this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump steps into north korea to meet kim jong—un in the demilitarised zone, becoming the first serving us president to enter the country. stepping across that line was a great honour. a lot of progress has been made. a lot of friendships have been made, and this has been in particular a great friendship, so i want to thank you. it was quick notice and i want to thank you. a baby — delivered after its mother was stabbed to death — remains in a critical condition in hospital. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. jeremy hunt signals a toughening of his position on brexit in the conservative leadership race — warning he could withold some of the uk's divorce bill if he doesn't get a better deal.

new rules mean electric cars must now make a noise — at lower speeds. england prepare to face india in a crucial world cup group stage game at edgbaston. and the papers is coming up at 9:30am. president trump has become the first serving us president to step

foot inside north korea — after a symbolic meeting with kim jong—un took place at the demilitarised zone on the korean border earlier this morning. this is the moment the two men met at the border. after handshakes and a brief chat, president trump was welcomed across the border by the north korean leader. the event has been presented by the white house as being somewhat of an impromtu meeting, and some critics have dismissed it as pure political theatre. however, there will be hopes that it will pave the way for future constructive talks. this is the third time the pair have met, although their last meeting in vietnam ended abruptly, without any progress being made. well, kim jong—un was the first to speak — here's what he had to say. translation: president trump has just walked across the demarcation line. that made him the first us president to visit our country. i believe, just looking at this action, this is an expression of his willingness to open a new future.

the good will between the two men continued. this is what president trump had to say. i just want to say that this is my honour. i didn't really expect it. we were injapan for the 620. we came over and i said, "hey, i'm over here, i want to talk to chairman kim", and we got to meet, and stepping across that line was a great honour. a lot of progress has been made. a lot of friendships have been made, and this in particular has been a great friendship, so i just want to thank you. it was very quick notice and i want to thank you. there were further pleasantries when the pair had a sit—down meeting back on the southern side of the border. a further meeting took place after the cameras left, before they re—emerged about an hour later along with president moon of south korea. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in seoul for us now. you were watching these events unfold. to give it some kind of historic context, what is the significance of the location they

chose to meet at? the speed as well that brought these people to this historic location has certainly led toa historic location has certainly led to a lot of the drama of it. the village on the demilitarised zone which saw the end of hostilities when the korean war was wound up, so far first sitting when the korean war was wound up, so farfirst sitting us president when the korean war was wound up, so far first sitting us president to meet a north korean leader there and not only need ten but to step across the border into north korea has been quite remarkable. if we are to believed, donald trump, just 2a hours ago, he came up with this idea, first informed king jong—un via twitter, and for the north korean leader to cobble together a plan to get himself from the to meet

donald trump is incredible. critics will see it has not brought us any closer to denuclearisation. the leader of south korea says there is no other way to peace than dialogue so no other way to peace than dialogue so he has welcomed this initiative on the part of donald trump. there had been some criticism by former us diplomats are dealt with north korea before that this was rewarding mr kim without him having delivered anything at all to that ultimate objective of denuclearisation. precisely. many people have said that you are giving him something for nothing. you could have asked for nothing. you could have asked for anything at all. something on human rights, something on nuclear weapons, closing one facility for example, i get on the north korean side they might say we didn't have any notice, you called us to come, we just turned up.

any notice, you called us to come, wejust turned up. so i guess they would argue that it has been on their part to match the goodwill in their part to match the goodwill in the states site. whether this comes to anything in the long run is what really matters. from the perspective of the south korean government, especially when you compare the situation to a few years ago, and tensions were high and there were serious talk of the possibility of more. at the moment the mood is quite different. coming to power in a landslide election victory trying to engage with the north. he would say this has been the right path and the majority of people in south korea backed that, and even though the nuclear weapons have not gone up we the peninsula is not sort of moving towards syria's conflict. thank you. —— serious conflict.

joining me now from our newsroom in salford is sojin lim — a senior lecturer in korean studies at the university of central lancashire. you watch the knitting. what did you make of it as a south korean yourself? at the beginning i did not expect that much not only because of the short notice via twitter, it was quite informal, and also because there was no working level discussion beforehand, so i didn't expect that much. as a south korean it is good to see president trump and kimjong—un it is good to see president trump and kim jong—un sitting there together and also to see a south korean president was standing there together, the three of them are together, the three of them are together, that was a touching moment. what about this question of the apparent spontaneity of donald

trump's suggestion? do you buy the idea that this was, on the hoof, it occurred to him yesterday and he sent a tweet and the north koreans responded? or is it more likely there was quite a lot of work going on behind—the—scenes in advance? from my perspective as i see the situation at the moment this is to use from trump's side to see how he can use the north korean card for his coming presidential election and because it was right after the 620, he is at the same time because they had about a0 minutes private discussion, which was longer than expected, i have a hope that they can be productive discussion afterwards at a working level in the

future. what about the ambitions of the two men? on the one side mr kim wa nts the two men? on the one side mr kim wants the sanctions lifted. he wants free and open engagement and he wa nts free and open engagement and he wants some kind of nerve by the us to reduce if not removal altogether its military presence on the korean potential and he was angry at vietnam that he did not get anything so vietnam that he did not get anything so he walked away from that particular summit. president of the united states wants denuclearisation which is big ask. how far apart are they? that will be really difficult to reach agreement in the near future because of that. we need to set patiently to see the progress. like last week in the us the senators kind of reached agreement to suggest that further sanctions against north korea would be even harder sanctions. based on that it would not be easy for president

trump to simply decide to left sanctions. for kim jong—un as long as he has the guarantee for his region evil will maybe take steps to the nuclear rise but it would be really difficult that international society to guarantee because he is a dictator at the moment abusing the human rights and domestic affairs. it would be really difficult. but we still have a dialogue and it is really critical to seize this momentum. because of that it could be more positive than before. thank you. asign of a sign ofjust how far things have progressed in recent years that it was once the site of a notorious incident were two us soldiers were hacked to death by north korean soldiers because they tried to take

down a poplar tree. investigations are continuing after a woman, who was around eight months pregnant, was stabbed to death in croydon. her baby, who was delivered at the scene, is still critically ill in hospital. it was one of two fatal stabbings in the capital in 2a hours. a man in his late 20s died from knife wounds in east london last night. let's get the latest now from our reporterjohn mcmanus. he is at the scene of the incident involving the pregnant mother in croydon. what do we know about what happened? forensic officers have just gone back into the house here in south london, the house behind me, where that horrific incident occurred in the early hours of saturday morning. i 3:30am paramedics and were called to reports that a woman was having a cardiac arrest. they found a 20—year—old who was eight months pregnant who had been stabbed.

paramedics fought to save her life but unfortunately she died at the scene but they were able to save her baby who was taken to hospital and remains there in a critical condition. this incident is pretty horrific. the officer leading the investigation says he wants to hear from anybody know more details about the sequence of events that led to this happening. a37—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of and remains in custody to be questioned. the forensic line still remains in place at the moment. it has certainly shocked many of the neighbours and some of them have been speaking to us saying it is profoundly shocking that this would happen on such a quiet street in a very routine quiet suburb in south london. it has prompted the mayor of london. it has prompted the mayor of london to comment. he tweeted that violence against women has no place in our city violence against women has no place in ourcity and violence against women has no place in our city and horrific murders in the home like that show the scale of

the home like that show the scale of the problem. he said his heart went out to the innocent child and to the mother that that child has tragically lost. this is one of two serious fatal knife incidents in london this weekend. late last night in east london a man in his 20s was stabbed to death. a murder investigation is going on connected to that. very different incidents, different matters in different circumstances, but what unites them is the fact they both involved knives. there have been more than 30 fatal knife incidents in london so far this year and last year across england and wales that was the highest number of fatal knife incidents recorded since records began. thank you. the foreign secretary jeremy hunt appears to be toughening his stance on brexit in an effort to win supporters from the front—runner in the conservative party leadership race, borisjohnson. mr hunt told the sunday times

he would consider withholding some of what's known as the "divorce bill" if the eu fails to improve its deal — and again said he would be willing to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st without an agreement. details have been emerging about the brexit negotiating teams both men are forming to help them if they get to number ten. here with me now is politics correspondent tom barton. on this jeremy hunt on thisjeremy hunt promised first of all, to what extent is it a toughening up on his position?m of all, to what extent is it a toughening up on his position? it is a toughening. this is something borisjohnson has already said he would do if we leave with no deal he wouldn't pay the full £39 billion which has been agreed. of course borisjohnson comes with brexit credentials, the front man of the referendum campaign in 2016. jeremy hunt isa referendum campaign in 2016. jeremy hunt is a harder sell because he campaigned and voted for running and

with a broadly pro—brexit constituency of voters he needs to bolster his brexit credentials and he sees this as a way of doing it, saying he could refuse to pay part of the bill. he would not hand over a penny more than is legally required. anyone who thinks i am going to write a blank cheque to the eu is sorely mistaken. brexit negotiating teams, assuming there is something to negotiate, which the european union has said there isn't because the deal was done and it is that or nothing else. assuming there is negotiations who are the luminaries who have been recruited by the respective candidates? jeremy hunt today talking interestingly about the former canadian prime minister as one of the potential members of his team, the man who was behind the decks reach a deal that

canada struck with the eu. stephen harper. absolutely. he has tweeted that he would be happy to engage with the british work on the negotiating team for whoever becomes the next prime minister, making it very clear that he is refusing to ta ke very clear that he is refusing to take sides in this contest. on the borisjohnson site we know that take sides in this contest. on the boris johnson site we know that we expect quite a lot of senior brexiteer is in the party will be pa rt brexiteer is in the party will be part of any team. absolutely. people like jacob rees—mogg being members of that negotiating team and very keen to frame his argument as being w011 keen to frame his argument as being won around those hard brexiteer is, people who are not scared that he would put it to walk away if the eu are not willing to budge. the eu up until now has said the deal is the deal and that is the deal and nothing is going to change no matter who is prime minister. the labour

party, interesting situation yesterday, the times published a story suggesting that senior civil serva nts story suggesting that senior civil servants were worried thatjeremy corbyn was not up to the job physically or mentally of being prime minister. he came out i need an on camera statement trashing the story. what are the latest developments and why is the story a p pa re ntly developments and why is the story apparently still with us? it is interesting for several reasons. this was the front page of your study‘s times with quotes from what they said were two senior civil serva nts they said were two senior civil servants suggesting jeremy corbyn was frail and was being propped up by those around him it was not functioning on all cylinders. those people spoke to the times anonymously and we have not been able to speak to them ourselves to establish exactly what it is they are saying. the labour leader has hit back at what he called tittle tattle. he insisted he is fit,

active and loves being outdoors. he has also picked a fight with the civil service or with those civil serva nts civil service or with those civil servants saying they should be an investigation into whether civil serva nts investigation into whether civil servants have been briefing the press and warning those in whitehall he might seek to undermine him but this is not the way politics, democracy, should happen here in the uk. it has been a difficult week for the labour party. once again rise about brexit and anti—semitism jeremy corbyn, those around him are seeing this as an opportunity to run home one of the key messages, which is what they say they are trying to do is radically different and there are figures within the establishment in britain who are trying to undermine them and they see this as a key example of that. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: the us president steps into north korea to meet kimjong—un in the demilitarised zone.

a baby — delivered after its mother was stabbed to death — remains in a critical condition in hospital. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. jeremy hunt signals a toughening of his position on brexit in the conservative leadership race — warning he could withold some of the uk's divorce bill if he doesn't get a better deal. grieving families will no longer have to cover burial or cremation costs when a child dies, under a new government scheme. each year around 3,800 children die, with a further 2,700 stillbirths. the children's funeral fund aims to ensure families won't have to pay funeral directors in england for burials or cremations from next month. that moment of tragedy, when families will be thinking about the child they have lost, having to work out how to pay for and arrange a funeral is just something else that they really

don't want to have to worry about. what we're doing here is trying to take away that worry about how you can pay for that funeralfrom them. everyone whose child dies in the context of england will be eligible, we are not means testing this. itjust removes that extra worry and stress at a very stressful time for families. david collingwood is the director of funerals for the co—operative and joins us now from greater manchester. let me ask you about this scheme and what has existed before because presumably there have been situations where funeral directors have chosen to waive fees and i think your organisation has traditionally done that. hi patty has that been? it is a very diverse nature and patchy and we have not

charged for children's funerals for over 30 years. we feel that is an important thing to do. the key thing about a funeral cost as it is not just the cost of the clinician or funeral, it is the funeral directors fees and in some parts of the country may charge fees for their services and unfortunately as great as this legislation is, and it is testa m e nt to as this legislation is, and it is testament to hard work be undone by campaigners, —— work being done by campaigners, —— work being done by campaigners, it does not cover the total cost of the funeral. it is important we talk about that. just to be clear about the government is doing, a scheme that followed a cross— party doing, a scheme that followed a cross—party campaign by a labour politician who explained she had been motivated to do this because she had to take out a bank loan to cover the cost of burying her son,

it has been delayed and finally being introduced in july it has been delayed and finally being introduced injuly and there will be up to £300 available to cover the cost of a coffin the target seeing it is not clear how much the other expenses will be fully reimbursed ? much the other expenses will be fully reimbursed? funeral is made up of two parts. third party fees which cover the crematorium or cemetery and other expenses like that. then the funeral directors' charges. the scheme unfortunately it allows £300 towards the coffin casket but it is silent as to the cost, the funeral directors' fees. i am silent as to the cost, the funeral directors' fees. iam not silent as to the cost, the funeral directors' fees. i am not talking about there should be something that costs more about there should be something that costs more money. about there should be something that costs more money. the 300 pen cap is a simple change of the wording to the £300 cap which should see it includes not just the £300 cap which should see it includes notjust the coffin but the tra nsfer of includes notjust the coffin but the transfer of the deceased, the funeral directors' services and the

vehicle and attendance on the day of the funeral as well. capped at £300 which would prevent a lot of confusion for people who may well be going to a funeral director with the most awful thing, having to arrange the funeral of a child, and expecting that to be three under to be no concern about cost, then suddenly to be told by the funeral director and actually we charge for oui’ director and actually we charge for our professional services. it is not as great as it should be and additionally the third party fees that are included there is no allowa nce for that are included there is no allowance for the minister, for somebody to take the service, a priest or celebrant or vicar to actually take the service and for that pastoral care part of what must be so important at the funeral of a child. fascinating questions you have raised. the director of funeral services at the co—op. thank you.

more people in the uk are now managing their bank accounts on mobile apps on their telephones, rather than through internet banking. a report on the future of digital banking says that this year 25 million customers are using their mobiles to run their accounts. the proportion of customers using app banking is expected to continue to rise over the coming years, reaching 71% by 202a. all new electric vehicles must be fitted with a noise—emitting device — similar to the sound of a traditional engine — to alert other road users to their presence. the european union rules follow concern that vehicles without a petrol or diesel engine are too quiet, putting pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users at risk because they do not realise they are approaching. katy austin reports. as well as being better for the environment, for some drivers the quietness of electric cars as part of their attraction. it is fairly busy today and you can

hear all the traffic, but if it was electric it would be difficult. for more vulnerable pedestrians, including john and his guide dog, it is a problem. stepping out across the road with your guide dog is something i might do, and if suddenly a vehicle appears out of nowhere when an engine is started up, so yes it is very difficult to make a safe decision to cross the road when you can't hear a vehicle. some electric models already make a sound. from tomorrow, eu rules mean new electric and hybrid models must have a sound producing system fitted, and from 2021 that will apply to all new cars. the uk government backs the idea for safety reasons, and says it won't create too much noise. i don't think it is going to create any unnecessary noise pollution. the reality is that this device will only be active when the vehicle is travelling at 12 miles an hour or less, so very low speeds. it will switch itself off when the vehicle travels faster than that. john says it would be good if all electric vehicles had an acoustic system that worked all the time, but says the new rules

are a good start to making roads safe for everyone as technology develops. millions of people have descended on the streets of new york this weekend as part of a series of events to celebrate the city's annual lgbt pride. it follows the 50th anniversary of the iconic stonewall riots earlier this week, seen by many as the start of the international gay rights movement. our lgbt correspondent ben hunte reports. it is a weekend like no other. an estimated four million people are hitting new york's streets to celebrate lgbt pride. and to kick—off the festivities, young people from across the world have gathered in central park for the annual new york youth pride. it is a very celebratory and high—energy event, focused on visibility and equality. not all of the young people

here identify as lgbt, but the community is just as accepted. this year's gathering falls on a special anniversary. it is exactly 50 years since the stonewall riots, a violent protest against police that many believe kicked off the modern lgbt rights movement. something like this couldn't have happened in 1969. in fact, even today in many us cities and countries around the world, an event like this wouldn't be welcome. back new york youth pride may be focused on young people, but there are older people in the crowd too, and many of them are parents supporting their children. i think it is a fantastic opportunity for them to really be in a place where they feel like they are accepted and around people who have similar experiences, so we were all on board, we thought it would be great. i think it is important for kids to see they are not alone, they are not the only ones

in the lgbtq community, and those who came before to get us where we are today, and to see those who are coming afterthem. with the lgbtq community experiencing so much change in the last 50 years, activists are wondering what the next 50 years could bring. might see if the weather is going to be as good in the uk as in the yard. if you are not a fan of the heat and humidity yesterday he will be pleased to hear that today is fresher. it will feel fresher and less game and had not assaulted yesterday. still a few showers to come today through parts of the west of scotland. further south across england and wales it stays dry with long spells of sunshine and highs of 17 to 25 degrees. we keep the cloud

across the north western half of the country with heavy showers for a time across northern and western scotland. cleaner and drier elsewhere and much more comfortable for sleeping with temperatures down to 11 to 1a degrees. tomorrow is still the chance of the odd shower with one or two passengers for northern ireland and north—west england. other places dry. temperature 17 to 21 degrees.

hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: donald trump steps into north korea to meet kim jong—un in the demilitarised zone, becoming the first serving us president to enter the country. a baby delivered after its mother was stabbed to death remains in a critical condition in hospital — a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. jeremy hunt signals a toughening of his position on brexit in the conservative leadership race,

warning he could withold some