situation of people. —— circulation of people. i would plead with you, please, let's the dramatise —— take the drama out of this whole issue of the drama out of this whole issue of the checks and the backstop. we need to ta ke the checks and the backstop. we need to take out the drama. that is my answer, and i would just like to reiterate what was agreed on at the earlier levels of the negotiations, and today's ministers agreed we need to respect what has been agreed already. politico. given the difficulty of ireland border issue and if there is no deal, no withdrawal agreement, there is also i'io withdrawal agreement, there is also no backstop, is there any reason you couldn't push the discussion of the backstop into the transition which provide its own backstop, the standing place transition, and give yourself the 21 months more to talk about ireland issue? is there a reason why it absolutely has to be donein reason why it absolutely has to be done in the withdrawal treaty before march 29, 2019? for ireland and all parts of this

negotiation i am looking for a deal, not no deal. you need a negotiator to reach a deal. given the risk that if there is no deal there is no backstop, could you give yourself another 20 months during the transition to negotiate on the ireland border? translation: i'm saying there will be a deal if there is an agreement on the backstop. it is not necessary are backstop. it is not necessary are backstop. we can work on this and amended, improve the backstop. the one the commission proposed on behalf of the union, technically we feel it is workable, we can improve it further. we're doing that work to reply specifically to the previous question you asked. but we need an

operational backstop now in the withdrawal agreement and not later. michel barnier, you have just explained what sort of questions you put on the white paper. you're very courteous as you said but there are major stumbling points in the white paper. the white paper is not the same, it has already been when did that recommended this week. in westminster this seems to be no prospective of a majority on any kind of exit. then the prime minister in her belfast speech today said unique to change your viewpoint oi'i said unique to change your viewpoint on the backstop. so my question is given all of this, knowing

businesses will have to start to prepare as the commission has warned them, when do you think should you assume your responsibility and tell economic operators and businesses that the prospect of an ideal is on the horizon. so when will that be, isn't going to be in october, the 29th of march, when will you draw this conclusion? or as a negotiator with the goal right through to the end of keep negotiating right through to the end? well we have to be realistic. my aim is to reach an agreement, it is not going to be easy, as i said right from the first day when i took on that child. it is a complex set of negotiations and as they have panned out, we see how

complex it is and we have seen it from the house of commons how complex it is to leave the eu customs union so not only at eu level that we have to accept consequences but also the uk. the problems with the customs union i mentioned earlier on there's no reason that eu businesses should bear the brunt of the decision to leave the eu but my aim is to reach an agreement which will take a lot of time over the summer and after. if you look at the countdown, the uk itself said the deadline, it said the deadline is the 29th of march and enshrined in in british law. it is the uk that shows that they and not as full stop, not ours. so we

need someone to ratify an agreement, there is no choice, you have to have ratification by the council of ministers, european parliament and then the parliament. so if you countdown, if you take away these months of gratification that a sickly means that we have two note that there is not an agreement before december. we will have to ta ke before december. we will have to take stock of the situation and we will do our best to the depot is a withdrawal agreement and were not far, only 20% of the text needs to be agreed. and already this week in fa ct we be agreed. and already this week in fact we made some progress on certain issues. we have got ireland still. and we're working on the basis of what was agreed in march with theresa may. so that is the basis for our work. and we are

willing and open to work on all british ideas. but the time schedule is what it is because otherwise we have a problem running into the ratification period. i hope that was clear. i cannot tell you a specific date, a particular day when we are going to say what is what. but the secretary general, and i would like to say that all the delegations think the secretary—general and the commission have done excellent work to come up with a preparedness scenario. we need to be prepared whatever the outcome is. there is a degree of preparedness but is necessary , we degree of preparedness but is necessary, we need to prepare the deal because it is not something we canjust invent deal because it is not something we can just invent overnight. as

deal because it is not something we canjust invent overnight. as i said to ministers this morning the only business as usual option for the economy is norway plus, being a member of the single market plus the customs union. there will be consequences if there is no deal and we have to prepare for the situation of no deal. thomas maier of the standard. i have two questions, i would like to ask them in german. my first question is for chief negotiator michel barnier, could i pick up on what you were saying undergo in stressing that there are only a few weeks left to negotiate this to a conclusion. you said that we need clarity and decisiveness of the highest level and that brings me to the question which reminds me of

the final round of accession negotiations which seems to apply equally to exit negotiations. is it chewed that before november that is to bea chewed that before november that is to be a summit where the final big issues needed for a deal could be dealt with? and my second question is for the austrian presidency, we have had a declaration from commissioner, commission president jean claude juncker this week who refused ultimately to be accused of having problems with alcohol, he said he wanted more respect. so there's obviously this went directly to the foreign ministry in vienna it would seem where the accusations we re would seem where the accusations were coming from the deputy chancellor apparently. so do you have any apology forthcoming from the austrian ministry? time is moving on swiftly and we do

not have much of it left. so i often reiterate the clock is ticking. i think we have sufficient time to find agreement on a withdrawal agreement because we're not that far. when it comes to the work we are willing to continue on and indeed intensify with regards to a backstop for ireland, with jimmy to reach an agreement with the uk on this. — we do need to reach an agreement. and on the political declaration. the white paper of course is useful but i'm not negotiating on the basis of the white paper, i wish to work on the basis of the guidelines from the european council which were issued in march and which are very precise. this is the kind of offer of a

global partnership which we can offer to the uk. the political declaration to accompany the withdrawal agreement will specify and set out in detail this future partnership. so in the coming days and weeks i will together with the uk seek out where common ground exists. common ground between our guidelines and the uk ideas on the future relations. it is up to the president of the european council donald tusk to organise the work we a lwa ys donald tusk to organise the work we always said november some said october, in any case in the autumn we will be ready to take stock. and of course there is the meeting organised by the austrian president's. i work in full trust together with donald tusk and his tea m together with donald tusk and his team and coming back to a previous question of the countdown. a few

weeks here or there, october or november in any case a definitive agreement will be necessary. all i can say is that i confirm that we cooperate well at all levels in the european commission not only in individual sectors but also together with presidentjean claude juncker. the federal government came for a long and intensive discussion with the commission in june long and intensive discussion with the commission injune in brussels, the commission injune in brussels, the commission injune in brussels, the commission visited us at the beginning of our presidency injuly and the mood has always been very good. and on this debate, i'm not going to get involved in that particular discussion. we have committed ourselves to a new style andi committed ourselves to a new style and i would invite everyone to go along with that. damian grammaticas from the bbc, you made the point of

saying thisjust13 from the bbc, you made the point of saying this just 13 weeks left. when you talked about the backstop is that you are prepared to look at the rewording of that. theresa may said today it is not acceptable, the version that is on the table so are you saying that it has to be a version of what you've put on the table or nothing at all? and also on theissue table or nothing at all? and also on the issue of the white paper, you said clearly that you have to defend the four freedoms, the integrity of the four freedoms, the integrity of the single market, the white paper splits up services and goods. it asks for a customs arrangement so are you saying the white paper has elements that you can talk about what it is not going to be the basis ofan agreement what it is not going to be the basis of an agreement there either? there are several elements in the white paper that are very useful for our

discussions. ijust said we are not going to negotiate on the basis of the white paper because that is the british paper but we could use many elements of the white paper. i refer to some of them. and we can work on the basis of these elements to build what i call the common ground between you and the uk put up so that we can make progress and achieve this partnership. there is an important point that have been keen on as a former foreign affairs minister and that is security and defence, internal security. minister and that is security and defence, internalsecurity. ithink here we have true convergence between the white paper and what we are proposing because that is vital for the security and stability of the continent. there were other questions that do give rise to a few problems, i referred to some of them, andi problems, i referred to some of them, and i referred london as well. and there are some elements which do

seem and there are some elements which do seem to contradict the guidelines of the eu council, the heads of government and state namely the indivisibility of the four freedoms and the integrity of the single market. this is not an awful lot of justification for the eu running the risk of weakening the single market, thatis risk of weakening the single market, that is our main asset. there is no justification for us to create additional burdens on business just because the youth kate wants to leave. if you look at the political situation today we have many reasons to keep and protect our single market. find ways of cooperating with the uk whilst respecting their decision to leave the eu and looking

at the red lines for the uk, they are the ones who established the uk, they did not want the court of justice involved any more, so we will try to make headway and i'm sure that we will find a way forward. we're going to work on the basis of the positive elements in this white paper. and we wait the a nswe i’s this white paper. and we wait the a nswers to this white paper. and we wait the answers to the questions that we ought to the uk. on the question of the backstop are you saying essentially it is a version of what you put down so far nothing, that you put down so far nothing, that you can adapt it about as it? let's be simple, the problem in ireland is checking goods. you've got to check the goods. to protect consumers and protect businesses. look at the list, i published a list of checks carried out at all external borders

of the union, checks carried out their and so as to not have checks in the internal borders. find a sanitary controls, veterinary checks, checks on products of animal origin, these are checks already carried out in belfast, some of these are already carried out in belfast on goods coming from the remainder of the uk. and it is on this basis that we want to ensure we can carry out checks on goods. we will continue to work on this and ministers have confirmed the mandate we have, we need a backstop in the withdrawal agreement. there will be a backstop. in order to guarantee whatever the scenario is, that we have no hot water in ireland and we can guarantee the good friday agreement. — no hard border. then if we find a better solution in the future we will opt for that. so there will be a backstop, not

necessarily our backstop but there will be a backstop and we're happy to work as long as it is legally workable. legally workable from the moment that we signed the treaty. there we have some reaction from the eu chief negotiator shall bonnier to the british white paper on brexit. —— shall bonnier. of course this perennial concern over what is going to happen with the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. neither the uk know that you want to see a hard border and mr barnier said they never intended to have a border in the irish sea and that issue needs to be the dramatised as he put it. let's go to

chris page in belfast. the protection of the good friday agreement, very much at the forefront of his mind? that is right and theresa may in the speech that she gave in belfast a couple of hours ago said that she thought the eu interpretation of what the backstop should look like was a breach in fact of the good friday agreement which is based around something called the consent principle that the status of northern ireland, the constitutional status and sovereignty cannot change u nless status and sovereignty cannot change unless a majority of people in northern ireland decide otherwise. so according to theresa may if the eu version of the backstop goes ahead whereby northern ireland can remain in the customs union and most of the single market in order to ensure that under any circumstances there will be no new water on the island of ardour that the island of ireland, that would breach the good friday agreement and move the

sovereignty and the voice of northern ireland in trade negotiations away from london and towards the eu, towards dublin. so she said it would not be fair to the unionist community, referring to parity of esteem which means as far as the good friday agreement is concerned the irish nationalist community and unionist communities must be treated equally. and that this would not be treating the unionist community equally because they would be cut off in her words from the rest of the uk with a trade barrier. so you see the difficulty not only people interpreting definitely the way the backstop should look but also interpreting differently but the good friday agreement should mean. mr barnier referring to it there and theresa may referred to it in her speech but what is clear is that as regards the backstop issue, it does not seem to be any end in sight as to how that can be settled. and the idea of an extension, trying to sort the problem out. yes, it looks like

negotiations are going to continue on the backstop next week, that is what we heard from mr bonnier in that news conference said the eu we re that news conference said the eu were open to new ideas and wanted to make sure the backstop was legally workable so he's not completely rejecting what the prime minister has had to say about the backstop, he has repeated that there has to be a backstop that will work in law and without that for the eu there can be no withdrawal agreement at all. let's speak together in brussels. the fundamental question posed by mr barnier is whether the british proposal would protect the four freedoms of the integrity of those four freedoms. he spoke for 30 minutes and it was an avalanche of questions for the british white paper. clearly he said he mentioned

all of this to dominic raab over dinner last night and this is clearly buying this meeting between the european ministers today, all 27, was delayed because they had many questions. ten countries aplenty and ten ministers putting up their hands to raise issues with mr barnier. so on the basis of these four freedoms, he's barnier. so on the basis of these fourfreedoms, he's talking barnier. so on the basis of these four freedoms, he's talking about how for the uk idea this white paper, he said there are areas that seriously question whether it fits with the eu guidelines. for example the big issue he said, 20% of the brexit withdrawal issues still to look at. and especially this northern ireland agreement, making sure there is no hard border. what the uk government suggested is facilitated customs arrangement avoiding any hard border with the irish side and you had the british customs officials collecting tariffs on behalf of the eu. mr barnier

seemed to drive a sledge through that and said there was no chance, and can you really in a sense trust the british government as a non—eu country collecting those tariffs and also what if they significantly lowered the terms from the eu in the uk and that would be an unfair playing field. he was asked by a colleague as well does that mean thatis colleague as well does that mean that is the end of the white paper, are you saying there's only the eu backstop plan which is to say effectively the border in the island of ireland is the customs border and he said no we're not looking at the white paper as the negotiating principle. he said there are benefits, things that we can take from it, but still saying it has to be absolutely integral with the main freedoms that we have. so i think to step back from that second, has he evolved the position, you might see in some respects he has said we can cherry pick parts of the white paper that we like but fundamentally eu

will not be looking at this as the negotiating text to work on. for the moment cabin, thank you very much. let's get reaction from dublin. the british— irish chamber of commerce. how much clearer you about the uk and their intentions regarding the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland? the position now is more confused than ever because the british government signed up to a backstop arrangement, thatis signed up to a backstop arrangement, that is the phrase everyone is quoting today. that was last december and they affirmed last march again. now late in the day we are getting a kind of trump like denial of that and saying we would support a backstop, we would not, this is perplexing business because business is running out of time. the

process is running out of time. we heard talk of a 13 week schedule, it is extremely tight and it seems the sense there's something positive coming from the white paper, that debate last week, that is now being torn down just as fast again leaving business with a complete uncertain position as to how we should prepare not just for several years' time position as to how we should prepare notjust for several years' time but for as soon as the end of march next year. if there is no withdrawal agreement or lack of backstop agreement or lack of backstop agreement then the uk will crash out and that creates all kinds of mayhem for trade and jobs in the uk and ireland and elsewhere. is there then in your view workable alternative to the backstop? that remains to be seen, what the eu site has quite reasonably said, and it is movement from the eu on this, is that if the backstop that the uk already signed up backstop that the uk already signed up to is in need of being modified,

thenit up to is in need of being modified, then it is for the uk to bring forward that modification, to suggest that. but right now there is no suggestion and there is the real risk that the process will crash. if someone risk that the process will crash. if someone has a problem with the backstop they need to say that there needs to be an alternative because theresa may has already said that the uk government position is there should be no hard water in ireland. we all want that to be the case. — — border. but business needs to hear this very fast. we know the dup do not like the idea but which would be for you the lesser of two evils, a ha rd for you the lesser of two evils, a hard border in ireland or border down the irish sea? so we represent businesses across the uk and ireland trading between and from the two and employing more than 2 million people

for that we need to know there is either a, that there is no border anywhere. no one wants a order in either direction and the uk has already said that in its earliest backstop proposition last november. but it needs to say now is how proposes to give effect to this. it is for the government to state the position that gives it practical effect. thank you very much. just some breaking news from northern germany, there has been an attack on passengers on a bus in a city and police are investigating. a number of people reported to have been wounded in the incident in the city of lubeck. that is in northern germany. we have got some more

information. excuse me, i'm struggling. 14 people have been wounded and two of them seriously according to the police. suspicions are it is a knife attack, that night had been used in these passengers in the city of lubeck. a major police deployment as they investigate that incident in lubeck in northern germany. more details as soon as they come in. it is just starting to be reported. let's take a look now at the weather forecast. let me guess what we could be talking about, some ? there is a chance today of some thunderstorms so i thought we would look at how they form. essentially it is rising bubbles of warm air, the ground is heated by the sun and

the ground is heated by the sun and the error comes in contact with the ground and it will rise upwards. almost like a hot air balloon rising up almost like a hot air balloon rising up through the atmosphere of the earth so you can imagine these bubbles of warm airjust being heated by the ground and then pushing their way through the atmosphere. they go upwards because as the air is heated it becomes less dense and so it rises. that is what causes hot air balloons to rise. but as the error arises, within that we have water vapour which tends to cool and condensed to form cloud particles and then rain. eventually some hail. and that creates static electricity and as the charge separate through the cloud we can start to get things like lightning. it is all down to the air becoming a little more buoyant as the temperatures rise. now the temperatures rise. now the temperature today to make thunderstorms happens to be 27 celsius and that is exactly what we

have at the moment across parts of the east midlands and east anglia but we have not seen many storms just yet but we may start to see them developing over the next few hours. it is quite complicated, we have one band of rain moving down from the and another area of rain which has pushed into kent and sussex. and that is starting to turn wet in the next few hours across parts of essex as well. so more detail heading through the afternoon into the evening, for scotland and northern ireland, the main band of rain has cleared through but still plenty of showers around. temperature is not a fight they have been, around 19 degrees. england and wales, a band of rain ringing some wet weather to mid wales and the south and west midlands. in between we have the risk of those big thundery showers stretching from hampshire up towards the wash area. those showers will still be with us

through the ceiling and overnight at least for a time but up these storms could bring an awful lot of rain, up to 30 millimetres so in the space of an hour. but we are keeping a close eye on that as they are not formed yet. into the weekend, not an entirely dry start to things. some showers across southern parts of england. and temperatures rising again and we could see some showers working out. some areas to the north—west of the uk. but also some dry weather around with some sunshine. the second part the weekend looks like this, quite a bit of cloud for the north west of scotland. otherwise more in a way of sunshine across england and wales and temperatures responding, getting hotter and humid as well. the temperatures continue to rise early next week. this blip of rain is just

that, it is a return to normal if you like next week but that remarkable dry and very warm summer are continuing. temperatures indeed could get up to 30 degrees next week but not just the could get up to 30 degrees next week but notjust the temperatures rising, the humidity will also pick up rising, the humidity will also pick up as we head into next week as well. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. theresa may has said the european union must evolve its position on brexit in a speech given in belfast. she said she opposes a hard border in northern ireland. during the referendum, both campaigns agree at the border between northern ireland and ireland must remain absolutely unchanged. indeed, you only have to speak to businesses near the border, as i did yesterday, to see that the notion of a hard border is almost inconceivable. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michael barnier, has been speaking to the media, giving his thoughts on a possible no—deal.

let me just say that for ireland, northern ireland, i am working for a deal, not for no—deal. you don't need a negotiator for no—deal, you need a negotiator for no—deal, you need a negotiator for no—deal, you need a negotiated to reach a deal. donald trump's invitation for vladimir putin to visit him at the white house has caused suprise in washington. russia said it's willing to discuss the proposed new meeting. at least 13 people have died after an amphibious tourist duckboat carrying tourists sank in stormy weather in the us state of missouri. the vessel was carrying about 30 people when it capsized. sport now on afternoon live with chris mitchell. let's talk about the open, how the home golfers getting on? that afternoon, a fantastic day so farfor that afternoon, a fantastic day so far for the whole nations, that afternoon, a fantastic day so farfor the whole nations, rory mcilroy, we will start with him, bidding for a first major victory in four years, and tommy fleetwood, they have changed the face of the

leaderboard. tommy they have changed the face of the leaderboa rd. tommy fleetwood, they have changed the face of the leaderboard. tommy fleetwood, top golfer in europe last season, looks more like a rock star than a golfer, he has been delighting people in the galleries there, he has put himself at the top of the leaderboard. rory mcilroy was still driving it, not as much as yesterday, into the long grass, but sinking putts, and he has also put himself in touch with the leaders there. it is not all about the home nations, though, a lot of people are at carnoustie just to see one man — no prizes for guessing who, tiger woods, and what a round for tiger, still out, playing through the rain and the wind. he is, well, getting as many birdies as bogies, unfortunately, but he is still out there and stilljust bogies, unfortunately, but he is still out there and still just about in touch. zachjohnson is the co—leader, we will see him in a second. he won at st andrews a few

yea rs second. he won at st andrews a few years ago. outside the top 50 now, hasn't been playing that well, but this caused suits this man. doesn't hit the ball very far, but it has been raining, it is soft, and it is really suiting the american. let's ta ke really suiting the american. let's take a look at the leaderboard, as i say, it has changed a lot. zach johnson at the top, six under, tommy fleetwood five under, rory mcilroy four under, and tiger woods are still out on the course at one under par. only just still out on the course at one under par. onlyjust over halfway through the second day, it has been going on since six o'clock this morning. good news for mercedes driver valterri bottas. just like his teammate lewis hamilton, he has agreed a contract extension for next season. first practice ahead of this weekend's german grand prix in formula one is over. daniel ricciardo of red bull has been fastest so far, using ultrasoft tyres. when we get to sunday, though, the australian will start from the back of the grid because of engine penalties, but team—mate max verstappen made it a positive session with third.

lewis hamilton second quickest as we stand. second practice is under way now. the women's hockey world cup gets under way in london tomorrow, england face india. 16 teams in all, split into four groups, competing at the lee valley hockey and tennis centre in the olympic park. england, with a squad featuring eight rio olympic gold medallists from rio. the captain says they're hoping to do better than their 11th place finish four years ago. i feel ifeel ina i feel in a very different place from four years ago, we are very well prepared, i think we have, for me, a really incredible environment here, one i feel very proud of, i feel proud to be part of this group, proud to represent our country, and i'm confident we are ready to get

going at this world cup. should be good, you can follow all of the action on your phone or tablet, look for the bbc sport website. it is all there for you. some breaking news to bring you from northern germany. there's been a knife attack on passengers on a bus in the city of lubeck. police say they are investigating. reports say 14 people have been injured, writers are saying that 14 people we re writers are saying that 14 people were wounded, two of them seriously in that suspected knife attack. —— reuters. they are examining the situation, hoping the police will bring more details, but they have deployed a large number of officers to the streets in the centre of lubeck. now, those of us of a certain age remember buying the original now that's what i call music album. today, the 100th edition is released.

35 years ago, the opening track on that first compilation was phil collins with you can't hurry love. since then, the albums have sold more than 120 million copies, and featured hits from bob marley to bob the builder. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson charts the history of the biggest—selling music compilation series in the world. now that's what i call music! 1983, and the compilation album changed for ever. no more dodgy cover versions of the latest hits. on now, it was the real thing. 11 number ones from duran duran... nows came out at a rate of three a year, so 35 years later, here we are at now 100, and this is their london base. how many of you are there here? there's only eight of us. steve pritchard has been with now since now 20, and has a theory why it's survived. it's that strange mix of current music, because now was always about currency, and nostalgia, because mums and dads remember their first now and maybe want to buy it for the kids or for the family in the car.

now 44, with number ones from steps... # tragedy! now 44 was the biggest selling now album ever. released in november 1999, people bought it for their millennium parties. robbie williams has made the most now appearances with 31, and now 48 even became a crucial plot point in peter kay's car share. # you can't hurry love... most music fans seem to remember their first now album. this was mine, the originalfrom 1983. so i thought i would go out and about and hear people's memories. oh, this was literally the first one we got, on cassette. # karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon... karma chameleon, can't argue with that. too shy, kajagoogoo. slightly dodge. # too shy, shy, hush hush, eye to eye... every christmas, i get one. every birthday. who would give you it? grandma or my dad. had grandma ever heard of anyone on it?

definitely not. but my grandad liked the sugababes. # cos i know how i feel about you now... it would always be the best side of it as well. usually, the first disc was the best disc. # ooh, ijust wanted to get your name... liam payne appears on now 100 and thinks the series was ahead of its time. that was almost the world's first playlist a little bit, which is now the theme of the industry for all the different platforms that you listen to music on. it's all about playlists, so they kind of kicked that off. and now believe they will survive because, with so much choice out there, many consumers actually like the simplicity of it all being done for them. # one kiss is all it takes... the next goal — to make it to now 200 in the year 2053. now that's what i call a long way in the future. colin paterson, bbc news. one band that has appeared on no less than 35 editions

of now that's what i call music is ubiio. their number one hit red red wine featured on the first ever compilation in 1983, let's have a listen to that classic now. # red, red wine # goes to my head # makes me forget that i # still need you so # red, red wine look what is happening behind me, they can't help but moved to their own music! we saw you! guitar and vocalist robin campbell and drummerjimmy brown are in birmingham now. great that you can still dance to

your own song. even in the zimmer frame! we can't deny remembering u b40 frame! we can't deny remembering ubiio from them, and the first edition of now, what did you think of the idea of this compilation when it began? i don't think compilations we re it began? i don't think compilations were such a thing then. obviously, thatis were such a thing then. obviously, that is what everybody does, they make their own compilations. but it was a great idea, i think it was every teenager's dream to go out and buy the latest now that's what i call music, so it was great to be on them. and actually we had two tracks on the first now album, which i'm not sure anybody else has done, certainly not any other band. has anyone been on as many editions as you? possibly not, ithink anyone been on as many editions as you? possibly not, i think we're the band with the most appearances. what do you put its enduring appeal down to, then? we are absolutely saturated with choice these days, aren't we? i think it was ahead of

its time, really, because you know, people now, they select one track from an album, they put their own compilations together online, you know, so i think really the industry has gone towards the idea of making compilations, rather than away from it. there were always compilations, but for the most part they were rubbish ones, whereas the now series was, simply, the most successful of that year. so, you know, you would a lwa ys that year. so, you know, you would always have a good choice, especially for pop fans, and it was a way of introducing two people to music they may not have heard, you know, or may not have bought normally. it was an eclectic mix of music, which is very much the way people buy records now. and of course the quality was better than your own mix tape that you could put together on a sunday night, wasn't it? and you could miss out on the dj's voice, when you were recording the charred sex twice without the clu nks the charred sex twice without the clunks and clicks of the pause

button. you have reached a milestone, haven't you, a0 years button. you have reached a milestone, haven't you, ao years of your band, you have been touring again, what is it like? we have never stopped. no. we have always been a touring band, from the 1980s, thatis been a touring band, from the 1980s, that is what we wanted to do, take it out and play its two—hour fans, and that is what we have done for decades, so nothing new, really, just doing the same old. and we have got a big tour coming up next year. in the dates in the uk. and red red wine must get laid. of course, we would be lynched otherwise! people would be lynched otherwise! people would want their money back! who are the people who come to see you, new fa ns the people who come to see you, new fans all the time? amazingly, yes! new generations all the time. we are a lwa ys new generations all the time. we are always shocked how many teenagers are in the front row of our gigs, you know, because i guess social

media is responsible for that. we don't get played the on radio like we used to, so i guess they are hearing it on social media, and of course their grandparents play them the records as well! great—great—grandparents!m the records as well! great-great-grandparents! it is a lwa ys great-great-grandparents! it is always risky bringing politics into things... not for us! but jeremy corbyn is quite a fan, i believe. not only fan, he is a friend, he is a man that we admire, greatly admire. i knew i would get into hot water if we went down that road! where do you think these compilations like this, the now 100, where will it go in the future? because it seems to be an anachronism, doesn't it, when you have got things like spotify, which can generate all sorts of music from around the world pretty much the sky is the limit, why on earth would now 101 still appeal? well, as long as it maintains what it has always

done, which is collect, basically, the most popular singles of the last three orfour months, the most popular singles of the last three or four months, as long as it keeps doing that, it will always have an appeal, because that is what people do now. asjimmy said, it kind of fits in better now with the record buying public than it did 20 or 30 years ago. people will always pay someone else to do a job for them, so they will pay some body else to put a combination together for them. you sounded surprised about your enduring appeal, but, seriously, don't be modest, why is it that you're still backing out auditoriums? no idea! wejust do what we love, we do what makes us happy, and we hope that our fans will come with us, and thankfully they have. as long as we can keep picking up new fans, we will keep doing it. if we knew what the formula was, we would flit and sell it, but it is not that simple. we

will just keep repeating it, but it is not that simple. we willjust keep repeating it over and over again. you are looking very well on it, good to talk to, best of luck with that edf, take care, bye— bye. it is great to be paid to do something you like! liam gallagher has appealed to his brother noel, not to look back in anger and to reform oasis. it represents a considerable change of heart from february, when he told an awards ceremony that his older brother was "worse than kim jong—un" and "the biggest faker in the business". in his latest tweet, liam gallagher insisted he "wasn't desperate" but that he just thought it would be a nice thing to do. sibling rivalry! rebecca is going to tell us all the business news in a moment, but first our headlines this afternoon. theresa may says the eu must "evolve" its position on brexit and not fall back on unworkable proposals regarding the irish border. in response, the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says he's invited britain to work on a solution to the irish border issue next week.

reports from germany say at least 1a people were wounded, two of them seriously, in a suspected knife attack on a bus in the northern city of lubeck. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. more turbulence at ryanair. its pilots are on strike for higher pay. so far, 2a flights have been cancelled between the uk and ireland, and more cancellations are expected next week. the trade war between the united states and china escalates, after donald trump tells cnbc he's ready to slap tariffs on all chinese imports into the country. currently, china exports around $500 billion, almost £aoo billion worth of products to the us every year. more on that in a moment. uk government borrowing falls to a 11—year low last quarter. and the national debt is 1% smaller than it was a year ago. ramping up trade tariffs, donald

trump. it looks like he couldn't do it any harder, the us has imposed ta riffs it any harder, the us has imposed tariffs on a huge range of chinese goods, flatscreen televisions have a big import tax if they come from china, also medical equipment. now it looks like he intends to go the whole hog and slap tariffs on everything that comes in from china. we can get reaction on that from paul blake in new york for us, for afternoon live. good afternoon, good morning to you, i guess. how is this going down in the us, this move, this thread by president trump? this is one ofjust a few things donald trump has said this morning, he has also tweeted about the federal reserve, the eu and china, and all that has sent stocks down a little

bit, and caused the dollar to fall, so traders looking at this threat of chinese tariffs, the threat of tariffs on chinese goods, all chinese goods coming into the uk, taking it quite seriously. what is the significance of that $500 billion figure? donald trump said he was ready to go to 500. people who have not been following the story, that might sound odd, but it is the $500 billion worth of chinese goods, essentially all of the goods being imported from china into the us, so the president saying he is prepared to tariff essentially everything from china. that presents a problem for the chinese, because the us exports a lot less to china than china to the us, so the chinese would have less to tariff, but they can take other measures to punish us businesses and seek retaliation on the us for its policy decisions. and why is trump engaging further in this trade battle? so you seen from

the beginning, going back allthe way to march, when he started to see the steel and aluminium tariffs, he was citing the trade deficit, clearly concerned about that deficit with china in particular, but also with china in particular, but also with the eu and other countries. he sees that as a detriment to the us and the us economy. at the end of the day, most mainstream economists would tell you there is no kind of great sucking sound of money coming out of the us economy to china or the eu, but donald trump has latched onto that and seen it as a national security issue. all, thank you for joining us, paul blake in new york. let's ta ke joining us, paul blake in new york. let's take a look at the way the markets have reacted to that now... we don't have the graphics, do we? we don't have the graphics, do we? we could look at president trump ain! we could look at president trump again! i was trying to bust my way through that one, but you are right, but i know what the numbers are, markets reacted badly to the state m e nts markets reacted badly to the statements from president trump late this morning our time, so the ftse, having been up, was down about 50

points, and the dowjones has also opened down. good memory, rebecca, thank you very much, see you later. we will return to our breaking story. a number of people have reportedly been wounded in northern germany, two seriously, in a suspected knife attack on a bus in the city of lubeck. details are still emerging, but the local police have tweeted to confirm that there is a major police deployment under way in the city. they have confirmed that there have been people wounded, local reports suggest that a man forced his way onto a bus and began attacking passengers with a knife, but the number of casualties at the moment is still not confirmed, the attacker has reportedly been detained. mps have criticised the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, for failings around the disclosure of evidence in criminal trials. a number of rape trials collapsed last year, after it emerged vital evidence hadn't been given to defence lawyers.

the report says at least 8a! cases were stopped because of disclosure failures in the past year. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. last december, the rape case against liam allan collapsed. the last two years i've just spent worrying and not concentrating on anything, so it has ripped apart my normal personal life. text messages disclosed by the prosecution proved his alleged victim had pestered him for casual sex. it was the first of a series of recent high—profile disclosure failures. concerning reviews by the police and crown prosecution service, and a national disclosure improvement plan, have now been followed by a damning report from thejustice committee. it criticises the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, for failing to recognise the extent and seriousness of long—term disclosure failings. there is no doubt in some cases miscarriages ofjustice have occurred.

people have gone to prison when they shouldn't have done. we were very alarmed the evidence we had from the outgoing dpp that suggested to us that the extent of the problem was not being fully picked up. there's nothing new about disclosure failings in the criminal courts. over the last six years, there have been six different reports and reviews by seniorjudges and others, highlighting the problem. but dealing with it hasn't been helped by the way the crown prosecution service has been monitoring the issue. today's report finds that cps data may have underestimated the number of cases stopped with disclosure errors by around 90%. the report welcomes a national improvement plan announced injanuary, but says disclosure must be seen as a core justice duty and not an administrative add—on. criminal lawyers welcome this report. it is a serious comprehensive, searching piece of work. but for it to have meaning, for the momentum that has developed to be built upon, the government has to act. it has to deal with falling police numbers, the reducing cps budget

and the crisis in legal aid. for the public to have confidence, the government needs to address those issues. alison saunders, who steps down in october, says there is an unprecedented focus on finding solutions, and the cps will carefully consider the report. clive coleman, bbc news. the prince of wales is giving an insight into his home life this summer, in an exhibition to mark his 70th birthday. more than a hundred items, including personal photographs, private paintings and soft furnishings, have been selected by prince charles to go on display at buckingham palace from tomorrow, as part of its summer opening to the public. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. many of us will see rain at some point today, begging the question, when did it last train where you live? it has been a very dry spell

of weather recently. the rain has arrived across the east, from an area of low pressure that snuck a little bit further north than had been expected, but nevertheless the rain here will be very welcome. across western areas, this wiggling weather front on the radar picture, pulses of energy along the front, very difficult to forecast the exact details of where the rain will end up. but it looks like it will be wet across wales, rain across the north and west midlands. further north, the weather picture more straightforward, into the afternoon, most rain clearing away, but a legacy of rain for scotland and northern ireland. further south, rain pushing in across the west midlands, but further east continuing across kent and essex for much of the afternoon, but we may see some showers forming, most likely from a line through the east midlands, lincolnshire, hampshire. if we get thunderstorms in these areas, they could be torrential,

bringing the risk of localised flooding. through the rest of the evening and overnight, further widespread showers across england and wales, staying pretty warm, temperatures only slowly easing back to about 17 and london. for the weekend, again on saturday we are likely to see showers develop across the country, most likely across north—western areas, so not going to be dry all the time everywhere, there will be a few showers further south as well, southern and eastern parts of england. in between, more ina way parts of england. in between, more in a way of brightness for scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells developing, that will make it feel warmer. a weather front row move into the north—west of the uk, and that brings the prospect of some rainfor and that brings the prospect of some rain for western scotland and parts of northern ireland, all the while the temperatures rising across england and wales, given we will have more in a way of sunshine. the temperatures will continue to rise into the early part of the new week, temperatures in london expected to

reach the low 30s, and in the very hottest areas next week, highs reaching around 33 celsius, notjust hot, turning increasingly humid as well. what's your weather. —— lats. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3. theresa may tells the eu to evolve it's theresa may tells the eu to evolve its position on brexit and find a workable solution for the irish borderfull stop early in workable solution for the irish border full stop early in the process both sides agreed to the desired to find a solution to the unique circumstances in ireland. we have now developed our proposals and put an approach on the table but does precisely that. it is now for the eu to respond. mr barnier said

that the irish border was an issue that the irish border was an issue that still needed work. let me say that for ireland and for us and for all parts of this negotiation, i'm working for a deal. not for no deal. you don't need a negotiator for a no deal. you need a negotiator to reach a deal. reports from northern germany say that ia reports from northern germany say that 1a people have been wounded and two of them seriously in suspected knife attack on a bus in the city of lubeck. raised eyebrows as donald trump invites vladimir putin to the white house. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. golf in the rain? it is raining but rory mcilroy does not mind, he has been rolling in the birdies and e is just three shots off the lead now. thanks, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. also coming up. we look back at the 100 edition of

the music compilation. hello, this is afternoon live. theresa may has said the european union must "evolve" its position on brexit — rather than falling back on what she called the "unworkable" proposals of the past. making a speech in belfast, the prime minister said the government's white paper offered a "principled and practical" brexit, which would comprehensively address the uk's commitments to northern ireland. speaking in the last hour, the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said both sides need to find a ‘working solution' to avoid a hard irish border. our political correspondent chris mason reports. selling her brexit vision of a

brea kfast. selling her brexit vision of a breakfast. the prime minister meeting young people at this art centre in belfast this morning. from there to her next stop in the city and a message for the eu. i have compromised, now it is your turn. the white paper represents a significant development of our position, it is a coherent package. early in the process both sides agreed a clear desire to find solutions to the unique circumstances in northern ireland for a close future relationship. we've now developed our proposals and putan we've now developed our proposals and put an approach on the table which does precisely that. it is now for the eu to respond. not simply to fall back on previous positions which have already been proven unworkable. strong words then from theresa may but what about reflections from others in northern ireland? there's no news in brexit and i'm quite sure she will hear

this from businesses, the catastrophic implications of brexit in terms of trade and employment, she will hear all of that today.|j thought it was a wide—ranging speech, buzzfeed the commitment to the union has welcomed and should be reiterated on a number of occasions. and also there will be no hard border, that was her strong message today. visiting northern ireland matters because of that crucial sticking point of the border with the republic, how to keep it open in the republic, how to keep it open in the long term after brexit. they need to agree if they are to sign a withdrawal agreement in the coming months. gathering in brussels today europe ministers meeting to talk about brexit and they know how turbulent things had been at westminster. we are extremely aware of the current situation, no one wants to punish the british

government, not at all but in the end, we are negotiating on the basis of the guidelines. now we know they have been amendments to different revisions in the uk which makes it even harderfor us to revisions in the uk which makes it even harder for us to discuss with the british partner what we really wa nt to the british partner what we really want to have an ambitious partnership with britain provided our principles are respected. enter stage left, the eu chief exit negotiator mr barnier who welcomed the white paper even if his own end up the white paper even if his own end up all over the floor. he questioned whether the british idea for a common rule book for goods and agri— foods was practical. the uk once to diverge on the rules for services, as you know in any product that we have, take this telephone, between

20 and a0% of the value of this is linked to services. so how will we avoid unfair competition via the services because the eu, the uk would be free to diverge and services. keeping the irish border openin services. keeping the irish border open in the long—term remains the biggest challenge to sorting a deal but mr barnier try to be reassuring to the uk. we're not asking for a border between us and ireland and the rest of the uk but we need these checks and go because the eu wants to be the single market and customs union. and he pointed out there are just 13 weeks left before the eu summit in october when the withdrawal agreement is due to be finalised. gavin lee is in brussels. some positive things that mr barnier

had to say about the white paper but also areas where he felt a lot more work needed to be done and once again the irish border cropped up. this was quite a comprehensive response. when you think about the paper itself, the british position on the relationship it once with the eu and how it gets through the withdrawal agreement, 80% of that agreement is done said mr barnier and 20% left. so they are looking at the irish border and how to prevent a hard border, they're looking at gibraltar to make sure that the spanish are happy with their territorial claims of about your territory and also looking at the cypriot military base as well that the british have further north. so they are the obstacles but i think they are the obstacles but i think the iceberg in this and the thing that mr barnier was crystal clear on, the irish border. and he said

from looking at the white paper it cannot be the point of principle for negotiation, and that is what theresa may wanted, she wanted that particular paper to be the basis of wider negotiations and he said no it would have to be something that comes from the eu. he said that there were plus points with some of there were plus points with some of the imagination the british government is using to try to reach a deal but there are big issues. for example the uk want to see customs arrangements to prevent heart border with ireland. so the whole of the uk, the border with ireland, the british government taking tariffs on behalf of the eu. and mr barnier saying that that is something that clearly is going to cause huge issues, whether that crosses those four freedoms. so issues, whether that crosses those fourfreedoms. so in short i think there were as many questions raised today as many pages as there are in the white paper. saying there are plus points but we are not sticking to this and in october, they want to

have some agreement by that he eu summit. the other issue is this idea of the common rule book but that would not apply to services. why is that a problem for the eu 27? the common rule book is where the uk says it would align itself in certain areas, to take into account eu jurisdiction on goods, set in areas where you can have free movement of certainly goods across the borders but also listening to the borders but also listening to the jurisdiction the borders but also listening to thejurisdiction of the borders but also listening to the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice but theresa may saying the british government would still have some say. it comes down to specific issues, gml food and certain foods mr barnier saying you will have different issues on the border, services as well, there are big complications. and he said it would reach the freedom of movement, trade, and services. to be honest stepping back from this, theresa may

wa nted stepping back from this, theresa may wanted and evolved thought to date from mr barnier and he gave it he gave lots of clarity on why he was not particularly happy. i should say 27 europe ministers are inside the same building behind me at the european council and they have been talking about this for hours so they have given him there a directive on this, this is not an lone voice but someone speaking on behalf of all 27. thank you very much. at least 13 people, including some children, have drowned and others are still missing after a tourist "duck boat" capsized. i want to thank the families who have bent over backwards to help us. we have had an outpouring of love and support from all over the country. and we appreciate that. the

family do not own the ducks, just to dispel that rumour. i can take a few questions. do you have any idea of the cause? it is too early in the investigation, the coast guard is here investigating. that will be up to them to decide. there was a harsh weather system that came from the north. do you know if the captain and the staff checked the forecast? ido and the staff checked the forecast? i do not have any idea. where the owners amongst the survivors? the owners? they were not owners, there was a captain and a driver on the boat. the captain did survive. what

can you tell us about the vic is customer —— about the victims? can you tell us about the vic is customer -- about the victims? at this time i'm not giving out any information. the first pool came in at 7pm. it was about the boat going underwater. do we know about safety measures such as life jackets?” underwater. do we know about safety measures such as life jackets? i do not know. what do you know about the life jackets to begin with, whether on the boat? from what i understand there were life jackets in the duck. whether people found alive wearing

life jackets? we're early in the investigation and i do not have an a nswer to investigation and i do not have an answer to that. would you like to see any changes to the laws relating to life jackets? let me make one comment. i think this is going to ta ke comment. i think this is going to take time to know the details of all that has occurred. the sheriff, highway patrol, many people are involved trying to answer all the questions you're asking and it will ta ke questions you're asking and it will take some time to answer those questions. we do not know what the state is is of all the events, and until the investigation is complete ido until the investigation is complete i do not think it is my place or anyone's place to speculate on the things that could have happened or why they happen. it is important that we find out for sure exactly what events did occur and then be able to release that at some point. and that will happen eventually but today it isjust and that will happen eventually but today it is just still early and the

sheriff and his people and all people behind me have been working on this for a long time. it isjust a matter of bringing all the details together and that will happen. a matter of bringing all the details together and that will happen]! the lake open to the public right now? it is. we've been hearing about some of the heroism happening on the la ke some of the heroism happening on the lake when it went down. people who stepped in to save people on the lake. from what i understand, i had one deputy carrying out security and he was involved in the rescue, we had employees of the branson bell who stepped in. it was outstanding. and if there is someone out there with any video of this please send it to the stone county sheriff ‘s office facebook page. we would like

to retrieve any video we can for the investigation. are you wondering whether it was an operator error?|j whether it was an operator error?” cannot answer that question. whether windows open or closed on the boat? it is hard to tell, i cannot tell if they were clear windows or they were open, hard to tell on the video we have so far. people have been here all night working on this. the divers have located the remains of the boat and they will be recovered probably later today. can you

confirm whether at branson bell leader was on the boat at the time? what about the off—duty deputy on the boat at the time? is he a survivor? he was on the branson bell andjumped in to survivor? he was on the branson bell and jumped in to help. was the boat upside down? i believe it is in about 80 foot of water and landed and rolled down into 80 foot of water i believe. why do you go from here? well the coast guard and highway patrol will be here shortly, this is a huge ongoing investigation between all of us and we're just working to figure out exactly what did happen for the we are in recovery mode for the body still missing. the president tweeted about

the situation about an hour ago. what kind of response have you had? i have not spoken to the president directly, he knows of the incident. we we re directly, he knows of the incident. we were travelling in the south—east portion of the state yesterday evening. so we have been in travel or morning to get here. i go back to what i said originally in my statement, might now isjust a time for thoughts and prayers. a lot of healing has to take place right now. and right now that is the story. that we all should be facing. i know everyone wants to know the details and they will come in time but right now it is about trying to protect the families and deal with the situation they are in. thank you very much for being here.” situation they are in. thank you very much for being here. i know you will still be calling with questions, you can call my office and leave a message and i will try to get back to you. of course i have

been overwhelmed with all of the calls. the highway patrol is also available to answer questions. you can try to get in contact if you have more questions. but thank you for coming. thank you, everybody. the county sheriff giving some details about that accident in missouri on a man—made lake near the south of the state. he said 31 people had been on board this amphibious vessel. it can go on land and also into the water. as the name would imply, at least 13 people have died, the authorities have divers in the water looking for three other people who are missing. there are children thought to be amongst those who have died in this incident. german police are reporting on a

knife attack in the city of lubeck. a number of people thought to be injured. donald trump's invitation for vladimir putin to visit him at the white house has caused suprise in washington. russia said it's willing to discuss the proposed new meeting. president trump rejected suggestions that he had failed this round—up to russia. —— to stand up to russia. america's intelligence agencies have never wavered in their belief that the kremlin interfered in the 2016 presidential election and that, through cyber attacks and campaigns of disinformation, russia remains a threat

to democracy in the us. but donald trump's own view has been a little harder to pin down. he said he misspoke when he appeared to back vladimir putin's denials over the word of his own intelligence chiefs. but it is clear that he still wants a relationship with russia. getting along with president putin, getting along with russia, is a positive, not a negative. that being said, if that doesn't work out, i will be the worst enemy he's ever had. but his recent actions have unnerved donald trump's political friends and foes in washington. the resolution is agreed to. the senate unanimously passed a motion opposing president putin's proposal for russia to question us officials, after mr trump seemed to briefly consider it. yet, despite all the fallout from that controversial summit in helsinki, the white house press secretary revealed on twitter that president trump has already asked his national security adviser to invite president putin to washington, and those discussions are ongoing. however, that came as something of a surprise to america's own director of national intelligence.

we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. say that again? laughter. you... vladimir putin... did i hearyou...? yeah, yeah. 0k... that's gonna be special. laughter. questions remain about what donald trump and vladimir putin talked about in helsinki, particularly during their closed—door private meeting. and democrats say until they get clarity on that, there should be no further one—on—one sessions between the presidents, in washington or anywhere else. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. in brussels the eu chief negotiator

mr barnier question the practicality of the prime minister's proposals concerning the irish border. the conservative mp and prominent leave campaigner andrew bridges is here. thank you for coming in. it seems like a thank you for coming in. it seems likea game thank you for coming in. it seems like a game of tennis, what, when is this going to come to a head and we get a meaningful decision on the irish border issue? the irish border issueis irish border issue? the irish border issue is a complete construct to prevent the uk from having the free trade agreement that we want. the eu have just done trade agreement that we want. the eu havejust done a trade agreement that we want. the eu have just done a free trade deal with japan and ireland, over have just done a free trade deal withjapan and ireland, overi0,000 miles away, all they have to do to

is complied with a bit of food labelling which we are completely compliant with all stop with done a free trade deal with canada canada japan did not pay anything the free trade deal. we have £ao billion on the table and the eu do not want to give is that because they want to create problems over the irish border. the irish border is a political construct of a problem for top they already have different currencies either side, different duties and they are all managed without infrastructure. but at the moment we are in the same customs union and single market so that is why it is not comparing like with like activity. if you do not want either of those structures to remain in place. at the irish government do not think it is a construct. people who believe in the preservation of the good friday agreement do not believe so. how would you prevent a ha rd believe so. how would you prevent a hard border in ireland? well we've said, we've legislated in parliament

that there definitely will be no border between northern ireland and the uk, how ridiculous of the eu to suggest a solution were effectively the annex are part of the uk away from the mainland. imagine if we said our solution to the irish border problem which actually does not exist would be for the republic of ireland to leave the eu and to be with us whether they want to or not. that is how ridiculous the eu solution is for northern ireland. customs officers, in the republic and northern ireland have already said before this became a political football that the solution could be solved easily with existing technology. the recent eu do not wa nt technology. the recent eu do not want a free trade deal is because we would then become, other countries in the eu would then want the same deal and we would become a common market of sovereign nations which actually is what we joined in 1972. a lot of people would be happy to go

back to that as you say. let us talk about a potential leadership challenge, yesterday you said you we re challenge, yesterday you said you were close to getting a8 letters of support which would bring about a challenge to the leadership of theresa may how close are you today? i'm not sure, i think we will get there over the summer but u nfortu nately there over the summer but unfortunately the rules of the 1922 committee is it has to be the first communion time for a vote of the party and i do not, odyssey that will not be until we come back in september. we are in parliament monday and tuesday but i suspect we're not currently on a three line whip and that would be considered not a suitable time. so you may not be allowed to do it over the summer recess ? be allowed to do it over the summer recess? well the letters are cumulative, i think we will get to a8 before the end of the summer recess. and if you look at the

position of mr barnier, he is saying he wants further concessions, he might have a different secretary of state to deal with but his strategy remains the same. we could talk all afternoon, thank you for talking to us. theresa may has insisted the cheap with —— with theresa may has insisted that the chief whip, julian smith, made an "honest mistake" when he broke parliamentary convention earlier this week. mr smith has apologised for telling the conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, to take part in a key brexit vote, despite a "pairing" agreement with a liberal democrat mp on maternity leave, which means brandon lewis should not have voted. the decision if he told mps deliberately to break long—standing caring agreements for the government

to wina caring agreements for the government to win a couple of incredibly close and crucial votes in the house of commons on tuesday night. just to ta ke commons on tuesday night. just to take it back on tuesday it was amendments to the customs bill which was going through parliament at the time. which the government was nervous about and wanted to do everything it possibly could in order to ensure its mps voted with the government on those. brandon lewis the conservative party chair did vote with the government despite being ina did vote with the government despite being in a pairing agreement with the liberal democrat mpjoe swinton. just explain what that is, it is a way for mps who cannot be in parliament for a vote whether to illness or away on business or on maternity leave in this case, so an mp on the other side who would vote ina mp on the other side who would vote in a different way would then agree not to vote either to cancel each other out. so when brandon lewis had

voted joe swinton was angry and it was found to be an honest mistake by the whips in what was described as a fast—moving situation. earlier on the prime minister during her speech or after that speech in belfast was asked to explain what had happened again. trust is central to politics, you're asking people to trust you and trust is central to the brexit process. what we learned this week is your chief whip allegedly asked mps to break their pairing arrangements, effectively asking them to behave in an underhand way to steal votes effectively from the opposition. you have not sacked him, does that mean that you endorsed his conduct and if so how can anyone

ta ke conduct and if so how can anyone take anything else you say at face value? it was an honest mistake made for which the chief whip and brandon lewis both apologised to the member concerned. joe swinton. if you look at what we are proposing in the white paper and putting forward in the white paper, it is a future relationship which delivers for people who voted to leave the eu but does so in a way to protectjobs and livelihoods and keeps faith with our commitment to the people of northern ireland for no hard border. so a nswer ireland for no hard border. so answer from the prime ireland for no hard border. so answerfrom the prime minister and keen to move on to the brexit white paper. and the man himself, julian lewis, the conservative cheap —— chief whip, he did not seem to be keen to engage on the subject when he was approached by bbc reporter in his constituency in yorkshire earlier this afternoon. so what

happened? are you not going to a nswer happened? are you not going to answer the question? some mps do not believe it was a mistake. what is your response to that? was it really a mistake? was it a mistake? that was brandon lewis himself speaking to one of our reporters outside parliament yesterday. not engaging in any questions. his explanation stands it would seem that this was an honest mistake but that is not enough for labour and others who criticised the government on this. tom watson saying earlier that this was desperate and the government, their excuses were blatantly untrue. he said it is a serious issue of

trust in parliament and if the two men do not resign then they should be sacked by the prime minister. but julian lewis isn't man in charge of keeping party discipline in check. — is the man in charge. and the commons face several crucial decisions in the months to come. many of us will see rain at some point today, begging the question, when did it last train where you live? it has been a very dry spell of weather recently. there could be some flooding issues as well, further showers on and off through england and wales, some of

those quite heavy, temperatures struggling to come down, 17 degrees by the end of the night in london, another warm one. for the weekend, yes, quite a bit of cloud to start the day, and there will be some showers around on saturday, but entirely dry everywhere. showers most favoured across the north—west of the uk, some southern and eastern areas as well, some of the showers could be on the heavy side, low 20s in the north, 27 in the south, that is your weather. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. theresa may has said the european union must evolve its position on brexit in a speech given in belfast. she said she opposes a hard border in northern ireland. during the referendum, both campaigns agree at the border between northern ireland and ireland must remain absolutely unchanged. indeed, you only have to speak to businesses near the border, as i did yesterday, to see that the notion of a hard border is almost inconceivable. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michael barnier,

then spoke to the media himself, giving his thoughts on a possible no—deal. let me just say that for ireland, northern ireland, i am working for a deal, not for no—deal. you don't need a negotiator for no—deal. you need a negotiator to reach a deal. german police have arrested an attacker who wounded 1a people in a suspected knife attack on a bus in the city of lubeck. two people are believed to be seriously injured. donald trump's invitation for vladimir putin to visit him at the white house has caused suprise in washington. russia said it's willing to discuss the proposed new meeting. at least 13 people have died after an amphibious tourist duckboat carrying tourists sank in stormy weather in the us state of missouri. the vessel was carrying about 30 people when it capsized. sport now on afternoon live. how are they doing at there at

carnoustie, they were calling it carnasty! my carnasty! my goodness me, it was tipping down for much of the morning, we can see now that things look ok, john watson, what is the latest from the open? yeah, well, kevin kisner of the united states was the overnight leader, and he has built on that lead, still topping the leaderboard on seven under par, a great day for the brits, though, in changeable conditions this morning. tommy fleetwood and rory mcilroy capitalised with the green is offering a little bit more than they did yesterday, tommy fleetwood with a round of 65 today, involving six birdies, no bogeys. remember, tommy fleetwood has history, he holds the course record, and he is looking

very strong for the weekend. as is rory mcilroy, of course, one shot further back on four under, impressive second round for him, two consecutive 69s, four birdies and two bogeys for him today. zach johnson, worth pointing out, just one shot off the lead on six under, five birdies and a bogey from him, two majors to his name, has won the open previously, going well at the moment. other important names to point out for you, danny willett at there at the moment, two under yesterday, two over today, level part, as is tiger woods, who was rather up and down today, a round littered with birdies and bogeys, cancelling each other out, who was back at the open championship after a two year absence, but going well at the moment, you would fancy him, barring calamities, towards the end

of the round to make the projected cut at three over. we could be losing some notable names, with the world number one really struggling at the moment, but it will be an interesting afternoon of golf ahead with that projected cut at three over. just before you go, i know we have other weather forecast already, but you have no umbrella, and i can see green shoots grass behind you, how important is a factor is the weather at carnoustie? hugely important, as it always is with links golf, chris, as we know yesterday the ground was really scorched, we saw the ball running. yeah, if you didn't hit the fairways you were in a lot of trouble, because it could run into the rough, and today, with fleetwood and mcilroy, they could afford to be more aggressive, because with the extra moisture on the surface, the ball is biting a little bit more. tough conditions in the rain, but it is the wind that so often causes problems as well, and whilst there was a little bit more wind yesterday

afternoon, today it hasn't been too much of a problem, just that with weather. but it has eased, and interesting to note that with mcilroy and fleetwood making birdies as they did, they are at there, and kevin kisner certainly building on his lead, having produced some great golf yesterday, he seems to be doing so again. these damp conditions on the surface because can favour players, they can be more aggressive with their shots, chris. thank you very much, golf, easier in the rain, not sure about that! good news for mercedes driver valterri bottas. just like his teammate lewis hamilton, he has agreed a contract extension for next season. first practice ahead of this weekend's german grand prix in formula one is over. daniel ricciardo of red bull has been fastest so far, using ultrasoft tyres. when we get to sunday, though, the australian will start from the back of the grid because of engine penalties, but team—mate max verstappen made it a positive session with third. lewis hamilton second quickest as we stand. second practice is under way now.

the women's hockey world cup gets under way in london tomorrow, england face india. 16 teams in all, split into four groups, competing at the lee valley hockey and tennis centre in the olympic park. england with a squad featuring eight rio olympic gold medallists from rio. the captain says they're hoping to do better than their 11th place finish four years ago. i feel in a very different place from four years ago, we are very well prepared, i think we have, for me, a really incredible environment here, one i feel very proud of, i feel proud to be part of this group, proud to represent our country, and i'm confident we are ready to get going at this world cup. that's all the sport for now, more for you in the next hour. breaking news regarding a shooting

ata breaking news regarding a shooting at a school in northallerton in north yorkshire. it was said to have been inspired by the columbine shootings in the united states. it was a plot to carry out a shooting at northallerton, a 15—year—old boy who was convicted at leeds crown court of plotting that shooting has been given a 12 year custodial sentence. there was also a co—defendant, 15, who was given a ten—year sentence after being convicted of the same offence. the two boys were 1a at the time they put the plots together. they were told today of the lengths of their sentences. prosecutors had claimed that they had hero worship the teenagers responsible for murdering 13 people at columbine high school in colorado in 1999. in police interviews with the two boys who have been sentenced, they both tried to say that the plot had just been a

fa ntasy. to say that the plot had just been a fantasy. but jurors to say that the plot had just been a fantasy. butjurors at leeds crown court did convicted them of conspiracy to murder. so two sentences there, custodial sentences, two 15—year—old boys, one of ten years, one of 12. now, those of us of a certain age remember buying the original now that's what i call music album. today, the 100th edition is released. 35 years ago, the opening track on that first compilation was phil collins, with you can't hurry love. since then, the albums have sold more than 120 million copies, and featured hits from bob marley to bob the builder. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson charts the history of the biggest—selling music compilation series in the world. now that's what i call music! 1983, and the compilation album changed for ever. no more dodgy cover versions of the latest hits. on now, it was the real thing. 11 number ones from duran duran... nows came out at a rate of three a year, so 35 years later, here we are at now 100, and this is their london base. how many of you are there here?

there's only eight of us. steve pritchard has been with now since now 20, and has a theory why it's survived. it's that strange mix of current music, because now was always about currency, and nostalgia, because mums and dads remember their first now and maybe want to buy it for the kids or for the family in the car. now aa, with number ones from steps... # tragedy! now aa was the biggest selling now album ever. released in november 1999, people bought it for their millennium parties. robbie williams has made the most now appearances with 31, and now a8 even became a crucial plot point in peter kay's car share. # you can't hurry love... most music fans seem to remember their first now album. this was mine, the originalfrom1983, so i thought i would go out and about and hear people's memories. oh, this was literally the first one we got, on cassette. # karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon... karma chameleon, you

can't argue with that. too shy, kajagoogoo — slightly dodge. # too shy, shy, hush hush, eye to eye... every christmas, i get one. every birthday. who would give you it? grandma or my dad. had grandma ever heard of anyone on it? definitely not. but my grandad liked the sugababes. # cos i know how i feel about you now... there would always be the best side of it as well. usually, the first disc was the best disc. # ooh, ijust wanted to get your name... liam payne appears on now 100 and thinks the series was ahead of its time. that was almost the world's first playlist a little bit, which is now the theme of the industry for all the different platforms that you listen to music on. it's all about playlists, so they kind of kicked that off, if you think about it deeply. and now believe they will survive because, with so much choice out there, many consumers actually like the simplicity of it

all being done for them. # one kiss is all it takes... the next goal — to make it to now 200 in the year 2053. now that's what i call a long way in the future. colin paterson, bbc news. one band that has appeared on no less than 35 editions of now that's what i call music is ubao. their number—one hit red red wine featured on the first ever compilation in 1983, let's have a listen to that classic now. # red, red wine # goes to my head # makes me forget that i # still need you so # red, red wine # it's up to you... earlier i spoke to two

of the founding members of ubao, guitar and vocalist robin campbell and drummerjimmy brown. i started by asking them what they thought of the now concept at the time. i don't think compilations were such a thing then. obviously, that is what everybody does, they make their own compilations. but it was a great idea, i think it was every teenager's dream to go out and buy the latest now that's what i call music, so it was great to be on them. and actually we had two tracks on the first now album, which i'm not sure anybody else has done, certainly not any other band. has anyone been on as many editions as you? possibly not, i think we're the band with the most appearances. what do you put its enduring appeal down to, then? we are absolutely saturated with choice these days, aren't we? i think it was ahead of its time, really, because you know, people now, they select one track from an album, they put their own compilations together online,

you know, so i think really the industry has gone towards the idea of making compilations, rather than away from it. there were always compilations, but for the most part they were rubbish ones, whereas the now series was, simply, the most successful of that year. so, you know, you would always have a good choice, especially for pop fans, and it was a way of introducing people to music they may not have heard, you know, or may not have bought normally. it was an eclectic mix of music, which is very much the way people buy records now. and of course the quality was better than your own mix tape that you could put together on a sunday night, wasn't it? and you could miss out on the dj's voice, when you were recording. without the clunks and clicks of the pause button. you have reached a milestone, haven't you, ao years of your band, you have been touring again, what is it like?

we have never stopped. no. we have always been a touring band, from the 1980s, that is what we wanted to do, take it out and play it to our fans, and that is what we have done for decades, so nothing new, really, just doing the same old. and we have got a big tour coming up next year. a0 in the dates in the uk. and red red wine must get played. of course — we would be lynched otherwise! people would want their money back! who are the people who come to see you, new fans all the time? amazingly, yes! new generations all the time. we are always shocked how many teenagers are in the front row of our gigs, you know, because i guess social media is responsible for that. we don't get played on the radio like we used to, so i guess they are hearing it on social media, and of course their grandparents

play them the records as well! great—great—grandparents! it is always risky bringing politics into things... not for us! butjeremy corbyn is quite a fan, i believe. not only fan, he is a friend, he is a man that we admire, greatly admire. i knew i would get into hot water if we went down that road! where do you think these compilations like this, the now 100, where will it go in the future? because it seems to be an anachronism, doesn't it, when you have got things like spotify, which can generate all sorts of music from around the world pretty much the sky is the limit, why on earth would now 101 still appeal? well, as long as it maintains what it has always done, which is collect, basically, the most popular singles of the last three or four months, as long as it keeps doing that, it will always have an appeal,

because that is what people do now. asjimmy said, it kind of fits in better now with the record buying public than it did 20 or 30 years ago. people will always pay someone else to do a job for them, so they will pay somebody else to put a compilation together for them. you sounded surprised about your enduring appeal, but, seriously, don't be modest, why is it that you're still backing out auditoriums? no idea! we just do what we love, we do what makes us happy, and we hope that our fans will come with us, and thankfully they have. as long as we can keep picking up new fans, we will keep doing it. if we knew what the formula was, we would bottle it and sell it, but it is not that simple. we willjust keep repeating it over and over again. the ever modest ubao, founding

members. liam gallagher has appealed to his brother noel not to look back in anger and to reform oasis. it represents a considerable change of heart from february, when he told an awards ceremony that his older brother was "worse than kim jong—un" and "the biggest faker in the business". in his latest tweet, liam gallagher insisted he "wasn't desperate", but that he just thought it would be a nice thing to do. business is always a nice thing to do, especially when rebecca is here, she will tell us what is happening injusta she will tell us what is happening injust a moment, she will tell us what is happening injusta moment, but she will tell us what is happening in just a moment, but first the headlines. theresa may says the eu must evolve its position on brexit and not fall back on unworkable proposals regarding the irish border, eu negotiator michel barnier says the white paper opened "the way to a constructive discussion" but the irish border was an issue that still needed work. at least eight people have been injured in a knife attack on a bus in the german city of lubeck. local police say the suspected

attacker is now in custody. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. more turbulence at ryanair. its pilots are on strike for higher pay. so far, 2a flights have been cancelled between the uk and ireland, and more cancellations are expected next week. the trade war between the united states and china escalates after donald trump tells cnbc he's ready to slap tariffs on all chinese imports into the country. currently china exports around $500 billion, almost £aoo billion worth of products to the us every year. also today, uk government borrowing in the last three months falls to a 11—year low. and the national debt is 1% smaller than it was a year ago. chocolate that tastes the same with 30% less sugar — that's the promise, or near enough, from cadbury‘s about

its new dairy milk bar. it comes after pressure from public health england, which is asking confectionery makers to cut sugar and chocolate by 20%, and cadbury‘s has found a formula that cuts the chocolate in dairy milk by 30%. i have got a range of bars to show you, this is the new one, this is display only, i have no idea what is in this. those are the contents, which you do get a taste, and the old bar, if anyone needed reminding. while you get on with this, for the good of the bbc, let me talk to the northern european president for mondelez, the owner of cadbury‘s, he is in our birmingham studio. good afternoon. good afternoon, great to

be with you! thank you forjoining us for this afternoon live exclusive. can you tell the difference between the two products? i honestly can't, it is very difficult to spot the difference, so hopefully you are enjoying it in the studio. we will find out in a moment, martine is a tough case to master. why are you selling both types if you can't tell the difference? cadbury dairy milk has been loved by consumers for 100 yea rs, been loved by consumers for 100 years, and we want to make sure that the original great tasting cadbury is available for everybody. and there is a small difference in taste, it is a little bit less sweet, as you would expect, with 30% less sugar, but our nutritionists and tasters in bournville have cracked the code of getting it very similar with 30% less sugar, i hope you agree. this is a tightly kept secret, how you have done this, so we have had a mind with the demonstration chocolate bars in the

bbc all day, who was not letting them out of his sight in case somebody tries to copy the formula. roughly speaking, what is the science bit? as you say, willy wonka wouldn't tell us how he made an everlasting gobstopper, it is a trade secret, but what we have been able to do is reduce the sugar and replace it with a five, a plant bast fibre which enables you to keep the great taste and the structure of the barand great taste and the structure of the bar and texture of it, so you can enjoy howard feels in your mouth as well as how it tastes. really clever solution from our scientist in bournville. and are you going to be phasing out the original dairy milk if you can? what has your research told you about it at this early stage? well, consumers have absolutely loved it, we have only made about 500 bars of it, hand made them, and you have a couple of them there to taste, and all of our research, both on the concept and the product itself, has been fantastic. that is why we will be

launching it in 2019. we are super excited, many people love the original dairy milk, millions of people around the uk, so we want to make sure we constantly offer both, not replace it, and i can't see that changing in the medium or long term, honestly. on the ingredients on this dummy packet, it does list the ingredients, two are slightly mysterious, mustard and tree nuts. it says may contain this, does it? if that part of the formal? it doesn't, they come from a manufacturing site that makes many different bars of chocolate, so on test products we do flag all of the things that are made in the plant but are not in the product. it is really cocoa, sugar, milk, like classic dairy milk, but no artificial sweeteners, no artificial

preservatives, no artificial colours in any of our cadbury dairy milk, so we're in any of our cadbury dairy milk, so we' re really in any of our cadbury dairy milk, so we're really proud of that as well. that is coming over loud and clear, thank you very much, the president for mondelez northern europe. now, martine, what do you think?” for mondelez northern europe. now, martine, what do you think? i eat a lot of chocolate, i'm afraid! it is interesting, because it is very slightly more pale, the new one, with 30% less sugar. it is slightly chewier, did you think that? but it is very pleasant. i did cleanse my palate between the two types, just to make sure. but i do think i need to make sure. but i do think i need to keep them, just to check later!” might have to have a word with the mind, he might want to know that you are not going to sell it! thank you very much for coming, you can come again! we're not doing markets. a four—week—old baby who was driven away during a carjacking in birmingham

has been reunited with her mother after being left at a health centre by the thieves. the ba by‘s mother, clare o'neill, was forced out of the vehicle in birmingham by two men yesterday afternoon. when she tried to retrieve her daughter eliza from the car, the thieves drove away, leaving her with injuries. we have had a statement from the mother, she is saying that she is tha nkfully mother, she is saying that she is thankfully safe and well, eliza, the people responsible clearly knew she was in the car when she was taken, putting the life of our baby at risk asa putting the life of our baby at risk as a result of personal greed. i am extremely shaken and we as a family are trying to come to terms with it. i have been discharged from hospital but have sustained facial injuries, as you can see from the photograph, including bruising, a broken tooth, and severe pain in her arm. they wa nt and severe pain in her arm. they want people to come forward with any information about who was responsible. the prince of wales is giving an insight into his home life this summer in an exhibition to mark his 70th birthday. more than a hundred items,

including personal photographs, private paintings and soft furnishings, have been selected by prince charles to go on display at buckingham palace from tomorrow as part of its summer opening to the public. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. many of us will see rain at some point today, begging the question, when did it last rain where you live? it has been a very dry spell of weather recently. the rain has arrived across the east, from an area of low pressure that snuck a little bit further north than had been expected, but nevertheless the rain here will be very welcome. across western areas, this wiggling weather front on the radar picture, pulses of energy along the front, very difficult to forecast the exact details of where the rain will end up. but it looks like it will be wet across wales, rain across the north and west midlands. further north, the weather picture more straightforward, into the afternoon, most rain clearing away, but a legacy of rain for scotland and northern ireland. further south, rain pushing in across the west midlands, but further east continuing

across kent and essex for much of the afternoon, but we may see some showers forming, most likely from a line through the east midlands, lincolnshire, hampshire. if we get thunderstorms in these areas, they could be torrential, bringing the risk of localised flooding. through the rest of the evening and overnight, further widespread showers across england and wales, staying pretty warm, temperatures only slowly easing back to about 17 and london. for the weekend, again on saturday we are likely to see showers develop across the country, most likely across north—western areas, so not going to be dry all the time everywhere, there will be a few showers further south as well, southern and eastern parts of england. in between, more in a way of brightness for scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells developing, that will make it feel warmer. a weather front moves

into the north—west of the uk, and that brings the prospect of some rain for western scotland and parts of northern ireland, all the while the temperatures rising across england and wales, given we will have more in a way of sunshine. the temperatures will continue to rise into the early part of the new week, temperatures in london expected to reach the low 30s, and in the very hottest areas next week, highs reaching around 33 celsius, not just hot, turning increasingly humid as well. that's your weather. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at a. eu negotiator michel barnier says he wants the uk to work on solving the problem of the irish border as soon as possible to avoid a no—deal brexit. iam i am working for a deal, not for no deal. you do not need a negotiator for no deal, you need a negotiator to reach a deal.

his warning came after theresa may told the eu to evolve its position on brexit and find a workable solution for the irish border. early in the process both sides agreed a clear desire to find a solution to the unique circumstances in northern ireland. we have now developed proposals and put an approach of the table which does precisely that. it is now for the eu to respond. raised eyebrows as donald trump invites vladimir putin to the white house. the white house has announced on twitter at vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. say that again? officials in the us state of missouri say 13 people were killed when a tourist "duck boat" sank in stormy weather. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with chris mitchell — golf in the rain? it has been a fascinating second day. kevin kisner and zachjohnson

sharing the lead, rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood heading the local interest with tiger woods hanging on. and we will get all the weather with chris. we will look at the progress of that welcome rain today from many and talk about how thunderstorms form. hopefully i will get some of that chocolate stash. you will be lucky! also coming up — now that's what i call an anniversary! we look back as the pop music compilation celebrates its 100th edition. this is afternoon live. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier has warned that theresa may's plan for a future trade relationship with the eu

could weaken the single market. mr barnier said the brexit white paper opened ‘the way to a constructive discussion', but many questions still remain. earlier, theresa may said the european union must "evolve" its position on brexit — rather than falling back on what she called the "unworkable" proposals of the past. making a speech in belfast, the prime minister said the government's white paper offered a "principled and practical" brexit, which would comprehensively address the uk's commitments to northern ireland. our political correspondent chris mason reports. selling her brexit vision over breakfast. the prime minister meeting young people at the crescent art centre in belfast this morning. from there to her next stop at the waterfront hall in the city and a message for the eu. i have compromised, now it is your turn. the white paper represents a significant development of our position, it is a coherent package. early in the process both sides

agreed a clear desire to find solutions to the unique circumstances in northern ireland through a close future relationship. we've now developed our proposals and put an approach on the table which does precisely that. it is now for the eu to respond. not simply to fall back on previous positions which have already been proven unworkable. strong words then from theresa may but what about reflections from others in northern ireland? there's no good news in brexit and i'm quite sure she will hear this from businesses, the catastrophic implications of brexit in terms of trade and employment, she will hear all of that today. i thought it was a wide—ranging speech, the commitment to the union is welcomed and should be reiterated on a number of occasions. and also there will be no hard border, that was her strong message today.

visiting northern ireland matters because of that crucial sticking point of the border with the republic, how to keep it open in the long term after brexit. the uk and eu need to agree if they are to sign a withdrawal agreement in the coming months. gathering in brussels today europe ministers meeting to talk about brexit and they know how turbulent things had been at westminster. we are extremely aware of the current situation, no one wants to punish the british government, not at all, but in the end, we are negotiating on the basis of the guidelines. now we know there have been amendments to different revisions in the uk which makes it even harder for us to discuss with the british partner but we really want to have an ambitious

partnership with britain provided our principles are respected. enter stage left, the eu chief exit negotiator mr barnier who welcomed the white paper even if his own ended up all over the floor. he questioned whether the british idea for a common rule book for goods and agri— foods was practical. the uk wants to diverge on the rules for services, as you know in any product that we have, take this telephone, between 20 and a0% of the value of this is linked to services. so how will we avoid unfair competition via the services because the uk would be free to diverge on services. keeping the irish border open in the long—term remains the biggest challenge to sorting a deal

but mr barnier tried to be reassuring to the uk. we're not asking for a border between us and ireland and the rest of the uk but we need these checks on goods because the eu wants to leave the single market and customs union. and he pointed out there arejust 13 weeks left before the eu summit in october when the withdrawal agreement is due to be finalised. let's speak to our correspondent in belfast, chris page. soa so a shared end goal of no hard border but how to get there? that is the easy bit, all sides agree that there can be no new controls on that land border but the difference is how to achieve that where the uk is

outside of the customs union and single market and the republic of ireland is inside. it has come down to the issue of the backstop, this default insurance policy which would apply if that particular issue of the border cannot be resolved through some overarching free trade agreement but would still ensure there is no need for any controls on there is no need for any controls on the border with the eu say that should mean northern ireland in effect stays in the customs union and single market but theresa may today again reiterated that would be totally u na cce pta ble to today again reiterated that would be totally unacceptable to her. so squaring the circle remains a big challenge for everyone involved in these negotiations. thank you very much. german police have arrested an attacker who wounded 1a people in a knife attack in the northern city of luebeck. two people are believed to be seriously injured. witnesses say the man forced his way on to a bus and stabbed people with a kitchen knife.

a four week—old baby who was driven away during a carjacking in birmingham has been reunited with her mother, after being left at a health centre by the thieves. the ba by‘s mother, clare o'neill was forced out of the vehicle, by two men yesterday afternoon. when she tried to retrieve her daughter eliza from the car the thieves drove away, leaving her with injuries. miss o'neill says her injuries have left are struggling to hold her baby girl. donald trump has invited vladimir putin to visit the us this autumn — in a move which has taken many in washington by surprise. it follows the meeting between the two men in helsinki earlier in the week for which the us president has been heavily criticised. in a us television interview, president trump has rejected suggestions that he'd failed to stand up to russia. our correspondent chris buckler sent this report from washington. america's intelligence agencies have never wavered in their belief that the kremlin interfered in the 2016 presidential election and that, through cyber attacks and campaigns of disinformation,

russia remains a threat to democracy in the us. but donald trump's own view has been a little harder to pin down. he said he misspoke when he appeared to back vladimir putin's denials over the word of his own intelligence chiefs. but it is clear that he still wants a relationship with russia. getting along with president putin, getting along with russia, is a positive, not a negative. that being said, if that doesn't work out, i will be the worst enemy he's ever had. but his recent actions have unnerved donald trump's political friends and foes in washington. the resolution is agreed to. the senate unanimously passed a motion opposing president putin's proposal for russia to question us officials, after mr trump seemed to briefly consider it. yet, despite all the fallout from that controversial summit in helsinki, the white house press secretary revealed on twitter that president trump has already asked his national security adviser

to invite president putin to washington, and those discussions are ongoing. however, that came as something of a surprise to america's own director of national intelligence. we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. say that again? laughter. you... vladimir putin... did i hearyou...? yeah, yeah. 0k... that's gonna be special. laughter. questions remain about what donald trump and vladimir putin talked about in helsinki, particularly during their closed—door private meeting. and democrats say until they get clarity on that, there should be no further one—on—one sessions between the presidents, in washington or anywhere else. officials in the us state

of missouri say 13 people were killed when a tourist "duck boat" sank in stormy weather. at least five people are still missing. police held a news conference warning that some details of the incident might take time to come to light. it will take time is to know the details, the sheriff on the highway patrol, many people are involved trying to answer all these questions and it will take some time to answer those questions. we do not

know what the status of the events are yet, better still under investigation and until that is completed it is not my place to speculate on the things that could have happened or why. it is important that we find out for sure exactly what events occurred and then be able to release that at some point and that will happen eventually. but today it is still early and the sheriff and his people and all the people behind me has been working on this for a long time for top it isjust a matter of bringing all the details together and that will happen at some point. is the lake open to the public right now? it is. it's seems that all happened and is intentionally and there was a lot of heroism with people stepping in to save those people. i understand the county deputy was on of duty security and was involved in the rescue. we had

employees who jumped in to help with the rescue and even passengers assisting in rescuing people. two fifteen year old boys who plotted to murder pupils and teachers at a school in north yorkshire, have been sentenced to twenty two years collectively. the teenagers planned to re—enact the columbine school massacre in the usa, in which thirteen people died almost twenty years ago. reporting restrictions on those 15 roles have been lifted and they are named now as alex roland and thomas wiley full stop let's full stop get more from our news correspondent fiona trott. the naming of the boys reflects on the naming of the boys reflects on the seriousness of the crime, we're hearing the hero worshipped those individuals responsible for the columbine attack in 1999. this went

beyond fantasy, let me remind you of what we heard in the trial, were aged 1a at the time of the conspiracy and they downloaded a bomb—making manual from the internet. the eldest, described in court as being devious and committed, he kept a diary like one of those individuals in the columbine massacre. and he apologised in advance for committing one of the worst atrocities in british history. that is what his diary said. the youngest, also told a teacher he would be performing a service to society by carrying out a mass killing. that is something that he admitted to one of the teachers at that school who later discovered that he was on this so—called hit list that the 15—year—old boys had. the youngest of those 15—year—old boys said the potential targets were infecting the gene pool. this is what these teenagers were thinking and today in court they sat motionless as thejudge

and today in court they sat motionless as the judge handed down a sentence at leeds crown court and said it was a firm plan intended to cause terror on the scale seen in america. thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. eu negotiator michel barnier says he wants the uk to work on solving the problem of the irish border as soon as possible to avoid a no—deal brexit. his warning came after theresa may told the eu to evolve its position on brexit and find a workable solution for the irish border. officials in the us state of missouri say 13 people were killed when a tourist "duck boat" sank in stormy weather. kevin kisner is still the leader at the golf seven under par with champion zach johnson just one the golf seven under par with champion zachjohnson just one shot behind. and tommy fleetwood as the round of the tournament so far, he

is two shots from the lead with rory mcilroy also in contention. and max prestatyn of red bull is the surprise pacesetter at the german grand prixjust surprise pacesetter at the german grand prix just giving surprise pacesetter at the german grand prixjust giving lewis hamilton. more details in 15 minutes. theresa may has insisted that the chief whip, julian smith, made an "honest mistake" when he broke parliamentary convention earlier this week. mr smith has apologised for telling the conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, to take part in a key brexit vote, despite a "pairing" agreement with a liberal democrat mp on maternity leave, which means brandon lewis should not have voted. earlier today, the prime minister was asked to explain what had happened. trust is central to politics and you are asking the people of the uk to trust you in terms of what you've just said and trust is central to the brexit process. what we learned

this week is your chief whip allegedly asked mps to break their pairing arrangements effectively asking them to behave in an underhand way trying to steal votes effectively from the opposition. you have not sacked him, does that mean that you endorse this conduct and if you do endorse his conduct how can anyone take anything else you say at face value? there was an honest mistake made for which the chief whip and brandon lewis have both apologised to the member concerned jo swinson. if you look at what we are proposing in the white paper, what we are putting forward, it is a future relationship which delivers for people on the vote to leave the eu but does so in a way which protects jobs ideals and eu but does so in a way which protectsjobs ideals and keeps eu but does so in a way which protects jobs ideals and keeps faith with our commitment to the people of northern ireland that there will be no hard border. julian smith was confronted over his actions by a bbc reporter, but he didn't seem very keen to talk about what had happened. bbc news, can we have a chat to you,

do you think you should be resigning? do you think you have done anything wrong? really nice to see you. you do not want to say anything to your constituents?” have a constituency surgery today as you gather. you do not think you have done anything wrong to do with this pairing arrangement?” have done anything wrong to do with this pairing arrangement? i look forward to a busy day in surgery. tom watson this year, he called for his resignation. white can you not let it go, he has apologised? we think calling it an honest mistake isa think calling it an honest mistake is a montrose, we think the prime minister, her statement is a montrose, we think the prime minister, herstatement this is a montrose, we think the prime minister, her statement this morning was a blatant excuse for chicanery. we know that because downing street admitted yesterday that julian

we know that because downing street admitted yesterday thatjulian lewis had asked conservative colleagues to break their pairing arrangements, in effect he asked them to break their promise to tell a lie to opposition mps with whom they were paired. and we think that is unacceptable. unacceptable goes contrary to popular belief, parliament runs on trust and cooperation. and when that trust and cooperation. and when that trust is breached it is hard to see how we can have a meaningful relationship going forward. when you have a small majority backed up by the dup, it has to be said, is it not right that the chief whips do theirjob and get the vote out even if it means that these arrangements are casualty? it is only right if you think that lying to people is a way that we should run the democracy andi way that we should run the democracy and i do not think anyone thinks that and that is quite a number of conservative mps have spoken out about this. the newspapers yesterday

reported up to five conservative mps had been asked directly to breach their promise in terms of pairing and i'm pleased to say that they have the honour to ignore that request or instruction from the chief whip and honour their pledge. we had to live of footage of pairing whip for the conservatives, andrew stephenson, who is held in high regard by his opponents, and he appeared to be remonstrating with brandon lewis in the key votes that brandon lewis in the key votes that brandon lewis in the key votes that brandon lewis posted in when he was supposed to be aired. so we would like to know did the pairing whip say to brandon lewis that he was paired and what was going on there. so labour mps never break these pairings? if they do they do it by mistake, the issue about this scandal is that the chief whip was directing operations. you cannot do that in politics, if you make a

promise then you have to keep it because you have to work with the other political parties to keep our democracy and the decisions we make flowing. i have been attempted twice and in my first conversation as whip i was told, my word is my bond. if we agree on the number of votes we will take all the time we finished i will take all the time we finished i will always endeavour to honour my pledge. and those kind of agreements go on every day in parliament and at every level in committees and in the chamber on legislation and all kinds of arrangements that we made behind the scenes just to make the place run properly. but it is all done on trust and mutual cooperation and whatjulian smith has done is to throw that in the air. this is not the first time, he has form for bad behaviour and just a few weeks ago he made decades—old conventions, he broke those on how you deal with

sick mps and he made mps instead of being nodded through coming to the division lobby in a wheelchair and one of them even on morphine. so we think that he has been acting with dishonour and should resign. thank you very much. now, those of us of a certain age remember buying the original ‘now that's what i call music‘ album — today, the 100th edition is released. 35 years ago, the opening track on that first compilation was phil collins, with "you can't hurry love". since then, the albums have sold more than 120 million copies, and featured hits from bob marley to bob the builder. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson charts the history of the biggest—selling music compilation series in the world. now that's what i call music! 1983, and the compilation album changed for ever. no more dodgy cover versions of the latest hits. on now, it was the real thing. 11 number ones from duran duran... nows came out at a rate of three

a year, so 35 years later, here we are at now 100, and this is their london base. how many of you are there here? there's only eight of us. steve pritchard has been with now since now 20, and has a theory why it's survived. it's that strange mix of current music, because now was always about currency, and nostalgia, because mums and dads remember their first now and maybe want to buy it for the kids or for the family in the car. now aa, with number ones from steps... # tragedy! now aa was the biggest selling now album ever. released in november 1999, people bought it for their millennium parties. robbie williams has made the most now appearances with 31, and now a8 even became a crucial plot point in peter kay's car share. # you can't hurry love... most music fans seem to remember their first now album. this was mine, the originalfrom1983. so i thought i would go out and about and hear people's memories.

oh, this was literally the first one we got, on cassette. # karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon... karma chameleon, can't argue with that. too shy, kajagoogoo. slightly dodge. # too shy, shy, hush hush, eye to eye... every christmas, i get one. every birthday. who would give you it? grandma, or my dad. had grandma ever heard of anyone on it? definitely not. but my grandad liked the sugababes. # cos i know how i feel about you now... it would always be the best side of it as well. usually, the first disc was the best disc. # ooh, ijust wanted to get your name... liam payne appears on now 100 and thinks the series was ahead of its time. that was almost the world's first playlist a little bit, which is now the theme of the industry for all the different platforms that you listen to music on. it's all about playlists, so they kind of kicked that off. and now believe they will survive because, with so much choice out

there, many consumers actually like the simplicity of it all being done for them. # one kiss is all it takes... the next goal — to make it to now 200 in the year 2053. now, that's what i call a long way in the future. colin paterson, bbc news. we can now speak to peter duckworth, co—director of now music. hejoins me in studio. thank you for coming in. ijust wonder how difficult it was in the early days when you had this idea of a compilation because all of these bands were signed to different labels. was it difficult to bring them together? in the very first now in 1983 richard branson and virgin had so many other time. they used to be licensed to other labels and put on albums which never really maintain the quality. he said we

should do this ourselves. virgin did not have enough to fill a double album so he asked emi tojoin and they agreed. so together they almost have the entire album. virgin and emi. and from there after that because it was so successful and sold over a million copies, for more successful tha n sold over a million copies, for more successful than anyone would have thought, then they had to get tracks from other companies. and to do that they would say we sold a million copies and everyone wanted to be on it. how do you decide what to put in and what to leave out because you have the choice of hundreds or thousands indeed of songs across the year? in the old days it was straightforward because of charge positions in sales but these days you have got streaming data, you have data from youtube, from radio so many statistics. so we have to put it into a big cauldron and see

what comes out is the most popular. eventually you find, it is a bit of zeitgeist as to what is going on in the market, it is tricky but we usually find the most popular and a lwa ys usually find the most popular and always try to put the most popular songs at the top of the album. that is the aspirational point to be the first track. how do you keep it releva nt first track. how do you keep it relevant in the future because as you say we are now sports for choice these days? when you sign up to a streaming service people are faced with a0 million songs and they wonder where to start and if you're not someone who knows everything about music you need these signposts. people now trust now and they can look at the playlist and thatis they can look at the playlist and that is where a lot of people go. they can look at the playlist and that is where a lot of people gom terms of the format, we had people with that first lp, on final four.

you have had cassettes as well, the cd format is surely under threat?m is declining slowly, there's also the minidisc in the year 2000, that did not last long but it was another format. and then the service now, people are consuming music by streaming. the cd is still around, a lot of people do not want that technology and they want to own something, it is something about owning a cd or lp which people enjoy. the concept of it being bearers. streaming i think will grow and eventually maybe we will all be streaming but at the moment they're still a fondness for the cd. and the cassette. we a re still a fondness for the cd. and the cassette. we are just rereleasing them on cassette for old times sake as well. thank you very much. some breaking news regarding the sentencing of a bomb maker who was

affiliated to al-qaeda and the taliban, he was arrested in westminster moments before launching a knife attack on police and politicians. khalid ali is 28 and from edmonton in north london and he was arrested in april last year by armed police and found to be carrying three knives. he told detectives he had spent years in afghanistan where he had constructed and donated hundreds of bombs. he has been jailed for life with a minimum term of a0 years. and we arejust and we are just hearing that israeli aircraft and tanks have hit targets throughout the gaza strip today after shots were fired at israeli troops along the border of the this is the army being quoted here and the gaza health ministry reporting

to palestinians have been killed in the incident. the army statement says shots were fired at troops in response, quote, israeli aircraft and tanks targeted military targets throughout the gaza strip for the these are the pictures coming into is now, border and you can see the amount of smoke that is still billowing up into the sky after those aircraft and tanks strikes throughout the gaza strip. to palestinians dead according to the health ministry. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather forecast with chris, we have been talking about the weather, reining in places like carnoustie, the golfers getting a soaking, are we likely to get some storms? a really complicated weather today, rain in the west and in the south,

in between storms developing, i thought we would talk about how thunderstorms get going, and it all comes from the ground, where the sun heats the ground, the ground heats the air close by, and like a hot—air balloon, you get bubbles of air rising upwards through the atmosphere, because it becomes less buoyant. once you have got these plumes ofair buoyant. once you have got these plumes of air going up through the atmosphere, within that, the air cools and condensers, we get water vapour becoming clouds, and we start to get the rain, hail bouncing up and down within the clouds can make static electricity, that the lightning, and we will be watching for heavy downpours later today. things arejust for heavy downpours later today. things are just starting to kick off at the moment. earlier in the day, we saw some rain in south—east england, it is still there across kent and sussex. on the satellite picture, these are the two systems, but a strip of clouds just starting to develop, doesn't look like much, but we will see the first showers forming here. over the next couple

of hours, becoming quite big thunderstorms. if they do form, because of the way the atmosphere is set up, the air will keep rising, up to 30 millimetres of rain in an hour, so still the risk of flooding where those storms do pop up. now, for northern ireland and scotland, a number of showers, rather cloudy picture to take us through the rest of this afternoon and into the evening, keeping rain across kent, sussex, into essex as well, but this little strip i am watching from hampshire across towards part of buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, northamptonshire, and further north and eastwards towards lincolnshire. that is where the thunderstorms are most likely to develop over the next few hours, and where they form we could see flooding problems. showers will continue overnight, another one night in london, temperatures only slowly easing back to about 17 degrees. not entirely dry on saturday, still a lot of cloud

around for scotland and northern ireland, showers across north—western areas from time to time, across england and wales showers bubbling up, some quite heavy. temperatures of 27 degrees, warm spells of sunshine, probably more of that to go around generally. for the second half of the weekend, a lot of dry weather, but this time thicker cloud working into west scotla nd thicker cloud working into west scotland and the far north—west of northern ireland, and here the prospect of seeing more rain, but otherwise, with more sunshine, temperatures rising, looking at 29 towards south—east england, and that warming trend will continue into the early pa rt warming trend will continue into the early part of next week as well. temperatures — 32 in london on monday, but the warmest areas could see temperatures hit 33 or so early in the week. notjust temperatures rising, it will also feel a little bit more humid. but in the short term, this is welcome rain for many of us, but one or two of us where we

get too much rain in a short space of time, leading to localised flooding. those thunderstorms, we are keeping a close eye on them. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. michel barnier has said he wants the uk to solve the problem of the irish border as soon as possible to avoid a no—deal brexit. let me just say that for ireland, northern ireland, i am working for a deal, not for no—deal. you don't need a negotiator for no—deal.

you need a negotiator to reach a deal. earlier, theresa may urged eu to evolve its position on brexit, saying she wouldn't allow a hard border in northern ireland. during the referendum, both campaigns agreed that the border between northern ireland and ireland must remain absolutely unchanged. indeed, you only have to speak to businesses near the border, as i did yesterday, to see that the notion of a hard border is almost inconceivable. donald trump's invitation for vladimir putin to visit him at the white house has caused surprise in washington. russia says it is willing to discuss the proposed new meeting. 17 people have died after an amphibious tourist boat sank in stormy weather in the us state of missouri. the vessel was carrying about 30 people when it capsized. sport now on afternoon live. hello, what an afternoon it has

been, what a morning, we have all been, what a morning, we have all been watching the golf at carnoustie, without taking our eyes of it. it was pouring down this morning, and tiger woods was out, grimacing through it all, just about hanging on, great rounds from tommy fleetwood under rory mcilroy. john watson is at the course for a second day, of course, the leader keeps changing, how is it looking right now? it has been a fascinating day, as you say, chris. it remains kevin kisner of the united states, an unlikely leader, still out in front, the overnight leader on five under par, he has picked up a couple of shots already day to lead seven under, but a great day for the brits, particularly tommy fleetwood, who produced an incredible second round today of 65, bogey free, six birdies, including one on the check the 18th here at carnoustie, a birdie on the last, superb from him. three on the front nine, three on

the back nine, and he does have form coming into this, he equalled the course record at the us open. also a good run from rory mcilroy, following his 69 yesterday with another 69 today, he is on four under par at the moment, three shots off the lead, four birdies, two bogeys for rory mcilroy. he had a share of the lead at one point, but a bogey on 15 saw him drop back, but an impressive round, and importantly for him, his putter working well. tiger woods, great to see him back at the open after a two—year absence, he produced a 71 yesterday, followed that with 71 today, so level par once again today, and up and down rowdy, fair to say, for tiger woods, four birdies, cancelled out with four bogeys. let's look at the leaderboard, kevin kisner still out in front on seven under par, but looking really tight in there as we head into the weekend to come, with

zachjohnson, who head into the weekend to come, with zach johnson, who has head into the weekend to come, with zachjohnson, who has produced a brilliant round, former open champion, one shot back on six under, then tommy fleetwood on five under, then tommy fleetwood on five under, alongside tony finau of the united states, putting a great run together to gay. —— great run together to gay. —— great run together today. justin rose, jordan spieth, it will be interesting with the projected cut, moving now to two over par, we could see big names missing out. we can hearfrom tommy fleetwood, he loves the course, he holds the record here, and he was impressed with his round today. very strong round of golf, i hit a lot of good golf shots, probably six under... when you are at there, hitting the shops, you think, yeah, that was really good, and it will be a tough score, if you went out, you wouldn't fancy beating six under, thatis wouldn't fancy beating six under, that is a good indication of how good it was. yeah, it really was

impressive from tommy fleetwood, he could be a good pick heading into the weekend, but with that projected cut moving around, perhaps two over par, there could be so big names going, including dustin johnson, current world number one, who is six over, patrick reed is three over, so big names heading out as we move into the weekend. ok, john, thank you very much indeed. let me update you very much indeed. let me update you on a formula one, max verstappen is the surprise pacesetter ahead of the two mercedes in second practice at the german grand prix. that is all we have got time for for now, see you later. now on afternoon live, let's see what is happening around the country in ourdaily what is happening around the country in our daily visits to the bbc newsrooms across the uk. justin lee is in plymouth, where a mother with

only months to live today is the guest of honour at a special concert featuring all four of their children, they are performing songs recorded by school friends to raise money for the hospice which has looked after their mother. and thousands of schoolchildren are seeing shakespeare brought to life on stage this summer, free of charge at the temporary theatre in york, geoff brown can tell us more about that in a moment, but first, what have these children been doing for their mum? as you mentioned, that asher is terminally ill, and children wanted to do something special for the hospice that has provided her with so much care, so her sonjosh actually provided her with so much care, so her son josh actually came provided her with so much care, so her sonjosh actually came up with the idea, decided to get the children at his cool to record songs. they have all been writing their own original songs and recording them in a studio for a cd to raise money for the hospice. she has also been guest at honour of a special concert which they have put on today. everyone at the school got

involved, teachers and children, and josh's sisters, and this is what they told us about their brother's idea. he can make everyone, like, everything, like, help, sol idea. he can make everyone, like, everything, like, help, so i think he did a really good job. and especially it came from his mind, like macro, no—one was told how to do that, he just walked in with a great idea, which is amazing. what was natasha's reaction? as you can imagine, she's extremely proud, she has about 12 months to live, doctors have told her, but she's incredibly upbeat, and this has been an amazing boost birth. she has been guest of honour today, but the cd has really meant a great deal to her. she says, has a family, although they are going through an incredibly tough and very difficult time, they have a lwa ys and very difficult time, they have always wanted to do things for other people, so they are hoping that something positive can come from their very difficult circumstances,

and they are hoping ultimately that the cd that is being recorded by her children and by her children's friends will raise a great deal of money for the hospice which has supported them as a family. so an amazing story. justin, thank you very much. geoff brown, introducing children to shakespeare, quite tricky, how are they doing it in york? it is the rose theatre, the first full—size pop—up replica of a shakespearean theatre, a sort of younger brother to the globe theatre, but this is in a car park in york city centre. it can hold an audience of nearly 1000, three tiers of seating holding 600 around a courtyard that takes about 350, and you mentioned about youngsters, i don't know about you, but i did shakespeare at school, and it was only when i went along to see hamlet at the royal shakespeare company's production at newcastle's theatre

royal that you hear the words come off the page, here the actors, and the actions as well, you think of a yeah, that is what it is all about! so to that end, the production company behind the rose theatre has made 3000 tickets available free to local schoolchildren, giving them probably the first taste of shakespeare's work at first hand. it is absolutely fantastic, there's nothing more important than getting children to live theatre, especially shakespeare, to experience it first hand. how long is this theatre going to be there? the biggest pop theatre i have ever heard of. until the end of september, four productions, romeo and juliet, macbeth, midsummer nights dream, richard iii, so plenty of opportunities to get along and see shakespeare as it was performed, as it should be, out in the open. we hope the good weather continues as well. the archbishop of york, john

sentamu, went to see the final rehearsals of macbeth, and he blessed the theatre, lest the actors, and then, very nicely, he recited from memory two shakespeare's speeches, recited from memory two sha kespeare's speeches, and recited from memory two shakespeare's speeches, and i don't know about you, you might think it is much ado about nothing, but i think it is very impressive!” is much ado about nothing, but i think it is very impressive! i could doa think it is very impressive! i could do a bit of lady macbeth, but i don't want to embarrass everybody! good to have you both here on nationwide, thank you. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can find them on the bbc iplayer. a reminder that we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at a:30pm here on afternoon live. the new health and social care secretary says he is horrified at the level of bullying reported by nhs staff. mat hancock said it was heartbreaking to hear how many staff

feel undervalued. he made the comments at his first speech since being appointed and announced the latest tranche of funding to transform technology in the nhs, dominic hughes reports. it's a clean start for the new health and social care secretary. for matt hancock, this is set to become a familiar ritual, meeting staff and getting an insight into the front line of the nhs. it is all part of his newjob and today he set out what his priorities in the role will be. more than £a80 million will be spent on technology to improve patient care and reduce medication mistakes. there will be a renewed emphasis on preventing ill health in the first place and a strong statement of support for the workforce, with mr hancock expressing horror at the level of bullying reported by staff. it's heartbreaking to see how undervalued you often feel. the sense of duty and public service that motivates you to go into health care is one of the things that makes the nhs

the institution it is, and i am determined the commitment you show to your patients is matched by the commitment we show to you. matt hancock looks like he's trying to reset relations with the nhs workforce after some difficult periods under his predecessor, jeremy hunt. while his words have been welcomed, health unions will want to see action, too. it is good having a new secretary of state who is willing to engage with the workforce, as well as he can match his words with the appropriate funding to sort out things that are causing the low morale he talks about, the lack of beds in the nhs, the years of below inflation pay increases. all that kind of thing is contributing to the morale and it needs to be dealt with. his words are very welcome and i hope he follows up with funding to sort things out. so far, so good for mr hancock, but despite a change at the top, the nhs still faces some familiar and tricky problems. the new health secretary will know he has one of the toughest jobs in government. dominic hughes, bbc news. rebecca is here to tell me more

about the business news, no chocolate this hour, but first a look at the headlines. michel barnier says he wants the uk to work on solving the problem of the irish border as soon as possible to avoid a no—deal brexit. is warning came at the theresa may told the eu to evolve its position on brexit and find a workable solution for the irish border. us officials say at least 17 people including several children have died when a tourist boat capsized on a lake in missouri. here are the business headlines on afternoon live. more turbulence at ryanair, pilots are on strike for higher pay, so far 2a flights have been cancelled between the uk and ireland. in the past hour, ryanair has confirmed another 16 flights would be cancelled for next tuesday. the trade war between the united states and china escalates after donald trump tells cnbc he's ready to slap tariffs on all chinese

imports into the country. currently china exports around $500 billion, almost £a00 billion worth of products to the us every year. also today, uk government borrowing in the last three months falls to a 11—year low. and the national debt is 1% smaller than it was a year ago. so president trump ramping up the ta riffs so president trump ramping up the tariffs against chinese goods, that has put the cat amongst the pigeons. threatening to put tariffs on every single item that china imports into the us, which is with this figure, $500 billion, approximately £a00 billion. so already the tariffs that trump imposed recently involved things like flatscreen tvs, washing machines, so you you were going to buy that from china, if that is the brand or product you wanted, it would be more expensive now. if he imposes it, it would be every single

thing from china, which is absolutely staggering. so let's talk more about this now, there was a bounce downwards when this was announced, how worried other markets? well, the markets' worries are limited by a couple of things, first of all the tariffs haven't yet been imposed. until it is official, probably september, october at the earliest, these taxes, there is a problem with these taxes, there is a problem with these taxes, there is a problem with these taxes that trump is imposing, which is it is a bit like a drunk person trying to punch someone else but hitting themselves in the face. look at all the motives, the largest factory that bmw has, do you know where it is? not in germany, it is in spartanburg, which sounds german, but it is in south carolina. so there is a lack of effectiveness in these tariffs, one of the reasons

why the markets are less worried, they will wait until it happens. plus, we're talking about 10%, in terms of equities we think we can absorb that. interesting detail about the factory in south carolina with the german name! bearing in mind you don't think the threat can be taken seriously at this stage, does that mean that china won't do much apart from make some noise about it? well, they may well retaliate, but they can't retaliate to the same level the americans can, because they import a lot less than the americans do. what is particularly interesting about this is that it is not really a trade war in an economic sense. trade as a percentage of gdp has been flat to rising in america, so despite all of these minor tax rises on american consumers, some of which will be absorbed by the companies themselves, they may move production offshore, it is not having the negative impact that the term trade war would imply. it all sounds very

destructive, though, doesn't it? another thing that president trump turned his attention to today was his own central bank. this really isn't done, the us central bank, like our own, is independent, but politicians say nothing other than things in support of it. what was made of that? the reason he wanted to do that, and of course it did impact the us dollar immediately, it got weaker because the fear or the concern was that maybe interest rates would not rise quickly, but the reason he does not want them to raise interest rates is because he is raising taxes through tariffs, and he doesn't want to be having taxes raised and interest rates raised at the same time, because that fiscal and money tightening would be bad for the economy. he wa nts would be bad for the economy. he wants the federal reserve to keep things slack wily raises taxes and nobody notices it is harming the us consumer. and the markets?

yes, we have the graphics this time, the 100 share index, very little reaction by the end of the day, quite bumpy through the day, but as you can see, barely changed, the dow jones, not much of an effect either by trump comments, up a3 points. the pound against the dollar, flat, the pound against the dollar, flat, the pound against the euro, flat, so despite the interruptions and disruptions that they could have been, limited impact on the numbers by the end of the day. friday, maybe they are thinking about the weekend! rebecca, thank you. now, the youngest spitfire pilots to fly in the battle of britain has died at the age of 96. he wasjust 18 when britain has died at the age of 96. he was just 18 when he joined the raf in august 19 39. he went in to win the distinguished flying cross, and in 2002 he published a bestselling memoir. newsreel: the british met

the challenge by throwing in everything they had. geoffrey wellum was still a teenager when he took to the skies in the summer of 19a0. an historic three—dimensional battle took place. the battle of britain's youngest spitfire pilot once joked his life had already peaked. it could so easily have been cut short. the whole secret of survival was never to stay still, straight and level, for more than 20 seconds. part of the prestigious 92 squadron, geoffrey wellum battled in terrifying dogfights in the skies above southern britain against wave after wave of german attacks. i can see it now, 150 plus, with the 109s escorting them above, like a lot of gnats on a summer evening. winston churchill famously called the british fighter pilots

"the few". never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. how old are you exactly? almost 19. i said exactly. 18 years, nine months. jesus... in 2010, the bbc made a film about his life based on his book, first light. how do you start it again? the real geoffrey wellum was a modest man who said he was just doing his duty. we were, after all, fully armed fighter pilots doing a job, which was... defending our country against the king's enemies. and with geoffrey wellum's passing, of the few only a handful remain. we don't want medals. we don't want even to be thanked but it's nice to be remembered because if we are remembered, it covers the whole lot of us, those that survived and those that paid the extreme sacrifice. jon donnison reporting. that is it

from afternoon live today, next the bbc news advice with jane hill. time for a look at the weather with chris. many of us will see rain at some point today, begging the question, when did it last rain where you live? it has been a very dry spell of weather recently. the rain has arrived across the east, from an area of low pressure that snuck a little bit further north than had been expected, but nevertheless the rain here will be very welcome. across western areas, this wiggling weather front on the radar picture, pulses of energy along the front, very difficult to forecast the exact details of where the rain will end up. but it looks like it will be wet across wales, rain across the north and west midlands. further north, the weather picture more straightforward, into the afternoon, most rain clearing away, but a legacy of rain for scotland and northern ireland. further south, rain pushing in across the west midlands,

but further east continuing across kent and essex for much of the afternoon, but we may see some showers forming, most likely from a line through the east midlands, lincolnshire, hampshire. if we get thunderstorms in these areas, they could be torrential, bringing the risk of localised flooding. through the rest of the evening and overnight, further widespread showers across england and wales, staying pretty warm, temperatures only slowly easing back to about 17 and london. for the weekend, again on saturday we are likely to see showers develop across the country, most likely across north—western areas, so not going to be dry all the time everywhere, there will be a few showers further south as well, southern and eastern parts of england. in between, more in the way of brightness for scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells developing, that will make it feel warmer. a weather front moves into the north—west of the uk, and that brings the prospect

of some rain for western scotland and parts of northern ireland, all the while the temperatures rising across england and wales, given we will have more in a way of sunshine. the temperatures will continue to rise into the early part of the new week, temperatures in london expected to reach the low 30s, and in the very hottest areas next week, highs reaching around 33 celsius, not just hot, turning increasingly humid as well. that's your weather. today at five: the uk and eu have agreed there should be no hard border in ireland, but are at odds over how to achieve it. theresa may urges the eu to address the issue without falling back on what she called previous, unworkable positions. early in the process both sides agreed a clear desire to find a solution to the unique circumstances in northern ireland. we have now developed proposals and put an approach of the table which does precisely that.

it is now for the eu to respond. i am working for a deal, not for no deal. you do not need a negotiator for no deal, you need a negotiator to reach a deal. with mr barnier saying many questions remain unanswered about the prime minister's brexit vision we'll be live in belfast and brussels. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: