i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: the world cup kicks off in moscow. after a spectacular opening ceremony, the hosts win big over saudi arabia. america's secretary of state says north korea must completely denuclearise if it wants sanctions to be lifted. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. "insubordinate but not biased" — the us department ofjustice criticises former fbi directorjames comey for his handling of an investigation into hilary clinton's e—mails. and, on board with the man new zealander‘s call the "first bloke". he tells us about life with his partner, the country's prime minister, jacinda ardern. i find myself doing more earthy things like that to try and offset the strange, surreal world ifind myself in with jacinda and what she does. sitting there and you suddenly find yourself talking with the queen. good morning.

it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3 in the morning in moscow, where the 2018 world cup began with a glitzy opening ceremony and some exciting match action. in the first game, hosts russia beat saudi arabia five nil — much to the delight of the onlooking vladimir putin. it's the biggest win by a host nation in an opening world cup game since 193a. and there's still 63 more games to go for football fans! our sports reporter alex gulrajani reports. the wait finally over for russia and the prize

they are all here to try and win. the 21st world cup opened in full party mode. robbie williams entertaining those who packed into luzhniki stadium, a show full of colour both on and off the pitch until it was time to get down to business. a message from president putin as he welcomed all to russia including today's opponents, saudi arabia, and a world cup first. video assistant referees here — would they be needed today? well, there were no doubts about the tournament's opening goal, the hosts off to the perfect start, thanks to yury gazinsky. a first for his country, leading to some high—level diplomacy in the stands. but there were some nervy moments for russia, especially when alan dzagoev, their tallies man, hobbled off injured early on.

his replacement, denis cheryshev, quickly put them at ease. after the break, russia pushed on and made sure of an emphatic win. artem dzyuba made it three before cheryshev scored easily, the goal of the match. russia now in full cruise mode, a chance to increase a goal difference that may become very important in their group. aleksandr golovin added to the rout. five goals for the hosts. the party, well and truly started in russia. alex gulrajani, bbc news. the bbc‘s olly foster has been following events from moscow. russia are the lowest ranked team in this tournament but my word, they rose to the occasion. there was a promise from vladimir putin beforehand to the crowd in luzhniki stadium, lit up behind me in the colours of russia, and he said there was going to be a feast

of football and my word, his team absolutely delivered on that and they rose to the occasion and had this vast nation behind them. most of the 80,000 inside the luzhniki stadium and they are running an important result, not just them but the team, they are in a tough group, they needed to get this win against a very poor saudi arabia side to get any chance of getting out of that group and into the business end of this tournament but also very important for russia itself and the public in getting the russian public behind this tournament and when the team is doing well, itjust lifts the whole country and they have been so welcoming to the millions of travelling fans who descended onto this nation for the next month and a bit. as i said earlier, 63 more games to go. what shall we look forward to tomorrow? we've got a long way to go before the final back there in the luzhniki stadium on july 15. some really fascinating matches coming up on friday. in russia's group, we have egypt against uruguay, so uruguay, luis suarez, their star player and egypt, mohamed salah and his troubled shoulder that he injured against liverpool,

the coach says that he should be fit for that match in yekaterinburg. and morocco against iran. but the big one is portugal in sochi, cristiano ronaldo, against spain and what happened to spain just 2a hours ago? they sacked their coach because real madrid signed him to the next season without telling the spanish federation, so they said, "off you go," and julen lopetegui was paraded in madrid today while they try and prepare for their opening world cup match. they sacked their coach because real madrid signed him to the next season without telling the spanish federation, so they said, "off you go," and julen lopetegui was paraded in madrid today while they try and prepare for their opening world cup match. they're fierce rivals and neighbours of course. some mouthwatering matches but day one, it's all about the russians and they are just delighted, notjust to get the tournament up and running but to start it with a win for them as well. let's take a look at some

of the day's other news. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has said all three countries he's been briefing on the singapore summit, china,japan and south korea, have agreed to maintain sanctions on north korea, for the time being. speaking after talks in beijing, he said there had to be complete, verifiable and irreversible" denuclearisation before us sanctions were lifted. japan, the republic of korea and now china have all acknowledged that we have turned the corner, we have begun the process away from the threat of war and towards peace on the peninsula. each of those three countries as well has acknowledged the importance of the work that president trump has undertaken and the commitment that chairman kim has made towards the very end,

to achieve that denuclearisation. we'll have more on this a little later here on newsday but first lets take a look at what else is making news today. a leading newspaper editor in indian—administered kashmir, shujaat bukhari, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in srinagar. mr bukhari, a frequent contributor to the bbc news website, was attacked in his car near the office of the ‘rising kashmir‘ newspaper, which he edited. it comes as the un human rights chief has called for a major investigation into abuses in kashmir. the european union has decided to press ahead with retaliatory trade sanctions against the united states. it follows president trump's decision to impose duties on european steel and aluminium imports. us goods affected range from harley—davidson motorbikes, to jeans and bourbon whiskey. the lower house of parliament

in argentina has voted in favour of legalising abortion within the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy. the vote was a narrow one and the bill must now go before the senate where it may struggle to be passed. pro—abortion campaigners cheered and hugged each other when the result happened. the duchess of sussex has accompanied the queen on their first royal engagement together without prince harry. they were greeted by hundreds as they attended a series of events in the english county of cheshire, and shared a joke together, as they watched a performance from a children's theatrical group. the us department ofjustice has described the former director of the fbi, james comey, as insubordinate — but not biased — in his handling of a probe into emails sent

by hillary clinton from a private server. a report, on the fbi's actions before the 2016 presidential election, said mr comey had made an error ofjudgement in announcing, shortly before the election, that he was re—opening an investigation into mrs clinton's emails. here's our north america correspondent, nick bryant. hillary clinton believes the fbi's handling of the e—mail investigation cost her the presidency. donald trump believes the fbi failed to prosecute her because it was politically biased against him, and both believe that the former fbi directorjames comey — fired by trump, castigated by clinton — was out to get them. ..will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me god. the internaljustice department report says he made a serious error ofjudgement by making public statements about the clinton e—mail investigation, but found no evidence he'd set out to influence the election. "we did not find that these

decisions were the result of political bias on comey‘s part", the report reads. but it also concluded that he departed clearly and dramatically from fbi and department norms. the report has also revealed a text exchange between two fbi agents already accused by the white house of pro—hillary bias. it spoke of stopping trump from becoming president. that's been seized upon by the white house. it reaffirmed the president's suspicions about comey‘s conduct and the political bias amongst some of the members of the fbi. back in 2015, comey announced an investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private e—mail server during her years as secretary of state. i made a mistake using a private e—mail.

for donald trump, it was the political gift that kept on giving. let's knock out crooked hillary clinton, crooked as a $3 bill. comey announced the fbi was not recommending charges against hillary clinton. then, just weeks before polling day, comey controversially reopened the investigation — more e—mails had been uncovered. it's pretty strange to put something like that out with such little information right before an election. in a final twist, just two days before polling, comey again recommended that no charges should be brought, but democrats claim that the damage had already been done and that comey‘s interventions helped win donald trump the white house. it was trump who benefited from all these mistakes, so it hardly reflects deep state or bias against him. in a separate development, the trump foundation is being sued by the new york attorney general, who's accused the president of persistent illegal conduct at his charitable body that went on for more than a decade. he's slammed that legal action as politically motivated and ridiculous. it is exactly one year since the tragic grenfell tower fire here in london.

72 people were killed in the blaze. commemorations have been taking place throughout the day. lucy manning reports. in the middle of the night, grenfell lit up the sky. last year, the horror of the flames. now, green, to commemorate the tragedy. last year, they gathered at the foot of the tower, helpless. now, they stood in the same place to remember. # we all need somebody to lean on #. words from the koran, many of the last words that night were prayers. a year ago there was the roar of the fire, the screams from inside, the cries from out. today, silence. the survivors and the bereaved werejoined by singers, adele and stormzy, but this

was about those who had lived and lost here. some came with flowers, others, with messages. the day after the fire, we met mohammed hakim. today, he came to remember his mum, dad, sister and two brothers. from having the family, not to having a family at all, it is a complete change. you know, their absence is a big thing that i've been left with, you know, to deal with for the rest of my life. and it's extremely painful and i miss them dearly every day. last year, we also met adel, desperate for news. he lost his cousin, her husband, their daughter, and baby. 0n the day of the fire we were just running around, just trying to find our relatives and you saw me on the day. but it was the aftermath, and in the aftermath, this whole community came together.

what do you think the grenfell community have achieved a year on? a desire to make sure this never happens again. at a local church, other families who lost children, parents, sisters, and brothers, heard calls for healing and justice. # something inside so strong # i know that i can make it... at avondale primary, they lost 12 past and present pupils and a teacher. we pray for those who have died and are always remembered. we pray for those who have lost their homes. how does a school cope after this? with difficulty. it was a day of dignity,

but their campaign for answers does not end here. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we take to the seas with father—to—be, fishing show presenter, and partner of new zealand's prime minister. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince

was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm marika 0i in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: russia wins the first game of the world cup as the tournament opens in moscow. the us department ofjustice says the former fbi boss james comey made mistakes in his investigation of hillary clinton before

the 2016 election. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post has, what else, the start of the football world cup in russia. it calls it the greatest show on turf, and has a picture showing the colourful opening ceremony in moscow. the straits times from here in singapore is looking at another story we've been reporting on, us secretary of state mike pompeo visiting china. it's highlighting beijing not confirming pompeo's comment that it along with japan and south korea agree that sanctions against north korea will only be lifted once denuclearisation is complete. and in the us, the new york times has a piece on people being able to stream cctv camera footage live on the internet. police in newark in newjersey have opened up feeds from dozens of cameras so the public can help to report anything suspicious. let's go back to what the us

secretary of state has said about china, south korea and japan all agreeing to maintain sanctions on north korea until it gets rid of its nuclear weapons. sam roggeveen is an expert in us defence and foreign policy and a senior fellow at the lowy institute in australia. he thinks the agreement puts china in the driving seat. ultimately the most important player here is china, and the chinese, as always, will do what's in their interests. i think up until now the chinese interest has been in seeing the nuclear programme continue in north korea, because it does present such a problem for the united states, and particularly now that north korea can boast the capability to launch a nuclear weapon and hit the continental united states. it makes america's management of its alliance and of its presence in south korea really difficult, and ultimately

that is in china's interests. i see, but we've got here china saying that it will maintain sanctions, though. it does want to arguably see some form of denuclearisation, even though we haven't really assessed what that means in practice. yes, well, we've learnt over the years to differentiate between what china says and what it does, and we'll see over time what action actually does take place on the border. and, as i understand it, there is trade across the border without express permission from the chinese government. so we'll see what happens. we'll see what leaks across, and exactly how tough the chinese are about cross—border trade. we've had confirmation from the white house that president trump did touch upon human rights issues within north korea when he met kimjong—un in that historic summit in singapore.

just how much sway, realistically, does the us have on this particular issue, that causes so much concern around the world? i would say next to none. the best i think that we can hope for, on a human rights front, is the overall relationship. and i think that's probably the best way to read the singapore summit. if you read the singapore summit purely as a negotiation about nuclear weapons, then probably it was pretty disappointing, and most of the nuclear experts will tell you that. if you read it more as the beginning of a larger—scale change in relationship between the us and north korea, that can lead to some thawing in north korea, economic opening—up, and with that perhaps some easing of human rights conditions,

then there is some reason to be slightly more hopeful. staying with the north korea summit. we've seen little from north korea itself, since kimjong un met donald trump. let's take a look at how pyongyang's state media has been covering events. a little insight into how the summit was covered in north korea. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda adern, is due to have her first baby on sunday. her partner, clarke gayford, is waiting for news. to keep himself busy, the fishing show presenter, who's been dubbed by local media as the country's "first bloke", took the bbc on an expedition. we don't really have a title for the partner of the pm in new zealand, so it's been slightly unusual. there's no real official role. i don't really have a choice, so i can'tjust roll with it. i call this placejurassic park. we're about 50 kilometres off the mainland, it's a small group of islands called the mokohinau. this is probably one of the few times when i really should be contactable. we have a radio, i'm sure the call will come out. we use fishing as an excuse to make a bit of a travel show, and i like to just think that i'm

introducing a few more people to the ocean. this is my world. it really makes your life, fishing, because you're slowing your heart rate down. i sound like a hippy when i start talking about this. have a look at this. now, that might look like just wind. that's all fish. look at that — beautiful. awesome. whoo—hoo! i hate putting people off, but there are the odd shark here, and some of them are quite big and they can be quite aggressive at times, so it'sjust a case of learning their body language, and how to play a good game of bluff. now, believe it or not, this is not considered particularly huge, but it's still a beautiful fish. this is a yellowtail kingfish. kiwis are mad for this fish. i find myself doing more earthy things like that to try and offset the strange, surreal world ifind myself in with jacinda, and what she does. sitting there and you suddenly find yourself talking to the queen, being introduced to someone like president 0bama,

and you think to yourself, is this real? well, it was kind of a no—brainer as to who was going to stay at home, given that one of us in our relationship got quite a promotion. i know that that's not that unusual, and that there's plenty of dads that do stay at home, but it's been really nice because it's given a lot of them the chance to just come up and talk to me. i had an old sea salt... a sailor. he said i had my baby in the boat in three months. challenge accepted. there's sacrifice either way. it's lucky my love of boats and the ocean is part of the relationship.

we can enjoy it together. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. the classic video game tetris is being revamped in the age of virtual reality. but the question is, how do you improve on perfection? and before we go, let's take a look at some pictures which show some food markets around the world which have been preparing for the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan, which is marked by the festival of eid —ul—fitr. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello once again, thanks forjoining me. let's get you right up to date with how we see the next few days or so across all parts of the british isles. storm hector pretty much lived up to what we expected of it. some of the gusts were really quite disruptive. this was the damage as seen in muirkirk, in the eastern side of ayrshire. but it wasn't like it everywhere. further south, once the frontal system cleared away, yes, it was a breezy old day, but at least there was some sunshine to speak of, and that will be the way of it for the most part on friday, as well. there's hector heading away towards the top end of the north sea, up into the norwegian sea. still quite a powerful beast, so it will still be quite breezy

across northern parts of scotland, but nowhere near the sort of strength that we saw during the course of thursday. there will still be quite a raft of showers, longer spells of rain getting into central, western parts of scotland initially, then gradually dribbling away a little bit further east. further south, the odd isolated shower, no great organisation about them, and the top temperature on the day of 22. so the weekend — saturday showers, if not longer spells of rain, but the weekend by no means a write—off. here we are on saturday with quite an active little frontal system for the sort of top half of the british isles. so northern parts of wales, the north midlands, and all points north at some point in the day seeing some really quite heavy rain. further south, the trailing portion of that weather front, well, there'll be a lot of cloud, there'll be the odd bit and piece of rain. gardeners, that won't be the answer to your prayers. that frontal system takes the time to move away as the low pressure transfers away off into the north sea. and there's a little ridge of high pressure just follows on behind, trying to set sunday up

as a better day than saturday. and it will succeed, for the most part, although you really couldn't rule out, later in the day, perhaps a cold frontjust dragging more cloud and the prospect of a wee bit of rain into the far west of england, western wales, and then arcing away to the south—west of scotland, maybe up into northern ireland too. so generally speaking, on sunday, the further north and east you are, the drier and brighter your day should be. here we move you from sunday on into monday, and again a little weak ridge of high pressure just trying to settle things down across the southern half of the british isles. looking further north, well, you've still got that prospect of a south—westerly breeze, probably a bit of it, as well, and just about enough in the way of cloud for there to be showers, if not longer spells of rain, again affecting the western side of scotland, and perhaps ireland too. but, in the sunshine further south, 23 could be yours. you are watching bbc world news.

our top story: the world cup has opened in moscow with a spectacular opening ceremony. president vladimir putin welcomed millions of watching fans to what he called his open, hospitable and friendly nation. and the hosts won in style, easily beating saudi arabia 5—0 in the tournament's opening game. it was the first of 64 matches to be played across the country, with the final in a months time. america's secretary of state says north korea must completely denuclearise if it wants sanctions to be lifted. mike pompeo was speaking in beijing, where he held talks with the chinese premier. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the cat said to have psychic powers, which picked russia to beat saudi arabia in the opening match of the world cup. achilles chooses from two bowls of food marked with flags. his success rate in this world cup so far — 100%. that's all from me for now. and the top story here in the uk:

labour's janet daby has won the lewisham east by—election.