Whos died aged 96. This is bbc news, the headlines campaigners in hong kong are promising to continue demonstrating after a week of mass protests forced the government hello and welcome to bbc news. To suspend a bill allowing extraditions to china. Hong kongs government has the government had argued suspended its controversial plan to allow alleged criminals to be the proposed bill would plug legal extradited to mainland china. Loopholes and prevent the city the proposals resulted in mass becoming a safe haven protests in the former british for overseas criminals. Colony some of which turned violent. People are expected to return to the streets on sunday, dipomatic relations with iran despite the pause in the governments plans. Continuine to be strained our correspondent Rupert Wingfield after saudi arabia blamed tehran for the attacks on two tankers in the gulf, and says its prepared hayes reports from hong kong. To defend its interests. Both the United States and United Kingdom say iran was almost certainly responsible. They have denied any any wrongdoing. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman being held in prison in iran, has started a Hunger Strike would she or wouldnt to demand her unconditional release. In 2016 she was arrested she back down and drop the widely and subsequently sentenced to five hated extradition bill . Years in prison for allegedly trying to topple the iranian government, i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more Law Enforcement officers and ordinary citizens being injured . The fear of more angry protesters returning to these barricades is what has prompted carrie lam and her administration to make what is clearly a major climb down. This is not a temporary pause to the extradition bill this is an indefinite suspension. Nevertheless, it may not be enough to prevent very large crowds from coming out here again on sunday for another huge show of discontent. On wednesday, the policejust. This young protester and many of his friends will be out there, and possibly thousands more like them. They want the bill completely withdrawn, but for them it is about so much more. We dont trust the government. We dont need a small victory. We want to cancel the bill, but not temporarily. And i dont want to see hong kong to be invaded by a totalitarian government. The problem for passionate Young Hong Kongers like this is that communist china is just 16 miles away across the harbour. Somehow they are going to have to learn to live with that fact. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. And you can keep up to date all with the latest on this story on our website. There you will find reaction and analysis from around the world including maps and films and other reports and articles from correspondents based in the region thats all at bbc. Co. Uk news, or download the bbc news app. Lets get some of the days other news. The death toll following two explosions that rocked the somali capital mogadishu has risen to 30. Terror Group Al Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack which targeted targeted soldiers guarding the headquarters of the federal government. Sudans chief Prosecutor Says the deposed president , omar al bashir, will be referred for trial next week. Hes been charged with corruption and involvement in the killing of protesters during the mass demonstrations that led to the end of his 30 year rule. The military ousted the long time president in april following months of protests. European election observers have called on nigeria to consider urgent electoral reforms following what they describe as systemic failings in the recent elections. The eu mission said there were serious operational, security and transparency problems. The poll, won by incumbent muhammadu buhari, is being challenged in court by the main opposition candidate. Amanda knox has spoken of the pain of what she called being tried by the media over the murder of the british student meredith kercher, in italy in 2007. She told a conference in modena that she feared being attacked and even charged again. It is ms knoxs first trip to italy since being cleared of the murder afterfour years injail. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe the british iranian mother jailed in iran on alleged spying charges has begun a new Hunger Strike, in protest at her imprisonment. Shes been held since 2016 and denies any wrongdoing. Her move comes at a time of escalating tension. The United States is being backed by the uk, as both accuse iran of a series of attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman. Iran denies any involvement. Our World Affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. These are the moments before Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes arrest, more than three years ago at tehran airport. She thought she was heading home with her young daughter when she was approached by irans revolutionary guards, then accused of espionage and sentenced to five years in jail in a case thats been called a mockery of justice. Wind the bobbin up. Just a few days earlier, theyd been enjoying a holiday together with herfamily in iran. Happy birthday hello, sweetheart today in london, a celebration for gabriellas fifth birthday, with her on the phone from tehran. Happy birthday to you. Can you blow it out . But no cake for richard ratcliffe, as hejoins his wife on an open ended Hunger Strike. She called him from jail this morning. So previous phone calls, shed been quite tense and sort of stressed and angry and, you know, distraught. Actually, today she was quite calm, you know, shed made the decision, she said she sent her letter due to thejudiciary, so its now started, and nervous is how she sounded on the phone, but also calm, and well see how things go. This is a desperate move by an ordinary couple caught up in extraordinarily complex international politics. Their case is intricately connected to the difficult relationship between the uk and iran a relationship thats just got even more fraught. Last month, the us sent an Aircraft Carrier and warplanes to the gulf, within striking distance of iran. The military build up came a year after donald trump unilaterally withdrew from a key agreement with iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. Tensions have escalated further with a series of recent attacks on oil tankers, including this on thursday in the gulf of oman, one of the worlds busiest waterways. The us quickly blamed iran, and britain followed suit. Iran categorically denies involvement and has been angered by the british stance. 0ur message to iran is, whatever the disagreements you may have with the United Kingdom, there is an innocent woman at the heart of this, she just wants to get back together with her daughter gabriella, to reunite that family. Please show that you have humanity, show that you have a heart, let nazanin come home. This morning, jeremy hunt met richard ratcliffe. Hes praised the familys bravery, but theres concern that the latest trouble in the middle east will do nothing to solve his wifes plight, as they embark on a joint Hunger Strike aimed at bringing their family back together. Caroline hawley, bbc news. A leading Indian Doctors Association has called for a nationwide strike, stepping up protests by medical staff demanding better security at hospitals after an attack on doctors in the city of kolkatta. The move could paralyse hundreds of government run Health Facilities across the country the only option for many of indias poor for medical treatment. Rahuljoglekar reports. Chanting we wantjustice those who treat pain are hurting. Doctors in the indian state of west bengal are angry after a colleague was allegedly assaulted by the family of a patient who died under their care. Doctors say incidents like these are all too common and unless the government intervenes to make their workplace secure, they will not go back to theirjobs. Translation when a patient dies because of something their relatives may not understand or for some reason that is difficult for them to accept, they feel they have a right to physically abuse doctors. What started as a local incident has proved to be contagious. 30,000 doctors stayed away from work on friday and more strikes are planned across the country. But those paying the price are indias poor. For them, government hospitals are a lifeline. Translation my brother had an accident. He has been hospitalised. He needs an urgent operation but the doctors are on strike. What started as a punch up over security has quickly become a political fight, sparking a war of words between opposing political parties. This after the chief minister, mamata banerjee, issued an ultimatum to the striking doctors. Her supporters believe the blame lies elsewhere. Translation the police should have been able to contain the situation. The fact that they couldnt handle the situation, thats their fault. As the crisis deepens, indias doctors are trying to treat a peculiar affliction. No cure seems to be in sight for now. Rahuljoglekar, bbc news. A Roman Catholic mass has been held at Notre Dame Cathedral in paris for the First Time Since a fire ripped through the building two months ago. For safety reasons the priests who attended the Small Service had to wear hard hats. Freya cole reports. Its not your usual attire for a religious service but given the iconic notre dame isnt structurally sound, a hardhat is a necessity. The intimate service is a first since a spectacularfire spread through the cathedral in april, devastating parisians and sending shockwaves around the world. Translation a monument such as the notre dame continues to live on even if there was a fire. Its not a lost monument, it continues to have life. Just 30 people were invited for a mass led by the archbishop of paris. Translation it is with strong emotion that we find ourselves here celebrating the consecration of this cathedral but we are profoundly happy to be able to celebrate the eucharist. Its why it was built. Authorities now know the fire started near the base of the spire. Flames spread through the roof within a matter of hours, consuming more than 800 years of history. What was lost will never be exact to the same but it can be rebuilt and replicated. Donations for the cathedrals reconstruction have hit nearly 1 billion. Its the beginning of a new chapter in notre dames ancient history. Freya cole, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come we preview of one of the biggest global sporting rivalries, between india and pakistan as they prepare to face off in the cricket world cup. 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 a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. Germanys parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat government from bonn to berlin. Berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. 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. The real focus today was valentina tereshkova, the worlds first woman cosmonaut. What do you think of the russian woman in space . I think its 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 campaigners in hong kong promise to continue demonstrations after a week of mass protests force the government to suspend a bill allowing extraditions to china. Saudi arabia blames iran for the attacks on two tankers in the gulf and says its prepared to defend its interests. Here in the uk, rivals competing to be the next leader of the conservative party and Prime Minister have dismissed suggestions they should withdraw and allow an uncontested coronation for the frontrunner Boris Johnson. Theyve been campaigning for the support of Party Members at a meeting in london. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley was there. His report does contain flashing imagery. Blink and youll miss him Boris Johnson arrives at the First Leadership hustings for tory activists. In here, he told them hes a winner, and hes undoubtedly the man to beat, but his rivals say a coronation would be a mistake. That would be a complete disgrace. The public deserve the chance to look at these leaders. Mrjohnsons opponents insist this isnt over. We had a coronation last time, it didnt work out well, so lets not make the same mistakes again. Jeremy hunt insists he can shock everyone and come from behind to win. Michael gove agrees its all still to play for. The leadership hustings so far have been taking place behind closed doors. That will change tomorrow with the first televised event, at which five of the six candidates, minus mrjohnson, will attend. But ultimately those standing for the leadership know that its people like the ones here, party activists, that they have to convince. Do you think the wider membership are listening, or its boris and thats it . No, i think they are listening, i think they are listening. It always, always, always was going to be borisjohnson for me, but im now. Less sure who would be the second option. I had thought i was close to making up my mind, but ive now got a bit more of an open mind after today. I mean, id vote raab, i must say, given the chance, but its going to be boris. Are members still listening to your pitch, mr hunt . They were, yes the fight to be our next pm goes on. The longer this goes on, the more the underdog gets their shot. To beat this man, though, wont be easy. Nick eardley, bbc news. Donald trump appears to have renewed his attack on mayor of london sadiq khan over Violent Crime in uk capital. This is what mr trump tweeted. There two teenagers were murdered within minutes of each other in different parts of the capital on friday while a man was stabbed together on saturday afternoon. The us president and london mayor have clashed in the past, including on mr trumps state visit at the start ofjune. The italian film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli has died at the age of 96. He was twice nominated for an oscar, and is perhaps best known for his adaptations of shakespeares works. Hes said to have died peacefully after a long illness. Nick higham looks back at his life. Operatic music. Franco zeffirelli made his name as an opera director, on stage and occasionally on film. Opera taught him how to deal with highly strung and highly talented performers. It is a simple as that holding their hands, really dealing with vulnerable people, really charming little kids that cant believe their luck, and they are afraid. Will thou take petruchio to be thy lawful wedded husband . His experience proved useful when he made a film with a famously temperamental couple, Richard Burton and elizabeth taylor. I will not. his film version of romeo and juliet was nominated for an oscar, but it was controversial. Olivia hussey, then just 15, appeared topless. Zeffirelli, whod started out as a stage and screen designer, was sometimes attacked for Self Indulgence and for sentimentality. But jesus of nazareth, made for television, showed a different and more austere side to his work. If my kingdom were of this world, my followers would have fought to prevent me from being captured. In 2004, he was given an honorary knighthood. Hed always been an anglophile. I think about england in terms of the country that i would like to see married with my country, italy. And i managed, you know, one way or other, to make this marriage happen with my work and my association with british talent. Such a traditional honour meant a lot to a director renowned for his love of formality, opulence and beauty. Franco zeffirelli who has died at the age of 96. Tens of millions of people will be watching pakistan take on india in the cricket world cup later. Its one of the biggest global sporting rivalries, and the first match between the two neighbours since a dangerous flare up in tensions earlier this year. Rajini vaidyanathan takes the pulse in delhi. In every corner of this cricket crazy nation, they play. And in every corner they also watch. Its one of the biggest rivalries in sports, between two nuclear neighbours. Indias on every world cup match against pakistan. This tea m cup match against pakistan. This team led by superstar captain virat kohli is hoping to continue the tradition. It is that this academy in westerleigh that indian captain virat kohli honed his skills and many say its his team thats indias best hope in a generation. Rajkumar sharma first coached a nine year old virat kohli. Rajkumar sharma first coached a nineyearold virat kohli. He continues to train the stars. The whole world is looking at this. People will enjoying even playing foran indian team people will enjoying even playing for an indian team that we should not lose this much. Once india beat pakistan the fans will feel we have on the welcome. And to some fans, this match means war. But for this budding spin bowler, just ten years old, the game as a way of bringing the rival nations together. On the pitch when you go it is a normal match, not political. Anything. It isa match, not political. Anything. It is a normal political much. A normal match with abnormal expectations. Is a normal political much. A normal match with abnormal expectationslj know match with abnormal expectations. know that. And they will support india through all the world cup and we will win the world cup. They believe in india. For one day the hopes of an entire nation rest on one cricket match. But they could be something that gets in the wait there could be. The british weather. Rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delie. Back to one of our main story the climbdown by the leader of hong kong over a bill to allow alleged criminals to be extradited to mainland china. Over the past few hours here on bbc news weve been getting reaction to carrie lams announcement and asking what will happen next. Music plays. I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. We start our communication with all sectors of society. Do more explanation work and listen to different views of society. Its a very rare victory for people power. Its quite significant, considering the history of china and hong kong and a lot of the student led movements throughout the history of china have not been successful. Review is to apologise for all the Excessive Force and losing using lethal weapons by the police to the demonstrators. She also refused to withdraw the governments terrorise asian of the protesters as writers classification. To say that it was a communication problem, of course it was not. Theres a problem of the two systems. We have rule of law here, chinas it is complete laws business. And the people were angry that she refused to apologise for the police brutality. The police went crazy, beating up so many young people. If you look at hong kongs constitution, which is hong kongs basic law. There are lots of safeguards with hong kongs autonomy, but there are also safeguards of the interests of the one country, particularly in terms of national security. The council will hold its work in relation to the bill until our working communication and listening to opinions is completed. The last Colonial Government spoke out last week, he said, just before they handed hong kong over to chinese rule, they changed the law deliberately putting in the so called loophole that carrie lam said. To chris patton it was a firewall that separated us from mainland china. What carrie lam wants to do is to destroy this firewall so we become one country, one system. With this backlash, thats the only way out, to allow more time for the people of hong kongs and so to be looked into and also explaining some of the safeguards in this bill. In fact, the bill is necessary in many senses because hong kong being such a free society runs the risk of being turned into the haven for criminal fugitives. We need to tell the government that the hong kong people will persist and we will not continue our protest towards government unless we can see the withdrawal of the bill does macro discontinue. The government has not given up yet. Sol discontinue. The government has not given up yet. So i think we still have to fight for what we want to do. Because this is not the end yet. Hong kong is a very, very, you know, a business up, Global Business hub. Any uncertainty would be bad for business, right. But the issues are far beyond business. And id just hope that the Global Community will pay some attention. A look back at events in hong kong. Now, what would you expect for your birthday from the preisdent of one of the worlds biggest superpowers. How about a a giant box of ice cream . President Vladimir Putin presented his chinese counterpart xijinping with a giant box of ice cream for his 66th birthday and a lovely cake before a summit in tajikistan on saturday. Iam sure i am sure they had a lovely time together. Do stay with us on bbc news. Lot more coming up. Hello. Another day where weve seen some torrential rain across parts of the uk, exacerbating the flooding we saw earlier in the week. This was Burton Upon Trent in staffordshire during saturday afternoon. For others, blue skies and sunshine. And its this mixture that we keep as we go into sunday, our area of low pressure still slow moving to the north west of the uk. And another frontal system working its way north and eastwards. So this will generate showers through sunday morning, initially across Northern Ireland, wales, south west england, but soon extending north and eastwards across much of the uk. Now, where these showers develop theyll be heavy, theyll be thundery, theyll be slow moving. Some gusty winds as well associated with these showers. Heres an idea of average wind strengths. But the gusts will be even higher. Could well see some hailstones, too. Meanwhile, across parts of southern and south east england fewer showers through the afternoon, more sunshine, so 20 or 2 celsius. Where weve got the frequent showers struggling to get much above 11 or 15. And these showers merging at times to give a longer spell of rain. Certainly the case as we go through sunday evening. Some heavy spells of rain working their way across Northern England, into scotland, continue across parts of Northern Ireland, some rain returning to wales through the early hours of monday morning. Its not a cold night for most. Were going to hold up to between i and i3 celsius. High single figures across rural scotland. So as we start the new week, our area of low pressure still to the north west of the uk, generating some heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland. A cold front draped across Northern England and wales bringing some spells of rain through monday morning. But turning more showery as the day wears on. To the south and east of this, mainly dry, some spells of sunshine, some heavy and thundery showers, though, across a large swathe of scotland and Northern Ireland. So temperatures here again 11 or 15 celsius. In the sunshine, further south and east, 20, maybe 2 celsius. Now, as we go into tuesday, briefly, we see this ridge of High Pressure across much of england and wales and southern scotland. Keeping an eye on this area of low pressure, though, could bring some heavy rain later on tuesday into southern parts of england. Still some heavy showers and longer the spells of rain across parts of scotland. But they should ease across Northern Ireland on tuesday. Much of england and wales having a mainly dry day with some sunshine, but keeping an eye on this rain arriving into southern counties of england later on tuesday. Ahead of this, some warmth, 20 or 2 celsius for much of england and wales. We could see some heavy rain for a time, later on tuesday and into wednesday. As that clears, things are looking drier and a bit warmer towards the end of the week. 00 28 16,105 4294966103 13 29,430 bye bye