this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at midday north korea suspends all missile tests and announces it's to shut down a nuclear test site. south korea called the move "meaningful progress" with president trump hailing the announcement as big news. i believe in north korea the path is open for the denuclearisation of north korea. diplomacy is the way to solve conflict, not war. theresa may promises compensation to windrush immigrants who were unfairly threatened with deportation. a major nhs supplier, allied healthcare, who look after elderly and vulnerable patients is believed to be in financial difficulties. police arrest a man wanted in connection with a burglary in south—east london, during which one intruder was fatally stabbed. tributes are paid to avicii, one of the world's biggest dance music stars, who has died at the age of 28.

also in the next hour: the state pension gender gap is "narrowing too slowly" according to consumer group which? men still receive an average of £28 more a week in state pension than women, despite reforms to narrow the gap. and coming up half an hour: can drones deliver? click takes a look at how drone technology is driving the global economy and may change the way we live our lives. good afternoon. let's go live to hyde park in central london, where a iii—gun salute is about to begin to mark the 92nd birthday

of her majesty the queen. her majesty the queen turning 92 today. as you can see, those facts down the side of your screen, the old est ever down the side of your screen, the oldest ever british monarch. this gun salute is under way. it started at mid—date in hyde park, not a 21 gun salute but a 41 gun salute. the basic salute round to honour the queen is 21 rounds, fired at ten second intervals. in hyde park, as in other royal parks, you get an extra 20 because it is a royal park. interestingly, at ipm, there will be even more because there is a further gun salute at the tower of london, but that will be 62 because you get extra 20 as it is a royal palace and then an extra 21 because it is in then an extra 21 because it is in the city of london. you get a sense that of the gun

salute that is under way, and also the fact that there is a day of celebrations planned, the queen stepped to attend a star—studded concert at the royal albert hall tonight. what you are seeing, to remind you, is a gun salute with teams of horses galloping across the park pulling those 13 pounder guns at speed over the grass. they quickly detached to the guns and, upon command, fired those booming blanks with the path of white smoke that rises into the air. the king strip royal horse artillery and the honourable artillery company. —— the

king's troop royal horse artillery. a wonderful spectacle to mark the queen's 92nd birthday. north korea has announced the immediate suspension of nuclear and missile tests and a shutdown of its nuclear test site. the announcement comes ahead of planned summits with the leaders of south korea and the united states. president trump has tweeted that the announcement is good news for the world and that he is looking forward to meeting the north korean leaderfor talks. bill hayton reports. in his six years as north korean leader, kim jong—un's nuclear missile programmes have made giant leaps. his regime now possesses both a nuclear weapon and the ability to hit parts of the united states. many in the region feared confrontation was coming, so this announcement appears to be good news. president trump certainly sees it that way. "big progress," he declared, "look forward to our summit." however, one former 0bama administration official says the announcement

avoids the big issues. it's not a major change. it says north korea will freeze their testing. but there is really no commitment to denuclearisation or any plans of the trump administration. there has been intense diplomacy to get to this point. kim jong—un visited beijing. mr trump's cia boss went to north korea. and the winter olympics allowed north korean officials to visit the south. the next step will be a meeting next week between kim and his south korean counterpart, moonjae—in. a new direct telephone line between the two leaderships was formally opened on friday. however, the fact that pyongyang is telling its people about the progress suggests that it is serious about decreasing the tension on the korean peninsula. let's get more on this story from dr adam cathca rt

from the university of leeds in northern england. he's the author of continuity and change in north korean politics. good afternoon. good afternoon. what do you make of this announcement? how significant is it? it is certainly good news in terms of lowering tensions and bringing something from north korea to the table with talks with south korea and the united states. i agree with your piece that it is not an utter change, it is not full unique where asian or anything like that, a consolidation of the narrative of nuclear development and a real achievement as they depicted for kim jong—unin achievement as they depicted for kim jong—un in the last five years, with the work he has been doing on this issue. he will be looking to build on this, no doubt, as will america, south korea and china. what will we see in the coming weeks with these meetings that plan? there are great

discrepancies between how open they are and what information is coming out. china has been very quiet, we have not got a sense that they have put forward a grand bargain to the north koreans. there will be probably more funding and more aid coming to north korea if they continue to cooperate. trump and the information that comes out of washington is very random and very exciting, but how thick is the coordination, how fast will be americans want to go? will we be back to talking about strikes north korea if they don't behave? hopefully we will get a strong basis for ongoing discussion, because there is a lot to discuss still. there has been quite a lot of belligerence from president trump was north korea, but there is a building that he will be looking to effect change in a more positive

way. it is good for the united states to be less confrontational, i think, it turns a public negations with north korea. it only accelerates the melding of the leadership with the people of north korea in this kind of anti—american nationalism which is at the core of what they do. the north korean people have been told they were now pivot towards the economy, and we see that as good news, but maybe that will not work for them under the sanctions regime, they could be spending months away from the office shovelling manure, for example, they are very low—tech economy. shovelling manure, for example, they are very low-tech economy. is it you thought that full normalisation is something that is in the mind of kim jong—un, or is that several leaders away? it is hard to say. there are many people that see him as a new

voice, wanting something different. he has depicted himself as going beyond even his father or grandfather's legacy of having set up grandfather's legacy of having set up this nuclear deterrent. what will he do with it? there are many who see him as more of a continuity, following the old north korean methods. if he is following those playbooks, then we will see a very harsh set of struggle methods that north korea will continue to levy against north —— against south korea and america. we will see. food for thought. thank you for your time. theresa may has promised compensation to long—standing caribbean migrants who have been unfairly threatened with deportation. it is expected to cover any financial losses incurred, and more details are expected to be published within the next week. simonjones reports. a show of solidarity. hundreds gathered in south london last night at the aptly named

windrush square demanding compensation for those who had been affected. the message? the windrush generation didn't violate any laws, the law violated them. i am a british citizen but they don't recognise that. and there is no way i can prove that. people have been treated beneath contempt and it angers me, because without the windrush generation, iwould not be who i am today. footage: arrivals at tilbury. the empire windrush brings to britain brings 500 jamaicans. it's affected the families of commonwealth citizens who came to britain after the second world war to help rebuild the country caught out by changes to immigration rules in recent years. with a crackdown on illegal immigration, some couldn't produce the paperwork that showed how long they'ed been here and were told they could face deportation. following apologies, there's now, in public, an offer of compensation. i gave an absolute commitment that the uk government will do whatever it takes, including, where appropriate, payment of compensation,

to resolve the anxieties and problems that some of the windrush generation have suffered. these people are british, they are part of us, they helped to build britain, and we are all the stronger for their contributions. the issue overshadowed the summit of commonwealth leaders which backed prince charles to become the next head of the organisation when he becomes king. downing street declined to give further details about how the compensation scheme will work, but said they would be announced shortly by the home office. 0ur political correspondent, susana mendonca, gave an update on the discovery of new documents in the national archives. it has emerged that the national archives, which stores all sorts of things from the past couple of hundred years or so, has some records in its possession that go back to 1878, up until 1960, taking in the windrush generation, because they came in from 19118 through to the 1950s. these are details of passenger lists of people who have come over,

names, dates of birth, journeys that they took. these documents were kept for the board of trade at the time. they have got these documents. what we don't know yet is whether the government will be using those documents. i have asked the question and am waiting to get a response on that. there potentially is some evidence that could potentially back up the cases of these people from the windrush generation who came over during that period. we understand there are around 1,500 of boxes that could be used. unpicking a mess that has become complicated. people who have been badly treated could be compensated. how did we get into this mess? in 2009, there was a decision made at the home office to destroy these records,

which are cards from the windrush generation that would have been filled in at the time. they were destroyed in 2010, once theresa may was in the home office because the conservative/lib dem coalition took over in 2010. from labour's perspective the direction of travel in terms of how they began to deal with immigrants. the home office under the coalition decided to be much stricter on immigration. if you were someone living in the uk, you had to prove you were legally here. a lot of these people did not have that proof so they were then denied rights to health care, they lost their jobs, some people were deported. that is why we got to this point where the home secretary and the prime minister have been apologising in this last week. embarrassing because we have had the commonwealth heads in the country. she has had to apologise

for this saga. when it comes to how this looks, of course, this whole issue of immigration and people coming into the country and want to stay, it plays into the hands of people who might be looking to criticise the brexit process. one of the key issues in the brexit negotiations with the eu at the moment is about the ec] and whether it needs to have jurisdiction over eu citizens after we leave. what she has agreed is that it would have jurisdiction over eu citizens for eight years after we leave. they are wary as to whether they would be protected. we have heard from a dutch mep today who has been talking about if the british government can't protect the rights of uk citizens, can the eu trust them to protect the rights of eu citizens and their children in the years to come? raising that question

about whether or not after we leave the eu, people who have emigrated here from there would be protected. police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a burglary in south—east london, during which one intruder was fatally stabbed. billyjeeves, who's 28, was detained in kent. he's being questioned about a raid at the home of 78—year—old richard 0sborn—brooks in hither green where a burglar, henry vincent, was stabbed and later died from his wounds. the parents of the terminally ill toddler, alfie evans have lost the latest stage of their legal battle over his life support. tom evans and kate james failed to persuade the supreme court that their son was being unlawfully detained at alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. the court also refused permission for the parents to appeal the decision. the couple say they will now make an urgent application to the european court of human rights. the headlines on bbc news:

ahead of south korea talks next week, kim jong—un suspends all north korea's nuclear and missile tests. the prime minister promises to do whatever it takes to help the windrush generation, including paying compensation. tributes are paid to the swedish dj avicii, who has died at the age of 28. a major supplier to the nhs is set to file for protection from its creditors due to what it describes as a highly challenging environment. allied healthcare operates the nhs 111 service and cares for 13,500 elderly and vulnerable people in their own homes. it says no services will be directly affected by the move. earlier our business correspondent, joe lynam, explained what was behind the money troubles. local authorities, councils,

boroughs and so one have had their budgets squeezed in order to get the public finances on a public footing. that has had a major effect on the spending power of local authorities, and these give out contracts to companies like allied health care to do the kind of stuff you referred to there, including the nhs111 service but also social care, in—house care, staying overnight with sick and honourable people, and theirfunds are being cut back which means they have less money to give to companies like allied health care. what they are doing is filing for a cva, a volu nta ry are doing is filing for a cva, a voluntary arrangement which shields them from debt in order for them to get their house in order. this protects them from landlords and pension funds. they get all of these

credit is around the table, this is oui’ credit is around the table, this is our plan to get back on a level footing, you may not get rent for a year if we go bust, the same for pencil entitlement and other creditors. they haggle a deal and once they put themselves on a firmer footing, they try to get themselves ona footing, they try to get themselves on a slimmer basis will stop this volu nta ry on a slimmer basis will stop this voluntary arrangement, how successful a re voluntary arrangement, how successful are they? they are successful are they? they are successful at giving people breathing space while the market is weak. jjb sports applied for one in 2012, after the recession. they have recovered. blacks leisure have gone into one. house of fraser, the well—known department store, is also undergoing a cva. it gives you protection from the rigours of having to pay all of your bills, get

your house in order, hope the market recovers , your house in order, hope the market recovers, and then hopefully all will be well. ina in a statement, the department for health and social care, they say they continue to monitor the stability of the provider. the day—to—day running of the service will not be impacted by its ongoing negotiations. health ministers are calling on the makers of a drug to treat cystic fibrosis to lower the price, so it can be made available on the nhs. vertex pharmaceuticals said it would meet officials from nhs england next week to discuss the use of 0rkambi. the drug has been shown in clinical trials to improve lung function in people with the condition. tributes have been paid to one of the world's biggest electronic dance music stars, swedish dj avicii, who's died in oman at the age of 28. he was best known for his million—selling uk number one single "wake me up". avicii had retired from touring in 2016 due to health problems. here's andrew plant.

# so wake me up when it's all over. ..# the dance music dj avicii, whose club anthems made him famous worldwide. tim bergling began making music in his bedroom in sweden, before his talent caught hold, taking him on a ten—year career that saw him filling hundreds of venues with thousands of fans. there are very few genuine megastars from my world, and avicii was one of the handful of them, with a really distinctive melodic sound, a classicjourney up from the underground through to the extreme mainstream, avicii worked with some of the biggest names in the business, from nile rodgers to coldplay, and tributes have poured in. rita 0ra, who he worked with, tweeted: his music has been streamed more

than 10 billion times online, and he hit number one spots around the world. his latest collection was nominated for a billboard music award just a few days before his death. the indian government has approved the introduction of the death penalty for child rapists. protests have been held across the country, following a series of high—profile cases of child rape, some involving members from one of india's largest political parties, the bjp. the executive order was cleared at a special cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister, narendra modi. the consumer group, which? , has warned that reforms to the pension system introduced two years ago

have failed to address a gender gap. it says women receive state pensions which are £28 a week less than men's on average — partly because they have patchy national insurance records after caring for children and the elderly. here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. nearly 13 million pensioners, but they're not all the same. on average, women get less than men out of the state pension. until recently, there were two different bits. the basic pension, how much get of that, depends on how many years you've been working and paying national insurance. and the state second pension, linked to how much you earned. what which has found is that men receive £154 per week on average while the typical women's pension is £126, hence the gap of £28, the result of patchy national insurance records and lower pay while working. for people retiring now and in the future, there's a new state pension. it gets rid of the state's second pension, which men do best from, and makes the most of allowances for caring,

which go mainly to women. only those who have retired since 2016 get it. but which says amongst them, men have been getting £152 per week on average, while women are getting £1114. so there's still an £8 gap. many women are already having to deal with the fact that their pension age is being raised from 60 to 65. how long will it take for the pension gap to close? some say it could be a decade. republicans in the united states have dismissed as frivolous a lawsuit brought by the democratic party against president trump's election campaign, russia, and wikileaks. the lawsuit accuses them of conspiring to influence the 2016 election. the democrats argue the trump campaign "gleefully" accepted russian help to subvert democracy. but president trump's current campaign manager called it a "sham action". the former us first lady, barbara bush, will be laid to rest at a private family funeral

in texas later today. mourners have been paying their respects to the 92 year their respects to the 92—year—old at a public lying—in—repose, where they were greeted by her husband, george bush senior. a mexican court has barred sales of a controversial frida kahlo barbie doll, ruling that members of her family owned the sole rights to her image. the doll was launched in march, but provoked anger from some of the artist's relatives, who say the manufacturer, mattel, used her image without permission. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. this isn't so much a home, but a shrine to the artist frida kahlo. the walls are adorned with photographs of a woman now considered to be one of the great painters of the 20th century. for years, her relatives have

insisted they own the rights to her image, and her legacy. now, a court in mexico seems to agree. translation: based on the documents that prove our rights, the judge ordered the company mattel in this specific case not to market the image of the brand, frida kahlo. the frida kahlo barbie doll is part of mattel‘s inspiring women range, where the company says it celebrates female role models. she is described as an artist, activist and feminist icon. but the family says the doll does not represent the real frida kahlo. the skin tone is too light, for instance, herfamous monobrow is missing. i'm really delighted, because i believe that justice has been served. i think that is what is yours

will always be yours. this is a victory for the kahlo family, but it is only a first step. the court verdict applies in mexico, and only mexico. her relatives say, pending any appeal, they will launch a similar lawsuit in barbie's own country, the united states. swiss police are on the hunt, after a suspect sped through a quiet village at almost twice the legal limit. given it was a male mallard who set the cameras off, by flying at 52 kilometers an hour, they have good reason to suspect fowl play. the feathered felon is still at large, amid fears he may have migrated. let's get a look at the weather now.

hello. thank you forjoining me. if you want your weekend's weather in a nutshell, i can bring it to you in two lines. things are cooling gradually from the north and west, and there is a risk of thunderstorms, some already across the west country have seen one or two showers. that threat rises towards wales and the midlands. for some chewing the afternoon, another 11 in prospect. weatherfrom showing its hand in the north—west of the country. some of you could see some heavy thunderstorms in northern and eastern england overnight. it will be another close night, and it will be another close night, and it will bea be another close night, and it will be a close start to sunday until this weather front brings its cloud and breeze and rain everfurther towards the south and east. if you are engaged with the marathon, that will be ahead of the weather front and those temperatures will still be on the high side, but cool

elsewhere. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: north korea suspends all missile tests and announces it's to shut down a nuclear test site. president trump welcomes the move — calling it good news for the world. theresa may says members of the windrush generation — treated unfairly by the home office — are to be compensated "where appropriate". police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a burglary in south—east london, during which one intruder was fatally stabbed. tributes are paid to avicii — one of the world's biggest dance music stars — who has died at the age of 28. and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. manchester united taking on top than

today in the first of this weekends's fa cup semifinals. for both sides, it is the only chance to finish the season with silverware and spurs could have the advantage as they have been playing home games at wembley this season. look, i played one cup final. in roma stadium, against roma, and i w011. roma stadium, against roma, and i won. and i played a cup final in my stadium and they lost. so i think when you go to these big moments, with these big decisions, semifinals, finals, i don't think it is an advantage. tomorrow, chelsea ta ke is an advantage. tomorrow, chelsea take on southampton in the second semifinal.

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