this is the briefing — i'm ben bland. our top story: at least 16 people, many of them schoolchildren, have been stabbed in an attack in japan. after the election shake—up, who will europe's new meps choose to lead the commission? a stark warning from a himalayan climber as more deaths are confirmed at the world's tallest mountain. i should say it has become a death race there, because there was massive traffic jam, and people are pushing themselves who are not even capable of doing it.

a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. at least two people have been killed in a mass stabbing in japan. one is reported to be a child. the attack took place on a street in the city of kawasaki, south of tokyo. reports say at least sixteen people — many of them schoolchildren — were wounded. a man in his fifties is in custody; he's reported to be in a serious condition after stabbing himself in the neck. mark lobel has the latest.

the shocking attack took place during the morning rush hour in kawasaki, just south of tokyo, as school girls as young as six, reportedly from a private catholic college, lined up for the bus. on the street corner, and started stabbing people queueing and then, holding a knife in each hand according to one eyewitness, boarded the vehicle, lashing out at those inside as well. ambulances rushed to the scene as people lay bleeding. the injured were taken to hospital but for some, it was too late. the attacker, in his 50s, killed at least two people, including a man and a young girl and wounded at least 13 more. police found two knives near the site and save a suspected attacker is in custody, reportedly in a serious condition, having stabbed himself in the neck. the attack took bases japanese prime minister shinzo abe was hosting the

us president, donald trump, who would come to drum up trade. on behalf of the first lady and myself, i want to take a moment to send our present sympathy to the victims of the stabbing attack this morning in tokyo. all americans stand with the people of japan and grieve tokyo. all americans stand with the people ofjapan and grieve for tokyo. all americans stand with the people of japan and grieve for the victims and for their families. japan's normally safe society has been shaken by several mass knife attacks in the past but they remain rare. so far, there is no apparent motive for this one. mark lobel, bbc news. let's get the latest from tokyo and our correspondent hywel griffith. where are we up to with establishing motives in the investigation? the latest we understand is that the man who carried out the attack has himself died. he a critical condition but his self—inflicted

injuries were fatal so that would mean that the total number of people deceasedis mean that the total number of people deceased is three, two victims, a child and a man in his 30s and the attacker himself. in terms of motivation, nothing has come through and it's confirmed his died, it's unlikely police would be able to find out much more until they look into his background and what drove him to that. as far as we are aware, oui’ him to that. as far as we are aware, our police looking for anyone else in connection with this or not? it's still a moving crime scene, a dynamic time seen in kawasaki. we know there is still a large gordon and they are looking for forensic details, around the bus stop on the bus itself and they will be tracing back but no, at the moment, no suggestion there is anyone linked to this attack, no—one they are looking

for so concentrating obviously on those remaining injured children and adults and also trying to work out the background to this person, did they know anything about him, was there any indication beforehand? this type of incident is very rare injapan. this type of incident is very rare in japan. three years this type of incident is very rare injapan. three years ago, we saw the worst ever stabbing incident when 19 people were killed in a care home by a former care worker so there was a suggestion there was motivation similar but we have not been told anything or of any link between the accused and the victims. presumably, a lot of the focus must be on the children who were in the area, who saw what must be an incredibly disturbing scene as they we re incredibly disturbing scene as they were on their way to school. absolutely. and with heard, one of the parents has been reported on the national broadcaster, as saying they

saw the attacker going onto the bus so saw the attacker going onto the bus so it must have been, as you say, quite horrific to be an eyewitness to that kind of thing with children, dropping to the ground we are told with their injuries. we don't yet know the severity of those injuries, we only know the number of deceased clearly, the attention is turning out to the health of those young people and hope is of course there are no more severe injuries. leaders of the 28 eu member states are due to gather in brussels tonight for an informal dinner at which they'll begin to thrash out the distribution of top jobs in the european institutions which are due to change at the end of october. their decisions will be influenced by the results of the weekend's elections to the european parliament when the traditional parties of centre—right and centre—left were weakened. gareth barlow reports.

as the dust settles on one election, europe is preparing for another. over an informal dinner on tuesday night, the formal process of appointing the top jobs night, the formal process of appointing the topjobs in night, the formal process of appointing the top jobs in the european union. fresh in the minds of the leaders of the 28 member states will be the weekend's collections which left the european parliament additional parties of the centre—right and centre—left are and searching for answers. as voters across europe steadily reject the status quo, the question for politicians in brussels will be whether they to fancy radical change ora whether they to fancy radical change or a safe and secure leadership. speaking in berlin, the german chancellor angela merkel called for a decision to be made quickly. translation: i say we want to find a solution as soon as possible as the european parliament will meet at the beginning ofjuly and it would be good if we have a proposalfrom

beginning ofjuly and it would be good if we have a proposal from the european council so the positions can be filled quickly after that. jean—claude juncker and donald tusk have been at the forefront of the eu's efforts to deal with brexit. a sharp irony perhaps that the british prime minister theresa may, who is leaving office herself, will be part of the process to appoint their su ccesses . of the process to appoint their successes. the announcements are expected in june and successes. the announcements are expected injune and while the physical geography of the european union remains the same, for now, the political landscape will change once more. gareth barlow, bbc news. president trump is just leaving japan. we will show you the live pictures. air force one taking off a short time ago from the yokosuka airbase, president trump on his way

home. eileen burbidge is here, and eileen, perhaps i hope that one side can get something as well.|j eileen, perhaps i hope that one side can get something as well. i think it's interesting because we know the trump is always about what the perception is going to be and how he might be able to rattle other people's cages when he is doing his diplomatic visits. i think him visiting the —— japan at this time, being the first foreign lead to meet the new emperor, he is sending a message to china with whom he is having difficulties. he is saying, i can go out and secure bilateral trade agreements with other powerful nations. i doubt there will be traumatic change between the current us and japanese relationships. they've always been really strong, the two countries work well together. it doesn't mean there is

going to be a step change. i think a lot of it is simply saying, i'm here and i'm able to do a business with other countries in the region. it's interesting, the subject of north korea coming up, present trump saying he expected good things to come from his dealings with north korea. japan perhaps a little bit more wary. that was probably classic trump, being slightly insensitive, he may or may not be quite as sensitive about the history between the two countries. but again, he's trying to say we might be able to bring countries together. trying to say we might be able to bring countries togetherlj trying to say we might be able to bring countries together. i suppose this is an attempt by the us to reassert its influence in the region in terms of trade, given thatjust a few years ago, the decision was made to pull out of the big trans—pacific partnership, the multi— nation trade

arrangement. and we know the president trump favours the one—to—one deals with individual nations. he definitely favours the bilateral agreements and he's done that in north america. he is not been a fan of any of these multi—party agreements whether they are relating to climate change or trade so this is him saying the us can work on its own and work independently with countries on a unilateral basis. i should just point out to our viewers that air force one, not actually at taken off. now we are. air force one on the runway at the yokosukia —— yokosuka naval base. it's hard to make out in the distance but that might be air force two. activity at the airport injapan, regardless.

president trump about to wrap up that 4- president trump about to wrap up that 4— day visit during which trade has featured but also international political matters have come up during his conversations with the japanese prime minister. to europe now. the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, has been forced from office, after he and his centre—right government lost a vote of no—confidence. mr kurz recently ended his coalition with the far—right freedom party, when its leader was caught in a covert video sting that suggested he was open to corruption. bethany bell reports from vienna. the young rising star of europe's conservatives, sebastian kurz, has suffered a major setback. his centre—right government has become the first in austria since 1955 to lose a vote of no—confidence. the government was sworn in just last week, in the wake of a scandal which engulfed his former coalition

partner, the far—right freedom party. technocrats replace the departing freedom party ministers. but sebastian kurz and his government lost a vote of no—confidence, supported by the opposition social democrats and the freedom party. they said mr kurz should bear some of the blame for the collapse of the coalition. mr kurz, who has been credited with turning around the fortunes of his conservatives, and who led the party to a clear win in the eu elections, and said he'd be back. translation: today, parliament decided. but at the end of the day, in september, in this democracy, the people will decide, and i'm looking forward to that. austria's president, alexander van der bellen, now has to nominate a caretaker government to hold the fort ahead of fresh elections, which are expected in september. in the meantime, he has named the former finance minister hartwig loger, of the conservatives, as an interim chancellor for the next few days. bethany bell, bbc news, vienna.

in hungary, nationalist prime minister viktor orban's fidesz party won another landslide victory in sunday's european elections, taking 13 of hungary's 21 seats. but his ambitions at a european level, of cementing an alliance between christian democrats and the far—right, have been dealt a serious blow, as nick thorpe reports from budapest. ladies and gentlemen, viktor orban told his supporters after this latest election for free, we join the european union so we can decide about our own fate. it's an interesting take on eu membership. other countriesjoin, one interesting take on eu membership. other countries join, one might interesting take on eu membership. other countriesjoin, one might say, in order to trade a certain amount of national sovereignty for the chance to build a common europe but it's important to remember that hungary emerged from a servile relationship with moscow and likes a

chance to flex its sovereign muscles yet despite this remarkable 52% election victory, viktor orban seems a little disappointed the nationalist surge which he predicted a —— across europe failed to materialise. if you take a look at the european landscape, this is not really what he expected. the european people support we can but not just the european people support we can but notjust the new eurosceptic parties who strengthen, but the liberals and the greens as well. viktor orban's dream was to coax europe's christian democrats to the right into an alliance with the new nationalist of matteo salvini and others but instead we see europe's conservatives looking for new allies among the liberals and the greens, viktor orban's nightmare. but the hungarian prime minister is an experienced politician and in this

more fragmented political landscape, those skills will be very useful. but will a man who has reinvented himself once as a champion of the right and himself once as a champion of the rightand far himself once as a champion of the right and far right be able to walk calmly back into the political centre? nick thorpe, bbc news, or depressed. —— budapest. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: after three seasons away — aston villa return to the promised land of the premier league — details in the sports briefing. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles,

scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri haliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she has left the spice girls. i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri. why? you're watching the briefing. our headlines: mountaineers in nepal have described the year's deadly climbing season on mount everest, the world's highest mountain, as a "death race." eleven mountaineers have died in a matter of days: nine on the nepalese side

of the mountain, two in neighbouring tibet. on monday, an american climber died as he descended from the summit. gail maclellan has more details everest, where mankind battles mother nature to reach the top of the world. it's a deadly endeavour. the mountain stands over 8800 metres tall, a lack of oxygen means humans slowly die on the pea k‘s upper slopes. the number of deaths this year already higher than the whole of 2018. it's been a carnage and i should say, it has become a death race there because there was a massive trafficjam and people are pushing themselves who are not even capable of doing it, they do it, they try the summit and instead of summiting, they kill themselves. mountaineers say overcrowding

is partly to blame as record numbers of climbers try to conquer one of the world's toughest tests. conditions have been also worse than normal with high winds blasting the mountain, leaving a narrow window to reach the summit. it really comes down to, this year, a deadly confluence of three factors. you had a limited number of suitable weather days. the second is that you had a record number of permits issued by nepal, along with a requirement each person has to hire a guide. and the third is due to the market forces, there are now companies offering everest at the lowest priced ever which is bringing in a bunch of people that really don't have the experience and also you have some guides that simply aren't qualified. despite the danger, despite having to climb past the bodies of dead mountaineers and despite the monumental effort required to reach the top, the pull of everest means people will continue to push for the summit and continue to die doing so. the highest mountain,

the highest risk. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your tuesday sport briefing where we start with the news that aston villa are back in the premier league. they beat derby county 2—1 in the championship play—off final at wembley. john mcginn scored their second with half an hour remaining, but it was a tense finish after derby pulled one back. and the final whistle signalled promotion and celebrations for lifelong villa supporter prince william and former striker john carew in an ending that saw them finish the season with a club—record10—match winning run to make the playoffs. while in germany, union berlin have been promoted to the bundesliga for the first time since its inception in 1963, after they defeated stuttgart on the away goals rule to win the relegation—promotion play off match. the second leg finished goalless in berlin after the opening game last thursday in stuttgart was 2—2.

defending champion and second seed rafael nadal is through to the second round of the french open. the spanish second seed who's chasing a record—extending 12th title at roland garros beat german qualifier yannick hanfmann 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. of course, it is the beginning and the first round is more about talking about what i have to do better or what i did very well together. it is just about the general feeling and generalfeelings have been positive this afternoon. and just happy to be through to the second round. former world number one caroline wozniacki suffered a surprise first—round defeat though, losing in three sets to russian world number 68 russian veronika kudermetova. defending champion simona halep begins the defence of her title later against the australian ajla tomljanovic.

halep won the pair's only previous encounter, coming from a set down in cincinnati last year. after losing three finals she finally won her first grand slam title at roland garros last year. the cricket world cup starts on thursday as hosts england kick off the tournament against south africa at the oval in london. while india take on bangladesh in their final warm—up match later in cardiff. two—time—champions india haven't had the best preparation after a six—wicket defeat to new zealand on saturday while the team that beat them, new zealand, will play west indies in bristol. the giro d'italia resumes in a few hours following monday's rest day. richard carapaz leads primoz roglic in the overall standings. sunday's stage 15 was a day to forget for roglic. he lost a0 seconds having had to change to a team—mate's bike before crashing on the final descent. italy's dario cataldo went on to claim his first stage win, but it's carapaz who holds the pink leadersjersey heading into tuesday's mountainous 16th stage over 194km

before we go, just time to give you a behind the scenes peek at anthonyjoshua's preparations for his latest world title defence. he fights andy ruinunior at madison square garden in new york on saturday night, but he's made miami his home in the run up. he also met up with rory mcilroy who calls florida home. looks like he's got himself a nice pad to relax in. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.but from me tt and the rest of the team that is your tuesday sport briefing what's believed to be the clearest remaining footage of queen victoria has been discovered in a film archive in new york. the images were taken during the queen's visit to dublin, nine months before her death in 1901. our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, has been looking at the footage. queen victoria in a sharper focus than ever seen before. this was her last trip to ireland

in 1900 and is believed to be the last time she was filmed before her death less than a year later. it's the best view you will ever get of queen victoria in moving pictures. the footage had been stored for decades in new york's museum of modern art. but it was only when bryony dixon — a curator with the british film institute — was shown it, that its historical significance was truly realised. i nearly fell off my chair because i'd never seen queen victoria in close—up before. it's completely unique because you can see the queen's face for the first time, probably since 1900, since this was shown. it's close up, you can see expressions, you can see her in movement rather than just as a stiff portrait or a still photograph. queen victoria embraced the new medium of film. she and tsar nicholas ii were filled at balmoral in 1896 and the following year, a0 cameras were used to capture the queen's diamond jubilee. very much film was an extension of a whole series of image making about queen victoria.

it makes her seem real. it makes her seem real and she is real. but what sets this film apart is the level of detail and that's largely down to the film's size. 68 millimetres on the left and on the right, the footage was filmed in 35 millimetres, a cheaperformat which became the industry standard despite the loss of detail. the result, very few films of such high quality were made and no others capture so clearly this living, breathing, moving monarch. sarah campbell, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. some fascinating glimpses into history. you can find out more about all the stories we have covered. that is on the website. you can also download the bbc news

app. good morning. our bank holiday weekend brought mixed fortunes for some. on monday, it was still pleasantly warm with 20 degrees are high in greater london and dryfor degrees are high in greater london and dry for some. a rash of showers we re and dry for some. a rash of showers were around and it was cold further north. despite this beautiful weather watcher picture, only 11 degrees was the high in aberdeenshire. some of the showers we re aberdeenshire. some of the showers were a nuisance for many. the cold air that has been sitting across scotla nd air that has been sitting across scotland will steadily think its way

south over the next few days and push the warmer, milder air back to the near continent. those with children off for the half term break, it will be a chilly affair over the next few days at least. there will still be showers around. chiefly through the east coast on tuesday. sheltered western areas seeing the drier, brighter weather. temperatures are disappointing. 10— 19 degrees at the very best if you get a little bit of brightness. a chilly day on tuesday and that will lead to lighter winds and a chilly night, particularly across eastern areas. before a series of weather fronts pushes in from the atlantic and they threaten more rain eventually. central and eastern areas with clear skies, lighter winds, temperatures falling down. further west, the cloud thickens, the rain gathers, and there is a level of uncertainty as to where the rain will be sitting so you need to keep abreast of the forecast on

wednesday. there is a potentialfor wet weather to push in from the south—west. it will weaken as it moves its way across the country. rain pushing into northern ireland, north—west england and southern scotla nd north—west england and southern scotland as well. not a particularly warm day on wednesday. a lot of cloud around with highs of 11 and 16. the good news is as this frontal system continues to push its way steadily northwards into scotland, that allows high pressure to build yet again from the south and the winds to change direction again to a south—westerly. that has the potential to drive in milder air across the country and the temperatures are set to rise again. yes, half term for many. the exception is the far north.

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