this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at midday. the main group opposing the relaxation of ireland's strict abortion law concedes that it's lost the referendum by an overwhelming margin. women should have the choice for a safe abortion, simple as that. i don't think we should have to be looked upon that the only reason you can have an abortion with any light on it is if we are attacked. this is a referendum on the right to life. we all have a right to life. nobody would vote away somebody else's right to live. "an utter failure" — mps say measures supposed to protect afg ha n interpreters who assisted british troops have failed to help any of them relocate to britain the owners of high street chain boots are accused of over—charging the nhs and exploiting patients by selling medicines at inflated prices. five weeks after disruptions were first reported, some tsb customers are still having problems making payments online. countdown to kick—off, as liverpool fans pour into kiev for tonight's champions league final. jurgen klopp says winning is in liverpool's dna as the reds aim to stop real madrid from winning

a third successive title. some of the most famous names in music are getting ready for day two of bbc music's biggest weekend. and coming up... the click team have been looking back at the royal wedding, and finding out how facial recognition could change the way we watch big live tv events in future. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we are going to bring you some breaking news coming from our correspondent laura bicker in seoul. the south korean president moon has met with kim jong—un, the

the south korean president moon has met with kimjong—un, the leader of north korea for two hours this afternoon, their second meeting face—to—face, both leaders exchanging opinions to execute the pa ntry exchanging opinions to execute the pantry and declaration and talking about the potential success of a north korean and us summit. the result of the meeting itself will be announced a bit later by president moon. that is coming out of the blue house, the official residence of the president of south korea, that the leaders have met which reinforces the impression that was coming out of washington late last night, at least in tweets by president trump, suggesting the summit meeting is back on, the one he had cancelled on thursday because of a series of aggressive and hostile said eight months by north korean officials, including their foreign minister. he said, you're not willing to talk and we have not been able to get hold of you in the last few days so we won't come to singapore the 12th ofjune and he says he will still go to singapore on the 12th ofjune although the summit date may slip because that is a lot of work to do injust over two weeks.

because that is a lot of work to do in just over two weeks. the south and north korean leaders have met for a second time face—to—face and we should get further details from south korea on what was said of it later. opponents of liberalising the law on abortion in ireland have admitted defeat in yesterday's referendum. the official result will be announced this afternoon, but exit polls indicate that voters opted by more than two—to—one in favour of change. broadcaster rte's exit poll suggested 69.4% voted in favour of repealing a part of the constitution which effectively bans terminations. it was a similar picture in an exit poll by the irish times. they found 68% voted for yes, with 32% saying no. interesting because the original figures back in 1983 when the referendum was —— the amendment was first passed, in a referendum, was 67-33, first passed, in a referendum, was 67—33, so almost an exact reversal of the result 35 years ago. our ireland correspondent chris page has this report. campaigners who wanted to preserve

ireland's abortion laws have already been conceding defeat. two exit polls for the irish times newspaper and national broadcaster rte had suggested almost 70% have voted for change. this referendum is a significant and symbolic moment for a country which was once the most socially conservative in western europe. currently abortions are only legal in ireland if a woman's life is substantially at risk but every year, several thousand women go abroad, mainly to britain, to have terminations. voters were asked whether they wanted to remove the eighth amendment of ireland's constitution which says an unborn child has the same right to live as a pregnant woman. the government plans to bring forward new legislation. abortions would be allowed for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant and in some circumstances afterwards. chris page, bbc news, dublin. as chris was explaining there, one of the main anti—abortion campaigns has already conceded defeat. john mcguirk, communications director

of the anti—abortion save the 8th campaign said no campaigners were "deeply broken—hearted. "what irish voters did yesterday is a tragedy of historic proportions. however, a wrong does not become right simply because a majority support it. shortly, legislation will be introduced that will allow babies to be killed in our country. we will oppose that legislation. abortion was wrong yesterday. it remains wrong today. the constitution has changed, but the facts have not". nuala mcgovern is in dublin for us and has been speaking to people to gauge their reaction. let me bring in audrey carvel and dearbhail mcdonald, you're both very welcome. audrey, how would you describe this moment? historic, seismic, stunning, the exit polls released last night showed 69.4% of the electorate here voted yes. it is an exit poll but even with the margin of error, the victory for the yes side is overwhelming and for many people, most of the country i think are very shocked and surprised by the scale of the victory. but for many people

who have been working on this campaign for many, many years, they are not overly surprised. they knew that attitudes and views on abortion in this country were changing and have been changing within the last ten years. that is mostly down to women, women and girls telling their story, becoming more vocal, becoming more confident about telling their stories are leaving their shame, leaving their shame, the stigma, the secrecy of having to travel to the uk for a termination of their pregnancy behind and feeling the courage to speak out. dearbhail. this is of such historic proportions and it has been so watched internationally because historically, ireland has been depicted as this kind catholic, conservative backwater of europe and one reason why there were so interest, one reason why some americans in particular came to take part and influence the no vote in particular is this is seen as one of the last bastions and battle grounds for

abortion but what we have seen today, really, almost seven out of ten voters according to two exit polls, rural ireland voted for this, young ireland voted for this, the only group to vote no were the over 65s but earlier this week, i was thinking what would a comprehensive victory for the yes side look like and i thought 53 or 54%, at a huge stretch, 60%. but 69.4%, as audrey said, to vote in favour, this is a remarkably changed ireland. three years ago we were here at dublin castle when ireland voted in favour of marriage equality, same—sex marriage, we were the first country in the world which asked its citizens to do so and we voted overwhelmingly. like most people in ireland, i grew up in a catholic education and i never thought in my lifetime i would see this and being from northern ireland, this is going to have a huge effect on women in northern ireland who like women in the republic, have had to travel across the irish sea. even post—brexit, even with a hard border, those women in time

will be able to travel less than an hour and a half from dublin to access abortion here, that is monumental for women across this island. in fact, tweets to that effect have been beginning to look north before the ballots have been counted in the castle behind us, just yet. you know, i heard an interesting comment from chris page, the ireland correspondent. this might be seen in some ways as an antiestablishment vote but not against the irish government as we have seen in other places when they push back against the government perhaps like brexit or a post—trpmp world but against the catholic church. there may be some truth to that but i think it is even more profound than that. this is ireland taking a step into the 21st century aligning itself with other european countries. the catholic church, whilst it has played an enormous role in ireland down the decades, in the last 10—15 years, its moral authority has been eroded because of a series of child sexual abuse scandals. so people were not overtly influenced, i don't believe,

by the catholic church on this occasion. in the exit poll that rte, the irish national broadcaster, commissioned, the main thing that influenced people's votes in this election was people's stories, that compassion, the empathy they felt with these women who were brave to tell their stories about travelling for a termination. and this country that we have grown up in, it is a nation of storytellers, we have the shanakee, a word used for a person who told stories but there was silence about these issues for so many decades. i think people around the world might be thinking, "hang on, how can it happen so quickly?" if you look at it, i describe it as it happened gradually and then suddenly but one of the effects of the eighth amendment which was introduced in 1983 was it acted as a censor, not only over issues of abortion but all issues relating to family and reproductive rights. here in ireland in 2018, we still have no laws governing ivf,

surrogacy, embryo transfer, all of those hugely important issues because of the huge shame and stigma and failure to tackle that and it's remarkable that what women found and the men that support them who are also affected by this, they found their voice and they were able to tell their story and i think we have taken our place once again as a nation of storytellers. nuala mcgovern getting reaction to what appears to be the decisive vote in favour of removing the irish constitution‘s ban on most abortions. we will get the final result later this afternoon. we have already heard about the face—to—face meeting between kim jong—un and already heard about the face—to—face meeting between kimjong—un and moon jae—in, the respective leaders of north and south korea, we were subsequently told they spent two hours talking to each other on the border between the two countries in the demilitarised zone, rather, the military no man's land where the two physically met. we have some breaking news about the detained

british aid worker, british rainy and aid worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. you may remember that she has been in detention, despite the fact she has a young child, she has been accused of engaging in acts that were potentially subversive to the iranian state because she had been involved in some training work and she was accused of training journalists which was not true. she 110w journalists which was not true. she now faces a second trial, this time, according to the head of the iranian revolutionary court, do the official news agency there are, this is a trial on security charges. they are not specified or what the allegations are against her but of course she has remained in custody in tehran, despite lobbying efforts by the british government and her own family to try to get her freed. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is now facing a trial on security charges according to iran's official news agency. a government programme aimed at protecting afghan civilians who worked as interpreters for the british army has been called

a "dismalfailure" by mps. the defence committee says not a single person potentially at risk from the taliban had been resettled in the uk so far via the intimidation scheme. the ministry of defence said it would take note of the criticism. the conservative mp tom tugendhat is chair of the foreign affairs select committee, and saw active service in iraq and afghanistan as an army officer. he gave evidence to the committee behind this report, and told me what more should be done for afghan interpreters. i think we should be being very active in making sure that those who have served alongside us, those who have taken risks and those whose lives are now at risk because of the service they did alongside our troops in combat is recognised and that they are given the protection they require sometimes in the uk and sometimes elsewhere, depending on what they choose. i'm very pleased that one of the interpreters i had the privilege to serve alongside, an extremely brave man, is now living in the uk with his family. he earned his place in the uk many, many times over by his extraordinary

courage and i'm extremely proud that our country has recognised that and brought him over. but there are others, and that is why i gave evidence to the committee becausejulian lewis was absolutely right that this is a matter of great concern and i'm very proud that members of the committee likejohnny mercer made their voices very clear on this. you told the inquiry that you were at that stage personally aware of one or two locally employed civilians who were still at risk and whose perception of risk you would trust. in other words, you accepted they were right to fear for their lives and their safety. what has happened to them? well, one of them is now here and ijust mentioned him and i'm extremely glad the system has eventually worked and one of them at the moment is going through the process and i hope very much that he will be relocated soon. tom tugendhat, the conservative mp

who chairs the all—party foreign affairs select committee. there's been a stark warning this morning from the eu main negotiator that the uk could be heading for "no deal" after brexit. michel barnier says that failing to agree a deal on the european court ofjustice would mean no treaty and no transition period. he's also described british delays in spelling out what kind of trade relationship london wants as "a game of hide and seek". high street pharmacy boots has been accused of selling some unlicensed medicines at inflated prices and exploiting patients in the process. the store rejects claims that it is overcharging the nhs, but government health minister steve brine said the competition and markets authority has been asked to consider investigating the issue. our business correspondent joe lynam is here. unlicensed products, overpriced and explain what we're talking about. firstly, it is a slight misnomer to say disputes, it is the owner, boots

isa say disputes, it is the owner, boots is a retailer that does not sell to the nhs, its parent company is called walgreen boots alliance and it has been accused of overcharging. walgreen is an american company? walgreen is an american company? walgreen is an american company who bought macbooks several years ago, they've been accused of demanding inflated prices from the nhs for specialist rusk —— specialist drugs. these drugs are literally called specials, they demanded at very short notice by the nhs and they have to be made—to—measure very specifically. for individual patients? almost, or small groups of people and it accounts for over £30 million. the budget for the nhs is £110 billion so this is not a vast scale issue, we need to stress that but having said that, some of the figures are quite extraordinary. for example, £3200 charged by walgreens to the nhs for arthritis tablets

which could be procured in other pharmacies for £1. £2600 for specialist sleeping pills, stressing the specialist nature, which could also be procured for £1 in some pharmacies. that is very strange because they are being described as special as though they require something additional to be done to produce them and yet you say they could be got elsewhere for a fraction of the price. the company andi fraction of the price. the company and i have been speaking to them this morning, have stressed they are not overcharging the nhs, that these are made—to—measure, short notice drugs, given on the order by the nhs to be procured for specific ailments. and yet it sounds like the health minister does not believe that because he said it should go to the competition authority. the government statement is quite clear, it said taxpayers would take a dim view of any company and they've kicked it straight over to the cma to look at. that is pretty swift response, my guess is the times, that has been working on this story,

has had it for a few weeks, it is not something they have responded to straightaway. nhs in england that any company that rips off taxpayers face is the full force of civil and where appropriate, criminal action. to start saying to one of your big surprise that you are ripping us off, that is upping the auntie in terms of the rhetoric at least.|j suspect there will be urgent talks between the nhs and walgreen's which owns boots but we have to stress that the retailer gabi is not accused of overcharging anyone. the headlines on bbc news: the main group opposing the relaxation of ireland's abortion law has conceded that it's lost the referendum by an overwhelming margin. a government programme to protect afghan interpreters who helped british troops has been condemned by mps as an utter failure. tsb apologises as some customers are still having problems making payments online, five weeks after disruptions were first reported. more liverpool football fans due to travel to kiev for tonight's champions league final have been

forced to change their plans, after a second tour operator cancelled a flight there. hundreds of liverpool fans have been left stranded after a series of flights were cancelled after not being able to secure landing slots at kiev‘s boryspil airport. some fans had paid up to £1000 each forflights. spencer evans is a liverpool fan. he thought he had his flight cancelled, gave his ticket away, but then managed to fly, and is now in kiev. a bit ofa a bit of a saga to get where you are now. tell us about it. i was at a spa with my wife on friday. it was her birthday and camino, everything was going swimmingly and the landing slot added been confirmed, and it was 12 bm, to be, we heard nothing and at 3pm we got a message to say the flight had been cancelled and then we contacted the operator and they said they could not get a slot and that was that. later, about 8pm

that evening, i gave my ticket away, only for about an hour later, 90, the operator contacted us and said it had managed to get another slot but we had to stay an extra night so we flew out yesterday. but without a ticket. so i have come without a ticket. so i have come without a ticket. so i have come without a ticket. so you were expecting at least a nice weekend in dear but no match to watch except maybe in the pub. yeah, yeah. it really spoiled the build—up, you know, we've been looking forward to it so much and we we re looking forward to it so much and we were the ones who paid £1000 for the flight. it were the ones who paid £1000 for the flight. it was so disappointing for it to happen last minute. but anyway, you know, we are here now. lo and behold, a few people had heard my story and got in touch this morning and i've managed to get hold ofa morning and i've managed to get hold of a ticket. fantastic so you can go to the match? yeah, yeah, amazingly

enough, danny ings had read the story in one of the local papers and he contacted me through a friend on facebook and said there was a ticket available but luckily by that point, one of the guys that was on one of the cancelled flights they had all got in the car and driven and he contacted late last night, about 1am... contacted late last night, about 1am. .. that contacted late last night, about 1am... that is a contacted late last night, about 1am. .. that is a heck of a drive. they've been going 35 hours, they've just got here. he said to me that he'd got me the ticket. yeah, it's only going to be worth it if one thing happens! do you care to make a prediction on the scoreline?” thing happens! do you care to make a prediction on the scoreline? i have had 11—2 in my head for a long time, i think it will be a high—scoring game, with goals in the first half and the second but i fancy 4—2, liverpool. at least you will be there to enjoy it. thank you for joining us. yeah, no, absolutely, don't get me wrong, i'm devastated

for the people who have not made it, you know, when you look at the infrastructure here, it is not built to cope with the demand and the amount of people coming. there's like an hourand amount of people coming. there's like an hour and a half queue for the taxi at the airport. the airport ican the taxi at the airport. the airport i can only describe as like the local uk airports like norwich or somewhere like that. it is too small. it can't cope with the amount of people. lessons need to be learned by the welcome you have that has been a good one? it's been amazing, the locals are fantastic, we are staying with the ukrainian family and they've been absolutely lovely, they can't do enough for us. leisure to speak to you, thank you to speak to us, enjoy the match and we will see if your prediction comes true. it is going to be 11—2 liverpool, you heard it here first. former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein has been released on $1 million bail after being charged in new york with rape and sexual abuse. mr weinstein also agreed to wear a gps tracker and to surrender his passport after turning himself in to police on friday. he denies non—consensual sex and his lawyer said

he would plead not guilty. rose mcgowan, one of the first people to go public with allegations against him, gave her reaction to his arrest. he tied with god for thanks at the oscars. and to see that constantly, and to live in that town — i was there by myself since i was 15 — and to see people just lay wreaths at his feet even though they knew, today is a good day. this is a big strike into the heart of abuse of power and it shows people worldwide, which was what i was hoping the whole time, that this cannot and will not stand. some tsb customers are still having problems making online payments five weeks after the bank first reported problems. the problems started when the bank switched its it systems. a number of current account customers and some business clients are unable to fully access their accounts online or via the mobile app. the bank has also admitted to the bbc that there has been a rise in fraud incidents.

it's being billed as bbc music's biggest weekend — with huge name stars to back that up. ed sheeran, taylor swift and sam smith arejust a few of those performing in swansea this weekend. it's not just wales getting involved though — all four nations are getting their own huge event with perth, coventry and belfast also hosting. earlier i spoke to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba, who's in swansea, about what we can expect over the weekend. this is one of the biggest music events of the year. it is a four day festival happening in four locations across the four nations. each of those places hosting something tied into a bbc radio network. here, it is bbc radio1 so lots of acts like we have just been hearing, taylor swift, people like that and also people like george ezra. i spoke to him a bit earlier about his amazingly successful year and also how much he enjoyed

and what it was like playing at festivals like this where people are not necessarily fans who know the music inside out. there is an excitement to that because you always have to give your best show but there is an element of, let's, like... keep them! and there's also, of course, people who are at festivals to forget, it's like an antidote to everything else going on, i think. it's like a kind of weekend where you can forget anything else and i really think everybody embraces that which is lovely. now one of the reason this biggest weekend is happening across the uk is because this is a year when glastonbury isn't happening. glastonbury takes a fallow year every five or six years or so and this is one of those. so the bbc thought this was a tremendous opportunity to try and underline the importance it places on music, how it breaks through to people of all ages and backgrounds and to really cement in the public‘s mind the bbc‘s commitment to music of all kinds and it is notjust those big pop

acts appearing here. i mean, behind me we will see the likes of ed sheeran on stage at 12 o'clock, we will see people like florence + the machine, taylor swift, george ezra, lieam payne, george ezra, liam payne, clean bandit, years and years, you know, the list goes on and on. but they wanted to highlight the range of music they do, so for instance, yesterday and today at belfast‘s titanic shipways, it is a 6 music hosted event with people like the manic street preachers and fatherjohn misty. and fatherjohn misty. in coventry and perth, they have got radio 2 and radio 3 events, classical musicians like nigel kennedy playing, jazz musicians like jamie cullum. and so one of the points of this, obviously, they want to entertain the public with a whole range of different music but it is to try and say we have a strong relationship at the bbc with both the artists and the public. now the atmosphere is building here but the weather, unfortunately, is not looking as good as it could. we have got the threat of thunder and lightning perhaps later and certainly quite a lot of rain

but for the time being, the fans are flooding in. we're probably going to have about 30,000 people here today and they are really looking forward to a bank holiday weekend of really enjoyable live music. lizo mzimba, in swansea and there are lizo mzimba, in swansea and there a re events lizo mzimba, in swansea and there are events taking place in perth and coventry and in belfast. depending on which radio network you like, have a look online and see where you need to go this weekend. sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut. the virgin boss, who has been working on his own commercial space programme, is hoping to take his first trip in a matter of months. i am going for my astronaut training, going for my fitness training, going through centrifuge and other training so that my body can cope, hopefully cope well with it, when i go into space. how are you getting on? so far, so good. i like to keep fit anyway so, but, no, i mean, to go into space, if you're going to really enjoy your experience, the fitter you can be, the better. sir richard branson talking to radio

1l sir richard branson talking to radio 4. you can hear the full edition on monday. time for the weather with matt taylor. hello, there. if you've got any outdoor plans this weekend, plenty of sunshine and warmth around but there will be some dark, looming clouds every now and again, particularly through england and wales. you may have to dash for cover. the risk of a few severe thunderstorms. but for many of you, they will only form a very small portion of your weekend by and large. today they are focused across some southern, central southern parts of england and wales, mainly towards wales and the south—west as we go into the latter stage of the day. sunshine in between. warm where you have the sunshine, 26, 27 in the south—east corner, 25 in the highlands, a little bit cooler down the eastern coasts, particularly north—east scotland where low cloud will linger. a cool night to come tonight but in the south, more severe storms pushing up from france, frequent lightning and the risk of flooding in one or two spots with gusty wind to go with it. humid night in southern areas, too. a few of those showers will linger into sunday morning, drifting their way potentially into northern ireland at times but again, wales, central southern england most likely to see

thunderstorms on sunday. sunshine in between. not everyone will see those storms by any means and the northern half of the country having another fine day. where you get the sunshine, another lovely, warm one. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: opponents of liberalising the law on abortion in ireland have admitted defeat in yesterday's referendum. the official result will be announced this afternoon. south korea says its president moonjae—in met the north korean leader kim jong—un for two hours in the demilitarised border area between the two countries. a report in the iranian media says that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — a british—iranian woman imprisoned in tehran, will face security—related charges in a second case being prepared against her. a government programme to protect afghan interpreters who helped british troops has been condemned by mps as an utter failure offering no meaningful assurances of protection. sport now and

for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. so it's the day of european destiny for liverpool. they play real madrid in the final of the champions league in kiev tonight, and our sports reporter hugh woozencroft is live in the ukranian capital for us this lunchtime. yes, we are live in a lovely van parked right in the centre of key airof parked right in the centre of key air of where the fans are enjoying themselves. fans of both liverpool and real madrid, as we build towards what will hopefully be one of the classic european cup finals. a huge match going on behind me, a charity match going on behind me, a charity match for people to enjoy, all

building towards the game, so many talking points, people talking about mo salah, ronaldo, everyone having a few drinks and a bite to eat, it is a great time. when we get to the matt slater, how will liverpool play? earlier i caught up with former england midfielder chris waddle who told me liverpool will have to shake the underdog tag, taking on real madrid, going for their third consecutive champions league title, if liverpool are to stand any chance. the fear is, if it goes attack, attack, attack, there will be gaps that real madrid have the quality to expose but i think if liverpool want to play defensively, i don't think you get the best out of the team. i think liverpool are at their best on the front foot and diving jurgen klopp will make sure they go and play like they have played the majority of the season and he will have to get the defenders to defend, simple as that. when you've got a front three like