this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has changed his mind about endorsing the communique issued at the end of the g7 summit which highlights the importance of a rules—based trade system. in a tweet, he blamed what he called false statements by the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. the us president is now on his way to singapore for talks with north korea's kimjong—un. mr trump says the meeting is a "one—time chance" for a peace deal. mr trump said the north korean leader could do "something very positive for his people, for himself, his family". at least 65 soldiers and police officers have been killed in four separate attacks carried out by the taliban in afghanistan. the violence comes on the same day the afghan taliban announced it will mark a three day ceasefire over the muslim festival of eid. confirming, there was an earthquake

in lincolnshire just after ten confirming, there was an earthquake in lincolnshirejust after ten p.m.. the geological society said it had a magnitude of .9. people have reported feeling tremors as far as the norwich and birmingham. and he is in the studio with a. normally when it comes to earthquakes we would be panicking but it sounds exciting. on a worldwide scale it is not a big earthquake. hawaii are feeling earthquakes bigger than this several times per day. but for the uk, an earthquake of this magnitude only happens every couple of years. it is 3.9, in the humber ‘s tree centre, between lincolnshire and at yorkshire. happening at quarter past 11 at yorkshire. happening at quarter past 11ata yorkshire. happening at quarter past 11 at a depth about 18 kilometres. reports from people, some saying the whole house shook for a couple of seconds, a rumble with simultaneous trembling. lot of people said it felt like a lorry crashing outside a. no reports of any injuries, no

reports of any damage. some of those reports of any damage. some of those reports you can take with a pinch of salt. reports of a falling off a shelf, a cat meowing, someone else said it made my budgie fall of its perch. this is what i find interesting is the fact that it was felt as far as norwich and birmingham, about100 felt as far as norwich and birmingham, about 100 kilometres from where it happened. according to reports, about 3— 4 million people could have felt the earthquake. as you say, felt from some distance away. in terms of earthquakes in the uk, the last fairly sizeable earthquake was earlier this year in wales, a 4.2. you would have to go back about a decade to a 5.2 earthquake. it is of the logarithmic scale used in earthquakes, that was some 90 times larger than this

earthquake. around the world i think you get 8000 earthquakes every year that are larger than this. thanks a lot ca n that are larger than this. thanks a lot can be, nothing ever happens in london. —— andy. now on bbc news — the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the symphony of the seas, the world's largest ever cruise ship. in april i was aboard for the ship's maiden voyage, so what better place to look at some of our favourite recent stories on the programme. here's a taste of what's to come.

wow! so that's go? that's stop? let's kick off with a trip ade took back in march, to egypt, where he got his first—ever glimpse of the pyramids at giza. he also went to a new museum that's due to open later this year, that houses the world's largest archaeological collection. so here's 5000 years of history condensed into five minutes. here in the shadow of the pyramids, a new ambitious project is entering the final stages of construction. the grand egyptian museum will be equipped to take the country's ancient treasures way into the future. this place is absolutely enormous.

the footprint is 500,000 square metres. there are over 3,000 labourers working here 24/7, and it cost over us$1 billion to construct. this is the main atrium, the entrance, and when you arrive you will be greeted by this imposing statue of ramses ii, one of the greatest egyptian pharaohs. i think even he would have been impressed by the scale of this place. it's fit for a king. this state—of—the—art monument will be the new home for tutankhamen‘s treasures. and for the first time, over 5000 objects discovered in the boy king's tomb will be on display to the public. but now, they will be better protected by modern security, shedding new light on the lives of the ancient egyptians. so tell me about this piece here. this is one of my favourite pieces.

it's one of the chariots of king tutankhamen. so we are pretty much looking at a 3500—year—old artefact, but in perfect condition, intact, as it was? if we consider the 3,500 years, it is in a perfect condition. restorers in these specially built labs are using the most advanced technology in the world to prepare the artefacts for display. it is very convenient now that we can use modern x—raying, we can determine the composition of the materials that were used, the original colours, the nature of the gilding, all of these new, valuable information, is being disclosed to us in a non—destructive way. more than two thirds of the objects from tutankhamen‘s tomb have been hidden away in boxes

since their discovery by howard carter almost 100 years ago. they are unrestored, and have never been seen by the public. tourism here has really suffered over recent years. notjust because of political unrest, but also through acts of terrorism. with assurances of increased security, it is hoped that this new centre dedicated to egypt's unique history will finally help to encourage tourists to come back. ade in cairo back in march, and that spectacular new museum in cairo is set to open later this year. off to australia next, where henry visited the iconic

outback town of alice springs, which has begun to slide off the tourist map in recent years, with low—cost airlines pulling out and several backpacker hostels closing down. but could pedal power be the answer? yes, alice springs has launched a plan to turn itself into a world—class mountain biking hub. the combination of beautiful landscapes and fantastic weather has made the trails around alice springs a local favourite for years, but the town wants to attract more international visitors. the territory hopes to bring in nearly $70 million a year through biking tourism. clarke petrick from 0utback cycling leads tours throughout the trails here. today is a particularly hot day, about 40 degrees in the middle of the desert, why would anyone want to come out and try mountain biking here? well in the winter the weather

is absolutely perfect. we don't have the storms, the rain, the cold, it is just beautiful 25 degree days, really consistent weather. it means the riding never gets rained out, the trails can be quite interesting and they don't get washed away. the environment is really cool for natural style mountain bike trails. and then in the summer when it is hot, you get the amazing experience of riding at night, with high quality lights, you see wildlife, it is a unique experience probably for australia. and helping tourists understand more about the unique outback environment is another way the town is shaking up its image. the earth sanctuary was set up by former neighbours star dan falzon and with his family he teaches visitors about the outback. so what are we doing? ijoined dan to make some damper, a traditional aboriginal bush recipe for bread, which is made with their new recipe for beer, the red centre devil. the recipe for making damper is incredibly simple bit of beer in first, some self raising flour and some raisins. that looks good, that's perfect.

as long as there is enough flour and it stops it getting burnt in there... that is lovely, mate, well done. after 45 minutes in the fire, the damper was ready to eat. and dan and his team prepared a feast of bush tucker to me to enjoy, including camel, kangaroo and croc. and what we do is we just dip it in as you've done there, dip it in some beautiful virgin olive oil, and with some wattle seed dukkah, some outback wattle seed dukkah. this is amazing. it's fantastic. it is really good. it is lovely to be in a place like central australia, a very ancient environment, and can draw on the beautiful rare and exotic foods here, that can help you along the way and add to a wonderfuljourney around this great country. for sure, good on you. cheers. henry in alice springs earlier this year on the travel show. now we are off to thailand, a country known for its fantastic

food and idyllic beaches. for many of us, taking selfies in exotic locations and posting them online has taken the place of writing postcards and sending them home whilst on holiday. but if you are ever tempted to grab a selfie with some of the local wildlife, you could be helping to fund a sinister trade in animal exploitation, as carmen found out when she headed to thailand in may. infant animals are particularly vulnerable to the photo prop trade. here in the wildlife hospital, babies that have been rescued or abandoned are cared for in the nursery. this vet takes me behind the scenes to meet them. 0h, hi, hi little guy! can you tell me a bit about langurs, why are they so popular in the photo prop industry?

because when they was born their fur is completely full of orange, and with the pink face, they are so, so cute, they are very popular to be appealing people who want to take a photo. they are still cute now! how old is vincent now? for now he is six months old. looking after animals like vincent is painstaking work. some have complex needs, like slow loris tien. he was previously kept as a pet, and vets here say a poor diet and lack of sunlight caused him to develop bone disease. hi! sorry to wake you. so the loris is on the endangered list, isn't it? yes, poachers hunt them in the forest because they are quite cute, they have the big eyes. in the south of thailand, all the tourist places, they are quite popular to bring them to take a photo to the tourist, and pay money for them. oh you poor little guy!

he wants to climb now. 0k! let's give you some exercise. the vet gives tien daily physiotherapy and lets him get used to the sunlight again. slowly his condition is improving. in the wild these animals would hold on to their mothers throughout infancy, so they instinctively cling on to each other to try and recreate the warmth and security they would normally get from their parents. this is our baby macaque, boonma and pearl, one male and one female. hi boonma, hi pearl. boonma! why does he want that one? don't try and steal pearl's! the owner brought her from the market, this means her mother was killed by a poacher. so sad.

it's nice they have got each other now. they know they have each other, and that is a good thing for them. here at the foundation, tourists are encouraged to roll up their sleeves, get dirty and help care for the rescued animals. and that's far more rewarding than taking a selfie to share with your friends. the skin is quite tough actually, it is hard going here! but i think she is enjoying it. i might be getting a bath too. now it is time to take a look back at a trip rajan took to mauritius earlier this year. it is a country well—known as a beach destination, but is also home to some amazing wildlife, and rajan met a man who is doing his best to protect one particular species. so this is the mauritius fruit bat. it is a bat which is unique to mauritius. it can travel for 15 kilometres, 20 kilometres, 40 kilometres in one night. it's like man has got hands, but these hands here have been modified, amazingly, to become a wing. it's an animal that can see very,

very well, despite what a lot of people think. they need to rest during the day to save their energy and to — because it gets hot in the tropics. but at night, as it's getting dark, they leave their daytime roosts, as they are called, and they go out and they look for food. they will first of all eat fruits to keep themselves alive, but also they'll be dispersing fruits, and they maintain their own survival by maintaining the forests. the larger project here is hugely ambitious and earning international acclaim. we're actually recreating the whole ecosystems. it's one of the few places on earth where we're notjust trying to save a few odd plants and a few odd animals, we're actually piecing together,

as best as we can — it will never be perfect but as best as we can — the whole ecosystem as it existed prior to the arrival of man. should we be frightened of this animal — should i be frightened being this close to this animal now? well, i'm not frightened of the animal, i don't know why anybody should be. there are some countries where bats are dispersing — are carriers of diseases, but in mauritius, that's not the case. of course, where they are carriers of diseases, there are some precautions to be taken, of course, but that's not the case here. would you like to hold the bat? are you serious? yes. it will... really? oh, my god. right. yes, it will probably nibble you a little bit if that's ok? nibble me?

if that's ok. 0k. oh, my god. and its claws can be quite sharp. yeah, alright. you can — you must take this. there you go! wow! and now it's... i can't believe it. this is weird, is all i can say. this is a magic moment! i never thought i'd actually find a bat, or an animal like this, vaguely even cute, but you know what? it is kind of cute. and luckily, not disease—ridden... no. as it bites my finger. no! you're fine. do you want to fly off? shall we get you to fly off? come on then. rajan with gorgeous bats there in mauritius back in february. now we're off to the philippines. the decades, people have got by in his repurposed army vehicles. but now people are looking for a cleaner, greener alternative. one of the first things you realise

when you land in manila is the traffic is awful. hurry! with no metro and a very limited bus and train service, the backbone of its public transport is currently this — it's a jeepney. the design‘s modelled on the us jeeps that were abandoned here and repurposed after the second world war. to this day, they're still the best way to get around. the problem is, the system's quite tricky for a newcomer to get to grips with. 0k, as i weave my way through the traffic that's now on the sidewalk, i'm looking for one that says libertad, and so there should be, in paint, on one of these, the place i'm looking for. libertad — this must be it.

if you have a smartphone, it makes things a lot easier. there's an app called sakay.ph, where you can put your origin and destination. so in this case, intramuros is where we are, we want to go —— as if this wasn't complicated enough, these old workhorses are currently being phased out. around 200,000 of the most polluting vehicles are being replaced by cleaner models. and those plans have sparked protests and strikes from the drivers who worry that, despite schemes designed to help them, many won't be able to afford to replace their current vehicle. some are concerned for theirjob. this is going to be like christmas and springtime for you. so i take nel to meet the source of his worries face—to—face. are you ready, for, your newjeepney? 0h! this, we're told, is the future of public transport in manila. so this is the e—jeepney, and it's the modernjeepney. so it's all—electric so that's why it's quiet, it has no emissions, no pollution, no smoke. so no noise, no smoke, no problem.

but there's really only one way to convince nel once and for all. we're taking this baby for a spin. and here we go! yeah! laughs. you're smiling. why are you smiling? are you having fun? i'm happy. happy? no sounds, no engine sound. very quiet. you can just focus on driving and listening to your music. yes. whoa, whoa, 0k, ok, that was close. to finish of this episode of the travel show, this enormous cruise ship, the world's largest, had its maiden voyage in march. i got the chance to jump aboard free sneak preview. the scale of this ship is truly vast. she can carry close to 9000 passengers and crew.

she is longer than four football pitches laid end to end, weighs over 220,000 tons, and she has a staggering 18 decks and 23 swimming pools. constructed at shipyards in france at a cost of over $1.5 billion, symphony of the seas is the biggest passenger cruise ship ever built. but does that make it the best? at this point i have a bit of a confession to make. i am jumping on board a special 2—night cruise between the spanish ports of malaga and barcelona, along with a big group of travel journalists and industry experts, to explore the ship before she welcomes her first paying passengers. and although there is a party atmosphere on board, the crew know this is an important event if the ship is going to make waves around the world. these corridors go on forever, which is not surprising because there are almost 3000 rooms on this ship. so finding your own room can be a bit of a challenge. this is mine i think, 592. it is quite spacious actually! and not a bad view.

most rooms here in the ship are a pretty standard size, although you will pay extra for a balcony and sea view, and if you really want to push the boat out, there is a whole range of upscale suite with a suitably enormous pricetag to match. but is the seemingly endlessly array of dining options, entertainment and attractions on board which really sets the ship apart. i am at the bionic bar where there is no human bartending staff, but we do have two robots, rockem and shockem, who will make my drink for me. i have found a lovely sounding drink which is the bionic bahama mama, and all i need to do is just press this button and the robots will go to work. so off we go. now i think is going to be the shaking bit... there we go! hey! laughs. a little bit of spillage, some dripping, he is a bit messy, this robot bartender. and here we go! the finished product. look at this! my drink. thank you shockem! the following morning it's up early to try some of those on—board attractions, aimed at making this ship as family friendly as possible. first stop, the abyss. at 100 feet it is the longest

tubular slide at sea, and sends you plummeting a full ten decks in as many seconds. woohoo! and if all that activity builds up your appetite, then there's 22 restaurants, cafes and bars on board, some of them open around the clock. all operated under the watchful eye of gary thomas. i guess you have to provide a really wide array of food to people who will have very different tastes? absolutely, of course, and that is where my knowledge comes in, we do have fixed restaurants, we have mexican themed, seafood themed restaurants. but in the public buffet areas is where i have lots of freedom. everything i do is about the guest demographics, and i have all this information prior to the voyages, so i can adjust a lot of what we do based on the guests we carry.

you have been a chef on land for a long time, and now you are on sea. what are some of the challenges you face when you are out at sea. if you run out of food at sea, there is no running down the road. you have to get it right all the time. you have to anticipate what is going to happen on board. many, many cruises in advance, i have to order up my food, so if i miss a particular item, a popular item, i go from the most popular man on the ship to very quickly the most unpopular. that is all we have time for this week's show. coming up next week... carmen heads back to thailand to join a beach cleanup with the help of a rubbish collecting robot. wow, look at all this. and we pay a visit to an island off the coast of columbia where not getting on with your neighbours is not an option. so dojoin us then if you can. and you can keep up with us while we are on the road by keeping up—to—date with our social media feeds, where you can share your travel stories with the world. but from me and all the travel show team, it is goodbye. hello there. today is looking pretty similar

to yesterday and that is lots of dry weather with warm sunshine but also the risk of further showers and thunderstorms. most of these will develop across parts of scotland and northern england. starting the morning off on a bit of an disappointingly cloudy one for some. central, southern, eastern areas, but the strong sunshine will get going in burning back the cloud. sunny spells developing widely and as temperatures rise, we will start to see the threat of showers and thunderstorms again. namely central, eastern scotland into northern england and maybe the high ground of wales and the south—west of england. elsewhere, pretty warm with temperatures reaching 23—25 celsius. during sunday evening, the showers and thunderstorms begin to fizzle away and most places will be dry again as we head through the course of the night. this is the pressure chart for monday. high pressure dominating the scene. subtle changes, more northerly winds beginning to build in and that could introduce a bit more cloud to parts of scotland and northern ireland through the day. much of england and wales should stay dry. sunshine from the word go. pleasantly warm into the afternoon. just the threat of a thunderstorm pushing into the channel islands off the near continent.

the temperatures range from the high—teens in the north to the low to mid—20s further south. 0n into tuesday, picking up more than a northerly breeze. across—the—board, it will feel a little bit fresher. more cloud around. again, some holes appearing to allow some sunny spells in the afternoon. temperatures a bit lower. 16—20 celsius. into wednesday, we lose the northerly wind and will start to pick up some south—westerlies. a ridge of high pressure so most of us, another fine day with spells of sunshine. changes taking place across the north—west of the uk. an area of low pressure which will be increasing wind and outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and western scotland. something we haven't seen for a long time as the jet stream begins to fire up and it starts to send areas of low pressure into our way. from thursday onwards, more unsettled and wet and windy for a time across the northern half of the uk with the rain spreading its way

southwards and eastwards. for the week ahead, starting off with conditions we are have been used to for a while, dry and warm, and then it turns unsettled from the weekend onwards with some wind and rain and it will feel fresher. finally some changes taking place with the weather. welcome to bbc news. broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: president trump rejects an agreement signed by the leaders of the g7 after a fractious summit in quebec. the us president is now on his way to singapore for talks with north korea's kimjong—un.

mr trump says the meeting is a "one—time chance" for a peace deal. more than 65 dead after taliban fighters launch a series of attacks on afghan forces, hours after promising a rare ceasefire for the muslim holiday of eid. back in germany, a 20—year old iraqi suspect is extradited to face charges of raping and murdering a 14 year old girl. celebrating the queen's 92nd birthday.