conciliatory this is bbc news. the headlines: the european union has agreed a huge this is bbc news. free trade deal with south america's i'm ben bland. biggest commercial bloc — our top stories: mercosur, after two decades of talks. the eu's agreement with argentina, the eu and south american countries brazil, paraguay, and uruguay have clinched a huge free trade deal creates a market for goods and services covering almost after two decades of negotiations. 800 million people. presidents trump and xi a us—china showdown. presidents trump and xi prepare are preparing for talks at the g20 sumit injapan. for talks at the 620 summit, the us and chinese leaders as the simmering trade war are meeting after trade negotiations beteween the two nations stalled last month. threatens global trade. mr trump threatened to impose new tariffs on chinese imports. a white supremacist is jailed mr xi has already warned world for life in the united states leaders that protectionist measures for driving a car into anti—racism could destroy global. protesters in charlottesville, killing a woman. an american white supremacist has been jailed for life without parole for driving into a crowd of anti—racism protesters in 2017, cheering. lady gaga leads crowds gathering killing a woman. james fields ploughed his in new york to mark 50 years car into demonstrators in the city of charlottesville. since the stonewall riots 32—year—old heather heyer which helped spark the global fight was killed and dozens of other for gay rights. people were injured.

the two candidates in the running to lead the liberal democrats, hello and welcome to bbc world news. the eu and a group of south american nations, known as mercosur, have secured a huge trade deal after 20 years of negotiations. the eu says the agreement with argentina, brazil, paraguay, and uruguay will create a market for goods and services covering almost eight hundred million people and produce more than $100 billion in trade between the two blocs. our south america business correspondent daniel gallas has more. yes, it has been a while since we saw politicians different free trade, because as you mentioned all attention is about trade tensions between china and the united states, the news of brexit being negotiated,

so we are the news of brexit being negotiated, so we are seeing politicians saying that the best way to create jobs is to lower ta riffs that the best way to create jobs is to lower tariffs and reduce protectionism. it is not a view that eve ryo ne s ha res protectionism. it is not a view that everyone shares in south america and europe, and politicians will still have the trouble to make their point at home with their member states, but it is quite significant that a deal that has been negotiated for over 20 years has been struck at this moment. what you think the biggest benefits will be the people in south america will see out of all of this was yellow well, the people of this was yellow well, the people of south america hope that this deal will bring a loss of better deals for consumers. there are high ta riffs for consumers. there are high tariffs on european products shipped to brazil and argentina. 50 what happened most of the time in the past was that these tariffs, with these high tariffs, european companies had to set up shop in these countries and set up their factories and actually produce locally a european brand. and that

could be good forjobs, but a lot of this product won't really competitive or as good as the ones that came from europe, so not a very cost—effective solution. south american consumers hope that this deal will make products cheaper and better for them and boost the economy and, of course, south americans are hoping to sell more commodities and food products to europe, because that is where the big comparative advantage is for south americans. and one notable country being left out of all of this is venezuela. yes, venezuela is pa rt this is venezuela. yes, venezuela is part of mercosur, but it is suspended, it has been suspended since 2016. there has been a lot of ideological battle within the trade block and are used to be a trade block and are used to be a trade block formed pretty much by left—wing governments and elections in brazil and argentina and many countries have changed the landscape

and now venezuela is pretty much left alone in that respect. it has been a very much ideological stance on my venezuela is out of mercosur right now. mercosur there for us. world leaders are attending the g20 meeting of leading industrialised nations in osaka injapan. the most closely watched talks are set to take place between donald trump and china's president xijinping in a few hours, as the two countries try to resolve their bitter trade dispute. 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 history". negotiators in recent months have been holding talks, but so far, with little success. rupert wingfield—hayes

joins us now from 0saka. rupert, if one meeting is going to define this summit, i suppose this one is it. that's absolutely right. this has been overshadowing the summit since it began yesterday. all the talk here in osaka has not been of climate change or plastic in the ocea ns of climate change or plastic in the oceans of any of the other things on the agenda, it has all been about what is going to happen in today's meeting between president xijinping and president donald trump, it will start in about three and a half hours time. ahead of the summit both sides have been talking tough. president trump threatening to impose further tariffs on another $325 billion us impose further tariffs on another $325 billion us worth of chinese imports to the united states if the trade talks don't move forward, if he doesn't get what he wants from the chinese side. the chinese side saying it will not put up, it will not step down or backed down in the face of united states' bullying, as

they call it. as we await this meeting this morning the mood has changed somewhat. both sound more conciliar tree. the chinese official news agency is calling this a unique opportunity for the two sides to find common ground in eating —— easing trade tensions and bringing things to the right track. that is a very different tone. and it is leading some hope that the two sides can find some common ground. we have already seen some of the interactions between the leaders. some rather morejovial, some are really rather frosty. yes, we saw a number of bilateral meetings here yesterday and they sort of, they stretched the whole gamut of emotions. we saw a veryjovial meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin, with president trump actuallyjoking with president trump actuallyjoking with the russian president about his interference in us elections back in

2016 and jokingly chastising mr putin saying "don't interfere again". there was a british prime minister theresa may's meeting with vladimir putin doesjust minister theresa may's meeting with vladimir putin does just completely different. extremely icy. the two barely looking at each other, barely shaking hands. theresa may, we understand, gave vladimir putin a long leg about the accusations against two russians of carrying out an attempted murder on british soil in salisbury using a chemical weapon last year. and she said she was going to bring that directly to the russian president and demand that these two men accused by the british—based justice. these two men accused by the british-based justice. rupert, these two men accused by the british-basedjustice. rupert, i'm sure people will be scrutinising the interactions between president trump and president xi when they meet. for the moment we will leave it there. rupert wingfield hayes. a white supremacist in the us has been sentenced to life in prison for driving his car into a crowd of people two years ago.

james fields targeted anti—racism protestors who were demonstrating at a white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia. he killed one person and injured more than two dozen others in the attack. the case stirred racial tensions around the us and the president donald trump was criticized for his response. barbara plett usher reports. james fields carried out the attacks during an rhali of white supremacist. using his car as a weapon, he killed one of the counter protesters, heather heyer, and injured others. as a result of this act of domestic terrorism that was charged as 29 hate crimes, the united states district judge charged as 29 hate crimes, the united states districtjudge this afternoon determined that mr fields deserved to spend the rest of his life in federal prison and imposed that sentence. he avoided the death

penalty by pleading guilty to 29 cou nts penalty by pleading guilty to 29 counts of hate crime and apologise for the herd and loss he caused. heather heyer‘s parents were present at the sentencing. they said they gave mr fields but her mother said that there was strong consequences for hate crimes. the last time as all my daughter was to identify her body and to sign the papers for her to be cremated. ante held her bruised hand and bruised arm and saidi bruised hand and bruised arm and said i will make this come for you —— and 0ettl. and that's what they have done. ideye will continue to do. you don't get to knock my child down in silence that boys with our 500 more raising up does mackay will continue to do. the rally was a critical moment in the rise of the far right movement. since then public gatherings of white supremacists have drawn smaller crowds. president trump was harshly criticised by his ambivalent response of the dispute between the neo—nazis and the protesters, saying there were fine people on both

sides. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. france has seen an all—time record temperature of 45.9 degress celsius, as a heatwave sweeps across much of europe. 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the coroner's verdict at the london bridge inquest. who was cleared of blame, and whether anything could have been done to prevent the attacks. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong.

the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc news, the latest headlines . the eu and south american countries clinch a huge free trade deal after two decades of negotiations.

presidents trump and xi prepare for talks at the g20 sumit — as the simmering trade war beteween the us and china threatens global trade. well, let's stay with that story now. dr bessma momani, who is professor of political science at the university of waterloo, is an expert on global economic governance issues. she told us just what the leaders at the summit will be hoping for. every leader there is looking at their audience at home. for many countries that are under this popular nationalist surge, everywhere from russia to the realities of brexit and what is happening to theresa may, to the reality of donald trump and a very strong base that is really keen on him going to these international summit to reaffirm american dominance, and to sort of do something about the deindustrialisation of the united states heartland. so many countries

and leaders are indeed that a sort of reaffirm to their audience at home that they will get the best dealfor home that they will get the best deal for them. given the rise of nationalist movements and the increase we have seen in populism, is the g20 still relevant today? that's a great question. like many of these organisations and clubs, there is inertia, and keeping them going, so it is valuable to hold onto, just like nato, it served a purpose, many thought after the cold war, why bother, but it is very much alive and well and important to many different aspects of that organisation's raise and address. so it is important to keep the g20, but it is important to keep the g20, but it is important to keep the g20, but it is indeed now not the club it once was. in 2008 when it was created, it was about reaffirming that despite the global financial crisis that they were going to keep the liberal economic order as open as possible, not resort to

protectionism, in essence to prevent the rise of what we saw in the 1930s depression. that is the essence of it, i think it is still very valid at someone like vladimir putin who has just given this awful interview with the financial times about how liberalism is dead, it makes many people wonder really what kind of clu b people wonder really what kind of club disease. —— club this is. people wonder really what kind of club disease. -- club this is. iran has demanded that europe protected from sanctions imposed by president trump after he abandoned the international nuclear deal with tehran. iranian officials are meeting with diplomats from france, germany china and russia in vienna in an effort to prevent the agreement from unravelling. investigators in sri lanka say they have found a large cachet of explosives linked to the militant group behind the easter sunday suicide bombings. officials dug up more than 300 gelignite sticks, eight litres of liquid gelignite, 1000 detonators and hundreds of

bullets. they were uncovered in eastern sri lanka at an abandoned property. a coroner in the uk says he's not convinced that security services and police missed any opportunities to prevent a terror attack on london bridge two years ago. the inquests into the deaths of eight people concluded that they were unlawfully killed in the van and knife attack. but the chief coroner of engaland and wales said he would not criticise m15 and the police — but did highlight a lack of barriers on the bridge. daniel sandford reports. 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 did not survive. canadian tourist chrissy archibald was also killed. today, as he ended the london bridge inquest, the chief coroner said that the system for assessing the bridge after the manchester attack proved wanting. the inquest heard that one of the killers, khuram butt, had been identified by m15 as someone who might attack the uk. even his own brother—in—law had warned counter—terrorism police about him and there had been bureaucratic errors. but the coroner was not convinced that m15 had missed a chance to prevent the attack. the father of alexandre pigeard

and other 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. police conceded they had made some errors with khuram 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 rigourous. the coroner also criticised

khuram butt‘s family saying... that's mad. that is terrorists. after ploughing through pedestrians on the bridge, the van stopped and the killers got out. each carrying a weapon for the next stage of the attack. with 12 inch knives strapped to their wrists, moving swiftly and as a pack, the man cornered and then attacked their victims — two 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 , passers—by and police officers desperately tried to keep sebastian 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 them 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, stabbed outside the restaurant two and a half minutes after the attack 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. i 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, it was getting very frustrated, i understood him, but i just had to get out. i said let me out and then you can close the door and knock it afterwards. and lock it afterwards. working with police officers, he was able to save marie, who was stabbed 18 times. the killers rampaged through borough market through another 7 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 rally is taking place in new york to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the lgbtq movement. thousands of activists from around the world have gathered in greenwich village. the rally is in a park near the stonewall inn, the gay bar where exactly 50 years ago patrons rose up against police harrassement, giving birth to a national and global movement in support of equal rights. our lgbt correspodent,

ben hunte, is there. it was right here on christopher street 50 years ago where many people believe that the modern lgbt rights movement was born. you will see the gay bar behind me, the stonewall in, that was where there was a police raid which led to nights of very violent protests. eventually they did finish and then a year later, america had its first 93v a year later, america had its first gay pride parade. as you will see the streets are beginning to fill up, rainbows are everywhere throughout new york city, and we are ata throughout new york city, and we are at a rally today, so between six o'clock and nine o'clock in new york there is a rally taking place, kicking off pride weekend. earlier today there were some very special and surprise guests including lady gaga. you have the power, and you are so, gaga. you have the power, and you are so, so gaga. you have the power, and you are so, so powerful. i hope you feel that power today, you have the ultimate power, you have never been so visible in the world, and that beautiful light and that rainbow is shining all around you, stand in it, baskin

shining all around you, stand in it, bask in it, allow yourself to glowing at as we glow. just take that spotlight, it belongs to you. and what is planned in the coming hours then? so over the next few hours they have a lot of different speeches from activist, i believe some politicians as well, and some corporations thrown in. there has been a lot of talk about the commercialisation of this parade, so in the next few days we will see some protests from people who don't want to see corporations that pride, that i want to see that money going into pride celebrations. so i believe we will see some protests around here as well. the main thing this evening is a big celebration to kick off pride weekend. and are you noticing tight security there, given the nature of this? i have to say, there are counterterrorism police scattered around the area, which is a bit

nerve racking actually, because it is, if you think back 50 years ago, it was the police presence here which lgbt it was the police presence here which lg bt people it was the police presence here which lgbt people were protesting. though it is fascinating to see the police involved with lgbt people now. but we have seen some very police dogs and the police are wearing rainbows, so i'm sure everything will be fine, but there isa everything will be fine, but there is a big security presence here this evening. and rightly so because there are so many people. we are expect in between four and 6 million extra people in new york this weekend, so they do need the security. one of the world's most famous paintings, the mona lisa, is being moved to a temporary new home, but still within the louvre. the museum said leonardo da vinci's masterpiece would be carried "less than 100 paces" in its air—conditioned case to an adjoining gallery next month. the move means its current home can be brought up to modern security standards. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @benmbland. plenty more news on our website as

well. friday was a hot one in the west of the uk, saturday is going to be hotter recrossed eastern parts of the country. still nowhere near as hot as france, here is a reminder of that record—breaking temperature set on friday in southern france, nearly 46 celsius, smashing the previous record set in august 2003. of 44.1. across europe, still very hot, you can see these deep red colours, temperatures into the 30s across much of the continent, the heat is actually going to be shifting eastwards over the next few days, and then it will start to turn cooler. back to the uk, in england on saturday, temperatures could get

up on saturday, temperatures could get up to 34 celsius, that is just in one or two spots, for most of us it won't be quite so hot but it will feel very muggy already from the morning onwards, first thing in the morning onwards, first thing in the morning onwards, first thing in the morning on saturday in the south, temperatures could be around 16—17, a little fresher in the north—east of england. on saturday there will bea of england. on saturday there will be a lot more clout across western parts of the uk, so here it won't be quite so hot, heat is going to ease, in fact showers and thunderstorms are possible in northern ireland and scotland, but across england, the heat is going to intensify. look at these deep red colours, temperatures in excess of 30 degrees are expected in yorkshire and possibly 34 in the south—east of the country. but in western scotland, a significant drop. showers and thunderstorms across parts of scotland may rumble through during the course of saturday evening, across many parts of england it will be a balmy, if not hot, hot end of the day. if you don't like the heat, here is the

good news: sunday is going to be much fresher, a call front is set to sweep across the country, it will cut off that hot wind out of france and eventually we will see a westerly wind blowing so we can see yellow colours here indicating the cool air yellow colours here indicating the coolairand he yellow colours here indicating the cool air and he waved transfers into more central and eastern parts of eastern germany and poland, where temperatures approach 40 celsius. here is sunday's weather forecast. you can see the wind blowing no longer out of the south, it is blowing out of the atlantic, a fresh breeze around western coasts, showers as well, still pretty warm in the south, temperatures around 25 celsius, low 20s across yorkshire, but in stornaway a mere 15 degrees, atla ntic but in stornaway a mere 15 degrees, atlantic reason some showers. a fine summer atlantic reason some showers. a fine summer weather is expected to continue into monday and tuesday, no 00:28:46,849 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 extremes but very pleasant indeed.