this is bbc world news today. our top stories... a brexit breakthrough. british cabinet ministers back theresa may's controversial plan on leaving the european union, after intense negotiations at the prime minister's country residence. this is a proposal that i believe will be good for the uk and good for the eu. and i look forward to it being received positively. tributes to a diver killed in the thai cave rescue — as efforts intensify to bring 12 boys and their football coach to safety. authorities say they're taking no risks. china retaliates after the us imposes tariffs worth $34bn, accusing washington of starting the "largest trade war in economic history". live in moscow for the world cup. the world champions brazil have been knocked out in the last few minutes.

belgian going through to face france in the semifinals. hello and welcome to world news today. we begin with breaking news. in the past hour, the uk government finally came to an agreement for a brexit blueprint. it comes after hours of intense debate and discussions in a crunch meeting at the prime mininster‘s country residence, chequers. as expected, the deal includes a number of controversial proposals to do with trade and free migration. the bbc‘s politial editor, laura kuenssberg, has been following the deveopments at the prime minister's country retreat in buckinghamshire. sta kes a re stakes are extremely high for theresa may today, because there was a sense that she really could not leave this evening without pulling

her cabinet into line. even if that meant that some of them might quit in protest, she was willing to take that risk. and we know now the last couple of hours that number ten has got what they say is sign up for a deal that is to use the clich , near the softer end of brexit than the heart. a deal that will be difficult for many brexiteers in her own party to wear, but a deal that many scenes brexiteer cabinet ministers who, 2a hours ago were very alarmed, or willing to sign up to at least for now. number ten believes this is a major step that could unlock what is more important than a day in the field, the next stage of talks with the rest of the european union. what they wanted to do was be able to leave tonight with a credible offer to the rest of the continent, something that they could genuinely move on in terms of conversations in the years and years of relationships

in the eu to come. the prime minister must be presently extremely relieved. her authority has been on the line today. but when she spoke to reporters not that long ago, she was in businesslike, if please, form. we've had good in—depth detailed discussions today. crucially, what we have agreed is the creation of a uk, eu free trade agreement. this will maintain high standards, it'll be a common rule book for industrial goods and agricultural products. but, we also will ensure that nothing can change without the consent and approval of our parliament. i've been talking to european leaders over the last week or so and, obviously, i've been talking to them about the need for us to increase the pace on both sides of our negotiations for the future. this is a proposal that i believe will be good for the uk and good for the eu. and i look forward to it being received positively. theresa may has tonight, and said

the european union's biggest call of all, get on with it. she will give to say to them as you heard there, go out something to put on the table and the rest of the continent can ta ke and the rest of the continent can take seriously. but we do not know yet, what the rest of the cabinet is going to say when they leave. it is still, if unlikely, possible that brexiteer big names could come out and say that they are not willing to put up with what's been agreed, and she must, before even talking to the european union, endure the scrutiny of her parliamentary party. the ballots inside the conservative party is probably to approve this kind of deal. but there is a vocal and strong minority who don't like it and may make things difficult. to the time being, let'sjust it and may make things difficult. to the time being, let's just enjoy the moment that we got to this point.

take us through some of the, what is at the heart of the proposals? talk us at the heart of the proposals? talk us through what we know so far. well broadly, this is a softer version of brexit than many of the brexiteers had argued for. what does that mean? it means that there is a proposal that the uk will by law, stick to a common rule book with the european union. so when it comes to goods, a big part of the economy, british businesses will seemingly forever, have to follow the same rules that are decided in brussels by brussels for businesses right around the continent. and that common rule book is the kind of thing that brexiteers had always wanted to tear up. alongside that is a kind of shared customs area. in order to protect jobs and the irish border without having to put it at the hard border of the past, theresa may has

proposed a system were essentially, the uk and the eu will share huge amounts of customs information. they will try their hardest using technology to not put any barriers oi’ technology to not put any barriers or structures in place, and the cost could be less tempting for other countries outside the eu to sign up to trade deals with the uk. not impossible, but quite likely less attractive. but for many voters in the uk and that is very important number ten, the deal that she got an agreement for says, there will be an end to unlimited european immigration as we know it. she has held the prospect out of some kind of system were people can still come the work or study in the uk, but as we know it, european immigration will come to an end. not politically, i suspect that i will be the biggest prize she will offer and to dangle in front of the brexiteers, when they say it is too

soft and squishy, should be up to say that immigration as we know it is coming to an end. yet the big prize. don't worry about it. the details are far less important. but it is important to understand that theresa may has eventually gone for a site here. so far she has been struck —— stuck with the eurosceptic wing and her own party, strapped between two parties. she has picked aside, but it's really not sure, we cannot be sure what will happen next. ill be fascinating to see if they don't think it's too soft, will find that out in 2a hours. they don't think it's too soft, will find that out in 24 hours. will be keeping our eye on the driver. you never know. it seems as if they've all signed up, but you never know if they will be keeping our eye on the driver. you never know. it seems as if they've all signed up, but you never know if they allowed the courage to call a taxi to go home on

their own. it is a long drive, many hours earlier, as always, thank you so hours earlier, as always, thank you so much. that breaking news, we will keep you updated when we get any more details. authorities in thailand say they want ‘minimum risk‘ in their operation to bring out twelve young footballers and their coach who have been trapped for almost two weeks in a flooded cave. one volunteer diver has died after losing consciousness as he swam back from the place where the group is stranded. plans are now being put in place for a swift intervention if new rain threatens to flood the cave completely. jonathan head is at the scene in chiang rai. he's just been explaining what has actually been going on over the past couple of days, he has made clear that an airline has been successfully put through the cave, to the part where the boys are stuck. he says that's been successful and is now improving the oxygen level there, which was a concern this morning, that the level had gotten to 15% whereas the normal air you would breathe is 21% oxygen.

that was a real concern earlier, so it sounds like they've made some progress on improving the oxygen situation with getting that airline in. the governor here is also saying that letters have been sent and for the boys from their parents, although he's not sure if they've actually reached the boys and they were able to read them yet. but, if they do get those letters in the next few hours, then that would at least be some contact from theirfamilies. because all it tends to put a communication line and so they could speak with the families have not been successful yet. there's also been talks about the possibility of digging down to get the boys out. that was one option that seemed to be taken more seriously this morning, especially after that diver died on the way out of the cave. i really emphasised how dangerous that option would be for that really emphasised how dangerous that option would be for the boys. teaching them to swim, teaching them to use scuba diving equipment so they could swim out. if an experienced diver who worked with the thai navy for a long time could die in those circumstances, then that really did show the risk that those boys would be at.

drilling down was a possible option that they were considering. and the governor has just revealed that more than 100 more holes have been drilled over the past few days. he says 18 of those are promising, that they may be getting towards the right area. he says they've dug down so far, 400 metres. but they've calculated that to reach the spot where the boys are, they need to dig a hole of 600 metres. but he thinks with the holes they dug already, they'd worked out with the right angle is now to dig down. obviously that's obviously something that progressive but it's still a long way to dig and the conditions in which they're doing that they can are really tough. because this is such a mountainous landscape, the hills here are really steep and covered with really thick with vegetation. so finding the points to actually start drilling down is a really tough question. he has also said that if it does start raining heavily, then that could mean the levels in the cave start rising again. if that happens, there is a kind of emergency plan to suddenly try and get the boys out.

so they are not rushing towards that, i think what happened last night and the fact that this has already had a fatal accident has underlined how challenging that would be in how dangerous that could be. so they're not going to rush to that option of diving the boys out and having them swim to freedom. because it is a challenging obstacle course that they'd have to negotiate underwater, underground. but they do have a back—up plan if the water level size rising and that is what they will do. there is a renewed determination today to make sure that they do get these boys out alive and that no one else dies and this operation. but they're also aware of this tricky its going to be. it could take some time. we're not expecting... let's take a look at some of the other news stories of the day. more details have been released on donald trump's uk visit. the upresident and first lady will arrive next thursday the president and first lady will arrive next thursday for a two day visit.

he'll meet with prime minister theresa may, and also queen elizabeth, but will largely avoid london, possibly to avoid the large scale protests that are planned. chlorine gas was used an attack on the town in april. dozens of civilians were killed, the united states responded with air strikes, the government denies any chemical weapons attacks. at least 24 people have been killed in a series of blasts at a fireworks depot near mexico city. the biggest explosions took place as emergency workers arrived at the scene in the town of tultepec. four firefighters and five police officers are among the dead. tultepec has a history of deadly accidents involving fireworks. lets get all the world cup action and in the last few minutes. belgium has beaten brazil 2—1 to go through to the semifinal. earlier, france became the first

team to book their place in the semi—finals, beating uruguay two—nil. all he was watching all this from moscow and my goodness, congratulations to belgium but what disappointment for brazil! of course, you lose a football match, brazil will go into a period of national mourning. this was going to be the world cup in which they got some kind of redemption for what happened at their own world cup. but you know what, brazil had not been very good here of the past few weeks. they have been getting better, but only showed flashes of what they should do and they simply cannot carry the team around him. and they were very well beaten. they'lljump and they were very well beaten. they'll jump on that and they were very well beaten. they'lljump on that day, they had the good debut against the japanese but on that day, they are world

beaters because they have individual players there at the top of their game and for the first time in a long time, they're playing together asa long time, they're playing together as a proper team. they took a two goal lead into today. and then simplya goal lead into today. and then simply a wonderful goal from kevin from outside. and finding the bottom left—hand corner. brazil will grieve, i'm not jesus could've gone the but it was a barnstorming finish, he felt that he was just nudged, headed equaliser to put ads into extra time, they are through to the first semifinal the world cup. ill be the first since 1986. belgium, well

worth the win, brazil going home as a shock, it always is, but they simply have not been that good. england are playing, what can we expect? i did mention the other game, france beating uruguay. so it'll be france and st petersburg, no south american teams left now, it is going to be an all european semifinal line—up and on saturday, we are excited about that and tomorrow, but this place is going to do come to a standstill for russia against croatia in sochi. they knocked the formal champion, span out on a penalty shoot out. we've written them off for a couple of weeks, we're not going to do it again with croatia. croatia should win that one. thank you. we are talking about brazil, because the

fa ns were talking about brazil, because the fans were absolutely gutted, our corresponentjulia carneiro is in the brazilian city of rio dejaniero. an awful lot of disappointment there, talk us through the mood. the mood here was shifting all the time, it started pretty grim and then the second score from belgium, lots of nervous tense faces. people we re lots of nervous tense faces. people were just stunned watching brazil lose. but then when brazil scored in the second half, there was lots of an uzi at them, lots of screaming, and lots of cheering, the team on. and brazil did have some really good opportunities in the end. but the tea m opportunities in the end. but the team missed all of them. so i did manage to tie, didn't manage to take the game forward and now in this brazilian street party, and many

across the country people are just very sad and there is a bit of drinking and dancing going on as people try to lift up the spirits and look for some compensation after and look for some compensation after a very sad loss for brazil in this world cup. just heartbreaking seeing some of the faces of the fans just leaving that fan zone and rio dejaneiro. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: we will be in new york where we are looking at the growing trade war between two of the largest economies. police say there've been many casualties and there is growing speculation that out qaeda was

responsible. germany will be the host of the 2006 world cup. in south africa the possibility of losing had not even been contemplated and celebration parties are cancelled. 0ne one child! 0ne teacher! 0ne one child! 0ne teacher! one the book! can change the world. education is the only solution. the british cabinet ministers are

backing theresa may's plan after the intense negotiation. industrial and agricultural goods. 12 boys and a football coach has been trapped for nearly two weeks. here in britain, investigators wearing protective suits have entered a hostel in salisbury as they search for the item contaminated with a nerve agent which poisoned a couple. police believe charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were exposed to novichok after handling the unknown object. the pair remain in a critical condition in hospital. june kelly has more. key sites have been sealed off and this afternoon the decontamination process began. a team in special protective suits arrived at the hostel where dawn sturgess had been living in salisbury. these suits are resistant

to nerve agent. eight miles away in amesbury, emergency vehicles moved in en masse to the estate where charlie rowley lived, ahead of the decontamination operation here. residents saw scenes like this in other parts of the county four months ago. now they're faced with disruption on their own doorstep. this time last week, dawn sturgess was out shopping at a local convenience store. within 24 hours, she was the first to collapse. now she and charlie rowley remain in a critical condition as doctors are once again fighting to save novichok victims. using the couple's movements, police have closed off a number of sites. in salisbury, they're believed to have visited queen elizabeth gardens. they're not far from dawn sturgess‘s hostel. in amesbury, a branch of boots is behind a cordon, and a local church, as well as charlie rowley‘s house. it's not known where the couple came across and handled the abandoned nerve agent,

and there are still unanswered questions about novichok and its potency. we had previously thought that even in a container, it will remain highly toxic for maybe four to six months. we had previously thought that even in a container, it will remain highly toxic for maybe four to six months. outside a container, it could be less. this is one of the questions we want the russians to answer for us. they obviously know all the details. they made the stuff. all the community here thought the poisoning episode was over. meanwhile, the families of the couple who collapsed here have to endure the torment of the wait for news. after washington american sanctions against some chinese products have come into force.

with beijing accusing the us of igniting a trade war after washington began imposing tariffs on thirty—four billion dollars worth of chinese goods. beijing is retaliating by imposing its own taxes on american produce, describing moves by the americans as bullying. said they would never start a trade war but would always take steps to protect china's development interests. art to make china would not start a trade war, but if they increase ta riffs trade war, but if they increase tariffs than china will take a response to protect their development interests and applaud the efficacy of the trade organisation and to save the multinational trade regime. let's get more now on the reaction in the us. paul blake joins us from new york with these us trade tariffs, we're

seeing how china's retaliating. talk is that. you're right, china is planning the us for the largest trade war, and they will not back down and they will fire back with retaliatory tariffs of their own. he look at the list was being targeted by the chinese, it is not a random list of crops and products, they have a strategic value behind them, they are targeting certain areas to have some effect, we have seen numbers of congress, to criticise the president actions and the trade dispute,. russia has also

did a response to those earlier us steel tariffs. that's right, it is not just the chinese steel tariffs. that's right, it is notjust the chinese were hitting the americans with terrorists today, the americans with terrorists today, the russians are also getting the us with their own terrorists, and that goes back to the steel and aluminium ta riffs goes back to the steel and aluminium tariffs that the us imposed on the likes of the eu mexico and canada. countries all over the world, now russia is hitting back with 25 to 40% of telecom could equipment. way comes to china, the us has its sights set further, what is president trump been retaliating with? the president told reporters that if they hit the us with retaliatory tariffs, then they will escalate the situation. they're considering tariffs on half a

trillion, 500 billion dollars worth of chinese products. the president reiterated himself, and will certainly catch the ear of markets. scaring markets that something big could potentially start to concern them both in asia and here in the us. did the president, has been sensitive to what markets seemed to react to the white house's actions. but he may feel that he can go ahead here with more tariffs, because we have seen the markets largely shrug off the terrors today. will see what happens today, thank you so much. thanks for talking us through that. that is the escalating trade war thatis that is the escalating trade war that is going on there. we have lots more on our website in touch with us on our social media. just one or two showers, it was

largely dry, with temperature skin to the 30 degrees mark. another scorcher for england and wales. and again it remains dry and hopefully some good spells of sunshine as well. we have this evening is still in lot of heat, particularly in the cities. a little bit of mist and low cloud here and there, but an uncomfortable night for sleeping across the southern half of the uk, quite humid. a touch cooler today so the temperatures are more co mforta ble the temperatures are more comfortable at ten to 12 celsius. it will warm up fairly quickly in the sunshine tomorrow, little or no wind. sunshine, a bit of cloud here and there, some low cloud to trouble some of these areas, but temperatures are a high today for scotla nd temperatures are a high today for scotland and northern ireland, run the mid—20s. low 20s for northern

scotland, but widely getting up to the high 20s, nudging 30 in england. we have another one of these weather fronts affecting the form of the scotland, this time on sunday. but they'll produce this band of cloud here, which meets wendy cooler and it may just be here, which meets wendy cooler and it mayjust be a little bit of drizzle over the high lands. looks dry, some sunny spells but a fair weather clouds, no much what it all, you can see it is a bit cooler over the cross of scotland, and the rest of scotla nd the cross of scotland, and the rest of scotland and northern ireland, like those of saturday, again widely, the high 20s for england and wales nudging at 21 or 30. the into next week, there's not much rain, maybe no rain. but is not going to be as hot. it all depends on the position of the high pressure. still have high pressure charge, with the highmore to the west, we're bringing in some cooler air on the northerly

airflow. and with it, clouds sliding down eastern scotland, maybe a few of drizzle, but it mean for the funnier sky are going to be further west and this where we will have temperatures, across the west country temperatures, across the west cou ntry towards temperatures, across the west country towards the southwest of england, noticeable drop in temperatures, not to street eastern scotla nd temperatures, not to street eastern scotland but for many eastern parts of england. this is bbc news. our main headlines for you the british cabinet ministers are backing theresa may's controversial plan on leaving the european union after intense negotiations at the prime minister's country residence. the duo proposes a free trade area with a blog for industrial and agricultural goods. rescue teens in thailand succeed in getting an airline to the cave where 12 boys and their football coach are trapped. but there'll be no rescue attempt in the next few hours. china has retaliated against the us,

matching tariffs imposed by washington worth $34 billion. beijing is accusing the trump administration of starting the largest trade war in economic