it was enough to get the mayor of birmingham here to fly over and join us today. before introduce miss ackerman i would like to welcome mayor cornelius van berger, mayor of birmingham, germany, to our book festival. let's give him a great round of applause. it is a wonderful honor. such a juicy story. i'm not going to steal any thunder. ann marie ackerman is a former attorney, former prosecutor in the state of washington. 18 years ago she moved to birmingham, germany, where she came across the historical record the letter down the path of researching and writing the book she is here to speak book she is here to speak today, "death of an assassin: the true story of the german murderer who died defending robert e. lee". ann marie ackerman reads and writes in both german and english, which enabled her to research archives in both countries. fun facts, in addition to her pension and the true crime genre, she has written extensively about her hobby, birdwatching. ladies and gentlemen, welcome ann marie ackerman. [applause] >> thanks for being here. if i am not mistaken

alabama and okay segregation and from the jail he writes a letter from birmingham jail says no more production is more widely read or sign in school sent to kill a mockingbird he was driving his letter from birmingham jail. what is atticus benjamin not a white moderate? moderate? come to those conclusions but those white moderates are the biggest stumbling block is often one of the most quoted pieces so what is interesting about that contextualize the letter from birmingham jail with his work in ministry in politics the letter from birmingham jail is chapter 31964 why we can't wait. and then to make a defense then to be under attack in 1964. but nonviolence has not been working and king is desperately trying to defend that says i still believe there was something in the american those that response to the strength of moral force and who does he use as an example but the popularity harper lee movie to kill a mockingbird and the character of atticus and to go again benchmark to get tom robinson from the jail so it is remarkable with this odd fact that with king's writing and a combina

good morning from birmingham.agette movement. if you got wet weather to begin with, can't guarantee it will disappear, but some will have some shine. i'll have your weekend forecast coming up. —— sunshine. good morning. first, our main story. borisjohnson has been secretly recorded warning of the potential for a so—called brexit meltdown. the comments followed a private dinner on wednesday night, and were obtained by buzzfeed news. the foreign secretary is also reported to have referred to the treasury as the heart of remain. our political correspondent chris mason joins us live from westminster. just went theresa may thought she had things back on track with brexit, a secret recording? good morning, jon, the technical term for what happened in the last 24 hours is palaver. what a palaver, what a carry on. we had the brexit secratary hokey kogi yesterday, is here in or out? he is still in the cabinet and here in or out? he is still in the cabinetand him here in or out? he is still in the cabinet and him saying it

he works at garrin stee just outside birmingham, making $28,000 a year, taking home $380 a week. it allows him to work and pay his monthly $40 parole fee. in order to vote, he will need to be pardoned. >> as long as i am paying fines, as long as i am actively doing this, then i should be able to vote. wa butba burglary offenses fall into a group of offenses called "crimes of moral turpitude," crimes that require a full payment of fines and fees before voting rights are restored. for decades, the decision about which ex-felons could vote was left up to individual registrars in alabama's 67 counties. secretary of state jon merrill said when he arrived at the state capital in 2015, that concerned him. >> i felt as though we needed a uniform list instead of one that was being used by the registrars from time to time, depending on what they thought was appropriate. diane: merrill formed a task force, and alabama governor kay ivey signed into law a standardized list of crimes that required finds to be paid in full until voting rights were restored. >> those people were convicted, and t

but the king had his own motives in mobilizing young people especially in birmingham.talk a little bit about that. that was a tough decision for them because they were afraid in birmingham that they might expose these children to real harm they expected a brutal response from the police and so there was a risk of injury to the mostly high school kids that joined him in the protests in birmingham. birmingham became a kind of morality play in a sense because you saw these young people who were being attacked by a police dogs and being sprayed by fire hoses and that was on the evening news on television. it was a risk they were willing to take. they actually did have a powerful influence. on the american public to watch those scenes. it's also the reinforcement that the idea of the social movement being led by teenagers is not new and then about halfway through the book somewhat ominously we meet james earl ray. why did you choose that. it's definitely about the background. in prison centric -- sentences. why did you want to devote that to james earl ray. i didn't think y

this birmingham school escaped lightly. campaigners who broke in merely left a message.arted off intending to do, and left a message in chalk on the chalkboard to say that we find this building very charming indeed and we have decided not to inflict damage here. claire gould reporting there. now, what's been happening in the wider world of politics this week? julia butler is our guide. at five, move out of the way, minister. a gymnast celebrates being in downing street. at four, oops, dutch pm mark rutte spills coffee on his way into parliament and needs expert help to wield the mop. at three, the german parliament tries out its own version of pmqs, complete with applause. at two, happy 99th birthday to lord carrington, former foreign secretary, who first took his seat in the lords in 19115. and at one, it's rhondda rips it up, premiering this week, welsh national opera's tribute to women's rights pioneer lady rhondda. all sing finally, in the dying stages of prime minister's questions, the conservative mp chris davies seemed to be concerned about whether mps will overtu

people have reported feeling tremors as far as the norwich and birmingham.e is in the studio with a. normally when it comes to earthquakes we would be panicking but it sounds exciting. on a worldwide scale it is not a big earthquake. hawaii are feeling earthquakes bigger than this several times per day. but for the uk, an earthquake of this magnitude only happens every couple of years. it is 3.9, in the humber ‘s tree centre, between lincolnshire and at yorkshire. happening at quarter past 11 at yorkshire. happening at quarter past 11ata yorkshire. happening at quarter past 11 at a depth about 18 kilometres. reports from people, some saying the whole house shook for a couple of seconds, a rumble with simultaneous trembling. lot of people said it felt like a lorry crashing outside a. no reports of any injuries, no reports of any damage. some of those reports of any damage. some of those reports you can take with a pinch of salt. reports of a falling off a shelf, a cat meowing, someone else said it made my budgie fall of its perch. this is what i find interest

sima kotecha reports from birmingham. very welcome to cool off. it's good for us, because we sell lots of ice cream! and the faces light up on the children, when they get the ice cream. after a week of sunshine, the momentum is set to continue, some places in the south are expected to reach nearly 30 celsius, making it hotter than athens and los angeles. it's nice to be able to come out instead of being stuck in the house, and the options of what you can do, there's a lot more that you can do when the weather is nice. in other parts of england and wales, it should be between 24 and 27 celsius. if you suffer from hay fever, you may be in for a difficult week. as we approach the end of the school year, more children are out and about in parks like this one, and that's why the advice issued by public health england is even more crucial. three key things we can all do to stay well are keeping cool, keeping your house cool, and keeping hydrated. on top of that, look out for people who may be vulnerable to hot weather, the elde

these celebrations in birmingham are increasingly popular.ven from nationally before coming to this event. when these celebrations were first held in 2011, there were around 12,000 visitors, but today organisers say that figure has now swelled to around 140,000. it‘s not an official figure for the organisers insist it‘s the biggest event of its kind. in the western world. and they are keen to stress is open to everybody. with the climate of islamophobia, etc, in order to counteract that we need to be open and we are open and we need to come together to such events and many events that go on in the city to show unity amongst communities that are here. this makes it even more special to share it with other people. we have people from different backgrounds, different cultures, and it'sjust a way where we are able to say to the world we are all equal. 200 people have volunteered to help with the clear up and planning for next years event has already begun. he was brought up in a tent on the edge of the sahara desert in tunisia and is now the only

i've chosen birmingham just as an example.as we get on into next week, temperatures will get up into the high 20s, perhaps 30 degrees. this may come as good news to some of you. the nights will not be particularly warm. not as chilly as they have been recently, but even in the next week, those night—time temperatures will better way, providing some relief from the heat. back to the here and now, though, the satellite picture shows we have had a lot of sunshine so far today. some extra cloud across scotland and northern ireland. northern ireland may catch a shower this afternoon. generally the wind is not as strong as yesterday and the temperatures just a little higher. lots of late sunshine to this evening. once the sun goes down it will again turn pretty cool. you can see a green colours spreading across our temperature chart. cities into single digits, 6—8, but in the countryside some spots could get to one, two, three degrees. quite it. if you are out and about on saturday but if you want your weekend fine and dry this is g

the eid celebrations in birmingham are increasingly popular.oming to this event. when these celebrations were first held in 2011, there were around 12,000 visitors, but today, organisers say that figure has now swelled to around 140,000. it is not an official figure, around 140,000. it is not an officialfigure, but around 140,000. it is not an official figure, but organisers insist that it is the biggest event of its kind in the western world, and they are keen to stress it is open to everybody. with the current climate of islamophobia, etc, in order to counteract that, we need to be open, and we had to be open and come together in many events, and show communities that are here. this makes it even more special, to share it with other people. we have got people from other backgrounds, different cultures, and isjust a way where we are able to say to the world, we are all equal. 200 people have volunteered to help with the clear is planning for next year‘s adventure story began. —— event has already began. half now this is not necessarily what yo

these celebrations in small heath park in birmingham are increasingly popular.mark the end of ramadan, the holy fasting month when most muslims refrain from eating and drinking during daylight. we are coming together to practise the prosthetic tradition of all muslims around the world to pray outdoors, and importantly for birmingham, it is about the community coming together from all over birmingham and even nationally, people are coming to this event. when these celebrations were first held in 2011, there were around 12,000 visitors. today, organisers say that figure has now swelled to about 140,000 stock it is not an official figure but organisers insist it is used even of its kind in the western world, and they are keen to stress it is open to everybody. when we have this climate of islamophobia, in order to counteract that we need to be open and we are open and we need to come together to such events and many other events which go on in the city to show that we are here. this makes it even more special, to share it with other people. we've got people from di

our last conversation with the city of birmingham was january 29th. we had conversation with their new -- part of their new executive committee. they do have a n m the city of birmingham. and mr. roberts did reach out to us. and we had conversation with him in january, but we have not had a response from his office. >> one of the problems, potential problems, that i see in some of these programs, particularly the demolition, is that the state agencies ensure that there is an open bid process for that type of work so that you don't have a single-source contractor, no bid-rigging, no brother-in-law contract sort of thing. ms. campbell, i'll start with you and we'll just go in order. are those -- do you have those insurances in place? would you be actively involved in monitoring the disbursement of any money to make sure that there was a fair and open bidding process? >> thank you, mr. chair. actually, the sigtarp released an interim report where they identified a weakness with our policy and predures. when iamon it was like restarting the organization a

birmingham airport and took a charterflight to russia.etting your around half past three your time, half past five local time here in russia and you can see them coming after playing now in their tracksuits. all infairly high playing now in their tracksuits. all in fairly high spirits by the looks of it. they seem to be fairly relaxed. they behind — they played behind the doors closed friendly yesterday just to tune behind the doors closed friendly yesterdayjust to tune up behind the doors closed friendly yesterday just to tune up for the tournament and then took the flight and funny the in st petersburg gareth southgate spoke to my colleague leslie perks. we like the town, we like st petersburg and we are hopeful that the players and their families will have the chance to go into st petersburg when we not working. we liked the fact that we can take the hoteljust for ourselves, i think that is good for the balance of working but also players being able to relax and have some time for themselves. so we're really pleased with the and lookin

has been carried out to try and stop gangs from outside the region, from liverpool, manchester, birmingham pushing on and supplying hard class a drugs into the area. the police are looking for dealers who travel into wales from outside to sell the drugs. they have been taking over local people's homes, often those who already have a drug problem. from this base the dealers sell their drugs and stay out of sight. police call it cuckooing and this is what it looks like. a drugs dealfilmed by the dealers themselves. the gang is from liverpool but the flat is not theirs. this is a local drug user's home, and she has been cuckooed. the gang has taken over. three men from this liverpool gang were jailed injuly of last year for dealing drugs and were sentenced to a total of 11 years. the woman whose flat they took over was given an suspended sentence. another town in, another operation. have you got any drugs on you, have you taken anything today or in the last 2a hours? they are searching for drugs runners who are bringing heroin and crack cocaine from urban gangs. from rhyl, the runners will be

ifound it interesting that it was between norwich and birmingham.ometres from where it happened. that's right. according to some of the reports, around 3— 4 million people could have held it. as you say, some reports from distance is away. in terms of earthquakes in the uk, the last fairly sizeable earthquake was early this year in wales and that was a 4.2. you have to go back about a decade to a earthquake. because of the logarithmic scale used in earthquakes, that one was 90 times larger than this earthquake and around the world, i think you get 8000 earthquakes every year that are larger than this. the taliban has announced a three—day ceasefire in afghanistan during the festival of eid, at the end of next week. it's the first such move by the group since it was overthrown in 2001. the afghan government, which has declared an 8—day truce, said it hoped it could lead to lasting peace. the taliban's decision comes after a wave of attacks in which more than sixty members of the afghan security forces were killed. shoaib sharifi reports from kabul. i

the seaside reassociates of weston—super—mare welcomed many while in birmingham suncream was handed outms in staffordshire where it has been a struggle to keep livestock cool been a struggle to keep livestock cool. bigger beasts were given respite at belfast zoo and the pigs w0 re respite at belfast zoo and the pigs wore sunscreen respite at belfast zoo and the pigs wore sunscreen the heat is a nice challenge because in northern ireland we get a lot of rain and cold days but when we get weather like this, the keepers have to ensure the animals, their are as co mforta ble ensure the animals, their are as comfortable as possible. for many it is isa comfortable as possible. for many it is is a rare treat to have temperatures this high, and northern ireland savoured the moment. savoured the moment. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. third day in a row, gorgeous sunshine. and another hottest day of the year so far believe it or not. blue skies and sunshine for wales, this picture came from one of our weather watchers. this heat wave continue, but it hasn't been plain sailing fo

the seaside resorts of weston—super—mare welcomed many visitors, while in birmingham, suncream was handedt conditions on farms in staffordshire, where it has been a struggle to keep livestock cool. while even bigger beasts were given some respite at belfast zoo, and even the pigs wore sunscreen. the heat is a nice challenge for us, because obviously in northern ireland, we get a lot of rain, a lot of cold days. but, when we get weather like we've had the past few weeks, the keepers have to ensure the animals are as comfortable as possible. for many, it is is a rare treat to have temperatures this high, and northern ireland savoured the moment. emma vardy bbc news, bangor. a quick update on our main story about the fires and greater manchester. we have just heard from the ministry of defence that around 100 soldiers and a chinook helicopter have been sent to tackle the fires. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomas schaefernacker. if you like the heat, it is good news. we are not expecting things to cool off any time soon. if you don't like the hot weather, the bad news is we ar

graham satchell, bbc news, birmingham.synthesiser to speak has won the final of the itv show britain's got talent. lee ridley, who's known as lost voice guy, will receive a £250,000 prize and a spot at the royal variety performance. he said that when performing, he felt as if he'd finally found his voice. i started off in a disabled steps tribute band. we were called ramps. cheering and applause. congratulations, lee, the lost voice guy. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, is with me. it's a significant win, this? yes, let's remember he won because he's a very funny comedian with a great track record. he won the bbc‘s new comedy award in 2014. he's had a sitcom on radio 4. but with people with disabilities being so underrepresented on screens, it will be seen inevitably by many as really symbolic, seeing him win in front of millions of viewers on a programme like britain's got talent. look into the future, some have done better than others. two have had films made about them. pudsey the dog. susan boyle, who came

at the wta event in birmingham, british number one johanna konta is also out. she was beaten in the first round by the defending champion petra kvitova 6—3, 6-4 finally, frankie dettori rode three winners on the first day of royal ascot, all three of which were trained byjohn gosden. dettori's big winner was without parole though, a 9—4 favourite, and a son of the legendary horse frankel, in the st james‘s palace stakes. dettori also won on kay—licks and monarchs glen. a nice day indeed. and that is all from sportsday with me tim hague and olly foster in moscow too. thanks for watching, and coming up in a moment, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and writer, mihir bose, and the senior political correspondent for the times, lucy fisher. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times reports jitters on global markets over fears of a trade war between the united states and china. the telegraph says the culture secretary thinks children should hav

school marching in birmingham, facing, facing some -- water hoses. the dreamers with tears flowing down there cheeks. and now the little boys and girls ripped away from their mothers arms at our borders. the administration tries to hide the images. nelsonhey denied senator access to one of the centers where the children are being held in florida. consistent me they say -- consistently they say, give us two weeks notice. they tried to hide the grief, but it will not work. we have seen enough and we know enough. they cannot hide the cruel reality. we know the depths this administration will go to to push their hateful agenda. lies, theent with his attorney general hiding behind his bible, the secretary of dhs who now must live with her performance yesterday. thank goodness some senators are speaking up. all of the democratic senators have joined in the feinstein effort to express our disapproval. some republican senators are starting to speak up. where they need to speak up is this afternoon at the capital. when the president comes, there are public an

and petra kvitova looks in great form — she won the title in birmingham at the weekend — today she breezedna bonderenko of ukraine in straight sets to reach the third round. she's now among the favourites for wimbledon, a title she's won twice before. she was a wimbeldon semi—finalist in 2014 but eugenie bouchard having to go through qualifying to make it to the main draw this year. she's struggled with form and has dropped out of the world's top 100. but she is through her first qualifying match, beating china's zhu lin 6—0, 6—2. and dan evans won't be at wimbledon this year — he's lost in qualifying to mattheas bachinger of germany. evans was hoping to play his way into the main draw — after the all—england club didn't offer him a wild card. he's making his return to tennis after a ban for taking cocaine. that's all from sportsday. the headline here is that argentina are through at beating nigeria in st petersburg. set up a tie against the french. from all of us here in moscow it's goodbye for now. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the pap

last month i was in birmingham to mark the fiftieth anniversary of dr. king's assassination. and i had the incredible privilege of spending time with women and men who marched and worked alongside him. many of them were younger at the time than you are now. they told me that when they defied their parents and joined the sit-ins and boycotts, when they faced the police dogs andd firehoses, they were risking everything they had, becoming foot soldiers for justice without a second thought. because they knew that change had to come. because they believed so deeply in the cause of justice. becaus they knew,ven with all the adversity they had faced,th they had the chance to build something better for the next generation. we can all learn from their example. if you hope to change the world, you must find your fearlessness. now, if you're anything like i was on graduation day, maybe you're not feeling so fearless. maybe you're thinking about the joou hop to get, or wondering where you're going to live, or how to repay that student loan. these i know are real concerns. i had them, too

in the united kingdom is scott lucas professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a very warm welcome to all of you mr tang and let me start with you you know president make so much of this trade deficit hadn't one of the biggest reasons for imposing these terrorists but is that as simple or even as big as he's making it out to be. well is he seems to have a very poor understanding of what deficits are he keeps insisting that he has a deficit with canada when in fact that is not true and in terms of china it is not as simplistic as he things there are over three hundred fifty billion dollars a year that are is being sold and trying to but produced in china by u.s. companies that is also under threat when you start putting it all together what you have is actually a very early even trade balance china has only about ten billion dollars worth of things that it produces in the u.s. and sells in the u.s. so it's not going to be this one sided idea that he has that he can sort of force doing this this kind of bully playground idea plus remember he is not only at war wit

school marching in birmingham, alabama, facing some -- facing the pounding hoses and snarling dogs. the dreamers with tears flowing down there cheeks. as this president abolishes daca. and now the little boys and girls ripped away from their mothers arms at our borders. the administration tries to hide the images. today they denied senator nelson access to one of the centers where the children are being held in florida. and consistently they say well, give twouse weeks' notice we might let you see how we're treating these kids. they can try to hide the faces of these children in the grief of their stricken mothers, but it won't wor we've seen enough. we know enough. they cannot hide the cruel reality. we know the depths this administration will go to to push their hateful agenda. the president with his lying tweets, the attorney general hiding behind his bible, the secretary of d.h.s. who now must live with the rest of her public with her performance yesterday. thank goodness some senators are speaking up. all of the democratic senators have joined in the feinstein effort to express

the school kids marching in birmingham alabama, facing the pounding fire hoses and the snarling dogs, the dreamers with tears flowing down the cheeks as the president abolishes doctor and the infants, toddlers and the little boys and girls ripped away from their mothers arms at our borders. the administration tries to hide these images. today they denied our colleague senator nelson access to one of this centers where these children are being held in florida and consistencconsistently they tell us give us two weeks notice and we might allow you to go in and show you how are treating these kids. we have seen enough. we know enough that they cannot hide this cruel reality. we know the depths this administration will go to now to push their hateful agenda. the president, with his lying tweets, the attorney general hiding behind his bible, the secretary of dhs who now must live for the rest of her public life with her performance yesterday, thank goodness some senators are speaking up. all of the democratic senators, all of us have joined in the feinstein effort. some republican senators

eight 0n the wta tour, the number 2 seed elina svitolina is through to the quarter—finals of the birminghamgiven a wild card to compete — beat alize cornet of france in straight sets. svitolina won 6—4, 6—2 — and now plays mihaela buzarnescu bowling svitolina won 6—4, 6—2 — and now plays mihaela buzarnescu bowling from romania in the last eight. to cricket and england have set a new women's world record for a score in t20 internationals surpassing the mark set by new zealand earlier on wednesday. the white ferns recorded 216 for1 as they beat south africa by 66 runs in somerset but in the second game of the (gfx) (tx gfx) tri —— in somerset but in the second game of the tri nation—series england made a mammoth 250 for 3 as the proteas slumped to a second successive loss. tammy beaumont made 116 offjust 52 balls which was the 2nd fastest women's t20 hundred of all time, as her side beat south africa by 121 runs with the next round of fixtures to be played at the same venue on saturday. after last week's ups and downs at the us open, attention switches to the travelers championship in connect

rides and so forth and the state ins, broke down segregation in public accommodations, had the birmingham movement, the civil rights act of 64 and that had title vii which opened up and made it illegal for unions or companies to discriminate against women or people of color or anybody so discrimination is now against the law and the seller campaign and the mississippi freedom summer of 64, 65, and so we broke down the barriers to voting rights the jesse jackson said in each of these places we have a campaign in the city that opened up the doors and caused the nation to look, why can't we make memphis the place where we broke poverty, broke the cycle of poverty and did something about it? it will take a movement. it is not going to happen because the government decides to do it particularly not with the government we have at the moment. so we had some choice comments about the person occupying the white house who is stripping away everything we gained and let me go to dr. king and talk about that. the story in the book "to the promised land: martin luther king and the fight for economic ju

the world number eight won in birmingham last week and had few proplems with bondarenko.'s former world number two, agnieszka radwanska, in the last 16. former world number one angelique kerber is also through after she won 6—3, 6—3 against 2016 champion, dominika cibulkova. fourth seed kerber‘s victory included 26 winners, and the german will now face american danielle collins in the third round. britain'sjohanna konta eased through to the third round, beating aleksandra krunic 6—1, 6—3. the 27—year—old lost to serbian krunic in the opening round of last year's final grand slam, the us open, but produced a dominant performance here to set up a match with top seed caroline wozniacki. in major league baseball, nathan eovaldi led the way from the pitching plate, as the tampa bay rays beat the washington nationals 1—0 on tuesday. in a match littered with incident, this effort from mallex smith as he went over the wall chasing an anthony rendon foul ball saw him survive to fight another day, despite not getting the result he was after. eovaldi pitched six shutout innings, alt

generation of activism, breathing in into the words that martin is looking junior wrote when he was in a birmingham jail. he talked about our need to embrace others. the only way to receive and achieve solutions to our social illness. he reminded us that we are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. au all have been tied in garment of destiny while you were here on campus. you have reached out to others who are in that garment as well. you have reached out across lines, across differences. i applaud you for rejecting the call for division that comes from the outside, and choosing instead to reach across those lines and demanding that our institutions do so as well. that is not only the institution that you find yourself in today. but the institutions that support our democracy. our political institutions. the institution that you will be entering into as workplaces. keep up that drive, keep up that energy. continue to embrace community over division. sharing your experiences through protests, you have broken -- spoken truth to power. you have given vo

brea kfast‘s graham satchell is in birmingham finding out why. lee rigby‘s killers is said to have expressed remorse for his brutal murder, and plans to apologise to the soldier's family. fusillier rigby was killed outside the army barracks in woolwich five years ago. michael adebolajo, who is serving life for murder, is believed to have spoken to staff and imates about his regret over the killing. michael adebowale is also serving a life term. with around 7 million tons of food being thrown away each year, an increasing number of restaurants in london are starting to use what are called smart bins to slash wastage. kitchens throw out food cut as trimmings or ingredients which just aren't needed. but by logging the food as it goes into the bin, chefs can adjust their orders or even their menus to reflect exactly what is being used, and it can cut wastage by half. and staying on the subject of food waste, there is a great story you can watch on your computer or smartphone. it is about an app being used by people who sharing their spare food with s

on the wta tour, there was an upset in the birmingham classic where the top seed, garbine muguruza, wasbledon champion was beaten in straight sets by ba rbora strycova. the world number 24 from the czech republic won 6—2, 6—4 to reach the quarter—finals, and she'll now face lesia tsurenko, who beat the number six seed, daria kasatkina. the defending champion, petra kvitova, is also through to the last eight. the number four seed from the czech republic remains on course to retain her title after beating australia's daria gavrilova in straight sets. 6—4, 6—4, the score. kvitova will playjulia gorges in the quarter—finals. england have beaten australia by 6 wickets in durham to make it four wins out of four in their five—match one day international series. australia won the toss and elected to bat, with both aaron finch and shaun marsh notching up centuries as they finished on 310 for eight. but the hosts made light work of the target. an opening wicket partnership of 174 betweenjason roy and johnny bairstow set the foundation as roy went on to pass the 100 mark, and jos butler with an un

he plans to appear at the london anniversary games in latejuly and the birmingham diamond league in augustpers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and labour peer, dame joan bakewell and the former conservative pensions minister, baroness ros altmann. welcome to you both. thank you for being with us. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. and the historic meeting between north korean leader kim jong—un and president trump leads the telegraph, with a picture of the two meeting in singapore. while it's all smiles from the two men on the front of the ft as they sweep aside decades of hostility. still a lot about exactly what that agreement amounts to. —— a lot of questions about. and the meeting gets a big thumbs up of tomorrow's metro. with the times reporting that the us president said discussions went "better than anybody could imagine". back here, relief for theresa may on the front of the i as she avoids defeat in the commons over brexit. the guardian reports that the pm held 11th hour talks with to

and british women's numberfour is out of the birmingham classic.m sports day on a night where england got their world cup campaign off to a winning start. theresa may is promising a £20 billion a year increase in nhs funding in england, but she admits taxes will have to go up as well. across the nation taxpayers will have to contribute a bit more in a fair and balanced way to support the nhs we all use.

jaguar land rover has said it's moving production of its discovery model from birmingham to slovakiage rover models, but warned there may be some job losses in the uk. passengers affected by delays and cancellations on northern rail services are to be offered compensation of up to a month's travel. an inquiry has been ordered by the government into what's been described as unacceptable disruption following the introduction of new timetables three weeks ago. a man has been found guilty of kidnapping a 20—year—old british model, chloe ayling, and holding her captive for six days in italy. a polish national, who lives in the uk, was sentenced at a court in milan to 16 years and nine months in prison. the court heard how the 13—year—old had pretended to be a photographer when he approached her. her said the model feels vindicated by the decision. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news it's time for newsnight. is this how the korean warfinally ends? in a flurry of flash photography? in three and a half hours' time, two of the biggest showmen on ear

"celebrate eid" takes place in birmingham's small heath park and has seen the number of people attendingxt half hour including the film review but now the weather. the wind is looking much better than it was yesterday, storm hector moving towards the north so we've been left with relatively dry conditions, most places and the date ona dry conditions, most places and the date on a dry note, the wind is picking up on a dry note, the wind is picking up here as well so turning quite wet and windy for northern ireland and western fringes of wales first thing in the morning, elsewhere largely dry, temperatures certainly in double figures. as we had through saturday this area of low pressure will drive the weather so it's moving from west to east and it will bring some spells of rain. the heaviest will be in parts of scotland, north—west england as well, that rain light and patchy and the south—east should stay dry for some time, temperatures not as warm as today, between 15 and 18 degrees after showers on saturday should be fairly cloudy on sunday. hello, these are the latest headlines. a bid

researchers at the university of birmingham have developed the engine, which is a small narrow—gaugeplisner reports. it might be small, but the technology that runs it could be the next big thing on the railways. today's passengers certainly thought so. i think it's one of the ways forward, certainly. i think it's a great piece of innovation, especially if it's good for the environment. this is our hydrogen fuel tank. developed by students at the university of birmingham, the hydrogen hero, like the trains of the past, only emits steam.

researchers at the university of birmingham have developed the engine, which is a small narrow—gaugetype. they say it could have far reaching affects on cleaner rail technology. peter plisner reports. it might be small, but the technology that runs it could be the next big thing on the railways. today's passengers certainly thought so. i think it's one of the ways forward, certainly. i think it's a great piece of innovation, especially if it's good for the environment. this is our hydrogen fuel tank. developed by students at the university of birmingham, the hydrogen hero, like the trains of the past, only emits steam. it's really important, in terms of de—carbonized the railway industry. so this produces no emissions at the point of use, and it's perfectly possible to produce hydrogen in a green way. and the prospect of zero—emission trains even attracted the transport secretary, chris grayling. i think this is a real snapshot of the future. we need to get a replacement for diesel. we will never be electrifying every bit of the rail network, so hydrogen starts to be a really viable

infact, taking on work as a plumber in birmingham.plumber in birmingham. in fact, he made his way to afghanistan and it was there he joined the taliban and became a bomb maker. eventually he returned to the uk after five years away and came back through istanbul, turning up at the british consulate in istanbul saying he lost his passport. in 2016 he arrived at heathrow without this passport. he is questioned by officers at the airport, his fingerprints taken and it was then his fingerprints were matched to bomb component parts that were found in afghanistan by american forces in 2012. so khalid ali also convicted of two charges of possession of explosives with intent to endanger lives. when he was arrested, in interview he admitted to police he was a terrorist, he said, and he said he pressed a detonator on bombs more than 300 times so khalid ali found guilty at the old bailey of all charges he faced and he will be sentenced in july. thank you. now the weather. a very short forecast, i suspect. i could say hot, dry and sunny and goat.

he says he's mixing the salt of the earth which people from birmingham are.itting in yourcar in but the next time you are sitting in your car in traffic on spaghetti junction, remember how happy you are at this moment. i have spent many hours on spaghetti junction, let me tell you. you clearly enjoyed it. to both of you, thanks forjoining us. that is nationwide this evening. if you would like to see more on any of those stories you can access them through the bbc iplayer and a reminder we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 430 here on bbc news. four people smugglers in hungary have each been sentenced to 25 years in jail for their part in the deaths of 71 migrants found in a sealed lorry. prosecution lawyers say the sentences are too lenient and have asked the court to impose life sentences on the four men. at the height of the migrant surge into europe in 2015, the 71victims were found by police suffocated in the lorry, which had been abandoned by the side of a road in austria. the gay rights campaigner peter tatchell was arrested, but later released,