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this is bbc news. i'm martin stanford. our top stories: putting trade talks back on track, the us and china agree to halt hostilities, after a bruising 12 months. president trump prepares to visit the demilitarized zone between north and south korea — but will kim jong—un be there? nearly a month after sudan's brutal crackdown, hundreds return to the streets of the capital, demanding civilian rule. and north macedonia's first ever gay pride march, as the lgbtq movement marks its 50th anniversary.
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hello and welcome to bbc news. the united states and china have agreed to resume talks to ease the trade war between the world's two largest economies. president trump and the chinese leader, xijinping, reached the agreement at the 620 summit injapan. as part of the truce, mr trump said american companies can, once again, sell components to the chinese tech giant huawei, ending a us ban on such sales. from osaka, nick bryant sent this report. this was a 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 cease—fire inthe trade war, an agreement to restart talks that fell apart last month.
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but the us president made a major concession, lifting some restrictions on huawei, the chinese tech giant 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're right back on track. the other headline of the day, mr trump impromptu invitation to kim jong—un via twitter, to meet him tomorrow at the demilitarised zone separating north and south korea. we will go to summit, we'll call it a handshake, if it does happen. i do know that it will, but it could happen. i know, i think he'd like to do it and i wouldn't mind doing it at all. i am literally visiting the dmz. in another face—to—face with another autocratic leader, the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salman, mr trump could hardly have been more complimentary. thank you, on behalf of a lot of people, and i want to congratulate you, you've done really a spectacularjob. and he ignored questions
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about the murder of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, which us intelligence believes was ordered by the crown prince. mr president, will you address the murder of jamal khashoggi? thank you very much, i appreciate it. this summit has highlighted a stark global divide between advocates of the postwar liberal order at nationalists such as vladimir putin, who has described it as obsolete. it is getting harder to tell which side the united states is on. from joking with vladimir putin about russian 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 pre—planned dinner with south korea's president. but will he get his date at the dmz, with his friend from the totalitarian north? apart from trade, several other key
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global issues have been discussed at the summit. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins in osaka. it has been a bruising summit, not least on climate change where donald trump, who frankly despises these sorts of collective gatherings and collective decision—making, tried to undermine the commitment of the other 19 leaders to stand by the paris accords of 2015, and to stand by climate change targets. he tried to peel away the japanese hosts and get them to strip out the climate language from the final communique, that didn't work. he tried to persuade brazil's new populist president, bolsonaro, to walk away from paris and there have been indications of his dislike of the whole process, but he held firm. theresa may pointed instead to the hundreds of thousands of young people she says have been urging leaders to do more. she put forward the commitment the united kingdom has made to bring down greenhouse
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gas emissions to net zero by 2050. she urged others to do the same. she didn't get commitments on that but emmanuel macron says he was delighted that the rest, the other 19 had held the line on climate change. so donald trump remains isolated, in a forum he much despises, but i think it's worth bearing in mind that there are real tensions at global level, and they were reflected in the summit‘s concluding language, quite chilling. most importantly they say trade and geopolitical tensions have intensified. it's almost four weeks since the brutal crackdown in sudan. hundreds of protestors were killed by the security forces after weeks of peaceful sit—ins across the country. despite the internet being cut off by the authorities, activists have managed to re—group themselves and many people are mobilising for a mass rally this weekend. the bbc‘s mohanad hashim reports.
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people are back out on the streets of khartoum. 0nly people are back out on the streets of khartoum. only three weeks after a brutal crackdown. the strong desire for civilian rule outweighs their fear of another confrontation. a couple of hundred people, may be. the fact they are going back added is telling us something. these people are going to try and do this for as long as they can. this 23—year—old man lost his best friend on the third ofjune. since my last visit in may, khartoum feels like a different city. the
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former citizen site has been inaccessible to foreign media. across khartoum, families are still mourning the loved ones. this woman's son was killed too, despite her loss, she continues to demonstrate. meanwhile, the military is seeking to bolster its support base. he is waving his stick, the man who could decide the future of sudan. his men locally known are accused of leading
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the crackdown. they are in control of the capital and show no intention of the capital and show no intention of leaving. these demonstrations are happening daily. sedans revolution is not over. the young men and women driving at that unseating the military could cost them their lives. a ship carrying 69 containers of rubbish has arrived in vancouver. the containers, carrying plastic and other waste, are being returned back to canada from the phillippines. it follows a long running dispute between the two countries
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over waste exports. it will now be incinerated and turned into energy. 0ur asia pacific regional editor michael bristow is following the story. this story goes back, way back to 2013, six years ago when some of the rubbish were sent from canada to the philippines. it was supposed to be recycled but when i got to the philippines, they found out that it was mixed with household waste. the philippines refused to recycle it and it has been sat on a dockside in manila, festering ever since and there has been a battle, a tussle between canada and the philippines about what should happen to this rubbish. eventually, the philippine president said he was going to declare war on canada if they don't ta ke declare war on canada if they don't take it back or sail into canada himself and dump it in the waters. eventually canada decided to take it back and it has arrived back in vancouver. environment a campaign is
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say that they should deal with it themselves. canada does have the facilities to deal with that kind of rubbish itself, this rubbish which has just arrived back, rubbish itself, this rubbish which hasjust arrived back, it rubbish itself, this rubbish which has just arrived back, it isn't going to be recycled, it is going to be burnt to make energy. italian prosecutors say they will file charges against the captain of a migrant rescue vessel who defied italy's refusal to let her dock on the island of lampedusa. carola rackete had taken more than a0 people on board the sea—watch 3 off the coast of libya. she's being held on suspicion of "resisting a war ship" — which can be punished with up to ten years in prison. with more, here's david campanale. after two weeks at sea, the captain decided she had to bring the sea—watch three into lampedusa harbour. her ship had rescued 53 migrants of the coast of libya who had been drifting on an inflatable raft in the mediterranean sea. they we re raft in the mediterranean sea. they were now getting desperate. the
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reason for her arrest, request for a cce pta nce reason for her arrest, request for acceptance by italy had not received a response. as she had edged the ship to the dockside, a police launch had tried to get in between. they touched holes in the launch spread out to avoid being crushed. italy's hardliner interior minister used a facebook post to denounce her asa used a facebook post to denounce her as a rich white german woman who lives at risk by claiming to save them. these are criminals because a ship of hundreds of tons have rammed and damaged a fibreglass patrol boat. some are forced to get down, others to escape their lives. this was a criminal act, an act of war. the italian authorities accuse the sea watch captain of collaborating and trafficking human beings. the charity said it was proud of herfor doing the right thing. she did
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exactly what is proposed by international law and the law of the sea. to proceed to the next safe port and then we actually ended up ina port and then we actually ended up in a situation where she just had no other chance than to actually enforce human rights at sea on her own. some 13 migrants have been taken in by the authorities for health reasons. several eu countries have agreed to accept the rest. the rescue ship itself, sea—watch three, is dutch flagged in german run. under italian laws it faces being seized and a fine of 20,000 euros. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: no limits for norway's swimming champ, the teenager not being held back by down‘s syndrome. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations.
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a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew.
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this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the us and china have agreed to resume trade talks after 12 months of tit—for—tat tariffs. president trump is set to visit the demilitarized zone between north and south korea — he's hoping to shake hands with kim jong un. north korea has not yet said whether its leader, kimjong—un, will meet donald trump he visits the border between the two koreas. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell is in seoul. the motorcade of us president 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 kimjong moon notice, it's not clear yet whether kim jong moon will in fact travel down to his side of the heavily
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militarised, demilitarised zone for that symbolic handshake but many a nalysts that symbolic handshake but many analysts think 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 and shake hands across that frontier. i think both sides might it's an opportunityjust too good to lose. celebrations for pride have been taking place around the world to mark the 50th anniversary of the lgbtq movement. marchers in paris braved a heatwave to show their support, using colourful umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun.in mexico city a huge march with inflatable signs and giant puppets thronged the streets. the city has a thriving gay community, but only a handful of regions elsewhere in mexico have so far followed the capital in making same—sex marriage legal. and this was kathmandu in nepal where activists held the country's first ever march to mark pride month.
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north macedonia has held its first ever gay pride march through the capital skopje. several hundred people, including state officials took to the streets before a rally in a park. lazara marinkovic from the bbc‘s russian service reports. north macedonia just hated the very first pride parade. more than 1000 people marched through the centre of skopje, the country's capital.m you are proud, you feel really great right now and super safe and happy. translation: isolates great, amazing, really good atmosphere, fun. it is cheerful. we are happy protest and angry activists. participants say is successful pride parade as a sign that things are getting better. they have been a lot
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of changes in the past year. one of thoseis of changes in the past year. one of those is that there is more support from the current government, it feels like. there is more political support and security. activists say this is a very historical moment for the lgbt eye community and for years back, they have suffered severe discrimination, violence, hate speech, rejection from the society but now they see this event as a stepping stone for advancing the human rights. pride parade ended with the song proud. by tamara todevska, the country's eurovision song contest representative. translation: i say love will win and everybody should live their life by their own rules. you're proud of who you are. let's get some of the day's other news. a 37—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a pregnant woman
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was stabbed to death in london. police were called to reports of a woman in cardiac arrest. she was eight months pregnant. her baby was delivered before being taken to hospital — and remains in a critical condition. police in india say at least fifteen people have died in the western city of pune, after the wall of a residential —— a former new york policeman who has been suffering from cancer linked to his work in the toxic rubble of the twin towers of the world trade centre 18 years ago has died. earlier this month he made a powerful plea to congress alongside tv starjon stewart, calling for the continuation of victims‘ compensation for emergency workers. luis alvarez was 53. several thousand people have been marching through the spanish capital, madrid, in protest at plans to suspend measures to cut car pollution. from next month until at least september, the new conservative council will not impose fines on drivers who take older and more polluting vehicles into the city centre. the restrictions were a flagship policy of the previous socialist—led administration. it's the 10th day of anti—russian protests in the georgian capital tbilisi.
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the demonstrators demand the resignation of the georgian interior minister, who they blame for police violence against a crowd that tried to storm parliament earlier this month. england's hopes of reaching the cricket world cup semifinals have taken another blow — without even playing. pakistan's final over victory against afghanistan means they have replaced them in the top four of the table and piled even more pressure onto their match against india on sunday. the hosts now have to win both that game and their remaining fixture against new zealand to be certain of reaching the last four. joe wilson looks ahead. the thing about time, it does run out. for england to rescue the world cup, their world cup, they have to games and caution can go to the breeze. that prepared to recall
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hamstrung batsmen jason breeze. that 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 of his players had let him down. no, i can't fault the commitment or application that you quys commitment or application that you guys have produced in every single game. where we let ourselves down as a group is adapting to conditions. it's been a bigger challenge in this world cup than previous series were played so tomorrow is going to be the exact same, we're going to have to adapt to conditions and playing against a strong side in india, playing in a home world cup for your home country is an extremely privileged position to be in, it presents a huge opportunity, to more group stage games left. if we go through to semifinals, we will work it and there is still a lot on the line and we are really looking forward to it. india and contrast could come to edge a persistent
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feeling bright and breezy. their world cup has gone to plan but if you are an indian cricketer, you live with a 24—7 scrutiny, expectation that comes with being an indian cricketer so what is the perspective of virat kholi on england's recent struggles? everyone isa england's recent struggles? everyone is a bit surprised. we thought england is probably going to dominate in their own conditions, but as i said at the beginning of the tournament, in the press conference, pressure is going to be a massive factor and low scores are going to be defended and i said that because i played too world cup and that usually happens in such a big tournament, where all teams are very strong so tournament, where all teams are very strong so anyone tournament, where all teams are very strong so anyone could beat anyone on the day. there will be a vibrant, passionate, noisy atmosphere in these grandstands tomorrow and it will be generated largely by supporters of india. as the indian captain put it today, for his players, it will feel like an away game.
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trym aunevik is the first person to live on the svalbard islands with down syndrome and he isn't letting it hold him back. the 17—year—old is a three—time national swimming champion and has just represented norway at the special olympic world games in abu dhabi. but despite living his whole life in the arctic, he may have to leave to finish his education as there is no programme in place for people with down syndrome. he makes me really proud, what he has achieved and he really makes a family complete and he is a good brother and he is also a very good son. lam i am trym and this is my arctic
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life. it is notjust a child, he was also our first life. it is notjust a child, he was also ourfirst child life. it is notjust a child, he was also our first child and life. it is notjust a child, he was also ourfirst child and in life. it is notjust a child, he was also our first child and in that time of our life, it was really dark. we felt like we didn't succeed being parents, we have failed. i even said to my husband, if we leave now, we will take care of this, everything was very dark. it is very boring for him because he doesn't speak so much english. chocolate cake! he is very free here. everybody knows him and he enjoys that he can bea knows him and he enjoys that he can be a part of a normal regular swim team.
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we could do the best that we want. we like the cold as well. it's kind of a little different world, to have a different child, but it gives a much positive different things. i would say, just think of it as a normal child because if he doesn't put any limits on it, there aren't any limits. it will give you so much back, so much back. we wish trym all the best.
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will president trump and kim jong moon meet at the dmz today? if they do, we will bring you pictures. ta nks do, we will bring you pictures. tanks were watching. thank you for watching. —— thank you for watching. hello again. yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures reached 3a degrees celsius both northolt and heathrow in west london but a cold front has been working eastwards over recent hours and it's been bringing fresh air with it so today's top temperature will be around 25 degrees. that's not cold, still warm in normal but not as hot as yesterday and yesterday ended in a bit of a bang as well. some lively thunderstorms, particularly focusing in on parts of scotland brought also some localised flooding issues. it wasn't the first time this month at edinburgh was in the firing line for some pretty nasty weather. looking at the weather picture, over recent
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hours, you can see those storms have been working out into the north sea. the weather has been calming down but if you are heading out in the next few hours, they could be a bit of rain to come especially across western areas of scotland, the highlands and the western isles but it's a largely dry picture and although it is a warm start of the night, if you are heading outside over the next few hours, these are the kinds of temperatures you are likely to encounter, 15, 16 celsius. sunday is going to be a much fresher kind of day with plenty of sunshine around. there will be cloud around the northwestern that will be bringing outbreaks of rain so some wet weather here and along with that, the cool wins coming in from the sea will keep temperatures pretty low, really, from the time of year a cross pretty low, really, from the time of year across the far north of scotla nd year across the far north of scotland and that's why there are a few showers for northern ireland, a view for the north—west of england and wales and the driest weather across southern and eastern areas and for many of us, temperatures pretty good for that time of year. 24, 25 pretty good for that time of year. 2a, 25 southeast england but 1a for
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shetland and 12 in lerwick. that's not particularly special for the time of year. another hot day for central europe as well. the heat we've is getting to come to an end is cooler at lentigo begins to flow in and that will tend to lock the temperatures down. for much of the week ahead, our weather is going to ta ke week ahead, our weather is going to take a north—westerly pattern and bring further showers in across the north—west of the uk, variable cloud elsewhere with some spells of sunshine coming and going. temperatures all right that time of year with 18 in newcastle, 22 in london but across the far north of scotland, a little bit disappointing for the time of year. looking deeper into the week ahead, a largely dry week with sunny spells and temperatures generally into the high teens, low 20s for scotland and northern ireland and into the low to mid 20s for england and wales. that is your weather.
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this is bbc news. tthe headlines: the us and china have agreed to resume talks to ease the trade war between the world's two largest economies. president trump and the chinese leader, xijinping, reached the agreement at the g20 summit injapan. president trump has arrived in the south korean capital, seoul for talks with president moonjae—in. he's invited the north korean leader, kim jong—un, to "shake hands and say hello" at the demilitarised zone. north korea has described it as a "very interesting suggestion". four weeks after the brutal crackdown in sudan, hundreds of activists have returned to the streets of the capital, demanding civilian rule. there are calls for a much bigger demonstration on sunday. about 130 people have been killed since the crackdown started, according to doctors close to the protest movement. the queen has addressed
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