welcome to bbc news — i'm mark lobel. our top stories: president biden arrives in the uk for the g7 summit — it's his first foreign tour since taking office injanuary. the united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges. the eu says its patience is "wearing very thin" with the uk, in talks aimed at avoiding a trade war — over border checks with northern ireland. moscow bans political organisations linked to the jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny, while the girlfriend of belarussian opposition activist, roman protasevich, says she's "holding up" in prison.

a row between the sussexes and a buckingham palace source over the naming of their new baby daughter, now a warning from harry and meghan�*s lawyers. and — curfew stops play — the semi—finals of the french tennis open are disrupted by coronavirus restrictions — as 5,000 fans are forced to leave the court. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has arrived in the uk for the g7 summit. he began his first overseas trip with a rallying cry for the world's democracies — insisting the united states was back after the trump years. within the last hour or two,

air force one arrived in cornwall where the summit is taking place. he will meet prime minister borisjohnson at carbis bay on thursday, before the summit begins on friday. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has this report on the start of the us president's visit. for the first time since becoming president injanuary, joe biden stepped out from air force one on to foreign soil. the soil of suffolk and raf mildenhall on a perfect summer's evening. the president wants this first foreign trip that will take him to cornwall, brussels and geneva to be seen as a decisive break from the trump years, america no longer isolationist. points he drove home to us servicemen and women at the base once he'd told them to relax. please, at ease. i keep forgetting i'm president. america is back on a role of global leadership, he told them.

at every point along the way, we're going to make it clear that the united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges and the issues that matter most to our future. that we are committed to leading with strength, defending our values and delivering for our people. whether it be covid, the global economy or climate change, joe biden wants to see america at the forefront and he looked ahead to the trickiest of his encounters on this trip. his meeting in geneva with the russian president. i'm heading to the g7 and then the nato ministerial and then to meet with mr putin to let him know what i want him to know. applause 0ne domestic issue wherejoe biden can be expected to weigh in is on northern ireland, where the us is watching

with some unease british attempts to amend or renegotiate the northern ireland protocol that puts a de facto border for trade between mainland britain and the province. the us says the achievements of the 1998 good friday agreement have played such a decisive role in bringing peace to northern ireland and must not be put in jeopardy. whatever way they find to proceed must at its core fundamentally protect the gains of the good friday agreement and not imperil that and that is the message president biden will send when he is in cornwall. and if he had any indication that it would imperil the good friday agreement, would thatjeopardise a future us—uk trade deal? i don't want to sit here today and negotiate in public around linkage or make some claim or threat. i would just say that our concern runs very deep on the northern ireland issue. the g7 leaders will be relieved to see a more familiar style of american president — less isolationist, more supportive of international bodies. less capricious.

but there's unease too about how reliable a partner the us will be in the long term, how much longer the us can be seen as the pre—eminent superpower. joe biden�*s got his work cut out. jon sopel, bbc news. against the backdrop of the looming g7 summit... the eu has doubled down on its threat to take action against the uk — after talks about the implementation of post—brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland ended without a breakthrough. but, as they also put it, no break up either. at the heart of the row is the brexit deal�*s northern ireland protocol, which allows for border checks on goods going into northern ireland from great britain. but as he arrived in cornwall ahead of the g7 conference, prime minister borisjohnson said a resolution to the row was "easily doable" 0ur political editor laura kuennsberg reports from cornwall. is this just the beginning? the beginning of what? the start of what could be

a momentous week for this prime minister. to crank out deals with other democracies on climate, on covid and cooperation. as world leaders make their way to cornwall, he wants to be the host with the most. it's a big moment. don't forget, this is the first time in six months in office, almost, thatjoe biden, the us president, has been able to come overseas for a major trip. it's his first time on the european continent, it's the first time any of us really have been able to see each other face—to—face since the pandemic began. and you know, the pandemic, let's face it, was a pretty scratchy period. so a tiny cornish bay is being transformed into a stage for the world. yet some of the nuts and bolts of the uk's friendship with its neighbours are already banged out of shape. while the prime minister was making his way to the south—west, in westminster, this diplomatic spat with the eu was reaching

new levels of danger. the eu will not be shy in reacting swiftly, firmly and resolutely to ensure that the uk abides by its international law obligations. i was coming here with hope for a breakthrough. of course, now, we have to consider our future steps. it's not too late, let's correct the path, let's focus on what unites us. that tension is bound to be a topic of conversation here. this huge get—together is the first since the uk left the eu and there's a heightened sense of hostility over how the brexit deal�*s affecting northern ireland, just at the moment when borisjohnson wants to be showing why friendship matters. remember, under the deal, northern ireland has to follow some eu rules. so some goods are meant to be checked when they move from one coast to another. that created a trade border of sorts inside the united kingdom, but it avoided the need

for a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. now time's passed, the uk is frustrated, it wants the eu to be flexible about the deal, but the eu's perplexed, they think the uk's not willing to do what it agreed. and the time allocated to business to get used to some of the change is about to run out and there's a stand—off, because neither side appears willing to budge. so the problem we've got is that the protocol is being implemented in a way which is causing disruption in northern ireland. and we had some pretty frank and honest discussions about that situation today. there weren't any breakthroughs, there aren't any breakdowns either, and we're going to carry on talking. what we really now need to do is very urgently find some solutions which support the belfast good friday agreement, support that the peace process in northern ireland and allow things to return to normal. once the final preparations are complete, there is a big chance for the prime minister

and for his colleagues from around the world to show they can pull together. but unscripted moments, unplanned for spats, could always spoil the show. reports from the us say america will send 500 million szier coronavirus vaccines to around 100 countries over the next two years. but congressional leaders are pushing for even more to be done. congressman raja krishnamoorthi is on the us coronavirus crisis select committee which has introduced some new legislation which he is drumming up support for. dank you forjoining us on the programme. what is your new bill setting out to achieve? this new bill cole the raja

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of our domestic companies but also our foreign partners, of our domestic companies but also ourforeign partners, and basically tries to get to a point where we can ensure end to end delivery of these vaccines because if they don't end up in people's arms, they are not useful. so in my own birth country of india, we learned very quickly how variance and other strains of the coronavirus can take a country which was experiencing cases of no more than 10,000 per day, up to 300,000 per day in a matter of weeks. and we can't possibly allow that to happen either there or anywhere. happen either there or anywhere-— happen either there or an here. ., anywhere. so manufacturing will be easier in _ anywhere. so manufacturing will be easier in other— anywhere. so manufacturing will be easier in other countries, - be easier in other countries, will it? ~ ~' be easier in other countries, will it? ~ ~ ., will it? well i think that, if ou, will it? well i think that, if you. for— will it? well i think that, if you, for instance, - will it? well i think that, if you, for instance, take - will it? well i think that, if. you, for instance, take india, which is the world's largest producer of vaccines. it is an essential component of what is called the quadrilateral initiative stop the us, india, the australians and the japanese, in helping to

vaccinate asia, for instance, because the indians are licensed, they are able to produce the astrazeneca vaccine within their country, and then exported abroad. 0f within their country, and then exported abroad. of course, nobody predicted that they themselves would fall victim to such a huge surge of the coronavirus.— such a huge surge of the coronavirus. �* ., ., coronavirus. and in china and russia, coronavirus. and in china and russia. they _ coronavirus. and in china and russia, they seem _ coronavirus. and in china and russia, they seem to - coronavirus. and in china and russia, they seem to be - coronavirus. and in china and i russia, they seem to be making a lot of headway here. is america going to look like it is constantly catching up? ida. is constantly catching up? no, i don't think— is constantly catching up? no, i don't think so. _ is constantly catching up? no, i don't think so. i _ is constantly catching up? no, i don't think so. i think- is constantly catching up? iifr, i don't think so. i think at this point, if you offer the average person the sinovac �*s, from china, or one of these modern vaccines, either the pfizer, my donor, orjohnson & johnson, they are going to choose the latter, the ones that work. —— moderne act. i am not worried about what the chinese are doing but we need to get on top of this right now —— moderna was not the covid virus anyway as a threat to everyone everywhere. ra'a

krishnamoorthi, i everyone everywhere. ra'a krishnamoorthi, thank i everyone everywhere. raja krishnamoorthi, thank you for joining us. dozens of iraqis in baghdad have been giving blood samples in the hope of identifying relatives of an islamic state massacre at a jail in 2014. the murder of around 600, mainly shia, detainees at badush prison was one of thejihadi groups biggest attacks. a us government report into the clearing of the ground outside white house last year has found that officers did not move protesters so that donald trump could hold a photo opportunity. instead, it concluded that they did so to allow a contractor to install fencing around the area. but the report adds that bill barr, who was then attorney general, sped up that effort. president biden is to revoke executive orders introduced by donald trump designed to block us downloads using the popular online

apps wechat and tiktok. but the white house said mr biden has instructed the commerce department to conduct a security review of the chinese—owned apps. a separate investigation by the us security services is also continuing. the wife of the mexican drug lord known as el chapo, emma coronel aispuro, is expected to plead guilty on thursday in a federal court in washington, where she has been accused of helping her husband run the sinaloa cartel of smugglers. if convicted on all the charges she faces, she could be sentenced to life in prison and fined up to $10 million. she was arrested in february. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why 5,000 fans tennis fans were forced to leave their seats during the french open, semi—finals.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried but recovers quickly. as long as they'll - pay to go and see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hills. - what does it feel like to be the first man to cross the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feel marvellous, really.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: on his first foreign trip as president, joe biden touches down in the uk. 0n the eve of the g7 summit he promises a multilateral america and support for global democracies. the eu says its patience is wearing very thin with the uk, in talks aimed at avoiding a trade war over border checks with northern ireland. when president biden meets his russian counterpart vladimir putin next week, he'll be discussing the treatment russia has meeted out to jailed anti—corruption campaigner alexei navalny. a court in moscow has just branded three organisations linked to mr navalny as "extremist". a statement by the moscow city court said navalny�*s regional network offices and his anti—corruption organisation

had been labelled extremist and banned with immediate effect. anyone who publicly supports mr navalny�*s political network can now be barred from running for public office. russian parliamentary elections are due to take place injust over three months. in neighbouring belarus, opposition activists are being silenced too. sofia sapega and her activist boyfriend roman protasevich, were arrested when their ryanair flight was forcibly diverted to minsk, sparking international condemnation. but sofia has managed to speak to her family, telling them she's not giving in and is holding up in prison. news of how she is coping came in three letters to herfamily she'd written injail. here's our correspondent in moscow, sarah rainsford. sofia's mother shared these letters with me late last night. they were the very first direct communication she's had with sofia since she was arrested on the 23rd

of may with her boyfriend when they were forcibly removed after their plane was forcibly diverted as we just mentioned. the tone of the letters appear to be one attempting to reassure her family that she was ok but there were obvious moments of distress in there. sofia talked about how much she was tormented by the thought of missing out on life, how she was supposed to defend her dissertation this week, and talked about how she had planned to drink champagne with roman and to celebrate that with her boyfriend with a special dinner but instead she said she had tea and a biscuit alone in her kgb prison cell. we can now speak to rachel denber who's deputy director of the europe and central asia at human rights watch. thank at human rights watch. you so much forjoining us thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. can we start by

finding out what you think sofia's state of mind is, from what you have heard from these letters? you can imagine she is under a tremendous degree of pressure because that is exactly what the television criminal justice system exactly what the television criminaljustice system is determined to do, with regard to people like her, who are involved or accused of involvement with political activism, so i think we can conclude from her state of mind is that she is defiant, she wants to project defiance and courage, but the kind of steam rolling, crushing pressure that the belarusian authorities are trying to put on her and roman protasevich. what kind of treatment would be meted out to someone like her in prison? well, we've documented the kinds of treatment that people

like her get in prison. in belarus, especially for women, it is particularly constant pressure, degrading treatment, threats, lack of access to medical care, all kinds of abuse and i think we have to also remember the kinds of treatment that we can expect roman protasevich, her boyfriend, to be subjected to because they think it is quite likely that they are using not only physical pressure against him but also emotional pressure, using her and him but also emotional pressure, using herand her fate as leverage to pressure him, plus we also saw that they have compelled them under more pressure to record these horrific and completely perverse quote unquote confession videos where they

both look obviously pressured, they look uncomfortable, and it is obvious that they did not want to be there and that those videos play a special role in the kind of tyranny that lukashenko defiantly wants to project. lukashenko defiantly wants to ro'ect. ., ., lukashenko defiantly wants to . ro'ect. ., ., , project. that the image they are prejecting. _ project. that the image they are projecting, all— project. that the image they are projecting, all eyes - project. that the image they are projecting, all eyes are l project. that the image they l are projecting, all eyes are on the international community. we have this meeting coming up between joe have this meeting coming up betweenjoe biden and vladimir putin. similarthings betweenjoe biden and vladimir putin. similar things happening in russia, alexei navalny�*s organisations are under threat, there have been bands put on them. what are the kinds of things you want to see from the international community with respect to what is going on in belarus and russia?- respect to what is going on in belarus and russia? well, with resect belarus and russia? well, with respect to _ belarus and russia? well, with respect to belarus _ belarus and russia? well, with respect to belarus obviously i belarus and russia? well, with| respect to belarus obviously we want the international community to push for it not only for roman protasevich and sofia sapega's freedom but the freedom of literally dozens and dozens ofjournalists who are behind bars now plus the literally hundreds of activists who are behind bars as well. we

want to make, we want to make it easierfor, we want to make, we want to make it easier for, we want the west to support belarus' civil society and every possible way, including by making it as easy as possible for students, for young people, for activists to study, to have internships, et cetera, away from belarus. thank you very much. a buckingham palace source has told the bbc that the queen was never asked for permission by prince harry and meghan to name their daughter lilibet, which was the queen's childhood nickname. earlier today, the law firm schillings, which acts for the couple, has written to some news organisations saying that claim is false and defamatory. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond says that two different versions of events had emerged. maybe it's an issue of interpretation. but let's rack back a bit. sunday night, we get

an announcement from harry and meghan about the naming of their second child, their daughter, who will be lilibet diana mountbatten—windsor. lilibet, as you say, is the queen's childhood nickname given to her by her grandfather and used by her closest relatives. the name she used on the funeral wreath of her dearest friend, one of her dearest friends, earl mountbatten. it means a lot, lilibet. over the next couple of days, stories start to come out from various different sources citing generally friends of prince harry that the queen has given permission for lilibet to be used, and then, as you mention, a palace source told the bbc that she was never asked. within hours, there was a response from harry and meghan�*s spokesperson, who said that harry had spoken to his grandmother, the queen as the first person to tell about the baby before the announcement was made that he had shared their hope of naming their daughter lilibet and that had she not been supportive, then they would not have used the name.

so, two pretty contradictory accounts of what happened. the palace, a palace source at least, very keen to set the record straight as they saw it, and equally, harry and meghan are very firm that they thought that they had gone through all of the proprieties involved. novak djokovic will face rafa nadal in the french open semi finals, after battling past matteo berrettii in a match that saw spectators ejected from roland garros midway through. tennis fans were allowed into a night session for the first time, following a relaxation of paris's curfew from 9pm to 11pm. aruna iyengar has the details. celebrating new freedoms. tennis fans toasting the chance to watch the tennis greats at

new night sessions at roland 5000 fans were allowed in for the quarter—final. an electric atmosphere as top—ranked novak djokovic was ahead in the first set. but the chairs turned to jeers as the quarter—final was stopped at a critical point in the fourth set, stopping play at 11pm in line with the new coronavirus curfew. unhappy fans were forced to leave the court. a cathedral like silence for the rest of the match stop at the world number one perhaps making up for the lack of noise from the crowd by making some of his own. novak djokovic will now face 13 time champion rafael nadalfor a place in the final but questions remain about whether the quarter—final could have started earlier.

that's it for now — i'm back at the top of the hour. a reminder you can reach me on twitter — i'm @marklobel. thanks for watching, goodbye. hello. two main points to take from our forecast for the next five days. number one, there is very little rain on the way for the uk as a whole, and number two — temperatures will be sitting above average for the majority of us in the days ahead. the reason for this weather, this ridge of high pressure which extends up from the azores. we will see various weather fronts trying to push their way into the northwest. there'll be some rain for the northern isles on thursday. more cloud around in general and some patchy, light rain possible around western coasts and hills, often quite mucky and murky here with mist and fog as well. best of the sunshine on thursday will be for central and eastern england. quite windy to the north. that could break the cloud up quite nicely across eastern scotland, seeing temperatures up to 23 around the moray firth.

further south, 2li—25 across central and eastern england. 0vernight thursday into friday, we do start to see a weather front having a bit more success working its way south across the uk, but not bearing anything significant in the way of rain. it basicallyjust introduces some slightly lower humidity here, so slightly less muggy across the northern half of the uk first thing on friday. to the south, still a warm and humid start, and a cold weather front works its way south through the day, but you can barely make it out. it's essentially a few showers drifting their way south across england and wales. the odd one may be sharper, but certainly, the majority of places will stay dry. ahead of the front, still looking at temperatures in the mid—20s, a little down on thursday thanks to more cloud. to the north, it will feel fresher, but temperatures still into the high teens, even the low 20s. and then, through the weekend, the high pressure plumbs us into a more southerly airstream once again. it keeps things fine and it also bumps those temperatures back up after that brief dip behind the cold front on friday.

there's what's left of the cold front heading off into the continent. here is saturday. aside from a bit of cloud across western scotland and perhaps northern ireland, wall—to—wall sunshine and temperatures above average across the uk. for sunday, just the chance of a little more in the way of rain getting pushed in on the front to western scotland. elsewhere, though, again, a lot of dry weather. sunday, if anything, the warmest of the two days. eastern scotland up to 2a, perhaps close to 30 in the southeast.

this is bbc news, the headlines: us presidentjoe biden has arrived in the uk on his first trip abroad since taking office. he's due to attend the g7 summit of world leaders in cornwall, where the agenda will include, covid recovery, climate change and trade. the eu has doubled down on its threat to take action against the uk after talks about the implementation of post—brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland ended without a breakthrough. delayed border checks are due to start at the end of this month. lawyers for the russian opposition activist alexei navalny say they will appeal against a court ruling that in effect bans his political movement. supporters face being barred from running for public office, with parliamentary elections due to take place in september. the ruling has been condemned by britain and the united states.