Repeatedly. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Us president Joe Biden has arrived in geneva ahead of his summit with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. Relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades and Mr Biden has already said he will lay down americas red lines during the discussions. Our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, has travelled to geneva. They say that the waters of Lake Geneva have the power to rejuvenate, to cure. But can a Lakeside Summit here revive a political relationship thats in very poor health . When Vice President Joe Biden met vladimir putin, he told him he had no soul. More recently, he said he was a killer. Mr putin Hit Back takes one to know one. So, when they sit down for talks, what message will the White House be putting across to the kremlin . Fiona hill was donald trumps Senior Adviser on russia. She says moscow must be told to behave. The biggest danger that the united states faces right now from russia is the coercive, subversive, Covert Action that is the hallmark of vladimir putin, be it ransomware for hire and cyber criminals, the Constant Hacking and releasing of e mails, assassination attempts, we can go down the list of dirty tricks. And we really need those to stop. But convincing the kremlin to change Direction Wont be easy. On the surface, at least, both president s are coming here to geneva to try to improve ties. Joe biden says he wants a relationship with russia which is stable and predictable. The problem is unpredictability is vladimir putins thing. Keeping the west guessing about his next move thats what the Kremlin Leader is all about. And hes unlikely to give that up unless its on his terms. Arms control and strategic stability they may find some common ground here. But ifJoe Biden raises the issue of Human Rights in russia, expect the kremlin to Hit Back. America is not perceived in russia as a democracy and of course, as a country being superior. I would not expect any great breakthroughs in the relationships, of course. But talking is better than not talking. And this is where theyll be talking, at this 18th century villa. As he arrives in geneva, Joe Biden knows it will be a difficult conversation. Dont expect one short summit to turn adversaries into allies. Steve rosenberg, Bbc News, geneva. I asked a specialist if you can see any positivity from the summit when expectations seem so low. T summit when expectations seem so low. , so low. I do see some positivity so low. I do see some positivity coming so low. I do see some positivity coming out | so low. I do see some. Positivity coming out of so low. I do see some positivity coming out of this meeting suggest the resumption of conversation between two leaders, and just importantly between their staff is going to between their staff is going to be a step forward necessary to stabilise the relationship and of course we should not expect a breakthrough here. I think thatis a breakthrough here. I think that is taken for granted. Starting to talk in a businesslike serious manner is a significant step forward towards managing the relationship responsibly. That is interesting relationship responsibly. That is interesting in relationship responsibly. That is interesting in terms of what the next step would be because Joe Biden has said they will lay out the redlines and we probably know what they. Beyond sitting next to vladimir putin and saying stop doing this, stop doing that, behave over the Ukraine Et cetera, how does that foster a sense of constructive engagement . I thinkjust having a conversation is important. It will not be a situation where russians. Immediately their activities or activities in domestic politics but we need to begin the process of conversation, of talking, us experts and russian experts about the redlines are Notjust Abstract General Redlines but concrete, practical redlines to make it absolutely clear where the russians should not even be thinking about going. In the russians probably have their own Redline Theyjust this serious conversation about about a difficult comp located topic is a step forward. I about a difficult comp located topic is a step forward. Topic is a step forward. I was struck compared topic is a step forward. I was struck compared to topic is a step forward. I was struck compared to some. Topic is a step forward. I was struck compared to some of| topic is a step forward. I was i struck compared to some of the things thatJoe Biden has said about vladimir putin and he described vladimir putin as being a bright, tough, where the adverse story. These are terms that are perhaps more upbeat then we have had in the past were the adverse story. Can we put this in any quick wins, areas we cant show some Cooperative Spirit adversory. I Cooperative Spirit adversory. Cooperative spirit adversory. Cooperative spirit adverso. ~ adversory. I think there will be some adversory. I think there will be some cooperative adversory. I think there will be some Cooperative Spirit| adversory. I think there will. Be some Cooperative Spirit in terms of areas such as i ran� s Nuclear Deal and Comprehensive Plan Of Action but, really you have to very experienced leaders. Vladimir putin has been at the helm over 20 years now and Joe Biden has been in politics and Public Policy for over 50 years so they are walking into this with their eyes wide open so they do not expect breakthroughs but a serious conversation is something they do accept and would be most welcome. Israel says it has attacked hamas armed compounds in the Gaza Strip its the first attack since a ceasefire last month ended 11 days of cross border fighting. The Israeli Military said the Air Strikes were in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian Territory on tuesday. The attacks were confirmed by a hamas spokesman. Its the first test for israels new government which was sworn in on sunday. The bbc� s Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza City has the latest details. Its been shortly after midnight with the israelis attacking two sides belonging to the militant group hamas, the group that is ruling the Gaza Strip, one in khan yunis, in southern gaza, and the other one is in central Gaza City, The Sound of bombs, and also and also The Sound of Israeli Military drones flying Over Gaza was creating some sort of Panic And Fear for the 2 Million people in gaza. They are just trying to recover from the 11 days of fighting. Ceasefire is fragile, as always, but egypt is trying to strengthen it, trying to Pressure Hamas and israel to avoid any sort of escalation. So far they have succeeded during the day and hamas didnt fire rockets as expected, but hundreds of incendiary balloons were sent from gaza, causing some 20 or 30 fires to break on some of the israeli towns and cities in southern israel, and israel said they have attacked the hamas Positions Tonight in response to this. Right. In a sense, what weve seen, then, is hamas promised to respond if the Ultranationalist March went ahead, which it did, albeit on a slightly different route. Israel promised to respond to hamas if they responded in the first place. Do you think that there could be a line drawn under this now . Because it doesnt seem to be in the interest of any party at this point to prolong this . Yeah, i think both parties are not interested in another battle. But the reason for the first fighting still exists. Hamas was promising to defend the people ofjerusalem, israel is still going ahead with the Eviction Plan in the sheikh jarrah area, which was one of the reasons for the Flare Up of the last violence, so all the reasons are exist, but we have to understand that egypt is doing a lot ofjob. They have contacted hamas this morning, and also tonight we understand from a source familiar with the ceasefire talks that egypt has conteacted Hamas Tonight to make sure things are not going out of control. More than 600,000 people in the united states have now died from the coronavirus, the highest tally of any country in The World. The news comes as two states, california and new york, ease almost all restrictions imposed last year to curb the spread of Covid I9. In california, the economy has fully opened for the the first time in 15 months. 0ur North America correspondent, david willis, joins us from los angeles. From that point of view, david, a long time coming but these are two states that have been extremely badly affected. Bier . Extremely badly affected. Very much so. They extremely badly affected. Very much so. They were extremely badly affected. Very much so. They were both much so. They were both epicentres at different times of the Coronavirus Pandemic here in the united states but, despite passing that rather grim milestone of 600,000 deaths, polling here suggests that many americans actually believe the pandemic is, if not over, then nearing its end. A poll conducted a week ago showed that two thirds of those question had either gone out to eat or met with family and friends in the previous seven days. As i mentioned, many states have already been open for some time and Joe Biden has been seeking to get about 70 of the population here at least partly vaccinated by the fourth ofjuly, this countrys big, annual holiday. He may be struggling to do that. Currently about 52 of the population has received just one jab and there is a fear of course that the Delta Variant could deal quite a blow, as it has elsewhere in The World, and of course last year, around about the fourth ofjuly, we saw a big Summer Search in Covid I9 cases here. That is something that the biden administration desperately wants to avoid. ~ ,. , wants to avoid. Absolutely, and there has been wants to avoid. Absolutely, and there has been quite wants to avoid. Absolutely, and there has been quite an there has been quite an exceptional Vaccine Operation in terms of getting so many people vaccinated so quickly. The reluctance amongst others to step forward and follow suit, is a much more that can be done about that . Weve had a variety of different incentives that have been used in recent weeks and months . Weeks and months . Well, certainly weeks and months . Well, certainly down weeks and months . Well, certainly down in weeks and months . Well, certainly down in the weeks and months . Well, certainly down in the southern states, there are clear signs of resistance. Resistance to getting the vaccine and this is something that is troubling officials here because they need to get those people, they need to get those people, they need to get shots in the arms as quickly as possible to maintain the current momentum. I think we will hear more calls from President Biden and he has used virtually every opportunity he has had to stress the need to go and get vaccinated. More calls from him and other officials in the days and other officials in the days and weeks ahead, certainly leading up to the fourth of July Holiday. Leading up to the fourth of July Holiday leading up to the fourth of July Holiday. Indeed. David, thank you July Holiday. Indeed. David, thank you very July Holiday. Indeed. David, thank you very much July Holiday. Indeed. David,| thank you very much indeed. The Furniture Chain Ikea has been found guilty of spying on its own staff. It was found to have set up an elaborate system to illegally snoop on hundreds of employees and Job Applicants over several years in france. Courtney bembridge has this report. Almost a decade after the scandal broke, Ikea France has been fined 1. 2 Million and its former ceo given a two year suspended prison sentence. The french arm of The Business was found guilty of carrying out illegal surveillance on union organisers, employees, Job Applicants and even disgruntled customers. The Companys Bill for private investigators reportedly ran to more than half A Million euros a year. In one case, the company wanted to find out how an employee could afford a Bmw Convertible on a low income. Ikea has apologised for the practices and said its since brought in a new code of conduct. Translation since 2012, | the company has been given all the necessary information to its employees. So, the companys Brand Image in The World with regard to employees and the recruitment of talent, will not be altered. As for the rest, i think wrongly perhaps but i think it is ancient history. The trial focused on Spying Allegations between 2009 and 2012. But a lawyer for the former employees said it had been happening for years. Translation it happened on a very large scale, over more than ten years, and so we cantjust forget. But the employees are satisfied that they have won their case and they have obtained compensation. The victims were awarded payouts between 1,000 and 10,000 euros each. But many said the penalties for those involved in the scheme were too lenient. Courtney bembridge, Bbc News. Stay with us on Bbc News. Still to come Machine Music the new composition thats partly the creation of artificial intelligence. 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 110 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. Just a day old, and the Royal Baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. Early this evening, the new prince was taken by his Mother And Father to their apartments in kensington palace. Germanys parliament, i the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. Berliners celebrated into i the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. The real focus of Attention Today was valentina tereshkova, The 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 world news. Im david eades. The latest headlines Joe Biden arrives in geneva ahead of his summit with president putin. Both sides agree relations are at a new low. Israel launches Air Strikes against hamas targets on the Gaza Strip. Its the first major Flare Up since last months ceasefire. The former Director General of the bbc, lord hall, has said it was wrong, in hindsight, not to have sacked the Journalist Martin Bashirfor the way he behaved in securing an interview with Princess Diana in 1995. At the time, Mr Hall was head of Bbc News. Hes told a westminster parliamentary committee here in london that he had trusted Martin Bashir when he shouldnt have. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, has more details. At core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a Second Chance we, the team, give him a Second Chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. Tony hall was a popular and respected Director General At The Bbc, but, cutting an anguished figure, he pleaded today that his 35 years of Public Service should not be coloured by his trusting a liar in the 1990s. Lord hall was director of Bbc News when Martin Bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with Princess Diana, for which he would be much garlanded. A recent independent review by Lord Dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that Princess Diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about Halls Judgement in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. She was failed notjust by a rogue reporter, but by leaders At The Bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. Let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the Lord Dyson investigation, for the royal family, for the two princes, and im sorry for the hurt that caused. Thats why im very surprised that you have no recollection. The committee also interrogated lord birt, who was Director General in the 1990s. He emphasised the manipulative nature of Martin Bashir. Unless you understand that this was a serial liar on an industrial scale, you simply cant understand the story. But bashir was rehired by the bbc in 2016, when hed already been forced to leave jobs in the us, made offensive remarks about women and aroused widespread suspicion about how he secured other interviews. Now, then, the former Director General of the bbc lord hall. Its this rehiring that has given fuel to the story. Its incredible. Literally, it is unbelievable. And i would say whats so staggering about the bbc in this whole matter is how they keep ploughing on in, i think, a very self destructive way. A separate Bbc Investigation published yesterday found several shortcomings in that rehiring process, but no malice. It is bizarre, however, that a man about whom there were so many public controversies should be rehired and then promoted two years later. Amol rajan, Bbc News. More than a units of packaging are used in the Beauty Industry each year, and Blue Beauty is a term used to describe environmental beauty products. Ive been speaking to yolanda cooper, Ceo And Founder of we are paradoxx, a Haircare Brand attempting to go completely plastic free. She explained some of the difficulties involved. The problem is the Supply Chain does not provide what we need to be 100 plastic free. As you mentioned, we do shampoo, conditioner, and so on. While we can source bottles that are made of aluminium, for example, there are no pumps available yet that are not made of plastic. So the issue really lies at the very start of the Supply Chain and it is not available to us yet. You use aluminium. I think it is worth pointing out that aluminium actually takes a lot of energy to produce in the first place. What is your gripe with plastic, if it could be used again and again, wouldnt that be the answer . The problem with plastic is that when it degrades, it loses quality over time. So, actually, it can only be recycled and reused a certain amount of times before it ends up as fibres, which normally end up in landfill. The beauty with aluminium, that whilst, yes, in the beginning it requires more energy to produce, it can be infinitely recycled forevermore. So the Shampoo Bottle we produce can always be a Shampoo Bottle for the rest of its life. Right. Sorry to interrupt. You provide the refilled potential for that . We do, of course. We do. That is one of the latest services we have launched. And the reusable nature of the Beauty Industry and many other industries as well is what is going to help solve the problem, there we move away from the behaviour of single use. I guess the ideal, though, is to be a shampoo bar, shampoo soap, as they use it . I have used it before, it seems to work pretty well. Though i dont have an awful lot of hair to clean nonetheless, that has to be the ultimate way, doesnt it . You have to change the way customers consume your products . Absolutely. There are so many behaviours we need to change at a consumer level. And one of those is the perception of what premium feels like. At the minute, people want the luxurious lotion that is pumped out of a bottle, when they in fact can get the same results from a solid bar. So its about changing how we think about how we use our beauty products, and that is part of it. I have heard your Campaigning Direction being referred to as Blue Beauty to reference the ocean. Do you feel you are doing a good thing for the environment, orjust really trying to catch up on what has been done to the environment . I guess a bit of both. There is so much damage already created from, you know, the billions of units of packaging that has already been produced and is in landfill. The challenges of Blue Beauty. Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more a Part And Parcel of everyday life. Its being used in many different ways by many different industries. For some people, that remains a terrifying and disturbing prospect. But for others, it offers creative opportunities, as the bbc� s Tim Allman explains. Alexandros has been making music pretty much as entire life. Now hes no longer making it his own. He sits at his piano, improvising, composing, bringing together different notes and sounds. The then automated piano next to him responds. Artificial intelligence, Conjuring Up new music all by itself. A creative relationship back and forth, synergy between Man And Machine. Synergy between Man And Machine synergy between Man And Machine. Im interested In Actin , machine. Im interested In Acting, having machine. Im interested In Acting, having a machine. Im interested In Acting, having a reaction l machine. Im interested in i acting, having a reaction and reacting to the reaction. Because in the end, im always the one who manages it. I am here now, and i want to create music that results from a surprise, from something i didnt expect. fix, surprise, from something i didnt expect. Surprise, from something i didnt expect. A team of local scientists didnt expect. A team of local scientists develop didnt expect. A team of local scientists develop the scientists develop the software, inputting data and teaching The Machine to make choices. The priority . To create something completely original and innovative. Translation original and innovative. Tuna mom original and innovative. Translation . , translation the direction we took to artistic translation the direction we took to artistic projects took to artistic projects pushing machines is to look for the frontier of error, the frontier of the bazaar, rather than trying to reproduce as faithfully as possible the human sound. Ultimately, alexandros human sound. Ultimately, alexandros wants human sound. Ultimately, alexandros wants to human sound. Ultimately, alexandros wants to take l human sound. Ultimately, i alexandros wants to take this show on the road, performing for audiences, showcasing this new way of working. In musical partnership unlike any that has come before. Tim allman, Bbc News. Mckenzie scott, Ex Wife of founder of amazon, Jeff Bezos has made a sizeable donation. Mr business is currently The Worlds which is man. She donated more than 4 Billion to women led charities to banks and black colleges. Despite these donations, she still has a fortune of almost 60 billion, according to forbes. We brought you on tuesday the tail of the Psychic Elephant who swapped a football for a Crystal Ball during the euro championships. She is a long time resident of a zoo in hamburg. She predicted france would be germany, and they did, 10. Not would be germany, and they did, 1 0. Not the score, but. She might remember that for a long time. I wonder if she remembers as well that hungary was beaten ijy as well that hungary was beaten by portugal, 3 0. More details on the website. Bbc. Com news. You can reach me on twitter. Im bbcdavideades. Thank you for watching Bbc News. Hello again. Tuesday was another very warm day across england and wales. Temperatures peaked at 27 degrees celsius. Thats just two down from the hottest day of the year, which was at the start of the week on monday. And as i say, england and wales enjoyed a lot of sunshine. Scotland and northern ireland, a different story. We had rain, and that band of rain continues to push its way eastwards over the next few hours whilst weakening, so the rain will become lighter and patchier. Across the board, temperatures staying up into double figures as we head into the first part of wednesday morning. Now, this front is a cold front, and its an important one. Very weak, it will bring just a few patches of rain across North West England and North West wales. Sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland, a few isolated showers. Dry picture for East Wales and most of england with lots of sunshine. But its this front that separates the Fresh Air in the North West from the increasingly humid air across East Wales and england. And big temperature contrasts, too. Perhaps 18 degrees across the North West of the uk. Across East Wales and into the heart of england, temperatures well up into the mid 20s, the high 20s in places. But as we head into wednesday night, the atmosphere will become very volatile and will go bang. Yes, the first batch of thunderstorms, the first batch of quite a few thunderstorms, will be working in on wednesday night, pushing in perhaps across East Wales, certainly getting parts of england. And those storms will tend to clear north eastwards as we go through thursday, with the weather settling down to a degree. Still Fresh Air across the North West, still quite humid across parts of eastern england. Some uncertainty with the temperatures. Depends, really, how much sunshine we get through some of that highest cloud across eastern areas, but it could potentially be a bit warmer than that. On into friday, well, another batch of storms is going to be heading in from france. Again, its mainly targeting england. That will tend to push its Way Northwards as we go through friday night, with the weather again settling down, calming down to a degree as we head into saturday. And then we do it all again. Saturday night sees another batch of storms come through. This area of storms is probably going to be a little bit more widespread as it works its Way Northwards, joining forces with an atlantic Weather Front in the west. And that area of rain, thundery at times, will push northwards on sunday. So, weve got several bouts of thunderstorms coming our way over the next few days. The biggest of those could bring, well, nearly a Months Worth of rain in just a few hours. Flash flooding is possible. This is Bbc News, the headlines us president Joe Biden has arrived in geneva ahead of Wednesdays Summit with president vladimir putin of russia. Relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades and Mr Biden has already said he will lay down americas � red lines� during the talks. Israel says it has attacked hamas armed compounds in the Gaza Strip the first such attack since a ceasefire last month ended 11 days of cross border fighting. The Israeli Military said the Air Strikes were in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian Territory. A court in france has fined ikea 1. 2 Million for illegally spying on some of its employees. The case Concerns Surveillance of staff from 2009 2012. Prosecutors said ikea used a private detective agency. Now on Bbc News, its hardtalk