of low cloud and the breeze. we will see low cloud, mist and fog spreading showers tending to di out although a few in the south and east, temperatures staying in double figures. it will be a fairly humid night to come. further showers on the way through tuesday and wednesday but it will stay warm with temperatures in the mid—20s for many and some good spells of sunshine. this is bbc news. the headlines at ten. flash flooding hits parts of the midlands and wales, after some areas experience more than a month's rainfall injustan hour. talks resume between us and north korean officials on a possible leaders' summit — after donald trump says he sees "great potential" in the north's future the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following a referendum in the republic of ireland. and in the next hour, it's been voted britain's most scenic bus route. simon gompertz hops on board the double decker — which runs from pickering to whitby — to find out why it's valued so much by passengers.

a young immigrant from mali who rescued a boy hanging from a balcony will become a french citizen, president macron says. # you will go all the way... coming up... trish adudue meets gosp—ability — the unique choir which wrote and performed a song to celebrate the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. good morning and welcome to bbc news. parts of the midlands and wales are recovering from flash floods caused by heavy rainfall yesterday. in some places more than one month's rainfall felljust one hour. there are still almost 30 flood warnings in force across england.

ben ando‘s report contains flashing images. the waters rose with breathtaking speed. in some parts of birmingham, they had more rain in one hour than the average for the whole of may. on a bank holiday weekend in edgbaston, harborne and selly park, there was little residents or the emergency services could do other than watch and wait, as floodwaters reached up to five foot in depth. some of these houses have been flooded three times in recent years. the police urged people not to travel but stranded cars like this one were perhaps the most effective warning to other drivers. i don't think this is safe. some motorists did make it through. while birmingham bore the brunt of the deluge, flash floods also hit parts of buckinghamshire, berkshire and here in northampton. in many areas the rainfall varied dramatically from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. the flooding extended as far west

as welshpool in mid wales. as some enjoy the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures possibly reaching 29 celsius in the south—east. ben ando, bbc news. the environment agency has issued multiple flood warnings for birmingham and the west midlands as rivers continue to react to the deluge. the agency says flooding is still expected in low—lying areas near rivers and waterways. the met office says further rainfall today is expected to the south of the area, and birmingham should largely escape further heavy rain. as we've been hearing, edgbaston is one of the areas particularly badly affected, and the area is home to some internationally renowned sports grounds.

one that has been affected is edgbaston priory club, which hosts the nature valley classic tournament, one of the women's lawn tennis events in the run—up to wimbledon. grounds manager david lawrence shared this picture after yesterday's downpour — that's him waist deep on the left, alongside assistant ground managerjohn lawrence. with the tournament three weeks away, the club is working hard on the clean—up. we can speak to david lawrence now. thank you forjoining us. this must be actually pretty devastating, all the hard work you have put in, tell us the hard work you have put in, tell us what happened yesterday oztumer just from a relatively warm afternoon, within five minutes, we went from very pleasant, ideal conditions, tojust went from very pleasant, ideal conditions, to just complete deluge. we could not cope with it, the drains could not cope with 70 millimetres of rain injust

drains could not cope with 70 millimetres of rain in just over drains could not cope with 70 millimetres of rain injust over an hour. it was horrendous. what do you do now? we can see the staff working behind you, anything you can do to make sure you are ready to go when you need to be? yeah, we're positive we will be all right. we've worked right overnight, we've got plans in place, we intend to have courts open today for members to use which will happen and within three weeks, we have got the nature valley classic so we have got the nature valley classic so we have no doubt we will get it done, it's going to be a lot of late nights and overnight but we will do what is required. can you explain what is required. can you explain what the staff are doing at the moment? are they pulling back the covers ? moment? are they pulling back the covers? is it like wimbledon and other tennis grounds where you cover up other tennis grounds where you cover up the courts overnight? it is u nfortu nately we had up the courts overnight? it is unfortunately we had the covers on in advance, four of the five main courts did not suffer at all yesterday, the covers were inflated and they stayed up. unfortunately, one of the match courts, the water

was higher than the fans which were electric so we had to switch are ripping off. a bit more work to do on that area but it is a challenge we are looking forward to. well, best of luck with the work you have got ahead of you! keep an eye on the forecast and hopefully it will all go well in the coming season. thank you forjoining us. david lawrence in edgbaston, there. us officials are in north korea to try to ease the path to the proposed summit between president trump and kim jong—un. the discussions, on the northern side of the demilitarised frontier, are thought to be focusing on details of a possible denuclearisation deal. the summit was originally scheduled for the 12th ofjune. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, who's near the demilitarised zone. he told me it is still unclear where talks were up to. well, we are just guessing, really, but i think they are now down to the nuts and bolts and this is, you know, we now have professional diplomats, experienced diplomats from both sides, pyongyang and the us, who are very familiar

with the issues and are all experts on the korean peninsula, sitting about a mile and a half from where i am standing. they started yesterday, they have been talking all day today and it will go into tomorrow, still not much time but they are trying to outline the agreement that can be put forward to a summit in singapore next month, if it goes ahead. we don't know exactly what it is or what the outline of the agreement will be but it appears the americans will offer security guarantees and large economic assistance to north korea in return for north korea agreeing to give up its nuclear weapons programme. now the big question over all of this is, what is north korea willing to give up? it has been pretty clear that kimjong—un is not going to unilaterally hand over all of his nuclear weapons, so short of that, what is he prepared to give president trump that president trump can take back to the united states as some kind of win,

and also that he can get the agreement of all the allies in the region? that is the big issue for president trump, i suppose, that he needs to be able to show he's getting something out of this. he has already seemingly changed his mind. you can see it's a pretty volatile situation. but how are they going to be able to pin down mr kim about what he is willing to give up? that is, you know, that has always been, and this is going back to the 1990s, this has always been the really thorny question with north korea. whenever negotiations have begun, in the early 1990s, again and through the 2000s, north korea has sought to drag out the process over months and years while breaking promises, going back on commitments, and that is why really the trump administration and its advisers said, "we're not doing this again". they want to go for a one—time deal, and north korea has to agree to closing down its nuclear weapons programme and handing over the nuclear weapons in one go,

and it is very clear from what the north koreans have been saying in the last couple of weeks that they have no intention of doing that, and yet both sides still want to go ahead with this summit for their particular reasons. one suspects because for president trump personally, he wants a big foreign—policy victory and this is the closest he has been getting one, is with north korea. rupert wingfield—hayes, there. pressure to relax northern ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying, with labour adding its voice to calls for change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. italy is again in political turmoil, after the man chosen to be

prime minister by the two main anti—establishment parties, guiseppe conte, said he didn't want the job, when his pick for finance minister was vetoed by italy's president. president sergio mattarella has summoned former international monetary fund official carlo cottarelli for a meeting, with the possibility he might form a temporary technocrat government. but the leader of italy's biggest political party, the five star movement, has called for the president to be impeached for vetoing their would—be prime minister's choice of finance minister. let's speak to our our rome correspondent james reynolds. i was going to say, can you explain this for us but turmoil, some would say, once again, afteran this for us but turmoil, some would say, once again, after an election in italy and i suppose looking at it from the way british politics works, the idea the president can veto who is in the cabinet is pretty

extraordinary. is it extraordinary for italy as well? well, the populists say it is extraordinary but if you look at the constitution, it's very simple, the prime minister designate go to the president and presents government line—up and the president can take a pen and strike of any president can take a pen and strike ofany name president can take a pen and strike of any name that he, and it has a lwa ys of any name that he, and it has always been he, once. it's happened in the past and it has happened this time because of one thing, the euro. the populists have spoken in the past about whether or not italy should get out of the euro, in particular, their pick for finance minister had said italy should make detailed plans for getting out of the single currency. the president didn't like that and struck the name of and for that reason, the populist administration is not going ahead. and is part of this, it is about the euro of course but the fact you have two populist parties, is it making things more volatile than usual? yes because the party leaders themselves, luigi dimaio from five star and matteo salvini from the league have not been in national

office before and often you find italian politicians simply recycle themselves through several administrations, under several parties and know you have to have some give—and—take. the populists say their mandate is different and they want to do things differently but essentially, the president might have set up their entire election campaign if early elections are to be held because they will now be able to go to the people and say, "look, we were right, we warned there was an italian and eu establishment trying to stop us from taking power and stop the will of the people and now we see that the president vetoed our government". by accident, possibly, italy's president has handled them an election campaign. do you think that is where we are headed now, more elections? it looks like it. what is the alternative? the stopgap prime minister appointed by the president may not get approved by the populists. most newspapers said this morning we will have do have early elections. bear in mind, italy does

not have early elections, rather surprisingly, it changes prime minister a lot but since 1946 it has not had a second election in the same year, unlike britain, which has. thank you forjoining us. james reynolds, from rome, explaining it all. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon is raising her concerns over brexit during a meeting with the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels this morning. ms sturgeon, who wants to remain in the customs union and single market, has called on the uk government to "engage properly" with devolved administrations after britain leaves the eu. our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas is in brussels. i presume that the message from nicola sturgeon is similar to the one she has given before which is she does not like what is going on and she wants scotland to have special treatment. you are right, she is here and she has been talking with michel barnier. that is over now so with michel barnier. that is over now so she's doing some other functions in brussels. but of course

it is worth saying she does not have any role in the negotiations between london and the eu but she is here exchanging views with michel barnier. she has been about once a year since the brexit vote and as you are saying, yes, her position of course at the outset was against brexit. she still wants to stay in the customs union and single market. her real concern now is twofold. one is to do with the eu withdrawal bill the uk government has drawn up. she does not like that and there's a dispute between london edinburgh about that. that's one thing. the other thing is the arrangements being made with the eu. she says the uk government needs to be much more open and needs to address those much more quickly and that is what the eu said are saying as well. in just a matter of weeks, now, michel barnier has said this again in the last few days, they have to try to nail down some of the find an outstanding

issues around the uk withdrawal to com plete issues around the uk withdrawal to complete the withdrawal treaty and without that, michel barnier, the eu's negotiator, says it will be difficult to conclude the withdrawal treaty and it may all fail. nicola sturgeon is saying that without that, people in scotland and elsewhere simply don't have clarity about what will happen in the future. damian grammaticas in brussels, thank you. the headlines on bbc news: flash flooding hits parts of the midlands and wales, after some areas experience more than a month's rainfall injustan hour. talks resume between us and north korean officials on a possible leaders' summit, after donald trump says he sees "great potential" in the north's future. the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following a referendum in the republic of ireland, but it's understood downing street believes any reform "is an issue for northern ireland". hugh ferris has the latest from the bbc sport centre.

good morning. chris froome says he won the giro d'italia with an "absolutely clear conscience" after becoming just the third rider to win all three of cycling's grand tours back to back. he also became the first british man to win the race in italy. but many had questioned whether he should be competing at all after the controversy generated by his adverse finding for asthma drug salbutamol at last year's vuelta, the second of his three wins in a row. froome denies any wrongdoing and has got on with the job in hand. it's part of my character. i've always been someone who is very good at blocking things out, staying very focused on what i need to achieve. i know what i want to do. once i set my mind to something, i like to get it done. england have dropped mark stoneman for the second test against pakistan which starts on friday at headingley after a run of bad scores for both his county and his country.

he's the only change england have made, with keatonjennings replacing him. the opener last played for his country last summer before losing his place in the side, but he's scored three centuries for his new county lancashire so far this season. england have strongly refuted allegations made in a documentary claiming three players were responsible for spot—fixing during a test match in india in 2016. the icc say they are investigating the claims made by aljazeera, whlie the ecb have released a statement outlining their denial of the accusations. i think it's outrageous that england players have been accused of this. all the players have got the full backing of the ecb. you know, it is something really not for the guys to worry about. we've got to concentrate on next week and make sure we are fully focused on winning at headingley but you know, it's an outrageous accusation and i'm sure, you know, all the right channels will be taken by the ecb and people that need to worry about it. three major seeds in the women's draw fell at the first hurdle on the opening day of the french open. venus williams lost,

which means she hasn't won one grand slam match yet this year. while british noi johanna konta also lost to kazakhstan‘s yulia putintseva, claiming afterwards that the media are not making it easy for her, after being beaten in the first round at roland garros for the fourth year in a row. she says she doesn't like everyone bringing up the fact she's never won a match in the main draw in paris, but unfortunately that's still the case. defending champion jelena ostapenko is also out, and is only the sixth female major winner to lose in the opening ruond of her title defence after she was beaten in straight sets by the unseeded ukrainian kateryna kozlova. both lewis hamilton and fernando alonso described the monaco grand prix as boring. in fact, hamilton claimed it was the "most boring of his career." there was a moment of excitement when two of the midfield runners crashed during the race, but with its tight, twisting turns, the street circuit in monte carlo makes it hard to overtake, so daniel ricciardo was able to win from the front despite having problems with his red bull.

hamilton finished third as his championship lead was cut to 11! points. justin rose has tied for the most pga tour wins by an englishman since world war ii, going level with nick faldo with his ninth victory. it came at the fort worth invitational by three shots. he had a bit of a cushion going into the final day in texas, and made sure by carding a 64 to finish 20—under par. rose will move up to third in the world rankings and he could become the new number one at the next tour event in ohio. meanwhile, it was a frustrating day for rory mcilroy at wentworth as italian francesco molinari won the pga championship by two shots. nothing seemed to go right for mcilroy all day as he missed birdie after birdie and failed to threaten the leader. that's all the sport for now. a fatherfrom north london is to be released from prison in ethiopia after being on death row for four years on suspicion of being a terrorist.

andy tsege, a prominent critic of ethiopa's ruling party in the 1970s, was given asylum in the uk in 1979, but later tried for terrorism in his absence. in 2014, he was kidnapped in yemen and taken back to ethiopia. he's now been pardoned after two years of foreign office appeals and a change in the political situation there. he still needs emergency travel documents and is not yet out ofjail. the nhs in england is to review how much it pays male and female doctors in an effort to eliminate a pay gap between the sexes of 15%. a review announced by the health secretary will look at why male doctors are paid on average £10,000 more than female doctors. across the whole nhs, women are paid 23% less than men despite far more women being employed. wh smith has been voted

the worst shop on uk high streets, by more than 10,000 people. in the survey carried out by the consumer organisation which?, customers complained the stores were out—of—date, products were expensive and staff were rude. wh smith says just 184 shoppers commented. the top companies were the cosmetics chain lush, the discounter savers and the toy chain smyths toys. a young malian man, who's been hailed a hero after rescuing a child dangling from a balcony in paris, mamadou gassama, a recent immigrant to france, scaled the building in less than a minute before hauling the child to safety. a neighbour was also trying to hold the child from the balcony next door. president emmanuel macron invited him to the elysee palace this morning to thank him personally. let's talk to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. not surprisingly, these pictures

have been beamed around the world, gone viral. a pretty incredible story, isn't it? it is and a very happy story. the speed and agility with which the man scales that wall isa with which the man scales that wall is a sight to be held. the story behind it is as uplifting because it was really a case of him being in the right place at the right time, looking up, seeing a child in danger and without a moment's reflection, it seems, rushing towards the building and climbing up the outside, hauling himself up, as you can see in the video, from one balcony to another, i mean, as it is nothing. he's obviously a man of great physical prowess. he gets to the top and holes in the child and thatis the top and holes in the child and that is that. beating the fire brigade who were on their way. he said at the end, it was only at the end went into the flat‘s living room that he started trembling when he realised what he had done. it was a

purely instinctive gesture on his pa rt purely instinctive gesture on his part and one that came off brilliantly and which of course, being filmed, has gone around the world. as you say, it looked like an instinctive reaction to do that because if you stopped and thought about it for two seconds, you wouldn't do it. and he's now been to the elysee palace this morning. yes, that's right. of course, this is a big story in france and every politician worth his or her salt has been tweeting praise of this chapter andi been tweeting praise of this chapter and i think really —— this chap, and i think put an end to support the call for and be naturalised, and so on, it was inevitable he would be invited to the elysee palace and macron has now seen invited to the elysee palace and macron has now seen him and it has opened the way for him to be made a french citizen. he has not said, "i hereby make you a citizen", but he more or less said, "when you go about the presence of being naturally —— naturalised, this will

be seen in a favourable light and you won't have any problems getting it". part of all this is that this man is someone who has joined the wave of migrants from africa to libya and across in a boat to italy. imean, he libya and across in a boat to italy. i mean, he is not hear it legally, in the said he's got papers that we re in the said he's got papers that were issued in italy but those were going to run out and he needed some way to regularise his situation and he has certainly found it. but even the far right people are saying this isa man the far right people are saying this is a man who is clearly some kind of extraordinary person and deserves it. there's a sense that even people who want to limit immigration are saying we should have migration on merit, people who deserve it and earnit merit, people who deserve it and earn it and how better to do that than by carrying out an act of such heroism? briefly, there's a report that emmanuel macron has said he will be offered a job in fire service! yes, that is what i have seen as service! yes, that is what i have seen as well. that would be fitting,

given that he beat the fire service to the place and i guess they need people who are very nimble and strong and capable of carrying out this kind of act. it would certainly bea this kind of act. it would certainly be a great place for him because the fire service in france, as you probably know, they are a group of men and women who are the most adored in france. they are regarded as national treasures, the fire service and for him to be there would be for him to be really welcomed into part of french national life. a great story. thank you forjoining us. hugh schofield live in paris. the journey to work on the number 840 bus in north yorkshire isn't your ordinary commute. it's just been crowned the "most scenic bus ride in britain". however, campaign groups are warning that rural services are in crisis. simon gompertz has hopped on board to find out how to keep the wheels turning. it's a bus driver's dream. the 840 coast liner starts in leeds, takes in york and then heads over the north york moors here and out

to whitby on the coast. driving what has been crowned our most beautiful bus route and getting paid for it is adam davies. every day is a joy. every day is a joy on this route. it is just beautiful. it's not only helping people that live out here getting to bigger places and cities, but bringing people out of the cities into this beautiful land. it is always nice when you see a whitby come up on your rota. this award for most scenic route was thought up by paul kirby, to drum up more interest in bus travel as funding is squeezed ever tighter. rural communities, many of them do need their bus services. they are a lifeline for many people because they don't have cars and they don't have access to cars or the elderly, for example, they can't drive any more. so that is why it is important to bring publicity to especially scenic routes like this one.

are you going to york, love? ticket sales pay for this service but only partly. it depends on public money, council subsidy over the winter and also the bus firm being reimbursed for letting on all the trippers with free bus passes. for anyone who has not got a car or anybody who hasn't got a driving licence, it is the only way to get out and about in the area. if you didn't have the bus? if we didn't have the bus, we wouldn't go half of the time because you'd only use the car, because of the fuel price, you'd only use it once a week or once a fortnight, to try to save on the fuel. because i have epilepsy and i can't drive, it is very important to me that there are these bus routes so i can get to places like whitby that i've been coming all my life. this is a trophy service. it is scenic and popular so it has survived but that is not the case for a lot of bus routes. bus funding has been cut by a third in the last eight years and it is often the rural,

most—needed services, the ones that people don't have an alternative to, which tend to suffer. thank you, enjoy your holiday. last year, over 500 routes in england and wales were reduced or completely withdrawn. in whitby, volunteers have stepped in to provide services up to the places on the moors where people feel abandoned. whitby moors bus, we will have one of those. eden blyth is one of them, rebadging local buses and paying with donations. i think that somebody like us will always be needed. and we're happy to do it. but we don't really want to have to keep on taking overfailing bus services because that shouldn't be the case, should it? it is all the more reason, then, to cherish remaining routes like the 840, on which you can go where you need to while soaking up the views. simon gompertz, bbc news, north yorkshire.

lucy martin has the weather. hello there. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far for scotland, northern ireland and wales and we've also seen some pretty spectacular thunderstorms. bank holiday monday looks like it will offer something similar. some good spells of warm sunshine but still the risk of thundery showers, parts of east anglia, southern england and wales. they will be fairly hit and miss. not everyone catching one but if you do see one, they could cause some disruption. there will be plenty of sunshine around, the early mist and fog largely rolling back to eastern coastal areas and it will be very warm in the south—east, looking at highs of around 28 degrees celsius. we could see 26 or 27 celsius in the highlands, though. it will be a bit cooler on the east coast thanks to more in the way of low cloud and the breeze. we will see low cloud, mist and fog spreading in from the east again. showers tending to die out although a few in the south and east, temperatures staying in double figures. it will be a fairly humid night to come. further showers on the way through tuesday and wednesday but it will stay warm with temperatures

in the mid—20s for many and some good spells of sunshine. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: flash flooding hits parts of the midlands and wales, after some areas experience more than a month's rainfall injustan hour. the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following a referendum in the republic of ireland. a young malian immigrant who rescued a boy hanging from a balcony will become a french citizen. he was hailed a hero by french authorities after he scaled the building with his bare hands. now on bbc news, the royal wedding singalong.