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this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at four. donald trump visits south korea — north korea has not yet said whether its leader, kimjong—un, will meet the us president when he visits the border between the two koreas tomorrow. earlier, mr trump wrapped up the 620 summit in osaka with the news that us companies will be able to sell goods to the chinese tech giant huawei. i'm talking about equipment where there is no great national emergency problem with it but the us companies can sell their equipment. the uk is enjoying the hottest day of the year so far — with temperatures soaring across southern england. a top temperature of 33.6 degrees celsius was recorded in heathrow. the killers are headlining at glastonbury this evening — this is the scene live at the festival now. last night, stormzy became the first black british solo artist to be
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the top act on the pyramid stage. pakistan are looking to jump ahead of england in the race for a semi—final spot at the cricket world cup. and, coming up at half past four — we'll take a look at the best of the week's exclusive interviews and reports from the victoria derbyshire programme. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the trump administration is to allow us technology companies to resume selling their products to the chinese telecom firm, huawei. the move is seen as a major concession both to china and to us businesses which had opposed the ban when it was introduced last month. president trump announced the change of policy at a news conference following a meeting
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with china's 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 g2. 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 agreement 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. 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.
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"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. reporter: mr president, jamal khashoggi, sir? thank you very much. this summit has highlighted a stark global divide between those
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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 next 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. 0ur asia business correspondent, karishma vaswani is in osaka — she gave me her analysis about the outcome of the deliberations between the leaders at the 620 summit — which at times seemed quite hard—fought. i think one of the key things that came across at the summit which in previous years has come together at moments of great
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turbulence, for the global economy — remember back in 2008 when the leaders sat down and had to put together the pieces of the world economy in the midst of the global financial crisis. what they have had to deal with over the last couple of days is the us — china trade war in their midst. the 620 had to watch as president trump and xi jinping sat down to try and thrash out these very thorny issues of trade that really are about more than just selling goods from one country to another, it goes to the heart of the us—china relationship. it is emblemised in the form of the chinese telephone giant, huawei. which today the us president said is allowed again to get american technology products into huawei.
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it was banned from doing thatjust a few weeks ago. if it is a reversal of that policy, it will be seen as a major victory for china and a concession by the united states. in terms of this pause in hostilities in that president trump is not going to impose additional tariffs which would have brought every chinese import into some kind of extra penalty, have they sketched any timeline as to how this negotiation will be resolved 7 we heard it was a great meeting, a positive meeting but is that all the detail we got? yes. to be honest, we were light on details but that is typically what you get when you frankly get a press conference from donald trump in the aftermath of a big local meeting. —— global meeting. even at the last 620 summit when president xijinping and president trump announced the pause in the trade tensions in december, all we were told
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was we would have a resumption of trade talks and we would pause on the tariffs for 90 days. that time we got a deadline. no such detail this time. we do know both sides will start talking again and working towards a trade deal. but even though we have had the threat of future tariffs lifted for now, this trade war is still very much on. we still have hundreds of billions of goods with tariffs on them between the world's two largest economies. from what we know about this trade war, china will not budge on matters of principle or bow to us pressure. and washington is saying it wants to see a fundamental structural change to the way the chinese economy is run. it is very hard to see how that gap can get closerjust by talking. north korea has not said
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whether its leader, kim jong—un, will meet donald trump when the us president visits the border between the two koreas on sunday. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell is in the south korean capital, seoul. the motorcade of donald trump has arrived here in seoul, south korea. from here, he says he will be travelling to the demilitarised zone, where he is hoping to meet north korea's leader for a handshake. given the short notice, it's not clear yet whether kim jong—un will in fact travel down to his side of the heavily militarised demilitarised zone for that symbolic handshake, but many analysts think that he probably will, because there is nothing much for him to lose. north korea has always craved equality with the united states, and for those two leaders to come together to shake hands across that
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frontier, i think both sides might think it is an opportunityjust also —— just too good to lose. theresa may has urged world leaders to follow the uk's target and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, as donald trump was again left isolated on the issue. speaking to journalists at the end of the 620 summit, mrs may said it was up to her successor to deliver 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.
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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 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
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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's official — the uk is experiencing the hottest day of the year so far. the met office confirmed a high of 33.6 degrees at heathrow airport — with temperatures expected to rise further still. earlier i spoke to our reporter michael cowen — who has escaped the heat of the capital, and is down on the coast in southend. so here it is going to get to around 29, 30 but in london they are going to bear the brunt of today's heatwave, topping off at 33 to 3a degrees, which is incredibly hot indeed.
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it is worth bearing in mind that for many people it is fun to have a day at the beach and revel in the heat but for more vulnerable people it can be a dangerous time. it is worth reminding people that there is a very very high uv rate today. so everybody should be wearing lots of suntan lotion, keeping out of the hottest part of the day, do not sit in the sun for too long and making sure vulnerable relatives are hydrated or friends as well. make sure you are hydrated because in this type of heat it is easy to get dehydrated. this is nothing compared to what has been seen in parts of france and spain. france yesterday recorded its hottest temperature of all time, just below 46 degrees. we are a way off that. there was some thought that today in britain we might reach our hottest temperature ever forjune. we have not quite reached it, that was 35 degrees, that was in southampton in 1976. we have not quite made it. but it is still exceptionally hot out today.
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so obviously, it has been much worse in france but today it is very, very hot. experts say enjoy the sun, absolutely — but do it in a sensible way. the summer of ‘76, i remember it well, standpipes and queuing for water. not that bad today. do you get a sense, apart from the fact people are enjoying it, are people conscious of the need to be a little bit cautious in southend? we had the rnli on the news channel last night telling us about splish splash splosh, i can't remember now, they will correct me on twitter, but basically get the sun cream and t—shirts on and keep yourself cool. keeping yourself hydrated does not mean opening a can of beer. lots of water and fruitjuice. ice creams? how many ice creams have you had so far, michael?
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i have not had one yet. you have not had one yet! we have just had some lunch. we are going to have one now. it is the peak of the heatwave. we thought we would wait till mid afternoon. i can tell you, around me, hundreds of people are having ice creams and ice lollies. some are drinking water. i think half the people here have got the message, keep your tops on if you can, put sunscreen on, but there are a lot of people just out enjoying the sun and the weather. as you can see behind me, this beach, it has been a long time since i have seen a beach this packed. ijust spoke to a cafe owner, this is without doubt the busiest day southend has seen this year. over the course of the year they will host 5 million people. this is an incredibly busy day. people in their scores are enjoying this magnificent beach. michael cowen, 0ur reporter there in southend.
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the race to find the next prime minister continues with two hustings taking place today. jeremy hunt and borisjohnson are currently in carlisle, taking questions from local party members — before a similar event in manchester this evening. earlier our political correspondent, tom barton, gave this analysis of this afternoon's event. they too might candidates travelling around the country talking to people. that is available to watch on social media. lots of topics came up. carlyle, obviously close to the scottish border. so the subject of independence chemo, scottish independence. both candidates asked about that. both making the point they are unionists. jeremy hunt keen to make the argument that a no—deal brexit would bring potentially scottish independence much closer. borisjohnson scottish independence much closer.
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boris johnson making it scottish independence much closer. borisjohnson making it clear that he thought brexit would cement the union because it would put the scots, he argued, off from ever leaving. pics of course came up several times. jeremy hunt was asked about it and this is what he had to say. i'm going to do something very different to theresa may. two things actually. first, i'm not going to try and put her deal through the house of commons. we should not have the backstop. i was one of the cabinet ministers to argue against it. and this is the really important change, i'm going to have a negotiating team, as i mentioned, that has on it to people from different parts of the conservative, dup alliance. that means that brussels knows, that we have promised brussels we can deliver through parliament. brexit was not of course the only subject to come up. climate change was also
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discussed by both candidates. borisjohnson was asked about it by a party member and this was his view. the uk has a fantastic record as an agenda setter on reducing c02, we should stick up for it, particularly of course with our american friends because they sometimes, they can need gingering up when it comes to this issue. i do think we face a very real threat. from a helicopter? whose chopper is that? i have got a terrible feeling that is mine. a deeply embarrassing moment, folks, just as i'm talking about climate change. unfortunate timing for borisjohnson but actually it turned out that was the helicopter ofjeremy hunt. they both have helicopters.
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borisjohnson made the point that perhaps they should consider sharing a helicopter in the interests of climate change. or they could consider not having a helicopter at all. thank you very much. 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. the uk is enjoying the hottest day of the year so far — with temperatures soaring across southern england. a top temperature of thirty—three degrees celsius is recorded in heathrow.
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presumably everyone was there to fly away. and in sport...there are two matches at the cricket world cup today, australia are 92—5 against new zealand. pakistan can push england out of the semi—final places with a victory at headingley — they need 228 to beat afghanistan but they are 103 for 3. the last of the quarter—finals the netherlands are through. 6ermany face sweden later. and ferrari's sharl leclair broke the track record to take pole for tomorrow's austrian grand prix. lewis hamilton is also on the front row but was and this is a stewards inquiry as to whether he impeded kinky right canon. we should have an update on that at hapless fife. —— half past five. —— kiki right canon.
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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 a's, today programme this morning. i had a phone call this morning, and it is good news, she had decided to stop her hunger strike, so i will be stopping it, so good news. i am relieved. good news for yourself but particularly for her? that's quite right, it was getting hard for me, but i'm sure it is harder for her. she said she had had some breakfast this morning, a bit of porridge with some apple and banana, and i'm relieved, because we wouldn't have wanted to push it much longer. the killers will headline the pyramid stage at glastonbury later tonight. they'll be following in the footseps of stormzy who last night became the first solo black british artist
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to headline glastonbury festival. let's talk to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba who's at glastonbury. you are there last night, did you watch that set? i saw some of it. not all of that but expectations we re not all of that but expectations were high and he seemed to fulfil them. the question will be the next two days of the festival. i have a couple of regular festivalgoers here. stormzy went down a storm if you will forgive the pawn —— plan. has it made expectations? absolutely. this is my second glastonbury, the first one was very weight so this is a different five. what about you ? weight so this is a different five. what about you? completely. with all the weather leading up to it, the sun has come out, having a great time. your first festival was 1998.
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what keeps you coming to 6lastonbury, it is not cheap, what is the author that other festivals do not? it is the best festival in the world. they create a 30 year. they have everything. they have about a0 stages. they have everything. they have about 40 stages. it is incredible. what are you looking forward to? the chemical brothers tonight. healing fields tomorrow. massage. some incredible singers tomorrow. ijust like walking around and taking it all end. 2016 was a little different to this one, just a little muddier. it was up to here in mud. but we had the most amazing time so it is what it is, it is the music and the experience. this time the challenge is very different. it is very hot. is it easy to get hold of water, are
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you keeping hydrated ? is it easy to get hold of water, are you keeping hydrated? yes. we are just refilling our water bottles whenever we can. three or four litres 90 day. easy to get hold of water? yes and the security usually good. loads of taps, everyone is helping out, everyone is hydrated. looking forward to sunday when the legend of kylie minogue is playing. will you be there? no, i have to go on to my daughter matilda. you can watch on television. exactly. this is not going to be done on the bbc. i will keep it under wraps until kylie minogue is playing. you are keeping is under wraps, we look forward to it. from a very sunny 6lastonbury, shedding like many parts of the uk, the hottest day of
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the year so far, the words is people are having an excellent time. you need to get a heart, they are willing to had you. thank you so much. —— unity get hacked. they are willing to riff cats next year. —— terrific hats. 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,
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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 has been at holyrood for us. really, people just came here to celebrate 20 years of devolution, and also i think for many people, they came and waited on the streets here to get a glimpse of the queen and of the duke of rothesay as they pass and went into the parliament building behind me. this parliament building wasn't even here 20 years ago. this was just a wasteland at that point. the parliament sat in a temporary building initially. as we've seen, the celebration and events have been taking place in the building here today. we heard from the queen there and all the other leaders of the parties in scotland. they were also able to address msps, so a significant day for the people who work here at the scottish parliament today.
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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, and she was in her early 20s at that point, and today, what she did say, there have been times when a 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 that have been passed, specifically land reform, where 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 buzzword seemed to be unity, but unity in terms of the parties working together within this building. she also quoted donald dewar, who was the labour leader and
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first first minister here in scotland. he sadly died a year after the parliament opened. and she was quoting something he said. he said, continue, we must continue striving to do the right thing by the people of scotland. now, most people have gone, and we just look over to the parliament across the road here and wonder what the next 20 years are going to bring. a ship carrying dozens of shipping containers full of trash has returned to the canadian city of vancouver from the philippines after a long—running row over waste exports. a philippine court in 2016 declared the importation of 2400 tonnes of canadian waste illegal. the rubbish had been mislabeled as plastics for recycling. canada said the waste — exported to the philippines between 2013 and 2014 — was a private commercial transaction done without
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the government's consent. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello there. we have seen temperatures creep into the mid 30s into the south and east of the uk. still into this evening, temperatures above 30 degrees in central and eastern england. a bit fresher in the west, brightening up for evening sunshine in the far west. storm separates the fresher air and the heat. far north of england, southern and eastern scotland could see severe thunderstorms to end the day. frequent lightning, risk of hail and flash flooding as well. that will clear for the second half of the night. still raining in shetland. showers in the highlands and islands later. most will be dry. we will see a shift from southerly to westerly winds for all. temperatures still in the teens but fresher feeling for tomorrow. lots of sunshine to begin with in western scotland. a few showers in northern ireland, and wales during the day. sunny spells in between.
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sun in the south and east will remain dry. not as hot as today but still very pleasant with strong sunshine overhead. bye for now.
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hello this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump visits south korea, north korea has not yet said whether its leader, kimjong—un, will meet the us president when he visits the border between the two koreas tomorrow. earlier, mr trump wrapped up the 620 summit in osaka with the news that us companies will be able to sell goods to the chinese tech giant huawei. i'm talking about equipment where there is no great national emergency problem with it but the us companies can sell their equipment. the uk is enjoying the hottest day of the year so far —

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