this is bbc world news, the headlines. donald trump has left the g7 summit saying he's made progress ending what he calls decades of unfair trade practices against the us. european leaders there are to back a trade framework which mr trump is said to have opposed. the us president is travelling to singapore for a landmark meeting with north korea's leader kim jong—un on tuesday. mr trump called the talks "a one time shot" for a peace deal. and said the two were in, "unknown territory." the taliban have killed at least 60 people in a series of attacks on soldiers and police in afghanistan. the violence was carried outjust as the taliban agreed to a three—day ceasefire during the eid holiday, later this month. the newest member of the british royal family, the duchess of sussex, has joined queen elizabeth to celebrate her official birthday at the annual trooping the colour. the ceremony included an raf flypast over buckingham palace. now on bbc news — tens of thousands of children in pakistan are legally employed as domestic servants.

they cook and clean for their employers — and are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. but as secunder kermani has been investigating for our world — there are rarely consequences for those who cause them harm. his programme contains some scenes which viewers may find upsetting. for losing a broom, this ten—year—old girl says she was beaten and her hands were burned. this 16—year—old boy died allegedly after being assaulted again and again. their horrific stories highlight the plight of some children working as servants in the homes of the rich and powerful in pakistan. but their desperately poor families often choose not to pursue the cases... meaning those accused of abuse

regularly go unpunished. wherever you go in pakistan, you can see young children working to support their families. but others are less visible, working behind closed doors in upmarket neighbourhoods. tens of thousands of children are sent by their impoverished families to work as domestic servants in homes across pakistan. some of them are aged as young as eight or nine years old. and in most of the country, there is simply no law whatsoever

preventing anyone from hiring them. ten—year—old tayyaba is learning to be a child again. he is very fat... she used to work hundreds of miles away from her family, in the home of a judge and his wife in the capital islamabad. these pictures of her taken in late 2016 caused outrage on social media. tayyaba is currently being looked after at a children's home run by a charity. sitting with her best friend and her carers, she agreed to talk to us. the couple employing her have denied mistreating tayyaba. but she told me she was beaten

by the wife just for losing a broom. the children here are divided into houses, each with a specific carer, or mother, to look after them. azmat has been helping

tayya ba recover from her ordeal. tayyaba's best friend in the home is another former child maid, fatimah. slightly older and more confident, she has taken tayyaba under her wing. tayyaba grew up in a small village about 200 miles south of islamabad. i went to meet her father to find out why the ten—year—old had to leave home to go and work

for a judge and his wife. children aren't legally allowed to work in most businesses in pakistan, but despite calls from campaigners, in the vast majority of the country there is no ban on them working inside homes. children aren't legally allowed to work in most businesses in pakistan, but despite calls from campaigners,

in the vast majority of the country there is no ban on them working inside homes. there are thought to be over 250,000 children working as domestic servants. some child maids end up working in homes alongside their mothers, orfind jobs in their own neighbourhood. but for others it is much more organised. there are employment agents acting as middlemen, and we are on our way now to meet one of them. irshad bibi runs an employment agency on the outskirts of islamabad. amidst the tangled streets of the historic centre of lahore, we discovered one of the most shocking examples of what can happen to children who are domestic servants. 16—year—old akhtar died

while working in the home of a local politician and her daughter. his uncle was the first from the family to recover the body. the home belongs to shahjahan, a local politician from the ruling party. she, though, was never accused of any wrongdoing. also living there was her daughter fauzia. both women deny abusing akhtar and say

he died from an infection. but akhtar‘s 12—year—old sister also worked there. she said she and her brother were regularly beaten by the politician's daughter. the police registered a case against fauzia for killing akhtar and assaulting his sister lastjuly. the postmortem on akhtar‘s body revealed he had been beaten repeatedly with a blunt instrument. 25 injuries. the lawyer who

represented his father claims the evidence was clear—cut. he agreed to take on the case for free, as long as akhtar‘s father promised to pursue a trial and not take an out—of—court settlement. before the trial had even really started, akhter‘s father announced he no longer wanted to pursue the case. most criminal cases in pakistan aren't filed by the state but by the victims or theirfamilies. that means they have the right to drop the charges and to reach a settlement. all they have to do is tell

the court that they forgive a suspect in the name of god. usually the real reason, though, is that they are being paid off. i visited akhter‘s family home last october. they were building an extension — according to some relatives with money from a settlement, though they deny receiving everything. at the time, they refused to talk to me. but now i am on my way back to meet the head of the village, who says he was a witness to at least some negotiations. muhammad ali claims representatives of fauzia's family came to see him it is hard to pin down

exactly what happened next. different people allege different things about who received money to drop the case. but none of it can be proved, and fauzia's family deny paying anybody anything. i wanted to speak to akhter‘s father directly. this is where akhter‘s body now lies, largely forgotten amidst the negotiations, squabbling, and accusations of money. it would be easy to blame these

families for seeming to give up on the chance ofjustice for their dead children in exchange for a few thousand dollars. but when you see the kind of poverty that they live in, then perhaps it becomes completely understandable. the problem is that if no one is ever punished for these crimes, they'll never stop. i wanted to ask about fauzia about the allegations against her myself, but couldn't get an answer. fauzia livesjust up the road here. we have had no response to our allegations. we have been told that

at the time of akhter‘s death, fauzia was working as a some sort of teacher. and now because there was no conviction, there is nothing preventing fauzia from working with children again. fauzia's mother, who we've been told that with her at the time — even though she was not accused of any abuse — is still a member of the regional assembly. i managed to track her down. so she was just saying that she's out of breath, that she's a heart patient and can barely breathe. 0bviously didn't want to enter our questions. but it is really hard to understand how she could live in the same house as her daughter and his young boy akhter and not know

what is going on. that is what we wanted to ask her about. in the case of 10—year—old tayyaba, there was a conviction. maheen zafar was accused of assault and her husband, judge raja khurram ali, of cruelty to a child. before the trial, tayyaba told the police that she had been beaten. when she came to give evidence, she initially confidently repeated the claims, but under cross—examination, tayya ba contradicted herself and then withdrew them. the court apparently noticed a change in her behaviour. in the notes here, it says that whatever the defence lawyers were asking her, she responded with a simple "yes sir." tayyaba's father, with help his

lawyer, had tried to get the charges dropped. but in this instance, the court refused to allow them to do so. as long as there are poor families in poor villages, there are likely to be child maids. ushad bibi and one of the agents are going about four hours south of islamabad to meet potential recruits. this family say they want to send their ten—year—old daughter to work in islamabad. this family say they want to send their ten—year—old daughter to work in islamabad. a few weeks later, i get a call from tayyaba's father, and says he wants to tell me the truth. tayyaba's father claims his lawyer was paid for by the suspects and convinced him to try and drop the case. it is hard to tell what really

happened, but his account was corroborated by a second source involved in the negotiations. tayyaba's father's former lawyer says the claims are completely untrue and that tayyaba's father testified in court that he was not under any pressure. the lawyer representing ali and his wife said the claims were malicious and false. they were convicted of neglecting an injured child, and each was sentenced to one year injail. they were acquitted of all other charges, including assaulting them. they remain free while they appeal the verdict. but there is a chance at least

for tayyaba for a happy ending. when tayyaba grows up, she wants to be a teacher, because she says children should be in school, not working. the story across the uk has been pretty benign in recent weeks, good spells of sunshine, seems like this on saturday afternoon and where we have seen the sunshine we have also had warmth but at the same time if you sharp showers and some nagging cloud sitting across the east coast

making it feel cool and disappointing. for the remainder of oui’ disappointing. for the remainder of our weekend high—pressure looks in control, but whether —— weather fronts are over on the atlantic, a sign of change to come. there will bea sign of change to come. there will be a promising day tomorrow, maybe a few showers, chiefly to the east of scotla nd few showers, chiefly to the east of scotland and north east of england and a few in wales and the south west but with the sunshine highs of around 23—24. the working week, maybe a new shop showers in the channel islands, and a weakening weather front and a spell of rain for scotland and northern ireland —— may be a few shop showers. highs of 23. quite possible. as we move out of monday into tuesday, we start to see the potential for a of monday into tuesday, we start to see the potentialfor a northerly breeze, it might feel a bit cooler

with the ice bars sitting vertically —— isobars. a lot of cloud around and if we see sunshine we are lucky. when you factor in the northerly breeze especially on exposed coasts, it will feel cooler, 15—20. by the time we move out of tuesday and wednesday, not a bad day during daylight hours, but signs of a change to, with the weather front pushing from the atlantic and this will gradually bring the increase of cloud and wet and windy weather by the end of the day into northern ireland and north west scotland. ahead of that it should be dry and sunny with light winds. temperatures back—up to 22. we haven't seen significant rain for a while and gardeners and growers will be happy to hear that there will be a spell of wet and windy weather moving its way steadily south and east, may be arriving in the midlands in the

early hours of thursday morning, but it will weaken as it pushes into the south—east but there could be showery rain for the gardens. fresher for the west and north. 21 is the high in the south—east corner. it looks we are likely to see more of a changeable story from midweek and the reason is we have got to look towards north america where we have warm moist air through the gulf of mexico, bumping into cold airfrom the gulf of mexico, bumping into cold air from canada, the gulf of mexico, bumping into cold airfrom canada, and that reignites and regenerates the jet strea m reignites and regenerates the jet stream towards the atlantic which drives the low pressure towards the uk. it looks for the longer period that potential for more on settled weather in the north west, wet and windy, from time to time, but further away from those areas of low pressure, further south and east, the greater chance of the best of the greater chance of the best of the drier and brighter weather, but good news for gardeners and growers,

some welcome rain. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall, the headlines at ten. president trump leaves the g7 meeting in canada insisting the talks were "very productive" despite major differences on trade. no tariffs, no barriers, that's the way it should be — and no subsidies. mr trump is heading to singapore for a landmark meeting with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, on tuesday. awarding the chief executive of network rail a cbe is causing controversy following weeks of severe disruption to rail services. also this hour, a striking display at buckingham palace. thousands gather to watch the trooping the colour parade. the duke and duchess of sussex take their place for the first time with the queen on the balcony.