even non-magical beings can enter the world of the harry potter films on the making of harry potter tour at warner brothers studios near london. here you can encounter the spiders from harry potter and the chamber of secrets and in the forbidden forest exhibit visitors remove harry's frightening experience. it's pretty spectacular out of the spotlight to get a chance to speak like that so far as that part of the site's exciting i like to sweet feel like i'm in a bar at this it's really impressive i mean the scale of it is when you're inside it's a little creepy but in a good way that. once the films were completed the forbidden forest was put in storage but now visitors can experience the set for themselves with its huge trees and electronically controlled animals they can even control the weather conditions just like the filmmakers didn't. tour guides explain how the forest was recreated in the studio and how the special effects work. with the challenge was to be able to create a real life forest something that looks photo realistic in the confines of us sound studio i guess so we had a

the movie harry potter disclosed to my heart. now it's just embarrassing lesson. being here it's nearly the theme of all the films were part of my childhood terry i do. up with harry so the time was right to come here i just had to do it as well as the odds. years after the films were made fans are still thrilled to get a look behind the scenes and although it is still strictly off limits to hogwarts students fans can take a walk through the forbidden forest if they dare. and the whole go as experience and as an adventure theme parks they speak but the competition is still running for another two weeks yes you can send us a picture of yourself or your favorite emmys park in your name will be entered into a prize draw to win our year imax what she can see all of the day tales and the link to submit your paycheck is on our website any issues you may have had any of this week napping kid up so do you send them and best of luck to you all and i'll see you next time on your max now though from all of the team here in the studio by . next time on zero max the night's sho

have you seen "harry potter, have you seen -- >> i haven't seen "harry potter."bout cedric diggory, it's a secret." i'm li, "isn't it a book?" it's a book already, right? i don't know. >> jimmy: yes, it is a book, yeah. >> i js a book. my: yes, so people, yeah. all they have to do is read the book to find they'll know the spoilers. [ laughter ] yeah, the go, "don't tngl me the en you're like, "oh, no, the titanic sinks." yeah, okay. [ laughter ] people know. people know. yeah. >> but, yeah, i have been intending to see ioufor ages. its amazing. >> jimmy: yeah. you should check that out. have you seen any shows since e u've been here? >> the only show ially seen is the one they saw, "the rockettes." ich i love "the rockettes" so much. [ laughter ] they're -- >> spectacular?"ristmas >> high brow. >> jimmy: no, it's fantastic. >> absolutely amazing. yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: "the christmas spectacular." but that's not playi, i mean. >> well, as a kid i went -- >> jimmy: maybe it is. i have no idea. no. >> the k i went to watch it with was fast asleep the entire time and

. >>> the magic of harry potter is coming to san francisco. play harry potter and the cursed child will make its debut in the fall of next year. it is already running on broadway and in london. the play focuses on a grown up harry potter who -- it recently one -- won six tony awards. performance dates will be announced in the coming months. >>> a musical has debuted in the theater in san francisco and the show is packed with musical talent. it is based on the school of rock. the young cast members sing and play all of their own instruments. live on stage, for every performance. we spoke with some of them and said they like that -- in his book about what they liked about the bay area. >> i really like san francisco. it is a great city. i say people -- i see people -- >> it is really cool. >> the school of rock is playing in san francisco. it runs through july 22. >>> all grown up. >> very impressive. >> singing, playing, acting, st they give for joining us. we hope you have a great monday, july 2. the july gloom should change as we head towards

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottern singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: votes are being counted in pakistan's election — early signs suggest that imran khan could be the next prime minister. and the devastating impact of the fires in greece — rescuers are searching for many still missing. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the straits times is reporting on the bomb that killed at least 30 people in pakistan on the day the country went to vote in general elections. it says a man blew himself up outside a polling station in quetta in an attack claimed by the islamic state group. the financial times says that iran's president hassan rouhani has sacked the governor of the country's central bank. the report says the islamic republic is grappling with a currency crisis as well as the imminent tough new sanctions coming from the us. and finally the japan times has a story about the need for foreign workers injapan‘s nursing sector. it says that the japanese government is looking

july 31 is harry potter's birthday. not knowing he is a weathered -- a wizard until his 11th birthday. he learns magic just like his parents. july 31 is the birthday of harry potter author jk rowling. >> the hall will honor the former 49ers receiver. they said it would not recognize owens because he chose not to attend the ceremony but now it will give them a glass locker like the rest of the 2018 class. he will also be in opening videos on the weekend's festivities. >>> it is better to buy than rent according to conventional wisdom but that may not be true here. they show because of the high home prices in places like san francisco and san jose, it may make more sense to rent than to own. it shows across most of the country, owning is 26% cheaper than renting. but in san francisco, it is 6% cheaper to rent and then 12% cheaper in san jose. they have never found renting to be better deal than owning until now. they say that rents are relatively flat and home prices are skyrocketing. >> it come back down. you don't need

that because you want to have the father have a thing that they do so i don't know anything about harry potter i wasn't even going to get involved in that. that is their thing. when sasha got older i read "life of pi" with her and then we saw the movie. we love calvin and hobbes. a big calvin and hobbes family. it was the way we put our kids to bed at night. music and reading culture was an important part of their development. we are big readers. >> and one of those images for holiday time you would go to the bookstores. >> that is only place that barack knew how to go as president golf and bookstore. those were the two things he felt comfortable doing outside of the white house but that wasn't annual ritual they would go for the holidays. and that was the neighborhood store.as and libraries a big part of my life i remember my first experience going to the library and i was four. but you feel like you have something with your name on it in the neighborhood was three blocks from the house but this was the first major big girl thing to do.he and to i did not have a wallet or purse. felt special

i don't know anything about harry potter. i was not going to get involved in that. so when sasha got older i read life of pi with her. it was part of the way weight we put our kids to sleep at night. the reading culture was an important part of their development. from very early on. we are big, big readers. you would be going and they would be going to the bookstore giving books as gifts. that's the only place he knew how to go as president. he could golf and get to the bookstore. in chicago the 57 store. that was our neighborhood store that we liked to go to. bookstores and libraries of course were big part of my life early on. it was like the first official time i got an identification. i remember going into the library in our neighborhood that was three blocks from our house. it was sort of my first major big girl thing i could do. and stand counter high. and watch them put me into the official files. i felt really important. i didn't know what to do with my library card. it was a community space. for all of you and see is a major part of any community. you go up

i don't know anything about harry potter because i was not involved in that. [laughter] but when sasha got older, i read "life of pi" and then we saw the movie we like calvin and hobbes. it was a part of the way we put our kids to sleep at night. without the music reading culture was part of their development from very early on we are big readers. >> also when you were in the white house they would be going to the bookstore. >> yes. that is all he does that silly place he knew how to go as president he could golf and go to the bookstore. the two things he felt comfortable doing but that was a ritual to go to one of the bookstores for the holidays. and in chicago that bookstore that was our neighborhood store to go to. yes bookstores and libraries were a big part of my life very early on. i remember my first experience going to the library i was for and it was like the first official time if you like getting something with your name on it and going to the library in our neighborhood three blocks from our house and that is where my mom would take us as the first

tell us about what this is, how it works, and how old you have to be to do it >> so the harry potter build a wand step by step that wand is the is the first wand that actually works you make meteorologic on screen. you make owls float, toads transfigure. then you learn how to code your own spells it's a really simple way to bridge the gap between the small class of wizards in society. the 1% of 1% who understand technology, who write code, and the rest of us the moguls >> what kind of coding does this take what language are they using to learn? >> so you start out with kano code which allows you to drag and drop different pieces of code which outputs in java script you begin by physically building the wand yourself. a step-by-step storybook takes you into the components inside those components work together with some special flittering technology to place a cursor on a screen you then code that motion to make, you know, incredible effects. i'll show you that now >> what age do you need to be? do you think >> you know, our point of view is whether you're, you know, 14, 6, 25, there ar

households suspiciously quiet this lunch as children bury their noses in the final installment of harry potter. >> this is bbc world news. estions surface after reports that donald trump's former lawyer secretly recorded him discussing payments to silence a former playboy model karen mcdoal months before the u.s. election. me confirm nine members of same family were killed in missouri. more on the top story which are the allegations by payments made, recording rather made by donald trump's rather. we areollowing events at the white house and thank you for joining us. why is this a big deal? if you want to call it hush money that they said wasn't paia it ens. it is not always necessarily legal. why is this a big deal? >> it is a big deal because duringighe cam there are strict limits on how much you can spend. upwards of $100,000 on paying off women who had affairs withp trho khrld -- challenged them and used a tabloid to accomplish the task. [inaudible] on behalf of a campaign a couple thousand eydollars. never recorded in the campaign finance form. >> daniel, i don't know why this would happe

golden snitch defenses being held every year since two thousand and twelve over eight hundred harry potter yes compete at this time round in the final the u.s. beat belgium. singing has been scientifically proven to lift your mood with the release of endorphins or happy hormones as they're also called well singing together has been booming for years vocal full ash mobs and sing along events are popular worldwide so in an effort to boost the spirits of moody berliners two musical organizers put together an evening of public singing now with lyrics flashed on screens participants sang along to their heart's desire. here the audience is the star five hundred people belting out a pop classic. the week at an open air face him but then it's called sing bella sing this song is a lead by chan i'm not sousa and accompanied by going to puppets on piano. with bach it's fun and makes me happy you can let your hair down if i need motivation if i want to hear my own voice just speaking but singing to. my suits i always i sing at home but otherwise never in public. with. the taking away people's shyness

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottering has begun in pakistan's general election after a campaign that has been marred by deadly attacks and accusations of military interference. 7a people are known to have been killed in wildfires near the greek capital, athens. almost 200 others have been injured. it's been nearly four months since protests broke out along israel's border with the gaza strip. since they began, dozens of palestinians have been shot dead by israeli soldiers. thousands more have been wounded. but behind the dramatic scenes, health workers are worried about something much more long term — the deteriorating mental health of gaza's nearly 2 million people. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. on the busy streets of gaza, a man sets fire to himself. the flames are doused, the man is bundled into a taxi. he makes it to hospital but died two days later. what drove this musical newly married man to take his own life? the baby, sleeping in his own life? the baby, sleeping in his grandmother's arms, is

johnny depp appearing on stage as his character from the upcoming harry potter prequel.ith his appearance. >> reporter: quite true, cecilia. good morning. that show of affection coming at what seems like a significant moment for depp. for many years a universally beloved actor, he's seen aspects of his life be increasingly scrutinized in recent months. sounded nothing but love at comic-con, though. well, he's back and he's blond. johnny depp. >> service no longer. >> reporter: stopping the show at comic-con in san diego, saturday. at his surprise appearance teased the release of the harry potter prequel, "fantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald." wielding a wand while in character as the villain who was unveiled at the end of the first "fantastic beasts." >> do you think you can hold me? >> reporter: the 55-year-old depp serving up what sounded like a monologue from the upcoming film. >> rise up and take our rightful place in the world. >> reporter: before vanishing to cheers and applause from the fans assembled. >> you're up next. that's an unusual one. >> reporter:

. >>> for harry potters team, the quidditch world cup in italy. >> looks like fun. >>> victims and familiesol will split over $10 million from the official gofundme page set uperfeuary's massacre. the families of the 17 people killed will each receive $400,000 from the fund. the 18 people injured will each receive just over $1.6 million. and about 1,500 other students on campus that day of the shooting also receive compensation. nearly 37,000 individuals, businesses, and organizations around the world donated to the crowdfunding campaign. payments begin july 16th. >>> there's a sad update in the stabbing spree at a child's birthday party in idaho. the 3-year-old birthday girl has died from her injuries. about 1,500 people attended a vigil at boise city hall for the girl and eight other victims, including five other children. doctors say some of them suffered life altering injuries. as the community came together, they spoke of hope, love, and being welcoming. the suspect in the stabbing, 31-year-old timmy kinner, appeared in court monday. he has been charged with first-degree murder, aggrav

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are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potteroes on. the united states and european union avert an all—out trade war and agree on getting rid of tariffs and the threat of sanctions. the results in pakistan's general election, are only trickling in because of what the election commission says are technical problems. partial tallies indicate the party of the cricketer—turned—politician, imran khan, is in the lead. his supporters are already celebrating. his main opponent, shahbaz sharif — the brother of the jailed former prime minister — has already rejected the emerging result, alleging there's been widespread rigging and malpractice by the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at polling booths. zohra yusuf is a human rights activist and has been following the election closely. she joins us now from karachi in pakistan. *why are there concerns around the fairness of this election? what are those concerns based on? justice. it should be seen to be done. i think the election process has been totally transparent and seems to be free and

. >>> call it a stupefying performance by a huge harry potter dancing hermoine. the seven-second clip was short, but over 5 million people have seen it so far. ellison who identifies as bisexual later said on twitter she believes hermoine is a character who she believes would stand up for lgbtq rights. >>> elon musk gets in on the rescue effort that's trapped the soccer team in thailand. i've never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oooo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years? is that what you wanted to say? mhmmm. i have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. you ok back there, buddy? so try febreze one. with no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. so you can spray and stay. febreze one. that's a mini-wheat. delicious. but it's more than that. 10 layers of crunchy wheat to fill you up on big days. whether your day involves steam, mountains, or whoa... fire, we've

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potterd news. the latest headlines: 7a people are known to have been killed in wildfires near the greek capital, athens. almost 200 others have been injured. polls have just opened in pakistan's general election after a campaign that has been marred by violence and accusations of military interference. let's stay with that story now. let's go live to our correspondent in islamabad, secunder kermani. we have been seeing pictures of troops at some polling stations. a 175 people killed in this campaign, including three potential candidate. she been brutal. the military crucial in a country as a whole but crucial in a country as a whole but crucial to this collection as well. —— election. absolutely. security levels have greatly improved over the past few years, but in recent weeks we have seen a number of deadly attacks. security is a concern. there are over 370,000 troops and even more police officers deployed across the country at polling stations. i am outside a polling stations. i am outsid

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottercu ba's national assembly is considering a new constitution that would bring sweeping reforms, including the recognition of private property. president trump has attacked his former lawyer in the row over alleged payments to a former playboy model. more than 70 years ago, on 22july 1916, an armed jewish group opposed to british rule in palestine planted bombs inside the king david hotel injerusalem. their target was the offices of the british authorities housed in the iconic hotel. 90 people were killed in the explosions and dozens more were injured. a german—jewish woman called shoshana levy kampos worked for the british as a secretary, and she was in the hotel that day. she has been telling her story to witness. archive: after a bomb explosion caused by terrorists on the british headquarters atjerusalem, one entire corner of the king david hotel, a building of seven storeys, was razed to the ground. suddenly, everything was black. what happened? i couldn't understand. you only think,

the sale will include a robe worn by daniel rad cliff in harry potter, as well as williams' star fromlywood walk of fame. his sculptures and artwork being auctioned off. a portion of the proceeds will benefit organizations including the juliard school. he died by suicide at his home in 2014. >>> a youth program just wanted second national award for helping -- avoid what educators call the summer slide. they were in the park where aim high students competed for their favorite countries as part of a cultural olympics day. aim high provides summer enrichment programs at sites across northern california and enables students to stay sharp academically during summer vacation. stents of color and o bring lrg their counterparts. >> aim high began in 1986. it's the only program to win the national summer learning tour award twice. the total of 150 organizations competed for the award. >> fantastic. >>> here's an intriguing question, could playing video games help your child with their weight? a new study tests that question. abc news reporter kenneth moton has more. >> reporter: they're associ

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter korea appears to be dismantling part of an important rocket engine testing site in the north west of the country. and our top story, officials in greece say at least 20 people have been killed as deadly wildfires burn near the capital athens. let's stay with that now. kostis jheropoulous is a journalist with the new europe newspaper and hejoins me now from athens. how much of the fire and smoke can you see? the smoke has cleared quite a bit. it was all over the athens region, yellow smoke almost covering the sand completely. this morning is just overcast. it looks like there might be some rain which is good news. also, the wind has subsidence that also has helped. aeroplanes flying from six o'clock this morning. there is talk about getting some eu help. cyprus has responded positively. some of the planes already been in northern europe. a major issue, most people have been evacuated with smaller boats. in the port has started operating again. yesterday, from noon until late at night,

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potterour top story: president trump attacks his former lawyer in the row over alleged payments to a former playboy model. it was an historic moment in colombian politics. eight former members of the farc rebel group turned politicians after 2016 s peace accord, took their seats among the rest of the country's lawmakers. but they're joining an openly hostile congress and those divisions are likely to overshadow this sitting. rylee carlson reports. hundreds of colombian lawmakers took office. eight of them brought because of the peace accord. translation: this is a unique congress, congress we wouldn't have imagined eight years ago. the peace accord between the government and fa rc accord between the government and farc rebels ended the violence. it brought them into politics instead. translation: we are here in this congress to defend the interests of the people and the territories and of course to support this piece that colombia needs so much. translation: now they have sworn to protect ou

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potters that donald trump's former lawyer secretly recorded him, discussing payments to silence former playboy model, karen mcdougal, just months before the us election. police confirmed nine members of the same family were among those killed when a tourist duck boat sank during a storm in misery. i have been speaking to geoffrey goodman, whose law firm has represented people injured in duck boat accidents, and he told me about the safety of these amphibious vehicles. the main issue with the duck boats is the canopies that come on these boats, and that's been the one consistent theme in all the accidents. going back to 1999 in arkansas, the missed majestic duck boat sank in a river and the same thing happened in philadelphia u nfortu nately thing happened in philadelphia unfortunately in 2010, and the same thing happened in missouri. what happens with these duck boats, given the canopy above these passengers, when the duck boat sinks, the passengers are drawn up when the duck boat sinks, the

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potterst headlines: israel has evacuated at least 100 of syria's white helmets civil defence volunteers and their families to jordan. the operation was the result of international cooperation. donald trump rejects fbi claims that his former adviser carter page was a russian agent and collaborated with moscow during the 2016 election campaign. the war in yemen is now in its fourth year, regional powers drawn into the conflict. one of those is the united arab emirates, which is believed to be using the war to expand its influence. there's a uae presence in a string of neighbouring countries around the horn of africa, including eritrea and the remote yemeni island of socotra. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, has this exclusive report, on how the war in yemen is threatening socotra, a unesco world heritage site. remote, mysterious, and home to some of the world's rarest plants and creatures. it's been called the galapagos of the indian ocean. this is socotra, a yemeni island just off t

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potterand european union avert an all—out trade war and agree on getting rid of tariffs and the threat of sanctions. the task of finding more bodies in greece's devastating wildfires goes on. let's get more on our top story. earlier i spoke tojesse byrnes. he is associate editor of the hill in washington. i asked him what he made of this apparent relationship reset between the eu and us over trade. i think there is lot of scepticism still among the allies of the president in the united states, who are very much against his trade policies, against many of these protectionist tariffs that he has imposed, and they are breeding some sigh of relief today. i think we are seeing some leaders in europe in the same position. but it doesn't change the reality that this president has pushed for months and we would expect him to continue to push for many of the steep tariffs not only involving europe, but china, canada, mexico, any of the top trading partners that the us has had the decades. while this

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potteri'm rico hizon in singapore. and i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: north korea appears to de dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the north west of the country. public anger is growing after the revelations that one of china's major pharmaceutical firms has been selling sub—standard vaccines. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post has more on the vaccine scandal. it reports president xi jinping, who's on a trip to africa, has promised to clean up the industry. the paper says parents are considering taking their children to hong kong to be vaccinated, prompting fears that the city would run out of supplies. the gulf news has more on donald trump's tweet that threatens iran with war unless it changes its ways. it reports analysts are worried the escalting rhetoric on both sides has brought the two countries to the brink of war. the japan times reports on the meeting of g20 finance ministers saying that trade tensio

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potterhe bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: israel has evacuated hundreds of syria's white helmets civil defence volunteers and their families to jordan. the operation was the result of international cooperation. 11 taxi drivers have been killed in south africa after gunmen ambushed them using automatic rifles. the victims were on their way back to johannesburg after attending the funeral of a colleague. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the gulf news reports on afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum returning home from exile after a year. there was high drama after a suicide attack in kabul airportjust minutes after dostum's motorcade left the premises. japan times looks at a threat from iran that could have global business implications. the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has given fresh warnings that iran will disrupt persian gulf oil exports if it is prevented from exporting its own oil by new us sa

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potters: 0k, coming down the ladder now. donald trump has defended his relations with russia, and said he plans to invite vladimir putin to washington in the autumn. eu ministers are set to meet in brussels shortly to discuss the state of brexit negotiations. a growing taste for alfresco dining is driving record charcoal sales in the uk, but is it also fuelling global deforestation and climate change? last year, britain imported tens of thousands of tonnes of charcoal. it's much cheaper than sourcing it from within the uk, but as our environment correspondent navin singh khadka has been finding out, there could be much bigger hidden costs for the environment. ina yearagain. in a year again. barbecue season is upon us. and this is what is fuelling the feasts. britain imported a record 90,000 tons of charcoal last year. it is cheaper than sourcing it here in the uk. but where is it coming from and at what cost to the planet? to find that out, i have brought random samples of charcoal in writte

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottersurface after reports that donald trump's former lawyer secretly recorded him discussing payments to silence former playboy model, karen mcdougal, just months before the us election. police confirm nine members of same family were among those killed when a tourist duck—boat sank during a storm in in missouri. more now on all top story, the allegations of a recording made of donald trump. live now to daniel lippman who's following events in the white house and is the co—author of the daily news letter, politico playbook. why is this a big deal? if you want to call it hush money which they say was not paid, it happens, it is not necessarily illegal, why is the story a big deal? it is a big deal because of the rastrick campaign finance deals. —— strict. offers of $100,000, paying off women inaudible and using an american tabloid newspaper to help accomplish this task could inaudible they never reported this in campaign finance inaudible. i do not know why this would happen on such a juicy

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potterembly is considering a new constitution that would bring sweeping reforms, including the recognition of private property. police in los angeles have arrested a suspect after a hostage siege at a grocery shop. one woman's been killed. the french finance minister, bruno le maire, has compared the current us trade policy to the law of the jungle. speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of international finance ministers and central bankers in argentina, he said that a trade war was now a reality. translation: we ask the united states to see sense. we call for them to respect multilateral rules and to respect their allies. world trade cannot base itself on the law of the jungle, and the unilateral increase in tariffs is the law of the jungle. the law of the jungle, the law of the fittest, this cannot be the future of global trade relations. until the age of 12, martin pistorius had an unremarkable childhood — but then he fell ill with what's known as locked—in syndrome. for over a decade he

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potteri'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: it's emerged that a dam that collapsed in southern laos, killing at least twenty people, had developed a fault a day before the accident. the people of pakistan will go to the polls in a few hours to choose their next prime minister. hundreds of thousands of troops have been deployed to secure polling stations. the extreme weather is making headlines around the world. let's take a look at the front pages. the financial times reports on the devastating wildfires in greece, which have killed at least 7a people. it shows a picture of a woman searching for her dog at a village near athens. the japan times has more on the heatwave gripping the country. it's reporting on concerns about the country hosting the next olympic games at this time of year in 2020. the paper says that's why the international olympic committee has already approved a plan to hold some events early in the morning to avoid the heat. and the south

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottereadlines: questions surface after reports that michael cohen, donald trump's former lawyer, secretly taped him discussing payments to silence a former playboy model two months before the us election. police confirm nine members of the same family were among those killed when a tourist duck boat sank during a storm in in missouri. more than 100 million pakistanis will head to the polls next week to choose their next leader. the former cricketer imran khan is running to become the country's next prime minister. but campaigning has been overshadowed by claims that pakistan's military is backing mr khan, by cracking down on his political rivals. secunder kermani reports from lahore. they've come to see the man they hope will be the next prime minister. cricketer turned populist politician imran khan tells the crowd he'll create a new, corru ption—free pakistan. but he's been forced to deny allegations elections are being fixed in favour of his pti party. what you are seeing is all these st

country are suspiciously quiet at lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottersia madera in london. our top stories: south korea's foreign minister tells the bbc that a deal on north korean demutualisation is not unravelling and that it could take time —— denuclearisation. donald trump has defended his relations with russia and said he plans to invite vladimir putin to washington in the autumn. and in business, the eu, mexico and canada have said they will retaliate against the us if the white house places new tariffs on foreign cars and vehicle parts. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the china daily, that hails a visit to the uae by china's xijinping as a milestone. it says the two—day visit will include talks on china's flagship economic project, the belt and road initiative. it's the first visit by a chinese head of state to the arab nation in 29 years. next, we have the gulf news, reporting on israel passing a new nation state law. it quotes comments made by a palestinian legislator who says the bill is the beginning

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottere war and agree on sanctions. more bodies are being found as greece's wildfire, goes on. well let's get more on our top story now. jesse byrnes is associate editor of the hill newspaper and hejoins me now from washington. this apparent relationship reset with the european union and movement by mrtrump on with the european union and movement by mr trump on tariffs, what do you make of it? i think there is lot of scepticism still among the allies of the president in the united states, who are very much against his trade policies, against many of these protectionist tariffs that he has imposed and they are breeding some sigh of relief today. i think we are seeing some leaders in europe in the same position. but it doesn't change the reality that this president has pushed for months and we would expect him to continue to push for many of the steep tariffs not only involving europe, but china, canada, mexico, any of the top trading partners that the us has had the decades. while this is, in

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottere headlines: 7a people are known to have been killed in wildfires near the greek capital, athens. almost 200 others have been injured. it's emerged that a dam that collapsed in southern laos, killing at least 20 people, had developed a fault a day before the accident. japan is experiencing a record—breaking heatwave. it's so hot, the government's weather agency is calling it a natural disaster. officials say 65 people have died this week. more than 30,000 people were admitted to hospital in the past two weeks suffering from heat exhaustion. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent us this report from tokyo. for more than two weeks now, the sun has burnt down onjapan from a cloudless sky with barely a waft of wind. outside the imperial palace in tokyo, the heat shimmer tells its own story. here the tourists are sweltering in only 37 degrees today. translation: china is hot now but compared between tokyo and china, tokyo is hotter. a little further north, it is considerably hotter.

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottere latest headlines: officials in greece say at least 20 people have been killed, as deadly wildfires burn near the capital, athens. north korea appears to be dismantling part of an important rocket engine testing site in the north west of the country. this week sees the start of a concerted push by british government ministers to sell their latest brexit blueprint across europe. britain's foreign secretary has been in berlin on monday where he's warned of a brexit no—deal by accident if the eu doesn't change its negotiating position. jeremy hunt said he feared such an outcome would change british public attitudes to europe for a generation. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. get used to seeing this. the new foreign secretary and the rest of the government tightening the focus on brexit, as the time ticks down to the october supposed deadline. jeremy hunt meeting his vital german counterpart today, telling the eu in strong terms, the block isn't us, it's you. without a real

are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry pottertory this hour: questions surface after reports that donald trump's former lawyer secretly recorded him, discussing payments to silence former playboy model karen mcdougal — just months before the us election. let's get more on that now. julia manchester is a journalist at the political website the hill. she told me more about the significance of this latest revelation. right, so the issue here is the timing of all of this. basically, we now know that the fbi has a recording that michael cohen took of a conversation that he had president trump prior to the 2016 elections, in the weeks before it, of him trying to keep karen mcdougal quiet about the story she had tried to sell to the national enquirer about her affair with donald trump. now, it doesn't seem like it is illegal. however, if there was an intent to try and help president trump win the election somehow, and that this would somehow aid him, then we get into some tricky, murky legal waters there as to the legality of all of it.