temperatures there. it will cool off into monday. for us we will start to drag our air from scotland and a more northerly direction. a few showers around in the north with high pressure in the south for most of next week, mostly dry and sunny spells and looking good for the start of wimbledon.

good afternoon. the united states and china have agreed to resume talks to ease the trade war between the world's two largest economies. us president donald trump and china's president xijinping reached the agreement at the 620 summit injapan. mr trump also said american companies can once again sell products to the chinese tech giant huawei, after an effective ban on such sales was introduced in may. from osaka, nick bryant sent this report. this was the day when the 620 summit of the world's wealthiest nations essentially became a g2. these talks between donald trump and xijinping, by far the most consequential meeting of this global gathering. it ended with a ceasefire in the trade war, an agreement to restart talks that fell apart last month. but the us president made a major concession, lifting some restrictions on huawei,

the chinese tech giant at the centre of what's 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 are right back on track. the other headline of the day, mr trump's impromptu invitation to kim jong—un, via twitter, to meet him tomorrow at the demilitarised zone separating north and south korea. we won't call it a summit, we'll call it a handshake. if it does happen. i don't know that it will. but it could happen. i don't know, i think he'd like to do it, and i wouldn't mind doing it at all. i'm literally visiting the dmz. in another face—to—face with another autocratic leader, the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, mr trump could hardly have been more complementary. thank you, on behalf of a lot of people. and i want to congratulate you. you've done a really spectacularjob. and he ignored questions about the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khasshoggi — which us intelligence believes

was ordered by the crown prince. reporter: mr president, will you address the murder of jamal khashoggi, sir? uh... thank you very much. this summit has highlighted a stark global divide between advocates of the post—war liberal order and nationalists, such as vladimir putin, who's described it as obsolete. it's getting harder to tell which side the united states is on. from joking with vladimir putin about russia meddling in next year's us presidential election to his cosiness with the saudi crown prince, donald trump has arguably shown more admiration here for authoritarian leaders than america's traditional allies. he arrived tonight in seoul for a preplanned dinner with south korea's president. but will he get his date at the dmz with his friend from the totalitarian north? nick bryant, bbc news, osaka. the queen has addressed the scottish parliament to mark 20 years of devolution.

in a speech to msps she said she'd "watched scotland grow and prosper" since holyrood took on its legal powers two decades ago. the queen attended the ceremony with prince charles. our correspondent alexandra mackenzie joined the crowds to catch a glimse of the ceremony. scotland is an old nation with a relatively new parliament. it's seen two decades of devolution. the queen, joined by the duke of rothesay, said she fondly remembered the opening ceremony. today, she was back addressing the current msps. 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. the political landscape has changed dramatically since 1999. the first first minister was the labour leader the late donald dewar. nicola sturgeon was then a young snp msp. now, she's first minister. the 290 act of parliament that have been passed so far have varied in their impact. but from land reform in the first parliament to equal marriage in the last, to the social security act in this, they have all made scotland a better place. some in the crowd had come to grab a glimpse of the queen. 0thers came to mark a moment in scotland's political history. independence—wise, i was totally against it. but i can see why we've got our own parliament, for coming forward with certain laws. it has allowed us to have more of a voice on the nhs, some of the

initiatives that have gone in scotland. as the queen leaves the scottish parliament, people here say they feel a mixture of optimism and uncertainty about the next 20 years. the emphasis today was on unity. but as brexit dominates the uk political agenda, the snp government has said it brings an independent scotland a step closer. as the late donald dewar said, devolution is a journey with no end. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, edinburgh. its been the hottest day of the year so far in the uk, with the highest temperature being recorded at heathrow in west london — where it hit 33.9 degrees. despite the heat, temperatures haven't quite reached thejune record set back in 1976 which was almost two degrees higher at 35.6. 0ur correspondent michael cowan is in southend on sea. yes, we have been here all day in

southend—on—sea, where it has been an absolute scorcher. you can see behind me, at five o'clock, the beachis behind me, at five o'clock, the beach is still absolutely packed. the tide has gone out now, but people have been swimming here all day to try to deal with the heat, where temperatures have topped out at about 30 degrees. we were speaking to locals about how they have been dealing with the heat. take a look. keeping cool isn't easy when the mercury is rising. the sea helps. as does the breeze. we are in southend—on—sea, with its quintessentially british striped deck chairs on fish and chips. locals say it is the busiest they have ever seen the resort. 0ne briton‘s hottest day of the year so far, how are beach—goers here keeping cool? it is hotter but we are keeping cool, with the breeze of the estuary, drinking plenty of water and coke, you know, whatever we can get hold of. ijust west of that has loads of holes in it so that has loads of holes in it so that the breeze can come and help me. keep sun cream zone,

that the breeze can come and help me. keep sun cream zone, keep sun hats on. keep yourself cool, that's it. you rent the deckchairs out that eve ryo ne it. you rent the deckchairs out that everyone has. how busy have you been today? we have had the busiest day of the year so far, to be honest. easter was ok but this weekend is brilliant. we nearly sold out all oui’ brilliant. we nearly sold out all our sheds, that is how well we are doing at the moment. no chairs left? if you left, but they are running out fast. best day ever. tomorrow, the mercury drops and will bring the country back to its seasonal average. michael karen, bbc news, southend—on—sea. formula one and ferrari are turning up the heat for tomorrow's austrian grand prix — by taking pole position. come on, baby, yes! charles leclerc crossed the line three—tenths of a second faster than the current championship leader and mercedes driver, lewis hamilton. he starts second tomorrow. at the women's world cup in france, the netherlands havejoined england and the united states

in the semi—finals. they beat italy 2—0 on a baking hot afternoon in valenciennes — the arsenal striker vivianne miedema opened the scoring for the dutch. the netherlands will play either germany or sweden in the last four. their quarter final kicks off at 5:30. it's a crucial 2a hours for england at the cricket world cup. the hosts and pre—tournament favourites were expected to qualify comfortably for the latter stages of the competition, but things haven't gone to plan. they're now under pressure to win their last two group games, starting tomorrow against india at edgbaston. joe wilson reports. the thing about time, it does run out. for england to rescue the world cup, their world cup, they have two games and caution can go to the breeze. so, they're prepared to recall hamstrung batsmenjason roy, even if it risks reinjuring him in the short term. tuesday's defeat to australia was their third in the tournament already.

i asked the captain if his players had let him down. no, i can't fault the commitment to application the guys have produced in every single game. where we've let ourselves down as a group is adapting to conditions. it's been a bigger challenge in this world cup than previous bilateral series that we've played. so tomorrow is going to be the exact same. we are going to have to adapt to conditions, adapt to playing against a strong side in india. yes, india are in birmingham without a defeat in the world cup so far, and therefore with few cares. now, there will be a vibrant, passionate, noisy atmosphere in these grandstands tomorrow. and it will be generated, largely, by the supporters of india. as england's captain put it today, for his players, it will feel like an away game. joe wilson, bbc news, at edgbaston. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten o'clock. that's all from me.

hello. you're watching bbc news. 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 g20 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. 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 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. jeremy corbyn has raised concerns over the neutrality of the civil service after officials

reportedly briefed a newspaper with allegations that he may have to stand down as labour leader over supposed health issues. at an armed forces day eventy in mr corbyns constituency of islington, the labour leader was highly critical about mandarins telling the times that there were growing concerns about his physical and mental health. i think it's nonsense that they have written, and i think it's diminishing of what was once a great newspaper, the front page should be followed from civil certain that serva nts followed from civil certain that servants and people who don't know me or don't understand me, i'm may very fit and healthy and active person. i love what i do, i love my community and i love being outdoors. the idea that civil servants should be briefing his papers against an elected politician, against a prospective government is something

that should be very concerning to a lot of people, the civil service has to be independent, has to be nonpolitical and has to be nonjudgmental of the politicians that they had a duty to serve in the future. and i would make that very clear to them all, if we are elected to government we are coming with a clear programme and what we do is focus on housing for the all the things that we need to explain to our colleagues in civil service, and expect them to carry out those policies. that is the way british democracy must work. 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 a hunger strike, so i will be stopping it, so good news. 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. what has it achieved? well, i think we will only know after it is finished. what we have had is lots of media attention. we've had must be more than 100 mp5 who have come down to visit and show solidarity, and the media from around the world have been aware of her case. i think in iran we have come a much bigger story than we were before, and there is an awareness that this needs to be solved. you have really got under the skin of the iranians, particularly the diplomats here in london. we have certainly got them cross, perhaps more than i was expecting,

so in the early days they put up a fence to block us off, and then tweeting them, they were trolling us on social media, and various articles claiming i was breaking the vienna convention. but the idea was to bring the problem to their doorstep, so i'm glad that happened. and the politicians you mentioned who have visited you, quite a wide variety, including jeremy corbyn. what was your conversation with him? he stayed for about 40 minutes, brought his wife, talked about his own experience of being on protest, suggested that he would go and try and liaise with the iranian ambassador to see what could be done. that is interesting, because he of course in the past has worked for press tv, which is the propaganda arm of the iranian regime. he obviously has a potential ability to talk directly to them. do you expect that now to happen? he said he had also been to iran as part of the parliamentary delegation with others, so, yes, i will meet up with him later next week,

when i have had a meal and been to a&e and get checked. so your expectation when you follow up with him is what? i think my first expectation would be to go and meet with tulip who is our mp, and see with all that wealth of concern in parliament what we can do in the next few weeks. the speaker came down and said, listen, if there is anything we can do, let us know. that was richard radcliffe talking on bbc radio four this morning. 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 2,400 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 the government's consent. 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 to headline glastonbury festival. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, is there. well a short time ago i asked him if he'd managed to catch any of that set. i saw some of that they didn't get to see all of it, but yes, expectations were high and in most people mind, sheep —— he fulfilled them so it's not pressure for the next few days of the festival and who else to ask than festivalgoers so who else to ask than festivalgoers so stormzy went down last time the storm if you will forget the plan, but is a leading up to expectation this year let's start with you? absolutely unhappy my best time, this is my second festival of the first one was wet so for me,

completely different bye— bye first one was wet so for me, completely different bye—bye —— happy. completely, with all the weather leading up to eight, the sun is out everyone is on at the time it's amazing stop live yes i get in coming was 1998. yeah. it's amazing stop live yes i get in coming was 1998. yeahlj it's amazing stop live yes i get in coming was 1998. yeah. i keep seated keep coming back because it's not cheap so what does it offer other skilled. it's the best festival in the world, it's the greatest city here, that everything here, look at all the stages, that is like 30 or 40 of them, so it's incredible. what are you looking forward to of the weekend stop live chemical products tonight, and tomorrow morning as well there's another one, i'll be another show amazing and many senders, ijust generally, rocking around and taking it all then. of course the last time you were here in 2016 was different and to this line, just a little muddy stop live up line, just a little muddy stop live up to here in my head. it was

horrendous but the most are time. it's i'm here for the music and experience. this time the challenges are very different, and it's very hot is it easy to get a hold of water and staying hydrated what's it like on the ground? we all brought cops that we are refilling wherever we can get water we are about four l down today. is it easy to water? yet the security and stages are really good about it they are refilling water and there's is logic —— water taps everyone is hydrated and helping. looking forward to sunday, that legend that's kylie minogue is playing with you both be there? unfortunately no i'm going to miss iti unfortunately no i'm going to miss it i have to go home to my daughter but i will watch it on television. it i have to go home to my daughter but i will watch it on televisionlj have but i will watch it on television.” have to be there i learned that flash mob dance. i will keep it

under wraps until she's live. you are keeping us on our toes with anticipation, but we look forward to it and hope you're having a wonderful time but from here from a very sunny glastonbury, sharing like so very sunny glastonbury, sharing like so many other parts of the uk, the hottest day of i think the word on the ground as everyone is having an excellent time. breaking the 20 mile per hour speed limit near schools is particularly important for the safety of children, with just the fear of accidents putting many parents off allowing their kids to travel to school alone. the metropolitan police and transport for london have now enlisted the help of school children, as a way to encourage motorists to change their behaviour. dougal shaw reports. if you get caught speeding near this primary school in south london you might be in for a surprise. the police will tell you that instead of facing a fine or points on your license, you can instead agree to be questioned by a panel of primary school pupils about your actions.

which is exactly what this motorist decided to do. do you have any points on your license? no, totally clean. do you realise the dangers you are putting yourself and others in? i didn't realise i was speeding, i didn't realise it was a 20 until i was pulled over. so, no, i didn't realise the danger. he didn't realise the dangers, kids, so let's tell him some. what are they? if you hit someone there is the potential of them dying. so how did he take the judges' criticism? it was a shock that made it a reality, that is for sure. i didn't realise questions i was going to get. it was, yeah, it made me see different. the idea is to enforce the 20 mph speed limit to protect children at school. the police don't offer this option to drivers who they think have significantly broken the speed limit. in this 90 minute session, 32 motorists were stopped. all of them chose to face the children rather than accept a traditional penalty.

it was very fun, because they're random people and you just get to tell them often they can't do anything to you because the police are there. you get to tell them off and it's fun. it is quite surprising that there are that many people speeding around a school. the metropolitan police and transport for london are hoping to roll out the scheme across the capital. you shouldn't need an eight—year—old to explain this to you. the fact that these kids are having to come out and do this ought to make you rather ashamed. importantly, though, the final act in this confrontation is always one of reconciliation. do we forgive him? yes. we forgive him and hope you will learn from that. i will now, for sure. dougal shaw, bbc news. some pictures now from paris where the pride festival is under way. hundreds of thousands of people are expected at the parade — many of them are carrying umbrellas to protect against the heat with temperatures expected to climb to about 37 degrees. paris' mayor anne hidalgo has pledged to make the city the world's gay capital.

pride celebrations are taking place in cities across europe, asia and north and south america over the next two weekends. it's the 50th anniversary of stonewall meeting big celebrations in new york as well. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. central and eastern parts of the uk will see the hottest and most humid conditions today. we have brought some of that continental heat up and out in the west it is the atlantic that there is influencing things. the cold front moves its way eastward through the night and puts us all in the atlantic air for tomorrow. temperatures have dropped, it will be the same humility but if you are out there and get sunshine at times it will be pleasant. we've had some storms today. this is in northern ireland earlier. those storms are now pushing

their way eastwards across scotland and far north of england. a drop of temperature in western areas, still in the low 20s but we are still in the 30s in many parts of southern and eastern england. the storms in scotland could be severe this evening with disruption, lightning and hail and the risk of flash flooding as well. they will gradually work their way into the north sea into the night, still raining in shetland in the morning. elsewhere most places dry, partly clear, bit of a westerly breeze. we will have lost a humidity of recent night so a bit more comfortable. temperatures in the mid teens for most as we start tomorrow. 0verall compared to today and yesterday much fresher for sunday but still pleasant in the sun shine. showers in the highlands and islands with the odd rumble of thunder but nowhere near as severe as today. some sunshine in between those showers and many southern

and eastern areas will stay dry for the bulk if not all day long. still strong sunshine overhead and it will still feel quite pleasant at the low to mid 20s. in the near continent germany could see the return to some heat tomorrow with the potential for some more record—breaking temperatures there. it will cool off into monday. for us we will start to drag our air from scotland and a more northerly direction. a few showers around in the north with high pressure in the south for most of next week, mostly dry and sunny spells and looking good for the start of wimbledon.

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 g20 summit in osaka with the news that us companies will be able to sell goods to the chinese tech giant huawei. we are talking about where there is

no great national emergency problem, 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 thirty—three—point—six degrees celsius is recorded in heathrow. pakistan are looking to jump ahead of england in the race for a semi—final spot at the cricket world cup. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly watching that match with great interest if pakistan can beat afghanistan, they will push england out of the top four and make really ha rd out of the top four and make really hard work of the pakistan, taking four wickets to restrict afghanistan to 2027 49, very good, losing the

wicked but putting on 72, pakistan we re wicked but putting on 72, pakistan were in control but both of those are out now with three wickets. afghanistan i've got plenty of hope 110w. afghanistan i've got plenty of hope now. hundred 19 46, pakistan and they need another 38 to win grant eight and over but they are running out of overs. afghanistan yet to win at the bottom of the table and it could be a massive shock. new zealand can knock austria off the top of the table in lords, that looked to be a very suspect decision. reduced to 46 for three when steve smith was dismissed by a stunning catch, plucked it out of the air. australia slumped to 92 for 5 afterjimmy neesham caught glenn maxwell off his own bowling austalia rallied with usman khawaja and alex carey but a trent boult hat—trick in the final over restricted australia to 243 for 9.

england have a massive game against unbeaten india at edgbaston tomorrow. win and a place in the semi—finals will be in their own hands, with one match against new zealand still to play. captain eoin morgan faced the media today and was asked about injury doubts jofra archer and jason roy. jasonis jason is preparing to play tomorrow and if he gets through today's practise in tomorrow morning unscathed he may be fit to play and how is jofra. no, unscathed he may be fit to play and how isjofra. no, he did not bowl yesterday. we are going to see how he comes through today, he has been playing with the last three games and we'll see how he comes through today. in the next few hours we'll have the full line up for the women's world cup semi—finals. it's the last of the quarters

today and the netherlands have made it through. the european champions beat italy 2—nil in valenciennes. rhia chohan was watching. qualifying for the first time in 20 yea rs, qualifying for the first time in 20 years, italy had been the surprise package in france. the lowest ranked squad to reach the quarters, they have attracted millions of domestic viewers with their skill and passion. and this was already beginning to show in the opening stages against the dutch. with the first real chance, it was the first half devoid of free—form attacking football, the searing temperatures taking their toll on the hot players. the second half saw the netherlands, but this kick. it was only a matter of time for this breakthrough. every set piece was looking more dangerous for italy and

here's why. stephanie on target. and the dutch are through to the semifinals! and for some, they knew it was over. italy have defied pretournament expectations to get this far. breaking new ground for the women's came back home. but it is the european champions who marched on to their first ever world cup semifinals. the netherlands will play the winners of the match that has just kicked off in rennes. germany against sweden. germany the strong favourite in this one. about six minutes on the clock, it is goalless. germany have had a free kick saved already. england head coach phil neville will be in charge of team gb at next year's olympic games in tokyo. they've qualified thanks to the lionesses run to the semi finals in france. it'll be only the second time the four home nations have had a combined team at the games

it will be england led by me and my coaching staff and obviously we have got a fantastic pool of players to pick from. wales, scotland, ireland. fantastic, looking forward to it but we just have a small matter of the semifinal to look forward to first. charles leclerc has taken pole for tomorrow's austrian grand prix. he broke the lap record in his ferrari. lewis hamilton was second quickest but the championship leader has been bumped down to fifth on the grid after stewards ruled that he had blocked kimi raikonnen during qualifying. nick parrott reports. does this complaint of formula 1 being boring were louder, they were silenced. the sound of the fans roaring the dutchman on as he set the early pace. getting into

difficulties from the start was the championship leader, lewis hamilton. leading to investigation. his fortune also hit his title rival sebastian, problems of this for ari forcing him to retire. he will start from nine. while his prancing horse went lame, going to the track record in the second pole of the season.” am it isa in the second pole of the season.” am it is a big measure to drive this car, itjust am it is a big measure to drive this car, it just felt am it is a big measure to drive this car, itjust felt great am it is a big measure to drive this car, it just felt great and am it is a big measure to drive this car, itjust felt great and very happy to bring the pole position back home but we need to finish. we have some good speed. i think he proved that today and i am happy for one side of the garage. it is unlikely to be fun for hamilton, they demoted him to fifth for his running, aiming forthe they demoted him to fifth for his running, aiming for the first one of his career and staff looking to repeat last years victory, it should be anything but boring.

wimbledon starts on monday and last years womens' champion angelique kerber lost in the final at eastbourne this afternoon. karolina pliskova beat her in straight sets for her second title in the tournament. clare balding is there for us in scorching sunshine, we witnessed a phenomenal display was lifted the nature of the trophy winning, 6—16— four and alongside me today, it sounds one—sided in terms of the score line, it was near that they played badly. i think a lot of the damage was done in the opening three games. she come up with a wonderful games. she come up with a wonderful game plan and she has been fantastic with her serve but i think her movement was the best i've ever seen it. moving side to side, she has such long arms, but she was able to dominate from start to finish and she has played so well in every

match here and she'll be able to go in full of confidence. should be going in as are the top favourites, i think technically is the favourite, but pliskova the best players in the world, people think they don't want to face her.” players in the world, people think they don't want to face her. i think they don't want to face her. i think the only problem for a push historically has not played well there, we scratch our heads as to why that is happened but we are seeing a more complete player than we have ever seen seeing a more complete player than we have ever seen before and she must be so happy that she is in the bottom half away from all of those big names stop by there's been a lot of talk about the top quarter with serena, and but for pliskova, maybe she could go in the bid low key for some of those in the bottom half and she has contributed a lot, so they can be the difference. she is a former wimbledon champion, giving them a very warm hug after winning

them a very warm hug after winning the title, karolina pliskova with a victory on the board, you will see heron there. taylor fritz, who beat kyle edmund in the semi—finals, is the men's champion at eastbourne. it was an all—american final, he beat sam querrey in straight sets in exactly an hour. it's the 21 year old's first tour title. he faces thomas berdych at wimbledon on tuesday this weekend major league baseball is breaking new territory the boston red sox and the new york yankees will face each other at the london stadium, the first regular season games to be played in europe. mike bushell reports a scene straight from the heart of america, but this is actually england and baseball has come home. you see, the first recorded baseball match was in surrey in 1749 before

cricket and other sports took over. and while it is still being played here throughout the centuries,... it is the americans who have made it what it is today and this weekend, they hope to grow it again back in its birthplace. the stadium which hosted the london 2012 olympics has been transformed as two of the most famous teams on the planet, the boston red sox and the new york yankees plan to play the first major league series match in europe. they have been building up to this moment since last november, when one of the all—time greats got the ball rolling, introducing youngsters from the academy to the sport. major league baseball was made for london, it's a thinking man's game, it's an academic game, it respects history you do not go up there and beat each other up you got there and i think

people in the smarter you are, the more athletic you are, the better it if you think about a guy like beckham and all of the great soccer players, that you guys have produced over the past century, we would love to ta ke over the past century, we would love to take a couple of those and have them be baseball players. the legacy of this historic fixture in london is already being felt across europe, so is already being felt across europe, so here, we have run 90 of the elite players from the continent pitching their skills, inches packed full of scouts for major league clubs with their radar guns and analysing every stroke to see if they can find the start of the future. for some and wants to play major league baseball, out of europe, today is the best opportunity that they've got. the next generation, all looking back hopefully on the day that london became home to major home runs.

i make imakea i make a quick update, pakistan has a couple of overs left in the less there to be shocked by afghanistan if they win, that is very good news for england. that's all the sport for now. join us for sportsday at 6.30. now on bbc news, hannah gelbart tells the story of a group of holocaust survivors going to prague to recreate a photo taken in 1945, and what became of their lives after the war. her grandfather was one of the survivors. (heartbeats) it was actually 1945.

we were all happy to be alive. and show the world that some have survived. this is the miraculous story of what happened to the children in this photo. here, they are on the brink of starting new lives. freed after years in nazi concentration camps. now in their 90s, they have returned to the same spot. surrounded by their families. this is me. their story is also my family's story. my grandfather, david herman, was one of the survivors. he passed away ten years ago. myjourney began in manchester, where two survivors who knew my grandpa now live. ike was 13 years old when he was into his first