hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm nkem ifejika. finance ministers from the g7 group have expressed concern about the tariffs the us has imposed on imports of steel and aluminium from the eu, canada and mexico. they've warned the united states there are only days left to avoid a trade war. but washington remains defiant, with the us treasury secretary insisting that president trump's policies weren't isolationist. lebo diseko has more. as family photos go, this looked pretty awkward for one member. us treasury secretary steve mnuchin facing his counterparts from some of america's closest allies, united in their frustration at the us' latest tariffs. over the course of the last couple of days, there was an important difference of opinion. the americans have decided, in our mind, to take an action that is not at all constructive. it is actually destructive to our ability to get things done around tariffs on steel and aluminium. steve mnuchin played down

talk of us isolation, saying his country believes in the g7. i think our leadership on the economy, which is one of president trump's major objectives, that national security is not only good for the united states but is good for growth around the world. and, if anything, that additional growth is potentially leading to us to have even more reason to want to focus on these trade issues. signing in measures against cheap steel and aluminium imports was a key campaign promise for mr trump. he said china was a key offender but now, america's allies have been hit as well. the tariffs on the eu, canada and mexico have led to a heated response. canada is imposing dollar—for—dollar countermeasures and the eu says it is taking the matter to the world trade organization. the message from six of these finance ministers is that there could be a trade war within days.

so if this meeting has been tense, next week's summit of g7 heads of state could be even more difficult. lebo diseko, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. israeli war planes have targeted two sites in the gaza strip after rockets were fired from the territory into southern israel. the israeli military said it spotted two missiles from the gaza strip. one was intercepted, the second fell short. none of the militant groups in gaza said it was responsible. there were no immediate reports of casualties in any of the incidents. there have been terse exchanges between america and china after the us accused the chinese of intimidating its neighbours with its military deployment in the south china sea. china says it has the right to to deploy troops and weapons "on its own territory" and called the comments by us defence secretary james mattis "irresponsible". police in nicaragua have ended the siege of a church

where opposition supporters had sought refuge after being attacked by riot police and pro—government militias. doctors have been allowed to treat the injured inside the church, in the city of masaya. more than 100 people have been killed in nicaragua since the unrest began six weeks ago. the cuban president, miguel diaz—canel, has announced that a team led by his predecessor, raul castro, will reform the constitution and formalise economic reforms of the past decade. among the proposals are the introduction of presidential term limits and the legalisation of same—sex marriage. the government has stressed, however, that the nature of socialism in cuba will be maintained. spain's new socialist prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been sworn in at a ceremony in madrid. catalonia's new regional government also took office during the day and immediately called for talks with mr sanchez. don't forget, you can keep up to date all with the latest news,

business and sport on our website. for reaction and analysis, including updated live pages and reports from our correspondents based in over 80 locations around the globe, just go to bbc.com/news, or you can download the bbc news app. now, if you're afraid of confined spaces, this might leave you feeling a little bit anxious. a french performance artist has embarked on a "less—than—comfortable" trip back in time by locking himself in a wooden cavity. abra ham poincheval will stand upright in an oversized wooden replica of one of the world's oldest and most famous stone—age carvings — a lion—headed man. the bbc has learned that an investigation is to be reopened into the attempted murder of norman scott — a former lover of the liberal party leader, jeremy thorpe. it follows an admission by police that a hit man allegedly hired

to kill scott may not, in fact, be dead as previously believed. the story has been brought to life in the bbc one drama a very english scandal, which concludes this evening. jon donnison reports. where is the head boy? jeremy thorpe — charming, ambitious and powerful — was at the heart of one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century. in an old bailey trial, the married liberal party leader was accused, but acquitted, of masterminding a plot to kill his former lover, norman scott. he was the love of my life. 0h, don't be ridiculous! a current bbc drama starring hugh grant as thorpe has renewed interest in the case. safe journey, peter, and i wish you a happy life. and then i wish norman scott to be killed. but what is fiction and what is fact? this weekend, a new bbc documentary will make fresh

revelations about thorpe. it's based on a panorama film made at the time of the trial in 1979, which has never been broadcast until now. it couldn't be shown because we had evidence ofjeremy thorpe‘s guilt. and, of course, he was found not guilty. so the documentary couldn't be shown and, furthermore, i was ordered to destroy it by the director—general of the bbc. i declined that offer. i kept it as a tape. i converted it to disc. my dog tried to eat the disc but i still managed to save it, and that's what's running tomorrow night. the documentary will look at the role of andrew newton, portrayed here in the bbc drama. he's the man who has admitted shooting norman scott's dog... your turn. ..before his gun jammed as he tried to shoot scott. newton said he was paid to do it. in 2015, gwent police began looking into the case again after fresh claims that newton could prove

there was a cover—up. but officers stopped when they concluded newton was dead. now, though, four decades after he made the headlines, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive they are no saying why they believe that but they are trying to trace him. norman scott, now in his late 70s, has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him and there would surely be a record of him dying, surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago but the case continues to fascinate and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. and you can see tom mangold's documentary the jeremy thorpe scandal on bbc four at 10pm tonight. the government is warning that the threat to britain

from islamist terrorism could increase over the next two years. it will shortly publish a major review of counter—terrorism strategy which will see the security service, m15, share more on what it knows about subjects of concern with other partners, including local government. more than 20,000 individuals are held on its database. a 33—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man following a hit—and—run near glasgow. 27—year—old steven campbell had been walking in rutherglen in the early hours of saturday morning when he was hit by a transit van. a 43—year—old man has been charged in connection with the attempted murder of two police officers on friday. constables kenny mckenzie and laura sayers were stabbed as they attended a routine visit at a house in greenock. both officers are said to be recovering. torrential rain has been causing disruption in north—east england. these were the scenes

between consett and burnopfield in county durham as flash flooding meant one car driver had to be rescued. a yellow weather warning was issued by the met office for rain in the morning from 11:00. there are no reports of any injuries. thousands of palestinians have attended the funeral in gaza of a volunteer nurse who was killed by israeli fire during protests on friday. witnesses say 21—year—old razan al—najar was shot dead as she ran towards the border fence to help a casualty. the israelis have launched an investigation. our arab affairs editor sebastian usher reports. once again, thousands of mourners have filled the streets of gaza through which the body of the young woman was carried on a stretcher, wrapped in the palestinian flag. health officials and eyewitnesses said that razan al—najar, a volunteer nurse, was shot in the chest by israeli forces on friday as she ran to treat a casualty near the gaza border with israel which has been the scene of weeks of palestinian protests. her father held what had once

been her white medical coat, now drenched in blood, as her mother lamented her child and demanded justice. translation: this is her weapon. this is my daughter's weapon. this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did the solider kill her? she has been targeted since the first day of the protests. so many times, she has survived death. she would come and tell me what she went through. may god account every person who is silent about this. razan al—najar had become a well—known figure at the weekly protests at the border, held to demand the right of return for palestinians to israel. the israeli military said it will investigate her death. more than 100 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces since the demonstrations were launched at the end of march. israel said its soldiers have only opened fire to prevent militants from breaking through the border. it accuses hamas, which controls gaza, of orchestrating the unrest

for its own ends. but the un and human rights groups have accused israel of using disproportionate force. the death of resident has prompted further expressions of concern while palestinians see her as a new and potent symbol of their cause. saturday was the first full day in office for italy's new prime minister, giuseppe conte, after being sworn in on friday. mr conte is to lead a coalition government, one half of which, the five star movement, held a celebration rally in rome. our correspondentjames reynolds was there. this rally, organised by the five star movement in rome, shows how quickly things can change in italy. just a few days ago, five star was calling for everyone to come here and call for the impeachment of the country's president because the president had vetoed the choice of a eurosceptic finance minister for the five star—league coalition. then everyone got together,

the arguments were resolved, and so this rally has now been rebranded as a celebration. people have still decided to come out, and it is an important moment for five star. bear in mind this movement was only founded in 2009 as a direct democracy and anti—corruption party and now, for the first time, it is now officially in government. its priority, it says, is to bring about a jobseeker‘s allowance for many italians who live in poverty, particularly in the south of the country, and the league, its partner, wants to have a tough new policy on migration. everyone here is a reasonably celebratory mood because they are still talking about promises. that may all change when they realise they are now no longer the anti—establishment parties — five star and the league are now officially the establishment, and they have to get on with it.

this is bbc news. the headlines: finance ministers from the g7 group have expressed concern about the tariffs the us has imposed on imports of steel and aluminium from the eu, canada and mexico. they've warned washington that there are only days left to avoid a trade war. let's get more on this story. eswar prasad is a professor of trade policy at cornell university and the former head of the international monetary fund's china division. i spoke to him a little earlier, and began by asking if a trade war was avoidable? it is quite interesting to see the us being taken to the woodshed by its traditional trading partner allies and certainly the risks of a more open trade war have increased significantly with the us showing no signs of backing down. i suspect that the trump administration expected the threat of terrorists

and other trade sanctions would cost the other countries that it trades with to capitulate but instead we have seen hardship and palliative measures being ta ken have seen hardship and palliative measures being taken by the other side to it cannot be easy for either side to it cannot be easy for either side to it cannot be easy for either side to back down right now. what exactly side to back down right now. what exa ctly d oes side to back down right now. what exactly does the trump administration want from these other countries? that is the interesting point, what mr trump himself has defined trade relationships is about in terms of success for the us is reducing or eliminating the trade deficit that the us runs with any of these countries. he sees it as a trade surplus of any country as a win and a trade deficit as a negative. columnists will tell you what determines trade deficits with all countries or with economists would tell you that what determines trade deficits with one or more countries is the macroeconomic policy that

happens in the economy rather than any trade policies. donald trump wants a win in terms of bringing down trade deficit, like getting china to commit to reducing the bilateral trade deficit. it is not a zero—sum game. if donald trump says he is quote—unquote "losing" against china, when you look at the trade balance of china with its neighbours, that tells a different story. certainly. i think this is not the right way to view a trade relationship. it is not a zero—sum game. all countries can benefit. and certainly the us is running a significant trade deficit, though it is smaller than it used to be, what is driving it up is the policies the us are taking. one such policy is a huge increase in the budget deficit of the government. that will drive up the trade deficit, plus the fact the private sector in the us does not save much. so it's policies to fix those issues which are important. there are certain concerns about trading practices with china that are legitimate, but the way donald trump has approached this, i do not think it will be successful, even in that area.

around 5,000 people took part in a march through belfast to demand same sex marriage. among them was the labour mp conor mcginn who tried to make it law through a private members bill in the house of commons. he's vowed to continue his efforts as bbc newsline's dan stanton reports. thousands march in the city in sweltering conditions a year after supporters of same—sex marriage walked along the same route to demand the same thing. among those at the parade was the labour mp who tried but failed in the house of commons to make same—sex marriage legal in northern ireland. change is coming and we're not going let you stop it. westminster has a duty to legislate for equal rights in northern ireland.

these rights are enjoyed by people across the uk and the rest of the ireland and theresa may must act. you can't have inequality and discrimination in northern ireland, not for lgbtq, we don't have that anywhere else, the lot needs to change. the outgoing lord mayor of belfast. i am absolutely honoured that this is my last event as lord mayor of belfast. it was one of my first and nothing much has changed over the past year except more people are demanding it. the dup say they will continue to oppose the same—sex marriage and that is despite it being legal everywhere else in the uk and in the republic. this year marks 70 years since the establishment of the national health service. olive belfield was a young nurse in 19118 when the ambitious new system was brought in.

she's been telling our ‘witness' team about her memories of those early days. i had always... you know, a great thing i wanted was to be a nurse. anyone asked me, what do you want to do when you grow up? i would always say, i want to be a nurse. i started nursing when i was 18 in 19115. you were then accepted for 12 weeks. you lived within the nurse's home. and of course, it's so exciting. it sounds a bit ludicrous now but when you think, you got your uniform, which was pink. if we passed, that was it, we could then carry on and become our ambition of nursing and, you know, joy uponjoy, it has happened.

newsreel: brisbane's hospitals come under state control in the national health service bill seemed to come on the status book. care of the teeth and eyes, maternity services. it is far greater than what we have already accomplished. his main ambition in life was to get the nhs. from his early political career, hejust wanted it. of course, so did everybody else. the kind of people who were helped initially would be the poor people. my first ward was

a male medical ward. one of the worst instances was a young man and this young man died. i'd never seen anyone die. i stood and cried and of course, i think had most of the patients crying because i can still remember to this day that the ward sister immediately got me after the ward and she said, the parents had come, make the parents a cup of tea. and of course they could see i'd been crying. the mother started and she got hold of me and she said you've made me feel

better than anyone else. she realised that we were human. i'd always felt that if i nursed that i would learn to go out into the community. i mean, i could have worked privately as a health visitor but that wasn't what i wanted. delays and cancellations have continued on northern rail ahead of the introduction of an emergency timetable on monday. the company says it'll mean 165 services being cancelled every day. from rochdale olivia richwald reports. after almost two weeks of commuter

misery across northern england, today was a weekend reprieve. there were fewer passengers on the railways, but still more than 120 cancelled northern rail trains. tell us what's going on. don't wait two minutes before a train is going and say, "i'm sorry, it's been cancelled." they kept changing platforms. we are told, "go to this platform, the next one is coming." then they say again it's been cancelled or going somewhere else. the new timetables were designed to make things better for passengers. here in the north—west, it actually made things considerably worse, with people late for work, late home, fed up and frustrated. so from monday, a new emergency timetable kicks in and that means 165 fewer trains every day. northern rail apologised again for the problems, but said even under the emergency timetable,

it would still be running more trains than before. that's not good enough, say mps. the north has been disproportionately affected by the timetable disruption. people in the north have had an evening peak introduced on their rail fares in 2014. they are paying more for dirty, overcrowded, under heated, overpriced trains and these trains sometimes don't even turn up. although there have been calls for transport secretary, chris grayling, to resign, mary cray said she'd rather he kept his job and sorted the problem out. olivia richwald, bbc news, rochdale. a dinosaurfossilfound in the united states is going on sale at the eiffel tower in paris on monday. the skeleton is worth millions of dollars, though experts are still uncertain of its identity. shuba krishnan reports. headed the auction. this dinosaur skeleton is expected to fetch up to

2.2 million dollars. not bad for an unidentified species. translation: until all the bones we re translation: until all the bones were discovered, we all thought it was an allosaurus. it was in the laboratory that we found there were plenty of anna, called details that didn't match up. —— anatomical details. it is thought to have hollow bones and three toed feet. the skeleton is almost nine metres long and is unusually complete with a 70% intact. it is a good sign for scientists who are continuing to research its unique anatomy. they have already spotted several differences with other known species such as more teeth and a substantial pelvis. organisers are hoping this red dinosaur will find a good home. translation: in terms of potential

clients, there are quite a few. it a large bracket. these past years, eve ryo ne large bracket. these past years, everyone was thinking about a museum but the problem is that museums don't have enough money at the moment. the current owner of the skeleton has asked for the money raised for the sale to go to conservation groups and further excavations. let's check the weather now — here's nick miller. hello. the weather contrast continued on saturday. thundery downpours once more, a few for scotland and northern ireland and northern and eastern parts of england. there will be fewer to come for the first half of the week. some sunny spells, too, on saturday. pretty warm and there will be more of those on offer in the day ahead. it will feel a bit warmer, too. starting the day warm, 10—14 degrees. the area of cloud and rain still with us the further north you are in england and southern scotland. it is not moving much

in the day ahead. the rain will ease but for some of us, it will still be there into the afternoon. north of the central belt we'll get sunshine in scotland but a few thunderstorms developing. northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, warm, sunny spells. low to mid—20s, maybe an isolated shower, most of us will stay dry. it's late afternoon i want to focus on, the thunderstorms in scotland. slow—moving, frequent lightning and hail. not everyone will see them but if you do, you will know about it. then the cloudy, wet zone in parts of southern scotland and northern england. for northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, you can see the lack of cloud, plenty of sunshine around and the chance of picking up an isolated shower. most of us will avoid them and stay dry. these thunderstorms in scotland fade away on sunday evening and the rain eventually gives up in northern england and southern scotland but you will notice the increase in cloud from the east as we go through the night and into monday morning. similar temperatures on monday morning but then again, there will be a different look to the weather with all of that cloud around.

the reason why, low pressure to the south us responsible for delivering thunderstorm in the past week and less of a player of the first half of the week ahead. high pressure still with us. to the north, it is around that. north—easterly flow coming into the uk and we will see on monday, plenty of the cloud and lower temperatures as a result. some of the cloud will thin and break at times. particularly, the north sea coast will be cloudy and misty and murky. west is best, sunny spells on monday although there will be an isolated shower developing. most of us will avoid them and stay dry. as we go through the week, the temperatures will gradually recover as some of the cloud begins to clear away, particularly by the time we get to wednesday. while the emphasis is on plenty of dry weather, later in the week, the risk again of some showers and maybe thunderstorms across southern parts of the uk. this is bbc news.

the headlines: the us treasury secretary has faced sharp criticism at a heated meeting of g7 finance ministers in canada. members are angry over america's imposition of new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. ministers have warned washington has just days to avoid a trade war. the us has accused china of expanding its military presence in the south china sea to intimidate its neighbours. beijing says it has the right to to deploy troops and weapons "on its own territory" and called the comments by us defence secretary james mattis "irresponsible." thousands of gazans have turned out for the funeral of a palestinian nurse who was killed by israeli fire during protests. 21—year—old razan al—najar was shot dead as she hurried to the side of a casualty at the border fence. the israeli military says it will investigate her killing. the spanish prime minister,

mariano rajoy, was forced out of office earlier week. one pressing issue facing his successor is the future of the northeastern region of catalonia, where an unsanctioned referendum on independence was held last year. niall o'gallagher reports for our world.