this is bbc news. the headlines at 3.00pm. senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be relaxed as voters in the irish republic overwhelmingly back change in a referendum. north korea's kim jong—un‘s says a summit with us president donald trump in singapore should go ahead. the government is considering whether to expand england's network of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. spectacular overnight storms across southern britain around 15,000 lightning strikes in just four hours. coming up in the next hour: agony and heartache for liverpool fans. two game—changing mistakes from their goalkeeper help real madrid to win the champions league final in kiev. more big acts perform on day two of the bbc‘s biggest weekend across the country. and coming up: the click team has 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. there have been calls for reform of northern ireland's strict anti—abortion laws following the referendum in the irish republic, which overwhelmingly backed change there. sinn fein said a way now "had to be found" to "deliver rights" to women in the north. however the democratic unionist party said northern ireland "should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand". 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. in dublin today, people are considering the outcome of what was a defining vote on a touchstone social issue. for many years, the catholic church's strong opposition to abortion was reflected in the law. churchgoers this morning were disappointed. i couldn't vote for that.

i'm disappointed, i have a no badge, the majority spoke and you have to agree with the wish of the people so it's back to the government to see what they do now with it. i'm disappointed, i have a no badge, the majority spoke and you have to agree with the wish of the people so it's back to the government to see what they do now with it. but the referendum resulted in a landslide. abortion has been illegal in the irish republic unless a woman's life was substantially in danger. 66% of the voters supported the case for change. ministers are now set to bring forward legislation which will allow terminations for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant and in some ci rcu msta nces afterwards. but the huge shift here has raised questions about the situation in northern ireland where abortions are are only permitted if there is a serious or permanent risk to the woman's health. sinn fein there should be more access to terminations north of the border. this has been a national debate, people the length and breadth of the island have been talking about how we need to support women. 0ur polity is the same

from northern ireland to the bottom of ireland, we want to see the same policy. we need to show care and compassion towards women. the largest party in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party, are opposed to any change in the law. the devolved government collapsed almost a year ago. a number of mps from several parties think that westminster should pass new legislation for northern ireland, but government sources are stressing the priority is to restore devolution so local politicians can decide on the matter. campaigners in belfast who want to keep the current law say they will resist any attempt to alter it. the demand for abortion as a choice depends on the dehumanisation of unborn children. we have existing recognition for unborn children in law and that is the way it should be. we made history! the abortion referendum was a highly significant and symbolic moment for the irish republic but it will have an impact on politics across the whole island and in london.

earlier i spoke to grainne teggart — from amnesty international in northern ireland. she told me that it's important that no woman on the island of ireland is left behind. all eyes are now on the uk government. they need to decide if they are going to remain complicit in the harm and suffering of women living under these restrictive abortion laws, or if like politicians in the republic of ireland, they are going to stand with and stand up for women in northern ireland and urgently legislate a much—needed and long overdue reform. the dup has already said that northern ireland must not be forced into doing something just because of what has happened in the south. this is a devolved issue, how can you ask westminster to intervene? well, the dup are wrong. they are out of step with their own electorate, on that. amnesty polls and other opinion polls have clearly shown that the majority of people in northern ireland favour reform, which includes

the decriminalisation of abortion. health and justice are indeed devolved matters, but we haven't had a devolved government for 16 months, and even if we did have a devolved government, that will not relieve the uk government who are ultimately responsible to ensure that women's right to abortion is upheld, here. devolution is not now, nor has it ever been, justification for the denial of women's rights, and women in northern ireland are now in the absurd position where soon they may board trains, to the republic of ireland to access abortion services, or planes to the rest of the uk, but still cannot access free, safe abortion in northern ireland. it is unacceptable, and the uk government must bring an end to the denial of our equality. there are criminal penalties that can be imposed in northern ireland for abortion, but in truth, how often are those laws really used?

well, the abortion or in northern ireland carries the harshest criminal penalties in europe. that grim distinction should have been a wake—up call to westminster long ago, but prosecutions are not in theory, they are in reality. amnesty is involved in a case that will go to hearing in september of this year, and that is the case of a mother who is being prosecuted for buying abortion pills for her then 15—year—old daughter. now, compare that with scotland and wales for example where women can now access abortion pills, taking one at home, that is obviously in stark contrast to northern ireland, where women are being hauled through the court. so, the uk government cannot turn a blind eye to the very grave situation that there is for women in northern ireland. we welcome the fact that penny mordaunt, the health and equalities minister and other members of the conservative party are now coming forward and speaking out for the need for change, for women in northern ireland.

that is not outwith of their control. they have the power to bring about the change that is needed, and we would urge them to do so. president trump says discussions about his possible meeting with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, injust over two weeks, are going "very well". earlier this week mr trump pulled out of the summit — blaming pyongyang's hostility. the president's comments followed yesterdays surprise meeting between mr kim and the south korean leader moonjae—in. laura bicker reports from south korea. embracing for a second time, the two korean leaders look much more like new friends instead of decades—old enemies. the meeting was called by kim jong—un who seems eager to salvage his summit with president trump. translation: kim jong-un reaffirms his strong will for denuclearising of the korean peninsula. that's what the white house wants to hear.

they had even created a special summit coin, but officially the meeting is off. or is it? so we're looking at june 12th in singapore. that hasn't changed... ..and it's moving along pretty well. at the border, tourists from the south come to catch a glimpse of a land they have never known. it often feels like the razor wire and landmines don't exist. and when their leaders meet so easily at such short notice, it makes them feel that one day that might be possible. each one of these ribbons tied to the barbed wire fence represents a hope for peace and if you were looking for signs that this time might be different they've got it. kim jong—un is showing he is willing to engage on a level that his father and his grandfather never were. but fundamentally, one problem remains — is he willing to give away his nuclear weapons?

but people here are eager for the us and north korea to at least try, as this is the closest they've come to peace in decades. laura bicker, bbc news, padu. jim hoare is a former diplomat who set up the british embassy in north korea and had postings in seoul, pyongyang and beijing. he told me how much planning time is normally given for a summit of this magnitude. there are occasional rapid summits, but generally you spend quite a long time preparing before an event takes place. you brief your principal, in this case, the president of the united states and mr kimjong—un, and you then have meetings, you arrange the agenda, your range all sorts of things, entertainment, arrival ceremonies, everything like that, just so that when it happens, doesn't matter what's going on behind the scenes, but the whole thing goes smoothly and straightforwardly. that takes time.

how publicly would you normally do that? not a lot. normally, the things i was involved in, there was a lot of discussions behind the scenes. the world has changed. there's much more press attention and media attention generally, and things leak out, but still, you do an awful lot of the work quietly in case things go wrong, and then everybody can back away without loss of face, or in case you meet a major problem and you have to spend extra time sorting that out. as an onlooker, how unusual have the preparations been for this summit? i think the whole thing's happpened very quickly. mr kim apparently issued an invitation to the south koreans, there to arrange the north—south summit. they told the president of the united states and he said go public, and he himself went public. so, you have got no agenda, except what the united states wants, you don't know what the other side

is looking for, how they will handle it, and you then have got to deal with all that in the glare of publicity, and that makes it much more difficult, i think. why does any of that matter, then? as long as they get to the table and start to talk. it matters, i think, because there isn't an agreed agenda as of yet. united states has said they want a complete end to the north korean nuclear programme. the north koreans rather bridled at that, especially when it was linked to what might happen if they didn't do it, pointing to libya. that isn't a happy precedent, so, they began to make very loud noises, but on the other hand, mr trump feels he wants this meeting, and he thinks he can handle kimjong—un, and the danger is, i think, that

mr trump will from past evidence, not be terribly well—briefed. he doesn't seem to read a lot of things. on all accounts of mr kim are that he will know his stuff, he will have read the documents, he will know what the issues are, and that will mean that he is in a strong position. how likely is it that this summit in singapore, slated for the club ofjune will take place? then you are asking. i suspect now that mr trump has sort of come round to the idea of holding it after all, it might well take place. whether it will solve the problems, whether it well reach an agreement that each side can be happy with, i'm still rather doubtful. but you never know, things can sometimes happen. the chemistry can sometimes work. they might get on, it might be all smooth might be

all smooth and peaceful. thunderstorms and torrential rain swept across parts of southern britain overnight, with frequent lightning flashing across the sky. around 15,000 lightning strikes were recorded in four hours on saturday night. the thunderstorms swept northwards across the south of england, the midlands and wales and are expected to continue throughout today. many people got out their cameras to photograph and video the electrical storm, which was called "utterly insane" and "like being under a strobe light". the met office has issued a yellow warning for heavy rain and flooding. those storms caused serious disruptions to flights at stansted airport. a lightning strike disabled the aircraft fuelling system, leading to cancelled flights. 0ur correspondent, sarah corker, joins me now from sta nsted airport.

it was early today that passengers we re it was early today that passengers were stuck on grounded air craft for to three hours while they waited to be refuelled and take. 0thers to three hours while they waited to be refuelled and take. others have been queueing for many hours inside the terminal waiting for information about their flights. it is quite chaotic inside, there are long queues and long delays. this is all because of those intense thunderstorms last night. lightning strike, they take the fuelling system here at the airport. that caused a technical issue which meant that the fuelling system could not connect to the plains. while that fault was thickset and 9am this morning, it has caused that huge backlog that you have described there, inbound and outbound flights are both expected, and early as fit isa are both expected, and early as fit is a rather frustrated are both expected, and early as fit is a ratherfrustrated passengers. we have had these children to entertain all morning, they have been up since five o'clock this

morning, and they are looking forward to their holiday that they have been waiting all year for. nobody has told us anything that has been going on. they dragged us through security knowing that this happened last night. through security knowing that this happened last nightlj through security knowing that this happened last night. i have got a five o'clock, who has been up since five o'clock, who has been up since five o'clock. he has been incredibly patient, more patient than i am. we have got loads of bikes to check in, and we just don't know what is going oi'i. and we just don't know what is going on. it is a tad irritating, yes. on a scale of one to ten, it drops the tenth actor. this isjust... the actual staff were really nice, very friendly, but knew nothing. nothing oi'i friendly, but knew nothing. nothing on the board to say it was cancelled. we only found out it was cancelled. we only found out it was cancelled by going on the website. itjust disappeared cancelled by going on the website. it just disappeared off the cancelled by going on the website. itjust disappeared off the board. no information whatsoever. ryanair is one of the airlines that has cancelled some of its flights.

it advises that it will give a full refu nd it advises that it will give a full refund or free transfers, it advises that it will give a full refund orfree transfers, but customers have been told that all ryanair flights are customers have been told that all rya nair flights are booked customers have been told that all ryanairflights are booked up customers have been told that all ryanair flights are booked up for the next two days, and they are being told to go home and leave the airport. it is getting quite crowded inside. sarah, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: politicians are calling for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be liberalised, after voters in the irish republic overwhelmingly backed changes in their referendum. preparations are under way for a next month's summit between the leader of north korea, kim jong—un, and president trump. england could get more national parks after the environment secretary, michael gove, announced he's launching a review into the country's natural landscapes. ins board, england lose the first test against pakistan at lord's by nine wickets. after losing their last ore wickets the six runs. chris froome will become the first british

man to win the giro d'italia, when it crosses the line later. falling today's largely processional final stage. daniel ricciardo leads the monaco grand prix. lewis hamilton is in third. sebastian vettel in second. more are no stories in the next hour. two young people have died afterfalling ill at a dance music festival in hampshire. an 18—year—old woman and a 20—year—old man died in separate incidents at the mutiny festival in portsmouth. 0rganisers have cancelled today's event, which was to be headlined by craig david and sean paul, after warning of a "dangerous high strength or bad batch substance on site". 0ur correspondent, steve humphrey is in portsmouth and has this update. yes, festival—goers today have been telling us of their shock and sadness at this tragedy. the festival was supposed to go on for a couple of days, but today it was cancelled as soon as the extent of what had happened became known.

today, as you said there is supposed to be a whole line—up of people playing on the main stage behind me. interestingly, the main camp site is just a couple of miles away. police were first alerted yesterday evening when an 18—year—old woman fell ill, and 20 minutes later a 20—year—old man collapsed. they were both taken to hospital, just a short distance away. sadly, both of them died. two other festivalgoers also in hospital. one of them is in a critical condition. a few moments ago, ian baird from the festival made this statement. it is with tremendous sadness that we can confirm that two of our festival family died in hospital overnight. an 18—year—old woman and a 20—year—old man were taken to hospital where they sadly died. we understand that the police are not linking the two deaths at this

stage. we do know that the police are supporting the next of kin, and we are continuing to work closely with the police and other relevant authorities. we took the decision, supported by the police, to cancel today's festival, to safeguard the welfare of all the others and out of respect to the two young people who lost their lives. this is deeply upsetting and we again want to send all of our thoughts to the families. hampshire police say they are not treating his death as suspicious, but they are investigating. england could get more national parks as part of a review of the country's landscape. the environment secretary, michael gove, said the review would also look at whether to increase the number of areas of outstanding natural beauty. ben ando reports. the cpre are now fighting for great tracts of land to be used for national parks. between the wars, the battle raged for britain's open spaces and the right to roam. there were mass trespasses, arrests and propaganda films like this.

but it wasn't until 1951 that the post—war government legislated to create britain's first national park, here in the peak district, a place where ordinary people could enjoy the extraordinary beauty of nature and that would be protected from overzealous developers. over the intervening years, others have been added. the lake district, dartmoor, snowdonia in wales and the cairngorms in scotland. now, there are 15 national parks. 70 years on, the environment secretary michael gove says it is time for a fresh look at the system. writing in the sunday telegraph, mr gove says a growing population and decline in some habitats could not be ignored and he is ordering a review, which he says has the aim of strengthening protection in the face of present—day challenges. challenges like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks and britain's 3a designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. the government has previously talked about a 25 year environment plan and a green brexit. mr gove knows it may be hard

to balance demand for new homes with the desire to protect britain's open spaces, whether green and pleasant or wild and rugged. ben ando, bbc news. katy austin has been at butterley reservoir in the peak district — one of the ten national parks currently in england. it is an beautiful sunny bank holiday weekend like this that you can really see what makes national park service special. just over here we have got the words of rather —— reservoir, and the peak district was the first one to be created. there are ten in england alone, along with 34 are ten in england alone, along with 3a areas of outstanding natural beauty around the country. these are great places for walking, cycling, exploring, and what has really struck me today speaking to some of the people around here isjust how many different kinds of people they

attract. all you need is a car to get here, and venue of, you can walk for free and take get here, and venue of, you can walk forfree and take in get here, and venue of, you can walk for free and take in the glorious views. we spoke to some people about the idea that there would be a review about the protection these have parks have, and how much the people enjoy them, and we asked people enjoy them, and we asked people whether they thought the idea of getting new ones was a good one? very valuable, and they have to be maintained, as well. while they are not as they used to be, you don't see that many people around, they should be much better used, and certainly should be well kept. i think it is important that you have got space like this with good footpath and good access, that people on days like this can go for walks. it would be a really good idea to increase the number of national parks.

construction is giving you a sense of claustrophobia, and it is so important that you go out and get into the countryside, away from those things that make you feel pressured. somewhere where people to go for, somewhere different. i am from huddersfield, but we come on a regular basis, now, so. you heard some people talking thereabouts unconcerned that things like population growth increasingly demand for housing could have some impact on areas of outstanding natural beauty, and some people may be and getting out into the countryside as much as they want. it is concerned like that that have prompted michael gove to launch this review. it will also be looking at whether the national park system is working for people who live there, whether it is working for their economies, as well. as well as the 260 million visitors that come in every year. that review will be led bya every year. that review will be led by a writer, julian glover, who will also have a panel of experts from

everything to tourism to farming. gareth batty nat report sometime next year, we did know when, but we can expect to know whether the recommendation for more national parks will be made. thousands of disappointed liverpool fans are returning home after last night's champions' league final defeat to real madrid. but their disappointment will be as nothing to the anguish and dejection felt by liverpool's goalkeeper loris karius whose errors handed the spanish side two of their three goals. from kiev david 0rnstein reports. real madrid, champions of europe for a 13th time, liverpool heartbroken. the reds arrived with dreams of another famous triumph, but soon suffered the cruellest of blows, mohamed salah, their inspirational season hauled to the ground and inconsolable. the key threat removed, real could rally, and were gifted the lead, and inexplicable error

by lloris karius, punished by karim benzema. liverpool's blushes were temporarily spared when sadio mane levelled the tie, however, real are a great side for a reason, and gareth bale showed wide. half 0n as a substitute, the welshman defied gravity to make a seemingly impossible a reality. a moment worthy of winning any match, and bale soon sealed the trophy, another horror show from karius, and real would reign once again. so liverpool's unforgettable journey comes to an agonising end. the supporters here and at home will be distraught, losing to real madrid is no disgrace, but the circumstances will leave a bitter taste, and a whole summer to ponder how different it could have been. david 0rnstein, bbc news, kiev. music lovers across the uk have been treated to a second day of headline acts as part of the bbc‘s biggest weekend which by its close will see more than 100 artists perform in england,

scotland, wales and northern ireland over four days. # i'm in love with the shape of you # we push and pull like a magnet, too # although my heart is thrown into # i'm in love with the shape of you # i say, don't you know # you say you don't know # i say, take me out # one i love # i ain't found nothing like this # like this # i ain't found nothing like this # no, i ain't found nothing quite like this # every time you hurt me,

the less that i cry # and every time you leave me, the quicker these tears dry # and every time you walk out, i still love you # we don't stand a chance, it's sad but it's true # i'm way too good at goodbyes # the way that you just leave me cry.# 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, is at one the events at singleton park in swansea. well, another great day of music hopefully and good weather. the crowd were in great form yesterday, tens of thousands of people here because the weather, thunder and lightning storm didn't perform, but mostly because of the performances that the bus on the main stage, here. it was opened up by ed

sheerin, but he saw the likes of craig david, and sam smith, and cleaner bandit. noel gallagher went down incredibly well and what can we look forward to today? well, just on the stage behind me, britos torah will be on injust the stage behind me, britos torah will be on in just over half an hour's time, and she will be kicking off an afternoon evening of music. we will see the likes of some huge names. just look at the list, james bay, and of course taylor swift followed by florence and the machine. there are other events going on around the country, in coventry, and that will see the likes of stereophonics, and liam gallagher, so people really hoping that this will be another great day of music, finishing off here in

swa nsea, of music, finishing off here in swansea, two days of radio one's biggest weekend. let's find out what the weather will be like everybody. there has been a lot of talk of thunderstorms, but many of us have mist them all together. it has been beautiful across opening and that scotland, and it will stay that way. that thunderstorm risk will continue, sadly through this evening, there could be some rumbling through a little bit further northwards, but sadly around the midlands, southern england and wales, that is where we could see this heavy showers of thunder and lightning popping off at almost any time. they've may rumble through the evening, as well. tonight, many eastern and central pa rt tonight, many eastern and central part of the country turned quite misty and marquee, and that means that first thing on monday morning, it will be quite over cast, for example in hull, but then the sun should be, and when it is, once again, across the south, you could

see that thunderstorms popping off randomly scattered around there, giving us thunder, lightning and gusty winds, as well. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. politicians are calling for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be liberalised, after voters in the irish republic overwhelmingly backed changes in their referendum. us officials are reported to have travelled to north korea for talks on the possible summit between president trump and kim jong—un. the environment secretary michael gove has ordered a review of national parks in england, which could result in the creation of a new wave of protected areas. storms and torrential rain swept across southern britain overnight, with spectacular displays of lightning. around 15,000 strikes were recorded.