this is bbc news i'm shaun ley. the headlines at ten. the coroner at the london bridge inquest clears the police and mi5 of failing to prevent the attacks. the inquest also finds that all eight victims were unlawfully killed. the frostiest of handshakes, as theresa may tells vladimir putin to stop russia's irresponsible and destabilising activity. and france endures its highest ever recorded temperature, france are knocked out of the world cup by the united states who play england in the semifinals. and france endures its highest ever recorded temperature, a staggering 45.9 degrees.

the bbc news at ten with clive myrie is coming up. but first, a reminder of our main story. the coroner at the london bridge attack inquests says he isn't persuaded mi5 and the police missed opportunities to prevent what happened. in ruling that the eight victims were unlawfully killed, the chief coroner for england and wales, mark lucraft, said the work of the security services was generally thorough and rigorous. assistant commissioner neil basu, from the metropolitan police, said that it isn't possible to prevent every terrorist incident — and there was no evidence of long—term, calculated planning for the london bridge attack. protective security is a collective responsibility and they continue this work in progress. counterterrorism policing will continue to work with close partners

including home—office to improve. with regards to the investigation itself and the benefit of hindsight, we know certain things could have been done differently. but after careful consideration, the chief coroner has found the pre—attack of the investigation is was nonetheless thorough and rigorous and was not persuaded investigative opportunities were lost, which could realistically have saved the lives of those who tragically died. indeed, even after we carried out an intense post attack investigation, led by bette detective superintendent which was appraised by the coroner, no evidence of long—term calculative planning could be found. well despite the coronors findings, the father of one of the victims has tonight said the security services could have done a betterjob before the attack took place. we are now aware that there were

lots of missed opportunities to neutralise one of the attackers who is known as dainty —— very dangerous. if you hide the fact that despite westminster attack and the london bridge had no barriers. and that despite many warnings from police officers at the city of london, who claims it was an exposed area. soi london, who claims it was an exposed area. so i think this attack could have been preventable. and to finish, i want to thank the families and the unit officers for the support of the day after the attack. i want to thank others for the support of the expertise that they have brought to us to go through such a complex process. and i hope this inquest... will make things

improve and... i'm sure the key is not for more police, and with the best mi five and the well and i'm not sure we could prevent such attacks by people who are not afraid to die.

the coroner said he wasn't tonight at ten, the inquests into the deaths of eight people in the london bridge attacks has ended after several weeks of often harrowing testimony. the coroner said he "wasn't persuaded" the authorities missed clues that could have prevented the atrocity, despite the ringleader being under investigation. but some of the relatives of those who died say mi5 and the police made mistakes. we are now aware that there were a lot of missed opportunities, so i think this attack could have been preventable. the coroner did criticise the lack of protection on the bridge and said evidence given

by the family of the ringleader, khurum butt, was "unconvincing." also tonight... the frostiest of handshakes, as theresa may tells vladimir putin to stop russia's irresponsible activities. france wilts in record temperatures, reaching a staggering 45.9 degrees. and england will meet the united states in the women's football world cup semi—finals, after the americans beat the french in paris. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: britain's number one, kyle edmund, loses in the semi—finals of eastbourne, and we'll also have the wimbledon draw. good evening.

the coroner at the inquests into the deaths of those who died in the london bridge attacks two years ago says he isn't persuaded mi5 and the police missed opportunities to prevent what happened. in finding that the eight victims were unlawfully killed, the chief coroner for england and wales, mark lucraft, said the work of the security services was generally thorough and rigorous. but he did criticise the failure of the authorities to erect protective barriers on the bridge three months after a previous vehicle attack, and he said the family of one of the killers should have done more to report his extremist behaviour, saying their testimony at the inquests was "unconvincing." daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. it was a happy summer night on london bridge that turned to horror in an instant. christine delcros and herfiance, xavier thomas, were enjoying a romantic visit from paris when a white van did a u—turn and drove deliberately and at speed onto the wide unprotected pavement.

christine is still recovering from serious injuries but xavier was knocked off the bridge and didn't survive. canadian tourist chrissy archibald was also killed. today, as he ended the london bridge inquests, the chief coroner said the system for assessing the bridge after the earlier westminster attack had proved wanting. the inquest heard that one of the killers, khurum butt, had been identified by mi5 two years earlier as someone who might attack the uk. even his own brother—in—law had warned counterterrorism police about him and there had been

bureaucratic errors. but the coroner was not convinced that mi5 had missed a chance to prevent the attack. the father of alexandre pigeard and other bereaved families disagree. we are now aware that there were a lot of missed opportunities to neutralise at least one of the attackers who was known as very dangerous. so i think this attack could have been preventable. he then embraced the off—duty nurse, helen kennett, who tried to save his son and was herself stabbed in the neck. and i want to thank so much helen for her courage. the police conceded they had made some errors with khurum butt. we know certain things could have been done differently, but after careful consideration, the chief coroner has found that the pre—attack investigation was nonetheless thorough and rigorous. the coroner also criticised khurum butt‘s family, saying...

that's mad! that's terrorists. after ploughing through pedestrians on the bridge, the van crashed and the killers got out. each carrying a weapon for the next stage of their attack. with 12—inch knives strapped to their wrists, moving swiftly and as a pack, the men cornered and then attacked their victims. two of them here at the top of the stairs, two further down the stairs and a fifth at the end of the courtyard near the entrance to the borough bistro. in less than a minute, they had fatally injured five of their victims just in this small area. on a night of heroes, james mcmullan died trying to help sara zelenak.

kirsty boden died trying to save alexandre pigeard. passers—by and police officers desperately tried to keep sebastien belanger alive while the attackers moved on, still knifing anyone they came across. off—duty pc charlie guenigault took them on unarmed, earning himself the george medal. i remember sort of... them, like, thrusting towards me with their knives, getting out of the way. obviously this happened within seconds. and getting stabbed in the back. i've dropped to the floor, dropped straight onto my bum, he stands above me and he stabs me three times in the head. the last person the men killed was ignacio echeverria. he was stabbed outside the lobos restaurant two and a half minutes after the attack had started. just inside the restaurant was junior doctorjohnny moses. he told me a man at the door was trying to stop him leaving for his own safety.

ijust said, you have to let me out, i'm a doctor, i can't watch them die, i can't watch them bleed to death, and we were having this argument and i was getting very frustrated. i understood him but ijust had to get out, and i said, let me out and then you can close the door and lock it afterwards. working with police officers, he was able to save marie bondeville, who had been stabbed 18 times. the killers rampaged through borough market for another seven minutes, still attacking people but failing to kill any more. they were in the process of stabbing antonio filis when armed officers arrived and shot them dead. a stony—faced theresa may met vladimir putin today and told him that russia must stop what she called "the irresponsible and destabilising activity that threatens the uk and its allies." the prime minister said she had irrefutable evidence that moscow was behind the deadly nerve agent attack in salisbury last year.

the two leaders met at the 620 meeting of leading industrialised nations in osaka injapan, from where our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins reports. the prime minister radiated coldness, barely looking at president putin, to express maximum disapproval for the cameras. she did not give the appearance of someone ready to forgive and forget murder in last year's salisbury novichok poisonings. but this meeting will surprise some people — it's an attempt to explore ways to do limited business again. mrs may had told the bbc she was determined to confront the president. we've set out the evidence. charges have been laid against two russian individuals and i want to see them brought to justice. russia needs to recognise its acts and stop acting in this way and stop its other destabilising activities around the world. just before coming to japan, vladimir putin used a long interview with the financial times both

to dismiss the poisonings as a matter between spies, and to attack western attachment to liberal values, too. he hailed instead the rise of nationalism and populism. both men competing to succeed theresa may as prime minister denounced the russian leader's comments. jeremy hunt called them an absolute disgrace, adding, it was easy to be disparaging about democracy when you've never had to bother with it at home. boris johnson called vladimir putin's claim liberalism in the west

was obsolete totally wrong. back injapan it was eu most crtitcal of putin. the european union. what i find really obsolete, is totalitarian and oligarchs. but vladimir putin has admirers — these two leaders seem easy in each other‘s company, neither has any time for liberalism. president putin denies that russia interfered to help donald trump win the white house in 2016 and when a reporter asks mr trump if he will tell the russian leader not to meddle in the next election, he says... and was the saudi prince made to look worried about pressures at the un for him to face the trial for the murder of jamal khashoggi? he denies any involvement and was placed in the front row for the family photo.

ahead of the crucial encounter tomorrow with donald trump, the chinese leader was accusing the president of bullying tactics. translation: developed countries are frequently taking protectionist measures, triggering trade friction and a technology blockade and destroying the global order. this also impacts on the common interests of our countries and overshadows peace and stability worldwide. it's been about as bad a summit day as it could be. amid clear signs that international mechanisms meant to help resolve fundamental divides are now looking seriously weakened in the face of the parading of so much rival power. james robbins, bbc news, osaka. donald trump is due to meet china's president xi in the next few hours, to discuss the escalating trade war between washington and beijing, amid warnings

of a global economic slowdown. last year the us imposed tariffs, or import taxes, on around $250 billion worth of chinese goods. but beijing hit back, imposing its own duties on $110 billion of us imports, including on coal, chemicals and medical equipment. china accused america of starting "the largest trade war in economic h isto ry". negotiators in recent months have been holding talks, but so far, with little success. our correspondent nick bryant joins us from osaka. nick, biggest meeting of the summit? given the fears over the global economy? yes, this is where the 620 essentially becomes the g2. it is a fragile truce that would re——— restart negotiations that started in may. the chinese are talking tough and evidently they are demanding america has to lift the ban on us

companies doing business with huawei, which is starting to look very much like a new cold war. the message to the chinese is that they are ina message to the chinese is that they are in a strong position to fight this trade war than they are and your economy is slowing down. but the president of china knows donald trump faces re—election next year and he needs a trade deal to present to the american voters, especially in those key states that will decide who wins the next election. the problem with this trade war is that both sides believe they hold the ace cards. thank you. france has seen an all—time record temperature of 45.9 degress celsius, as the heatwave sweeping much of europe continues. germany, poland and the czech republic have also recorded their highest—ever june temperatures. in spain, two people have died from suspected heatstroke.

france's weather service has now issued an unprecedented red alert forfour areas, as lucy williamson reports from paris. all this week, france has edged towards record—breaking temperatures, with some areas given unprecedented red alerts. carpentras, near avignon, was the first to feel it, 44.3 degrees. followed quickly by an even higher peak, almost 46 degrees, near montpellier — the hottest france has ever been. translation: ijust stay at home with the fan on and the windows closed. translation: there are fewer people — at 11 in the morning there is nobody about. the last time france broke temperature records, more than a decade ago, it was august. what makes this heatwave unusual is notjust the high temperatures, it's how early it's come. the government has published a video showing people how to keep cool

and asked for safety announcements on trains in both french and english. but these few days of hot weather aren't expected to spark the kind of health crisis france has seen in the past. and some accuse the government of acting like a nanny state. the warning from across the border, though — heat poses more than one kind of risk. forest fires that began in spain on wednesday were still outpacing emergency crews today. all this sparked by farm waste left to heat in the scorching sun — carelessness turned to catastrophe, in the words of one official. dozens of wildfires have now appeared in the hottest parts of france. in paris, the health minister expressed frustration at those ignoring government advice. this heatwave testing the state for its vigilance, its citizens for their famed sangfroid.

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. 0h meanwhile the uk has seen its hottest day of the year, the year, with the met office reporting a temperature of 30 celsius in the scottish highlands. tomorrow temperatures will rise further — they're expected to reach 35 degrees in some parts. nhs england has issued warnings to take care in the hot conditions. a labour mp has been suspended for a second time, following a row about remarks he made over the party's handling of anti—semitism. two days ago chris williamson was re—instated, but labour's now rescinded that decision. our political correspondent chris mason at westminster. how are labour explaining all this? it looks like a bit of a mess, doesn't it, because frankly it is, so doesn't it, because frankly it is, so what happened back in february is mr williamson was suspended. he had said the party was too apologetic about claims of anti—semitism ——

apologetic about claims of anti—semitism. there was an investigation, he was suspended, reinstated, a labour mp for 48 hours and tonight he was suspended again. there was this growing clamour from labour mps there was this growing clamour from labourmps and there was this growing clamour from labour mps and peers, who were deeply angry with the decision at a party panel had taken, so he's been suspended again pending another meeting coming up at the week after next. what has he had to say about this? he says that the lack of consistency and due process so this i’ow consistency and due process so this row isn't over and it matters because critics of jeremy row isn't over and it matters because critics ofjeremy corbyn are using it to chip away at his authority. chris, thanks, chris mason at westminster. the former us vice presidentjoe biden, the frontrunner for the democratic nomination for the white house in 2020, failed to shine in a televised debate with his rivals. the 76—year—old, in a stumbling performance, was told it was time he made way for a younger generation of politicians. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports.

decision 2020... it's decision 2020. .. it's a white field but last night was being billed as the showdown between the two front runners and old war horses, the socialist senator from vermont, bernie sanders... we think it's time for change, real change. and the former vice president, joe biden. and i'd be going about eliminating donald trump 's and i'd be going about eliminating donald trump '5 tax cuts for the wealthy. but the evening turned out differently, thanks to an electrifying performance by senator kamala harris. she took the fight to joe biden over his past record with pro—segregation senators. joe biden over his past record with pro-segregation senators. you also worked with them to oppose busing and there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bussed to school every day and that little girl was me. you have mischaracterised my position across the board. i did not praise racists. there were times whenjoe biden praise racists. there were times when joe biden looked praise racists. there were times whenjoe biden looked every bit of his 76 years. you said your health

ca re his 76 years. you said your health care plan would not cover undocumented immigrants. can you explain your position? i'm sorry, can you explain? you did not raise your hand, did you raise your hand? sorry. i'm so sorry. senator harris. she on the other hand, when it all got raucous, had the killer lines. guide, you know what, america does not want a witness of food fight they want to know how we're going to put food on their table. two things from last night, for all that kamala harris shone, its june from last night, for all that kamala harris shone, itsjune 2019 and the election is not until november 2020 will stop there are a lot of hard miles still to pound, and on the economy, on health, on immigration, we saw democratic party candidates way to the left of anything we've seen before and that won't displease the man who is currently in the white house. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. at the women's football world cup, england will face the united states in the semifinals next week, after the americans beat the french

2—1 in an exciting game in paris this evening. england's 3—0 quarterfinal victory over norway last night was watched by a record tv audience for the women's game, peaking at more 7.5 million viewers. katie gornall is in paris for us tonight. yes, england's players will have been watching this match here in paris and seen an incredible atmosphere at the parc des princes. the usa one — one in the end, they would too strong for france, so the hosts are out, their world cup dream over “— hosts are out, their world cup dream over —— they won, 2—1. it's the usa who travel to face england. there are some things more precious than gold. lucy bronze! yet again lucy bronze has proved her worth to england. this was a headline grabbing performance against norway on a night when the whole team finally clicks. england are back in a world cup semifinal. today, there was an extra buzz around the england camp

but one player still dominated the discussion. it's lucy bronze all over, we train against her every day so she makes us better, she makes me better as a player if i'm playing against her as a winger and she brings it out in everyone and we are all trying to get to her level and if we can get anywhere near her level we are in pretty good hands. this afternoon england's player is left for lyon but with one eye on the french capital. the lovers of women's football, this was a match made in heaven, france against the usa, the hosts versus the holders, england await the winners. this is paris and it's very much france's party. the headline attraction at any party. the headline attraction at a ny world party. the headline attraction at any world cup is always the usa. they are the stars of women's football. much has been written about megan rapinoe ahead of this quarter final, about megan rapinoe ahead of this quarterfinal, outspoken about megan rapinoe ahead of this quarter final, outspoken and at times outrageous, france have been warned, but still didn't see this coming. commentator: it's in, usa lead. the french were left completely befuddled. france

have a reputation for wilting on the big stage and but for sarah bouhaddi the game could have been further from range. only after the break did the hosts burst into life but wave after wave of attack came to nothing. these were nervous times for france and it will get worse for them when megan rapinoe made a point, again. when france are in trouble there is often one player they turned to, wendie renard is their centre back and their flocks in the box. it was a goal that gave the parc des princes hope but the usa have never been beaten in a world cup quarterfinal and their march continues. the three times champions move on to lyon, it's now england who lie on their way. katie gornall, bbc news, in paris. the two candidates in the running to lead the liberal democrats have taken part in hustings with party members in cambridge this evening. jo swinson or ed davey will take over from sir vince cable, at the end ofjuly. with more, here's our political

correspondent, jonathan blake. working hard for every vote. campaigning in cambridge and london today, jo swinson and ed davey going head—to—head in the race to be the new leader of the liberal democrats. and tonight party members in good spirits after recent success in the european elections came to hear both candidates make their pitch. so who are they? ed davey was first elected in 1997 as are they? ed davey was first elected in1997 as mp are they? ed davey was first elected in 1997 as mp for kingston and surbiton, a former energy and climate secretary in the tory coalition government wants to focus on the environment and this week he revealed he was once approached to work for mi6. i want our party to be pro—eu, to tackle the climate emergency, but i want our party to be compassionate and as we stop brexit we need to heal the divisions in our country. we need to reach out to leave areas and leave communities to leave areas and leave communities to bring our country together.m

swinson is the party's deputy leader and was first elected as mp for east dunbartonshire in 2005. she wants a new liberal movement to challenge the forces of nationalism and populism. in her spare time she is a keen marathon runner. we have a golden opportunity in front of us right now. the country is crying out for a liberal movement to be the alternative, to take on the forces of nationalism, populism, the likes of nationalism, populism, the likes of borisjohnson of nationalism, populism, the likes of boris johnson and of nationalism, populism, the likes of borisjohnson and nigel farage, and the liberal democrats must be at the heart of that movement. who is going to get your vote, and why?” think at the moment it's going to be jo swinson. i think she's got a really good media presence and i think that the lib dems need that in a leader was yellow i'm thinking of backing ed davey red because i thought while jo's pitch was aspirational, i thought his was more heavy on detail. the winner of this

contest will be announced at the end ofjuly. jonathan blake, bbc news, cambridge. it's 30 years since the publication of the book the satanic verses sparked protests right around the world. some muslims believed its author, salman rushdie, blasphemed the prophet muhammad. the controversy prompted a vigorous debate about freedom of speech and respect for religious sensitivities that resonates today. they are themes that will be explored at the bradford literature festival, which opened tonight — in a city where a copy of the satanic verses was burned in public in 1989. our arts editor, will gompertz, has more. this is the centre of bradford, the heart of bradford. 30 years ago, this was also where some rather momentous events took place. crowd chants. this is where the satanic verses was burnt. it's the image that became seared in the national consciousness and became associated with this city. for muslims collectively, it was a moment of crystallisation of identity. prior to that, you know,

everybody was asian,