this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11am. president trump has said germany is controlled by russia — at the start of what's expected to be a fractious two—day nato summit. germany is captive to russia, because it is getting so much of this energy from russia. getting that energy from russia, explained that. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine for failing to safeguard people's information — following a year—long investigation police have spoken "briefly" to the novichok poisoning victim charlie rowley as they try to find the source of the nerve agent which made him seriously ill and killed dawn sturgess. police have spoken "briefly" to the novichok poisoning victim charlie rowley as they try to find the source of the nerve agent which made him seriously ill and killed dawn sturgess. thailand celebrates — as officials say 12 boys rescued from the cave are in good health and recovering well. also — england is expected to come to a standstill tonight as fans

tune in to the world cup. — with the aim to join france in the final. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live president trump has accused germany of being controlled by russia, as he prepares tojoin nato leaders for a summit in brussels. let's go to gavin lee in brussels. welcome to the 24th nato summit here at the new headquarters here in brussels. this organisation, remember, set up after the second world war to deal with the perceived

aggression and threat from the soviet union now, still a perceived threat from russia. but an internal dispute that seems to have increased this morning. extraordinary scenes before the nato summit has officially began. the military bands are still rehearsing in the background. we have had donald trump arriving here, barely put his feet on the ground in europe, making clear the wider agenda to talk about iraq or dealing with is, afghanistan, coming together on the baltic front, well, actually put that aside. this is a personal agenda. he wants to talk to the other 28 leaders about it. paying your way. the agreement that european countries would spend 2% of their gdp on defence saying that it's not happening fast enough. and he had a very personal thai raid against germany. this happened over brea kfast against germany. this happened over breakfast this morning. it was

supposed to be a photo opportunity over breakfast and this is what happened. we have a very good relationship. because of me, they have raised about $40 billion over the last year. so i think the secretary general likes trump. he may be the only one, but that's ok with me. we will discuss how we can make this summit a success, showing that europe and north america are standing together. we will continue to focus on defence spending, as the presidentjust said. nato has to invest more in defence and that is exactly what they are doing. so we will discuss how we can make further progress. over the last year, about $40 billion more has been given by other countries to help nato. but that is not nearly enough. the united states is paying far too much and other countries are not paying enough, especially some, so

we will have a meeting on that and the secretary general understands the problem and hopefully we can get a result. this has been going on for decades. for decades. and it's disproportionate and not fair to the taxpayers of the united states. and we're going to make it fair. so that'll be it. i want to just complement the secretary general, he worked very hard on this problem. he understands it better than anybody. thank you very much. that was donald trump warming up. the breakfast with the head of nato, it was supposed to be a photo opportunity, he broke protocol with that straightaway. first of all he said the germans are being controlled by russia. in the midst of this organisation being supposedly there to protect itself of the threat of russia, you have

germany agreeing to give billions of euros to the russia to butter underneath germany known as the north stream to pipeline, controversial project. it hasn't got the go—ahead, but money has been spent by germany. trump said that this is a deep concern. the second issue he said is that germany is the biggest gdp outside of this us and why hasn't it paid what it should do, the 2% of its gdp by now. he said they could pay that by tomorrow. straightaway a very personal, direct outburst towards germany. we are waiting to hear from angela merkel as she arrives to the summit today. i spoke to a diplomat ahead of the summit and he let on that he feels in the moment that there is a "special place in hell" right now in the way that trump sees the germans. they‘ re right now in the way that trump sees the germans. they're in the interactions between the two as we

saw at the g seven summit in canada, there seems to be not the best of personal relations. we will see how that plays out today. and in the periphery, we have other leaders coming in. a short while ago, the bbc wanted a wider response from the norwegian defence minister. this could be the most divisive summit in nato history. it could be the most important summit in decades, because the situation is difficult. but we need... because of president trump? no... the primary reason is the security situation around us. russia? yeah. and the baltic sea, the situation has changed. russia sees herself as a superpower and we need to be prepared and need to build quality of defence

and deterrence to cope with that. you're worried? yeah. i'm the ministerof defence, so of course. but i think it is also important to see that we do a lot of good things. building a good quality of defence in europe. and in the rest of the parts of the world. so you're not doubting america's commitment to the nato alliance? no, i don't. the other issues at play here, i think the reality is most other leaders believe that this is going to bea leaders believe that this is going to be a damage limitation exercise. a diplomat mentioned to me, senior eu source. donald tusk, head of the european council here today says that he believes in a public address

to donald trump. he gave a press conference yesterday. it says the us needs to appreciate its allies, because it hasn't got many. this comes ahead of two meetings that donald trump is here for. then he will go to the uk to meet theresa may and the queen and then he will meet at vladimir putin flew. he said the meeting with vladimir putin will be the easiest given the issues right now. that bring in our westminster correspondent who has followed the incidents in the uk will stop give me your sense of theresa may coming to the summit how she it might play for ham? president rob is the focus, but it before a global audience, but rob is the focus, but it before a globalaudience, but this rob is the focus, but it before a global audience, but this is a vital summitfor global audience, but this is a vital summit for theresa may. she is under an enormous amount of domestic pressure because of the ongoing brexit negotiations which is making life pretty difficult for the prime minister. the second, she is under

pressure at home over defence spending also with some of her own mps suggesting she should increase that. that is why ahead of this summit, to be some may announce she would be is sending more troops to afghanistan. i think our aim is to show that she is still running a sta ble show that she is still running a stable government in the uk as well as proving the government's commitment to the nato alliance but also to appear on the global stage. afghanistan will be on the agenda full stop around 1000 troops for the british contingent. tell me about its significance. i think that point has been made very clear, bolstering the uk's presence in afghanistan which the uk says is vital to global security. that is the point of this. this is not a combat role. the aim of politics behind this is about theresa may saying we are meeting our defence spending targets. she is

trying to increase that pressure also. she does not want to be seen as in the background of the summit, she wants to show she has a place and a role to play. we have got a sense of that breakfast this morning, the toes, the croissant, the coffee. what is supposed to be a momentary photo opportunity, used for eight personal address to germany from donald trump. for eight personal address to germany from donald trumpm for eight personal address to germany from donald trump. if you look at it, germany is captive of russia. they got rid off their nuclear. they are getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. i think it is something that nato has to look at. it is very inappropriate. you and i agree that it's inappropriate. i don't know what you can do about it but it certainly doesn't seem to make sense that they pay billions of dollars to russia and then we had to defend them against russia. as i'm speaking in

the last few minutes, we have had more leaders arriving, pedro sanchez making no comment. interesting given that happened just a few months ago in canada, at the g seven summit being scrapped. the leader statement at the end of it because of personal row between justin at the end of it because of personal row betweenjustin trudeau and donald trump disliking whatjustin trudeau said in a press conference. that is what european leaders are barratt worried about. some are saying this is a damage limitation exercise. they want there to be unity against russia, ideally for donald trump to say we are showing strong defence for nato. remember, go backjust a few years in donald trump's election campaign coming he was calling nato obsolete. the last time he was here, what is the picture we remember? trump addressing the other leaders, like

naughty schoolchildren. saying spend more money on nato. that voice is getting louder today. thank you. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine from the uk's data protection watchdog over the cambridge analytica scandal. the information commissioner's office said the social media firm had failed to safeguard people's information and had also not been transparent about how people's data was harvested by others. the eu referendum campaign and both sides are using modern data analytics methods to try to reach voters. but the information commissioner has now spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in this and other election campaigns. that enquiry got a new focus as the scandal broke over how the political consultancy cambridge analytica harvested the data of 87 million facebook users. the watchdog has been looking into more than 30 data collecting organisations in an investigation which is continuing. now it's revealing some

of the action it's taking. it intends to impose a record fine of £500,000 on facebook for failing to safeguard people's information. 11 political parties are being told their data protection practices must be audited. and the canadian firm aggregateiq, which worked for vote leave, has been told to stop processing uk citizens' data. facebook, which now has a period to argue against the fine, says it will respond soon to the information commissioner's report, but the data regulator now wants the government to bring in a code of practice for how personal data is used during election campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jonesjoins me now. a record fine for facebook, but it doesn't sound like much for facebook in the scheme of things. it is the most that could have been imposed under the old legislation, which has

been around since 1998. new legislation in now since the end of may. if that apply, facebook could face a fine of 4% global turnover. but i don't think in coastal towns it is the size of the fine that matters. i think they will be deeply embarrassed about because the whole scandal of data abuse up in the headlights again. quite a problem for it. and a whole bunch of other companies collecting data and a p pa re ntly companies collecting data and apparently using them for political purposes which customers are probably not aware of. a lot of the information has been uncovered by the information commissioner offers full stop what else... there's a vast amount in this report. 11 separate actions. this is a halfway stage in the investigation. information commissioner told me that during the brexit campaign she believes the number of organisations broke the law. and there is another insta nce broke the law. and there is another instance in the report. just coming to the surface about the general election campaign of 2017. an

organisation called emma's dairy which works with mothers and babies, a sort of help system, information service for new mothers. it has been found to have sold the personal data of more than 1 million found to have sold the personal data of more than1 million people found to have sold the personal data of more than 1 million people to the labour party for use in its general election campaign in 2017 without informing those individuals that i do so. that is what the information commissioner says. and there is a potential fine of £1a0,000 to be paid by emma's dairy for that breaking of the data protection act. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: president trumpist said germany is controlled by russia at the start of the two—day nato summit. facebook is facing a record half £1 million fine forfailing to is facing a record half £1 million fine for failing to safeguard people's and in formation. police have spoken briefly to the

mother got anotherjock poisoning victim. they try to find the source of the item... in sport, england awaits the biggest match in three decades. the countdown against for the match against croatia continues. france will be england or creation's opponents. they beat belgium one nil last night. the big three, roger, russia and never prepared... i will be back with more on the football at 1130. england is expected to come to a standstill tonight as the county's footballers attempts to make it to the world cup final for only the second time. they will face croatia in moscow. let's go live to moscow where i'm joined by our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, but first let's speak to our sports news correspondent richard conway who is at the luzhniki stadium where england will meet croatia tonight.

there will be 80,000 people packed into these stands in a little under eight hours from now. very quiet here at the moment, getting the pitch ready, they will start installing the goalposts and they are painting the lines. even watching paint dry today's exciting. and england have not been in this position for a very long time. it's 1990 was the last time they got to this point, losing to west germany on penalties. 52 years since 1966, when they famously won. can they do it again tonight? they are training not far from where we are. final preparations under way. gareth southgate and its team know the opportunity that lie before them. england savoured victory in moscow last week, now they are back in town and determined to stick around for

final. it's 28 years since new 0rder‘s world cup anthem, world in motion. back in 1990, croatia didn't even exist as a country and it's an entire generation since gazza's tears, lineker‘s worry and england's defeat to west germany. it's even longer, though, since england got their hands on the prize. it's 52 years since england last won the world cup, it's still gleaming, as are this current team's hopes. gareth southgate wants his players to make their own history, and is aware of the boost his team is providing back home. 0ur country's been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity, and i think sport has the power to do that, and football in particular has the power to do that. so for us, we can feel the energy and we can feel the support from home, and that's a very special feeling, it's a privilege for us. england's players are noticeably relaxed in this tournament, a far cry from the tension and cliques of past squads. from paddling with unicorns to harry maguire's tweets, they've shown a willingness to engage through social media, helping break down barriers that built up over the years with the public.

croatia, meanwhile, appear to be all business. a battle—hardened squad are determined they will be the ones to progress. the trophy may have changed, the ambition remains the same, and england sense a chance to bring it home once more. richard conway, bbc news, moscow. the grecians team stands in the way of england and the final. the grecians trained here last night, i'm told they had a one hour training session. quite high intensity. they are ready, they say perhaps they happen underrated, and estimated in this tournament but not in the finalfour estimated in this tournament but not in the final four by chance, they are determined they will be the ones

to meet france on sunday, not england. just under eight hours now until kick—off. thank you, richard. and thank you for my favourite line of the day. even watching paint dry as exciting today. let's go to sarah. you are hearing from richard about the teams and their expectations. the fans here... the excitement here is building. we have been here all day in the centre of moscow, seeing more and more england fa ns moscow, seeing more and more england fans coming out with their flags to get the photos taken with the locals and other fans in get the photos taken with the locals and otherfans in the get the photos taken with the locals and other fans in the country. get the photos taken with the locals and otherfans in the country. there weren't that many england supporters here at the beginning, but as the tea m here at the beginning, but as the team has progressed through the tournament, the numbers here begin tournament, the numbers here begin to swell. people have been making a mad dash to get to moscow. 0ver to swell. people have been making a mad dash to get to moscow. over the last day or two, we have been meeting some of them. the flags are out, the fear of russia has clearly faded. england fans are now pouring into moscow to see their first world cup semifinal in almost three decades.

it's gonna be a party of a lifetime. are they going to win? course we are. actually getting to the match with croatia, though, could be costly. two tickets for each one is $1,300. $1,300? why are they so expensive? this is cheap! but these fans never dreamt england would get this far. now there are very few official ones to go around. fingers crossed we'll get to see it. then my brothers will be really jealous. some have made epicjourneys. 19 hours yesterday, flew into five different airports, but i'm finally here, and can't wait. the kremlin argues all these football fans are now seeing the real russia. it's true all these visitors are now seeing russian people at their warmest and their most welcoming, and yet the politics here haven't changed. just this week, two human rights activists were detained metres from the world cup party street. russia's relations with the uk are dire too, but that doesn't

stop its football fans backing england. # it's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming it's my national team. ifeel a little bit england. # it's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home! # god save the queen. that was one of the russian fans, he will be backing england tonight. i'm joined now by two men all the way from england. jack and mattia come from england. jack and mattia come from hartlepool. we have had a fairly complicated process of getting hair. you made a last—minute decision, jumped on a plane. we took three flights over here, to about 18 hours. where did you buy from?

doncaster to gdansk. and then to latvia and then over to moscow. 24 hours altogether. is it worth it to be here for the semifinal? of course, it is unbelievable. i have lost my voice. what about all the shouting you have been done but do you live just got back from benidorm, it was unbelievable as well full stop you want to be in the stadium for the semifinal? yeah, it's once—in—a—lifetime. ticket wise it's once—in—a—lifetime. ticket wise it was a nightmare to get hold of, but eventually we did. it's a bit more than what we expected to pay, but hey, once in a lifetime. just give us a sense of the atmosphere back home. you've been at home with england fans... it's mayhem. it's puzzling. everywhere you go isjust foot ball puzzling. everywhere you go isjust football fever, it's crazy, it's amazing. you don't remember the last

semifinal england was in... what is your prediction for this one to think england can do it? yes, we will win three nil. mcguire and kane. but of a hurricane lookalike there as well, i have to say. some very confident predictions from these two supporters all the way from hartlepool to be her in moscow for the game this evening. i think the croatian fans would have something to say about the results they are predicting but i think it does predict the confidence of england fans going into this match. thank you. let's just take you to brussels, actually, because theresa may has arrived in brussels ahead of the nato summit. she has been talking about a range of summit. subjects. first of all, can i say that nato is that as vital to us today as it has been. the uk's commitment to it remains steadfast as ever. we show that by example and not only by meeting the nato targets

are spending 2% of our gdp on defence, but also 20% of our defence budget on equipment and the way in which we deploy thousands of armed forces personnel and major operations around the world every day. and we are announcing today that we will be deploying an additional 440 personnel to nato support mission in afghanistan. and the uk was one of the fast to step up. it gives us a powerful voice, it enables us to work as we have done to ensure that nato adapts to meet the new threats of cyber terrorism as well as conventional threats. i'm sure at the summit we will be talking, president trump and all the allies about the table, how we can ensure that nato is adaptable and flexible to meet the threat of the future. what about brexit? the is a plan put together, agreed by

government, we will be publishing our white paper this week. it will set up more detail on it. it. it is there because it delivers on the very bad people gave an brexit, it delivers the fact that we won't have had an end to free movement, we went be spending vast contributions to the eu each year, we week out of the common agriculture policy. we deliver that brexit and we do it in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods and meet our commitment to northern ireland. what are you saying to the team tonight? good luck. i met the creation of reminiscing yesterday and we exchange football shouts. gareth southgate and the boys have done a fantasticjob. i southgate and the boys have done a fantastic job. i wish southgate and the boys have done a fantasticjob. i wish them all the best of luck. theresa may in brussels. we will have coverage of prime minister questions from midday. coming up on the bbc news channel in a moment, we

will leave you with the look and the weather. we started with cloud this morning, but that cloud has started a thin, it is breaking up and that essential swathes of england at the moment, we have got lots of sunshine. but there is also rain in the forecast today as well. but let's start off with that sunshine and it has been a glorious start for central areas of uk this morning. this is the scene at the moment in the isle of wight a fantastic scene right on the beach there. those clear blue waters. thank you to weather watcher for that one. but is across eastern and western areas of the cloud is still there, gradually that will thin, band back towards the coast and eventually will see some sunshine. more cloud for scotland, northern ireland and rain for scotland, northern ireland. we haven't seen that for a while. temperatures today

about 18, 20 celsius in the north, farther south about 21 to 26 degrees. this evening and night, the cloud remains across scotland, northern ireland, but the rain will gradually peter out. a bit more cloud coming into england and wales. temperatures getting down to about 11 degrees. tomorrow, it may well start off rather grey, rather cloudy once again. that cloud will thin and break and the england and wales, there will be some funny stuff once again developing. temperatures actually on the rise as we go through thursday. but with that, there is the risk of some quite heavy showers developing across parts of south west scotland and cumbria, wales, south west of england. they showers will be heavy and thundery. slow—moving. and for some, some significant rainfall. for most of us, it should be a dry day again on thursday. temperatures getting up to the high teens and

mid—20s. goodbye. take a breath. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... donald trump has accused germany of being a captive of the russians, because of its dependency on energy supplies. the us president's attack came at the start of what's expected to be a fractious two day nato summit. the data protection watchdog is fining facebook a record £500,000 for breaches in data protection in relation to the cambridge analytica scandal. thailand is still celebrating, after the last of the group trapped in a flooded cave was rescued. officials say all twelve boys are in good health, and recovering well in hospital. in football, england take on croatia in the semi—finals of the world cup in moscow this evening. the team hopes to join france in the final. police have spoken briefly with novichok poisoning victim, charlie rowley, who's regained consciousness. they're trying to find the source of the nerve agent, which made the 45—year—old man seriously ill, and

killed his partner. the latest on the world cup from the bbc sports centre. good morning, everybody. only one place to start — moscow — where gareth southgate has urged his england side to make history in their huge world cup semi—final against croatia. england have left their hotel. and they're off for a short training session at a fifa training ground. the match kicks off at 7 o'clock tonight at the luzhniki stadium, and that's where we find our sports news correspondent richard conway too. richard, it's the big one. we're thinking there'll be

between 3 and 5 thousand england fans there tonight? yes, that's right. this is the luzhniki stadium, 80,000 capacity, but of course, as you say, three to 5000 england fans expected. let's ta ke 5000 england fans expected. let's take a look around, give you a view of what lies ahead of gareth southgate and his team tonight and those fans. a huge stadium, this is russia's national stadium, redeveloped for this world cup, and it will be back tonight with a lot of fans, but as you say, pockets of england fans, there have been a big last—minute scramble for tickets. the goal posts going in in the last few minutes, the lines have been painted, everything ready for what is set to be a fantastic game tonight. england do not want this world cup journey to stop. many had low expectations coming in but gareth southgate and his team have got to a semifinal, now they are here they want to continue on. the

fa ns here they want to continue on. the fans who have made it over tonight will expect a good showing for them. they believe they have every chance of making it to that final, which is also here at the luzhniki stadium on sunday, where the winner of this game will play france. all to play four, seven .5 hours or thereabouts until kick—off. england know what lies ahead. the team has been looking confident in training over the last couple of days, is there any likelihood that gareth southgate will change the team, or stick with a winning formula? if it ain't broke, don't fix it, is the old saying, and it is hard to see where he would make that change. the one suggestion, perhaps, is whether he brings in eric dier and sacrifices some attacking potency to counter that very strong croatian midfield and attack. but you would think, given the way the team have performed getting to this point can he would stick with that starting xi. we will know soon enough what gareth southgate is thinking. the

countdown is on, thank you for that. nerves are jangling all across england at the moment then, but one man who's starting to feel confident is the former england captain — alan shearer. iam very i am very confident, and that england team has made me confident. they are on a roll, they have got momentum and they seem a very happy bunch. and i'm really, really looking forward to the game, and i think we're in with a very, very good chance. so what of england's opponents tonight — croatia? they have a squad with so much experience — their players have nine champions league titles between them — four of those belong to luka modric. he plays alongside another superstar ivan rakitic in midfield. those two play for spain's two leading sides real madrid and barcelona. rakitic, modric and striker mario mandzukic made their croatia debuts more than a decade ago — they've spent a lot of time playing together, unlike england's team. well, england and croatia know a win tonight would set

up a world cup final meeting with france. that's after they beat belgium 1—0 in the first of the semi—finals last night. defender samuel umtiti got the only goal. it means there'll be no first world cup for the belgians, while for the french — it's now three finals in 20 years... john bennett was watching in st petersburg. during his playing career, didier deschamps was a defensive midfielder who kept things simple, and that is reflected in his team. despite the fa ct reflected in his team. despite the fact that they have some of the world's best players, the likes of antoine griezmann and kylian mbappe, it is functionality over flair. but i don't think the france fans are upset by that. they can see that this team is performing for the manager. yes, they didn't dominate possession against belgium, in fact it was about 64% possession for belgium on the night, but france

created a lot more chances. they had ten more shots than belgium. so there will be some critics of france's style but didier deschamps yet again is getting the results. they got to the finals of the euros, now they are in the world cup final, a chance to win the second world cup in their history, and didier deschamps can become only the third manager to win the world cup not only as a player but also as a head coach. 0ne concern is 0livier giroud. 13 shots without scoring so far, the striker france, but the intriguing thing about this team is that despite the fact they are in a final, we still think and i still think there is more to come from france. they haven't put in their best performance yet. a very strong french squad, yes. well, thousands of you will watch tonight's match on giant screens across the country, but one popstar has made sure his gig doesn't mean anyone misses the football. justin timberlake is due to play the o2 arena in london tonight — but he's found a win—win solution...

i spoke to the 02, and for the first time ever, doors will open at 6:30pm, and we're going to play this england— croatia match up on my big screens, so come here, and we'll watch it together. i mean, i want to see it coming you want to see it, we all want to see it. so we're going to watch this together, and you know what? it's coming home! it must be a big day when justin what? it's coming home! it must be a big day whenjustin tim blake makes the sport bulletin! i will have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. that is a prospect, watching it with justin timberlake, could things get any better? not bad at all. police have been able to talk briefly to the man who was poisoned by novichok last week.

charlie rowley has regained consciousness and we're hearing he is no longer in a critical condition, a statement has just come out, saying he has made further progress and is no longer in a critical condition so good news on the condition of charlie rowley, where he has been treated. his partner, dawn sturgess, who was also exposed to the nerve agent, died on sunday. the head of counter terror policing says it is "implausible" that the poisoning was not linked with the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in march. let's speak to our correspondent jen smith in salisbury. so, some good news coming out this morning, jen. charlie rowley no longer in a critical condition and actually has been able to speak, briefly, to police who are investigating this. do you know, have they said anything about how much he was able to say? otto, as you say, joanna, charlie rowley has now spoken briefly to the place and u nfortu nately we now spoken briefly to the place and unfortunately we don't have any detail of what he has said to the

police, but they do hope to speak to him again in the coming days. all they say is they will not provide a running commentary. here in salisbury, in a highly unusual move last night, the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police service will base came here to the city and spoke to a packed —— neil basu, and he told the public that they could be a chance that the novichok could remain in the town in some transform, for up to 50 years, but he also said, as you mentioned, that he can't say for certain that these two novichok incidences are related, but said it is highly implausible they are not connected. he also stressed it was the priority of the police to identify how and when both dawn and charlie came to be contaminated. we know that they handled a container and police are now focusing their efforts on

finding that container, whatever it may be. he also wanted to stress to this public meeting how difficult this public meeting how difficult this investigation has been, how arduous the conditions have been they have had to work in. we see here in salisbury, another beautiful day, but that means the temperatures are high, and the protective clothing the police are having to carry out these investigations in our particularly troublesome and difficult to wear. because of these hot conditions they can only last around 15 minutes, which some of the public were finding very frustrating, thinking progress was being quite slow in this situation and he wanted to explain some of those reasons why. as we have heard, charlie is now speaking, has spoken briefly to the police, and as we say he hopes to speak to them again in the coming days. wejust he hopes to speak to them again in the coming days. we just wait to see the coming days. we just wait to see the detail of what was said. thank you very much, jen. president donald trump has been criticised after saying the solution to migrant children being separated from their parents was for them to not come into the country illegally. last month, a judge ordered the government to reunite 63 children under five years old with their families by the 10th ofjuly —

a deadline that has now been missed. andrew plant has the story. talking to reporters as his marine one helicopter waited nearby, donald trump with wife melania questioned about why the government had missed its deadline to reunite migrant children with their parents. well, i have a solution, tell people not to come to our country illegally. that's the solution. don't come to our country illegally. come, like other people do, come legally. the comment has fanned the flames of a burning issue. children separated from parents and families at the us border, and then taken to facilities like this one, sometimes for many weeks at a time. the issue has sparked protests in america and elsewhere. last month, a judge ordered the government to reunite children underfive ordered the government to reunite children under five with their pa rents children under five with their parents by tuesday, and another 2000

miners by the 26th ofjuly. more legal action could now follow —— minors. we are extremely disappointed the government looks like they will not reunify all the eligible children today, and that they have not even tracked down the removed parents. but we do think since the judge became involved in the compliance process after this past friday, things have taken a real step forward. the government has now said it will only meet the deadline for around half of those children. mr trump has now headed to europe, but will return to face more scrutiny from us courts on his zero tolerance immigration policy at home. andrew plant, bbc news. let's get more on that fine for social media giant facebook. the uk's data protection watchdog has fined the company half a million pounds, the highest possible amount. the information commissioner said facebook had failed to ensure that another company, cambridge analytica, had deleted users' details. we were hoping to bring you a live

interview on that but we have some technical issues so we will go back to that if we can. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... president trump has said germany is controlled by russia — at the start of what's expected to be a fractious two day nato summit in brussels. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine for failing to safeguard people's information — following a year—long investigation. police have spoken "briefly" to the novichok poisoning victim charlie rowley, as they try to find the source of the nerve agent, which made him seriously ill, and killed dawn sturgess. these are the business headlines

today. the bidding warfor sky heats up, after 21st century fox increases its offer for the uk broadcaster to £24.5 billion. that's £2.5 billion more than the bid from fox's rival comcast — we'll have more on that story in a moment. the global trade war escalates, after the united states hits china with fresh tariffs worth £150 billion — beijing's not happy and neither are financial markets, with heavy losses across the world today. in particular, asian stocks and uk

stocks. more on that soon. and shares in burberry fall sharply, after the luxury fashion retailer warns that tourist numbers in the uk are falling. the firm also announced its first quarter results, which showed a 3% rise in like—for—like sales for the three months tojune. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox has increased its offer for uk broadcaster sky to £24.5bn, topping a previous offer from rival bidder comcast. fox is expecting to get regulatory approvalfrom britain this week for the deal. however, some analysts are ecpecting a counter offerfrom comcast soon, which made a £22bn offer for sky in february. joining me now is ray kaitcer, who's an investment manager at redmayne bentley. so good to talk to you. first of

all, what does this mean for the deal? i think what it means actually, we are seeing a determination from the providers and states to get hold of content. as you alluded to before, we will probably see a counteroffer from, cast in the not too distant future —— from comcast. we have seen a share price about 95p above the current bid price, which would indicate we will see further action in sky shares. for disney as well, if the price goes higher, how will this change how they view the company they want to buy, fox, which of course some people could argue is overpaying for sky? that is another scenario which could involve, we had

—— which could evolve. what you could well see is rather than upping the ante ceremony times between comcast and 20th century fox, we could see a deal between disney, 21st—ce ntu ry could see a deal between disney, 21st—century and also comcast, as well. so what do you think is going to happen next? well, we will probably see a counteroffer, not sure when it looks like at the moment, but itjust depends how high the bidding gets, because, as i say, it mightjust the bidding gets, because, as i say, it might just be the bidding gets, because, as i say, it mightjust be a situation where all parties are bidding to high and they might as well sit around a table and do a deal where everybody will benefit at a reasonable price. don't forget that what we are seeing in the state at the moment is that streaming services are now overtaking pay—per—view cable services, so they are determined to get a really strong content for the

consumer. that is the whole reason, isn't it, this whole issue has been raised, because of the likes of netflix and amazon prime, this specific area? that's right, they reckon whoever gets hold of sky, whether it be disney, fox, comcast, they will become a major competitor to netflix. thank you so much indeed for joining to netflix. thank you so much indeed forjoining us. a quick update on how the markets are faring right now. not a particularly good day for the london market, following a lead off wall street. the issue here is the problem with the trade tit—for—tat between the us and china has set investors's minds on that, and that really isn't keeping them happy and the share prices are down off the back of that. barratt developments, a homemaker, its share price has risen after the company said it would beat its forecasts, and sky share price down about half a

percent. that is all the business news from me. joanna, back to you. let's go back to that half £1 million fine for facebook from the uk data watchdog, after facebook was criticised for failing to ensure another company, cambridge analytica, had deleted users's data. the data was passed on. what do you think of this half £1 million fine? under new york laws it could be 479 million because the rules have changed, so half a million doesn't sound like much, in the scheme of things? it doesn't. it could have been a lot bigger if it

had been levied under the general data protection regulation but because the events happen before that new laws enforceable, half a million is the maximum the uk government could levy. in terms of finances for facebook, it is not very significant, but i think in terms of reputation and the knock—on effect of its business model, that could be considerably more considered —— considerably more significant. what about the impact on facebook, the reputational damage? obviously facebook has seen some turbulence over the last year, andi some turbulence over the last year, and i think people are beginning to realise more and more that when they use facebook as a platform, there is a lot of data flowing around behind—the—scenes that they are not necessarily aware that the time. certainly facebook and the way they use the like button to track people's activity across the internet, and the way they build

profiles in order to target advertising, it has not necessarily been something people have been consciously aware of up until now. and i think certainly the uk businesses and nonprofit organisations, and public sector organisations, and public sector organisations, there is going to need to be quite a close look at how facebook is being used by those organisations as a platform, and some thinking to be done about how to do that in a way that is really fairand to do that in a way that is really fair and lawful to do that in a way that is really fairand lawfuland to do that in a way that is really fair and lawful and transparent and works under the new law. do the new general data protection laws change everything? they don't change the fundamental principles of data protection, but the really big difference that it has made is the new requirement for accountability, as in an organisation now has to demonstrate that they are doing data protection right, and that what they are doing to get it right is actually working. so where that

hasn't been the requirement for oversight in the past, that is the big difference under the gdpr. thank you very much forjoining us, rouen fielding. clinical a family in france has become the first in the world to move into a 3d—printed house. the four bedroom property is a prototype for bigger projects — aimed at making housebuilding quicker and cheaper. michael cowan has a look inside. it's moving day for this family. they are about to become the first family in the world to live in a 3—d printed house. the house was a collaboration between nantes city council, the area's biggest housing association, and the university. it isa association, and the university. it is a prototype for bigger projects, with the goal of cutting down the time it takes to construct, reducing the environmental impact, and, crucially, the cost. this is the man behind this project at the university of nantes. translation:

so the cost of the house is 25th and cheaper than another identical construction. i think within five yea rs we construction. i think within five years we will have achieved a reduction in the price of the house of cardiff 5%, all the while respecting building regulations. within ten or 15 years, we will have lowered the cost of construction in the region of 40%, i think, costing about 120,000 euros. it took 54 hours to print this home, and cost around £176,000 in total to construct. but even in the eight weeks since printing, the team now think they could print the same sized home injust 33 hours. so how does it work? a house is to zion in a studio by a team of architects and scientists. that designers then programmed into a 3—d printer. the printer is placed onto a plot of land. it works by printing in layers from the floor upwards. first, two

blocks of the insulator poly— youth arena are made. it expands, solidifying almost instantly. the spacing between those two walls is then filled with cement, creating a thick insulated and durable ball. the windows, doors and roof fitted separately, and voil , you have a home. so we are in your new house, it is the day you are moving in, and you will be the first family in the world to live in a house that was printed. what were your first impressions when you came? translation: so we lived in a block of council flats from the 60s, so todayis of council flats from the 60s, so today is a big change for us. it is really something amazing to be able to live in housing where there is a garden, to have a detached house. we are living that report to take you live to brussels because donald trump is just arriving for the nato summit. he has caused controversy ahead of his arrival. he said it was

totally inappropriate germany is paying billions of dollars to russia for oil and gas while spending a little over 1% of its gdp on defence, and it says —— he says that means germany is now totally controlled by moscow. that is him arriving. we saw theresa may arriving. we saw theresa may arriving a little bit earlier. she has also been talking a bit about the defence budgets, and underlined britain's's readiness to contribute, pointing out the britain does meet the 2% nato defence spending pledge, but he is also going to be spending —— sending extra troops for the nato mission in afghanistan. so we will be live in brussels at midday. theresa may is not going to be in london obviously for prime minister's questions. david lidington is standing in her. we are not carrying newsnight on the news

channel but you can catch it on bbc two. now the other. —— the weather. the sunshine has been coming out and this is the same from one of our weather watchers in hampshire at the moment. we are getting that sunshine coming through, but further north across scotla nd through, but further north across scotland and northern ireland, we have had some rain this morning. western scotland and the north—east ireland has had some rain, so for some of us, seems like this, which we may not have seen for three weeks and so in parts of northern ireland, and so in parts of northern ireland, a rather grey and damp one there. it might be quite welcome to the gardens. that rain continuing in eastern parts of northern ireland and the west of scotland during this afternoon. the sun gradually burning that cloud to the coast around the east and west and temperatures getting up to 21 to 26 celsius, further north about 18 or 19

degrees. now, of course, there's something small happening this evening in russia. if we go underneath the cloud in moscow and the liz muskie stadium. —— luzhniki stadium. typical english weather, one or two showers around but they should clear away the kick—off, with temperatures about 18 or 19 degrees. there will be some clear spells, maybe the chance of one or two light showers. temperatures overnight getting down to 11 celsius, 7 degrees in cardiff. thursday might start off again quite cloudy, that the cloud will break and again there will be some sunny spells. quite warm in that sunshine, it will start to kick off a few heavy showers, slow—moving, perhaps thundery showers, south—west scotland, cumbria, through wales, the south—west of england. look at those quite bright colours, indicative of those intense downpours, and they

will be slow—moving as well. for some of us, not all, there could be some of us, not all, there could be some significant rain. elsewhere, it is dry and there will be some sunshine and it will feel quite warm. high pressure is centred way out towards the atlantic. we have a ridge of high pressure but you notice more showers cropping up on the chart. some of those showers again on friday could be heavy and thundery and slow—moving. some of us could see some significant rain, but for many another dry day and try going into the weekend too, with those temperatures getting up into the high 20s, low 30s. goodbye. these are the top stories developing at midday. president trump says germany is controlled by russia. at the start of what is expected to be a fractious two—day nato summit in brussels. germany is captive to russia, because it is giving so much of its energy from russians. we are supposed to protect germany, but they are getting their energy from

russia. explain that. in the last half—hour, theresa may has arrived in brussels for the summit. we will be live there shortly. facebook is facing a record half of... 500 million pounds for failing to safeguard people information. police have spoken to the novichok poison victim as they try to find the source of the nerve agent that made him seriously ill and killed dawn stu rg ess. him seriously ill and killed dawn sturgess. also coming up, england is expected to come to standstill tonight as fans tune in to the world cup. gareth southgate club faces greater with the aim ofjoining france in the final. good afternoon. it's wednesday 11 of

you july. we are going to go live now to brussels, because theresa may is there along with all the other nato leaders. president trump has accused germany of being controlled by russia. let it all the very latest live from brussels. yes, the nato summit has just formally begun. you can see just behind nato summit has just formally begun. you can seejust behind me nato's gleaming new court headquarters here in brussels. we are expecting to see soon all of the nato leaders, filing past. a display of flags that i should warn our viewers that there will be a fly past of some 40 helicopters. so it should get rather loud. but this major meeting of nato allies comes at a time when nato members are emphasising the need to show unity now in the face of collective threats. but there is something else that has been very

loud about the summit so far from the moment president trump arrived here in brussels, he has been taking aim at one of his major nato partners. and that is germany. let's just hear a little bit of the criticism that he made of germany. he says, which isn't paying its share of the burden in nato. if you look at it, germany is a captive of russia. they got rid off their coal plants, they got rid of their nuclear. they are getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. i think it is something that nato has to look at. it is very inappropriate. you and i agree that it's inappropriate. i don't know what you can do about it now, but it certainly doesn't seem to make sense that they pay billions of dollars to russia and now we have to defend them against russia. president trump quote about to the secretary—general of nato, head make sense, he says. why is germany paying billions to my natural gas

from russia and we are paying to protect them from russia. he also made the point that whilst other nato partners had been saying that they aren't going to increase their defence spending to proceed 2% —— they are going to increase their defence spending. we are on our way, because you have to see where we have come from. at the world summit with president obama we were down to 1.1%. by now, if we look at the next budget for 2019, we have raised the budget then by 30% already. which is quite a lot of money in real terms. and if we look at the projected increase in 2024, a decade after. we will have a decrease in defence budget by 80%. but it's still not 2%. president

trump, as the main need to spend is saying you must spend 2%. derry yes we are on our way to the 2%. i am just giving the numbers to you. as a defenceman minister, i am responsible to invest in a sensible way. that is what we're doing. this isa way. that is what we're doing. this is a lot of money and we are moving towards the 2% and we are committed that. that was germany's defence minister. when i said to have that insulting for germany to be attacked so publicly by its most important strategic ally? she said we're used to it, we used to the tweets. she admitted that it does create problems at home, but that she believes germany was paying its share, notjust in trying to reach that 2% of gdp, that's nato members agreed at the 2014 nato summit, but in terms of troop contributions. this is going to be one of the main

issues of this nato summit. they call it burden sharing. every country paying its share. it is something president obama used at the size at nato summits. now president trump is doing it but in a very, very different way. his criticism is very much a dominating the summit. but it will still be a summit of pomp and circumstance. a bit late getting under way. you can see behind me, it is still empty, the journalists are there, the flags are up. waiting to come here to have the handshakes and also to have the traditionalfamily the handshakes and also to have the traditional family photo. but every nato member we have spoken to here in brussels says that what they want to show at a time of increasing insecurity is collective unity. let's get an idea of what lies ahead. we are joined from the studio in london. we are going tojoin soon

the head of the royal united services institute foreign assessment. we spoke to the norwegian defence minister last night. he said, yes, president trump does have a point. every nato member should pay their share. but they are emphasising that it shouldn'tjust bea emphasising that it shouldn'tjust be a matter of numbers. nato members have other ways. whether it is true contributions, missions as in afghanistan, the baltic missions, which are getting under way, also in terms of important military hardware thatis terms of important military hardware that is provided for key nato missions. president trump has been fixated on this 2%, saying that he promised the american taxpayer that he would not ask them to pay the line share. 22% of the budget is paid by the united states. don't forget, nato members represent a

billion people around the world. this is why the united states pay the largest share. they're now being joined from london. do you agree with president trump's demands of other nato members, that they should pay more and paid immediately? us presidents have been trying to encourage other nato members to increase their spending four years, so it is not a new demand. here's certainly apply a much different type of pressure and in my view in a very disrespectful way. as i know, or nato countries have already increased their spending. not everybody is at the 2% level, as we know. but it would be nice to hear from donald trump is what is his vision towards the future of nato, what kind of threat stuff nato want to meet and where will that money go? is so focused on the total without being focused on what that

money will be achieving. yes, that is the other point emphasised. that but this nato summit takes place at a time of growing insecurity, the threat of cyber security, the hybrid warfare, coming from russia. what would you define as the major security threat that nato must face up security threat that nato must face ? security threat that nato must face up to? certainly those ones you mention will be a combination of those. state threats as well as state threats. what it would be nice to hear from state threats. what it would be nice to hearfrom their state threats. what it would be nice to hear from their residence what he sees as the purpose of nato, its future. it is fine if the us do decreases its spending and other countries increased their spending, but if the us reduces it in a significant way, they can't also expect to play the leading role and

try to drive other countries to do something. you can only drive other countries when you are in a leadership position financially as well as morally. at the moment, it is not clear that he has that moral leadership. and if he tries to reduce the financial investment, thatis reduce the financial investment, that is also going to make a big difference. something else that is different about this nato summit, it is called a 2—part summit, the first pa rt is called a 2—part summit, the first part being here brusselsjust getting under way and the next part in helsinki next week when a president trump meets president putin. that has been a source of anxiety too. the unpredictable of what will president trump say here. and what we say to president putin ata time and what we say to president putin at a time they want a collective nato defence? it certainly concerned andy is very unpredictable as we all know. i would andy is very unpredictable as we all know. iwould hope andy is very unpredictable as we all know. i would hope the nato countries are playing the long game and thinking even if trump disrupts the summit in a significant way and tries to cut back its spending etc over the long term, nato will

survive, nato survived many other challenges over the years and it still is really the best defence organisation and the best defence alliance out there. let's just hope those countries can play the long game and don't get too distracted by the tweets etc. don't forget, you have already the us has already increased its spending and is not clear to me that trump even knows that the us has increased its spending in the ways that has nato. he isjust looking at spending in the ways that has nato. he is just looking at what other countries are doing and is looking at it over time and he has a very transactional approach to nato. alliances are much more than the bottom line of the account statement. there is a lot more going on. many countries are sacrificed in support of the us was in pakistan... they have sacrificed at the highest level. many soldiers have been lost. there are many ways the country step up there are many ways the country step up to the play, even if their

financial commitment is exactly where it should be. and an important point, because people say we can look at the tweets and other accusations, we have delivered the fa cts . accusations, we have delivered the facts. thank you very much for joining us. i should point out that a senior british officer said the reality is that us spending nato countries since president trump came to power has actually up by 40%. so for all of the attention to all of this bluster and accusations, in reality, the americans... some would say the real key to nato is actually showing with its money, with its spending and commitments on the ground that it actually values the role of nato in this collective defence. we will hear a lot more about that when it gets under way here at the gleaming new nato headquarters. for the first time it will be hosting this nato summit. a lot is new but a lot is very odd about this site. a very important

transatlantic alliance. we will be had for two days for the summit. thank you. theresa may has arrived at the nato summit, she has arrived with the newly appointed foreign secretaryjeremy with the newly appointed foreign secretary jeremy hunt. with the newly appointed foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. she has reaffirmed the united kingdom's commitment to the alliance. nato is as vital as it ever has been. we lead by example. not only by meeting the nato targets of spending 2% of ourgdp on the nato targets of spending 2% of our gdp on defence, but also 20% of our gdp on defence, but also 20% of our defence budget on equipment and the way in which we deploy thousands of armed forces personnel on nato operation around the world every day. we are announcing today that we will be deploying an additional 440 personnel to nato's resolute support mission in afghanistan. and the uk was one of the first step up, but that gives this a powerful voice in nato, it enables us to work as we have done to ensure that nato adapts

to meet the new threats of cyber well as conventional threats sure at this summit we will be talking about how we can ensure that nato is adaptable and flexible to meet the threats of the future. facebook is facing a record half £1 million fine over the cambridge analytic scandal. the social media firm had failed to safeguard people's information and had not been transparent about how data was answered by others. the eu referendum campaign and both sides are using modern data analytics methods to try to reach voters. but the information commissioner has now spent a year investigating

whether personal data was misused in this and other election campaigns. that enquiry got a new focus as the scandal broke over how the political consultancy cambridge analytica harvested the data of 87 million facebook users. the watchdog has been looking into more than 30 data collecting organisations in an investigation which is continuing. now it's revealing some of the action it's taking. it intends to impose a record fine of £500,000 on facebook for failing to safeguard people's information. 11 political parties are being told their data protection practices must be audited. and the canadian firm aggregateiq, which worked for vote leave, has been told to stop processing uk citizens' data. facebook, which now has a period to argue against the fine, says it will respond soon to the information commissioner's report, but the data regulator now wants the government to bring in a code of practice for how personal data is used during election campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. an update on our headlines. president trump said germany is

controlled by russia. at the start of what is expected to be a fractious two—day nato summit in brussels. facebook is facing a record half £1 million fine for failing to safeguard people's information. following a year—long investigation. police have spoken briefly to the novichok poisoning victim as they try to find the source of the nerve agent which made him seriously ill and killed dawn stu rg ess. him seriously ill and killed dawn sturgess. england him seriously ill and killed dawn stu rgess. england is him seriously ill and killed dawn sturgess. england is expected to come to a standstill tonight as the country's come to a standstill tonight as the cou ntry‘s footballers come to a standstill tonight as the country's footballers attempt to make it to the world cup final for only the second time. they now face croatia in moscow. our sports respondent reports. england savoured victory in moscow last week, now they're back in town and determined to stick

around for sunday's final. # love's got the world in motion...# it's 28 years since new order's world cup anthem, world in motion. back in 1990, croatia didn't even exist as a country and it's an entire generation since gazza's tears, lineker‘s worry and england's defeat to west germany. it's even longer, though, since england got their hands on the prize. it's 52 years since england last won the world cup, it's still gleaming, as are this current team's hopes. gareth southgate wants his players to make their own history, and is aware of the boost his team is providing back home. our country's been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity, and i think sport has the power to do that, and football in particular has the power to do that. so for us, we can feel the energy and we can feel the support from home, and that's a very special feeling, it's a privilege for us. england's players are noticeably relaxed in this tournament, a far cry from the tension and cliques of past squads. from paddling with unicorns to harry maguire's tweets, they've shown a willingness to engage through social media, helping break down barriers that built up over the years with the public.

croatia, meanwhile, appear to be all business. a battle—hardened squad are determined they will be the ones to progress. the trophy may have changed, the ambition remains the same, and england sense a chance to bring it home once more. let's go to our moscow correspondent. sarah. the atmosphere building and of course the crowd spilled into. we haven't seen that many england fans in russia throughout this tournament, but definitely as the team's progress, are doing better, people are growing more confident, we have seen the number of funds more confident, we have seen the number offunds in more confident, we have seen the number of funds in moscow and around the country in the game is growing. over the last day or two we have been talking to fans who have gone to extraordinary lengths to lengths to extraordinary lengths to lengths to get to moscow to be had for the semifinal. the moment of footballing

history. people paying large amounts of his money, taking trips huts around the world to get to moscow. this is a little taste of what we have been experiencing in the past couple of days. the flags are out, the fear of russia has clearly faded. england fans are now pouring into moscow to see their first world cup semifinal in almost three decades. it's gonna be a party of a lifetime. are they going to win? course we are. actually getting to the match with croatia, though, could be costly. two tickets for each one is $1,300. $1,300? why are they so expensive? this is cheap! but these fans never dreamt england would get this far. now there are very few official ones to go around. fingers crossed we'll get to see it. then my brothers will be really jealous. isaid to i said to them they are not proper fans. they claim to be, but they are not here. some have made epicjourneys. 19 hours yesterday, flew into five different airports,

but i'm finally here, and can't wait. the kremlin argues all these football fans are now seeing the real russia. it's true all these visitors are now seeing russian people at their warmest and their most welcoming, and yet the politics here haven't changed. just this week, two human rights activists were detained metres from the world cup party street. russia's relations with the uk are dire too, but that doesn't stop its football fans backing england. i think this is my favourite team and my national team. ifeel a little bit england. he sounded too, little bit england. he sounded too, little bit. # it's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home!# god save the queen. some pretty committed england fans amongst the russian population here.

plenty of english fans here too. i am joined by three of them he just alone in yesterday from london. who have we got? dane. becky. jordan. you've had how people have travelled from afar, you have actually been given a president. very lucky. we work for a company called ink and it was as an incentive we had. we didn't actually know we were going to be here, but england managed to get a to be here, but england managed to getafairand to be here, but england managed to get a fair and that is good, we are very excited. how excited are you? very excited. this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. in global has managed to give that to us and! global has managed to give that to us and i think to be fair we are even more lucky now that inge got to the semifinals. i think it is definitely... have you been following their games at home? what does that you like to be here now in moscow when the semifinals going to ta ke moscow when the semifinals going to take place? amazing. it is something you kind of dream about going to, but you never really get to you. all

the while cubs i've seen of england we re the while cubs i've seen of england were kind of disappointed. so going into this and the feeling in london is incredible. it really does feel like something special could happen. where any of you around the last time england were in a semifinal? no. this is completely new. i was two years old. there's a lot of excitement around this new team. a lot of people have huge hopes riding on this team. to think they can do it this time? i think we have the best chance we've had. usually it is england, they are out in the first few rounds. they don't really make it into the next stage is. the way we are playing at the moment, it is the breath of fresh air. what is your prediction? i think 21, england. i think rio ferdinand said was the old teams there was a problem because they were club rivalries. you can kind of really tell how this team doesn't care. it is also nice to see people interact

with fans, like of other teams and not have that rivalry as much. the different buzz around this team. you confident? i'm very confident. i reckon 31. will you be hanging on if england do make it to the final?|j think england do make it to the final?” think we have to do. it is once—in—a—lifetime. 100% consider... do think the boss of mine?m once—in—a—lifetime. 100% consider... do think the boss of mine? if you wa nt to do think the boss of mine? if you want to give us a ticket... thank you. enjoy the match and hopefully the final as well, you never know. lots of confidence amongst the in—builtfans, lots of confidence amongst the in—built fans, not just these three but lots telling us they really do believe that inge can do it, that they can win in the semifinal despite the fact they are pretty aware that gracious no easy rival. they are not expecting a walkover, but they are confident they can win today. and that they will make it to the final this weekend. thank you. police have been able to talk briefly to the man he was poisoned

by novichok last week. charlie rowley has regained consciousness and is no longer in a critical condition in hospital. dawn sturgess was also exposed to the nerve agent and died on sunday. the police say to sit implausible that the attack is not linked to the earlier incident of novichok poisoning. charlie rowley has now spoken briefly to the police and u nfortu nately we briefly to the police and unfortunately we don't really have any detail of what he said to the police, but they do hope to speak to him again in the coming days. all said is they won't be providing commentary on their contact with him. little information at the moment coming out. we are here in salisbury outsidejohn moment coming out. we are here in salisbury outside john baker moment coming out. we are here in salisbury outsidejohn baker house where charlie visited his daughter dawn who lived here behind us. here in salisbury in a highly unusual move last night, the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police have come to a public meeting about the latest novichok incident and it discuss their concerns. he

told the public meeting that novichok could remain in the town in some form for up to 50 years. but it also said he can't say for certain that these two novichok incident are related. he says it is like highly implausible they are not connected. your sister that is the priority of the police to identify how and when both dawn and charlie came to be contaminated. we know that they handled a container and police and are focusing their efforts on finding a container, whatever it may be. they also want to stress to this public meeting how difficult this investigation has been. our arduous the conditions have been they have had to work in. we have seen here in salisbury to is another beautiful day but that means the temperatures here are high and protective clothing police are having to wear to carry out these investigations are particularly troublesome and particularly difficult well. because of these conditions, they can only last about 15 minutes. which some of

the were finally very frustrating, thinking progress is quite slow on this investigation. so you want to explain some of those reasons why. as we have had, charlie has spoken commies begin briefly to the police any heads to speak to them again in the coming days. more detail of what he has said. there have been celebrations all over thailand after the final boys and their football coach who were trapped in flooded coats caves were rescued yesterday forced football and extraordinary operation involving divers from all over the world pulled off the rescue attempt and the boys under coach now in hospital. the head of the thai navy seals told the bbc of the rescue operation and how hope became reality. well, i'll corresponded danjohnson is at the cave in northern thailand. dan, the story of so much bravery and heroism. so many here is involved here. yes. indeed. there is still a lot of celebration, there are people still absorbing exactly how fantastic this result was, but there is also growing rusty as to

how exactly this rescue was pulled. we're getting a little bit more information about exactly what needed to happen to get those boys out. for the international divers who already leaving to get flights back home and talked about these boys being heavily sedated. ince in fa ct, boys being heavily sedated. ince in fact, semiconscious one described the boys in orderfor the boys to be brought out to keep them calm as they were brought through the flooded caves. thai officials initially denied that they had been drugged in anyway but then started talking about how they had some form of relaxant to just make sure that they were calm. we're just getting a bit more detail about the fact that the boys were... it sounded like they were actually strapped to these experienced cave diving expats individually so they could be carried perhaps in a semiconscious state. now we know that the whole of the cave was in flooded and it was about halfway on the journey to two and a half miles at the caves get

dry and by that point was that completed the dissection, they be able to be put on stretchers and carried out of the surface, but that was still a long journey that took a lot of time yesterday. and we know that even after the last boys are out yesterday, it was still quite a tough task to get the rest of the rescue team, the navy divers who we re rescue team, the navy divers who were in there with them. it wasn't a simple task to get them out at the end of the day. the water levels in the caves started rising after some of the ponds were switched off here. everyone here is acknowledging just how tricky this was and what a fantastic achievement there was. but there is a lot to learn, in about extraordinary rescue. thank you. ok, let's go live to brussels, because the nato leaders are there and we are expecting malta huddled together shortly for traditional family photograph. they're all being welcomed onto the stage. centrestage

metaphorically is donald trump. he has put himself in the headlines, ahead of the summit starting by launching quite a heavy—duty attack. there is angela merkel. heavy duty attack on germany. he basically said that germany is totally controlled by moscow, because... just going to see she says anything. no. totally controlled by moscow, because germany pays billions of dollars to russia for oil and gas. but it only spends just over 1% of its gdp on defence. and he said that is totally inappropriate. let's just see who else is coming

onto the stage. that is the bulgarian leader, all being introduced as they make their way to a gathering together. the polish leader coming in. those comments from donald trump were at a meeting with the secretary general of nato head of the main summit. we are expecting donald trump i think to come on stage at any moment so we will keep watching these pictures. that is the latvian leader. oh, croatia! well, apparently theresa

may and the president of croatia exchanged football shirts when they had a quick word earlier. such a shame they are not wearing them, i am sure they will later when they watch the match! yes, theresa may was saying of course she is sending all of her best luck to the england football team. i get now if they will watch the match together. theresa may was also speaking about the business at hand at this summit as well, because she was talking about britain's contribution to defence, and pointing out that britain does meet that 2% nato pledge on defence spending, which is theissue pledge on defence spending, which is the issue donald trump was unhappy with over germany. theresa may saying britain does meet that 2% pledge, but is also contributing

another 440 troops for the nato mission in afghanistan. she said we have underlined once again that when nato calls, the uk is among the first to answer. and here she comes, theresa may. she may be relieved not to be in london for prime minister's questions today after the turmoil of the last few days of her government. she is there with the new foreign secretaryjeremy she is there with the new foreign secretary jeremy hunt after she is there with the new foreign secretaryjeremy hunt after boris johnson resigned from the government, and david davis as well as the brexit secretary. so she has

left the difficulties of domestic politics behind for a couple of days, as she is in brussels for this nato summit. there you go, president trump, and we are at that moment going to leave these pictures. we will pop back when they are all gathered together for what is always described as the family photo. right now, though, here, the bbc has published its annual report today, which reveals here, ay, which reveals the salaries of some of its top stars. this year some male stars have taken pay cuts, as the corporation tries to close the gender gap between its highest paid presenters, with radio 4's john humphrys going from £600,000 a year to £400,000. but despite this, the top ten names are still all male. in fact, the top 12 names. gary lineker is the bbc‘s highest paid star, earning more than £1.7 million a year. and there are just two women in the top 15 — claudia winkelman and vanessa feltz. with me in the studio is our media editor amol rajan.

0k, talk ok, talk us through what has come out. i think the headline is that the bbc as it sees it made some progress in the overall distribution of people on this list, from 75% being male, 25% female, this year to 60-40. at the being male, 25% female, this year to 60—40. at the very top of the list there are a glaring in domination by women. the top 12 are all men, within the top 1520, there are only two women, and there is a feeling that the bbc that despite making some progress, on the overall balance of this list, there is not a huge amount of progress at the very summit of it. this is in the context of the bbc reducing its gender pay gap across the whole of the organisation by about 9%. the bbc feels it is slow progress but the issue with the list this year it is a very compensated and quite confusing for people because last year buzz macalister included lots of people paid by bbc studios. bbc studios is an arm of the bbc, and

this year all the bbc studios figures have been taken off, so we have a figure for claudia winkleman what she gets from the bbc but is does not include what she gets from bbc studios. so it is a slightly misleading figure and the bbc has published it because it feels that keeping bbc studios out of this list feels it is a commercial entity and it would be at a disadvantage if it had full transparency there too. so how much complete clarity is there? are all the people on this list effectively being compared like with like? to a certain extent. if you bearin like? to a certain extent. if you bear in mind tony hall the director—general of the bbc resisted this being published in the first place, he went to government and said transparency would be inflationary in the charter. i am on the list and there is a break down between what i do as media editor and what i do on different radio

shows, so there is quite a lot of information. i think the anomaly is where people are paid big salaries from bbc studios for entertainment programmes like strictly come dancing and those mamas are not included on the list. some of the most famous names we will see you on the list is where we have a total figure but not the total income. it isa figure but not the total income. it is a slightly to slip —— slightly deceptive or misleading list. they doesn't want to disclose the amount that bbc studios pays for its top stars. let mejust that bbc studios pays for its top stars. let me just bring you some breaking news from northern ireland. we have a joint statement from the northern ireland parties condemning violence. they wanted to appeal for calm condemning recent street violence. last night six shots were fired at police officers in londonderry, in a joint statement the five parties have said the

attacks are the screws for. they also say we want to see a society where people can live together without the threat of intimidation or violence. those who engage in such tactics must be shown they will not succeed. now back to the news on facebook. as we've been hearing, the uk's data protection watchdog is to fine facebook half a million pounds, the highest possible amount. the information commissioner said the social media giant had failed to ensure that another company, cambridge analytica, had deleted users' details. we are nowjoined by steve kuncewicz, a partner at law firm blm, who specialises in privacy and social media—related issues. he's in our salford studio. thank you very much were joining us. what you think about this fine?” think it is important that this is not a fined just yet, what the information commissioner office has indicated that they intend to fine

facebook the maximum amount possible under the old law before the general data protection regulation changed fairly recently. so i think it is a very clear statement of intent but given that under the old law the maximum fine that could be levied against any business or controller of personal data is £500,000, there is already quite a lot of chatter to say this maybe is not going to be as punitive as it appears to be, just based on the value of facebook as a business. what about damage to reputation over this? facebook have had a number of very public crises and issues they have had to deal with, notably around their involvement or lack of involvement in political campaigning recently, in whether or not they have been an unknowing victim, but it is also important to remember that although this may lead to a fine, which may be significant, although not as much as people would expect, there is also a number of class—action lawsuits pending in the uk as well. so damage to reputation and certainly bringing people's

attention to how facebook should should not have behaved will be an issue affecting them in a very immediate term. what other class—action lawsuits that are pending? you can now claim distress asa pending? you can now claim distress as a result of your data being used, and it's as a result of your data being used, and its is a suggestion that 11 million uk facebook users could have been affected. i would expect that to happen in the very near future. what with the potential ramifications of that be? if you can get enough people involved in a class—action lawsuit, this may potentially dwarf the fine the information commissioner has indicated they are willing to make this particular case, and it is also a dispute that would run and run for quite some time and through the disclosure process, the litigation process , disclosure process, the litigation process, drawing even more details into the public eye that might affect their reputation to an even greater degree. it is obviously a

different issue but it is all releva nt different issue but it is all relevant because you are talking about the potential to sue for distress damages. what would have to be proved? distress damages. what would have to be proved ? how distress damages. what would have to be proved? how much distress can someone actually suffer? from what is quite generic information being passed on to a political party or whoever else wants to make use of it for whatever reasons they think? that is an entirely fair question and the reason the information commissioner is keen to take issue on this as there was a lack of transparency in the way in which data was used by businesses associated with facebook and facebook fail to keep that data secure. damages in cases like this are ways based on the idea that the individual has lost control of their data. up until now, these cases have seen fairly modest awards of damages meted out by the court, but we have seen the recent case against morrisons that shows if you get enough people together, even if you end up with a feud thousand pounds worth of damages, and awards here could be higher than that, get enough people together and that can make a serious dent in the financial fortune of the business in question. thank you very much. more now on our top story.

president trump has accused germany of being controlled by russia, as he prepares tojoin nato leaders for a summit in brussels. mr trump said it was totally inappropriate for berlin to pay moscow billions of dollars for oil and gas. he wants his nato allies to spend more on defence. i'm joined by drjacob parakilas, who is the deputy head of the us & americas programme at the security think—tank, chatham house. thank you very much for coming in. what do you think about the argument that he is making? i think it is an interesting example of trump's tendency to turn accusation that had been levied against him and put them against his opponent or his perceived opponents. and it is quite extraordinary we are sitting here and referring to germany as a perceived opponent of the president of the united states, just a sign of how quickly things have changed in the last 18 months of this very unusual presidency. trump of course has been accused of numerous

contacts has been accused of numerous co nta cts of has been accused of numerous contacts of collusion with the russians as part of the 2016 campaign. he has made a habit of accusing the democrats of the us, his opposition, of being the true party of collusion and he is now extending that germany. that is not to absolve germany necessarily of any kind of russian influence or any kind of improper dealings, but the point of what trump is doing is not about the truth of the allegations. that is not about making a point it is about being seen to be on the fence, and —— on the offence, those that have not contributed to their own defence. what impact do you expect these comments to have? they'll be interesting to see how far he takes them, whether there is a recession of the joint statement. this is not expected, this summit is not expected to produce any kind of a new treaty or any kind of new legal implement, but the value of an alliance like nato is very much about its perceived political unity,

its willingness to respond with collective dispense —— defence to the allies, and if the single largest contributor of forces and finances to the alliance is wavering, or seen to be wavering, regardless of where us troops are stationed, or where american financial commitments lie or what the treaty status of nato is, then there is a real danger of the validity and the power of the alliance that can be expressed. by making these comments, he has got it focused on the fact that germany is not hitting that 2% nato defence commitment. britain is hitting it, not everyone is. germany could be criticised for that. what about this issue of germany spending billions of dollars to russia for oil and gas? is there any legitimate point that kammy made about that? there is

a legitimate question about the dependency of european countries on russian national gas and the financial flows, but this russian national gas and the financialflows, but this is not a productive way to raise it. on the question of the 2%, it is a commitment, and this is an issue that has been raised by prior american presidents, trump is by no means alone in raising the issue. he is alone in how aggressively he raises it and the degree to which he is willing to raise the stakes, and suggest the us commitment might be time limited, that it might be dependent on countries raising very rapidly their defence spending. they doesn't seem to be a negotiation, he just seems to be setting up this very anti—multilateral worldview he has espoused for many years and actually beginning to move towards operationalising it, which is a frightening prospect for the alliance. thank you forjoining us. president donald trump has been criticised after saying the solution to migrant children being separated from their parents was for them to not come into the country illegally. last month a judge ordered the government to reunite 63 children under 5—years—old

with theirfamilies by the 10th ofjuly — a deadline that has now been missed. andrew plant has the story. talking to reporters, as his marine 1 helicopter waited nearby, donald trump with wife melania questioned about why the government had missed its deadline to reunite migrant children with their parents. well, i have a solution, tell people not to come to our country illegally. that's the solution. don't come to our country illegally. come, like other people do, come legally. the comment has fanned the flames of a burning issue. children separated from parents and families at the us border, and then taken to facilities like this one, sometimes for many weeks at a time. the issue has sparked protests in america and elsewhere. last month, a judge ordered the government to reunite children under five with their parents by tuesday, and another 2000 minors by the 26th ofjuly.

more legal action could now follow. we are extremely disappointed the government looks like they will not reunify all the eligible children today, and that they have not even tracked down the removed parents. but we do think since the judge became involved in the compliance process after this past friday, things have taken a real step forward. the government has now said it will only meet the deadline for around half of those children. mr trump has now headed to europe, but will return to face more scrutiny from us courts on his zero tolerance immigration policy at home. andrew plant, bbc news. back to brussels, where the nato leaders are war around, and talking a bit, after they have all been brought together, having had a photograph taken. there is president

macron of france, and angela merkel just walking past as well. obviously theresa may is there, we also saw the croatian president. theresa may mentioned earlier they had a chat, talked about football, swapped football shirts. there is theresa may in the middle, and donald trump as well. let's update you on our headlines. president trump has said germany is controlled by russia — at the start of what's expected to be a fractious two day nato summit in brussels. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine for failing to safeguard people's information — following a year—long investigation. police have spoken "briefly" to the novichok poisoning victim charlie rowley as they try to find the source of the nerve agent which made him seriously ill and killed dawn sturgess. firefighters are still dealing with the aftermath of blazes on the moors in the north of england

more than two weeks after they started. now, scientists from the natural environment research council are flying a specially—adapted aeroplane through the smoky conditions to assess the impact on the air we breathe. victoria gill reports. more than two weeks after the fire on saddleworth moor started, it continues to smoulder, and scientists say the summer drought could bring many more wildfires in the uk and across europe. so these researchers are taking to the smoky air in a laboratory on a plane to find out what that will mean for the air that we breathe. we are heading up to the north of england to sample the fires on saddleworth moor and then winter hill around the bolton area. so this is obviously a converted passenger plane, it would normally seat about a hundred people but most of the seats have been ripped out and replaced with a load of instruments that you can see, basically so we can

sample the constituents of the air. entire ecosystems have been wiped out in two major fires that are still burning in the north of england, incidents that the fire service has described as some of the worst it has ever seen. we look at live data from the aircraft to identify when we think we're going through a plume, and when we think we are in a plume, we hit a button and that takes a sample of air from outside the aircraft, which we collect for analysis way down the line. onboard instruments show some of the chemicals in the smoke, including methane, an important greenhouse gas, and the air pollutant carbon monoxide. only back on the ground will the team be able to work out its exact chemical make—up, and how it affects the air that we are breathing. you can see the fire is still smouldering away. the saddleworth moor fire started on the 24th ofjune and you can still see it burning, the peatland is definitely burning and a lot of people are wondering why this fire has become so big when there are controlled burns on moorland and peatland reasonably frequently.

one of the reasons is this peatland is so degraded, historic pollution meant that the moss that contained so much moisture was killed by acid rain and that means this peatland has really dried out, so with the drought conditions and a lot of very dry heather, it gives a lot of fuel for this fire which is why it has become so huge. with the fire on winter hill 30 miles away, that means there's about 26 square kilometres of land that has just been burned. it's going to take us a while to analyse the samples that we've taken, we have to take them back into the lab. they are pretty unusual, they don't happen in the uk that often, so it's really important for us to be able to understand what in them and therefore is it adding to air pollution as they get transported over cities? potentially, if these types of fires are going to happen more often, in a changing climate, and potentially a drier climate in the uk, we need to understand what is being emitted from them, and therefore how that's going to affect the atmosphere, going into the future. this flight is part of a much bigger global study of greenhouse gas emissions.

today, though, it has captured samples that will eventually reveal exactly what is drifting into our towns and cities. victoria gill, bbc news. since that now immortal piece of commentary, they think it's all over, it is now, the life of a england football fan has been pretty torturous. the 52 years of hurt have followed a familiar pattern: low expectations, hope, growing confidence and then the inevitable disappointment. only to do it all again at the next tournament. could this time be different? jayne mccubbin has been meeting the fans. across england, prayers are being sent up. i believe in god, and i believe england can win. yes! high—five, reverend bob. may god make everything easy for england, and make them win, and make the whole community

come together, and that. two faiths, one belief, and it is a belief which is growing. matt. yes. do you believe? i believe we are going to win 3—0. colin, do you believe? yes, we're going to win 2—0 at least. how old were you in 1966? i wasn't born in 1966. iamso i am so sorry! laughter ok, success is written in the history books, and since then, there have been so many upsets, so many tears. commentator: and england are out of the world cup! but you know what they say about history. what has made the difference this time, david? what has made the difference? i think it's the team spirit, and the fact they have

to prove themselves. none of them come with big reputations, like the messis and ronaldos. this is their chance, may have taken it. we send our best wishes for victory for the england team today! cheering expectations couldn't be higher. really excited, yes. worryingly excited. you know, when you've brought out a wind machine, you really have hit peak excitement. but let's be fair — not everyone is in on this moment. not allowed to watch coronation street. i know, disaster! what is your name? marion. welsh? of course. who are you supporting, marion? viva le france! get out of here! # it's coming home, it's coming home... but this could be the start of a day for dreaming big. who knows — it mightjust happen. the song three lions is becoming

an anthenm for england fans thanks to the team's success in the world cup. as the country ramps up for tonight's match, some politicians are getting in on the act and having a go at performing the song. the minister for roadsjesse norman gave a hearty performance of three lions on his trumpet. meanwhile sports minister tracey crouch treated the listeners of bbc radio kent to her accapella version of the song. so, you know, ithink so, you know, i think we've got a really good chance. # it's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home! very brave. in a moment, the weather, but first before we go, here is a flavour of how england fans are

getting ready for tonight's crucial game. # football's coming home! allan it's coming home, it's coming! yes, we believe, we're going to win, 2—0 at least. music come on england! # joules remained still gleaming. —— jules rimet still gleaming, 30 years of hurt, never stop me dreaming. it's going to be a great party but probably what's skin to happen is it's coming home. klindt macro good afternoon, some of the shine seems to have come off our heatwave, temperatures are a bit lower and

some places believe it or not have seen some rain. many of us of course need the rain. elsewhere, still some sunshine to be found, this is how idlette earlier on for a weather watcher in county durham. we do have a nice slice of sunshine through the rest of the day across southern scotland, northern england into the midlands, east wales, the south—east brightening up, the odd showerfor south wales and the south—west. this is how we expect it to look at seven o'clock as the big match kicks off. most o'clock as the big match kicks off. m ost pla ces o'clock as the big match kicks off. most places in england and indeed wales looked right, just the odd shower, parts of mid wales, northern ireland and scotland, more cloud will continue to bring the odd spot of rain, this band are very patchy rain slowly sliding its way eastwards. what of the forecast in moscow for the match itself? potentially some afternoon showers. by potentially some afternoon showers. by the time get through to the kick—off, they should be fading away. some sunny spells and some clear spells to take us to the end of the match and temperatures around 20 degrees. during this evening and tonight back here we will have some clear spells, but a lecture cloud

and a bit patchy rain or drizzle sinking south—eastwards across scotland. maybe the order shower elsewhere and temperatures between 13 and 7 degrees as we go to tomorrow morning. tomorrow, a lot of dry weather around, a fair amount of cloud, which should break up for some spells of sunshine. still some patchy rain and drizzle the central and southern parts of scotland, and then we could see the odd shower breaking out for western areas of england and wales. if you catch one could be on the heavy side, the best of sunshine in the south, temperature beginning to creep upwards. as they continue to climb during friday there is the increasing chance it will spawn some very heavy thundery showers across east wales, the midlands come down towards the south coast. very hit and miss. not everyone will get one but if you do you will really know about it. they could be some hail and thunder mixed into good measure. but amidst all of that showery weather, high pressure will still be just about in charge as we had to the weekend. frontal system is not far away from the north—west, so here we could see more cloud, a

little bit of rain at times but down towards the south, it looks like the warmerair towards the south, it looks like the warmer air returns will stop temperatures in southern areas close to 30 degrees for the weekend, a lwa ys to 30 degrees for the weekend, always cooler further north and west. be with the kabul security force which we have been leading and that does entail the fact there was a rapid reaction force england's footballers are just one win away from the world cup final. they take on croatia in six hours' time. gareth southgate's men set off this morning for their semi final clash

knowing they're on the verge of history. they've got the whole country in the palm of their hand. and it's great to see. it hasn't happened that many times that we can all get excited and be happy with an england team. there have been some really down times with england but not this time. we're all happy, we're all singing, we're all cheering and were desperate for them to win. football's coming home! it's waistcoat wednesday with fever pitch excitement around the country, and tens of millions expected to watch on tv and on big screens. we'll have the latest on the big match build up from our correspondents here and in russia.