this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: the eu and several south american countries clinch a huge free trade deal after two decades of negotiations. a us—china showdown at 620 suit. but can can presidents trump and xi agree to end their bitter trade war? we'll be live in osaka with the latest. a white supremacist is jailed for life in the united states for driving a car into anti—racism protesters in charlottesville. cheering. lady gaga leads crowds in new york to mark 50 years since the stonewall riots helped spark the global fight for lgbt rights.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the european union and the south american economic bloc, mercosur have agreed a huge free trade deal after two decades of talks. the agreement with argentina, brazil, paraguay and uruguay creates a market for goods and services covering almost eight hundred million people. here's our south america business correspondent, daniel gallas. all attention is about trade tensions between china and the united states,

the news of brexit being negotiated, so we're seeing politicians saying that the best way to create jobs is to lower tariffs and reduce protectionism. it's 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 that people in south america will see out of all of this? well, the people of south america hope that this deal will bring a lot of better deals for consumers. there are high tariffs on european products shipped to brazil and to argentina. so 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 these products weren'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's 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 part of mercosur, but it is suspended, it has been suspended since 2016. there's been a lot of ideological battle within the trade bloc used to be a trade bloc 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 why venezuela is out of mercosur right now.

daniel gallas there. let's get some of the day's other news. iran says that talks with the europeans and others aimed at saving the international nuclear deal have made progress — but not enough to meet tehran‘s demands. the iranians say britain, france, and germany must protect them from sanctions imposed by president trump. the families of the eight people killed in the london bridge attack two years ago have reacted angrily after a coroner failed to apportion blame to police and the security services for not preventing it from happening. the victims died in a matter of minutes when three men drove a van into pedestrians and then stabbed people in nearby borough market. the united states has imposed sanctions on the son of venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, for his involvement in what it called his father's "illegitimate regime". the us treasury department said that nicolas maduro guerra was helping his father suppress the venezuelan people. france's highest court has given a final ruling that doctors can stop

feeding a man who has been in a persistent vegetative state since a road accident nearly 11 years ago. the case of quadriplegic vincent lamber has been at the centre of the right—to—die debate in france. president trump and china's xi jinping will be meeting injust a few hours‘ time at the g20 summit injapan. the two countries are of course currently locked in a bitter trade dispute. the us tightened restrictions on chinese telecom company huawei and several other chinese tech firms. beijing responded angrily with threats of its own trade ban — and has increased scrutiny on american firms operating in china. 0urjapan correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes is at the summit in osaka. i suppose of any meeting is going to define the summit it is this one.

yes, absolutely. this meeting will will take place in about two and a half hours time is really overshadowing everything else here. it is the thing everyone has been talking about, other world leaders have been talking about of the first day on friday, we had the head of the european union exposing concern, we had the japanese foreign minister expressing concern, and generally the tone has been, look, this trade war is not good for the global economy and we really hope that the two, these two economic guides, the leaders of these two economic guides, when they get together today, can find some common ground. there are some indications that they may be softening their attitude, certainly the chinese stay dry newsagency today has released a statement calling this an historic opportunity to find common ground between china and the united states and president trump, two, ahead of this meeting has said he is not going on with any preconditions and he is hopeful of a positive outcome.

so there is a lot of hope of being put on this meeting that at least china and the united states can find some sort of truce that would allow their teams and negotiators to get back around the negotiating table. they have negotiated since may and that we're not going to see this trade would further. interesting development, in a bit of twitter diplomacy, guess you could call it, from a president trump. yes, a p pa re ntly from a president trump. yes, apparently president trump is awake here in osaka this morning and he has been tweeting that he is willing to meet kim jong—un, has been tweeting that he is willing to meet kimjong—un, the north korean leader, at the demilitarised zonein korean leader, at the demilitarised zone in south korea, devizes south korea from north korea, during his trip there. he will leave 0saka this afternoon and travelled to song in south korea to meet with president moon and he will be there tomorrow afternoon —— seoul. he has tweeted

that we can meet up at the dmc tomorrow if he is willing. we don't know whether kim jong—un reads twitter, but that is the chatter this morning in osaka. rupert, many thanks indeed for that update. rupert wingfield hayes for us. for more on the g20 take a look at our website gfx there you'll find all the latest updates from the summit as well as helpful explainers on who is attending the summit and what they are due to speak about. that's all at bbc.com/news — or download the bbc news app. 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 attack during a rally of white nationalists protesting plans to remove the statue of a confederate general, robert e lee. 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, a united states district judge 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 counts of hate crime and apologised for the hurt and loss he'd caused. miss heyer‘s parents were present at the sentencing. they said they forgave mr fields but her mother susan said his case sent a strong message that there were consequences for hate crimes.

the last time i saw my daughter was to identify her body and to sign the papers for her to be cremated. and i held her bruised hand and bruised arm and i said i'm gonna make this count for you. and that's what i've done. and i will continue to do. you don't get to knock my child down and silence that voice without 500 more raising up. 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 recorded its highest temperature — of 45.9 degrees celsius, as much of europe continues to swelter in a heatwave which has claimed several lives. the french health minister has warned that everyone is at risk from the heat and similar warnings have been made by officials in italy and spain. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, has been watching the mercury rise.

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: capturing some amazing images of new york. 0ne photographer has made the city his backdrop — with the sun and moon taking centre stage. 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: after two decades of negotiations, the eu and several south american countries clinch a huge free trade deal, covering 800 million people. a white supremacist is jailed for life in the united states for driving a car into anti—racism protesters in charlottesville, killing a woman. let's return to the g20 summit injapan. dr bessma momani, is an expert on global economic governance.

she explains what the world's leaders will be hoping to achieve. 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 for theresa may at home, to the reality of donald trump and a very strong base that is really keen on him going to these international summits 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 —— there to sort of reaffirm to their audience at 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 raison d'etre. so 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 but 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 club this is.

demolition teams have blown up what remains of a motorway bridge in the italian city of genoa, nearly a year after it partially collapsed, killing 43 people. thousands of nearby residents were evacuated from their homes before the explosive tear down. james reynolds reports. at nine o'clock this morning, genoa got ready to bring down the remains of the morandi bridge. there was a short delay because of reports that a man was found refusing to leave his home near the structure. 0fficials sorted it out, water cannon was switched on ready to catch the dust, and then demolition experts pressed the button. explosion. it was all over in just a few seconds. explosion. the pile of dust covered the entire area.

the operation was a success. translation: at 9:37 the bridge came down, procedures have been strictly followed, and plans are on track. man shouting. italy is still recovering from a partial collapse of the bridge last summer. the structure fell when decaying cables, encased in concrete, snapped. an investigation into who is to blame has yet to reach its conclusions. the country has already begun work on a replacement bridge designed by the country's most famous architect, renzo piano. this is what it will look like. the government says the new structure is expected to be ready by next year.

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 inn, that was where there was a police raid, and that led to nights of very violent protests. eventually they did finish and then 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 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, so powerful. i hope you feel that power today, you are the ultimate power, and you have never been so visible in the world, and that beautiful light and that rainbow is shining all around you, stand in it, bask in it, allow yourself to glow in it, as we grow. just take that spotlight, it belongs to you! cheering. and what is planned in the coming hours then? ok, so over the next few hours they have a lot of different speeches from activists, i believe some politicians as well, and some corporations thrown in. there has been a lot of talk about the over—commercialisation of this pride, so in the next few days we will see some protests from people who don't want to see corporations at pride,

they don't want to see that big 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 ben, 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 people were protesting. though it is fascinating to see the police involved with lgbt people now. but we have seen some very cute police dogs, and the police wearing rainbows, so i'm sure 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 expecting between 4—6 million extra people in new york this weekend, so they do need the security. there's been tears and celebrations in paris at the women's football world cup, as the defending champions the usa beat the hosts france 2—i.

the usa will now face england in the semi—finals on tuesday. photographer gary hershorn was only ten years old when man first walked on the moon. though he's never been to space, he has been chasing the sun and moon with his camera for years. he's out with a new collection of photographs, "new york celestial", showing how the sun and moon interact with the people and places of new york. he spoke to us about his work. in the first time i photographed the moon in may 2012i quickly learned the general public have this intense fascination with the moon. i was 11 yea rs old fascination with the moon. i was 11 years old when man worked on the moon in 1969. it is romantic, it is featured in so many movies and so many different kinds of photography, and there is something about that just seems magical to people. the

statue of liberty is the most loved iconic landmark in new york. everyone loves the statue, you can't see anything bad about the statute. people will say "oh i hate that building in new york, look at the skyline, it is new and there are these monstrosity buildings you have in front of the moon", when you use the statue, she stands for so much in people's mines, that everybody is just like, over the moon when you have a picture of the moon and the statue together. manhattan henge is the night when the sun sets and it is visible down every street on the grid of new york. when the sun is setting, it is chaos in new york, i love it, i love being on the streets. pedestrians all move out into the centre of street, they block traffic, it is such a new york moment. cabdrivers are yelling on

the horns are beeping and police are yelling at people and everybody is trying to get a picture, and the people in the back of cabs are yelling "get off the street, i have to get somewhere", it is just crazy. new york city is such an iconic city, it has more iconic buildings and more recognisable iconic landmarks than any other city in the world. and when i post pictures from new york, especially of sunrise and sunsets, i find that people all over the world leave comments about how they can't wait to come to new york, for the first time, or they were just there and can't wait to come back, and it is the interaction between my posting of pictures on instagram and facebook and twitter, and people around the entire world that inspires me every day to go out there at some point and photograph there at some point and photograph the city with the sun or the moon. photographer gary hershorn and his celestial pictures of new york city.

president trump has offered to meet north korea's kim jong—un this weekend at the demilitarised zone on the border of north and south korea. this is what he had to say a short while ago. we will be there and i just put out a feeler, because i don't know where he is right now, he may not be in north korea but i said that if chairman kim wants to meet i will be at the border, we seem to get along very well, i can tell you, thatis get along very well, i can tell you, that is a good thing, not a bad thing. for the stupid people that say "oh, he gets along", it is good to get along. 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.

friday was a hot one in the west of the uk, saturday is going to be hotter across 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 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 on saturday in the south, temperatures could be around 16—17, a little fresher in the north—east of england. on saturday there will be a lot more cloud across western parts of the uk, so here it won't be quite so hot, the 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, whereas 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 cool front is set to sweep

across the country, it will cut off that hot wind out of france and instead we will see a westerly wind blowing, so we can see yellow colours here indicating the cool air and that heatwave 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 — an atlantic breeze and some showers. a fine summer weather is expected to continue into monday and tuesday, no extremes but very pleasant indeed.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the european union has agreed a huge free trade deal with south america's biggest commercial bloc mercosur after two decades of talks. the eu's agreement with argentina, brazil, paraguay, and uruguay creates a market for goods and services covering almost 800 million people. presidents trump and xi are preparing for talks at the g20 suit injapan. the us and chinese leaders are meeting after trade negotiations stalled last month. mr trump threatened to impose new tariffs on chinese imports. mr xi has already warned world leaders that protectionist measures could destroy global. an american white supremacist has been jailed for life without parole for driving into a crowd of anti—racism protesters in 2017, killing a woman. james fields ploughed his car into demonstrators in the city of charlottesville. 32—year—old heather heyer was killed and dozens of other people were injured.