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president trump cancels next month's summit with north korea because of what he calls president kim's hostility. the highly anticipated talks were aimed at ridding the peninsula of nuclear weapons. earlier, north korea claimed it had destroyed part of its nuclear test site — donald trump said pyongyang needs to go much further. if and when kim jong—un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and actions, iam waiting. we'll have the latest from washington and seoul. also on tonight's programme: the four children who died when their house was petrol bombed in the middle of the night — two men are sentenced to life for their murder. i was a nana of 11, now i am a nana of seven. we will never again hear their voices shouting out "nana" or "grandad". an army sergeant is found guilty of trying to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute — police say it was a miracle she survived falling 4,000 feet. and liverpool fans
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arrive in kiev, ready for the champions league final. and coming up on bbc news: england's test troubles continue on a bad opening day forjoe root‘s side in the first test with pakistan at lord's. good evening. president trump has cancelled the meeting he was due to hold with north korea's leader kim jong—un next month because of what he called president kim's recent hostility. the announcement came only a few hours after north korea invited a group of foreign journalists to witness what it said was the destruction of tunnels at its nuclear test site. president trump described
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evidence, and sought to what had changed the explain what had changed the president's mind. over the past many days, we have endeavoured to put preparation teams together to begin to prepare for the summit and we received no response to our inquiries. the president's letter coincided with the north koreans playing host to a group of western journalists invited to witness the destruction of a nuclear test site. but there was fury in washington when pyongyang put out a statement last night describing mike pence as ignorant and stupid, and there seemed to be a threat. at the heart of this is the demand for the denuclearisation of the
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korean peninsular, a phrase that sounds simple but is open to vastly different interpretations. this might have been a historic summit in seeing these two leaders sit down at a table together, but as time went on it became increasingly clear that is all it would be. great expectations had been replaced a cold dose of reality. it is important to note donald trump isn't shutting the door completely toa summit isn't shutting the door completely to a summit at a future date. the problem is if you find there are irreconcilable differences on policy and particularly denuclearisation, what will change in the future that makes it possible then? it may be the best chance for progress has just passed. thank you. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in seoul. what reaction where you are? the south korean leader president moon
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has released a statement urging kim jong—un and president trump to talk to the jong—un and president trump to talk to - the stand—off. this we site :5 ' ”a what he 47 n 7 7 7 peninsular are wondering what he will do next. laura, thank you. two men have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering four children with petrol bombs, which were thrown into the family home in greater manchester in the middle of the night. zac bolland and david worrall set fire to the house in walkden in december.
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the court heard that bolland was involved in a feud with the siblings' older brother. judith moritz is at manchester crown court. the children's the child ren‘s grandmother the children's grandmother said today their deaths have left the whole family numb, that they know they will never be able to tell them off again in a supermarket or giggling on the family trampoline. there was gasping and sobbing from the public gallery from the family as thejury the public gallery from the family as the jury returned their guilty verdicts. this is the view from a fire engine racing towards the pearson house, as it turns the corner the scale of the blaze is obvious. smoke blowing, fla mes blaze is obvious. smoke blowing, flames shooting out of every window. neighbours standing in the street, powerless to help. brandon and lacie
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pearson were ringside with their mother, also inside their sisters teenager demi and toddler lia, all of them were murdered. in daylight the burnt shell of the house shows how fierce the fire had been. it took hold so quickly the family had no chance to get out of their bedrooms and down the stairs. to think and do anything like this with four babies in the house and a woman and two other children is beyond me, it is evil. these men threw petrol bombs into the house, zac bolland on the left and his friend david worrall. zac bolland's girlfriend courtney brierley encouraged and helped them. their murderous journey was caught on cctv, first they went toa was caught on cctv, first they went to a petrol station to buy fuel to start the fire, then they went to the pearson home and lifted a garden
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fence panel. moments later you can see the flashes as the petrol bombs we re see the flashes as the petrol bombs were thrown into the house. inside little lia was sleeping next to her mother, michelle pearson picked her up mother, michelle pearson picked her up and put her in the bath to try to save her but the fire was too much. lia later died, michelle survived to be told four of her children had not. the fire was the result of a long—running feud between zac bolland and one of her sons. the family say michelle was let down having repeatedly warned she was in danger. are you angry? yes. who with? police, social services, the council. the police watchdog is investigating. we have referred this to the ipcc and a full review is taking place into the background that led to the fatal fire. the pearson family are still to hold
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funerals for the children, they say they will now go to the hospital to tell michelle that those who killed her children have been found guilty. taxes will have to rise to pay for the nhs if the uk is to avoid a decade of misery in which older and more vulnerable people are let down. that's the conclusion of a report by two think tanks, which says the health service will require the equivalent of £2,000 a yearfrom every british household for more than a decade. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg has more details. ca re costs. more care costs. more and more. hospitals in the red, waiting lists at record levels. today's demand to ministers, act now to avoid a real emergency. if we want a good health and social ca re system over
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if we want a good health and social care system over the next 15 years, we are going to have to pay for it. we cannot go on as we have done over the past ten years which has basically meant a few billion here and there and the system not really managing to cope. next year as micro—spending already is set at 154 billion. to keep up the verdict is it will need another 3.3% every year, a huge £95 billion over 15 yea rs, year, a huge £95 billion over 15 years, but for the service to improve the price tag is at least 4% extra each year, 124 billion more over that time, that is a hypothetical extra 2000 pounds in tax for every household. every government knows what happens on wards and in surgeries in hospitals around the country is one of the things we all care about most, so if evidence piles of that the nhs needs more cash, surely they have to act. but writing big checks with taxpayers money is anything but. the
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prime minister has already made a big promise to find more money for the nhs and to guarantee it for a decent length of time. but ministers area decent length of time. but ministers are a long way from agreeing how much, for how long, and how to pay. it took many months for theresa may to come this far. we need to get away from those annual top ups of the budget that we have seen and we need to have a sustainable long—term plan. finally agreeing with the health secretary that the nhs in england need extra money year after year. but where can the chancellor find it? extra cash, more cuts or borrowing, things are tense. our taxes going to have to rise? very nice to see you. nothing to see here. i think there is a very ferocious argument going on in whitehall. the prime minister
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basically seems to have made up her mind that the nhs has now become a political issue and that something has to be done. the chancellor may well be in the same position but he doesn't really want to open the cheque—book. the health secretary is demanding more cash. the prime minister wants the deal in time for the nhs' 70th anniversary injuly but there is no guarantee it will be ready or feel anything like a gift. a couple have been found guilty of murdering their french au pair and setting fire to her body in their garden. 21—year—old sophie lionnet was imprisoned, beaten and tortured by sabrina kouider and 0uissem medouni last september. the old bailey heard that the couple were convinced sophie had plotted to abuse people in their home and filmed her, as they forced her to confess to their allegations. they'll be sentenced injune. an army sergeant has been found guilty of trying to murder his wife
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by tampering with her parachute. victoria cilliers survived a 4,000 feet fall at an airfield three years ago. the court heard that emile cilliers' motives were both financial and sexual, and today police called him cold and calculating. duncan kennedy reports from winchester crown court. emile and victoria cilliers, husband and wife, a couple where he wanted her to die. an experienced skydiver who'd made 2,500 jumps, this was victoria cilliers during one of herflights. a flight exactly like this one over the same airfield in wiltshire where she had her accident. both her main and reserve chutes failed to open. she fell 4,000 feet... and only lived because she hit this ploughed field. detectives went to the airbase near salisbury and discovered that
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emile cilliers was the last to handle the parachute the day before victoria's accident. it was in this toilet that emile cilliers brought victoria cilliers' parachute to tamper with. he moved strings on the main chute and cut pieces off the reserve chute, all to sabotage it. what he hoped for was that, when she leapt out of the aircraft, she would jump to her death. the police organised this demonstration in the toilet to see if there was space to sabotage the parachute. there was. what was happening at the locker when you got there? but after his arrest, cilliers refused to speak about the chute. i'm not going to answer that question. incredibly, a week before the parachute incident, cilliers had also tampered with this gas pipe at his home, in a separate attempt to kill victoria by explosion. his children were upstairs at the time. i couldn't believe it!
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long before victoria, emile cilliers had fathered two children with this woman, nicky shepherd, who doesn't want her face shown. this is her with emile, someone she says was highly manipulative. in her first tv interview, she describes him as dangerous. i would describe him as, if i can use the word, psychopathic. i'm happy that i dodged a bullet. so, to start with, it's the charm, and this is why people like him, and then deceiving, manipulative, and everything else you don't find out until you've been hurt by it. emile cilliers had wanted victoria cilliers dead for an insurance pay—out, and because he had a mistress. duncan kennedy, bbc news. our top story this evening: president trump cancels next month's summit with north korea because of what he called president kim's hostility. still to come, i'm in kiev, where
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liverpool fans are finding following them to the champions league final is just as stressful as watching them. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, simon yates's hopes of becoming the first british man to win the giro d'italia suffer a setback, as his lead is cut in half, with three stages remaining. we're into day 18 of the race, of course, and that's when we can see... now, your inbox has probably been clogged up in recent days with emails from companies about your personal data and their privacy policies. it's all connected to a new data protection law that comes into force across europe tomorrow. as you can see, the law — called general data protection regulation or gdpr — has been causing confusion, bemusement and exasperation among twitter users. amol rajan looks at what's happening, why it matters, and what it says about our changing times. look familiar?
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over the past week, millions of us have been inundated with e—mails seeking consent for our data to be retained and used. how clear are you about what gdpr is? not at all. gdpr? what's that? i've no idea. gdpr, what is that exactly? gdpr gives consumers much more control over their data. they can now expect to be told who their data has been shared with, they can opt out of profiling and they can challenge automated decisions about issues such as whether or not they should be offered a loan. beyond that, consumers can now demand free access to data about them held by a company within a month. but for many businesses, even small ones like this aquatics firm near birmingham, complying with gdpr is onerous. all firms must now appoint a data protection officer, seek explicit consent, and allow customers to delete, inspect and correct records.
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many think their mailing lists are now redundant. in today's busy society, i'm exactly the same, you get bombarded with e—mails, and i can quite easily see that mailing list shrinking from 3,500 to less than 1,000, which we then got to build back up again. i think that message has been lost, to some extent... 0ne leading lawyer says many of the e—mails sent in the past week weren't needed. a lot of individuals are being bombarded by e—mails. are these e—mails actually necessary? in many cases, they are not necessary. there is a rule that, if you are sending unsolicited direct marketing by e—mail or text to an individual, you need their consent to do so. however, in many cases, individuals will have already given that consent, and also businesses can rely on something called the soft opt—in, and that means they can continue to send marketing messages to existing customers in respect of similar goods and services, provided they give them the opportunity to opt out. economic history is infinitely
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complex, but it does display patterns. the agrarian economy was based on land and the cultivation of crops. the industrial revolution created an economy driven by manufacturing. that in turn was followed by the growth of services and the knowledge economy, which places a premium on information. capital today is shifting towards a new type of economy, one in which the most precious resource isn't something that we can touch, smell or hear. this is the data economy. today, the most powerful companies in the world are those who hold almost unimaginable quantities of data. these companies are a new kind of media and technology giant, powered by algorithms that allow them to monetise information about all of us. demand for information caused the regulator's website to crash briefly today. it's now up and running again, and just as well. the world is watching this european attempt to take back control of our data. amol rajan, bbc news. two 15—year—old boys have been
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convicted of plotting to murder fellow students and teachers at their school in north yorkshire. the boys, who were 14 at the time, had become fascinated with the 1999 columbine high school massacre. they prepared a hit list of people they wanted to kill and stored bomb—making materials. downing street says there will be an investigation into how hoax callers from russia managed to record an 18—minute phone conversation with the foreign secretary, borisjohnson. posing as the newly elected prime minister of armenia, the pranksters discussed uk—russia relations and then posted the recording online. as you know, i have a meeting with president putin in sochi. last week, i know. i need to be prepared. i
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hope he will not cause nervous shock for me. it's very important, prime minister, that we don't have a new cold war. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, joins me. james, embarrassing for the foreign secretary. i think not so embarrassing for the foreign secretary, who played it very straight and didn't actually give the hoaxers what they wanted, which was a gaffe, which i think they thought would be easy to extra ct they thought would be easy to extract from a man they regard as a soft target, but embarrassing for the government, because the government machine picked up all the wrong signals, thought this was a genuine approach from armenia's newly elected prime minister and arranged the call. borisjohnson played very straight throughout, his foot was never close to his mouth, and the hoaxers paid him the condiment of saying that he was very diplomatic and he spoke to them as a prime minister. thank you, james robbins. liverpool fans have been arriving in the ukrainian capital, kiev, for the champions league final this weekend. jurgen klopp's side take on defending champions real madrid. natalie pirks is live in kiev for us this evening.
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today, i've heard tales of unbelievable journeys from fans, with rumours of hotels charging extortionate amounts. they are the lucky ones, at 2000 fans due to fly tomorrow have had three flights cancelled. the mayor of kiev says he is fixing it, but those who have made it here have found blue skies and a warm welcome. kiev is a city keen to show it in step with the rest of europe, yet just getting here and staying here has been a feat in itself. hello, welcome to my home. michael heard liverpool fans need help so he offered his spare room to darren, one of six fans staying until sunday. it's been an incredible response from some seriously genuine people. they've opened their doors
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at two complete strangers. strangers like maria from miami. last week, the accommodation sheet fully paid for weeks ago cancelled and tried to charge herfour times the for weeks ago cancelled and tried to charge her four times the amount. she is now looking to sue. this has beena she is now looking to sue. this has been a hot mess. i am very grateful to who i have termed the angels, because they are housing thousands of stranded people. it's the biggest match in club football, and don't hotels know it! there simply aren't enough rooms to cope with the influx of fans, which begs the question, should kiev be hosting the match? today, former boxer turned mayor vitali klitschko defended the heavy blow to fans‘ wallets. vitali klitschko defended the heavy blow to fans' wallets. is the champions league, or the world cup, it's big for a city but i am more than sure everybody who visits kiev
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this time and sees the champions league will be very happy. no drama for the players, who left liverpool this afternoon. they know their fans will quickly forget the pain of getting here if they leave with the trophy. his sermon about the power of love was one of the highlights of the wedding of the duke and duchess of sussex, and today bishop michael curry is heading to the white house to spread his message. before he set off, he spoke to our religion editor, martin bashir. imagine this tired old world when love is the way, when love is the way... there was passion in his preaching, rhythm in his voice, as bishop michael curry fused race and religion at the royal wedding. harnessed fire made that possible... reverend michael curry, the presiding bishop... since returning to new york, his feet haven't touched the ground. that man right there, presiding bishop michael curry... a preacher, now the most sought—after interviewee on american television. amen! that service, it was all of us, it was people from different
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nationalities, different races, different ethnicities, a different world. those two people, their love, brought a variety of worlds together. you were quoting dr martin luther king at the very heart of the british establishment, and its historical associations with things like colonialism and slavery. we all have history, we all have a past. and our task now is to figure out how do we love each other in such a way that we can actually change the world around us? please, i have to take a... bishop michael is capitalising on his celebrity by taking his message of god's transformative love to the white house later today, where he says there's a crisis of moral leadership, particularly in the way donald trump treats his political opponents. we can agree and disagree, but i've got to love you. i can't demonise you,
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i can't dismiss you, i can't treat you as something less than a child of god — that even in our disagreements i've got to relate to you as the beloved, one of the beloved children of god. given saturday's global television audience, bishop michael preached to the largest congregation of his life, but he says he's not seeking stardom, only the opportunity to preach his message of love for god and love for one another. martin bashir, bbc news, new york. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willets. we still have sunshine for some today, but it's changed a lot. we had sunshine in cumbria earlier, this is how it looked in buckinghamshire was some rain has moved north, and some thunderstorms
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are developing in the home counties. this line of rain will be meandering northwards and we have showers coming across east anglia and moving across from belgium and france through the evening and overnight. it could turn quite murky with light winds in the south. we could have some folk around the midlands and the south—east in the morning. quite a murky, warm night. further north, missed and low cloud returning, so tomorrow morning, the rush—hour looks quite wet for some of us, but we got a band of rain gradually easing its way northwards. is it brightens up and the fork clears, we will see some home—grown thunderstorms. there should be low cloud by the east coast in scotland, but that should clear and it will be warm, 22 or23, but that should clear and it will be warm, 22 or 23, and but that should clear and it will be warm, 22 or23, and it will be but that should clear and it will be warm, 22 or 23, and it will be warm and increasingly muddy in the south. 22 or 23. through the evening and overnight, those thundery showers continue, easing down for a time.
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saturday dawns on a grey and murky note, but plenty of sunshine coming through. we will see some rather heavy showers and potentially some thunderstorms pushing into the south and west again as the day goes on. come sunday, there's a chance we could have some really intense storms, torrential downpours coming oui’ storms, torrential downpours coming our way, so storms, torrential downpours coming our way, so clearly those will have consequences. southern and western areas, the best of the sunshine is in northern ireland and scotland, and that holds true for the bank holiday weekend as well. if you have plans, stay tuned to the forecast. that's it. now on bbc one, we canjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. president trump cancels the much anticipated summit with kimjong—un — blaming ‘anger and open hostility‘ in recent north korean statements. hopefully positive things will take place regarding the future of north korea. but if they don't we are more ready than we ever have been before. two men get life in prison for murdering four children
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