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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at four. donald trump leaves the g7 summit, saying he has had ‘extremely constructive‘ talks on trade, and the us wants fair market access and an end to unfair trading practices. it's going to change 100%. and ta riffs it's going to change 100%. and tariffs are going to come way down because people cannot continue to do that. we're like the piggy bank that everybody is robbing, and that ends. the queen's birthday honours are announced — and there's anger as the chief executive of network rail, mark carne — is made a cbe, despite the recent chaos on the railways. amongst other names on this year's list are former liverpool manager kenny dalglish — who's knighted — and actress emma thompson — who's made a dame. more than 65 people die after taliban fighters launch a series of attacks on afghan soldiers just after promising a ceasefire for the muslim holiday of eid. also in the next hour.
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thousands turn out in central london to watch the trooping the colour parade. the queen and members of the royal family have taken part in her official birthday celebrations, during which they saw a fly—past by the royal air force. in a moment... dateline takes a look at how the issues of the week are being tackled around the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described the g—7 summit in canada as "very successful". he said there'd been productive discussions on his demand for what he called fair and reciprocal trade. the summit has been dominated by tension over mr trump's decision
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to impose new tariffs on other g7 nations. joining me now from quebec is our chief political correspondent, vicki young. just take us through some of what he said? the g7 summit is still ongoing but for president trump it is over, he was the last to arrive and the last half hour he was the first to leave. it has to be said it was one of the more tense summits of this kind, as you say it is because of this issue of trade and donald trump's decision to put tariffs on steel and aluminium imports has caused great disconsolate in and the eu leaders who think in the end it will lead to everyone being poorer. what they want to avoid is an all—out trade war, the message from the uk prime minister theresa may to
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donald trump is pull back from this, focus on china and their cheap imports, don't take it out on eve ryo ne imports, don't take it out on everyone else. just before he left mrtrump did take everyone else. just before he left mr trump did take questions from journalists. his message to the leaders and to everyone else, was to say that he believes the us has been taken advantage of four years. i blame iblame our i blame our past leaders. there was no reason that this should have happened. last year they lost 800, we as happened. last year they lost 800, weasa happened. last year they lost 800, we as a nation, over the years, but the latest number is $817 billion, on trade. that is ridiculous and it is not acceptable. and everybody was told about. so i don't blame them, i blame our leaders, in fact, i congratulate the leaders of other
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countries for so crazily being able to make these trade deals that were so to make these trade deals that were so good for their countries and is about the united states. but those are over. interesting that mr trump has put forward a suggestion of a tariff free zone across the g7, so effectively the eu alongside canada andjapan. it effectively the eu alongside canada and japan. it must be said that no one is entirely clear how this could possibly work. some people pointing out the irony that he is suggesting this tariff free zone just as he slaps tariffs on these other countries. the thing now will be retaliation from the eu, the message from theresa may is to say, we need to make disproportionate, everybody trying to pull back from the brink on this. that has not been the only source of tension at the summit. there has been tension is one about
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russia and mr trump's suggestion that russia should be allowed back into what was the gs. other countries say, that is fine but russia was kicked out for a reason and they have to change their ways before they are allowed back in. so donald trump who left here minutes ago, off to singapore and as he would put it to try to sort out some world peace. vicki young in quebec, thank you very much. the queen's birthday honours list has been unveiled and it's generated some controversy. the boss of network rail, mark carne — has been made a cbe in the same week that network rail itself was criticised for railway disruption. some have called mr carne's honour a ‘slap in the face' — passengers have faced delays and cancellations since an overhaul of train timetables three weeks ago. joe lynam reports. it's been a bit of a shambles, really. it'sjust been a nightmare. we were just stuck because there were so many northern trains just sat at platforms because they had no drivers. take the train to work everyday?
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you'll be aware of some of the issues over the past fortnight. thousands of trains cancelled or delayed. innumerable journeys ruined. and all because of new timetables from network rail. hello, everybody. this is a really exciting time to be a part of the railway... and now mark carne has been rewarded for his services to the rail industry with a cbe. he's not talking about his gong today, but others are. i think passengers who have suffered enormous disruption this week will be incredulous, possibly furious, to see mark carne being awarded a cbe. but i think it's really important that we are not misdirected into thinking the problems with the introduction of the new timetable are all down to network rail. network rail defended the gong and said people should look at mr carne's entire career, and his tremendous
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contribution to the railways. here at king's cross station, some services for thameslink and great northern passengers have seen disruption in recent weeks, as a new timetable is bedded down. things are improving, but some commuters may feel that this public reward for the boss of network rail might be a bit premature, even if he has devoted many years of service to the railway industry. joe lynam, bbc news. the list also recognises the achievements of more than 1,000 people across the uk. among those to be recognised was the former liverpool manager kenny dalglish, who received a knighthood. emma thompson, the oscar—winning actor, has been appointed a dame. lizo mzimba reports. commentator: dalglish! player, manager and a figure who gave huge support to the hillsborough families, kenny dalglish says he's hugely proud to receive a knighthood. to get this far and to come out and get the accolade i've been awarded is very humbling. imagine your husband bought a gold
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necklace, and come christmas, gave it to somebody else. oscar—winning actress and writer emma thompson becomes a dame for services to drama. most honours have gone to people for work in communities, people like akeela ahmed, the founder of online forum she speaks, we hear. i really wanted to elevate the everyday voices of muslim women, because i felt that more often than not, they're spoken about in negative terms, but we didn't get to hear their authentic voices. the oldest person recognised, becoming an mbe, 103—year—old rosemary powell, britain's longest serving poppy seller, who retired after 97 years earlier this month. lizo mzimba bbc news. the taliban in afghanistan has announced a 3—day ceasefire to take place over the muslim holiday of eid — at the end of next week. it's the first offer of its kind for 17 years. the militants said foreign forces would be excluded from the ceasefire.
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violence in the country has continued today with more than 65 members of the security forces killed in taliban attacks. our correspondent shoaib sharifi is following developments from kabul. afghanistan had a warring peace start today with a big number of security forces killed. that is followed by the taliban's unexpected announcement of a three—day ceasefire. halting attacks on afghan security forces. this is hailed on the ground from locals who are suffering violence every day because this is the first time the group that has been fighting for the last 17 years, this is the very first practical gesture, the very first gesture towards any peace talks with the afghan government. do we know how this was achieved?
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what work was put in to arrive at this point? it is notjust an ordinary announcement. or notjust a eid holiday announcement. this followed... in the last nine days we have been following some big developments towards what is happening today. the top american general in afghanistan announced last week that afghan officials have managed to hold talks with mid to high—level taliban officials, about peace talks, and that was followed by a grand gathering of afghanistan's religious clergy in the capital, kabul, which called on taliban and the afghan government to stop fighting.
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which was followed by last thursday's afghan government, a week—long ceasefire which will be triggered on the 12th ofjune. the afghan government's ceasefire conditions — it will not attack taliban forces but they will continue to attack is and foreign militants in the country. the taliban also says they will continue to attack international forces, although small numbers, but they have emphasised they will attack. in fact this is the first time they are addressing afghan forces as the internal opposition, because in the past they used to call them the puppet regime soldiers, but this is a soft tone and a very practical measure, although very small. it looks like there may be some developments followed by this. ok, shoaib, very quickly.
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will all the actors in the country and the neighbouring countries, will they all be happy with this development? well, the neighbouring countries in the past few months, there have been some efforts going on outside afghanistan. the uae and saudi have been behind some talks and it is expected early next month there will be another big event on peace talks. so definitely the countries, pakistan, iran and russia, they have some sort of stake in the afghan conflict, and clearly afghanistan being located in an important geopolitical location, it appears a peace deal with the taliban will be for better of the immediate neighbours
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of afghanistan that have some sort of stake in the current conflict. thank you. a man has appeared in court charged with the manslaughter and robbery of a 100—year—old woman — whose neck was broken when she was mugged. zofija kaczan died nine days after she was pushed to the ground and her bag was stolen in derby. 39—year—old arthur waszkiewicz has been remanded in custody and will appear at derby crown court next month. a teenage boy has been charged with 7 robberies committed in north london in the space of an hour. scotland yard says the 14—year—old — who cannot be named for legal reasons — was a passenger on a moped during a series of attacks across three areas on thursday afternoon. police found 13 mobile phones in his possession. theresa may has said the government's white paper on brexit won't be published until after the meeting of the european council
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at the end of this month. mrs may said the cabinet would hold another away day at chequers, to finalise the details. the government hopes to complete its negotiations with the eu by october. our political correspondent matt cole gave us analysis on this turbulent week for theresa may. the divisions, really, between her own cabinet laid pretty bare all week. we had suggestions swirling on wednesday that david davis, the brexit secretary, or rather on thursday, that he might be resigning if he didn't get what he wanted on one aspect of customs policy. that seemed to get sorted for theresa may, only for her to jump on a plane to the g7 and by the time she landed in canada to discover a recording had emerged of boris johnson deriding that the state of the talks, suggesting they could be heading for meltdown. now, all of this of course has been building up and building up to a summit of eu leaders at the end
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of this month. we had been told that at that summit we were likely, or some time before it to get a white paper from the government. that is a proposals document if you like, outlining how it saw the future relationship that it would have with the european union. we now learn from mrs may that is not going to come out, and what's more, all the kind of swirling problems that have been illustrated by borisjohnson and david davis this week, she is going to try and sort all this out at an away day at chequers, the prime ministerial retreat in the countryside. behind closed doors, to try and thrash it out, get a common position, but it won't be in time for that meeting of eu leaders. but theresa may determined that she is getting ahead of the agenda. well, look, people like boris have strong views on brexit, but so do i. i want to deliver brexit for the british people, that's what people want, and i'm getting on and doing it. how many times can we get to this position where you have to have those clashes with those on your own side? look, at every stage in these
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negotiations we've seen people casting doubt on whether or not we could achieve what we want to achieve. we're now moving on to finalise those withdrawal issues and also to move on to discuss our future relationship. so what's coming up this week? it's not necessarily going to be another easy week for the prime minister, it has to be said. on tuesday the brexit bill, the withdrawal from the eu legislation returns to the commons. when it was away in the house of lords, 15 amendments got made to it. the government's now got to try and see how many of those it can unpick in the commons. it's made concessions on one thus far. there could be some difficult nervous votes. we know that the chief whip, the rallying mp for discipline in the party, has told the conservatives, "don't go far from the parliamentary estate this week". they are clearly going to be needed for votes, but all of this i think now, eyes will perhaps be looking once they get beyond that to the summit in a couple of weeks' time in brussels, and really that away day afterwards. it really has the difficulties this
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week, never mind those coming underlined just how hard it will be. remember, the clock is ticking. theoretically, by october the eu set a deadline that all this will be done. ourfuture relationship figured out, put to parliament, all round europe for them to sign their side of the deal too. the pressure clearly building because we haven't got this white paper yet, and we now know, despite previous pledges we would, we are not going to get it soon. it's 17 it's17 minutes past four. the headlines on bbc news. donald trump leaves the g7 summit, saying the us wants fair market access and an end to unfair trading practices. the queen's birthday honours are announced — former liverpool manager, kenny dalglish, is knighted, and actress emma thompson is made a dame. but there's anger too as the chief executive of network rail, mark carne — is made a cbe. more than 65 people die after taliban fighters launch a series of attacks on afghan soldiers — just after promising a ceasefire for the muslim holiday of eid. and in sport world number one simona
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halep has won herfirst and in sport world number one simona halep has won her first grand slam title, she beats sloane stephens in three sets, 6—1 the final set. simona halep is french open champion for the first time. england have taken an early lead in the opening five minutes against south africa, leading 10—9 in johannesburg, earlier ireland's12 match winning run was ended by australia. and after rescuing england with about katherine brunt has struck early with the ball as england defender score of 189 in the first one—day game against south africa. more details on those stories at around 530. the queen is celebrating her official birthday this morning with the trooping the colour parade. the queen travelled solo in a horse—drawn carriage down the mall towards horse guards parade.
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the duke and duchess of sussex were also there, along with the rest of the royal family. a thousand soldiers took part in the annual parade. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, watched proceedings from buckingham palace. the duke and duchess of sussex have appeared, made their first major royal appearance as a couple, taking part in this queen's birthday parade, riding in a carriage from buckingham palace, down to horse guards, taking in the sunshine, enjoying the crowds. followed a few moments later by the queen, riding alone in her carriage, down to horse guards for this annual parade, the marking of her 92nd birthday, a few weeks ago. the parade went smoothly, a display of precision and skill by the footguards down on horse guards, then, as they returned to buckingham palace, just as the queen's carriage was entering the palace, one of the senior officers on horseback, riding just behind her, field marshal lord guthrie,
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the colonel of the lifeguards, former chief of the defence staff, he fell from his horse. he is now receiving hospital attention. the balcony appearance went ahead, a large number of members of the royal family, including some of the younger just to update you. the ministry of defence has confirmed that field marshal lord guthrie — the former chief of the defence staff — was thrown from his horse during the parade. he is 79 years old. he was in the procession of soldiers and mounted horses behind the queen's carriage — as she made her way back to buckingham palace. he's currently receiving medical attention in hospital. president trump has described his upcoming trip to singapore for a summit with kim jong—un as a ‘mission of peace'. speaking in the past hour, donald trump said he believed the north korean leader was ‘going to do something
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positive for his people' and that he was looking forward to the talks. this has probably rarely been done, it's unknown territory in the truest sense. but i really feel confident. i feel that kim jong—un wants to do something great for his people, and he has that opportunity, and he won't get that opportunity again, it's never going to be there again. so i really believe he's going to do something very positive for his people, for himself, his family. he's got an opportunity, the likes of which i think almost, if you look into history, very few people have ever had. he can take that nation, with those great people, and truly make it great. so it's a one time, it's a one time shot and i think it's going to work out very well. that's why i feel positive, because it makes so much sense.
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well the world's media have already started to descend on singapore ahead of the talks. hotels are booked out, and security is on high alert. both leaders are expected to bring big delegations — and singapore has said it will foot the bill for the summit‘s security. karishma vaswani takes a look at the cost for world peace. this is why most tourists come to singapore's resort island of sentosa. it's known as the island of peace and tranquillity, but next week it will host two of the most volatile leaders on the planet — donald trump and kim jong—un. this is where the summit is going to be held. you can see why this hotel has been chosen as the venue. it's sealed off, isolated and tucked away from the rest of the island. the perfect spot for the summit of the century.
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but at $500 a night, it's not cheap, and this isjust for the summit venue. imagine the total bill. and then there's the media madness. 2,500 journalists descending on singapore for the event. american television networks are flying out dozens of staff to cover it. we'll be filing for all of our platforms. it will be cbsn, which is our digital platform, our morning show cbs this morning and anything associated on the web we would be filing for. it will be quite busy for us. it's a logistical nightmare. many of singapore's busiest spots will be affected. think of this as the oxford street of singapore. the main shopping district where tourists generally come. police have told us that they will be securing some parts of this area for the summit, and they will have the power to conduct searches and spot checks on anyone if they want to. government is covering the bill for security and it is very high level security.
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we are talking about planes up in the sky, we are talking about people on the street, in the water and everywhere, so it's 21w. for the south korean community in singapore, that's money well spent. they're excited about the prospect of hope for their homeland. exciting. really, really. so, so happy news for us actually. but nobody knows, we don't know, but we have to have hope, we hope best of the best our next summit. there's a sense of anxiety about this summit, concern that maybe everything won't go to plan. which is why for many here, the high costs of hosting this event may well be worth a shot at peace. karishma vaswani, bbc news. guatemala has asked for more aid from the international community after the volcanic eruption which has claimed
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more than 100 lives. a state of emergency is in place, with rescue efforts hampered by bad weather. the volcano — 50km west of the capital — first erupted last sunday. andrew plant reports. more evacuations, as the fuego volcano looming over the guatemalan landscape continues to spit smoke and fire, clouds of ash high into the air. translation: at the moment, the national civil police is evacuating the people located in the areas surrounding the mountain. there's a lot of activity at the fuego volcano, which puts the lives of everyone who's in the area at risk. a massive quantity of material could come all the way to where we are, now. sunday's deadly eruption sent a fast—moving mixture of gas and ash pouring from the volcano, burying everything nearby. this, a thriving town just a week ago, now locals
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are calling it ground zero. the stench of burned farm animals, they say, hangs in the air. eufemia garcia grew up here and is now searching for loved ones. my family was here, and here they are buried. my sister, with all her children are here, there are 52. no—one has appeared. friday brought further eruptions. officials helping more people to leave their homes. now the government has called for more help, more international aid, as guatemala tries to cope with more than 100 deaths and hundreds more missing. andrew plant, bbc news. chester zoo has welcomed the birth of a rare greater one horned rhino. akeno is only the second of his breed to be born at the zoo as part of a programme to increase their population. it's thought only 3,500 remain
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in the wild in their native india and nepal. they are sweet, however knobbly they look, still very sweet! cute! now the weather with louise. good afternoon. it's a weekend of mixed fortunes. for many of us there's decent spells of sunshine, but if you have caught a shower you'll know about it — some of them are quite heavy and thundery. the remainder of the weekend continues with a similar headline, really. most of the showers over the next few hours confining themselves across the highlands, into the north—west of england and maybe northern ireland, and one or two perhapsjust down but pleasant enough this evening for a barbecue. if you are spending some time outside, i don't think you will be too disappointed, and the showers will start to fade away overnight tonight, and we will see those lows perhaps dipping down to around nine to 1a degrees. so we start off tomorrow morning with a little bit of early morning mist and fog, a lot of low, grey cloud, but the sunshine will quickly burn
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that away, just like today, and the emphasis is with a dry settled story for most of us. if you catch a shower, and these may welljust be that little bit further east in scotland and northern england and one or two into wales and the south—west. highest values again of 23 degrees. enjoy. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. donald trump leaves the g7 summit, saying he has had "extremely constructive'” talks on trade, and the us wants fair market access and an end to unfair trading practices. it's going to change, 100%, and tariffs are going to come way down, because people cannot continue to do that. we're like the piggy bank that everybody‘s robbing, and that ends. the queen's birthday honours are announced. there's anger as the chief executive of network rail, mark carne, is made a cbe, but former liverpool manager kenny dalglish is knighted, and actress
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emma thompson is made a dame. more than 65 people die after taliban fighters launch a series of attacks on afghan soldiers — just after promising a ceasefire for the muslim holiday of eid. the queen and members of the royal family have taken part in trooping the colour celebrations, during which they saw a fly—past by the royal air force. now on bbc news — this week's edition of dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline, where each week some of the uk's best known columnists debate the week's big stories with journalists
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whose dateline is london, as they report those events to the world beyond. this week, theresa may averts the resignation of her brexit negotiatior — but is itjust crisis delayed? as donald trump delights the russians and alienates long standing allies, is it g7 minus one? and the me too movement: has it moved too far, or not far enough? with me: agnes poirier, who writes for marianne in france; the portuguese academic and journalist eunice goes. yasmin alibhai—brown, political commentator in british newspapers, and maria margaronis, who writes for the nation but also makes time to translate modern greek poetry. i am amazed you find the time, good morning to you all, thank you for being with us. for brexiteers, membership of the european union must feel like the gordian knot. two years ago this month, the majority of those voting in a referendum said they wanted to leave. the uk will be out of the union at the end of next march.
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