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this is bbc news. the headlines at one: president trump wraps up the 620 summit in osaka with news that us companies will be able to sell goods to the chinese tech giant huawei. we are talking about equipment where there is no great national emergency problem. us companies can sell their equipment. at her last 620 summit as prime minister, theresa may says she hopes her successor is able to secure a good brexit deal. i believe they want us to deliver not just what that means in terms of leaving the eu, but the brighter future that we believe the uk can have outside of the european union. that's what i was working on, it is what my successor will work on.
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it's the hottest day of the year in the uk with a temperature of 30.8 degrees recorded at charlwood in surrey. the queen pays tribute to the scottish parliament, with a speech to mark holyrood's 20th anniversary. i have no doubt that, for most of these last 20 years, this striking chamber has provided exactly that — a place to talk. and at half past one, talking movies takes a special look at how film studios are trying to incorporate environmental concerns into the latest hollywood blockbusters. that's coming up on bbc news. good afternoon. president trump says us technology companies can resume selling their products
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to the chinese telecom firm, huawei. the move is seen as a major concession to china and us businesses, which opposed the ban when it was introduced in may. mr trump announced the new policy at a news conference following a meeting with the chinese president, xi jinping, on the sidelines of the 620 summit in osaka injapan. from there, nick bryant sent this report. this was the day when the 620 summit essentially became a 62. these high—sta kes talks between donald trump and xijingping, the most consequential meeting of this global gathering. it ended with a fragile ceasefire in the trade war, an arrangement to restart talks which fell apart last month. but the us made concessions on a major stumbling block, its blacklisting of huawei, the chinese tech giant at the heart of what has felt like a commercial cold war. we had a very good meeting with president xi of china, excellent, i would say excellent, as good as it was going to be. we discussed a lot of things and we're right back on track.
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prior to his round of meetings the president made news on twitter with an impromptu invitation to kim jong—un ahead of his trip to the korean peninsula. "if chairman kim of north korea sees this," he wrote, "i would meet him at the border — dmz, the demilitarised zone — just to shake his hand and say hello. the president of the united states, donald] trump. after striding into a news conference, mr trump told reporters he would even be happy to step foot in north korea. kim jong—un was very receptive and he responded, so we'll see. tomorrow we are going to the dmz, i said i would shake his hand while we are there. we get along. another face to face with another autocratic leader, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. mr trump could hardly have been more complimentary, and he ignored questions about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, which us intelligence believes was ordered by the crown prince.
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reporter: mr president, jamal khashoggi, sir? thank you very much. this summit has highlighted a stark global divide between those who believe in the rules—based liberal order and nationalists like vladimir putin, who describe it as obsolete. it is getting harder to tell which side the united states is on. from joking with president putin about russian meddling in this year's presidential election to his cosiness with the saudi crown prince, this has been yet another international summit where donald trump has shown more respect and admiration for authoritarian leaders than america's traditional allies. nick bryant, bbc news, 0saka. theresa may has urged world leaders to follow the uk's target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as donald trump was again left isolated on the issue at a global summit. she also addressed the issue of brexit, saying it was up to her successor to deliver
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an orderly deal for britain to leave the european union. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. nothing sentimental about theresa may's last day at her last global summit. she met leaders often attacked over human rights — briefed saudi's prince mohammed bin salman on a court case that halted british arms sales, and met turkey's president erdogan, too. critics would rather britain kept its distance. the uk is trying to reshape old relationships, and it's not easy. brexit wasn't on the agenda when mrs may met european leaders. she still seemed, somehow, out of place, no longer part of the in crowd. so where does britain sit in the world? i continue to believe that we are stronger when we work together. the uk has never been afraid to stand up for the global rules that underpin our values and our way of life. how important is leaving the european union with a good deal to britain's future as a global player? i've always said that i think it's best for the united
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kingdom for us to leave in an orderly way, and that means leaving with a good deal. i believe that we negotiated a good deal, but parliament has not come to a majority supporting that deal, and it would be up to my successor to find a way of delivering. i believe that conservative party members, as with the majority of the public in the united kingdom, want us to deliver on brexit. i believe they want us to deliver notjust what that means in terms of leaving the eu, but the brighter future that we believe the uk can have outside of the european union. that's what i was working on, it is what my successor will work on. by the end of the month, mrs may's successor will have taken her place on the stage. but for the next leader, the challenge of managing the british economy, maintaining britain's place in the world and wrestling with the defining problem of brexit will be no easier than it is now, and may be much harder. john pienaar, bbc news, 0saka. it is officially the hottest day of the year so far.
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in the past half an hour it has been confirmed that temperatures reached 30.8 dc in charlwood near 6atwick airport surrey. it is also expected that parts of the uk could experience their hottestjune weather in more than 60 years. temperatures could reach 3a celsius in parts of the south east. it follows extreme heat across europe, with health warnings still in place in france after record—breaking temperatures yesterday. 0ur reporter michael cowan is in sunny southend—on—sea this morning. it is unbelievably packed, michael. unbelievably packed. it is just after 1pm, so the peak of the day's key, and if you look behind me, the beachis key, and if you look behind me, the beach is completely full. we have the quintessentially british striped chairs, lots of people eating food, and crucially, the sea is also packed. even though the water is
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quite cold at this time of year, it is filled with people. it is one of the most popular stretches of beach in the country and will host over 5 million people this year. today, as we know, officially the hottest day of the year so far still. of the year so far it we know, officially the hottest day of the year so far it will be one of the busiest days in southend. as we look around the country, it is the south—east‘s town today to experience this eat. we will have temperatures of up to 30 celsius. we have heard in surrey it is 31, the peak of the day. experts estimate that london and greater london will bear the brunt, with 33—34dc later today. that following on from different parts of the north of england yesterday. in the highlands, we saw temperatures of almost 30, as we saw temperatures of almost 30, as we did in wales. for many revellers, this is the perfect way to spend saturday, but we need to look out for vulnerable members of society, as well as sticking to the rules on
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the beach and in the sun. we need to be topped up with suntan lotion. where a high factor. and drink water. a taxi driver said on the way here, iam water. a taxi driver said on the way here, i am going to be in the garden, ina here, i am going to be in the garden, in a hot tub, with a glass of something. i said that is great but where some suntan lotion. for hay fever sufferers like myself, it isa hay fever sufferers like myself, it is a bit ofa hay fever sufferers like myself, it is a bit of a miserable day, because there are high pollen counts across there are high pollen counts across the country. if you are having a glass of something, ideally it should be water, shouldn't it? it absolutely should, absolutely. that is what is recommended. this comes off the back of health warnings still in place across europe. in france yesterday, they experienced their hottest day on record, just shy of 46 celsius. we
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are nowhere near that here, about 27 celsius here, but it is extremely hot, especially wearing a shirt and trousers. that advice, look after your friends and neighbours, trousers. that advice, look after yourfriends and neighbours, but also just yourfriends and neighbours, but alsojust enjoy yourfriends and neighbours, but also just enjoy the sunshine, but do it sensibly. which is what we are hoping to do this afternoon. michael, maybe go and find a shop and get some shorts and t—shirt to survive the afternoon! the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who is currently serving a five year jail sentence in iran has ended her hunger strike. she's been convicted of spying — a charge she denies. her husband richard ratcliffe also ended his hunger strike outside the iranian embassy in london where he has been for the last 15 days. here's what he told the bbc radio four‘s today programme this morning.
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good news, she has stopped her song dash might her hunger strike. you are relieved for her? it was hard for me, but harder for her. she had some breakfast this morning, porridge with apple and banana in it. i porridge with apple and banana in it. lam relieved because i didn't wa nt it. lam relieved because i didn't want her to push it much longer. as we've just heard president trump is now in south korea for the second—leg of his tour of asia. mr trump is having dinner with the south korean president, moon jae—in, this evening, before a visit to the korean denuclearisation zone tomorrow, where president trump has offered to meet and ‘shake hands with the north korean leader, kim jong—un. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell is in seoul. any news on whether that meeting is going to happen? president trump issued in invitation, rather extra
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and ordinarily —— issued an invitation, there are other extraordinarily, by twitter. he invited the north korean leader to come down to his side of the heavy lee military realised demilitarised —— the heavily militarised demilitarised zone. to give the north korean leader just demilitarised zone. to give the north korean leaderjust hours' notice, i'm not sure that logistically they will be able to pull it off. many analysts will say there is nothing really much for the north koreans to lose by doing it. they don't have to take any steps forward on denuclearisation, and all he has to do is come along and turn up, i he has to do is come along and turn ose, he has to do is come along and turn up, i suppose, to shake hands with donald trump. and this could be quite symbolic. it is something that the north korean regime has shown a keenness to have, a way of indicating that its leader is on par
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with the president of the united states. and so they don't have to give up anything, so why not do it? the only question is, logistically, whether or not kim jong—un could find a way of getting there in time to do this. as i say, it is only hours away. stephen, we also heard from donald trump at the end of the 620 talking about china talks resuming, and a changed line on huawei. yes, so indications that the us may be changing its hard line on huawei. this is a bit of a carrot to the chinese side, hoping it can bring them to the table to achieve some sort of breakthrough that could bring an end to the trade war. for huawei, this tech giant in china, if it could get access at some point to that huge market in the united states, this will be a big deal in china, and it will be much better
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for huawei. at the moment, the us is travelling around the world convinces governments to go the other way, to block huawei's new technology, to not allow it to build five 6 networks and the like, so there has been a softening on huawei. you wouldn't call it a huge breakthrough, but certainly it's a change of message, and one again that would seem to indicate that they are trying to move forward. talks will resume to try and bring an end to this trade war again, but we've reached this point before. you know, the last time the talks came together, both sides thought they had a deal, and the delegation from the chinese side went back to beijing only to find out from the politburo standing committee that they had problems with those mechanisms that were going to be in place to ensure both sides adhered to the deal. the way they were being locked into it. maybe this move on
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huawei will give it some sort of momentum. stephen, in seoul, thank you very much. the queen has addressed the scottish parliament to mark 20 years of devolution. members of the public stood on the royal mile to catch a glimpse of the monarch and the duke of rothesay, prince charles, as they arrived at holyrood. they were greeted by the first minister and other party leaders. in her speech the queen highlighted the importance of the parliament's role in scotland. i have no doubt that, for most of these last 20 years, this striking chamber has provided exactly that — a place to talk. but, of course, it must also be a place to listen, a place to hear views that inevitably may differ quite considerably one from another, and a place to honour those views. 0ur correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, is at holyrood now. the queen obviously, as one would
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expect, absolutely sidestepping the political tensions that we have seen build—up between scotland and london on the question of brexit and whether devolution actually could eventually give way one day to com plete eventually give way one day to complete independence. yes, that's right. there was some talk of that on the streets here today, but really, peoplejust came here to celebrate 20 years of devolution. also, ithink here to celebrate 20 years of devolution. also, i think for many people, when they came and waited on the streets here it was to get a glimpse of the queen and the duke of rothesay as they passed and went into the parliament building behind me. this building wasn't even here 20 years ago. this was just a waste land at that point. the parliament sat ina land at that point. the parliament sat in a temporary building initially, but as we have seen, the celebration and events have been taking place here in the building today. we heard from the queen there, and all the other leaders of there, and all the other leaders of the parties in scotland, they were
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also able to address msps, so a significant day for the people who work here at the scottish parliament today. we also heard from nicola sturgeon, who is the first minister of scotland, and she said, she has been an msp since 1999, the whole time of the scottish parliament. she was in her early 20s at that point, and today, what she did say, there have been times when the sense of challenge outweighed that sense of optimism. she has previously said that there was a steep learning curve when they first moved into this building, because it was all very new. she also talked about the 200 acts of parliament but have been passed, specifically land reform, where our communities have been able to buy their own land, and then she started looking to the future, to the next 20 years and beyond, and the next 20 years and beyond, and the buzzword seemed to be unity, but
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unity in terms of the parties working together within this building. and she also quoted donald dewar, who was the labour leader and first first minister here in scotland. he sadly died a year after the parliament open. she was quoting something he said: we must continue striving to do the right thing by the people of scotland. now, most people have gone, and if wejust look over to the parliament across the road here, we wonder what the next 20 years are going to bring. the headlines on bbc news... president trump wraps up the 620 summit in osaka with news that us companies will be able to sell goods to the chinese tech giant huawei. meanwhile, at her last 620 summit as prime minister, theresa may says she hopes her successor is able to secure a good brexit deal. it's the hottest day
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of the year in the uk with a temperature of thirty point eight degrees recorded at charlwood in surrey. sport now, and for a full round up, we go over to the bbc sport centre. first to the women's world cup, and italy take on the netherlands in the quarter final this afternnon, while germany and sweden will battle it out for the last semi final place tonight. england are of course through already, and they'll have to overcome the holders usa, who beat hosts france 2—1 in last night's quarterfinal in paris. american co—captain megan rapinoe proved to be the difference, scoring a goal in each half for the holders. france did get a consolation late on, but the usa saw the game out despite a late penalty claim for handball. the semi—final between england and the usa will take place on tuesday night in the 60,000 capacity stadium in lyon. you have to give it up to the french
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team. ithink you have to give it up to the french team. i think they outplayed us for sure with the ball today, but we we re sure with the ball today, but we were so sure with the ball today, but we were so good defensively, so strong, were so good defensively, so strong, we hit them where it hurt, took our chances. this team, yeah, just unreal, and unreal amount of heart. well england reaching the semi—finals means there will be a great britain women's team at next year's 0lympics. britain last played in the 2012 london games and as england have reached the last four at the world cup in france, a british team will compete in tokyo in 2020. there will be 12 nations fielding women's sides. manchester united have signed an england under 21 from crystal palace for £51 million. it is a five year contract that will earn him up to £80,000 a week. england fans will be keeping a close eye on pakistan's cricket world cup game with afghanistan at headingley. afghanistan won the toss,
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chose to bat and lost two wickets in two deliveries. pakistan would move above england into the semifinal places with a win. england play india tomorrow. in the women's one—day tour match, england are 187 for 3 against australia a with 22 overs left. it is the final of the eastbourne grass tournament today. karolina pliskova is up against angelique kerber. pliskova has got off to a good start, taking the first set, and she is 2—0 up in the second. later, sam querrey will take on taylor fritz in the men's final. in rugby, england's women got a good start against the usa. they won the
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tournament in 2017 and beat the americans in san diego. they will face canada in the next mac in just over a week. —— next match. there could be another lifeline for danny cipriani, included in the latest training camp. he was player of the year last year but hasn't played for england in a year, and could still be squeezed out of the final squad when it is named in mid—august. england netball coach tracey neville has told the bbc that this year's world cup won't be her last in charge. neville said earlier injune she would step down afterjuly‘s world cup in liverpool to have a family. this is not my last world cup. for the roses. i think that the girls wa nt to the roses. i think that the girls want to do it for themselves. they did it for themselves last year, and i want them to do it for themselves because they so deserve that. i can only focus on this netball world cup, and forthe
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only focus on this netball world cup, and for the girl, i only focus on this netball world cup, and forthe girl, i hope only focus on this netball world cup, and for the girl, i hope and know for sure that they want this netball world cup as well. if they wa nt to netball world cup as well. if they want to do it for me, that's fine, but do you know what? we are doing it for everything we have worked towards over this last four years because they have been absolutely outstanding in their professionalism to get them to this point so far. that's all the sport for now. now, it's time for click. all eyes on the cricket tomorrow for me. to carlisle now, because the latest conservative party hustings are taking place. let's listen in. a lot of people's yea rs let's listen in. a lot of people's years will have pricked up in that last answer, when you use the phrase crashing out of the eu with no deal. that is using the language of ultra
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remainers, isn't it? let me be clear, and it is important to be clear, and it is important to be clear where i stand on this. i have always said that if the only way to leave the eu is without a deal, then i will do that. and i don't think it's the best way to leave the eu. there would be a big impact on farmers in cumbria, on 20,000 businesses that there are in cumbria, and indeed, it would good though it may give ammunition to nicola sturgeon, so i will try my damnedest to get a deal, but if we get to the end of october and there is no prospect of a deal that we can get through the commons, then i will leave, because in the end, we are a democracy, and the democratic risk of not delivering brexit, what people voted for, is higher than the economic risks of no deal. why do you use that language? it will indicate too many people that actually you never would leave with no deal. i don't think it does at all. i couldn't have been clearer
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that i am prepared to leave without a deal, from the start. but i am also being honest with people that there will be some disruption. we have had bigger challenges in our history before, but i think it's also important, on the question of no deal, to recognise that there are people in the house of commons who are going to try to stop us leaving without a deal, so the best way to leave the eu quickly, the safest way to leave the eu quickly, is to send someone to leave the eu quickly, is to send someone to brussels who could actually negotiate a deal that can get through parliament, and as someone get through parliament, and as someone with a business background, who negotiated every day of their life before they went into politics... is it true you were an entrepreneur? i don't know if i mentioned that! by the way, everyone , mentioned that! by the way, everyone, i was mentioned that! by the way, everyone, i was an mentioned that! by the way, everyone, i was an entrepreneur! do you think there is a democratic deficit in england, where england should have its own parliament, there should be english devolution as well, there should be a first minister for england? as well, there should be a first minister for england ?|j as well, there should be a first minister for england? i don't want
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an english parliament, and i don't wa nt an english parliament, and i don't want all the bureaucracy that that would involve, but i do think there isa would involve, but i do think there is a democratic deficit when it comes to local government. i think we should be devolving more powers to local government. i think i would be more relaxed about local government making their own decisions about the taxes that they levy, because i want people to see what is difficult to see now, which is the difference between prudent, responsible conservative local councils and irresponsible, anti—business labour councils, and i would like people to see that. applause i don't know how many people are familiar with the loan charge which is proving to be very controversial at the moment. hmrc are going after independent contractors for back taxes of up to £200,000. there have been six suicides as a result of this. what is your opinion on retrospective taxation, and will you
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agree with the more than 100 mps who have called on you or borisjohnson, who becomes leader, to have an independent review, independent of hmrc or government on this, and to suspend it while that review is going on? well, i am very sensitive to those kinds of issues, having set up to those kinds of issues, having set up and run my own business. i know in that early stage when you are getting things off the ground, things feel very, very vulnerable, andl things feel very, very vulnerable, and i think as a country we do underestimate the pressure that people face when they set up on their own. sol people face when they set up on their own. so i would be happy to look at that issue. i haven't seen the details. obviously, all businesses have to pay their taxes, but i commit to looking into that issue, and if an independent but i commit to looking into that issue, and ifan independent enquiry issue, and ifan independent enquiry is what is needed, then i will do that. in terms of retrospective taxation going back 20 years, that seems to me to be incredibly unfair. yes, it may be, but i'm not going to
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make a decision on the spot on something like that. i think it's important that you look at the details, but i would certainly look at them with a lot of sympathy for those people. jeremy hunt are met, taking questions on the latest conservative party leadership hustings, again repeating that he would rather leave with a deal rather than a no—deal brexit. he has had a boost in one recent poll, with more tory voters voting for him at a potential general election than borisjohnson, who will be on after jeremy hunt, and we will of course bring you some of his question and a nswer bring you some of his question and answer session also might. let's catch up on the weather now. i'm about to escape into the sunshine — will at last? —— will it last? certainly for the rest of the afternoon. temperatures are already
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32 celsius in and around london, and it could peak at 3a celsius. out to the west, where we had the heat yesterday, temperatures in the lower 20s. as a cold front worked its way east through the rest of the day and tonight, we will introduce atlantic winds to take us into tomorrow, and temperatures will fall substantially for all, but it will still be a pleasa nt for all, but it will still be a pleasant day for many. we have seen severe thunderstorms today, one of them captured today by one of our weather watchers in northern ireland. they are currently in northern ireland and south—west scotland. they will work their way north and east through the rest of the afternoon, and they will get more and more severe as we go through the day. western area is nowhere near as hot as they were through yesterday. the east will be widely mid to high 20s. temperatures
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in central and eastern england touching the mid 30s. there could be frequent lightning, hail and the risk of flash flooding in scotland and northern england tonight. is that works its way east, there is the tale of a cold front, so it will turn fresher after a humid start tonight. temperatures widely into the teens tomorrow. as we start sunday, it will be afresh a day, by and large, but still pleasantly warm for the majority. more of a breeze coming from the west, frequent showers across north and west scotland, the odd rumble of thunder possible, a few showers in northern ireland, and there will be a few across northern england and wales. southern and eastern areas probably staying dry all day. temperatures back to where they should be for the time of year, low to mid 20s. fairly pleasa nt time of year, low to mid 20s. fairly pleasant in the strong sunshine overhead. a0 degrees over parts of 6ermany, overhead. a0 degrees over parts of germany, where they could break the june record again. as we

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