this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3pm: north korea suspends all missile tests and announces it's to shut down a nuclear test site. president trump called the announcement big news! the un secretary—general says it shows that diplomacy works. i believe in north korea the path is open for the peaceful denuclearisation of the peninsula. and it also proves diplomacy is the way solve conflict, not war. carwynjones says he will stand down as wales‘ first minister in the autumn. theresa may promises compensation to windrush immigrants who were unfairly threatened with deportation a three—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. a major nhs supplier, allied healthcare, who look after elderly and vulnerable patients is believed to be in financial difficulties. gun salutes have taken place across the uk to mark the queen's 92nd birthday. soldiers from the king's troop — the royal horse artillery — fired 41 times in hyde park

in london at midday. 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 and welcome to bbc news. north korea's leader says he is suspending nuclear—missile tests — and shutting down a key test site. kim jong un made the announcement ahead of a summit — due to take place over the coming months — with the united states and south korea. president trump has hailed the news as "big progress" and here the foreign office have called it "a positive step". our correspondent laura bicker reports from the south

korean capital, seoul. north korea's favourite news anchor is back. usually the famous anchor would be announcing the state's latest missile test, but today was different. kimjong un has declared there will be no more nuclear or ballistic missile tests. he is also going to shut down an atomic test site to focus on building north korea's economy. in a tweet, the us president said: these students have defected from north to south korea. they are sceptical of their former leader's claims. translation: there are three nuclear facilities and they are only closing one. it is just to show action, to negotiate with the us. it doesn't mean they are going

to give up their nuclear weapons. there is a need to be wary of this announcement. translation: to develop nuclear weapons they have killed tens of thousands of people by starving them. i think north korea is trying to get a reward because they have been pressured by sanction. in seoul, a hotline has been set up to pyongyang to allow the leaders of the divided peninsula to talk to one another. they are welcoming this latest news from the north ahead of a summit meeting between the two sides next week. it's worth noting what kim jong un did not say. he is not handing over his nuclear weapons, he is simply going to stop testing them. this is not denuclearisation, as ordered by the united states. nevertheless, it is a significant step. it really signals he's all in. and we need to catch up, i think, in terms of our analysis of where kimjong unis. he is ready for the summit with the south koreans,

for the summit with donald trump. it is a measure of his seriousness that he is doing this before the meetings. pyongyang has broken nearly every promise it has made to the international community. but there is some hope — that this time, maybe, it will be different. the un secretary general antonio gutteres said it's possible that north korea could one day be fully de—nuclearised. i think there is hope, i believe that if things go well, and i think they will go well, they will prove that the security council can be effective when it is united. the problem is that in many aspects, namely syria, we have not been able to have a united security council. when it is united and adopt important measures, they can effect change.

today i believe that the path is open for the peaceful denuclearisation of the korean peninsular. diplomacy is the path to peace, not war. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker. she said kimjong un explained how kimjong un was positioning himself, ahead of that planned summit with president trump. there is optimism in this statement. first he is laying the groundwork, he didn't have to do this he didn't have to come up with a list of what he is prepared to do, and yet he has. when it comes to the ground work, he is already doing this so he can go to these summits and bargain for more. he is also talking about the economy better, promoting it,

making the lives of his people better. that gives a little hint as to what he might be asking for. certainly the strict international sanctions, there are some signs in pyongyang that it may be feeling the squeeze. pyongyang that it may be feeling the squeeze. so they may be there to ask these national community to lift those sanctions. that is the optimism part. the caution part, as i mentioned in that piece, pyongyang has broken nearly every promise it has broken nearly every promise it has made the international community. and when it comes to this pledge, these are easy pledges to make. kim jong un pledge, these are easy pledges to make. kimjong un has already declared he is a nuclear power. they have had six nuclear tests. you may think they don't need to upgrade their weapons any more. and when it comes to the atomic site he is going to close, that may be significant, but the site was badly damaged according to many reports during the last test. so when it comes to the caution, these are easy pledges for kim to make. the difficult one will

be here are my weapons, i am going to hand them over. and when it comes to hand them over. and when it comes to that kind of pledge, that is something we have not seen so far. very quickly, what is the feeling like in seoul? here in south korea they have broadly welcome this. it is something they really didn't expect because last year us and north korea were exchanging insults and there was a fear that south korea would be caught in the korean war. all of a sudden now there is talk of a peace treaty being dangled in front of kim jong un. i talk of a peace treaty being dangled in front of kimjong un. i think there is a feeling that theyjust wa nt there is a feeling that theyjust want this over with somehow. and i think if there is going to be a meeting between president trump and kimjong unit meeting between president trump and kim jong un it will give meeting between president trump and kimjong un it will give people hear a lot of hope that maybe sometimes something will get better. some breaking news. confirmed by the met metropolitan police, it is

reported that police were called at three o'clock in the early hours of saturday to reports of a man that had been stabbed at seven sisters rd. a 21—year—old man was found at the scene stuff ring from stab wounds. he has been taken to a north london hospital. his condition is described as not life—threatening. the second piece of information is that a very short distance from this location at roth walk, a second male, aged 20, was found all folks suffering from stab wounds. it is reported that despite the efforts of medics at the scene he was pronounced dead. that is at the scene. enquiries are under way to try to trace his next of kin. police have confirmed they were at the scene as well and an air ambulance and the london ambulance service as well. in response to this, the mayor

of london has tweeted that he is deeply saddened that a young man was stabbed to death in finsbury park last night, another night life unnecessarily lost a violent crime on our streets. he has posted a full statement on his facebook account. one man at the age of 20 died at roth walk in finsbury park, another, a 21—year—old was found suffering from stab wounds, none life—threatening, and ta ken from stab wounds, none life—threatening, and taken to hospital. we also understand a 21—year—old injured male was arrested on suspicion of affray. we will get more as we have it. international chemical weapons experts have arrived at the site of a suspected gas attack in syria, according to russia's foreign ministry. the team from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons was said to have left damascus. the us has expressed concern that russia might have tampered with the site. both russia and syria deny that any chemical attack has taken place. in the last few minutes carwyn jones, the first minister

for wales, has announced he will be stepping down from his role in the autumn. mrjones, the leader of welsh labour, has been first minister since 2009 but recently faced criticism following the death of ex—welsh cabinet minister carl sargeant. his resignation comes just hours after the party elected its first ever deputy party leader, carolyn harris. theresa may has promised compensation to long—standing caribbean migrants who have been unfairly threatened with deportation. it's 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. one of the uk's biggest providers of home care visits is understood to be in financial difficulties. allied healthcare — which employs around 12,000 people who look after elderly and vulnerable patients — says it will continue to provide them with care. the company is seeking a repayment plan with its creditors. it says they'll be no redundancies. our business correspondent joe lynam is here. just take us through events up until this point. since 2010 there has

been a budgetary squeeze for local authorities as the government tries to balance the books after the financial crisis. so local authorities, councils, borrows, etc, have had their budgets squeezed and they outsource a lot of this social ca re they outsource a lot of this social care and a lot of work in the health ca re care and a lot of work in the health care sector to companies like allied health care. added to that, the national minimum wage has crept up in recent years and many of the people working in social care depend on the national living wage, is that pushes up costs. so now they are applying for a company voluntary arrangement in order to shield it from some of its creditors so that it can restructure its own business, sits around the table with its landlords, creditors, patients and trustees, and says if you can give us some trustees, and says if you can give us some breathing space we have a plan to set the business on a firmer

footing. if you give us some space, forgive us a couple of months rent maybe, we will be in a much better place and we won't have to file for administration and that would mean a lot more people losing a lot more money. is there proof that these work? it's like administration light. it is an insolvency process but it is not as damaging as an administration process. about six yea rs administration process. about six years ago we had jayjb sports file for cva, they restructured and are a much more solid fitting. so did blacks leisure the retail group. in the last few months carpet right has filed for a cva as has house of fraser. usually it does involve some financial pain and job losses. at the moment as you have said there have been no planned job losses and the social care they do will

continue. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: ahead of south korea talks next week, kim jong—un suspends all north korea's nuclear and missile tests. at the welsh labour party conference — first minister carwynjones says he will stand down as leader in the autumn. the prime minister promises to do whatever it takes to help the windrush generation including paying compensation. in sport, west bromwich albion fc matched a point against liverpool in today's lunchtime kick—off in the premier league. it finished 2—2. west brom are eight points adrift of safety, could be relegated this weekend. celtic would have won the scottish permission title today with a win at hibs but they lost 2—1. they are still 13 points clear and could take the title this weekend in aberdeen and rangers lose. great britain are tied at 1—1 in their fed

cup play—off against japan. britain are tied at 1—1 in their fed cup play—off againstjapan. he won a konta won in straight sets. i will have a full update for you in the next half—hour. a police investigation has been launched after a three—year—old boy died in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. officers were called to a david lloyd club in leeds at about 9:45am this morning following a report that a child had entered the pool and drowned. the boy was taken to leeds general infirmary, but later died. police are treating the incident as an accident, but are appealing for anyone who was in the pool at the time to contact them. 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. police are continuing to hold a man in connection with the burglary in south east london — during which an intruder was fatally stabbed. billyjeeves, who's 28, was detained in kent yesterday. he's being questioned about the raid at the home of 78—year—old richard osborn—brooks in hither green on april the 11th — when burglar henry vincent was stabbed and later died from his wounds. 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 a 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 ora, who he worked with on the hit track lonely together, tweeted: madonna said: and calvin harris said: his music has been streamed more than ten 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 dj avicii, who's died at the age of 28. 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 orkambi. the drug has been shown in clinical trials to improve lung function in people with the condition. 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. the fa cup semi—finals will get under way at wembley stadium this evening. manchester united and tottenham hostpur are the first teams to go head—to—head at in what has been tipped to be an "all or nothing" match. our sports news correspondent david ornstein is at wembley with more on this story. do you think tottenham could possibly have a home advantage there? they will certainly like to think so. they have been playing here is their temporary home and they have got better at as time has gone on. they also beat man united here convincingly in the premier league in january. here convincingly in the premier

league injanuary. today is a little different. they have the away dressing room rather than the home one. and the crowd will be split 50-50 one. and the crowd will be split 50—50 between the two clubs, so there will be a different feel to wembley today. fans are just arriving now. the atmosphere are starting to build. manchester united are perhaps a slight favourites from are perhaps a slight favourites from a footballing point of view, they are ahead of tottenham in the premier league. and they have a great record in the fa cup. a record equalling 29th semifinal for them. totte n ha m equalling 29th semifinal for them. tottenham have lost their last seven semifinals, an infamous record matched by nobody in the country. totte n ha m matched by nobody in the country. tottenham have some very exciting attacking talent in hurricane, england's big hope for the world cup and pochettino their captain. they are still waiting for the first trip with the under him. manchester united have more big—game players, pogba and sanchez and jose mourinho who knows how to win these things.

they both want to win the trophy because they'd have no other realistic hopes this season of one. manchester united want to keep pace with their city rivals manchester city, so this would be a boost for them. although not the priority. theyjudge their success by premier league and champions league titles. totte n ha m league and champions league titles. tottenham lack the fa cup since 1991. there is a lot at stake. a win here would take them to the final where they would play either chelsea 01’ where they would play either chelsea or southampton, who meet here tomorrow. thank you. the us aviation regulator has joined european authorities in ordering emergency inspections ofjet engines, similar to the one which exploded during a flight on tuesday, killing a passenger. tests must take place within 20 days. here's russell trott. it's every airline passenger's nightmare, the port side engine of this south west airlines boeing 737 exploded at 32,000 feet, with debris smashing a window and a passenger almost being sucked out of the cabin.

she died from her injuries. she was 43, a mother of two and a banking executive. early indications pointed to a fan blade breaking off due to metalfatigue. the first fatal us airline incident in was lesser decade. —— in almost a decade. now almost 700 boeing 737 engines will need to be inspected worldwide over the next 20 days. in a statement, the us federal aviation administration said fan blade failure due to cracking could result in an engine in—flight shutdown. uncontained release of debris and possible aeroplane decompression. any fan blades that fail the inspection will have to be replaced. it's not the first time metal fatigue has caused a fan blade to break off an engine. in 2016, a southwest airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in florida, but investigators are hoping that flight 1380 will be the last.

the former us first lady, barbara bush, will be laid to rest at a private family funeral in texas later. mourners have been paying their respects to the 92—year—old at a public lying—in—repose, where they were greeted by her husband, george bush senior. the american television actress, allison mack, best known as a star of the series smallville, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking at a court in new york. prosecutors allege she helped recruit women into a cult—like organisation, led by a man who used them as sex slaves. the group's leader was arrested last month. it's been more than ten months since the london bridge attack — which left eight people dead and dozens more injured. one of those was charlie guinea—gult — a metropolitan police officer — who happened to be on the scene at the time. since then he's had five operations — but tomorrow he will run

the london marathon. caroline davies has been speaking to him. firstly i thought it was just a pub fire. um, it was just one of them just instant reactions to go over there, try and help your colleagues out. police officer charlie guenigault was off duty watching football in london bridge on the night of the third ofjune. he was one of many members of the emergency services that ran towards the attackers. initially, i was confronted by all three and two of them started to attack me. i then tried to, you know, do my best to defend myself and unfortunately, one of them got me in the back first and then twice in the head, and another one in the back and then at that stage, i've just sort of just fallen to the floor. for about three or four seconds, i thought "this is it." for whatever reason, the attackers didn't stay to kill charlie, but they did leave him with serious injuries. initially, i had some a splenectomy, so my spleen was taken

out and just obviously, you know, bandaged up inside. i had an infection, about another eight weeks at kings over the summer. since he has been out of hospital, charlie has been building up to run his second london marathon. it was just a challenge on all parts of my body, i mean, mainly it was from where the surgery was and where i had chest drains in and things like that. but i always feel that i've run a bit further. before i've had to sort of stop or i didn't feel as much pain this time and now it has got to a point where sometimes, you know, it might be like for a brief moment you think "oh, this is like it was last time." this time, he is running it for the team who helped save his life, king's college hospital. it's really important for me to do — to give something back to them. what i am aiming to raise isn't gonna, you now, build a new ward, it's not gonna do that, but it is money at the end of the day that goes towards them, to help them out in helping others. it might seem a huge challenge to go from a hospital bed to a marathon in less than one year but then, charlie's has already shown he'll

run in where others wouldn't. carolyn davis, bbc news. the queen turns 92 today — and celebrations including royal gun salutes are taking place around britain. in hyde park at noon, a 41—gun salute marked the occasion and at one o'clock, a 62—gun salute was fired at the tower of london, while 21—gun salutes are taking place at edinburgh castle, windsor castle and york. her majesty, who this week has been hosting the commonwealth heads of government meeting, also has an official birthday in june. this evening, musicians including kylie minogue and tom jones will perform for her at a birthday concert at the royal albert hall, which will be shown live on bbc one. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle have been welcomed by the australian prime minister at a reception for the next invictus games. prince harry and meghan met

servicemen and women from britain and australia at the event in london. sydney is hosting the next invictus games in october and more than 500 sick and injured military and veterans are scheduled to compete. prince harry, who is patron of the games, is expected to attend with meghan, who by then will be his wife. 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. now the weather with darren bett. we've seen some warm sunshine today,

temperatures in the mid—20s at best. however we still have this threat of some storms developing across parts of wales came through the midlands, up of wales came through the midlands, up towards northern england. torrential rain possible and some thunderstorms, maybe a few more developing in the south—east, east anglia. a threat mainly across england and wales, nope means guaranteed. we're more likely to find his brand of rain coming into northern ireland and western scotland, the end of the night and this will push steadily eastwards tomorrow, behind its cool and fresh air. heavy weighing for a while across western scotland and then we're across western scotland and then we' re left across western scotland and then we're left with a band of showers we re we're left with a band of showers were eastward across england and wales into the remaining wards in the south east and east anglia which could trigger some heavy thundery showers in the afternoon. highs of 22 and 23. elsewhere as it brightens we introduce fresh air and the temperatures will be lower today. but all of us as we head into the week ahead we're back to normal temperatures, mid—teens typically. some sunshine