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this is bbc news i'm sean lay. the headlines at 11. 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 — two men have now 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 meanwhile borisjohnson says he'd be
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an "evangelist" for business if he becomes prime minister. i can't think of anybody who has gone around the world championing uk businesses and generally acting as an ambassador and evangelist for uk businesses. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell conceded he's frustrated by labour's lack of progress on its brexit position what i have been trying to say is we need to move now and jeremy said a month ago we are going to put this issue back to the people. england play india in a crucial world cup group stage game at edgbaston president trump has become the first
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serving president to step foot inside north korea — after a historic meeting with kimjong un in the demilitarised zone on the korean border 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 an impromtu meeting only decided upon yesterday and some critics have dismissed it as pure political theatre. but 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
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to open a new future. 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 sitdown 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.
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that was a dramatic moment on camera. and slightly chaotic which presumably fits with the suggestion it was all very last minute. is it to meeting of any substance? . there is no doubt that we have seen something quite historic and kim jong—un today when a setting united states president what a cross that frontier shaking hands with the north korean leader and the two went back across the border to have a three way talk with president moon as well, especially at such short notice. it has been quite remarkable but there will be considerable debate as to weather it actually amounts to anything or even potentially weather or not it is counter—productive. there are people who say that kim jong—un has moved nowhere on denuclearisation and so does not deserve this propaganda victory so why give it to him? on the other hand some will say any
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dialogue is good. anything that eases the tension and brings us some way towards sitting down and eventually leading to giving up nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula, that has got to be a good thing. a few years ago they were referring to each other as the little rocket man and dotard. now donald trump can pop up and say i am going to be here tomorrow, why don't you come round for a handshake? it is quite a strange situation we are in now. the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. can is to move this process forward? we have already heard from the united states either out to be some serious preliminary talks getting under way in the coming weeks. unless it eventually comes to something all
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these gatherings and talk of what good friends they are doesn't matter in the long run. well, before president trump departed for washington, he gave a speech at the osan airbase in south korea. he was keen to highlight the historical significance of what went on this morning. we had a very productive meeting. i outlined the incredible prosperity that awaits north korea when this whole thing gets settled. i have been talking about this for a long time but that is a country with tremendous potential. and i have had a good relationship chairman chem. you see what is happening, it's been a lot different. they were giving us a lot different. they were giving us a great briefing right at the dmz and said it was so different before we had the big summit in singapore. it was really hostile and you understand it better than anybody.
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since ourfirst understand it better than anybody. since our first meeting understand it better than anybody. since ourfirst meeting in understand it better than anybody. since our first meeting in singapore we got along and we had a great kind of feeling. when you go back home you will see at night on television, you will see at night on television, you will see it whenever you see it. today there are so many forms of looking at things. as soon as you pick one another when it comes up in the first one is obsolete whichever when you look at you will see i actually stepped in with chairman chem stop i stepped into north korea. —— kim jong—un. chem stop i stepped into north korea. —— kimjong—un. and they say thatis korea. —— kimjong—un. and they say that is a very historic moment and a very good moment. he asked me would you like to do it? i said it would be my honour and we did. we went over the line and turned around and everybody was so happy. and many people, i know this from korea where they were literally in tears,
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crying. it's a big thing. borisjohnson has said he would be ready to increase government borrowing if he became prime minister. mrjohnson said the borrowing would fund education, policing and infrastructure projects. it comes as his rival for the conservative leadership, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, appeared to be toughening his stance on brexit in an effort to win over supporters. here with me now is political correspondent tom barton. let's correspondent tom barton. speak about this inter\ by let's speak about this intervention byjeremy hunt, toughening his stance. in what way? he has been talking this morning in an interview with the sunday times about the divorce bill, the cost of leaving the eu which has been agreed by theresa may and her negotiating team at £39 million. he has said that he would be willing to not pay all of that. he would insist on keeping
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some of that if britain ended up leaving with no deal. in just a few minutes ago on the andrew marr show he was asked about his attitude to know you and something weather he would be willing to follow through? —— no deal. would be willing to follow through? -- no deal. and no-deal brexit is not my choice but if the way to leave the european union is without a deal then i would do that. and we would make a success of it and protect the union but we would have to be very sensitive to the concerns that people like david mandel raised. —— mundell because scotland would not like it. it is not a question of choosing one or the other. it is a question of choosing
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a prime minister who has the capability to deliver both and if you sent to brussels someone who can negotiate a deal that can get through parliament then you will not have a no deal situation and you reduce those risks. but i am also very clear that we will leave the european union come what may and i will deliver that. if that happens i will deliver that. if that happens i will do it in a way that protects oui’ will do it in a way that protects our union because it is absolutely vital we do. jeremy hunt campaign for remain in the referendum and very keen to toughen up his apparent sta nce very keen to toughen up his apparent stance on brexit to appeal to pro—brexit tory party members. boris johnson has been talking about his economic proposals and in particular about his commitments to lower taxes and to spend more on infrastructure. he was asked whether he would be
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willing to borrow more money in order to do that. if you look at february alone the chancellor reve nu es february alone the chancellor revenues exceed his borrowing.“ you look at different months you are in deficit. there is cash now available. are you prepared to see borrowing go up? at the moment it is available and we intend to use it andi available and we intend to use it and i also think you can do some great things to stimulate economic growth. are you prepared to see borrowing go up? if it is borrowing to finance a great infrastructure project and that is the opportunity to borrow at low rates and do things for the long—term benefit of the country we should do them. don't forget, in this country we spend about £250 billion on public procurement per year of one kind or another. don't tell me there are not
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significant savings to be made in the way that we spend that money. you are prepared to see borrowing go 7 you are prepared to see borrowing go up? i you are prepared to see borrowing go am you are prepared to see borrowing go d you are prepared to see borrowing go up? i am prepared to borrow to finance certain great objectives but overall we will keep fiscal responsibility and keep going with the general trajectory of ensuring this country pays its way and lives within its means but you can do that within its means but you can do that with some sensible tax cuts that will stimulate growth in enterprise and gets more revenue when.“ sounds like borisjohnson is have ca ke sounds like borisjohnson is have cake and eat it strategy has survived a little longer. it has been a difficult week for the labour party. if that was not this very high—profile contest going on in the conservative party we might pay a bit more attention to what the opposition is up to. a big row in the labour party over what the position is on brexit and should be. this morning we have had to of
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jeremy corbyn closest lieutenants publicly taking very different positions. john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor said today that not only does he think that the labour party position is going to almost certainly become more backing another referendum, he thinks they should be back in remain on that as well. . jeremy corbyn said we are moving towards a decision on this. we've all agreed we have to go back to the people. of course we want a general election but we have to go back to the people on any deal or no deal and most probably in a referendum. the discussion is about what attitudes labour should take andl what attitudes labour should take and i have said publicly i would vote remain and i campaigned for remain. on the other side of the argument you have len mccluskey, leader of the unite union. john mcdonnell says party needs to change its position very quickly and len
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mccluskey says something very different. we are absolutely fundamentally opposed to a no deal. we would campaign for remain but thatis we would campaign for remain but that is not necessarily going to happen. we will have to see. the real issue at the moment as a general election. that is the issue that should be argued for by mps and by our members right across our nation. meanwhile we are in the middle of a tory leadership campaign. there will be a new conservative prime minister and both these candidates say they can't get these candidates say they can't get the deal they want they will go for no deal and that is not very far away. is it not time for unite and the labour party to campaign openly to remain? no, it isn't. we have to wait to see what will unfold and all this pressure and the attacks on jeremy corbyn. the times newspaper yesterday... there is no panic to do anything. len mccluskey saying to
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john mcdonnell is point don't panic, the labour party needs to move much more slowly towards whatever position it adopts. but this is a live issue in the party and one which is splitting notjust the leadership of the ranks. i think we will hear a lot more about it. police investigating the murder of a pregnant woman in croydon have named the victim as kelly mary fauvrelle. (oov) as kelly mary fauvrelle. her baby, who was delivered at the scene, is still critically—ill in hospital. a 29—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. a 37—year—old man — arrested the same day — has been released pending further inquiries. there was another fatal stabbing last night in london.a man believed to be in his twenties, was stabbed to death in east ham in the borough of newham. police were called to the incident just after 11 pm, where the man
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was pronounced dead at the scene. 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 — two men have 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. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. england's opening batsmen have ridden their luck after batting first in their crucial one—day match against india at edgbaston. jason roy has returned to the side.
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plu nkett roy has returned to the side. plunkett has been bought in. if england lose this match qualification for the semifinals will be out on their hands. eoin morgan decided to bat first in their crucial world cup one day match against india at edgbaston but they are both still there. jason roy has returned to the side to partnerjonny bairstow, while liam plunkett has been brought in for moeen ali.. if england lose the match, qualification for the semi finals will be out of their hands. a few moments ago they were 46 without loss in the 10th over lewis hamilton was dealt the first significant blow of his title bid after he was penalised three grid places for today's austrian grand prix. ferrari's charles le clerc will start on pole after he broke the track record at the red bull ring during qualifying. the five—time world champion will start down in fifth after being punished for blocking kimi raikkonen with max verstappen promoted to second. that race begins at ten past two this afternoon. wimbledon starts tomorrow
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and there's no andy murray in the men's singles so they'll be plenty of attention on britain's current number one kyle edmund. in an exclusive interview, our sports correspondent david ornstein joined edmund on a tour of his favourite football club — football than he is playing tennis. wimbledon starts tomorrow and there's no andy murray in the men's singles so they'll be plenty of attention on britain's current number one kyle edmund. in an exclusive interview, our sports correspondent david ornstein joined edmund on a tour of his favourite football club — liverpool — and found out that edmund is more nervous watching football than he is playing tennis. there is a point we really had to start believing it if you want to do it. he joined me start believing it if you want to do it. hejoined me on a start believing it if you want to do it. he joined me on a visit to liverpool. home of the european champions. the bottom line is i never considered great or good in people minds without thinking that is the nature of sport. you think of all those guys winning trophies who have been so consistent throughout these years. there is a time when they will be coming out of it and there is a gap to be filled and it is down to me to do it. born in south africa but raised in yorkshire he has been a lifelong liverpool fan. and who better to get advice from than the man who has guided them to a sixth european title? my father was a tennis coach and i
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played a lot of tennis as a child. when i had my break was going to wimbledon once and having strawberry with a cream and stuff like that. everyone turns on the tv is that time of yearand everyone turns on the tv is that time of year and the first namely go to is the british number one and thatis to is the british number one and that is where the expectation is. andy has done it for so long and done very well. it almost shows how well he did cope with it and how much sort of pressure and expectation was on him. now it is me and it's my turn. in his 14 year career andy murray reached the top of the world rankings. kyle edmund has a highest position of 14 and seeded 30th at wimbledon. he made last years australian open semifinals but age 24 he has plans to go further. a lot more nervous i am watching football than playing tennis. going out on centre court
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you're obviously nervous and excited but you know you're in control of what you are doing and you have done it so many times. in football you are out of control and you have just got to watch and hope. he will also hope not to be hampered by a recent knee injury. the focus is solely on tennis for now. and maybe one day when your career is done and dusted you might be back on the kop is a season holder. i'd have been waiting so season holder. i'd have been waiting so long i don't know if i had the chance to get one. is a wimbledon champion you might jump chance to get one. is a wimbledon champion you mightjump a few places on the waiting list. we will see. wimbledon starts tomorrow. the british—iranian woman nazanin zagahri—ratcliffe has ended her prison hunger strike
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in tehran, after fifteen days. her husband richard ratcliffe who also stopped eating in solidarity said their action had raised awareness of her case all over the world. we had a lot more coverage in iran and lots more british iranian coming to send their greetings. in terms of what difference that makes i think time will tell and i think now we need to watch carefully what happens in iran. what she wanted to do was draw attention to the fact that enough was enough and you cannot hold innocent people is leveraged like this. it was going past another family occasion, a birthday. ithink we have attract a lot of attention and lots of lovely people came down and lots of lovely people came down and signed the book and the bbrr flag is flying in glastonbury yesterday so all that kind of awareness around the world and what an injustice this is can only be good for us.
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the case has of course been controversial because of borisjohnson's comments while he was foreign secretary. the tory leadership hopeful told iranians that she was "teaching journalism" in iran, while she insisted she was visiting family. but, talking to sky's sophie ridge today, he said that only iran should be blamed for her imprisonment... of course i feel very bad about all the consular cases in iran. particularly nazanin. i feel sorry for her daughter under husband richard and i feel a for her daughter under husband richard and ifeel a deep sense for her daughter under husband richard and i feel a deep sense of anguish for what she is gone through. do you feel a sense of responsibility? when it comes to responsibility? when it comes to responsibility for what she is suffering i think it is incredibly important we in the uk do not unwittingly give aid to the people who are really responsible stop to
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use your word, the people who are really responsible which is not the foreign office, not the former former secretary and not anyone in london is responsible for incarcerating nazanin. 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
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difficult time for families. the justice minister speaking earlier. the mp carolyn harris spoke to my colleagues on bbc breakfast about her personal experience of struggling to cover the costs after losing her son martin. the welsh government introduced children fund within six months may mention it and scotland came aboard somewhat lighter and northern ireland and now we it across the united kingdom. can you tell me about the tragic circumstances of losing your son? i was a dinner lady at the time and my husband was a manual worker on the railway. we
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lost him in 1989 in a road accident, com pletely lost him in 1989 in a road accident, completely unexpected and be given the best funeral we could and within three weeks of that funeral we had the bill which at the time was for £1750. and we just didn't have the money. the local community had a whip round and give us £1000 and then my husband went to the bank and borrowed £750 and that's how we paid for the funeral. 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 2024. 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
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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 is 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 the 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
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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. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas.
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yesterday was the hottest day of the year and we saw temperatures up to 34 celsius. it is cooler today and this was the picture in whitstable in kent. the showery rain across much of southern and western scotla nd much of southern and western scotland and the north of england but elsewhere you should stay dry of the day and tempted up to 24 or 25 degrees in the warm response. fresher for the west. we'll keep the showers tonight across parts of scotla nd showers tonight across parts of scotland and a few across north—west england and northern ireland. for the south are dry and clear night and more comfortable for sleeping with temperatures from 11 to 14 degrees. lots of dry weather tomorrow but a few light showers in the north—west. many of us will avoid them. sunny spells, patchy cloud and cooler than today with temperatures 16 degrees to 21 degrees. lots of dry and fairly settled weather through much of the week ahead.
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hello this is bbc news. 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 — two men have now been arrested. jeremy hunt brands the question over the uk's departure date from the eu a ‘fake debate' claiming he would deliver brexit sooner than mrjohnson. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell conceded he's frustrated by labour's lack of progress on its brexit position england play india in a crucial world cup group stage game at edgbaston. now on bbc news, it's time
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for dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: "right back on track" — says president trump of us trade talks with china. but was it peace treaty or truce when the g2 met at the g20? and the heart—wrenching photo of a drowned father and daughter which reminded us all of the misery and the urgency of global migration. my guests today: marc roche of le point, italian writer and filmmaker, annalisa piras, polly toynbee, columnist for the guardian,
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