this is the briefing. i'm victoria fritz. our top stories: head—to—head—to—head — ten more democrats face each other in presidential debate and the frontrunner comes underfire. do you agree today that you were wrong to impose —— oppose, bussing in america? do you agree? i did not oppose bussing in america. the heat goes on, much of western europe continues to bake under high temperatures. wildfires rage in spain. still stranded at sea, the boat of migrants who have been unable to find a safe port to disembark. and in business, trade war showdown at the 620.

presidents trump and xi prepare for talks amid warnings that failure to do a deal could push the world into recession. 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. today we'd like your thoughts on the women's world cup. england's lionesses will now face either france or the us in next week's semi—final, we'd like to know who do you think will be the champions? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we begin in the united states where round two of the debate of democratic presidential hopefuls finished just an hour

ago, in miami. on wednesday, millions watched as the first ten hoping to take on donald trump in 2020 held a lively debate on tv. but if anything, things were even more fiery with the final ten contenders battling it out. frontrunnerjoe biden was the target of criticism from some of his rivals. eric swalwell brought up the question of his age. i was six years old when a presidential candidate came to the californian democratic convention and said that it's time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans. that candidate was then the senatorjoe biden. joe biden was right when he said it was time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans 32 years ago. he is still right today! if we're going to solve issues of automation, pass the torch. if we are going to solve climate chaos, pass the torch

if we are going to solve student loan debt, past the torch. if we are going to end gun violence for families fearful of sending their kids to school, past the torch. mediator: would you like to say a few words? i would. i want to hold onto the torch. and then there was a tense clash over race. kamala harris brought up comments thatjoe biden had made about his past relations with senators who had opposed civil rights — and he responded. ido i do not believe you are a racist andi i do not believe you are a racist and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground. but i also believe, and it is personal, it was actually hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on segmentation of race in this country. and it was not only that, but, you also worked with them to oppose bussing. you mischaracterise my position across the board. i did

not praise racist, that is not true. numbertwo, if you not praise racist, that is not true. number two, if you want to have this campaign litigated on civil rights and who supported or not, i'm happy to do that. i was a public defender, idid not to do that. i was a public defender, i did not become a prostitute tutor —— public prosecutor, i left a good firm to do that. number two, as, it is gated me —— iworked firm to do that. number two, as, it is gated me —— i worked with a man, we worked very hard to deal with theseissues we worked very hard to deal with these issues in a major, major way. this was notjoe biden‘s fight. he went into this as the front runner and others lost no time in challenging him on a range of issues. they questioned his legislative record, his position on

healthcare, under president obama when he was the vice president and help pass the affordable care act. they challenged his age, his 76 yea rs old they challenged his age, his 76 years old and there were plenty of candidates on that stage tonight who we re candidates on that stage tonight who were in their 30s and 40s. they also challenged his position on race relations, a tricky subject for him because he has stoped controversy on past interactions with segregationists in the last couple of weeks. that has hit unwelcome headlines for him. all in all it was a moment where as the front runner, as the centrist candidate who could be trump, the seed of doubt was sown. he can of course recover because this was only the first debate, but it was not a strong start for the former vice president. a senator from california, start for the former vice president. a senatorfrom california, the harrah‘s who did a lot of the challenging, whether she had a very good night, she came out of this very strongly —— kamala harris,

she's made a strong impression. but over the last two debates within a range of issues discussed, we've got a better idea of who the candidates are and what they stand for, their personalities, their style. but do we know yet who could beat donald trump? that is still a question. i'm jane o'brien, here in miami. that's it for now. as wildfires in spain spin out of control and zookeepers in germany apply suncream to animals, the heatwave affecting much of europe continues to take its toll. in france, many schools have closed, with the government warning citizens to take extra precautions as the high temperatures cause a build—up of pollution and emergency calls to hospitals increase. from paris, lucy williamson reports. this was the heatwave's first strike. wildfires in spain's northern forest, fanned by strong winds they've already burnt through 10,000 acres. 0utpacing fire crews

who worked through the night to contain them. across the border in france, officials ordered practice drills in forest here. emergency measures are in place across the country, national exams postponed. spills and care homes on high alert and hundreds of schools closed. translation: with record—breaking temperatures predicted, four regions have been put on red alert. the first time a heatwave has triggered france's highest with a warning. —— weather warning. and being out of the sun doesn't necessarily mean being out of the heat. temperatures on the paris metro can reach 38 degrees. transition i am 75 years old. it's very hot. what can we do? just put up with it. it's hot everywhere, on public transport i think the train companies and public officials aren't doing enough. despite the discomfort, these few hot days aren't expected to cause

the kind of health crisis france has seen the kind of health crisis france has seenin the kind of health crisis france has seen in the past. some of accused the government of acting like a nanny state, with politicians scrambling to show they are prepared. as one paper put it, ministers no longer risk being interviewed in leisurewear by their pool interviewed in leisurewear by their pool. the city has mapped out cool spaces, including france's most famous gallery, the louvre, on display in its marble holes, the art centuries, outside, the art of keeping cool. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. president trump says he's seeking a possible delay to the 2020 us census after the supreme court blocked his administration from adding a question about citizenship. critics say questioning citizenship will deter immigrant households from taking part. the us house of representatives has passed a bill that provides $4.6 billion of emergency funding to tackle

the humanitarian crisis at the southern us border, fuelled by a surge in migrants. the bill, which has already been approved by the senate, will now go to president trump for his signature. it was passed after democrats gave up efforts to add additional measures to better protect child migrants. the russian president, vladimir putin, has condemned as "obsolete" the liberal ideas that have for decades dominated the thinking of western democracies. in an interview with britain's financial times newspaper ahead of the g20 summit injapan, mr putin said "liberalism had come into conflict with the interests of the majority of people" on issues such as immigration and multiculturalism. leaders of the world's most powerful economies have begun the g20 summit in the japanese city of osaka. climate change and wto reforms are on the agenda, but the meeting is likely to be

dominated by differences between the united states and china over trade. president trump is due to meet the chinese president, xijinping, on saturday, theirfirst meeting since the collapse of trade talks between the us and china last month. here's rupert wingfield—hayes who's at the summit for us. so the summit has now formally opened with a traditional family photograph as it is cold. all of the leaders gathered in front of their flags, but even before it began, there was some meetings in particular. a meeting between presidentjump particular. a meeting between president jump in the particular. a meeting between presidentjump in the host, shinzo abe of japan. it's presidentjump in the host, shinzo abe ofjapan. it's interesting, given the threats that president jump given the threats that president jump has been making to japan given the threats that president jump has been making tojapan and countries like india, in that meeting by minister abe produced a map of the united states with five sites where japanese companies have made major new investments in the last month or so, totalling 145 million us dollars according to the

japanese by minister, and creating 5000 newjobs. secondly that's the sorts of ways leaders like the japanese by minister are now showing president trump how much new investment is going into the united states to try and fend off any fresh tariffs. now of course, hanging over this whole summit is the trade war between china and the united states. and there is concern, i think, from all the leaders here that the trade war might get worse. president trump added the summit has threatened to impose fresh tariffs of 25% on over $300 billion worth of chinese goods exported to the united states. now, there is, we think, a meeting between president trump and president xijinping here between president trump and president xi jinping here tomorrow. everybody is really looking to that meeting to see whether they are able to create some sort of breakthrough or at least call of the trade war all call some sort of dues so they can get back to the negotiating

table and work out their differences. cornelia meyer is the ceo of mrl corporation, a business consultancy, she's with me now. thank you very much for coming in, cornelia. thank you having me. let's talk about where we are with this potential trade deal if we get there. we had steven mnuchin saying we are 90% of the way there, but it's not over until the fat lady sings. and in this case... it's probably not very flattering for donald trump, is it. laughter. of the two leaders, no. and you saw stephen nugent said that an yes larry kudlow said that managing the expectations, but that isa managing the expectations, but that is a very trump then. it's managed or unmanaged chaos. and i think markets are or unmanaged chaos. and i think markets a re really or unmanaged chaos. and i think markets are really watching this because we need some sort of resolution. if you look at even for us businesses it's getting there. they're saying us businesses it's getting there. they‘ re saying trump us businesses it's getting there. they're saying trump is not about the us businesses, but see if you are intel, 10% of your chips are sold to huawei, if the % go to

china. so it actually also affect the us businesses —— 50%. the world bank has downgraded global economic growth to 2.6% out of fear of these trade was. so yes, it is affecting the economy. and we may head towards a mild recession if we can't clear it because it's notjust china and the us, it is india as you've seen. it may be europe once we have new leadership. these other fears, aren't they? that we are heading to aren't they? that we are heading to a global recession. —— are there. the trump administration may be downplaying a lot of this and ratcheting up tensions when perhaps tensions don't necessarily exist because they want the central bank, the federal reserve, to cut rates and therefore boost the us economy and therefore boost the us economy and then the rest of the world with it? do you subscribe to that?” wouldn't, but he does have it in for

the fed governor, jerome powell, because he says cut your rates and power will say yes, he may. so, there is that element. but it's really, trump, when you talk to people who have worked with trump, he says he used to do —— does what he's doing his old work meetings, create chaos and see what the fallout is. except this isn't a real estate economy, this is the world economy, so we need to be careful. and it's interesting that xijinping has now done his spiel with the bricks as well. these meeting on the sidelines. what are the bricks? that is china, russia, brazil, india, south africa and these sort of have a club of the brics, because goldman sachs said they were cold that at some stage and turn them into a block —— called. ourfuture relies

on block —— called. ourfuture relies o n a ccess block —— called. ourfuture relies on access to world markets and trade, so his controlling his own people. we have delivered there. we have some fantastic papers to go through at the end of the hour. see you then. stay with us on bbc news, still to come, we'll have all the sports including the alone s is roaring. england are through to the semifinals of the world cup —— lionesses. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim in certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer

to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that onjune eighth, god told him to plead guilty and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: round two of the debate of democratic presidential hopefuls has taken place in miami. frontrunnerjoe biden came under fire. much of western europe continues to bake under high temperatures, with huge wildfires raging in spain. a charity trying to disembark 40 migrants in the italian port

city of lampedusa says it has been prevented from doing so for more than 24 hours. it had rescued the migrants, including women and children, 2 weeks ago. the captain of the charity's ship sea watch 3 says they'd been told there were no docking places. ramzan karmali reports. day two for the sea watch 3 off the coast of lampedusa. for those onboard, more frustration that a vessel carrying 42 migrants is not allowed to dock. italian authorities made a second visit onboard and the captain reiterated her plea to let the migrants of her boat. we declared a state of necessity because the psychological situation and the humanitarian condition has been worsening so much that i cannot guarantee the safety of the rescue people anymore onboard a vessel. originally 53 migrants were onboard.

11 were taken of the vessel by the italian coastguard due to health concerns. they were rescued from a rubber boat more than two weeks ago, they been sailing back and forth off the coast of italy's southernmost island ever since. but italian authorities had already warned they would be imposing heavy fines and impound the ship if sea watch 3 entered its waters. and italy's interior minister, matteo salvini, expressed his anger. this time with a series of tweets. this stated if the shippers seized and the ship arrested, i can only be pleased. but the un's refugee agency called for caution over the language used. the tone of the political debate around this issue with refugees and with the ngo boats is very concerning. i think there has perhaps been a loss of perspective. you know the numbers arriving in europe now are drastically decreased. they are significantly down compared

to what we have seen in previous years. the captain of the boat said she contacted authorities from not just italy, but germany, france, malta and even the european commission, but to no avail. the european commission has called on italy to allow the migrants to disembark. and for member states to make a more co—ordinated effort to come to a swift resolution for those on board sea watch 3. haidi sadik is the charity spokesperson who is on board sea watch 3. thank you very much forjoining us. heidi, can you explain to our viewers around the world what the atmosphere is like on board at the moment? good morning. the atmosphere on board is increasingly frustrated and people's mood is lowering by the hour. people understand that they

are ina hour. people understand that they are in a state of emergency and that they need to be brought to a safe place and that they are actively being prevented to do so by our european governments. what about the state of health of the migrants? the health on board is also not good. we have had 13 people disembark as ship on medical grounds and that is also not even to speak of the psychological state of the rescued people who have been through horrors, not just at sea also people who have been through horrors, notjust at sea also in libya on their journeys horrors, notjust at sea also in libya on theirjourneys beforehand and are really getting the opportunity now to process the gravity of what has happened are not allowed to do so in a safe state. the passengers on board at the moment are mainly from libya or other countries as well? the nationalities vary but everyone departed from libya. what today hope for what is the feeling on board of

what future they may have? there is a lot of anxiety and many questions about what might happen on shore and even though we do our best to provide information about the basic silent process and what the reception may be once we reach land there is an underlying tone of will we be welcome and how will we be treated, based on how they have been treated, based on how they have been treated over the last 16 days. are they aware of the comments from people like the interior minister of italy? we have not discussed the tweets but we meet every morning with our guests and we talk about the political developments and any updates we may have.” the political developments and any updates we may have. i think eve ryo ne updates we may have. i think everyone on the ship, guests included, are aware that we're up in a political game and that it should be comparable to being in an ambulance and being taken to hospital. it is not meant to take this long and the fact that it is is

an indication of the current political climate. some may argue that you are yourselves playing a political game. i put this to you that you are grabbing media headlines and you are here now on bbc world news being broadcast around the world. what is it that is likely to come from this? the european court of human rights do not support the idea that the boat can move on and can actually find safe harbour. that is disillusioning because what we're doing here is upholding international law to both maritime and international human rights law. the next step is what happens after to our ship and to the captain? we know there is a culture of intimidation and criminalisation so we don't know what may happen next but the intention of the interior minister and others have been made clear. al intention

remains the same and that would have been the same regardless of who we had on board,, if you have risk you'd people in distress at sea they must be brought to the nearest safe port as soon as possible. 16 days is definitely not what was possible. could have been resolved much longer ago. thank you very much for your time. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your friday sport briefing where we start with the footballing news that england are through to the women's world cup semi—finals after a comprehensive 3—0 win over norway in le havre. lucy bronze scored the last of the goals with a stunning strike from just outside the box and her side will now face hosts france or defending champions usa in the last four. for me there's many more emotions, i'm heading home, heading to where i live, heading to my home stadium. super excited, we've got the prospect of playing one

of the biggest teams in the world in either france or the usa. both of them are unbelievable sides. it's going to be a game where we need to raise our level again, but i'm so excited. the game couldn't have gone any better today than it did for us. india moved a step closer to the cricket world cup semi—finals and ended west indies‘ slim hopes of qualifying with a 125—run thrashing on thursday. india set a target of 269 for victory after virat kohli made 72 and ms dhoni hit an unbeaten half century at old trafford in manchester. in reply west indies star batsman chris gayle could only manage six before becoming their first man to fall. and they were all out for 143 when mohammad shami dismissed oshane thomas. world number five angelique kerber saw off simona halep in straight sets to reach the semi—finals of the eastbourne international.

the german won it 6—4, 6—3 as she continues her fine run of form on grass ahead of her wimbledon defence next week. on friday defending champions usa take on hosts france at parc des prince in paris. usa's quarter—final win over spain saw both goals come from penalties, converted by megan rapinoe. she's been in the news this week saying she wouldn't attend the white house should her side win the tournament with president donald trump using social media to vent his displeasure — but has it affected things? we wa nt we want to know what you make of the women's full all. the english team —— football. the english team are through to the semis. let us know online. who do you think will win? philjones says it does not matter

who wins but women's football has taken a who wins but women's football has takena giant leap who wins but women's football has taken a giant leap forward with this tournament and it is great to see. stay with us here on bbc news, there isa stay with us here on bbc news, there is a lot more to get through. hello there. thursday was a lovely day across the country, a summer day with lots of strong temperatures. some areas of the warmest day of the year so far. today was similar, dry and sunny and warm across western areas because we draw up the hot air from friends and across more western portions of the uk but across the east around this area of high pressure we have more cloud. the early cloud will burn back to the coast and then much of the country again will be bathed in strong sunshine. it really is the strongest time of year with high uv levels particularly in much of england wales and northern ireland. higher cost scotland as well. the east—west

temperature controls like we saw on thursday very hot across western scotland. some places could see 30 degrees but cooler along north sea coast. high—temperatu re degrees but cooler along north sea coast. high—temperature is across the west and in towards wales around the west and in towards wales around the upper 20 celsius not as windy as it was on thursday across the south—west and less breezy across the eastern coastal areas as well. the pollen areas will be very high for most though not a good day for allergy sufferers. today, hot and humid and we began to import the air from the new continent which will be reaching its peak across parts of spain and france into germany over the weekend as we tap into the air. changes take place across the air. changes take place across the west and the weather front moving and will bring showers and thunderstorms and a drop in temperature or scotland and northern ireland around the irish sea coast. the eastern half of england will tap into the hot air from france. the eastern half of england will tap into the hot airfrom france. those values will soar into the afternoon,

reaching the low 30s, possibly 33 or 34 celsius in london humidity will be high so it will be unbearable. it is short lived. the cold front spreads eastwards during saturday night and into sunday and then we enter a fresher and cooler westerly wind of the atlantic. a lot of sunshine around on sunday. a lot of showers across the north—west. across the south—east, a 10 degrees drop from what we had on saturday. the high teens celsius further north.

this is the business briefing. i'm victoria fritz. trade war showdown at the g20. presidents trump and xi prepare for talks amid warnings that failure to do a deal could push the world into recession. plus, iquit! sirjony ive, designer of the ipod, the ipad and the iphone is to leave apple after almost three decades. and on the markets: asian shares stumble as doubts creep in about the prospects for peace in the us—china trade war.