, it's limited, of course. then to ban that isa limited, of course. then to ban that is a little bit... unfortunate if you were wanting to find out more. if you are a north korean who works in oraround the if you are a north korean who works in or around the tourism industry or you are in or around the tourism industry or you a re interested in or around the tourism industry or you are interested in finding out more about the world, even in a tiny little way, that opportunityjust became smaller. so you are likely to lose your american market, what about other countries, what about brits, for instance, how many go from this country and europe? from britain a from this country and europe? from britaina similaramount from this country and europe? from britain a similar amount to the us. so about 20% of the market. from europe around 40%. something like

that. still a few hundreds of people from those areas. thank you very much. air traffic controllers are warning that uk skies are nearly at capacity, because of a record number of planes. it comes on what is one of the busiest days for controllers, who are anticipating nearly 9,000 flights, as many families begin their summer holidays. andy moore reports. air traffic building over the uk as the sun rises on a typical summer's day. today, the skies will be even more congested, the busiest ever day at the beginning of the busiest ever summer. new technologies being used all the time to increase the capacity of our airspace. this is a virtual control for london city airport will stop computers can see more than the human eye. national air traffic services are expecting more than 770,000 flights to cross our skies this summer. that's 40,000 more than last year. but by 2030, there would be a predicted 8000 flight cancellations unless something is done.

the current system was designed for the plains of the 19605. modern aircraft are much more sophisticated and that means a new plan can be created. effectively it's drawing the air networks we have and airspace, to accommodate that future growth. but it can mean more direct route, it can mean continuous descents into airports, continuous climbs out of airports, so there's potentially environmentally benefit as well as addressing issues around noise pollution through modernising our airspace. this morning, transport secretary chris grayling launched a £1 billion programme to double the size of manchester airport's terminal two. he also announced a consultation on the government's aviation plans for the next 30 years. this is all about asking the country, people who use aviation, the businesses that use aviation, the aviation sector itself, how should government work with you in the future, what should our approach to regulation be, and decisions we take about the future of the sector,

what should those look like? but not everyone is convinced we should keep on increasing the number of flights. it's a very small minority of people who take the overwhelming majority of flights. we need a common—sense approach. we can't go on expanding aviation indefinitely, so we need a levy which penalises those that are taking plots flights multiple times a year but respects people who need to take a family holiday. everyone accepts our skies are reaching saturation point. the question is what to do about it. a man has admitted murdering his brother, and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend, by setting fire to their family home near glasgow on new year's day. the court heard that blair logan, who's 27, had a "hostile relationship" with his younger brother cameron. catriona renton reports from glasgow high court. this is blair logan. for years, he had not got on with his younger brother, cameron. today, he admitted he murdered him.

it was just after 7am on new year's morning. the brothers‘ mother cathy was woken by the family dog barking. she went down to the living room where she heard screams and saw a man in dark clothes throwing something. her son, blair logan, had poured petrol over his brother cameron, who was sleeping with his girlfriend, rebecca williams. she was injured. the parents were treated for smoke inhalation. an extensive search was carried out and appeals made to the public. blair logan had been thinking about doing this for a month and a half beforehand. he'd bought petrol, he'd looked at the effects of severe burns on the internet. he told police he'd wanted to maim or cripple his brother, but he said, it was not my intent to kill him, but i did do it. leaving court today, rebecca williams, seen

here in the red blouse, who sustained permanent injuries to her throat and may never work again as a radio broadcaster. david and cathy logan have now effectively lost both their sons. catriona renton, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. it's caught the markets by surprise, our business correspondent is here with us. tell us why has borrowing risen. this was more than expected and it did catch the markets by surprise. but several good reasons for this. the government's cost of borrowing, how much interest it has to pay goes up when inflation rises because many of the borrowings it has already taken on are linked to inflation plus a interest rate. it's also spending more money. last year was a good year for technical reasons, they brought in more in

taxation than normally, so this was a lwa ys taxation than normally, so this was always going to be a bad year. but a lot of talk of course about public sector pay caps. what does it mean for government finances? it gets to be rather a political story because this strengthens the treasury's hand. they've already put out a press release saying borrow something too high, this makes the country vulnerable to future shocks. basically saying all this talk about weakening austerity, giving pay rises to the public sector, we can't really afford to do that. however, even though these figures are bad, if you look at the borrowing totals for the year, the government has a target of borrowing about £58 billion. it still is expected to meet that target, maybe even beat it. by the autumn's budget, the chancellor, who is now saying we haven't much money, may have a little bit of wriggle room. we will watch that space and see what happens in the autumn. thank you very much. tower hamlets council has apologised after finding

tower hamlets council has apologised afterfinding —— tower hamlets council has apologised after finding —— fining tower hamlets council has apologised afterfinding —— fining a five—year—old girl for selling cups of lemonade. the girl's father said she set up her stall near their home and was charging 50p for a drink and said she burst into tears when officers confronted her over not having licence. we are getting some breaking news on the story of corri geshgs mckeague, the story of corri geshgs mckeague, the raf serviceman who went missing september last year. we are about to get a police statement from suffolk police. they're saying that nothing has been found in the landfill search. they've been searching a landfill for several weeks. they searched two areas and the reason they went there is because they followed his mobile phone signal and it seemed to track a bin lorry which

went to this tip. they've been digging and trying to search for the body but they've found nothing. what that means for the search and for the police inquiry, we don't yet know. we are expecting a statement from suffolk police in the next few minutes or so. we will take you to that live as and when we get it. ina that live as and when we get it. in a moment the business news, first the headlines. at least two people have died in an earthquaqe on the island of kos. the environment secretary has said the whole cabinet gress there should be a period of adjustment after brexit so businesses have access to the migrant workers they need. a man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting fire to theirfamily brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home brother's girlfriend by setting fire to theirfamily home near brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home near glasgow on new year's day. hello. in the business news, the

country borrowed £2 billion more last month than injune last year. most economists reckoned the number would be about the same, about £4. 8 billion, but the office of national statistics said it had jumped to £6. 9 billion. part of the extra borrowing is to pay interest. the government was also paying higher payments to the european union budget and spending more on simple goods and services. the man in charge of goldman sachs' european businesses has urged the government to agree a transitional deal with the eu as soon as possible. without such a deal banks face a so—called cliff—edge with an overnight change in regulations and conditions in 2019. if there's no transition deal, the head of goldman sachs international says the bank will soon have to start moving hundreds of staff to their european offices.

the number of homes being bought and sold has fallen for the third month ina row sold has fallen for the third month in a row according to government figures. across the country, there we re figures. across the country, there were just over figures. across the country, there werejust over 96,000 figures. across the country, there were just over 96,000 residential transactions in june. were just over 96,000 residential transactions injune. that's a fall of 3. 3% on may's number and the lowest total since october 2016. afternoon. for the last few days the us and china have been in trade talks in washington. all indications appear to suggest that they haven't been too smooth. in fact, not a huge amount has been agreed but something they did agree on was rice. we can cross to new york where our business correspondentjoins us. they appear to see eye—to—eye on rice and china louing imports of rice from the us. —— allowing. louing imports of rice from the us. -- allowing. that's correct. they're allowing imports of rice to the us for the first time ever. so a significant deal, certainly for three states in particular,

california, louisiana, arkansas, all the biggest rice exporting states here in america. the size of the market, america is expected to export as much as five million tonnes worth of rice to china, but china makes or produces about as close to 160 million tonnes a year, sos a small percentage but nonetheless significant for the industry here. the wider talks don't appear to have gone too smoothly. how are things left? have they wrapped talks up? that's right. they had this dialogue, this sort of annual meeting between the two countries, the world's two biggest economies. at the end of it they decided to forego the usual sort of public statement, many people took the fact there wasn't a huge announcement at the end as a sign perhaps things weren't going so well between the two sides. there was sort of concern that perhaps a trade war was looming.

sort of concern that perhaps a trade warwas looming. i sort of concern that perhaps a trade war was looming. i think this rice deal does a lot to put some of those concerns to rest, people are thinking hang on, as long as these two sides are coming to the table, doing deals like this, then perhaps things aren't as bad as we thought. do we know more about steel, that was a trading chip, as well? that was a trading chip, as well? that was it, that was one of the big concerns, the us had been talking about whether or not to try to impose tariffs on steel using specific legals which deemed whether steel imports somehow were a threat to national security. the billionaire investor wilber ross was looking into this, there was talk about results of that that would be out soon. we still haven't heard anything going into these talks, there was speculation, would this be an area that you could see tension between the two countries, we still don't know how that will play out. the fact you are seeing this rice

deal again is back to that idea that these two sides are clearly talking, there is a sense that deals can be done, so whether or not that means that the commerce department will keep sitting on steel or not for a while, we will have to wait and see. rice the food of diplomacy, thank you very much. some other stories. vodafone has surprised the market with a good set of half—year results saying revenues are up thanks to good sales in italy and spain. it may be able to increase dividend payouts to shareholders, as well. audi is recalling 850,000 diesel cars in europe and other markets for a free softwa re europe and other markets for a free software upgrade. it will improve emissions behaviour in real driving conditions beyond existing legal requirements. and there's a wave of mergers going on in the payment processing industry, these are the types of people that make sure money gets from your bank account to where you want it to be, online

transactions, for example. two weeks ago, worldpay agreed to be bought by an american giant called vantiv for £9 billion. today, peasafe shares jumped 9% after a group of private equity firms offered to pay £2. 9 billion for it. paysafe it sadie babes it was offering 470 million dollars to buy the us company merchants choice. thank you very much. we are expecting a press conference from the police to update us on the search for the missing raf serviceman corrie mckeague. they've been searching a landfill site for the airman for several weeks. it emerged he may have ended in a bin lorry or that was his hunch. they began searching in the wrong place and had to refocus the search. even

after this second search it would appear they didn't find anything. he had been on a night out in bury st edmunds in september last year. he had had the weekend off, he was reported missing the following monday. there is some cctv footage of him in bury st edmunds, around 3am, so quite late. he had been to a nightclub, he was seen on his own. he looked a little bit disorientated in the footage we have seen. but nothing has been heard of him since. he went around the corner from those cameras and that was the last that was seen of him. this has been quite a mystery for several months. police investigating at this landfill site and are telling us at the moment nothing has been found. what that means for the police investigation, we wait to see when that press conference starts and we will take you to that as and when. the state rooms of buckingham

palace are set to open to the public this weekend. this year, there's a special exhibition dedicated to diana, princess of wales which includes rarely—seen personal belongings to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of her death. the other state rooms will display more than two hundred gifts presented to the queen throughout her reign, as jon ironmonger reports. 0ver her 65—year reign, the queen has been lavished with more than a few exotic gifts, from baby crocodiles in the gambia to five tonnes of australian dried fruit. now those more suited to the display cabinet have been curated to mark the summer opening of the state rooms. they include a strip of french lace from the official opening of the eurotunnel. and these vip passes, should she need them, to the commonwealth games in glasgow. the queen is the most travelled monarch in british history and there are priceless gifts here from more than 100 overseas countries and territories. there's even a little something from nowhere on earth. this badge was presented by the astronaut tim peake,

it's the first unionjack to be worn in the vacuum of space. her other famous admirers include nelson mandela, who gave her this silk scarf. and from presidentjohn f. kennedy, a signed photograph ofjohn f. kennedy. the queen, of course, has one obvious passion, and visitors will quickly notice a theme emerging. well, there have been several gifts of live horses during the queen's reign, clearly none of which are shown in the exhibition, but also objects relating to horses. so, porcelain horses, an example of her riding horse burmese in bronze, and examples of her mounted. from grand gifts to personal belongings, but for the first time, one of the displays has been dedicated to princess diana, with items chosen by her sons to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. among them, her ballet shoes and a suitcase full of cassette tapes of her favourite music. john ironmonger, bbc news, at buckingham palace. time for the weather.

many of us feeling a chill in the air, some strong winds around. and some heavy rain, even cracks of thunder again across one or two areas of the uk. in wales, for example, in the last few hours. the weather has been nasty, especially in the south—west, those winds have been strong around coastal areas and blustery inland, as well. this is the area of bad weather, so a line of wind and rain crossing the country through the course of today and into tonight. it doesn't last for long but the rain is heavy and it's accompanied by strong winds. how about the weekend? it's looking u nsettled, how about the weekend? it's looking unsettled, has to be said. frequent showers, hail and thunder possibly, as well. but also some sunshine so that classic mixed bag of weather. here's the weather for saturday. you can see the south and the south—west and the midlands peppered by the showers, rain in the north too. best of the weather probably in the far

north of scotland tomorrow. this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser. the headlines at 3.00. police searching for the missing airmen, corrie mckeague, who vanished during a night out in bury st edmunds last september, in the next few minutes. two people are killed and more than a hundred others injured, after a powerful earthquake strikes near the greek island of kos. the room shook from side to side. the noise was terrible. just dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. the environment secretary michael gove has said the whole cabinet agrees there should be a period of adjustment after brexit so that businesses have access to the migrant workers they need. a man admits murdering his brother and attempting to murder his