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Has ended her Hunger Strike after 15 days her husband has also ended his own Hunger Strike outside the Iranian Embassy in london. Parts of the uk are set to see the hottest day of the year today, as a heatwave continues to grip europe. Storming it stormzy makes history by becoming the first black british solo artist to headline glastonbury. England will face the United States in the semifinals of the world cup. Thats after the us knocked out the hosts france in paris last night. And at 10. 30, the travel show visits an eco tourism project in thailand, where travellers are helping to give Something Back by replanting a mangrove lake. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The g20 summit has ended in osaka in the past few hours, with President Trump committing to resuming trade talks with china. Mr trump said he wouldnt impose any further sanctions on beijing after holding talks with the chinese president , xijinping, in an attempt to deescalate the trade war between the worlds two largest economies. Heres how he summed up his meeting with president xi. We had a great meeting, and we will be continuing to negotiate. And i promise that for at least the time being, were not going to be lifting tariffs on china. We wont be adding an additional tremendous amount. We have, i guess, 350 billion left which could be taxed or could be tariffed, and were not doing that. Were going to work with china on where we left off to see if we can make a deal. President trump is now on his way to south korea where he offered to meet the north Korean Leader kimjong un in the korean de militarized zone. I understand that we may be meeting with chairman kim, and well find out. We spoke with the people. Kim jong un was very receptive when he responded. So we will see. Because tomorrow we are going to the dmz. I said, well, im there. I will shake his hand, we get along. There has been no nuclear tests, there has been no long range ballistic tests. They gave us back our hostages, which was great. And a lot of good things are happening out of there. So i let him know well be there, and well see. I mean, i cant tell you exactly, but they did respond very favourably. Karishma vaswani is in osaka. First of all on the us china trade talks, that has been absolutely critical, the tariffs have been stifling to economic growth, and the fears about what that could mean for the global economy, so it is a big deal, isnt it . It is, but it shouldnt really be seen as a major breakthrough, because on the one hand, while we are now going to see a resumption in trade talks and no further tariffs, we are actually still in a far worse position than we we re still in a far worse position than we were before the trade war began. There is still hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods on either side that have tariffs slapped on them. Companies that are operating in china selling their products to the United States while they might have some immediate short term relief are still trying to figure out what this means if no trade deal is eventually signed. They are going to have to start making contingency plans. Many of them already have, shifting their operations out of china to countries like vietnam. So certainly although it will be seen asa certainly although it will be seen as a positive on monday morning when markets open and there will be a sigh of relief amongst investors, in the long term and certainly for right now, the trade war is still very much on. And this rather Extraordinary Development on the north korean front, diplomacy again through twitter. Yes, early this morning we saw this tweets coming in from President Trump, even though us officials had said before the g20 summit that they would not be any chance of such an invitation being extended to the north Korean Leader, but lo and behold, you have this invitation via tweets, and he said that he would like to meet with the north Korean Leader, kimjong un, at the demilitarised zone when he goes there on sunday. He is on his way to seoul right now, and he seemed to indicate that this is something of north Korean Leader would like to do as well, talking about their great relationship. Now, weve heard from the North Korean Foreign Ministry that says it hasnt received an official invitation or official proposal, but that it seems like an interesting suggestion. But i have to underline, if the two of them do meet, it would be the third time that the two leaders meet face to face, and still no progress on denuclearisation. 0k, karishma vaswani, thank you very much. Also at the g20 theresa may pledged more than £11; billion to help end aids, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics around the world. The Prime Minister also defended the deal that has been negotiated between the uk and the eu but said it would be up to her successor to find a way to deliver on the referendum vote. Joining me now is our political correspondent, tom barton. In terms of what theresa may announced today, has significant was it . It is a lot of money, £11 billion. It is also a significant contribution towards the global fund, this organisation which takes money from states to fight those three big diseases. They have asked for £11 billion to top up their funding. There is a significant contribution towards that. It is going to be used to fund a medication for more than 3 Million People living with hiv, treatment for 2 Million People with tuberculosis, and 90 million mosquito nets over the next three yea rs. Mosquito nets over the next three years. But what you have really got hit in political terms is of course a Prime Minister withjust hit in political terms is of course a Prime Minister with just a few weeks left of her premiership really thinking about leaving a legacy. She is going to hope that this will be pa rt is going to hope that this will be part of that legacy. Also talking at the 620 part of that legacy. Also talking at the g20 about climate change, trying to persuade other countries to adopt a net zero emissions target like the uk house. She has had some success there, although not enough to get it included in the official communique. Her big legacy, though, of course, is going to be the b word, brexit. And her struggles with it. And of course there is a Leadership Election Campaign going on right now, and at a press conference this morning, she was asked about that Leadership Campaign and about whether she accepted the argument put forward by some that conservative Party Members are more concerned about delivering brexit than they are about the future of the conservative party. I believe that conservative Party Members, as with the majority of the public in the United Kingdom, want us to deliver on brexit. I believe they want us to deliver not just what that means in terms of leaving the eu, but the Brighter Future that we believe that the uk can have outside of the european union. Thats what i was working on. It is what my successor will work on. And there are hustings again today between jeremy hunt and and there are hustings again today betweenjeremy hunt and Boris Johnson, which come as an interesting new poll from yougov show thatjeremy hunt is more popular with the public than Boris Johnson, so in an election scenario which is very much possible, could that sway tory voters . Who knows. A fascinating poll, because it asks two questions. Firstly, who would be the best Prime Minister, and jeremy hunt appears to have the majority among conservative voters, not conservative members, conservative voters. But when asked, who do they wa nt to voters. But when asked, who do they want to win the leadership election, borisjohnson comes want to win the leadership election, Boris Johnson comes out want to win the leadership election, borisjohnson comes out on top, so go figure. More hustings today, one in carlisle and one in manchester, both up in the north west of england, and i guess Foreign Policy was the focus yesterday. We may hear a little more about that today, a little more about climate change. Borisjohnson little more about climate change. Boris johnson today little more about climate change. Borisjohnson today keen to talk about education. He is saying that he will spend more of the education budget on the schools in rural areas which have been underfunded historically, and that is obviously likely to be popular with Party Members. Jeremy hunt is talking about a National Insurance contribution holiday for employers if they take on veterans when they leave the army, so both big conservative issues, it will be interesting to see what members want ask them about at the hustings later this afternoon. Tom barton, speak to you soon, thank you very much. The british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, who is currently serving a five year jail sentence in iran has ended her Hunger Strike. Shes been convicted of spying a charge she denies. Her husband Richard Ratcliffe, also ended his Hunger Strike outside the Iranian Embassy in london where he has been for the last 15 days. Heres what he told the bbc earlier this morning. I had ihada i had a phone call this morning, and it is good news, she had decided to stop a Hunger Strike, so i will be stopping it, so good news. Good news for yourself but particularly for her . Thats quite right, it was getting hard for me, but im sure it is harder for her. She said she had had some breakfast this morning, a bit of porridge with some apple and banana, and im relieved, because we wouldnt have wanted to push it much longer. What has it achieved . Well, i think we will only know after it is finished. What we have had is lots of media attention. Weve had must be more than 100 mps who have come down to visit and show solidarity, and the media from around the world have been aware of her case. Around the world have been aware of hercase. I around the world have been aware of her case. I think in iran we have come a much bigger story than we we re come a much bigger story than we were before, and there is an awareness that this needs to be solved. You have really got under the skin of the iranians, particularly the diplomats here in london. We have certainly got them cross, perhaps more than i was expecting, so in the early days they put upa expecting, so in the early days they put up a fence to block us off, and then tweeting them, they were trolling us on social media, and various articles claiming i was breaking the vienna convention. But the idea was to bring the problem to their doorstep, so the idea was to bring the problem to theirdoorstep, so im the idea was to bring the problem to their doorstep, so im glad that happened. And the politicians you mentioned who have visited you, quite a wide variety, including jeremy corbyn. What was your conversation with him . He stayed for about 40 minutes, brought his wife, talked about his own experience of being on protest, suggested that he would go and try and liaise with the Iranian Ambassador to see what could be done. That is interesting, because he of course in the past has worked for press tv, which is the propaganda arm of the iranian regime. He obviously has a potential ability to talk directly to them. Do you expect that now to happen . He said he had also been to iran as pa rt of said he had also been to iran as part of the parliamentary delegation with others, so, yes, iwill part of the parliamentary delegation with others, so, yes, i will meet up with others, so, yes, i will meet up with him later next week, when i have had a meal and been to a e and get checked. So your expectation when you follow up with him is what . I think my first expectation would be to go and meet with tulip who is out be to go and meet with tulip who is ourmp, and see be to go and meet with tulip who is our mp, and see with all that wealth of concern in parliament what we can do in the next few weeks. The speaker came down and said, listen, if there is anything we can do, let us if there is anything we can do, let us know. That was Richard Ratcliffe speaking to justin that was Richard Ratcliffe speaking tojustin webb early on the today programme. Today parts of the uk could experience the hottestjune weather in more than 60 years. Temperatures are expected to reach 34 celsius in parts of the south east. It follows extreme heat across europe, with Health Warnings still in place in france after record breaking temperatures yesterday. 0ur reporter leigh milner is in camden park for us this morning. It is certainly warming up to what could possibly be the hottest day of the year. The reason why i am here is because on this day in 1957, the highest temperature in june is because on this day in 1957, the highest temperature injune was actually recorded right here in camden square. 35. 6 degrees. Now, that might sound hot, but spare a thought for People Living in france at the moment. They had record temperatures of 45. 9 degrees yesterday. Now, the Health Minister has warned the public, making sure they are safe. Also whether services haveissued they are safe. Also whether services have issued red alerts for parts of the country. Now, the reason for this heat wave, meteorologists say, is because hot air is coming across from africa over europe and its causing havoc. We have seen the wildfires are spread over catalonia, and here in the uk we have even seen some roads actually melt. Also it is important to know if you are travelling by train this weekend, make sure you look out for any cancellations or delays, because they are actually worried that the tracks will start to buckle. Now, if you live in the area, he is a little fa ct you live in the area, he is a little fact for you. This play area actually used to be the old weather station, where they took the temperature back in 1957. And it will be full of children later on. Hopefully the parents will follow the guidelines from the nhs and make sure they put plenty of this on them, and drink lots of water. Absolutely, good advice. Stormzy has made history as the first solo black british artist to headline glastonbury festival. As he took to the famous pyramid stage, wearing a stab vest emblazoned with a union jack, the 25 year old also became the second youngest headliner in the events history. Stormzy used his set to highlight what he describes as inequality in the Justice System and the arts. Paul hawkins reports. A historic moment, and it wasnt wasted. First there was the union jacks stab proof vest, a nod to knife crime. Glass to be, this is one of the most, not one of the most, the most iconic night. Then they were crime statistics, plus a sample of a speech by labour mp david lammy on bias in the criminal Justice System. The mp tweeted later he was humbled and inspired. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn called the performance political and iconic, saying it wont just performance political and iconic, saying it wontjust go down in glastonbury history, it will go down in our countrys cultural history. There was also a nod to ballet shoes, which only recently were made available for all skin tones, and a guest appearance by coldplays chris martin. Tonight the sun are the killaz are headlining. Lets talk to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba, whos at glastonbury this morning. What was it like with stormzy on stage, and why is it taken so long for a first black british artist to headline . Well, it is a reflection of the music industry, and peoples place in it. Itjust happens that there hasnt been a black british solo artist of that kind of level who has really been close enough to demand that headline slot on the pyramid stage, although some people might argue that the likes of dizzy rascal should have been given that role, a favourite at glastonbury who has produced some memorable performances here. But stormzy went down well and reallyjustified that pyramid stage slot last night, went down very well indeed. I am joined by two people who actuallyjoined last night, first of all, what did you make of stormzy, was it what you are expecting . It was mind blowing, to be honest. What a show, and such a good message as well. Some people we re nervous about a good message as well. Some people were nervous about how it would come out, but he really put on a performance, and it was amazing to watch. Are you fans of grime music, or is itjust something that you thought we would go and see stormzy and see what he is like, whether hype can be up to . Friends are more fans, so we went along with those, we are here with nine people this year, and getting everyone together, it was such a crowd, that it really went. Everyone was really supportive, and you could tell how much it meant to him, and thatjust made it even bigger. This is your first glastonbury. Have you tried to get here before . What is the experience like first time in . Get here before . What is the experience like first time mm get here before . What is the experience like first time in . It is overwhelming, really. Amazing. This year, very hot. There is so much to do, i dont think we were prepared for the scale of it. We are camped up for the scale of it. We are camped up on for the scale of it. 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