this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. today we are live from helsinki and paris. i'm lyse doucet in helsinki, where presidents putin and trump are due to hold an informal summit meeting later on monday. mr trump says he'll raise allegations of russian interference in his own election, but is also playing down the chances of major developments. nothing bad is going to come out of it and maybe some good but i go in with low expectations. i am not going in with high expectations. where it feels like an entire nation has been out celebrating france's victory in the football world cup. our top business story: eu and chinese leaders meet to forge deeper ties, as china looks to try and counter

rising protectionism from the us. and britain's prime minister is expected to pledge hundreds of millions of dollars for the aerospace sector, as the biggest air show of the year kicks off here in the uk. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation do get in touch with your comments about the stories we are covering or tell us what you are spotting online. get in touch. just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing the us president's contentious tour of europe is on its final leg

with the hotly anticipated summit today with russian president, vladimir putin, in the finnish capital, helsinki. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet is there. everyone will want to know how this meeting goes today. welcome to the finnish capital. everyone is asking will history be made in helsinki. it has been used down through the decades by american soviet and then russian president. now it is at the turn of president putin and president trump. they have met twice before but this is the first time they will sit down for an official summit. a lot to discuss. nuclear

race, was in syria and ukraine. there has already been protest on both sides, including a president trump impersonator. helsinki, is it is an salom was with cold war interception. so while everything is not quite how it seems in this city of spies, one thing is true, america and russia meatier at a time when relations between the two countries are at the chilli is since the end of the soviet union. not that the real donald trump sees russia as much of a problem. frankly, putin might be the easiest of all. who would think! he told a rally, putin is fine. after it was announced 12 members of russian military intelligence were indicted.”

members of russian military intelligence were indicted. i do not think anything bad is bad to come out of it, and nothing good.” think anything bad is bad to come out of it, and nothing good. i don't go in with high expectations. both leaders are ready exciting the anger of protesters before they arrived at a summit where the stakes could not be higher. nuclear proliferation, syria, iran. issues that need to be resolved. yesterday the streets of this capital were filled with protesters. some protesting against using this asa some protesting against using this as a venue some protesting against using this as a venue for president putin and president trump's summit. others protesting on the other side and welcoming the american president to their capital. now today anticipation. what will come out of the meeting? everything is there to discuss and we have come to know president trump as an unpredictable

personality with a very, let us say, destructive form of diplomacy. and president putin, well, he knows the playbook. he has been at these kind of big stake summit many times before. we will be providing special coverage throughout the day. it is difficult to know how this meeting will go mainly because the us president is so unpredictable. john bolton, the national security adviser, both sides saying this is informal and no agenda so anything could be discussed. the russian foreign minister said it was the american request and said they will do it. president trump says he knows pretty much what he has to say and

needs to say. president putin is known to be well briefed and, judging by his marathon present conferences, he already knows it all. we do know that the two leaders will meet on the road just with interpreters. then the russian foreign minister, mike pompeo, and other aids, including foreign minister, mike pompeo, and otheraids, including national security adviserjohn bolton will be there with them. a lot of spectacle here today but what kind of substance there will be... imagine -- it substance there will be... imagine —— it might be the beginning of something or not. we will have more later on from helsinki. while the president was playing golf in ayrshire, the prime minister theresa may revealed in a bbc interview that he had advised her to sue the european union over brexit, rather than negotiate. theresa may spoke as she defended her plan for a brexit deal which favours close links

with the eu on trade in goods. the policy has been strongly criticised by some leave campaigners and faces a tough test on monday in the house of commons. here's our political correspondent iain watson. the prime minister is coming out fighting on brexit, though her most immediate battles are with some in her own party. at her country retreat, chequers, she hammered out a new brexit plan. and then lost two cabinet ministers. and many more of her mps think she just isn't being tough enough on brussels. oh, and so does someone else. i gave her a suggestion, not advice. i wouldn't want to give her advice. i'd give her a suggestion. uh, i could fully understand why she thought it was a little bit tough. so just what was this tough suggestion? he told me i should sue the eu. reporter: sue the eu? sue the eu. not go into negotiations, sue them. actually, you know, no. we're going into... did you think about that for a second? we're going into

negotiations with them. but more seriously for the prime minister, her new plan to have a common rule book with the eu on traded goods hasn't gone down well with many of her own backbenchers. this week, ardent brexiteers will attempt to change crucial legislation to scupper it. while some of those who backed remain will try to pull her closer to the eu. some people are saying they want to vote in the trade bill to keep us in the customs union. i say that's not acceptable. that's not what the british people voted for. others are saying well, if we — perhaps we can not have the bill at all. that would be damaging to our no deal preparations. so let's just keep our eyes on the prize here. the prize is delivering leaving the european union. some long—standing leave campaigners say they won't vote down the government's brexit legislation entirely, but they're determined to give it a radical overhaul. brexit is enormously positive, a huge opportunity for the country, and i'm afraid the prime minister doesn't see that. and it's why i think she is a remainer who has remained a remainer. so would labour help

the prime minister out and back her brexit plan? i've read it a couple of times and, quite frankly, can't make head nor tail of it. it's theological. it's a mess. so the answer to the question is fairly simply, not that i can see. and the political fallout from chequers continues. today a parliamentary aide at the foreign office resigned over brexit. it's still not clear if the prime minister's new plan will survive intact. so much more to discuss with regards to wreck said. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: a 55—year—old man is due to appear in court on monday morning, after an incident in which a paraglider breached a no—fly zone around president trump's location on friday evening. the aircraft was flown close to the hotel on mr trump's golf course, at turnberry, while the president was staying there. 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. a bus in spain has been left teetering over the edge of a bridge after the driver lost control on a highway in madrid on sunday. in a careful operation, firefighters were able to rescue the driver, who was the only person on the bus, as it rested on the broken barriers. the bus was eventually lifted by crane back onto the road. eritrea will reopen its embassy in neighbouring ethiopia today for the first time in 20 years. it was closed in 1998 after the two countries went to war over a border dispute.

now the years of hostility seem to be over after a deal was signed to reopen borders and allow travel between the countries, as andrew plant reports. a music concert in ethiopia, but it was politicians entertaining the crowd. ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed hand—in—hand with eritrean president isaias afwerki, the two leaders ending decades of war and taking just a few days to do so. translation: forgiveness frees the consciousness. when we say we have reconciled, we mean we have chosen a path of forgiveness and love. eritrea broke away from its southern neighbour ethiopia in 1993 after a long fight for independence but war started in 1998 over disputed territories like the border town of badme. a peace deal was signed in 2000 but was never implemented. it's thought 80,000 people died over

two years of fighting. now the years of hostilities seem to be over. eritrean president isaias afwerki arrived in ethiopia on saturday. monday will mark a week since the two leaders declared their state of war was officially over and here at this concert, a significant moment as president afwerki spoke to the ethiopian crowd using their own amharic language. translation: we have chosen to tread a path and work together for development, prosperity and peace, having overcome a conspiracy of hatred, revenge and destruction. there are still concerns about how the new boundaries will be drawn out and about whether old enemies can so quickly become new friends. hundreds of thousands of people fled the volatile horn of africa region,

seeking safety and opportunity elsewhere. the united nations has said it will do all it can to make sure the deal succeeds while those on both sides of the border are welcoming a new era they though they might never see. andrew plant, bbc news. stay with us on the briefing. still to come: we will of course take you to paris, where the party has been going through the night! an entire nation celebrates winning the world cup for a second time. 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. you're watching the briefing. —— this is the briefing. the headlines: president trump is in finland, where he will meet his russian counterpart, vladimir putin, later today.

he's said he has low expectations of the summit. the people of france are waking up after a long night celebrating their team's win in the football world cup. they beat croatia 11—2 in the final in moscow. football and france are the champions of the world for the second time. they beat croatia 11—2 in the final in moscow, there were joyful scenes in paris as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the nation's triumph. tim allman was there and he we this match. one star, soon to be two. the french fans were suitably euphoric after winning a great final, the culmination of what has arguably been one of the greatest

ever world cups. translation: we didn't want to win on a penalty from a handball, but in the second half, france made our dreams come true. it was extraordinairy, we were thrilled. translation: the feeling is incredible, the atmosphere was mad. there were loads of croatians. we put them through misery, it was amazing. the people were lovely, there was lots of atmosphere and we won! they certainly did, and they got a little bit of help from croatia, an own goal making it 1—0. but 10 minutes later, it was 1—1 — ivan perisic doing the honours. var has been one of the dominant themes of this world cup and there was one more slightly contentious penalty in the final. antoine griezmann‘s conversion was anything but. then strikes from paul pogba and kylian mbappe made it 4—1. france were almost there. a mistake from hugo lloris allowed

croatia to get one back, but it wasn't enough. french president emmanuel macron was there to congratulate his national side. the heavens opened, tears ofjoy perhaps as france became world champions for the second time. allez les bleus. tim allman, bbc news. in paris, a giant party took place to celebrate the victory. an estimated 90,000 people filled the fan zone near the eiffel tower to watch their team triumph over croatia. lucy williamson reports. 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're places of utter joy and celebration. they are amazing. they managed to unite the nation. and 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... 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. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.

how did ordinary russians feel about hosting one of the world's biggest sporting tournaments? we were a bit sad. i am not sure if they will be long—term benefits from the world cup. i found a lot of great international friends. it is estimated that more than 1.5 million football fans travelled to russia for the world cup, it has a lwa ys russia for the world cup, it has always transformed host cities like here in moscow, but what about the locals? do they think it has been a success ? locals? do they think it has been a success? very exciting. it is the atmosphere of a holiday, that is all

over, ramdas. a lot of us have met international friends, talk to them, we have learned something about their countries, they learn something about our country. it is a good exchange, it is a good experience, an interesting experience, an interesting experience that i hope everybody will remember all their life. the atmosphere will probably will be not the same as it was in the world cup. what is regular moscow? regular moscow is when you are busy and you are going to yourjob two hours on a bus and two hours back. it was good to have a lot of tourists but i do not see the positive side is, any positive sides for the ordinary people, for moscow and russia in

general. the world cup is over, i am sad. people coming here will live and moscow will just sad. people coming here will live and moscow willjust go back like normal conditions, where you can be punished for anything by the police. in the fifa time, people canjust see other people from countries that are like enemies, from the governments, and they can see that they are british, they are just singing, drinking and partying, and they can share a motion, whatever. and that is the last thing i can see this world cup. yeah. now, let's talk about the other big sporting event that came to a close on the weekend. novak djokovic has won wimbledon for the fourth time,

he beat big serving south african kevin anderson in straight sets. djokovic, who's seeded 12th, picked up his first major since the 2016 french open to take his tally to 13 grand slam titles — as james burford reports. this is what it means, after months of injury and doubters, to win your fourth wimbledon title. it had been 97 years since a south african had last graced a men's singles final here, but in novak djokovic, we see a man who is very familiar with this stage. the serb started the stronger, but anderson was more than capable of crafting opportunities. commentator: he's missed it, wide. a missed mark and the precedent set for the rest of this contest. another mistake gifting djokovic set number one. perhaps the best returner tennis has ever seen, djokovic always makes you hit one more shot. sometimes that's all it takes. but you don't win the longest

semi—final in wimbledon history without being a fighter — anderson wasn't going anywhere just yet. nevertheless, championship point was just around the corner. there was something of an inevitability about novak djokovic today. he's back and looks here to stay. james burford, bbc news. it was a very, very hot afternoon for that particular match here in london. now, let's return to football because of course as france and croatia were battling it out in the world cup final, another famous football tea m the world cup final, another famous football team were playing. the senior team of the wild boars in thailand. they are still recovering in hospital after being trapped in a cave complex for more than two weeks. our correspondent howard johnson reports on the mac. —— from

the match. what we heard earlier, before the game kicked off, was to have the players telling us that they really missed playing with the younger teammates. they say that normally they train with them every night after school and in the last two weeks, they have really missed their presence. or we also heard earlier was from the ministry public health, they say that they had allowed the parents to their children inside chiang rai hospital, the sad news of the death of the former navy seal diver. 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 cou nty the boys crying, one holding up his county ‘s eyes, wiping away tears. elsewhere in chiang rai today, we saw you are being painted by local artist who came together to put this large picture together, we saw images of the navy seal dominating this mural, there was alsojohn

volanthen this mural, there was alsojohn vola nthen and rick this mural, there was alsojohn volanthen and rick stanton, the two divers who found the boys. 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 team that he was trying to save. the boys are due to be discharged from hospital on thursday, what we have heard is that they will return to their family homes, they will spend time with their friends homes, they will spend time with theirfriends and homes, they will spend time with their friends and family recuperating after this ordeal. i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we'll have more on eu and chinese leaders meeting. they're hoping to forge deeper ties. but also the farnborough air show, which kicks off later today. so all that, it do stay with us. —— do stay

with us. 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. 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 the weather. into northern ireland and north—west scotland 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. some with next to nothing.

some with 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 weather system, it's cooled a little. not very much, but it is feeling fresher. towards monday night, still 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. there'll be a lot of sunshine to begin with, then 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's cold, and wherever you get to see some sunshine, it will feel pleasantly warm but it's also feeling that bit fresher. the flow of air coming

in from the atlantic, a fairly uneventful weather pattern mid—week. pressure isn't as high as it's been, but it's not that low. what we are left with is 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. though temperatures in south—east england will head up again as we go deeper into the week. to sum up the week, a fresher feel, a little cooler. some sunshine, the chance of a shower. it's only a chance. some places will avoid them and another, after monday, mainly dry week. this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. eu and chinese leaders meet to forge deeper ties, as china looks to try and counter rising protectionism from the us. and britain's prime minister is expected to pledge hundreds of millions of dollars for the aerospace sector, as the biggest air show of the year kicks off here in the uk. and on the markets the new trading week has begun on a negative note

as new data showed china's economy slowed slightly in the second quarter compounded by fears of a full—scale trade war with the us.