this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9am: a blueprint to halve childhood obesity by 2030. of sweets at supermarket checkouts could be restricted under new plans for england. we know that this is what people want. research shows us that parents really wa nt want. research shows us that parents really want to see all the things that are driving them to buy more and eat more cutbacks on. polls open in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections , the biggest challenge to president erdogan‘s 15 years in government. women in saudi arabia finally get behind the wheel after an end to the ban on them driving. today we are actually on the road driving. people are waving. they are so driving. people are waving. they are so happy. i am so honoured. it is an amazing feeling. england manager gareth southgate says his side can create their own history in the world cup. a win against panama later would send them into the knock—out stages of the tournament in russia.

and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 with sharma perera and henry mance. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the government has announced new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the cost of childhood obesity has become too great to ignore. the new measures would include a ban on the sale of caffeine—heavy drinks to children, better calorie labelling on menus, and plans to prevent shops displaying unhealthy food at checkouts. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. the government's first obesity strategy for england,

unveiled in 2016, was seen by many health campaigners as a missed opportunity. ever since, ministers have been under pressure to go further and so many of the measures that were ditched two years ago are now back on the agenda. the new obesity strategy includes a proposal to ban tv advertising ofjunk food before the 9pm watershed. there will also be curbs on supermarket promotions, such as buy—one—get—one—free deals on sugary, high—fat foods. and all primary school pupils in england will be encouraged to get active through schemes like walking or running a daily mile. we are really delighted to see this new childhood obesity plan. it's brave and ambitious and it's where we should be as a nation. the scottish government also plans to announce tough measures to reduce obesity, an issue that is now firmly established as one of the big public health challenges facing the uk. but after what was widely seen as a false start, the government's plans will now face close scrutiny.

dominic hughes, bbc news. we have been hearing more about this. we spoke to consultant paedeatrician dr mar skae, who gave her reaction to the announcement. i think the target to halve the number of obese children by 2030 is a very ambitious target. certainly they need more intervention if they are going to actually meet that target. is it soon enough? i suppose probably not, but we know that we need things that are gradual. we need things that are gradual. we need gradual cultural change and we don't want to be punitive. i would definitely advocate the target but i think we need more to achieve that target. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake joins me in the studio. the government has been criticised

for not doing enough on childhood obesity. what are these potential measures? when might we see them brought in? there are some eye—catching measures in this plan put forward by the government today and it does go further than the last obesity plan in 2016, which was criticised for not going far enough byjamie criticised for not going far enough by jamie oliver and other criticised for not going far enough byjamie oliver and other high profile health campaigners. as you heard in the report there, things like sweets and other fatty snacks, band at the checkouts in supermarkets. restrictions on junk food advertising, energy drinks being banned for sale to under—18s. at this stage, these are measures that are being put out to consultation. the government is committed to consulting on them by the end of the year. after that it could be next year at the earliest before we see any legislation introduced which could bring into law these measures. that said, they have been broadly welcomed. health campaigners, the chief medical 0fficerfor england campaigners, the chief medical officer for england for example,

calling this a strong and robust and bold plan. public health england saying it could turn the tide of the obesity epidemic in england and across the uk as a whole. 0thers pointed to government cuts in terms of public health funding. the royal couege of public health funding. the royal college of nurses saying this is only half the battle. the number of school nurses and health visitors has dropped significantly. for that reason, the message on healthy eating and nutrition is not getting through as it should. and labour saying bold action is needed and not another lame—duck strategy. saying bold action is needed and not another lame-duck strategy. these are another lame-duck strategy. these a re early another lame-duck strategy. these are early days, and these measures could be changed and watered or strengthened? yes. the government has clearly ta ken strengthened? yes. the government has clearly taken on board the criticism that it faced two years ago with the previous plan and it is keen to act here. but there will be some pushback no doubt from the food and drinks industry. they may not be too keen on some of these proposals. broadcasters might lose out on

advertising revenue if junk broadcasters might lose out on advertising revenue ifjunk food and other adverts are restricted online before nine o'clock. not set in stone and not definitely going to happen but i think the government is keen to show that it does want to make changes here. the health secretaries talking about this today and obesity has a huge burden on the national health service, huge cost. yes, it is all to do with prevention and cure and the government will be thinking if it can take measures that don't require extra funding for the nhs, which we did see the government announced last week, although it doesn't cover public health budgets, just front—line care, if you take measures to stop children becoming overweight and obese, they are less likely to get ill and put pressure on the nhs as a result. it is all part of the same thinking. thank you. jonathan blake, oui’ thinking. thank you. jonathan blake, our political correspondent. voting has begun in the presidential and parliamentary elections in turkey. president erdogan is hoping for another five—year term in office.

but he's facing a strong challenge in the presidential contest mainly from the centre—left, and in the parliamentary vote from a coalition of opposition parties. my colleague tim willcox explains turkey holds snap presidential and parliamentary elections today, brought forward by president erdogan. the elections were originally scheduled for november, 2019. if no candidate wins an outright majority in the first round of the presidential elections, a second round will be held on the 8th ofjuly. so who are the main presidential contenders? 0f ofjuly. so who are the main presidential contenders? of course president erdogan is running for a second time. he has been the dominant figure in the country's politics since 2002. he will seek five more years with beefed up powers approved in last year's referendum. that referendum changed tu rkey‘s referendum. that referendum changed turkey's parliamentary system to an executive presidency. there is the

hardline interior minister during the height of the violence with the pkk militants in 1997, aksener. last year she founded the iyi party and is trying to defend herself as pro—democracy. aksener is often nicknamed the she false. and the republican peoples party, chp, with ince, long—standing mp and former physics teacher. he has seized the momentum, equalling the firebrand rhetoric that president erdogan. and also the pro—kurdish hdb party. demirtas was imprisoned after being accused of links to kurdish militia. he is running from behind bars. tim willcox reporting. 0n the stroke of midnight local time saudi arabia became the last country in the world to allow

women to drive. the lifting of the ban is being hailed as an important step towards modernisation by crown prince mohamed bin salman. but there's been criticism that some of the women who campaigned for the change are in prison on charges of treason. donna larsen reports. just after midnight in riyadh, and a piece of history is about to be made. a perfectly normal act in every other country in the world but, until now, not in saudi arabia. ujdeen al—ateek takes the wheel of the family car and drives into the street. all i can think about, i can still do my own stuff. i don't have to ask for anyone to take me around. that's very important. for us to drive... 0k, maybe a lot of us don't need to drive but, for me, i used to drive, i used to do my own stuff. so i'm not used to someone

to drive me around. wow! i'm so excited, i'm so happy. honestly, i can't express my feelings. i haven't been sleeping for two days just thinking about this moment. and today we're actually on the roads, driving. people are waving, they're so happy. i'm so honoured. it's an amazing feeling. enjoying the freedom of the city, this change has been a long time coming. some activists have been demanding the right to drive for decades. back in 2013, this woman took the wheel in defiance of the law. some were punished for doing the same thing. change is under way in saudi arabia. cinemas have been allowed to open along with the first music concerts and the first fashion week. it's all part of a modernisation drive led by the crown prince, mohammad bin salman. but while some restrictions are easing, saudi women are still not free to travel, marry, divorce, or even leave prison without the permission of a male relative. and those who demand too much change are still being punished. 0nly last month, more than a dozen

prominent women's activists were arrested for demanding greater rights. donna larson, bbc news. joining me now is najah al—0taibi, a senior analyst at the arabia foundation, which is a washington—based think tank focusing on the middle east. and you are saudi woman, so as a saudi woman, what are your feelings on this change? this is great, it is fantastic, and a great step for saudi arabia to prove that it is committed to improving women's rights. the ban on women driving, it has always been the reason why saudi arabia has an image deficit everywhere. it has undermined every step that the government has undertaken to support women. every progressive step that has been taken in the favour of women has been undermined by the ban on driving. so

it is very important for saudi arabia. and it has taken a long time for women to get this change, many yea rs. for women to get this change, many years. yes, it is almost a century ago that this has been a public opinion issue. and it is never too late. it is the start. the crown prince is the man who started this and it will be the first step for more rights for women. you say the first step, but there are lots of things that women still cannot do. just outlined some of the things that women can't do in saudi arabia. i agree with you. there is a list of demands after driving. women can now drive but they can't travel without a male guardian, they can't divorce, they need protection from domestic abuse, they can't leave prison without a male guardian. so these issues are very important. for women who are educated abroad, like myself, i would like to see women in

leadership positions, women who can influence decision—making, and i think saudi arabia also started this but very slowly. a few months ago the princess was the first saudi woman to do sport for the nation, so more saudi women in positions of power. more women in positions of power, but do you think this decision to allow women to drive could be just the start? decision to allow women to drive could bejust the start? it is. freedom of movement means freedom. it is the freedom of choice. after that you can choose to live anywhere, to escape abuse, and when you have got freedom of movement you can do anything else. and of course there will be conservatives in saudi arabia who will be horrified by this reform. there has always been our position towards any reform. i can tell you that the majority of saudi people are supportive of women's

rights. i was so pleased to see last night at midnight when women went to the streets and drove their cars. people were waving at them, cheering, so happy. itjust makes me feel that this is a real change and society is changing and opening up and the future will be great in this country. women campaigning for more rights and young people generally in saudi arabia are campaigning for reform as well. yes, 6096 of the saudi population is under the age of 35. i think this is a post and it will help the government to implement all the changes and the reform that they want to do. —— this isa reform that they want to do. —— this is a push. and the leader is a very young crown prince philippe understands the young population and he is listening to what they say. —— and he understands. thank you very

much, senior analyst at the arabia foundation. it is just after 9:15am. the headlines: a blueprint to halve childhood obesity by 2030 has been announced by the government. polls open in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections — the biggest challenge to president erdogan‘s 15 years in government. women in saudi arabia finally get behind the wheel after an end to the ban on them driving. some of the uk's sewage companies are regularly dumping untreated human waste into rivers. that's according to an investigation by bbc‘s countryfile. the programme found thousands of sewage outlets — designed to operate only in the heaviest downpours — are overflowing throughout the year. tom heap reports. when it comes to pollution, britain's rivers are facing a hidden threat from these —

combined sewer overflows or csos for short. they're emergency storm drains that release excess sewage in times of extreme rainfall to stop it backing up in our streets and homes. they are legal but csos in coastal areas like these have been campaigned against for years. take your sewage somewhere else! now countryfile has discovered there are nearly 25,000 of these outlets across the uk dumping untreated waste into our rivers. they are only supposed to operate as a last resort. we discovered that some are operating throughout the year, dumping human sewage, which is a threat to our health, our environment and our wildlife. using requests under environmental information regulations, which water companies have to answer, we discovered that in england and wales alone, there were some 70,000 recorded spills of untreated waste in just a year. tonyjuniper from the worldwide fund

for nature says our outdated sewage system has to change. we need first of all to be investing in the infrastructure to improve sewage treatment facilities. we need to be issuing bigger fines for when illegal discharges do occur. we also need to be doing more to create sustainable drainage around new housing estates and areas where we are creating lots of hard surfaces which are discharging large amounts rainfall very quickly into the combined sewer and drainage networks causing these overflows. in england the water companies have committed to a £400 million upgrade meanwhile in the north west, there are 2000 csos operated by united utilities. so what's this company doing to relieve the pressure on a network that serves 3 million homes? this is a large open—to—air storm overflow detention tank. you weren't kidding about the large! amazing. what we try and do here, we try and store as much storm water

following a rainfall event as we possibly can, and then when the storm subsides we return it back to the network and send it for treatment. meanwhile the environment agency says that water companies are on course to have about 80% of csos monitored, but that won't be until 2025. tom heap, bbc news. and you can see tom's full report on tonight's countryfile, that's at seven o'clock on bbc one. a group of pro—brexit politicians and business figures have urged the prime minister to speed up preparations to leave the eu without a deal. former cabinet ministers are among those to have signed a letter saying the uk must show it is ready to walk away in order to have real leverage. tens of thousands of people marched in central london yesterday to demand a final vote on any exit deal. a 15—year—old boy has been stabbed to death following a party in east london. metropolitan police were called to a community centre in romford

at around nine o'clock last night. three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder. there have been more than 70 murders in the capital so far this year. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to it isjust coming up to 9:20am. at the world cup, england meets panama this afternoon. a win will take the team through to the next round of the competition in russia. despite injury, expectations are high, but panama will appreciate the balmy conditions in nizhny novgorod, where the game is being played. natalie pirks has been talking to the fans ahead of the match. it was once a bastion of soviet secrets, but now nizhny novgorod is revelling in its role as welcoming hosts. i think it's fair to say we came with a little bit of trepidation because you never know until you get here, but in general we've always found if you're nice to people, they are usually nice back. put your shirt on, everyone takes

photographs and shakes your hand and buys you a drink. it's the opposite, they love us. we thought it would be a war zone, but the locals have been really friendly, so so far, so good. a win against panama this afternoon would guarantee england a place in the last 16. in russia's 13th century city, gareth southgate is keen to consign past failures to history. we are a team who are hungry, we want to improve and show people an england team can play in a different way. we've got technically good players. we want them to get on the ball and express themselves and really attack the game as we did from the opening minutes of the game the other night. this panama side is organised. their style is, let's say, robust. england can expect a physical test in the heat of nizhny novgorod this afternoon. but if they play the way they played against tunisia, they should continue to thrill fans back home. that's what everybody wants to see. it excites fans. people are really happy back home to see a team play with such energy

and a forward—thinking team. so, yeah, keep that going. this has already been a world cup of shocks. defeat today to panama would be right up there. natalie pirks, bbc news, nizhny novgorod. you can watch the england game at1o'clock on bbc one. there will also be commentary on bbc radio 5live. earlier we spoke to sarah rainsford, our moscow correspondent, who told us about the city of nizhny novgorod. she told us it is a sizeable place and also fascinating because it was and also fascinating because it was a closed city in the former soviet union. it is in fact the fifth biggest city in russia so not a small base by any means but the centre is pretty compact. you can see over there is the main site in town, the kremlin, nizhny novgorod has its very own kremlin, a job other sites that people who flooded into nizhny novgorod for the games here have been touring round, taking

in the cultural spots as well as the bars and cafes. this is a city that has been transformed by the world cup, as russia as a whole has, but particularly nizhny novgorod. in soviet times this place was com pletely soviet times this place was completely closed to foreigners. it was a place where they built tanks and atomic submarines and foreigners just were not welcome here. in fact they were prohibited. it is a long time since the soviet union collapsed but this really was not a tourist destination. i think that has changed and maybe with the world cup more people will come here. very hot in summer and plenty of places for people to see, which they seem to be enjoying so far. a little portrait of nizhny novgorod from our correspondent sarah ra i nsfo rd. leaders of 17 european union member states will meet in brussels later to discuss how to tackle the arrival of african and middle eastern migrants from across the mediterranean. numbers have fallen since the crisis began in 2015, but italy and malta

have banned charity rescue boats from coming to their ports. one of the ships at the centre of the debate is the aquarius which is currently close to the libyan coast. 0ur correspondent gavin lee is on board well, this is the charity—run ship the aquarius, which has found itself at the centre of a political storm and how europe's leaders deal with the issue of illegal migration over the seas from africa. this ship has been travelling since wednesday afternoon from the port of valencia because the spanish government allowed it a one—off, this ship to port. a few days before that, the italian and maltese governments said they couldn't come to port. they accused ngos and charity—run vessels of encouraging people run smuggling and essentially being a taxi service for illegal migrants coming from libya. the charities disagreed strongly saying this was a humane way to rescue those in need and people would risk their lives anyway given the dire situation in libya. right now there is a rescue

operation going on, and exercise, a drill ahead of approaching the search and rescue zone close to libya. they will be at sea for the next two and a half days and they expect to pick up migrants. in the meantime those european leaders are meeting over how to handle migration. one of the issues, according to a senior source at the council, say many leaders agree with salvini over the points that these charity boats are a hindrance. so the issue is what happens with these boats and what happens when they pick up migrants and where can they go? gavin lee reporting. one of britain's main railway lines is back under state control this morning. the east coast line was returned to public ownership after the government ended the stagecoach and virgin franchise. it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transport will run the service until at least 2020. the new zealand prime minister,

jacinda ardern, and her partner, clark gayford, have presented their newborn baby girl to the world. facing the cameras for the first time since the delivery of her daughter neve on thursday, the prime minister said she'd been blown away by the messages of congratulations from around the world including an emailfrom queen elizabeth. russell trott reports. mother, father and daughter, all doing well and presented to the world's media as the world's newest first family. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, and her partner clark, with three—day—old neve, appearing in public for the first time apparently unflustered by all the attention, sleeping in fact, well, like a baby. we had a shortlist of names. we wanted to wait until the baby arrived to really see which one felt like it worked.

but we chose neve because we just liked it. when we met her we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means in various forms bright and radiant and snow, which seemed like a good combination for matariki and for solstice. for new dad clark gayford, it's also the chance to take a break from being in front of the cameras — his dayjob is a television presenter — to be a househusband. actually i won't forget the look on jacinda's face when she finally held the baby. it was all a bit of a blur for both of us but she had obviously been through so much and then finally the moment arrived, and she looked absolutely stunned and very, very happy. little neve shares the same birth date as former pakistani prime minister benazir bhutto who in 1990 became the first head of government to have a child while in office. new zealand's premier said

she would still be consulted on significant issues and would continue to read the cabinet papers during her maternity leave and with clark by her side, looking after baby neve, time for some well earned sleep. russell trott, bbc news. game of thrones stars kit harington and rose leslie have married at a ceremony in aberdeenshire. the couple first met on the programme in 2012. guests at the big day included fellow stars from the hit show peter dinklage and maisie williams. now let's check out the latest weather prospects. it is looking pretty good. this is sarah peter lucas. hello. june is shaping up to be warm and particularly dry across parts of the country. that week continues. not much rain in the forecast and dry in buckinghamshire

here with cloud turning things hazy. but through the week the weather is set fair, but through the week the weather is setfair, dry but through the week the weather is set fair, dry and sunny and temperatures really on the rise over the next few days. high pressure is keeping things dry. a weather front clearing away from the northern isles so drying out here. not many isobars on the map with high pressure around $0 isobars on the map with high pressure around so not particularly breezy, less than recently. i pressure turning things hazy across england and wales, particularly towards the east coast, and a breeze around coastal parts of east anglia and the south—east. some cloud push into the north west of scotland but most of us keeping that sunshine through the day. it will be warmer than recent days with temperatures around 18 to 23 across scotland and northern ireland. and we could see 26 or 27 across the south—east of england. warm skies and try and clear overnight but not too humid or uncomfortable for sleeping over the next couple of days. temperatures

dipping into single figures overnight and the warmer nights come later in the week. we are set to see a change in air mass. we have already got warm air with us and you can see that yellow colouring. the colours turn to these russet stones, orange colouring marking the warmer air moving in from the continent. another dry day to come across the country on monday with cloud to north west of scotland producing drizzle in the north—western isles, but looking decent for the vast majority of us. 29 degrees in the sunniest spots. temperatures in the mid 20s quite widely, but cooler along the coast with sea breezes developing and similar on tuesday. dry, settled and sunny, with sea breezes around the coast, and patchy cloud drifting around, so not wall—to—wall sunshine. tuesday not quite as warm as monday but temperatures in the low to the mid 20s quite widely will stop we could see 207028 in some spots. that warming trend continues through the

week. —— we could see 27 to 28 in some spots. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. they include plans to prevent shops displaying unhealthy food at checkouts and banning the sale of caffeine—heavy energy drinks to children we know this is what people want. 0ur we know this is what people want. our research tells us that parents really wa nt our research tells us that parents really want to see all the things that are driving them to buy more and need to cut back on.