good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. european union leaders and senior officials are considering how to retaliate against the united states, after president trump imposed tariffs on steel and other many imports. the duties which came into force earlier protect us steel revenues and are accusing the us of launching an attack that is imposed an unnecessary. these tariffs are totally u na cce pta ble. unnecessary. these tariffs are totally unacceptable. we send steel totally unacceptable. we send steel to the us that is vital for their steel industry. it is totally u na cce pta ble steel industry. it is totally unacceptable that it can't raise matters. translation: we think it is

unacceptable and will only hurt consumers. translation: international laws don't fall in favour of the strongest. translation: today's decision is wrong. it is harmfulfor the us and europe. commerce secretary wilbur ross said a lack of progress in recent talks has left the us with little choice. the overproduction of steel and overproduction of capacity throughout the world so we have needed to deal with it in a very global manner. with stock markets down and your‘s leaders about to unleash their retaliatory forces on the battle ground they wanted to avoid, how to respond to the us

salvos, a war in which many observers say no one can win. the former white house communications director scarmucci has defended trump's actions. we now have to go back and with these deals and the economic team in europe knows the deals are unfair. he wants there to be symmetry and trade and one said to be more trade globally, not less that he wants it to be free, fair trade. he does not like the uneven application of these trade deals. our reporter is in brussels. how does this look from the eu's point of view? they are preparing for several months that these tariffs

would come into force, hoping that they wouldn't. negotiating with the us to try and prevent them but nonetheless preparing their retaliation and that is what we're going to get more details about the next couple of hours because there will be a conference here with the eu's trade commissioner. their response is based on three strands. the first one can come and four straightaway, which is that they are going to trigger a disputed the world trade organisation because bustle's think these tariffs are illegal and based on protectionism rather than state security. on the other thing that you are talking about, the eu implying its own ta riffs about, the eu implying its own tariffs in retaliation on us imports. it is a massive list, ten pages. these could come in the next couple of months and others would come in years down the line is this dispute rumbles on. it includes eye—catching things like peanut butter, motorcycles, jeans, orange

juice, cranberries and steel and aluminium as well. they preparing this list several months and getting it agreed with all the eu member states. the third thing they want to do was called safeguarding, which is protecting the eu's own steel and aluminium industry from products from elsewhere in the world that can now no longer go to the us but could end up in the eu, thereby depressing the price of steel in europe. we will get more details about all of that and how that might unfold from a brussels prospective. what if anything is going on behind—the—scenes to try and talk to the americans and persuade them of perhaps a different approach? in terms of what is going to happen now, i don't know. the gloves are off now that this is turned into a dispute, rather than a threat of a dispute. the eu had been saying previously that they were prepared to talk to the us on what they call a positive trade agenda, in other words, trade talks about improving

the relationship and trade between the relationship and trade between the two sides in a positive way. they were not prepared to do that under threat with a gun to their head as emmanuel macron has described it. they wanted to discuss this but without the threat of ta riffs this but without the threat of tariffs on steel and aluminium. that didn't work so now into a new era. what some people are saying a brussels is that this response now, this is the easy hit brussels is that this response now, this is the easy bit about all the eu member states can agree on. what happens there is an escalation and donald trump comes for, say, the european car industry, which is incredibly important to germany but less important to other member states. you can already detect in the british response, they talk about behind—the—scenes, finding exemptions for bits of the steel industry. does that make it more difficult for the eu as a whole to respond if actually some sectors of the industry that apply to some

rather than others, it would be readjusting to see how that plays out in the next couple of months. but i suspect that when we get that conference in two hours, the message will be unity, this is what the whole eu has agreed to do to tackle these trump tariffs. let's talk now to stephen kinnock. what impact will this have? potentially a huge impact. we've had a tough time and we're just about beginning to emerge from a difficult two years, a fragile state and i'm really worried that these tariffs could tip this back into a crisis. of course, they are back into a crisis. of course, they a re utterly back into a crisis. of course, they are utterly self—defeating. in 2002, george bush tried to do the same thing and it led to 200,000 job losses in the united states and he had to perform a very embarrassing u—turn just had to perform a very embarrassing u—turnjust a had to perform a very embarrassing u—turn just a year later so i really hope that the president will think

again and that this blunderbuss approach doesn't work. his going after the wrong people but it is up to you write that the eu takes retaliatory measures and that we in the british government had to stand shoulder to shoulder with our european partners. presumably that is being said loudly and clearly to the president and people around him so far has made a difference so what more do anything to be done to persuade him otherwise's the only way to deal with a bully is to stand up way to deal with a bully is to stand up to him and there cannot be any room for compromise here. retaliation, measures have to be taken and the still producers who will be hit through the supply chain of the loss of european and british steel going in there, they will start to complain to their congressmen and women and that voice will be listened to by the white house. that is what we have to do

now, is cause as much political pain as we can to donald trump and hopefully that will put him into listening mode if he has such a mode, i don't know. 20. pedro sanchez has been voted in as spain's new prime minister after the previous prime minister mariano rajoy is ousted on a vote of no—confidence. this is a huge moment. he's one of no—confidence. this is a huge moment. here's what the political survivors, comparatively to other european leaders, he has been there in office

since 2013. they called him mr wait cut and c. his fate was in the hands of the parliamentarians. they voted against him, 180 mps. they needed 176. right now, we're outside congress. they are waiting for mariano rajoy to leave. if we go this way, through the crowd waiting, we could possibly get a word as he leaves. there is his car about to leave. on the other side of that, if we come around here, we can get a sense of a crowd and a pretty volatile crowd, shouting that this isa volatile crowd, shouting that this is a corrupt government and they are glad to see this party go. that is the audience that he will face in a few minutes. an hour ago, mariano rajoy stepped in to congress and i

think it was pretty clear that he knew he was going. he thanked parliament his time in office and also said to pedro sanchez, the new spanish prime minister, 46—year—old socialist leader, he said congratulations for the job. we'll come back to the crowd because we may see mariano rajoy leave shortly. the other thing worth saying here is the heart of this crisis worse scandal called the court held case, more than a dozen former people party members were jailed, including the former treasurer. the high court judge said the party were intrinsically linked to institutionalised corruption and that mariano rajoy‘s testimony a year ago was questionable. this cause an earthquake. pedro sanchez called the vote of no motion,

no—confidence. as we see the new prime minister take the job no—confidence. as we see the new prime minister take thejob in spain, there were six other parties that have supported it but what conditions are they asking for? this is what nationalists, mariano rajoy called this frankenstein to have these numbers against him. pedro sanchez wants stability and an end to corruption. that is the interesting aspect of this, the backing he has and the measures he might have to take as a result of the outcome of this confidence vote, we're not suddenly looking at a period of guarantees stability in madrid, are we? it is different in a sense. we were talking from rome where parties or a eurosceptic to say the least, this, you have a

socialist party that wants to say that they are to keep them in. the basque party want to keep that in places there is no sign of the southern european panic but its volatility domestically. bearing in mind, there is not being a successful vote of no confidence, we are talking about working last year against mariano mariano rajoy. we may have a departing prime minister, all the new coming prime minister, pedro sanchez. chanting we have mariano rajoy about to leave office. he is hoping some of his supporters. this is clearly a partisan crowd. slightly moved away by the police as the departing prime minister is about to leave. let's

see what reaction we have from the crowded and shouting for him to go. the prime minister departing now, mariano rajoy. we will see the reaction he gets. chanting presidente! clearly support. but that is it, there is also some booing. taking his time, now gone. clearly many supporters

here to say goodbye. just a reflection on the system that operates in spain, vista sanchez having led this bid for a confidence vote, the onus is on him to form a government unlike here where there may well be a general election after a government falls on a no—confidence vote? i'm just seeing what's happening at the moment. we may see pedro sanchez in awhile. we may see pedro sanchez in awhile. we will see the arrival of the new leader. basically, it's a really good question because there is another major party. the only party at the moment it seems the only ascendance is the citizens party. they say they are not supporting the socialist leader and i believe he has credibility because they think is poll rating is low. they want to call their own motion with other supports what seems to be happening at the moment is they say that they will give it a few days, see how he sets in, they want call snap elections. it is different from uk politics. in the constitution, if you have a vote of no—confidence,

there has to be another leader prepared to take over. he is in hot seat for now. the critics will say he was to keep it that way. cv has good strategies and cv becomes more popular but sadly the press and a nalysts popular but sadly the press and analysts would say we are looking at snap elections very soon. here are headlines. the eu considers retaliation and measures against the us. as he have seen, the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has been voted out. the travel minister may be forced to appear in front of mps about the chaos on the railways. england made

a breakthrough on the final test with pakistan. after ben stokes was ruled out, they are currently one down without scoring. spurs boss says there is no clause in his new contract allowing him to succeed sedan at real madrid despite being a favourite for the job. i will be back at all of those stories at half—past. the transport secretary may be forced to appear in front of a select committee because of the chaos after timetable changes. one in eight scheduled trains was cancelled or late yesterday. more than 2000 northern services have

been aborted since the 18th of may. how bad has it been? it has been pretty chaotic rail users across the country. two particular operators who changed their timetable nearly two weeks ago. northern and thameslink that operate in the south of england. it then chaos for many commuters are trying to use those services. timetable changed and network rail said they need to readjust the services as more people using the trains. according to network rail, the reason for the chaosis network rail, the reason for the chaos is the sheer number of changes required and the late running of some engineering improvement works as well. i think we are going to hear from as well. i think we are going to hearfrom some rail as well. i think we are going to hear from some rail users. it's been a bit of a shambles, really. like, obviously, i expect to finish work and get home at a certain time, and then with all the train delays and that, i don't end up getting

home until sometimes one, two hours later than what i should be, and i've been late for work numerous times. every day, i'm late for work. myself and my partner commute from horsforth to leeds. they announce that it's delayed after it's delayed. erm, and we just have to put up with that every day, which is a bit of a nightmare, to be honest. i left rhyl 20 minutes late and then the train to manchester was delayed. and then the newcastle train that i was catching, that was delayed. every single station from picadilly through manchester, even towards huddersfield, we were just stuck because there was so many northern trains just sat at platforms because they have no drivers. they're not they‘ re not happy. they're not happy. what are the politicians saying? the transport secretary said that the rail industry had failed the passengers it serves. andy burnham, the labour

mayor for greater manchester, he said is not good enough. the rmt have also said that it's disgusting that haven't seen the rail bosses or chris grayling but they might have an opportunity too. we understand that the transport select committee is going to meet on monday and has been asked to look at this and the that committee has said they're going to be questions that need to be answered. let's talk more now. how has it been for you in the past week or two? in one word, dreadful. today, it's never been as bad as this but all 34 trains on our branch had been cancelled today. within the la st had been cancelled today. within the last hour, and minibuses turned up at kendal station, leaving ten passengers standing there he need to get to the mainline railway station,

just two or three miles away to get theirtrains to just two or three miles away to get their trains to manchester airport or london. it compromises their onward travel significa ntly. or london. it compromises their onward travel significantly. what would you like to see done about it? i personally, our group meets next week and we will have some sort of decision that, i personally feel northern should have our particular line removed from their franchise. they were awarded it two years and two months ago and the original root of the problem with the rail north took this decision to change us from trans—pennine express he ran a super service. you are looking at the rail company are by invitation to ponder transport. we also hear the finger

being pointed by some network rail, which we suspect from your point of view might be part of the problem? there are lots of factors to this? there are lots of factors to this? there are lots of factors to this? there are three main ones. the government making the decision in the first place, secondly, network railand the first place, secondly, network rail and its contractors who are trying to electrify railway lines except ours because mr grayling pulled the plug on that one last summer. world you'd have electric trains running here, so it is network rail not providing the infrastructure to the train operator so they have a major problem to be fairto them, having so they have a major problem to be fair to them, having said that, they are also not fit for purpose. they are also not fit for purpose. they are incapable of providing trains. we got the suggestion of maybe starting as early as next week, all of ourtrain starting as early as next week, all of our train timetable was suspended and it will be coaches. my reading is that a train operator should be operating trains. we are a rail user

group, nota operating trains. we are a rail user group, not a bus user group, you know? point well made. thank you. italy's new antiestablishment government is being installed later today. it will be headed by the pride minister, and little—known law minister. the populists have raised expectations but can they deliver? the apprentices at this hair academy in rome know what their country's new prime minister must be feeling. starting a newjob with no experience can be nerve—racking. this woman comes here twice a week. she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomers. she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomerslj she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomers. i hope, i trust him. you don't know him! but

he has been selected by people who have experience and he is good—looking. he seems a nice person. what advice do these stu d e nts person. what advice do these students have for giuseppe conte?|j hope they give more opportunities for young people to get into the workspace. the trainee chefs here in rome have some sympathy for their country's new leader. they said they wa nt country's new leader. they said they want really enjoys being thrown in at the deep end. translation: you have the commitment and passion you easily overcome your fears. these

trainees have time to learn their craft. the prime minister does not. two police officers are being treated in hospital after being injured during an incident in inverclyde. they were calls to the scene in greenock this morning. a man was detained in connection with the incident and is also receiving treatment in hospital. five people suffered serious injuries last night when a car ploughed into a group of pedestrians in trafford park. the car fails pedestrians in trafford park. the carfails to stop pedestrians in trafford park. the car fails to stop at the scene and the vehicle believed to be involved in the collision was found in sa lfo rd. in the collision was found in salford. a 21—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failure to stop. north korean state media says that the country's leader kim jong—un has stressed his commitment to denuclearise sing the peninsula but he wants to do it

stage by stage. these statements we re stage by stage. these statements were made in a discussion with russian's foreign minister. our correspondent is near the border separating north and south korea. while the world waits to hear what exactly is in that letter from kim jong—un to president trump, we have learnt more about his discussions with the russian foreign minister. we believe he told him that his fixed we'll is on denuclearisation but, vitally, he digs it should happen on stage by stage. that sells like a slower, elongated process, compared to what the us is demanding. there may be a gap to close between north korea and america's definition of the neutralisation. what north korea has achieved at already is a diplomatic

success. it's got an invitation to a summit in moscow and has already been seeking to china and that prospect of a singapore summit with the us still looms. there may be more talks happening here near the demilitarised zone. officials from north and south korea met again today and they've agreed to open a liaison office so they can have more talks on the future and potentially later this year, could open the door to families being reunited after decades of separation with this border, it is now possible later this year, we could see people being reunited after years apart. it is still a dynamic situation and what is in that envelope being hand—delivered to the white house could potentially change things all over again. the weather now. across europe, there is plenty of

tricky weather, not just across europe, there is plenty of tricky weather, notjust like saying and thunderstorms here. they are affecting our flights going and thunderstorms here. they are affecting ourflights going out and thunderstorms here. they are affecting our flights going out of the uk into europe, so it doesn't matter if the weather is bad here, if it is bad in both places, it is a double whammy. the real weather action is going to happen a little bit later on today when we start to see heavy showers forming across parts of the west midlands in particular. wales, the northwest of england, into northern ireland as well. these are very hit and miss showers. if part of the city gets it, the other side could not and there could be flash flooding. the thunderstorms will rumble into the evening and then another murky, misty night. temperatures around 16 in the south. this is bbc news. good morning. time for the latest

headlines. the eu, canada and mexico have all warned they will retaliate in kind against new us tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, has been forced out of office in a vote of no—confidence, after his party became embroiled in a corruption scandal. transport secretary chris grayling has come under attack after days of disruption on the railways, following changes to timetables. the children's commissioner for england says too many children are being shunted around the care system, creating damaging instability in their lives. the high street cosmetics chain lush has become embroiled in a social media storm — after launching a campaign which appears to accuse police officers of being "paid to lie". in a moment... a review of blood, stem cell and organ donation among black, asian and ethnic minority communities in england has found that demand is disproportionately high, while supply remains very low. sport now, with damianjohnson.

good morning. england have made an early breakthrough on the first morning in the crucial final test of pakistan at headingley. they are one down in the two match series. captainjo down in the two match series. captain jo root produced down in the two match series. captainjo root produced a fine catch to dismiss his opponent. ben stokes was ruled out after failing to recover from a stokes was ruled out after failing to recoverfrom a hamstring injury. so england handed a debut to the 19—year—old all—rounder sam curran, pakistan currently 6—1. spurs boss mauricio pochettino says there's no clause in his new contract allowing him to succeed zinedine zidane at real madrid despite emerging as a favourite for the job. zidane announced his shock resignation as coach yesterdayjust days after leading real to their third successive champions league triumph. he is their most successful manager in modern history, winning nine trophies injust two and a half seasons. pochettino has just signed a five—year deal

to continue as spurs boss. manchester city women have signed scotland captain caroline weir on a two—year contract. the midfielderjoins city from liverpool, where she has spent the last two seasons. after finishing runners—up to chelsea in the women's super league, city's recruitment is already in full swing for next season — weir is their second signing in as many days, following the arrival of pfa young player of the year lauren hemp from bristol city. chelsea's decision to put major stadium redevelopment plans on hold is no surprise to former managing director christian purslow. the move comes after delays to owner roman abramovich renewing his uk visa. abramovich is unwilling to invest in a major project in a country where he is not allowed to work.

his visa ran out a few weeks ago and delays in the renewal come as tensions increase between london and moscow. work has stopped on the one billion pound project to rebuild stamford bridge. it would have increased capacity to 60—thousand and created a state of the art stadium. purslow says he expected this to happen. soa so a very marginal economic decision that has always been on the brink of being approved or not by the owner. and the practicalities of this project also have been a major stumbling block. essentially, a four—year building project meeting chelsea to find an alternative home for such a long period. the most practical solution wembley. many people in the club have been unsure about the wisdom of getting fans to travel so far, for so long away from their home. several practicalities and economics, it is a pretty sensible decision not to pursue this project and no surprise to me that is the decision they have ultimately taken. the former world heavyweight champion tyson fury has told bbc sport he believes he can beat every major name in the division, including current belt holders anthonyjoshua and deontay wilder. fury returns to the ring next weekend — more than two years since his last fight.

he admitted it's been a difficult time away from the sport. listen, it's not a secret i suffered from mental health problems, depression and all that stuff. i hit the drink right heavily. and, you know, it's all coming back. sometimes in life, you have to witness what it is like to be down, depressed and not in a good place to realise when you've got it good, how good it can be. just being back to normality is excellent for me now andi normality is excellent for me now and i enjoy life so much better the second time round. ifeel like i've almost been given a second chancellor life. i think the fight fa ns chancellor life. i think the fight fans are in for a real treat, especially in the heavyweight decision. there is so much healthy competition out there now with welder, joshua, mill. ifi competition out there now with welder, joshua, mill. if i am to go down in history as a great champion, i must beat all these on commerce and avoid nobody. despite a record play—off points tally star player lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers were unable to overcome the reigning champions the golden state warriors in the first game of the best

of series nba finals. a missed free throw by the cav‘s george hill in the final stages to force the game into overtime where the warriors were able to take control, running out 124—114 winners, taking a 1—0 series lead. the meet again in the early hours of monday morning. pakistan 16—1 in the test match. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's get more now on the chaos to rail services. northern and govia thames have both apologised more than 2,000 northern services have been aborted since the 18th of may. the company has cancelled 132 services so far today with all services on the lakes line between oxenholme to windermere affected. let's talk now to the shadow transport secretary, andy mcdonald, who's in middlesbrough for us. good morning, where'd you pointed the finger, who is responsible for this? ultimately, the transport

secretary is responsible for the railway system. this is a meltdown due to a complete lack of preparedness, not making sure that the right number of drivers are in the right number of drivers are in the right number of drivers are in the right place, with the right route knowledge, at the right time. so the responsibility rests with the secretary of state. he should have been on top of this. he should have had oversight of it, and if the industry was not ready to deliver it, he should have paused it until such times that it was. there are other issues. clearly, we have got issues of rolling stock cascading down into this territory. and we have. got some of the infrastructure problems. but this is the drop of the transport secretary to understand that and not recovered and cause such misery for tens of thousands of travellers today and in the last several weeks. and any decent transport secretary would have considered his or her position by now. you want him to resign, do

you? well, he should, but he's not going to. the government are in a very fragile state and they could not afford to lose such a significant figure within the cabinet. but how long do we go on sustaining such a fragmented and failed franchise system ? sustaining such a fragmented and failed franchise system? it is com pletely failed franchise system? it is completely collapsed and there needs to bean completely collapsed and there needs to be an acknowledgement of that and a restoration of proper services for people and let's deal with the fundamentals of a fragmented, failing franchise system. and i am afraid the secretary of state is just refusing to do that. let me do with what he has said about it. he has blamed network railfor the disruption and he says the performance has been unacceptable. going back to the point about whether the industry was ready, he suggested that network rail had failed to set enough time and resources to ensure the new timetables comey implement it smoothly. if that's true, it is not necessarily his fault, it is it? he

is responsible for network rail. it is responsible for network rail. it is an industry, it is in public ownership. he is the secretary of state for transport. this is absolutely ludicrous for him to pretend that this is somebody else's bolt other than his own and he can look to timetable is who have worked their socks off at modest rates of pay to put this right. he points the finger and network rail, he points the finger is that drivers. anybody but himself. he is ultimately responsible for all these elements of the railway industry and he cannot abrogate his own responsibility, but he seems to do this time and time again. it is about time he had a reality check and faced up to his own responsibilities. we must leave it there, thank you for hearing with those of your earpiece. andy mcdonald, the shadow transport secretary. high street cosmetics chain lush has become embroiled in a social media storm — after launching a campaign which appears to accuse police

officers of being "paid to lie". critics have accused the company of being anti—police — and some customers have been tweeting that they will boycott the chain. but lush says the campaign aims to highlight the abuse that people face when their lives have been infiltrated by undercover police. i'm joined in the studio by our correspondent, simonjones. a bit of background, what is the story? lush have around 100 stores on the high street and they are a big presence and they are using that presence and their presence and social media to launch this campaign which is proving to be pretty controversial. what you're seeing in certain stores across the country is a picture showing a police officer, the face of a police officer, easing the face of a police officer, easing the terms paid to lie and spycops. it says it is highlighting the enquiry into undercover policing.

looking at allegations police officers infiltrated the lives of women and had sexual relationships with those women and the effect it has had on them. but the enquiry was launched three years ago and it is not likely to publish its final report for another five years. lush is trying to highlight the effect this undercover policing operation has had but it has provoked a backlash. let's take you through some of the comments and twitter. christine fulton: asa as a widow of a police officer, she says... a former police officer says... and also, lynne owens, the

director—general of the national crime inches and see, has responded. she says... —— national crime agency. other people have said that they are customers of lush and they will not shopin customers of lush and they will not shop in the store again and there is also a shop in the store again and there is alsoa campaign shop in the store again and there is also a campaign called #flush lush where people are saying to put the products on the toilet. thank you very much indeed. thousands of children in care are at risk because they are being moved around the system too much. that's the warning from the children's commisioner for england. the government says it's put in place a range of measures to help create stable environments. but anne longfield said nearly 2,400 children had to change home, school or social worker in the last year. the lack of blood, stem cell and organ donors within black and asian communities is leading to a ‘silent crisis‘ for those who need treatment, according to a group of mps. today, they‘ re recommending

a new public health campaign to target these communities. the b positive choir are all affected by a lack of donors — and earlier this week, they performed on britain's got talent. tim muffett went to meet them. # rise up # yeah # rise up... in 2016, my kidneys failed. i spent 14 months on dialysis. about ten months in, we found my brother was a match. and so last year — june 30th — i had a kidney transplant. for davinia and the members of b positive, it's been a remarkable year. a semifinal place in britain's got talent. # reaching for the stars... a chance to spread a vital message. there isn't a lot of blood donors out there. i mean, they need, i think is it 6,000 daily? and they need 40,000 new black donors to come forward. # we'll rise up...

all of the choir either have or know someone with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder. i rely on blood every six weeks in order to live a normal, healthy life. for my blood group, i need a afro—caribbean donor, and it's very sort of like rare blood types which only afro—caribbean people hold. some people don't understand the need and the urgency, that how important blood is. a review into the lack of blood, organ and stem cell donors within black and asian communities will publish its findings today. for the members of b positive, it's long overdue. why do you think donation levels are so low within certain communities? it's historical that folks just don't consider giving. others are just tabboos. and they say, oh, my religion doesn't allow it. it's just a misunderstanding. people misinterpret parts of their faith. today's review calls for a culture shift when it comes to donation.

it says increased awareness, at a local and national level, is urgently required. there's a disconnection between nhs and the community, full stop. the importance of it is not resonating with the afro—caribbean community. one donation can save the life of up to three people. boom! # foryou #. tim muffett, bbc news. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first... the headlines on bbc newsroom live. european union leaders consider how to hit back at the unites states — after it imposed new steel and aluminium tariffs. spain's prime minister, mariano rajoy, loses a parliamentary vote of confidence — the opposition socialist party will now form a new government. the transport secretary may be forced to appear in front of mps —

over the chaos caused by changes to the rail timetable. hello. the business news. a trade war looming? the european union issues a ten—page list of tariffs on us goods ranging from harley—davidson motorcycles to peanut butter. it also plans to challenge trump's 25% levy on steel and aluminium imports at the world trade organization. more on this injust a moment. growth in the eurozone is weakening — that's according to the bloc‘s latest manufacturing survey. the ihs markit‘s pmi index for the 19 nations fell in may to a 15—month low of 55.5 from april's 56.2. a reading over 50 does still indicate growth —

but it's been weakening since the start of the year, and the manufacturing pmi measure has now declined for five months in a row. and funeral costs are to come under scrutiny as two separate reviews being launched — the competition and markets authority is reviewing funeral costs, "to ensure that people are not getting a bad deal". meanwhile, the treasury is focusing on concerns over pre—paid funeral plans. so, after the initial white house talk of tariffs on steel and aluminium imports back in march, later followed by a series of extensions and exemptions, as of 5am today, president donald trump did the deed — and went ahead and imposed a 25% tariff — effectively a tax — on imports of steel and aluminium from the eu, mexico and canada, some of america's closest allies. it's sparked a furious reaction and talk of retaliatory measures — with french president macron calling mr trump to tell him the move was "illegal" —

a term echoed by bernd lange, chair of the european parliament's international trade committee. here in the uk, international trade secretary liam fox said the levy was "patently absurd". gareth stace is head of trade body uk steel, and earlier explained exactly what the impact of those tarrifs coming into force this morning means for uk exporters, and us business on the receiving end. you know, if there was steel on the water yesterday travelling to the us from the uk, at five o'clock this morning uk time, that steel would now be 25% more expensive to that us manufacturing company that it was being sold to. this is actually going to damage the us economy much more, ina going to damage the us economy much more, in a way, than it would damage our economy. president trump is effectively shooting himself in the foot. he thinks it is going to save jobs. independent reports say that for every onejob he jobs. independent reports say that for every one job he saves in the us steel sector, he will lose fourjobs in the us manufacturing sector. this is not the right solution to address

a global problem of global overca pacity a global problem of global overcapacity in the steel sector. it just beggars belief really. joining us now is charles de lusignan, a spokesperson from eurofer — the european steel association. thank you forjoining me here. we heard gareth talking about the potential impact to the uk's industry. what do you feel would be the impact to europe's steel industry? well, it will be the impact that will hit the uk, but multiplied to 28 times. if tariffs stick and if we see the large—scale deflection of steel from the us market to the eu market as well as the foregone exports to the eu exports that will no longer go to the us, we could see tens of thousands of job losses the us, we could see tens of thousands ofjob losses across the eu. so the effect would be very large indeed, very damaging, which is why that the eu's and member states reaction is important. a big fear is safeguarding the european

steel market from potentially this glut of new product that can now no longer go to the states. yes, precisely right and that is what eurofer has most called for, the thing which will help stabilise the market which has onlyjust recovered and regained momentum to allow it to pick up after nearly a decade of crisis. the tough talking is coming out of brussels, the threat is now of tit—for—tat. retaliatory tariffs being placed on american exports. do you think that is helpful to the plate of your members? no one wants a trade war. but it is important to the us understands in a multilateral trading system, you cannot take unilateral beggar thy neighbour measures such as the one they have done. where as president macron says it is illegal, the problem is trump, what he has done is not illegal but it is not in the spirit of the wto chapter 21 which has been about here

to employ section 232. japan and our allies need to make it clear to the us this will not fly and retallick tree measures and safeguards the tools which will ensure that the damages deflected back on the us —— and retaliatory measures. thank you for your time. last month may have been a bit disappointing for european shares but, today, equities across the region are on the up, pointing to a strong start forjune. so for all the talk of trade war worries, it's manifested itself in very little market reaction — stocks were jittery yesterday, but further fallout looks to just be limited to individual stocks. so britain's top share index is on the rise on friday as shares in cyclical stocks — stocks affected by the ups and downs in the overall economy, such as miners and financials — they've rallied today, joining in broader gains for european shares as relief over italy's political crisis lifted risky assets. shares of banks barclays, hsbc and lloyds are contributing the biggest boost to the ftse.

mining stocks were also higher, with shares in glencore, rio tinto and anglo american all up. shell also gaining, as crude oil prices claw back losses. that's all the business news. thank you very much for that. iceland's late summer sunsets mean muslims there are experiencing one of the longest ramadan fasts in the world this year, reaching up to 22 hours without any food or water. some are following mecca's shorter timings instead. athar ahmad, from the bbc asian network, has been to reykjavik. lunchtime at this kebab shop in reykjavik. but although owner yaman brakhan is serving up meals to customers, he himself isn't eating for more than 20 hours, as part of one of the world'slongest ramadan fasts. when you work with food

and you don't eat yet, of course, you feel hungry, yes. but it don't make me to break my day. if you believe in something, you don't worry, you know. you go for it. and so i believe in something. i believe in it. many of iceland's small muslim community have come over from countries like syria and algeria, where fasting hours tend to be shorter. despite the cooler temperatures here, however, the early sun rises and late summer sunsets mean those fasting only have a window of two to three hours in which to eat. here, at the islamic cultural centre of iceland, worshippers are encouraged to pay extra attention to their nutrition after the long hours of fasting. we usually start with... breaking our fast, we start with dates, and this is very good for the body because the sugar, it gives energy to the body so quick. and then we take some milk, we start prayer, and then we take our main meal after this.

there are around 1,500 muslims living here in iceland, many of whom are breaking their fasts after nearly 20 hours without any food or water, and those days are going to get even longer as the month of ramadan goes on. but there are also some muslims here who think these long fasts need to be shortened. this man runs a makeshift mosque in the apartment he lives in with his young family. he believes the exceptionally long daylight hours in iceland mean fasts can be shortened, in accordance with islamic law. when we read the verses of the koran in relation to the fast, god himself says that god wants to create ease for you in extraordinary circumstances, to fix the day to a normal day's hours. it's one of those instances where he's teaching us to create ease. but despite the early—morning starts and late—night finishes, many icelandic muslims like yaman will continue to observe the long fasts for the final two weeks of ramadan. it's a little bit hard, but we've done it and everything is good, 0k?

now i feel full, i can start my day tomorrow with fasting. athar ahmad, bbc news. increasing numbers of people are being readmitted to hospital in england with preventable conditions such as pneumonia and pressure sores, according to the nuffield trust. better care in hospital and at home afterwards could have made a difference, it said. emergency readmissions, within 30 days of discharge, have risen by a fifth over the past seven years. the government said it has committed to a long—term funding plan to help the nhs manage growing demands. after 97 years of devoted service, britain's longest serving poppy seller is planning to retire. this is 103—year—old rosemary powell, who served as a nurse during the second world war. rosemary helped her mother sell poppies on richmond bridge for the royal british legion's first poppy appeal in 1921, when she was aged six! she's now planning to hang up her collection tin,

as she says she's "getting old". the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with a look at the weather. thank you. more showers and thunderstorms and downpours in the forecast today. but many parts of the country a bit like yesterday will miss the heavy rain. today, it is in fact a mixture of plenty of bright, if not sunny weather and thundery downpours. the storms affecting other parts of europe. angry clouds on a satellite image. and these storms have an indirect impact on others. even though they occur across the continent, they are disrupting flights in the uk so flights going into continental europe. at midday, you can see across parts of germany, we will also see storms brewing during the

afternoon. but look how local they are. but they also move across the country is, it is notjust that area. we get stripped of very heavy rain developing across the uk. some across the west country and some across the west country and some across the west country and some across the midlands. but the most frequent storms will develop across parts of wales, through the northwest of england, south—western parts of scotland, into northern ireland. ina parts of scotland, into northern ireland. in a short space of time, we could see more than an inch of rain, 20—30 millimetres, leading to flash flooding. the majority of the country, if you look at the map, is enjoying the fine weather. be it a little humid. we have had this humid weather for some little humid. we have had this humid weatherfor some time little humid. we have had this humid weather for some time and it will continue for a while. tonight, another mild night with temperatures of around 16 celsius in london. 13 in the north. and tomorrow, it sta rts in the north. and tomorrow, it starts overcast again and we see showers developing across eastern areas of the country up to scotland, which could be heavy with thunder and lightning, but the south, the

west cou ntry and lightning, but the south, the west country into cornwall and devon, southern parts of wales seeing the most of the sunshine. sunday, less of a chance of developing showers. still some around across parts of northern and eastern britain. temperatures up to 25 celsius and we expect the high teens or the low 20s in scotland and northern ireland. over the weekend and next week, we start to see humidity coming down. perhaps the risk of storms ease as well. but it is still going to stay warm, many areas seeing temperatures in the high teens or the low 20s. once again today, a lot of downpours, at least locally and some affecting us tomorrow. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. preparing for a trade war, european union leaders will set out in an hour how they will hit back at the united states — after it imposed new steel and aluminium tariffs. spain's prime minister, mariano rajoy, is forced out of office —

the opposition socialist party will now form a new government. the transport secretary may be forced to appear in front of mps over the chaos caused by changes to the rail timetable. he needs to make a statement. he needs to set a clear deadline by which services will be restored to an acceptable standard. to an acceptable standard. the children's commissioner warns that thousands of children in care are at risk because they are being moved around the system too much. also coming up, controversy at cosmetics firm lush. the company launches a campaign which accuses police of ‘lying' and ‘spying' on people by infiltrating environmental groups. and a poppy seller is hanging up her collection tin after 97 years of collecting for the appeal. welcome to bbc newsroom live.

european union leaders and senior officials are considering how to retaliate against the united states, after president trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. the duties, which came into force earlier this morning, apply to canada and mexico, as well as the eu. the tariffs will impose 25% on steel imports f11 and 10% on aluminium in response the eu has vowed to impose its own tariffs on some american goods, including bourbon, cranberries, bluejeans and florida orangejuice. the french president, emmanuel macron, described the us move as ‘illegal‘, and said the countries would challenge it at the world trade organization. russell trott reports. isa

is a trade war is looming, it will be fought on many fronts. the trump ta riffs be fought on many fronts. the trump tariffs on steel and aluminium imports are designed, he says, to protect americanjobs imports are designed, he says, to protect american jobs and american workers wages. 25% tariff on steel and 10% of aluminium. they've met with a barrage of criticism, a accusing the us of launching an attack this is unnecessary. this is unacceptable. it is blatantly absurd. it is totally unacceptable that the country is imposing unilateral measures. it is totally inadequate. we reject it completely. we think it will damage consumers, not the end district. it is the law

of the strongest but international relations don't fall under the law of the strongest. today's decision is wrong, harmful for europe and the us itself. friday's deadline and exemption from the tariffs is now expired. the commerce secretary said a lack of processing recent talks left the us with little choice. there is overproduction of steel and there is overcapacity throughout the world and so we have needed to deal with it in a very global manner. with stock markets down and your‘s leaders now about to unleash their retaliatory forces on a battle ground wanted to avoid, how to respond to the us salvos of potential transatlantic trade war, a war in which many observers say no

one can win. war in which many observers say no one can win. the former white house communications director, anthony scaramucci, has defended president trump's actions — accusing other countries of taking advantage of the us in past trade negotiations. i think what the president is saying is that we want free trade, we want fair trade between a half to go back and rework these deals so there is symmetry with each other. your economic team in europe knows the deals were unfair. here's an missile lock on trade. he wants symmetry in trade. he once more trade globally, not less but he wants it to be fair and free trade, he does not like the uneven application of the trade rules. of the trade rules. the french president, emmanuel macron told president trump in a phone call last that the eu would counter in a ‘firm and proportionate manner‘. let‘s get more from our correspondent in paris, lucy williamson. we are told that emanuel macron gets

on very well with donald trump. he has made a lot that the two men regularly speak by phone and have warm if frank discussions. i think that last night‘s phone call would one the latter. macron described the decision as illegal. before he made that phone call, he spoke to journalists and said that this was economic nationalism and that was war, he said. is it clear what the impact will be in france? france is not a big player in the us steel market but this is about much more than that. this is about multilateralism and he has put that at the heart of his presidency ever since he came to power. he‘s that point very strongly to mr trump. you

might remember he addressed both houses of the congress and challenged president trump ‘s back nationalist policies and really promoted the idea of multilateralism and how important it was. this is a direct challenge to that so i think thatis direct challenge to that so i think that is also where this anger is coming from. there will be european response to this, not a french response, a joint european response. it remains to be seen whether french anger and insistence that they won‘t negotiate with their backs against the wall is going to be shared by all european partners. with me is gareth stace — the director of uk steel — the trade association that represents the steel industry. what impact is this going to have?” think unfortunately it will have a very significant impact on the steel sector, both directly in terms of sales to the us market, which is our second biggest export market, worth something like £306 million a year.

just as important but will affect the whole of the steel sector is that the steel is now blocked out of the us because of the tariffs will need to find a new home. that could be 25 million tonnes of steel. to put into we make 7.5 million tonnes of steel in the uk so proportion of that 25 million tonnes would disrupt our sector, prices would come down and we would find ourselves right backin and we would find ourselves right back in the steel crisis that we suffered in 2015 and 2016, which was the worst still crisis in well over a generation. you will have seen coming out of the white house that their point as there is a worldwide overproduction and this is part of the methodology of dealing with that. i'm surprised that the white house even admitting that in the sense that that is the problem, that there is an oversupply of steel globally, mostly coming from china, is what i mean? it's a global

problem that requires a global solution and get together and tackle that. the opposite of that is taking as trump has done, unilateral protectionist measures that will start a trade war and not address the problem globally at all. you call them protectionist, he would say, nigel dodds led to this. this is about the america first policy. this is about protecting american jobs. what would you say? firstly, if we look at the american jobs, everyone steeljob he will save, he will lose forjobs in the manufacturing sector. that will shoot himself in the foot there. the global steel sector thrives on free trade. a quarter of all steel produced travels across borders and therefore this isn't going to help anyone, let alone the us economy and it will certainly damage the uk economy and the european economy. so we need a strong reaction and a

strong reaction to that flood of steel that is going to find a new home, come into the eu. we need to stop at coming here and ensure that we have effective, free—trade hearing the eu and continue to do so. breaking news from germany. this happened on friday and sparked a massive hunt. a spokesman has been telling authorities about this. a bear that broke out of the zoo has been shocked. shot. spain‘s prime minister mariano rajoy has been forced out of office. he lost a vote of confidence in parliament in madrid. the opposition socialist party, which proposed the motion and has no parliamentary majority, will now form a new government. its leader, pedro sanchez, will be the new prime minister.

this is the moment when mariano rajoy crossed the floor to congratulate mr sanchez. parliament erupted into applause and cheering as it was announced mps had voted by a margin of 11 against mr rajoy. the opposition called the vote after the governing people‘s party was implicated in a major corruption scandal. let‘s get more now from our europe reporter, gavin lee who is in madrid for us. momentous events in parliament today, gavin. an incredible few hours. what‘s right here a short while ago outside congress, mariano rajoy left. he was cheered by his supporters. as soon as he left the gates, he was jeered supporters. as soon as he left the gates, he wasjeered by lots supporters. as soon as he left the gates, he was jeered by lots of protesters shouting corruption,

calling him to go as quickly as possible. really interesting because this is a man who is known to be teflon toff in terms of his ability to stay on. he spent years, surviving a no—confidence motion last year. he ultimately, a week ago, i think that was the beginning of his undoing. it was a high court ruling in which the judge said the governing party had been involved in systemic corruption on an institutionalised level. ajudge said that mariano rajoy had also given testimony that was questionable. pedro sanchez, the 46—year—old leader of the socialist party, the new leader of spain, the new prime minister, who we believe will have to be officially sworn in, meeting king felipe today but how the spanish coast you she works, thatis

the spanish coast you she works, that is the new government. we heard from him a short while ago where after the vote where180 mps agreed against this no—confidence vote, needing 176, pedro sanchez said that it was a deserved isolation of the mariano rajoy. he said that before shaking hands with him as mariano rajoy left. a new era, a new government, the first time ever in modern spanish history that a no—confidence vote has been successful. just the parliamentary how secure is this new pedro sanchez government look to you? the socialist party have less than a third of the seats in government commerce on the face of it, they wouldn‘t get in on a democratic election but you have six other parties supporting them. some are catalan, to basque parties as well, one from the canaries, valencia, some of them want their own things

in return for their support. mariano rajoy described as before the vote asa rajoy described as before the vote as a frankenstein movement, saying it is unleashing pliskova monsters. what are the basque goat as for? we know one party is asked for bringing prisoners close to the basque country and what about the other, following the attempt to separate backin following the attempt to separate back in september from the mps, some are in prison and some are in textile. that is the top of the trace the new prime minister, pedro sanchez. his nickname is would you believe, mr handsome. there are worse nicknames to have four spanish politicians. he is a former economics prime minister. he lost hisjob as economics prime minister. he lost his job as socialist leader back in 2016 because he refused to allow the

governing party to have a minority government. the socialists ousted him and allowed it to happen. he eventually was voted back and is not an mp at the moment but now he is prime minister. the transport secretary, chris grayling, may be forced to appear in front of a select committee hearing, because of the the chaos caused by changes to the rail timetable. northern and govia thames have both apologised for continuing disruption. one in eight scheduled trains was cancelled or late, yesterday. more than 2,000 northern services have been aborted since the 18th of may. with me is our correspondent, caroline davies. for a lot of people, this has been very disruptive. yes, and i have some new figures on the trains cancelled today. we found out from network rail but 212 trains have been fully cancelled today and 81 of them have been apart cancelled and update on northern, 2220 trains have

been cancelled. a huge amount of disruption for travellers who are trying to get to work, trying to see family, it‘sjust trying to get to work, trying to see family, it‘s just been a very difficult time. we spoke to some in leeds earlier today. it‘s been a bit of a shambles, really. like, obviously, i expect to finish work and get home at a certain time, and then with all the train delays and that, i don‘t end up getting home until sometimes one, two hours later than what i should be, and i‘ve been late for work numerous times. every day, i'm late for work. myself and my partner commute from horsforth to leeds. they announce that it's delayed after it's delayed. erm, and we just have to put up with that every day, which is a bit of a nightmare, to be honest. i left rhyl 20 minutes late and then the train to manchester was delayed. and then the newcastle train that i was catching, that was delayed. every single station from picadilly through manchester, even towards huddersfield, we were just stuck because there was so many northern trains just sat at platforms

because they have no drivers. what lies ahead ? the what lies ahead? the transport select committee are due to meet on monday to discuss this. many have been criticising chris grayling and he‘s been criticising the rail network, saying that it failed the passengers it served. the transport select committee chair says that she thinks there are questions that need to be asked and answered to be given. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. european union leaders consider how to hit back at the unites states — after it imposed new steel and aluminium tariffs. spain‘s prime minister, mariano rajoy, loses a parliamentary vote of confidence — the opposition socialist party will now form a new government. the transport secretary may be forced to appear in front of mps — over the chaos caused by changes to the rail timetable. england have made an early

breakthrough on the first morning of the crucial final test with pakistan at headingley. they‘re one down in the two match series. earlier ben stokes was ruled out after failing to recover from a hamstring injury so england handed a debut to 19 year olfd all rounder sam curran. it‘s currently 39 for 2. spurs boss mauricio pochettino says there‘s no clause in his new contract allowing him to succeed zinedine zidane at real madrid despite emerging as a favourite for the job. zidane announced his shock resignation as coach yesterdayjust days after leading real to their third successive champions league triumph. he is their most successful manager in modern history, winning nine trophies injust two and a half seasons. pochettino has just

signed a five—year deal to continue as spurs boss. manchester city women have signed scotland captain caroline weir on a two—year contract. the midfielderjoins city from liverpool, where she has spent the last two seasons. after finishing runners—up to chelsea in the women‘s super league, city‘s recruitment is already in full swing for next season — weir is their second signing in as many days, following the arrival of pfa young player of the year lauren hemp from bristol city. the former world heavyweight champion tyson fury has told bbc sport he believes he can beat every major name in the division, including current belt holders anthonyjoshua and deontay wilder. fury returns to the ring next weekend — more than two years since his last fight. he admitted it‘s been a difficult time away from the sport. it was very dark. i didn‘t have

anything to be depressed about. i had fame, titles, a loving family but i suppose anyone with depression been suffering it can relate to what i have been feeling. i wouldn‘t wish this on my worst enemy. it is a horrible thing. if you haven‘t ever witnessed it then you might think the time or whatever but it is very ha rd the time or whatever but it is very hard and! the time or whatever but it is very hard and i think now more than ever people are speaking openly about it. a breaking story to lead you with, leeds united have sacked head coach port hacking bottom after less than four months in charge. two police officers are being treated in hospital after being injured during an incident in inverclyde. they were called to the scene in greenock this morning. a man was detained in connection with the incident and is also receiving treatment in hospital. increasing numbers of people

are being readmitted to hospital in england with preventable conditions such as pneumonia and pressure sores, according to the nuffield trust. better care in hospital and at home afterwards could have made a difference, it said. emergency readmissions, within 30 days of discharge, have risen by a fifth over the past seven years. the government said it has committed to a long—term funding plan to help the nhs manage growing demands. five people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a hit and run in greater manchester. police were called to trafford park last night to reports that a car had hit a crowd of people. keith doyle reports. in the background, speeding by, is what‘s believed to be the car involved in the incident. overnight, police sealed off the area where witnesses described seeing a bmw car speed across a roundabout and hit pedestrians, throwing them into the air. five people were taken to hospital with what are described as serious injuries.

another person was treated for minor injuries. greater manchester police say the driver failed to stop at the scene. the vehicle believed to have been involved was recovered later in salford. a 21—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop after a collision. police say there is no evidence to suggest what happened was terrorism related and they are appealing for witnesses. keith doyle, bbc news. a british father of three held on death row in ethiopia forfour years, has returned to the uk after being pardoned last month. andy tsege was accused by the ethiopian authorities of being a terrorist and was tried with others in his absence in 2009 before being sentenced to death. he had been detained in ethiopia since 2014. his release comes after talks between theresa may and her ethiopian counterpart. thousands of children in care are at risk beacuse

they are being moved around the system too much. that‘s the warning from the children‘s commisioner for england. the government says it‘s put in place a range of measures to help create stable environments. but anne longfield said nearly 2,400 children had to change home, school or social worker in the last year. elaine dunkley reports. jack — not his real name — went into care three years ago, after a troubled home life, but he struggled with the instability of constantly being moved around to different foster homes. at first, i was a bit more, i don‘t want your help. i‘m just here because you guys are putting me here. so i was being a little baby, for instance, like. i wasn‘t really trying to let them help me, because i needed the help. and as i got older and i started getting involved in the activities, i realised that they do care. the report by the children‘s commissioner for england found in the past three years, around 2,500 children moved home five times or more, over 4,000 children moved school in the middle of the year, with 400

missing a whole term as a result. julie has been a foster carer for 11 years and says the constant disruption also leaves children vulnerable to being groomed by gangs. they end up, erm, seeking out stability and relationships with people that aren't safe people. they don't have a safe base, so they seek that out somewhere else, and that means that they are vulnerable to cse, which is a huge issue at the moment. erm, exploitation — be that gangs, even radicalisation and stuff, because they're desperate to be accepted. children in care are amongst the most vulnerable in society. in a statement, the department for education says it‘s investing close to £4 million to help create a stable environment in foster homes and is prioritising school admissions for those in care. elaine dunkley, bbc news.

after 97 years of devoted service, britain‘s longest serving poppy seller is planning to retire. 103—year old rosemary powell who served as a nurse during the second world war, helped her mother sell poppies on richmond bridge for the royal british legion‘s first poppy appeal in 1921, when she was aged six! she‘s now planning to hang up her collection tin as she says she‘s "getting old". joining me now from our salford studio is simon o‘leary, assistant director of fundraising at the royal british legion. but this achievement into some sort of context for us. good afternoon. we wanted to highlight rosemary's amazing story to actually showcase all our volunteers and the amazing work they do, both in fundraising and in service delivery. it is

volunteers week and the story i think sums up the commitment and dedication of people like rosemary across the country. her personal story is so touched by war, notjust world war i but world war ii was well. she has lost a brother, she has lost loved ones and it just goes to show that that generation sacrificed so much to bring us through the terrible times of the first world war but also contributed so much and that is why in this centenary, the royal british legion is saying thank you for the advances we have made in technology and how we have made in technology and how we live generally. it is astonishing that it we live generally. it is astonishing thatitis we live generally. it is astonishing that it is 97 years since she first helped. it shows i suppose the power and magic of the poppy appeal and how will the british public are

supportive of it every year and she is stunning, stunning example of the magic of volunteering. you talk about magic, how strong is that sense of magic behind the appeal even now, so long after some of the events that it is commemorating? even now, so long after some of the events that it is commemorating7m so long and the poppy appeal is not just about the first world war, it's about the armed forces community today. 500,000 people across the uk are eligible for support from us and other military charities. it is still relevant and current and as we see every autumn in the run—up to remembrance sunday, the nation gets behind it, the nation pauses and thinks about the sacrifice of all generations. the poppy is always a symbol of hope, it's a symbol of peace but it is also a very, very important symbol of remembrance. what plans for rosemary? we just wa nt what plans for rosemary? we just want to make sure she knows how

valued and special she is to everyone at the legion and we will be working with her and her family and her community to make sure that she feels properly recognised but we don't want to overdo it because we will do things that are right and proper for her. thank you. some of the weather news, we only have one minute and there is a lot of weather to cram in. a similar mix to the one that we‘ve had over the past few days, cloud building in some locations. the outlook is still that mixture of thunderstorms and sunny spells and you also have two at the prospect of some mist around the coast into the mix. maybe some showers across the north and

scotland, temperatures never lowered in double figures. on saturday, it is all but the distribution of the thunderstorms. many of you across south—western parts are in for a dry and decent day but isolated and nevertheless tricky if you‘re on the move. a lot of surface water and potential for flooding. move. a lot of surface water and potentialforflooding. the move. a lot of surface water and potential for flooding. the sort of thing we have seen that possibly in other areas. sunday sees fewer showers but don‘t discount them, you‘ll know all about it. high on the day of 25 degrees. good afternoon. this is bbc newsroom live. our latest headlines: the eu, canada and mexico have all warned they will retaliate in kind against new us tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, has been forced out of office in a vote of no—confidence, after his party became embroiled in a corruption scandal. transport secretary chris grayling

has come under attack after days of disruption on the railways, following changes to timetables. the children‘s commissioner for england says too many children are being shunted around the care system, creating damaging instability in their lives. the high street cosmetics chain lush has become embroiled in a social media storm — after launching a campaign which appears to accuse police officers of being "paid to lie". let‘s get more now on the chaos to rail services in the north of england. more than 2,000 northern services have been aborted since the 18th of may. the company has cancelled 132 services so far today, with all services on the lakes line between oxenholme to windermere affected. we can speak now to craig johnston, from the rmt. good afternoon. give us a sense first of the impact this has had on

your members. our members are at the front line of this chaos because they have to make the excuses that the train operating company norburn are giving them come to the passengers, and there is a great deal of i rate passengers national front. and the services are effectively in meltdown, as you identified —— and there is a great deal of anger by passion is. —— northern. this message says, disruption suffered passengers is wholly unacceptable, i have been was too late to finalise plans timetable changes and this must not happen again. he says this is all very down to network rail, what do you say? chris grayling is the transport secretary, he is in charge of the department for transport. he is responsible for allocating these rail franchises. when the responsible for allocating these railfranchises. when the northern rail franchise was handed to a riva, the german state railways, we were

told it would deliver massive improvements. we had a timetable change a couple of weeks ago which we knew would be a meltdown before it happened. and it has proven to be worse than any of us could have predicted. we have people standing on platforms across the north of england waiting for trains that are not coming. this is bad for our economy, but —— bad for local communities and bad for the reputation of the north. as you identified, every service between oxen home and windermere in the lake district has been cancelled, at a time of school holidays. you said, we knew this would be bad in advance. did you say that then? yes, we knew, they were already having problems with the previous timetable operating it because they had chronic drivers shortages and an overreliance on overtime and they have had industrial relations problems for over 12 months. 20 days of strike action from the gods. they cannot comprehend how to run a rail service. it isn‘t free fall. i‘m

afraid everybody is suffering and thatis afraid everybody is suffering and that is down to chris grayling failing to get a grip of the situation. this new timetable, clearly the introduction has gone wrong and there will be arguments about who is responsible but the claim as it will deliver eventually hundreds more services up and down the country, do you still accepting the country, do you still accepting the longer term, this might turn out to bea the longer term, this might turn out to be a good thing? in the longer term, christmas is coming as well but we are months away from it and we have people in the north of england depended on a rail service that has not been deliberate and a privatised rail company, the german state railway, is making a mint out of this fiasco. that is clear enough, thank you very much. that statement from chris grayling, i mentioned part of that to go. —— i mentioned part of that to go. —— i mentioned that a moment ago. let‘s get more now on our main story — the eu, canada and mexico have all warned they will retaliate in kind against new us tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

the eu has issued a ten—page list of retaliatory tariffs on goods from kidney beans to bluejeans, and says it will take action against the us through the world trade organisation. one of the areas likely to be impacted by the steel tariffs is the port talbot steelworks in south wales. i‘ve been discussing this with the labour mp for aberavon, stephen kinnock. well, potentially huge impact. we have had a tough time over the last two years with the steel industry and we are just emerging from that but it is still very precarious, very fragile and i am really worried that these tariffs could step was back into a crisis. and of course, they are utterly self to beating. in 2002, george bush tried to do the same thing and it led to 200,000 job losses in the united states and he had to perform a very embarrassing u—turn just had to perform a very embarrassing u—turnjust a had to perform a very embarrassing u—turn just a year later —— utterly self—defeating. i hope president bush will think again and this approach really doesn‘t work. he‘s going after the wrong people here,

but it is absolutely right of course that the european union takes retaliatory measures and we have to stand shoulder to shoulder with our european partners. presumably that has been said loud and clear to president trump and those around him so farand it president trump and those around him so far and it has not made a difference what more can be done to persuade him otherwise? the only way to do with the bully is to stand up to do with the bully is to stand up to him. and there cannot be any room for compromise here in terms of not taking those retaliatory measures. they have to be taken. my hope is that when the producers in the united states that are hit by those measures, as well as the steel produces hit by the supply chain of the loss of european, british steel going in there, they will start to complain to their congressmen and women and that voice, those voices will be listened to by the white house. so that is what we have to do now, we have to cause as much political pain as we can to donald

trump and hopefully, that will put him into listening mode, if he has such a mode, i don‘t know. him into listening mode, if he has such a mode, i don't know. labour mp stephen kinnock. italy‘s new anti—establishment government is being installed later today. it will be headed by prime minister giuseppe conte, a little—known law professor. ministers are drawn from both the anti—establishment five star and the right—wing league. the populists have raised expectations, but can they deliver? james reynolds reports from rome. the apprentices at the sargassi hair academy in rome know what their country‘s new prime minister must be feeling. starting a newjob, with no experience, can be nerve—racking. romana andriani comes here twice a week. she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomers. i hope, i hope. i trust him. you trust the new prime minister? yes. because i... you don‘t know him, you don‘t know him. but he has been selected by people

who have experience, so, yes, and he is good—looking. he‘s good—looking? yeah. he‘s good—looking. he seems a nice person. so what advice do these apprentices have for their fellow novice, prime minister giuseppe conte? i hope they give more opportunities to young people to gain entry into the workplace. because it's not easy. we can get very discouraged. the trainee cooks at the italian chef academy, in rome, have some sympathy for their country‘s new leader. they told me that no—one really enjoys being thrown in at the deep end. a bit of anxiety and uncertainty on the first day. i thought i wouldn't manage to overcome some obstacles, but if you have the commitment and the passion, you can easily overcome them. these trainees have time to learn their craft. their prime minister does not.

james reynolds, bbc news, rome. let‘s get more from our correspondent, jenny hill, who is in rome. there is a new government, but it took awhile to there. indeed. and the swearing—in will bring an end weeks of uncertainty which have spooked international financial markets. generally speaking, a sense of relief the government is now in place. but a lot of people also think the drama may only just lot of people also think the drama may onlyjust really be beginning. this is a populist government, both parties, from opposite ends of the political spectrum. in the past, they have been natural political rivals. the programme they hope to deliver it is raising eyebrows not only here in italy, but farfurther afield. especially at the highest levels of the eu. on that programme, two main issues to focus on. the

first is, this government‘s promised to spend italy‘s way to growth. it is rejecting austerity measures. that may put it on a collision course with the eu and there are concerns some of it promises —— is promises may breach certain spending rules. apart from greece, italy‘s debt to gdp ratio is the highest in the eu. there are concerns about economic policies and this government is planning to drastically reduce taxes and at the same time introduced very generous welfare payments, including a universal income for the poorest italians. it is worth pointing out the new finance minister seems to be a rubber matt matich man who is already signalling a note of caution on whether the sums will adopt so we will have to wait and see —— seems to bea will have to wait and see —— seems to be a very practical man. and immigration, the league campaigned on an anti—migrant ticket. immigration huge issue in italy since the migrant crisis began.

there are promises already this morning to cut spending on migrants, significantly. there is another promise to deport half a million of migrants from the country. that is controversial here and it will of course be controversial across europe. so as i say, a degree of relief that the uncertainty is over, but perhaps we have got storms yet to come here in italy. a brief word on the role the italian president has played because there has been scrutiny about the level of democracy or lack of democracy in some of what has been said. how does he look at the end of this, do you think? it is a very interesting question. this coalition nearly fell apart when he blocked its choice of finance minister. a man who is openly eurosceptic and has suggested it we would be better off out of the euro. the italian president controversial used his power to block that appointment. causing furious action from the parties. and

they have been keen to characterise what has happened here is a fight between the european establishment, the eu elite, and europe‘s populists. i suspect perhaps recognising he has made a little bit ofa recognising he has made a little bit of a mistake and we didn‘t perhaps too strongly, president matarella has now agreed to a changed list of candidates so the finance minister asi candidates so the finance minister as i hinted that is a rather more cautious fellow than the original candidate. whether bearing in mind that had this collapsed, italy would have been looking at fresh elections. if you look at the opinion polls, those populist parties would have been likely to have garnered even more votes from italy‘s electorate. the general consensus here is that the italian establishment took the view better to have a populist government is now rather than wait for fresh elections and be dealing with a far more powerful populist government and in the autumn. thank you very much for that, from rome. a 43—year—old man has been arrested

on suspicion of murder after 28 woman was stabbed to death in brent. scotla nd woman was stabbed to death in brent. scotland yard reporting that. there has been a wider —— observation from the police about what has been described as overnight incidents. three violent incidents in brent. superintendent tim alexander says... "i understand the community‘s concerns regarding last night‘s events, but i would like to reassure the people who live and work in brent that we remain a safe and vibrant borough that rarely sees incidents of such violence. so an update on events in brent, north west london. high street cosmetics chain lush has become embroiled in a social media storm — after launching a campaign which appears to accuse police officers of being "paid to lie". critics have accused the company of being anti—police —

and some customers have been tweeting that they will boycott the chain. but lush says the campaign aims to highlight the abuse that people face when their lives have been infiltrated by undercover police. i‘m joined in the studio by our correspondent, simonjones. it might seem surprising for a cosmetic change to get involved in this but it has around 100 stores in the uk and is using the shop fronts of some of those to make its point. on the shop fronts, you see a picture of a police officer, his face half in uniform, half not in uniform. it is supposed to be an undercover of officer, accompanied by the words paid to lie and spyco ps. by the words paid to lie and spycops. it says it wants to highlight a lack of progress into the public inquiry into undercover policing. that started three years ago but is not going to publish its final report for another five years. the company believes because it is taking so long, we‘re not seeing and getting the stories of how some

cases, women were duped into relationships with undercover police officers. but the campaign has caused a lot of controversy. i will ta ke caused a lot of controversy. i will take you through some of the responses on social media. first... so she is pretty angry. also, a former police officer, peter kirkham, says... and quite an interesting one from the head of the national crime agency, lynne owens... she has invited lush to visit them

and to hear more about this type of policing. you also mentioned customers. we spoke to some of them outside a shop in london and some said they would potentially consider boycotting lush. there is on social media #flush lush come up where people are putting lush products down the toilet because that is what they think of the campaign. lush being pretty resistant to this, insisting it is not an anti—police campaign but they do want to highlight the things that went wrong in this undercover policing operation, in the past. thanks very much. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: preparing for a trade war — european union leaders will set out in an hour how they will hit back at the united states, after it imposed new steel and aluminium tariffs. spain‘s prime minister, mariano rajoy, loses a parliamentary vote of confidence — the opposition socialist party will now form a new government. the transport secretary may be forced to appear in front of mps — over the chaos caused by changes

to the rail timetable. the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has said he wants denuclearisation of the korean peninsula to be carried out in a phased manner. it again highlights differences with the white house which has called for rapid and concrete disarmament. our correspondent, hywell griffith, reports now from the de—militarized zone between north and south korea. searching for any sign of progress. while the world waits to learn if kim jong—un will meet president trump on the southern side of the korean demilitarised zone they are domestic. north and south are still officially at war. many here feel the summit could help secure peace. getting rid of nuclear weapons will only bring positive results. and i hope the summit will help improve things between the north and south.

the summit will happen, there won't be results straightaway, but it will open up opportunities to help our relationship. while much of the world seems fixated by the prospect ofa world seems fixated by the prospect of a singapore summit, over this border in north korea, as much as we can tell, there is very little discussion about donald trump, rather the headlines that are all about russia and an invitation for kim jong—un to travel to moscow to meet president putin. the state newspaper is filled with details of the special relationship with russia. and is today‘s meeting between its foreign minister and kim jong—un. during their talks, the north korean leader spoke of denuclearisation happening stage by stage. it doesn‘t sound much like a com plete stage. it doesn‘t sound much like a complete irreversible process the us demands. the north korean general who has been negotiating in new york will today hands deliver a letter to the white house. it will be another diplomatic coup for a regime which

was just a few months ago and international outcast. what‘s that letter says could have an impact on people on both sides of this border. or it may does perpetuate the global guessing game. or it mayjust perpetuate the global guessing game. five people suffered serious injuries last night when a car ploughed into a group of pedestrians in trafford park, greater manchester. the car failed to stop at the scene. a vehicle believed to have been involved in the collision was found later in salford. a 21—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and failing to stop. three—time world champion the kenyan athlete asbel kiprop says he paid drugs testers because he thought they wanted the money for "fuel or tea". kiprop, who won the 1,500 metre gold at the 2008 olympics in beijing, tested positive for epo out of competition in 2017.

ade adedoyin has been speaking to him. as day breaks in iten, in kenya‘s rift valley, groups of athletes take to the roads, which they hope will lead to glory. a well—trodden path, which has produced olympic and world champions like asbel kiprop, though he‘s now trying to salvage his reputation after a failed drug test. people think, ok, that asbel has been doping. you know, it is something that it is beyond you. you know, you feel, it would have been better if i was, had indeed doped, so the expression could befitting. 0k? and i would be suffering, like a prisoner also. like anybody who has committed a doping offence. but today, what i‘m undergoing is something that i did not do, yet i‘m being put in the category of the dopers. here comes kiprop! last november, two anti—doping officials went to his home in eldoret to collect a urine sample, which later tested positive for epo.

but kiprop told me he‘s not a cheat. i have not disgraced the iaaf. i have not disgraced the ioc. i have not disgraced my fans. i have not disgraced my father. i have not disgraced the people that have made me the person that i am today. i can‘t waste my career and the name that i‘ve built for quite a long time in the name of an injection of an epo, from who? no, i‘ll be telling the people, this is this person who did this to me. kiprop‘s explanation for the failed test has caused as much surprise as the test result itself. an extraordinary tale, with allegations of extortion and corruption. he says the officials gave him advance notice that they were coming and, on arrival, asked him for money. to me, i thought it was like a joke. it didn‘t even, you know, attract anything because i thought maybe it‘s a friend, maybe they want to fuel the car, or maybe tea. because it‘s normal, you know, to have generosity. he now believes the sum equivalence of $34 was less than the officials

had hoped for and that may explain the positive result. however, athletics‘ integrity unit, who instigated the test, issued a statement in may saying there‘d been no mix—up or tampering with his sample, but did confirm the official admitted he‘d contacted kiprop before the test. however, that didn‘t invalidate the result. well, this road in iten has produced numerous world and olympic champions over the years, and asbel kiprop concedes that he faces a potentially longer road to clear his name. in the coming weeks, he‘ll have an iaaf disciplinary hearing — a chance to provide any information which could explain the positive test and restore a reputation built here in iten. it‘s not only kiprop‘s reputation on the line, but perhaps also that of kenya anti—doping, kenyan athletics and also athletics more widely. ade adedoyin, bbc news, iten, kenya. iceland‘s late summer sunsets mean muslims there are experiencing one of the longest ramadan fasts in the world this year —

reaching up to 22 hours without any food or water. some are following mecca‘s shorter timings instead. athar ahmad, from the bbc asian network, has been to reykjavik. lunchtime at this kebab shop in reykjavik. but although owner yaman brakhan is serving up meals to customers, he himself isn‘t eating for more than 20 hours, as part of one of the world‘slongest ramadan fasts. of the world‘s longest ramadan fasts. when you work with food and you don‘t eat yet, of course, you feel hungry, yes. but it don‘t make me to break my day. if you believe in something, you don‘t worry, you know. you go for it. and so i believe in something. i believe in it. many of iceland‘s small muslim community have come over from countries like syria and algeria, where fasting hours tend to be shorter. despite the cooler temperatures here, however, the early sun rises and late summer sunsets mean those fasting only have a window of two to three hours in which to eat.

here, at the islamic cultural centre of iceland, worshippers are encouraged to pay extra attention to their nutrition after the long hours of fasting. we usually start with... breaking our fast, we start with dates, and this is very good for the body because the sugar, it gives energy to the body so quick. and then we take some milk, we start prayer, and then we take our main meal after this. there are around 1,500 muslims living here in iceland, many of whom are breaking their fasts after nearly 20 hours without any food or water, and those days are going to get even longer as the month of ramadan goes on. but there are also some muslims here who think these long fasts need to be shortened. mansoor ahmad malik? runs a makeshift mosque in the apartment he lives in with his young family. he believes the exceptionally long daylight hours in iceland mean fasts can be shortened, in accordance with islamic law. when we read the verses of the koran

in relation to the fast, god himself says that god wants to create ease for you in extraordinary circumstances, to fix the day to a normal day‘s hours. to fix the day to a normal day‘s hours is one of those instances where he‘s teaching us to create ease. but despite the early—morning starts and late—night finishes, many icelandic muslims like yaman will continue to observe the long fasts for the final two weeks of ramadan. it‘s a little bit hard, but we‘ve done it and everything is good, 0k? now i feel full, i can start my day tomorrow with fasting. athar ahmad, bbc news. a review of blood, stem cell and organ donation among black, asian and ethnic minority communities in england has found that demand is disproportionately high and supply is extremely low. the study — commissioned by labourmps — says there‘s a "silent crisis".

in some communities, the review found a lack of awareness of the importance of becoming a donor. in a moment, the news at one with ben brown. first, the weather. thank you. glorious in some places and no complaints and temperatures matching the sunshine. in other places, the heat and humidity is sparking a lot of cloud development and heavy showers and thunderstorms again. still in the same circulation, a big area of low pressure dominating. a slack area of pressure. which is why winnipeg on the showers, you keep them for a while. today, the bulk of them for a while. today, the bulk of the showers across the northern half of the british isles, the ones in the south and more isolated. another close night. rather murky in places,

never lower than ten, 11, 15 or 16. for the weekend, downpours across northern and eastern parts of the british isles. sarnia to the south and west and still the nuisance of coastal fog patches. —— and west and still the nuisance of coastalfog patches. —— sunnier. first thing on saturday morning, not a great deal of activity, but not long into the morning, we see the arrival of thunderstorms in east anglia and through lincolnshire and yorkshire, across the border and into the heart of scotland. generally speaking, the further south and west you are, the drier your day will be. but as we have had to say in recent days, if you catch some of this heavy rain and torrential downpours, there could be localised flooding, disruption as possible. bbc local radio is a good source of information in these circumstances. into sunday now, not a great deal of difference except you get the sense that there are fewer showers to report. there are still some, you have to be prepared

again costs primarily northern and eastern parts to run into something. temperatures away from the east coast responding very nicely indeed to the sunshine, i have 25. into the start of next week, a different kettle of fish because the high—pressure dominating and the flow is coming from the north sea. soa flow is coming from the north sea. so a lot of moisture and a lot of cloud to start the day and some of you going to keep that for the greater part of the day. the central belt, could be favoured very nicely, with a high at this stage of about 21. tariffs on steel and aluminium. 30,000 people work in the british steel industry — which is now bracing itself for the impact of president trump‘s protectionist measures we are really equally worried, from a whole sector point of view, of a flood of steel that would normally have gone to the us coming to our market, needing to find a new home in europe, dropping down prices and destabilising our sector. we‘ll have the latest

on possible eu retaliation from our correspondent in brussels. also this lunchtime. claims that new timetables have caused carnage on the railways — and calls for the transport secretary to resign. things are just beyond a joke at the moment.