this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ready to meet face—to—face — joe biden and vladimir putin prepare for their first presidential summit in geneva. israel launches airstrikes against hamas targets on the gaza strip — the first major flare—up since last month's ceasefire. as iran prepares to head to the polls, we meet the voters who've become disenchanted with this election. music. and, machine music — the new composition that's partly the creation of artificial intelligence.

a very warm welcome to the programme. us presidentjoe biden has arrived in geneva ahead of today's summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin. relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades and mr biden has already said he will lay down america's red lines during the discussions. gary o'donoghue reports from geneva. for days, he has been among friends but now it is time for president biden to meet one of his foes. ~ , ., . his foes. we should decide where in — his foes. we should decide where in our _ his foes. we should decide where in our mutual - his foes. we should decide i where in our mutual interest, in the interest of the world, to co—operate. and see if we can do that. in the areas where

we do not agree, make it clear with the redlines — just make it clear what the redlines. this with any particularly the city of geneva i used to high—stakes meetings. it was here that ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev began the cold war for 36 years ago. with both current leaders admitting relations are at their worst in decades, expectations from the summit are low. do not expect any personal chemistry. these two have history. when the two met in 2011, then vice president biden told president putin he had no soul and as recently as march this year, joe biden did not hold back when asked about the deaths and poisonings of opposition figures. poisonings of opposition fi . ures. ., poisonings of opposition fiaures. ., ~' ., poisonings of opposition fiaures. ., ~ ., ., figures. you know vladimir putin, do _ figures. you know vladimir putin, do you _ figures. you know vladimir putin, do you think- figures. you know vladimir putin, do you think is - figures. you know vladimir putin, do you think is a - putin, do you think is a killer? i do. it putin, do you think is a killer? i do.— putin, do you think is a killer? i do. it is all very different— killer? i do. it is all very different to _ killer? i do. it is all very different to the - killer? i do. it is all very different to the last - killer? i do. it is all very| different to the last time killer? i do. it is all very - different to the last time an american president met vladimir putin. donald trump publicly repudiated his own intelligence

services, all who concluded russia interfered in the presidential election to get him elected in 2016. find presidential election to get him elected in 2016. and they said they think _ him elected in 2016. and they said they think it _ him elected in 2016. and they said they think it is _ him elected in 2016. and they said they think it is russia - said they think it is russia and i have president putin, he does that it is not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. despite the approach — reason why it would be. despite the approach of _ reason why it would be. despite the approach of president - the approach of president trump, america has that dozens of sanctions and indictments on senior russian figures, something that moscow sees as totally unjustified.— totally un'ustified. we've been accused totally unjustified. we've been accused of _ totally unjustified. we've been accused of everything, - totally unjustified. we've been | accused of everything, election interference, cyber attacks and so forth not once, not one time, did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof. produce any kind of evidence or roof. ,, . , produce any kind of evidence or roof. ,, ., , ., ., proof. the us has a whole shepping _ proof. the us has a whole shepping list _ proof. the us has a whole shopping list of _ proof. the us has a whole | shopping list of complaints against russia, from cyber, ransomware attacks, on us companies and infrastructure to the annexation of crimea and the annexation of crimea and the buildup of russian forces in the east in ukraine border. but president biden�*s ambitions

are likely to be much narrower than a total resolution of these major strategic frictions. these ma'or strategic frictions._ these ma'or strategic frictions. ., frictions. some of quite frankly for _ frictions. some of quite frankly for mr _ frictions. some of quite frankly for mr biden - frictions. some of quite frankly for mr biden is i frictions. some of quite - frankly for mr biden is drawing a stark line between his approach to mr putin and his predecessors, donald trump but again, it is not managing the bilateral relationship. that is projecting a different set of us policy. projecting a different set of us policy-— us policy. but with china's literary and _ us policy. but with china's literary and economic - us policy. but with china'sj literary and economic rise, beijing is america's biggest strategic problem right now, which means managing the relationship with moscow is all that can really be hoped for. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, geneva. we can now speak to david satter, a foreign policy research institute senior fellow and a russia expert and author on president vladimir putin. welcome to the programme. as we heard there in the report, these two leaders are very seasoned, very experienced,

they have met before, they are going into the summit with their eyes wide open, aren't they? it their eyes wide open, aren't the ? , ., their eyes wide open, aren't the ? , . ., their eyes wide open, aren't the ? , ., ., ., they? it is hard to say. for one thing. _ they? it is hard to say. for one thing, it _ they? it is hard to say. for one thing, it is _ they? it is hard to say. for one thing, it is hard - they? it is hard to say. for one thing, it is hard to - one thing, it is hard to understand why, from the american point of view, there was even a need for such a summit, because a summit immediately signals to the russian population that vladimir putin is an equal of the united states, that his foreign policy succeeding, that he is an effective leader. i'm not sure that we have a big interest in protecting that kind of impression. especially under the circumstances in which putin is tightening his grip on civil society in russia. but... nonetheless, they will try to exchange a, a, a few words and signal where redlines may or may not exist. putin has already spoken about

redlines but he has been careful not to indicate what they. it is possible that, in fact, something will come out of the summit but it is hard to see that it can be terribly significant. the important thing is for the united states to make clear to russia that there will be no advantage to further aggression against the ukraine. that is the most one can hope for. ukraine. that is the most one can hope for-— can hope for. when president biden talks — can hope for. when president biden talks about _ can hope for. when president biden talks about "we - can hope for. when president biden talks about "we will. can hope for. when president| biden talks about "we will find areas where we can co—operate", what are those areas where yellow well, that is what every american president says in these meetings.— american president says in these meetings. american president says in these meetinus. ., ., these meetings. those areas are relatively insignificant. _ these meetings. those areas are relatively insignificant. joe - relatively insignificant. joe biden has already said that putin is a killer. he then goes on to say we want to build a constructive, predictable relationship. well, how do you

build a constructive, predictable relationship with someone who is a killer? and in fact, biden himself probably does not understand fully the meaning of those words. because there were no specifics to back up there were no specifics to back up his charge that putin is a killer, but those specifics exist. we have the example of the international air piracy on the international air piracy on the part of belarus, which falsely signalled that there was a bomb on a plane. all evidence points to them being supported by russian intelligence, and it should be a reminder to everyone that russia shot down a passenger aeroplane in 2014, the malaysia airline, malaysia flight 17. many were killed.- many were killed. hubble president _ many were killed. hubble president putin _ many were killed. hubble president putin uses - many were killed. hubble i president putin uses summit many were killed. hubble - president putin uses summit to his advantage in russia? = =

his advantage in russia? - - how will _ his advantage in russia? - - how will quickly _ his advantage in russia? - - how will quickly has - his advantage in russia? - - how will quickly has a - his advantage in russia? » > how will quickly has a ready signalled that by the fact it takes place. for a certain element in russia, it is extremely important that, that the president of russia and the country as a whole can inspire fear, and can force the outside world to deal with them on their terms. there was no particular reason to have a summit meeting now. anything that can be achieved in such a meeting could certainly be achieved at a lower level. given fundamental disagreements, it is hard to understand the point of simply exchanging insults, especially under conditions in which biden goes into the summit already having made fundamental concessions on real issues, such as the nord stream two

pipeline. hejust recently removed sanctions. irefill pipeline. he just recently removed sanctions. will have to leave there _ removed sanctions. will have to leave there but _ removed sanctions. will have to leave there but we _ removed sanctions. will have to leave there but we appreciate i leave there but we appreciate your time and your thoughts on the summit, that is taking later today. just to say later on bbc news, in around 20 minutes time, i will be getting more analysis on the summit and how the geopolitics play into the economics and business. that is coming a little later. the ceasefire between israel and hamas has been broken after less than four weeks. israel says it has attacked hamas—armed compounds in the gaza strip after incendiary balloons were launched from the palestinian territory on tuesday. it's the first test for israel's new government which was sworn in on sunday. courtney bembridge reports. an israeli air strike once again lit up the night sky in gaza. this was the view from

above. it is the first major flareup in almost a month after 11 days of fighting ended in a ceasefire. there have been no reports of casualties in the latest incident. the bbc correspondent in gaza is that israeli drains could be heard over head just after midnight. with the sound of israeli military drones over gaza was creating some kind of panic and fearfor the 2 million people in gaza. they are just trying to recover from 11 days of fighting. to recover from 11 days of fighting-— fighting. and this is why israel said _ fighting. and this is why israel said it _ fighting. and this is why israel said it launched . fighting. and this is why| israel said it launched air strikes against hamas targets, incendiary balloons sent by hamas into southern israel, call it causing multiple fires. —— causing multiple fires. earlier, thousands of far right

israeli protesters paraded in eastjerusalem. hamas had warned if the event went ahead, it would be seen as a provocation. it comesjust it would be seen as a provocation. it comes just two days after former prime days afterformer prime minister benjamin netanyahu was ousted after 12 years in power. he was troubled by an ideological a divided coalition including, for the first time including, for the first time in he is history of israel, an arab party. this interest politician who built the coalition, condemned the parade and said: political partner, a right wing nationalist, promise to unite the nation only one day ago.

the distance from portsmouth to cherbourg can be done in about three hours but in 2025, that can plummet to 25 minutes on the ferry, well, that would have turned into a combination of water—based craft and aeroplane. french company brittany ferries is exploring a zero mission battery—powered concept and our transport report has had a first look at a radical idea that traces its roots back to a military craft from a century ago. here is the ambition: an all—electric vessel sails out of portsmouth harbour, lifts up like a hydrofoil, then glides just above the water, using the ground effect, the cushion of air between the wing and the water's surface. it's been developed by an american company which claims $500 million of advance orders. sea gliders are a hybrid

of a boat and a plane, they fly like an aeroplane but they stay very close to the water. we solved both the wave tolerance problem and the harbour manoeuvrability problem by using hydrofoils, which have been greatly advanced through things like the america's cup campaign. that lets us navigate through the crowded harbours on the hydrofoil, and then take off on the periphery of the harbour. a vehicle like this is six times faster than a ferry, half the operating cost of an aircraft, and completely eliminate emissions. they are calling it a sea glider. portsmith to cherbourg in 40 minutes — six times the speed of today's ferries. the concept is straightforward: a battery—powered sea skimming flying ferry. what is not to like about it? it's a fantastic idea. you know, the reality is we, as an industry, have to look at technologies for the future. we have to look at decarbonising maritime transport. and we have to look at what is a visionary, blue—skies idea.

the concept is not new — the russians built this in the 1980s, called �*ekranoplan�*, but nicknamed the �*caspian sea monster'. but only one was ever built. it hasn't worked for more than 20 years. at warsash maritime school, where the next generation of merchant and navy officers are trained, they already have a similar concept on their latest training simulator. just imagine the challenge: travelling at the speed of an aeroplane, three or four metres above the water, and crossing the busiest shipping lanes in the world. with passengers onboard! i actually think it's really quite viable. we know that shipping creates a huge amount of greenhouse gas emissions, primarily through some of the fuels used, but also the sheer volume of shipping that we have internationally. certainly, from a technical

point of view, there is nothing about it that would tell you that it's unfeasible. i think the challenge will be to do it in a carbon—zero way. many people would see this sea glider on the slightly bonkers end of a future transport technology, but the south koreans have a similar concept, and the idea of a high—speed, low—friction, low—emissions form of transport is at least worth exploring. paul clifton, bbc news, portsmith. the portuguese legend becomes the top scorer in european championship history. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament

has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act which, for 40 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. germany's parliament, i the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government - from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into i the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: ready to meet face—to—face — joe biden and vladimir putin prepare for theirfirst

presidential summit in geneva. israel launches airstrikes against hamas targets on the gaza strip — the first major flare—up since last month's ceasefire. iranians are preparing to go to the polls this week for a presidential election and since the last one in 2017 the political situation in the country has grown increasingly volatile. seven men are competing for the job, they've all been approved by the powerful guardian council. in a country that is struggling with both sanctions and a crippling economic crisis, some voters have become disenchanted with this election. the bbc�*s rana rahimpour has more. 0n the streets of iranian cities, there are very few signs of a lively election — except for these posters, mostly of the main candidate in the election, ebrahim raisi. a hardline formerjudge and current head ofjudiciary, mr raisi seems to be a favourite for iran's

political establishment. all the well—known reformist candidates have been banned from taking part. translation: in my opinion, the competition should - have been more open and there should have been a broader selection of candidates. most opinion polls predict a low turnout, unlike the previous presidential election. calls for boycotting the election are louder than ever. but why? well, there are several reasons. first, the economy. the reintroduction of us sanctions, widespread corruption, and mismanagement have crippled the economy. translation: we don't make any plans for the future - _ we live from day to day, according to the economic situation. chanting. second, the violent crackdown on anti—government protests. hundreds of protesters

were killed in demonstrations in 2017, and �*19. their mothers have called for a boycott of the election. translation: anybody who votes is betraying l those who were killed and their mothers. third, the downing of the ukrainian aircraft by iran's revolutionary guard in 2020. 176 passengers — including more than 20 children — died. it was an unbelievable crime, and still is. after 17 months, this is still alive among the iranian people all over the world, and we can't forget it. three days after the crash, iran finally accepted responsibility, but it never investigated it properly. this kind of election

is just lining up seven criminals in front of you, and just say pick one of them to help the supreme leader of iran to do more murders and more crimes. many analysts fear that all branches of power in iran will soon be dominated by ultra conservative hardliners. they worry that darker days await iranian people. critics say that iran's pseudo—democracy is turning into an all—out islamic dictatorship. rana rahimpour, bbc news. now for news from the european championship let's head over to the bbc sport centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news where we start with football and uefa have confirmed that several people are being treated in hospital for injuries caused when a greenpeace protestor parachuted into the stadium in munich ahead of france's win over germany.

debris fell on to the pitch and into the stands when the activist got tangled in wires carrying an overhead camera, while france head coach didier deschamps was seen ducking out of the way of a large piece of equipment. 0nto matters on the pitch and and matts hummels played despite being told his international career was over two years ago and he was the unfortunate scorer of the own goal that handed the 1—nil win to france but deschamps's side were the better of the teams in this group f encounter and saw goals to both kylian mbappe and karim benzema ruled out by var. while in the same group three late portugal goals including two from cristiano ronaldo saw them to a 3—0 win over hungary. the 36—year—old now has 11 goals overtaking michel platini as the highest scorer in european championship history. the second round of matches get underway later on wednesday with italy up against switzerland in rome. also in group a, wales play turkey

in baku in a match that will be more like a home game for turkey given their proximity to azerbaijan. everyone always goes on about individual performances and individual performances and individual this that all the other, who scores and who does what. the most important thing is to work hard collectively as a team, to defend attack and deliver together. a team, to defend attack and delivertogether. i a team, to defend attack and deliver together. i said a team, to defend attack and deliver together. isaid it a team, to defend attack and deliver together. i said it all through my career, it does not matter who scores, whoever does score, we celebrate together and we went together,. at queens, five—time champion andy murray made a winning return to singles tennis on tuesday after being out with a groin problem for three months. the 34—year—old was up against frenchman benoit paire and he dominated the first set to win it by six games to three. the second set was also plain sailing, as murray completed a straightforward but confidence boosting victory.

the england and wales cricket board says it's day two at royal ascot heads out later with the group 1 prince of wales stakes featuring. 0n the opening day 12,000 spectators saw frankie dettori guide home palace pier in the queen anne sta kes. it was dettori's 74th royal ascot win of his career on the world's top rated racehorse as he seeks a third consecutive year as the leading jockey at the meeting. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now thank you. artificial intelligence is becoming more and more a part and parcel of everyday life and is being used in many different areas for many different reasons. for some people that remains a terrifying and disturbing prospect. terrifying and disturbing prospect-_ terrifying and disturbing --rosect. ., ., , ., prospect. for others, however it offers creative _ it offers creative opportunities. alexandros markeas has been making music pretty much

his entire life. but now he's no longer making it on his own. he sits at his piano, improvising, composing, bringing together different notes and sounds. then the automated piano next to him responds. artificial intelligence, conjuring up new music all by itself. a creative relationship back and forth, synergy between man and machine. translation: i'm interested in acting, having a reaction i and reacting to the reaction. because in the end, i'm always the one who manages it. i'm here now, and i want to create music that results from a surprise, from something i didn't expect. a team of local scientists developed the software, inputting data and teaching the machine to make choices. the priority? to create something completely original and innovative.

translation: the direction in which our artistic projects | push the machines is to look for the frontier of error, the frontier of the bizarre, rather than trying to reproduce as faithfully as possible the human sound. ultimately, alexandros wants to take this show on the road, performing for audiences, showcasing this new way of working. a musical partnership unlike any that's come before. tim allman, bbc news. let's bring you now live pictures from geneva where joe pictures from geneva wherejoe biden and vladimir putin, the two presidents will be meeting later today for their first summit since mr biden became the us president. relations between the two are under strain and we will discuss this in more detail in five minutes when we bring you the top

business stories, looking at the prospect's for those countries going forward. hello again. tuesday was another very warm day across england and wales. temperatures peaked at 27 degrees celsius. that's just two down from the hottest day of the year, which was at the start of the week on monday. and as i say, england and wales enjoyed a lot of sunshine. scotland and northern ireland, a different story. we had rain, and that band of rain continues to push its way eastwards over the next few hours whilst weakening, so the rain will become lighter and patchier. across the board, temperatures staying up into double figures as we head into the first part of wednesday morning. now, this front is a cold front, and it's an important one. very weak, it will bring just a few patches of rain across north—west england and north—west wales. sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland, a few isolated showers. dry picture for east wales and most

of england with lots of sunshine. but it's this front that separates the fresh air in the north—west from the increasingly humid air across east wales and england. and big temperature contrasts, too. perhaps 18 degrees across the north—west of the uk. across east wales and into the heart of england, temperatures well up into the mid—20s, the high 20s in places. but as we head into wednesday night, the atmosphere will become very volatile and will go bang. yes, the first batch of thunderstorms, the first batch of quite a few thunderstorms, will be working in on wednesday night, pushing in perhaps across east wales, certainly getting parts of england. and those storms will tend to clear north—eastwards as we go through thursday, with the weather settling down to a degree. still fresh air across the north—west, still quite humid across parts of eastern england. some uncertainty with the temperatures. depends, really, how much sunshine we get through some of that highest cloud across eastern areas, but it could potentially be a bit warmer than that. 0n into friday, well, another batch of storms is going to be heading in from france. again, it's mainly targeting england. that will tend to push its way

northwards as we go through friday night, with the weather again settling down, calming down to a degree as we head into saturday. and then we do it all again. saturday night sees another batch of storms come through. this area of storms is probably going to be a little bit more widespread as it works its way northwards, joining forces with an atlantic weather front in the west. and that area of rain, thundery at times, will push northwards on sunday. so, we've got several bouts of thunderstorms coming our way over the next few days. the biggest of those could bring, well, nearly a month's worth of rain in just a few hours. flash flooding is possible.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the biden—putin summit — we assess what's at stake, with relations at a low point will there be anything they can agree on? inflation alert — investors await news from the us central bank whilst our team state—side has been measuring the cost of rising prices. and saving money or making it — we look at the second—hand luxury fashion market, where a handbag can cost tens of thousands of dollars.