this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: rhapsody in blue — france win the world cup, beating croatia 4—2 in moscow in a thrilling final. crowds fill the centre of paris, as a nation celebrates winning football's biggest trophy for a second time. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: president trump arrives in helsinki for face—to—face talks with russia's president putin, and makes a list of america's adversaries. now, you wouldn't think of the european union, but they're a foe. russia's a foe, in certain respects. china's a foe, certainly economically, they're a foe. and the ever—growing problem of plastic waste in our oceans. we meet the all—female team of scientists who've analysed the great pacific garbage patch. live from our studios in singapore and london,

this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 2am france, where they are still celebrating the victory of les bleus. france have lifted the world cup as champions for the second time in 20 years. it was a final full of incident and drama, a fitting end to a memorable tournament in russia. they beat croatia 4—2, in a thrilling game in moscow. croatia fought hard, but the french held on. this report from joe lynskey begins our coverage. it takes five weeks to get in sight of football's greatest prize.

all the matches, all the heartache comes down to one final. for france and croatia, the opportunity of a generation. 20 years ago, france won it on home soil. that day they dominated from the start, although croatia had the better of this opening, the deflection of mandzukic gave les bleus the advantage. the response, though, was swift and emphatic — perisic was key to the rise in the final, but his equaliser was soured with a refereeing intervention. perisic connecting with his hand. deliberate? unsure. so they went to the replays. a closer look brought a penalty. it was put away by griezmann. that felt like a pivotal moment. while croatia protested, france looked to profit. pogba brought through the advantage, and then mbappe made it safe.

he's the first teenager to score in the final since pele in 1958. there was a final twist with lloris running right into trouble, but one croatia goal back wasn't enough. as the rain and the curtain came down on moscow, a second—half storm was enough to take this world cup back to france. the bbc‘s olly foster has been in moscow for the whole world cup, here he is describing the moment france lifted the trophy. the heavens opened here. the dignitaries, including president putin, president macron as well, were soaked for the presentation. a clap of thunder went off overhead at the exact moment that lloris lifted the world cup for france. it seemed as though the footballing gods were having their say. i am sure that they approve. because this tournament has been amazing. it has seen the rise of the underdog. teams defying the odds. it has been a world cup like no

other in that respect. fifa rankings turned on their head. the reigning champions germany, former champions spain and brazil, all tumbling out of the tournament. it was here in moscow that order was restored. 20 years after deschamps captained france to the title for the first time, he has done it as coach, and he said it was beautiful and marvellous, the words he used for their achievements. those words could be used for much that we have seen here in russia. we'll hear from the streets of paris and zagreb a bit later in the programme. first, another major story. president trump has arrived in finland's capital helsinki, the venue of his summit with russia's president, vladimir putin. thousands of people were on the streets of helsinki protesting against the visit, much like the demontrations across the uk. president trump ended that visit by describing the eu as a foe and accusing it of taking advantage of the us over trade. donald trump's meeting with vladimir putin comes just days

after 12 russian intelligence officers were charged in the us with hacking during the 2016 election. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. it is a topsy—turvy world, residents arrived in helsinki, having given nato and european allies are kicking an theresa may a mauling but saying his meeting with vladimir putin might well be the easiest of this european tour. so in the trump worldview who is a friend and who is foe? i think the european union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. now, you wouldn't think of the european union but they're a foe. russia's a foe in certain respects. china's a foe economically, certainly, they're a foe. but that doesn't mean they are bad, it does not mean anything, it means they're competitors.

and that sort of language causes deep unease among in us allies and some in his own administration. theresa may wants the us president to raise the use of novichok in salisbury. only two days ago 12 russian spies were indicted for interfering in the 2016 prsidential election. so, would the president be asking for vladimir putin to agree their extradition? well, i might. i hadn't thought of that but i certainly will be asking about it but, again, this was during the 0bama administration. they were doing whatever it was during the 0bama adminstration. the russian president isn't here yet. he has been detained by the small matter of a football match in moscow. so, was he ignorant about what his agents were up to? almost certainly not, says the us president's national security advisor. i find it hard to believe, but that's what one of the purposes of this meeting is, so the president can see eye to eye with president putin and ask him about it. the summit will take place in the presidential palace behind me. until now, donald trump has seemed remarkably resistant to hold russia to account for its interference in the election and, given the choice between believing

the united view of the us intelligence services that there was sytematic interference, and vladimir putin's word that there was not, donald trump somehow extraordinarily seems to have sided with the russian leader. on three previous occasions, going right back to the soviet era, helsinki has played host to russian—us summits but in the past there has been a very fixed agenda. this looks like it will be much more freewheeling and that is leaving many in the west feeling distinctly queasy. a little later we will speak with a security expert to work out what she thinks is going to be discussed in helsinki between the two presidents. also making news today:

persistent hot weather has led to the deaths of at least five people in japan. more than a thousand others are said to have been hospitalised. in areas hit a week ago by floods, rescuers and volunteers are clearing debris in sweltering conditions. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says there have been productive talks between us and north korean military officials on finding and repatriating the remains of american troops killed in the korean war. the meeting at the korean border village of panmunjeom fulfills a pledge by north korean leader kim jong—un at his summit with donald trump. here in the uk, the brother of charlie rowley, recently poisoned with the nerve agent novichok, has said the substance was contained in a perfume bottle. the metropolitan police, which is leading the investigation, has refused to confirm the claim. charlie rowley remains seriously ill in hospital. a murder investigation was launched after his partner dawn sturgess died after being poisoned in the same incident. the islamic state group says it carried out a suicide bomb attack

near a government building in the afghan capital, kabul, killing at least seven people. earlier, the un said the number of civilians killed in conflict in afghanistan hit a record high in the first six months of this year. now, there has been another sporting tournament going on, it is the tennis. serbia's novak djokovic has beaten south africa's kevin anderson to win the wimbledon men's singles title for the fourth time. it was djokovich‘s 13th grand slam, and his first since undergoing major surgery more than two years ago. congratulations to him. now to the growing problem of plastic waste in our oceans, something we've been hearing a lot about in the past few months. an all—woman international crew is on an expedition to analyse the so—called great pacific garbage patch. they've been sailing through what's said to be the densest ocean accumulation

zone on the planet — over 1.5 million square kilometres of rubbish floating northeast of hawaii — that's over twice the size of texas. emily penn, the expedition co—founder, has just arrived in vancouver with the crew, and she told me how shocked they were by their findings. we really cannot believe what we have seen out there over the last three weeks. so much plastic in such a remote part of our planet. and 1.5 million square kilometres of rubbish. when you were sailing through the area, what kind of research did you conduct? we're looking at surface water samples. using a manta trawl, we pull along the surface of the ocean really to look at the micro—plastics, these tiny pieces smaller

than your little fingernail. you can't see them when you look at the surface of the ocean. but when we pull that net on board, we realised we have hundreds of these tiny fragments in oursample. tiny fragments that are really harmful. what is the solution here, emily? so, it's looking at what we can do on land. we sailed through this garbage patch for seven days at sea. we realised that there are trillions of fragments out there. what we need to do is stop this plastic at the source. we need to think about our own consumption of plastic, if we're not using it, then our toothbrushes and cigarette lighters won't end up in this remote part of the world. and we also need to think about legislation and think about what industry can do to actually redesign our products. but, emily, these so—called upstream, source—based solutions have been ongoing, but the problem seems to be never—ending. are consumers and politicians really

conscious that the issue is serious? i think so. i think we've seen a big shift in the last six or eight months where consciousness has risen. but the big challenge that we have is how do we turn that awareness into action? so, i agree. we still have a really long way to go and to get there. but i think we've made the first step. now we know what's going on, we have a better understanding of where the plastic is coming from, so we can realistically start to tackle these solutions. that was emily penn, expedition co—founder, joining us from vancouver. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: cheering they may have lost to france in the world cup final, but croatia's fans still think they have plenty to celebrate. also on the programme: the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in thailand remember the navy seals diver who died trying to get them out. the flamboyant italian fashion

designer, gianni versace, has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards.

some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. i'm kasia madera, in london. our top stories: france is enjoying an enormous national celebration after its football team won the world cup for a second time, beating croatia 11—2 in moscow. president trump has arrived in finland where he will meet his russian counterpart, vladimir putin, later on monday. he said he had low expectations of the summit. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. let's first look at the japan times which says that, after the torrential rain that hit the country last week, efforts are being made to arrange more money

for reconstruction projects in affected areas. china daily has a report on floods in the northern province of gansu. but it has another report on its front page, saying president xijinping has requested the space industry to open its doors to private enterprises. as a result, nearly 10 private rocket firms have been launched over the past three years. south korean newspaper the korea times' website highlights the football world cup story but it also focuses on an international table tennis tournament for which north korean players have arrived in incheon city. more now on our other main story: the meeting between presidents trump and putin

in the finnish capital helsinki. here's donald trump and his wife melania arriving on air force one. mr trump says his expectations for the summit are low, but domitilla sagramoso, a security expert at king's college london, says the pair may have points of agreement over iran's involvement in syria. we have an idea of probably what they will be discussing. i think the most important dimension is the fact that they want to know each other better and establish a kind of relationship where they can address each other if there is some kind of strategic emergency or a sense that they might be some kind of confrontation as it happened around syria as a result of the chemical weapons case so these kind of issues is something the russians in particular are very keen on, to establish a hotline they can call each other and address issues of emergency. we also know they are interested in addressing the situation in syria

around the iranian presence there and the strong influence that iran has in syria and here is an area where both share to a certain extent similar positions because the united states and trump, they want to make sure the iranian is not too strong, especially on the borders and the russians to a certain extent are quite worried about the strength of the iranian is in syria are quite worried about the strength of the iranians in syria and they would like to reinforce assad and to a certain extent diminish the influence the iranian have and this is an area where they might find some kind of commonality. so they might find some kind of commonality on that global affairs stage about syria. will they find commonality in terms of the allegations of meddling? the timing is pretty intense because we just had 12 russian spies indicted, the robert mueller investigation putting the squeeze

on these allegations. donald trump, he mentioned he might bring up the meddling. surely he has to? he will probably do it but get the usual response and i don't think there is going to be much movement in that direction. he will probably come back and say, putin promised me they wouldn't meddle, shouldn't worry too much. in reality, i think that is really not an area where any progress can be made and the russians are not going to go officially and accept any kind of responsibility for what happened. although because we are talking about members of the russian dilatory intelligence that might be a collection with the kremlin so it isa a collection with the kremlin so it is a very delicate affair but because it directly involves trump, it makes it more confident for trump himself to ask the russian president what he has been doing because in a

way he has been benefiting from this intervention. he was calling on russia to look for these famous and e—mails so it is a complex area which trump would want to leave aside. back to that world cup victory for france. an estimated 90,000 people filled the fanzone near the eiffel tower to watch their team triumph. here's our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. hard to tell, i know, but this was paris before the match. marchons! a nation so often divided, today united in hope. some remembered france's last world cup victory 20 years ago. many didn't. the action sometimes too close for words, but the french goals kept rolling in. the celebrations a little louder each time. the atmosphere here is absolutely incredible.

i've never seen anything like it. over the past few years these streets have been scenes of national division and national grief. now they are places of utter joy and celebration. amazing. they managed to unite the nation. for us, it's just wonderful because now we can dream again. everywhere in paris, in the suburbs, in the countries, everywhere, it's, it's... ..phenomenal. the country is inaugurating its new heroes. the team a rare symbol of multicultural france. before their president, before the world, they triumphed. 11 men who tonight rule france. well, amazingly, the atmosphere in croatia's capital, zagreb, wasn't much more subdued. gavin lee was with fans there. croatia have lost tonight but you would never know because,

ultimately, this is the best performance by one of the smallest countries to ever get to the final of a world cup and what an incredible result. look at this! this atmosphere of a team that is well barely 30 years old, independence after the fall of the former yugoslav republic and many of those stars were refugees during the civil war and now, well, what a moment. we have a team that has made the final. they were a 33—1 outside bet. they were runners up, they beat greece. nobody thought they would get this far and they managed to beat england in the semi—finaland, when they did, seismologists said there was an earthquake here — small tremor recorded. there was an earthquake here — small tremors recorded. i mean, look at this atmosphere. seismologists said there

was an earthquake when they beat england, well, tonight, it will be louder and it will go on for longer. look at this atmosphere. despite the loss, so much excitement in croatia. as france and croatia battled it out in the world cup final, another famous football team were playing — the senior team of the wild boars in thailand. theirjunior counterparts are still recovering in hospital after being trapped in a cave complex for more than two weeks. 0ur correspondent howard johnson reports from the match. we are at a senior game of the wild boars team in mae sai. what we heard earlier before the game kicked off eas that what we heard earlier before the game kicked off was that, two of the players telling us that they really miss playing with the younger teammates. they say that normally they train with them every night after school and that, obviously, over the last two weeks they have really missed their presence. now, what we also heard earlier was from

the ministry of public health. they said that they have allowed the parents to tell their children inside chiang rai hospital the sad news of the death of the former navy seal diver, saman gunan. they offered condolences and thanks to him for what he did to rescue them from the cave. we also saw images of two of the boys crying, one holding up his gown to his eyes, wiping away tears. elsewhere in chiang rai today, we saw a mural being painted by artists, local artists, who came together to put this large picture together. we saw images of saman gunan dominating this mural. there was alsojohn volanthen and rick stanton, the two divers who found the boys. we also saw a proposed statue unveiled for saman gunan. it is going to be around 2.5 metres tall. it will feature the diver stood on a rock and underneath him are 13 wild boars representing the teams are 13 wild boars representing the team that he was trying to save. the boys are due to be discharged from hospital on thursday. what we heard is they will return to theie family homes

where they will spend time with their friends and family recuperating after this ordeal. it is great to hear those 12 boys are getting back to the full strength. another story of survival. a woman whose vehicle plunged off the california coast has been found alive after a week missing. she suffered water from the radiator. the vehicle was partially submerged at the bottom of a 60 metre cliff. you have been watching newsday. coming up next... nuisance or godsend? we look the booming market for electric scooters and find out why not everyone is so thrilled about them. and before we go, let's take a look at this...

this is hugh scofield, our paris correspondent, getting ready a few hours ago to go live — or try to go live — into us here in london — on the reaction to that french victory in the world cup. well, the reaction of the fans around hugh tell their own story. the wild excitement. hugh — of course — keeping his cool throughout. he's just getting ready to go live on air but that is the situation. he has been experiencing that throughout the day. france with a second wind of the world cup. he of course kept his cool. hello.

with temperatures as high as 31 celsius, sunday was another hot day across eastern areas of england throughout the weekend, with scenes like this, it was england and wales that had the lion's share of the sunshine and warmth. sunday brought some useful rain to of parts of northern ireland scotland and eastern scotland held on to some sunny spells. this is the weather system that brought some rain to northern ireland and parts of scotland, it's moving southwards in the next 2a hours and behind it, it's introducing a somewhat cooler but more noticeably fresher feel to weather. into north—west scotland and northern ireland as monday begins, sunny spells here, one or two showers developing. central and eastern parts of scotland, early outbreaks of rain clear away with sunshine following. for england and wales, many with a dry start. early on in the west, this strip of cloud, outbreak of rain, some thundery bursts. all that slowly moving east during the day. maybe something decent on the garden. as you can see, still some heat, where the sun lasts longest, east anglia, south—east england, near to 30 celsius. behind that system, it's has cooled a little. not much, but it's feeling fresher.

a few showers around towards eastern areas. the fresher air follows on behind. so perhaps monday night is going to be a little bit easier for sleeping with temperatures like this, and a couple of cooler nights are to come this week. as tuesday begins, that fresher feel to things is down across all parts of the uk but there will be a lot of sunshine to begin with and the cloud is going to build, and you can pick out one or two showers developing here and there but they will be very hit and miss, probably most reliable on tuesday into northern parts of scotland where some could be heavy and possibly thundery. and it is cooler where it's been so hot by several degrees but nowhere as cold and wherever you get to see sunshine, it will feel pleasantly warm but it's also feeling that bit fresher. the flow of air coming in from the atlantic, an uneventful weather pattern. pressure is not as high as it's been

but it's not that low. we are left with several sunny days, the cloud builds and there is a chance of catching a shower. it's not quite as warm as it's been. temperatures in south—east england will head up as we go deeper into the week. to sum up, a fresher feel, a little cooler. some sunshine, the chance of a shower. the chance some places will avoid them and another, after monday, mainly dry week. holy is the i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story. france have won the world cup, in a thrilling 11—2 victory over croatia at the luge—niki stadium in moscow. -- luzhniki. tens of thousands have been celebrating on the champs—elysees in paris, and there've been scenes ofjubilation in towns and cities across france as fans revel in their country's second world cup victory. president donald trump has arrived in helsinki where he's due to hold talks with vladimir

putin later on monday. earlier he described the eu as a foe, alongside russia and china. and this story is trending on bbc.com. a woman whose vehicle plunged off a california cliff has been found alive a week after she was reported missing. the 23—year—old survived by using the hose from herjeep's radiator to siphon water from a creek. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the former education secretary,