welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: hong kong marks the 22nd anniversary of the handoverfrom british to chinese control as the territory braces for more pro—democracy protests. a handshake and a moment of history. could president trump's groundbreaking visit set up a third summit with kim jong—un? at least seven people are killed in sudan after tens of thousands return to the streets to demand civilian rule. and sir david attenboroughjoins kylie and the cure on the final day of the glastonbury festival.

hello and welcome. senior politicians in hong kong have been celebrating the moment the city returned to chinese rule 22 years ago. led by chief executive carrie lam and joined by officials from china, they attended a reception just in the last hour. outside, a flag raising ceremony was held at the harbour front. in her toast, carrie lam wished success to the motherland and to the stability and prosperity of hong kong. away from this, though, the mood is quiet different. crowds of activists gathering from early this morning are now in a peaceful stand—off with police. live now to our correspondent, karishma vaswani. let's get the very latest. good to see you. can you tell us what has been happening with those protest?

yes, in the last hour or so we have been hearing that there is a stand—off between police and protesters on one of the main arterial roads of this city. what we understand is that in the early hours of this morning hundreds of protesters ca m ped hours of this morning hundreds of protesters camped out on that road trying to block it. police say some of them at least armed themselves with bricks and they have dustbins, they have allowed them to barricade themselves on the main road. it is a stand—off at this point in time, the situation does remain intense. i must underline and emphasise it is contained to this one part of hong kong, and the rest of the city remains unaffected. just behind me over there, we have had the official flag raising ceremony taking place. the government flag raising ceremony marks the annual handover of hong kong and mainland china, and in her first public appearance since that press c0 nfe re nce first public appearance since that press conference on june

first public appearance since that press conference onjune the 18th, we saw smiling scenes of carrie lam the chief executive making a speech about how she recognised that indeed there was a great deal of frustration here in hong kong, but that she wants to focus very much on the future. we certainly saw those very large protests last month about that extradition law. it is carrie lam still under a lot of pressure over that? yes, absolutely. she is under a great deal of pressure, and to be honest, to see a smiling carrie lam today, many protesters would be wondering why she doesn't seem more troubled, more worried because what they are demanding amongst the list of demands that they have his or her resignation. she herself has said that the extradition bill has been suspended, but that is not enough for the protesters. they wanted to be withdrawn altogether. later this afternoon there will be the annual march that marks the handover of hong kong to mainland china. this happens every year. but this year it

has taken on far more of a symbolic significance because many young people in particular here, notjust upset about what they see as the erosion of their freedoms under the one country to systems principles, but they also feel they are being disenfranchised and their government is not listening to them and that beijing has an increasingly big power and influence here. we will keep across those events as they continue to unfold. thank you very much. donald trump has become the first sitting us president to enter north korea. in a moment broadcast around the world, he walked across the border into the north from south korea shortly after meeting kim jong—un. the mr trump has now returned to the us as critics dismiss the occasion as political theatre or a tv stunt. but mr trump is claiming to have brought peace to the korean peninsula. this report from our correspondent nick bryant in seoul. "meet me at the dmz,"

said the president. his impromptu invitation on twitter to the north korean leader like a diplomatic form of online dating. donald trump was savouring this moment, a smile of satisfaction as his choreography came together, because the chance of this brief encounter had kim jong—un almost skipping down the steps. and from the lips of this brutal dictator came almost starry—eyed words of welcome, delivered in english by his translator. this place is where the armistice in the korean war was signed, the line that divides the north from the south — a threshold no american president has ever crossed. president trump: i thank you as well. chairman kim: this is a step forward. you're the first us president to cross the border. so this time, it wasn't

a handshake that made history, but a footstep. donald trump leaving his security detail behind and striding out alone into what, for decades, has been enemy territory, a country that less than two years ago he threatened to totally destroy. his visit lasted just over a minute, more than enough time, his critics will say, to legitimise this totalitarian regime with one of the worst human rights records on the planet. but that didn't seem to trouble the president, who has formed an improbable friendship with a tyrant he used to ridicule as ‘little rocket man'. 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 just want to thank you. that was very quick notice and i want to thank you. there were chuckles as well from south koreans who watched on tv, and looks of utter disbelief.

generations here have lived with the threat of annihilation from the north. in their sit—down meeting, kimjong—un praised mr trump, saying his visit was proof of a willingness to eliminate the unfortunate past and open a new future. and the president delivered another invitation to visit him at the white house. donald trump's unorthodox diplomacy has certainly reduced tensions here, but it hasn't stopped the north koreans from expanding their nuclear arsenal. this friendship has produced smiles, handshakes, photo opportunities, but not the supposed goal of us policy — the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. he ended his trip with a speech to us troops, staged to look more like a campaign rally. another made—for—television moment, but who would have thought that "make america great again" would also elevate north korea? nick bryant, bbc news, seoul.

let's go live to our correspondent, mariko oi, who is in seoul. those pictures are pretty extraordinary. it has been the reaction in south korea? before south korea, i can actually tell you in the past our north korea's stage broadcaster reported about that historic meeting between president trump and kim jong—un as well as north korea's main newspaper carrying out 35 pictures from that historic summit. or meeting i should call it. it goes to show that pyongyang was probably pleased with how it went. you might be thinking, iemma, of course they would report about it. in fact, in north korea, it usually takes a lot longer for the public to actually find out about these assignments, so that is quite extraordinary. of course there remains some criticism that it was

just a photo opportunity, notjust for president trump, but also for kimjong—un, for president trump, but also for kim jong—un, that it legitimises north korea as a nuclear state, ignoring issues like human rights abuse, but nevertheless, there is a lot of attention and focus on this summit, and you can imagine, south korea newspapers carrying out that historic moment with the headline saying president trump became the first sitting american president to enter north korea. this belief — that particular newspaper dedicated seven pages to that story, so it goes to show the level of interest. other than the criticism of it being a photo opportunity, south korean media is somewhat divided that the president of south korea has been focusing too much on this north korean issue while not tackling other important issues like the economy and youth unemployment. thank you for keeping us up—to—date

insole. thank you so much. we will have more analysis on what many are calling a historic moment here on bbc news. stay with us! ——in seoul. authorities in sudan say seven people have been killed and nearly 200 injured during renewed protests in several cities. tens of thousands of people took to the streets to keep up the pressure on the country's interim military rulers to hand over power to a civilian administration. the protests on sunday were the largest since a deadly raid by security forces on a protest camp outside the defence ministry three weeks ago. gareth barlow has more. the rallies across several cities we re the rallies across several cities were the largest since dozens were killed in a crack down of the start ofjune. despite killed in a crack down of the start of june. despite troops killed in a crack down of the start ofjune. despite troops being deployed and tea rgas ofjune. despite troops being deployed and teargas being fired, protesters continue to demand the ruling military council hands power toa ruling military council hands power to a civilian led administration. translation: i felt the blood boiling in my veins so i had to come

out tonight, i had to march, i had to much for everyone killed, i had to much for everyone killed, i had to much for martyrs that died, what's the girls that were raped, had too much to do something, anything. translation: i want a message to the military council. if you don't stop the nonsense, we won't leave you and we will take our rights back. but the military claimed they had to intervene during sunday's protest to deal with an unidentified threat. translation: now, in of the military merit —— medical centre and the youth centre, there are snipers shooting at people. they have shot three members of the security forces and maybe five or six civilians. this is now. that is why we were upset at trying to get things under control. those claims are strongly rejected by protesters still mourning those killed in the military crackdown four weeks ago. translation: the military council must fall because it only brought us

martyrs. we celebrated with the sound of bullets and the blood of oui’ sound of bullets and the blood of our martyrs. despite an internet blackout as security forces blocked bridges, sunday's protest were the biggest since the military took power. a display of strength by the people, another challenge to the ruling authorities. gareth barlow, bbc news. the bodies of oscar and valeria martinez, the father and daughter from el salvador who drowned while trying to enter the united states, have been returned home. the picture of them lying face down in the rio grande, published around the world, highlighted again the plight of central americans caught between gang violence at home and the risks of travelling north. the government in el salvador is urging its people not to risk death by attempt the journey. our international correspondent, orla guerin, has travelled to san martin, a district of the capital san salvador, where the martinez family came from.

the streets of san martin, a place many feel compelled to leave. danger and despair are woven into the fabric here. police try to keep deadly gangs at bay but, out of sight, they menace the community. at the local church, they try to give the young a focus. they offer music classes and some job training. father manuel lozano wants to keep his flock in san martin, but they are being scattered by constant brutality. translation: in my 3.5 years here, 90% of their families in the community have suffered violence. it fills us with sadness. you don't see the gangs in plain sight, but they are here. just a week ago, they killed

a young man in an alley nearby. and another young man was killed days before. oscar ramirez survived san martin but did not survive the journey to the us. he wanted better things for his daughter, valeria. instead, they both perished in front of his wife, tania. she has been brought home by officials from el salvador, looking frail and deeply traumatised by what she witnessed and what she lost. the government using this moment to call on its people not to risk their lives and those of their children by chasing the american dream. words that are no comfort to this young widow, now facing life alone. back in san martin,

there is a festival in the main square, an attempt to lift the community's spirits. the mayor tells me his people are resilient, but more than 30% can't find jobs, so they look to the us. he says so far this year, 400 people from san martin have made the journey and locals will keep going, though others have died on the way, notjust oscar and valeria. they have now been brought back to el salvadorfor burial one week after they drowned trying to reach a new life. the heartbreaking homecoming of a father and daughter who died in each other‘s arms. orla guerin, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: calling time on this year's sun—soaked,

star—studded glastonbury festival. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. 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. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: hong kong marks the 22nd anniversary of the handoverfrom british to chinese control, but the territory is braced for more pro—democracy protests. north korea describes the latest meeting between kim jong—un and donald trump as "historic" and "amazing". we can now talk to abraham denmark. he is the asia program director at the wilson centre, but formerly worked in the us

department of defence under president obama. what is your reaction to some of those pictures? they seem historic in that it is the first time as sitting president has visited north korea. unlike our past visits to places, i am thinking of president kennedy going to berlin in 1963, there was not much substance behind it. there was no significant policy push behind it. a breakthrough diplomatically behind it. it seemed to be more of an effort to look historic rather than make historic claims or progress. you say not much breakthrough and it is a criticism we have heard in the last 2a hours but isn't this some movement forward as donald trump says, we are not seeing the nuclear tests, the

tension we have seen between president obama and the rest of the world, isn't this some sort of improvement? it is certainly less tense than before. that is where the difference in rhetoric than in reality. the situation on the peninsula hasn't changed significantly. since the singapore summit, north korea has been free to continue to build nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles even though it is not testing them. they are still free to continue to develop them. we saw president trump escalate the level of rhetoric and tension with north korea before he turned another way and decided to engage them. we are not seeing a significant change in the security situation. the fundamental problems in the relationship with the united states demanding north korea to

denuclearise and north korea refusing to, insisting on the end of sanctions. those issues haven't changed. could this have laid the groundwork, though, if we have a good relationship between kim jong—un who is the ultimate leader in north korea and that relationship depends on how he reacts to donald trump, could we see some sort of movement then towards some do —— denuclearisation? they could be some progress. there is an argument to be made that engaging with chairman kim at the presidential level is necessary in order to make traumatic progress. in fact, that's the argument that many in the trump administration were making a year ago. the problem is, we haven't seen that progress. in fact, the announcement to continue to restart dialogue between the two sides, to me, is assigned there hasn't been

much progress. in fact, one of the most striking pieces of this treatment to me was when the secretary of state mike pompeo met with the press after this meeting in the dmz and said they are taking the case for significant progress in the past 12 months since the singapore summit. he was asked, can you describe some of that progress was to mark he just describe some of that progress was to mark hejust said, no. that to me was a very telling moment about what's actually been happening in this diplomacy. well, i'm sure everybody will be watching to see how things develop and whether there is another summit between the two leaders. thank you for your time. new york has been holding a huge rally to celebrate lgbt diversity 50 years on from the stonewall riots that started the movement. there was a turnout of 150,000 people with hundreds of thousands more lining the streets to watch. our lgbt correspondent ben hunte is in new york.

new york has been considered one of the key destinations for lgbt pride festivals for a number of years. but this year is their biggest one yet. there are estimated to be between 4 and 6 million extra people on new york streets celebrating pride and the surrounding festivals this weekend. it is also worth noting that it is a bit of a dual of prides happening right now. you've had one which has been the main new york city pride which has been big corporations, huge floats, lots of glitter and rainbows. but then there's also been a separate pride which has been by reclaim pride and they have been trying to get back to the basics of pride, so it's been about marching, activism, home—made banners and that kind of thing. so a bit of a contrast of prides today. earlier this week, i spoke to reclaim pride and they said they were expecting a few thousand people to be present but honestly, we don't know the estimations of how many people were there, but it was a lot better attended than we were expecting. there were so many people as part of that march, they had the marching bands, all sorts of different things. but it was a lot bigger than i think

anyone was expecting. and thatjust shows the kind of attitudes that are around at the moment. within the past month in the uk, we've seen charities adopting rainbow sandwiches as part of an lgbt campaign for pride month, we've seen dustbin trucks having rainbows put on the side of them. lots of different corporations slapping rainbows on stuff and selling it, so there is a changing attitude within the lgbt community about how much corporates should be involved with pride. let's get some of the day's other news. the captain of a refugee rescue ship under arrest in italy has said she disobeyed an order not to dock because she feared migrants on board could take their own lives. carola racetta was arrested last night amid claims from the italian authorities that she deliberately tried to sink a police boat. it's been a devastating weekend of forest fires in spain as officials reveal that more than 100 square kilometres have been destroyed. the fires which started in the record breaking heatwave affecting much of europe, have forced many residents to leave their homes. above average temperatures

are expected to continue into the next week. the sun is setting on the final day of the glastonbury festival in south west england. over 175,000 people descended on the iconic worthy farm in south west england, which has seen hit filled performances from acts such as the cure, grime artist stormzy and australian pop star kylie minogue. ms minogue saw her return to the festival for the first time since being forced to pull out due to cancer 1a years ago. it wasn't all music, though. there was also a surprise appearance by natural historian sir david attenborough. lizo mzimba has the story. this year is the first time glastonbury has taken action against single—use plastics. no longer selling water in plastic bottles and banning many other plastic items. no surprise then that the festival's environmentally—aware audience gave a huge reception to sir david attenborough, the man who inspired the plastics ban with an episode of blue planet ii.

it was one in which we showed what plastic has done to the creatures that live in the ocean. cheering. but of course, the main way people willjudge the success of the festival is through its music. kylie minogue drew a massive audience for her first ever full glastonbury set. # can't get you out of my head... # i came in like a wrecking ball... a successful glastonbury debut too for miley cyrus. # yesterday, felt so old, felt like i could die... while the cure closed the festival with a record—equalling fourth headlining slot. lizo mzimba, bbc news, glastonbury.

stay with us, much more coming up. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @regedahmadbbc. hello there. uk forecasts coming up in a moment but first of all, we'll start off with a look at what has been an incredible week in europe. a week that's seen newjune temperature records set in all of these countries, most impressively in france where the new record of 46 beat the old record by five degrees celsius. that extreme heatwave is now beginning to come to an end because we have cooler and fresher air day by day, working in across these areas of europe, moderating the temperatures significantly. it will come as a relief, i am sure, to many in europe. here in the uk, we have had skies like this over the course of the weekend, broken cloud and spells of sunshine and more of the same to come in the week ahead. often the weather is going to dry with some sunshine and the sunshine is going to feel warm. but there will be rain at times across the north—west of the uk and indeed if you are heading outside over the next three hours, there is a risk of seeing some rain in scotland,

a few showers for northern ireland, northern england and perhaps the north of wales as well. but otherwise, the further south you go, the drier the weather is. it is certainly not going to be a cold start of the day. temperatures 11—14 degrees first thing. looking at the weather picture in more detail for monday. we have this seclusion pushing southwards. that's going to take an area of thicker cloud with it, along with showers. so scotland seeing plenty of showers through the day and a few will get across northern ireland and into northern england and north wales as the day goes by. south of this area, for southern wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england, the weather should stay dry with well broken cloud and some fairly lengthy spells of sunshine around. that is why we will see some of the highest temperatures towards the south and east, temperatures into the low 20s. a little on the cool side for the far north of scotland. another sign of summer is the fact that wimbledon starts today and it's going to be a dry day with some sunshine.

temperatures into the low 20s. similar weather, actually, lasting throughout the week although perhaps getting a little bit warmer towards the end of the week. for tuesday, weatherwise, fewer showers and what showers that are around will be mainly across the north—west of the country. generally more in the way of sunshine for most areas and temperatures generally high—teens to low 20s for many of us and still a little on the cool side for northern scotland. later on in the week, cloud will thicken across the north and west of scotland with outbreaks of rain for a time. as you can see, for much of the time, the weather will be dry and bright for many areas. across england and wales, it looks like it will be a largely dry week with some sunshine. temperatures running into the low—mid 20s, feeling warm in that july sunny weather. that's your weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: senior politicians in hong kong have been celebrating the moment the city returned to chinese rule 22 years ago. at the same time, there's a peaceful stand—off between police and pro—democracy activists. earlier, demonstrators blocked main roads and set up barricades. president trump has become the first sitting us president to cross into north korea. the meeting with kimjong—un came four months after the collapse of their last summit. the two leaders posed for handshakes then talked for nearly an hour in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone. they agreed to set up teams to continue discussions. authorities in sudan say seven people have been killed and nearly 200 injured during renewed protests in several cities. tens of thousands of people took to the streets to keep up the pressure on the country's interim military rulers to hand power over to a civilian administration.