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After Cristiano Ronaldo removes Coca Cola bottles from a euros News Conference. Hello and welcome to the programme. The first summit between President Biden and President Putin has ended in switzerland. The two leaders held about four hours of talks. Topics included, nuclear arms control, Opposition Figure Alexei navalny and alleged cyberattacks by moscow. Our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. Best wishes and goodbye. He says Best Wishes And Goodbye in russian. And with those words, the swiss president left them to it. There was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the Body Language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian president s shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th Century Villa overlooking lake geneva. Im not sure how this is working. In the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. A reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. No comment. The American President was asked whether he trusted vladimir putin. He appeared to nod. He says, there are a lot of issues that require the highest level of meeting. The us president concurred. Like i said outside, i think its always better to meet Face To face. Therell be subjects where they agree, but plenty where they wont. The us is most vexed by the endless cyber and criminal Ransomware Attacks on american Infrastructure And Election interference in western democracies. The president will raise Human Rights, and in particular the treatment of the opposition leader, alexei navalny. And the us has grown increasingly concerned about the destabilising effect of russian Military Activity on the ukrainian border. Then, after two hours of intense talks, it was over. On the central issues that Joe Biden pressed on, the russian leader either deflected or denied responsibility. President putin acknowledged the talks had been frank and candid, normally a euphemism for a row, but he also said theyd been constructive. Translation both sides expressed their intention | to understand each other and to seek common ground. Talks were quite constructive. The president of the united states. Then it was The American president s turn, once the aviators had come off. Its been a long day for yall. He said hed given vladimir putin a blunt message. I made it clear that we will not tolerate attempts to violate our democratic sovereignty or destabilise our democratic elections, and we would respond. The Bottom Line is i told President Putin that we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by. And he said he was satisfied with what had been achieved. It was important to meet in person so there can be no mistake about or misrepresentations about what i wanted to communicate. I did what i came to do. This was more Clear The Air than new dawn. The americans had set the bar low for this encounter, and on that basis, it met expectations. And jon told us more about those expectations. I think thatJoe Biden will see a success as the fact that they sat down for two hours, were engaged in detailed conversation about some of the knottiest issues around. I thinkJoe Biden, for a domestic audience, also wanted to prove that the america is back tour also means im not donald trump. And i think he was very keen to underline that in his News Conference that i attended a little while ago. But asJoe Biden goes back to america now on Air Force one, he has said, we will respond if russia doesnt do what we want on cyber, on Human Rights and the rest of it, but respond how . Thats the bit of it that is unclear, and im sure vladimir putin returning to moscow will be thinking, well, he said all these things, but whats he going to do about it . Vladimir putin has seen down western leaders before. Maybe he will think that Joe Biden is a different sort of American President , but i think that vladimir putin is going to test it and Joe Biden will eventually have to decide how he is going to respond. Thanks to jon there. Lets get some of the days other news. Save the children says more than 700,000 rohingya children are facing severe discrimination and denial of their most basic rights across several different countries. The Aid Agency says the children are vulnerable to sexual abuse, trafficking and detention, as well as being forced to work. Most rohingya muslims have fled their home country, myanmar, and now live in Refugee Camps in neighbouring bangladesh, but some live in malaysia, thailand and indonesia. The chinese government has acknowledged that the Fuel Rods at a nuclear Power Plant in the south of the country have been damaged, but insist that no radioactivity has leaked. The admission comes after us media reported that the us government was assessing a reported leak at the facility. Police in the italian capital, rome, Have Diffused A Homemade Explosive Device that was found on a car near the Olympic Stadium just hours before the euro 2020 clash between italy and switzerland. The bomb was reported to have been filled with bolts and gunpowder and had been put on a vehicle belonging to a local government official. France is to lift its night time Coronavirus Curfew from sunday, allowing people to leave home at night without official justification for the first time since october. And from thursday, they will no longer be obliged to wear a mask outside, except in queues. Now, here in the uk, Dominic Cummings, the man who used to be the Prime Ministers closest adviser, has launched another wave of attacks on borisjohnson and his handling of the pandemic. Mr cummings has published what he says are messages that he exchanged with mrjohnson. Downing street has not questioned the authenticity of those messages, which apparently show mrjohnson describing his Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, as hopeless. Mr cummings also accuses the Prime Minister of lying. Our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more details. A convenient Afternoon Jog . Is this nowjust a vendetta, Mr Cummings, with Mr Hancock . Dominic cummings just happened to be seen for the cameras hours after chucking another grenade his old bosss way. Hed already been plain the man in charge of the Health System during the biggest Health Emergency in decades wasnt up to it, in his view. I think that the Secretary Of State for Health Shouldve been fired for at least 15, 20 things. The Health Secretarys retaliation The Boss had been behind him all the way. I had the Prime Ministers wholesome support all the way through. Yet remember how close Mr Cummings and borisjohnson were. Having promised evidence to back up his blast from the outside, hes now even published private messages. In those crucial days at the start of the emergency, the adviser apparently messaged the Prime Minister, accusing the Health Secretary of failing to ramp up testing. But the Prime Minister seemingly replied in Expletive Filled Terms totally hopeless. Later, the adviser raised other concerns. Officials had admitted weve been turning down ventilators because of Price Mark ups, he said. Borisjohnson seems to have replied, its hancock, he has been hopeless. A month on, the Prime Minister, apparently in a message to Mr Cummings, wrote, on ppe, its been a disaster. And appears to have suggested taking Hancock Off and putting gove on. To which Mr Cummings seems to have replied, this would have a severe risk of making it worse, not better. Reporter did you really thinkj Matt Hancock was useless, sir . Borisjohnson� s team says they have full confidence in Mr Hancock. But Dominic Cummings was part of making the decisions that affected thousands of lives and deaths. Strip away the personal animosity and the huge political bust up, and hes not the only voice critical of the governments handling of care homes, of testing, of the speed of lockdown at the start. And no Secretary Of State wants to be asked this kind of question. Reporter are you hopeless, Mr Hancock . I dont think so. Are you hopeless . I dont think so, he says. Asked about his own competence ahead of a vote on covid today. The right honourable gentleman, now forever branded as Hopeless Hancock by his own leader. Well, for many of our constituents, when theyll be watching the news tonight, when they know that they failed to protect our borders, when they know that they allowed this variant to take off and when they saw that restrictions are being extended, i think many of our constituents will No Doubt repeat the prime Ministers Expletive laden sentiment. Dominic cummings knows he would hardly win a popularity contest, but the real fear for number 10, given how close he was to the Prime Minister, what versions of events does he still guard that he can lob from far away . Laura kuenssberg, bbc news. Next, uganda is currently experiencing its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Just over a week ago, the Countrys President ordered a partial lockdown, closing schools and restricting travel within the country. And there are growing concerns that the crisis is being fuelled by increased infections among the countrys young people. Patience atuhaire reports from the capital, kampala. Move, move despite the Safety Warnings and a 9pm curfew, some people are still determined to go out for a good time. Police crackdown is like this have become more frequent recently as authorities try to get a hold of the outbreak. And officials have reason to worry because infections are rising by the day. At this national hospital in kampala, and even here wards are filling. When requested access to the covid treatment ward, permission was not granted to us. What Health Workers tell us is if infections keep rising at this rate, the resources they have may become overstretched. Journalist here spent six days in the high dependency unit, fighting for his life. He paints a grave picture. First of all, even paints a grave picture. First of all, even when paints a grave picture. First of all, even when you paints a grave picture. First of all, even when you are i of all, even when you are admitted, getting a bad, that itself is a problem. I spent close to four hours seated on a veranda with oxygen, but with no bed yet. Health workers are feeling the grind. The patients are complaining. At one point, i reached a point when i had to help my own colleagues who were feeling badly off, especially with the oxygen reduced, the Water And Oxygen is reduced. You had to help your colleagues. Authorities say there is a Market Increase in infections marked Increase Infections marked increase in infections since late may. Many of these cases were recorded in schools. Young people come for a high number of hospitalisations at the moment. It of hospitalisations at the moment of hospitalisations at the moment. ,. ,. ,. , moment. It has the potential to affect and moment. It has the potential to affect and cause moment. It has the potential to affect and cause disease moment. It has the potential to affect and cause disease to affect and cause disease to young people. And then you have the younger people who are more active, so they are because young people are more socially engaged, the ones who go out to look for bread and other everyday living items, in terms of social output, young people have more interactions with Friends Relative to most senior people. Friends relative to most senior eo le,. ,. , Friends Relative to most senior eole. ,. , Friends Relative to most senior eole. , Friends Relative to most senior neole. ,. , people. Uganda has ust over 200 intensive people. Uganda has ust over 200 intensive care people. Uganda hasjust over 200 intensive care beds 200 intensive care beds dedicated to Coronavirus Treatment in both the public and private Health Systems. Amidst rising cases, even some private facilities are already full to capacity. Many, fearing a second hard lock down, rushed to beat the Travel Ban and make it from kampala to their villages. This raises concern of a potential surge in rural areas where infections are relatively low. Uganda hopes it will contain this new Coronavirus Wave before it engulfs the whole country. Patience atuhaire, bbc news, kampala. Stay with us here own bbc news. Still to come President Putin says Russia And America agree to begin consultations on cybersecurity we talk to one expert about the challenges they face. 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. 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 news. Im Lewis Vaughn jones. Our Man Headline President s Biden And Putin described their first summit as positive and constructive, but the leaders made it clear, differences still remain between america and russia. Returning to that summit between the us and russian president s. Mr biden set out 16 areas of critical infrastructure that he said were Off Limits to cyberattacks. Mr putin said that both sides had agreed to begin consultations on cybersecurity but denied russian responsibility for cyber crime incidents. Translation the us sources claim the Majority Translation the us sources claim the majority of translation the us sources claim the majority of cyber claim the majority of cyber attacks are made from the us territory than the second one is canada then to Latin American state and then the uk. As for russia, it is not listed in this ranking and we see where these cyber attacks are launched from. We see these attacks are co ordinated from the united states territory. Do not the united states authorities are interested in such kind of manipulations. We need to get rid of all kinds of insinuations and innuendo and we should launch the Expert Work for the benefit of the united states and the russian state. Then theres President Biden� s proposal that certain infrastructure is protected from any attack. Another area we spent a great deal of time on was cyber and cybersecurity. I talked about the proposition that certain vertical infrastructure should be Off Limits to attack. Period. By cyber and other means. I gave them a lease. If i am not mistaken, 16 defined critical infrastructure under us policy from the Energy Sector to our water system. Of course, the principle is one thing. It has to be backed up by practice. Responsible countries need to take action against criminals who conduct ransomware activities on their territory so we agreed to task experts in both our countries to work on specific understandings about what is Off Limits and the follow up on specific cases that originate in other countries and they are either or countries. Us intelligence has blamed russian based groups for a series of high profile cyber attacks in recent years. At the forefront of the biden administrations minds will be the hacking on Democratic National Committee and Clinton Campaign emails, during the height of the 2016 race, which the party belives helped tip the balance in donald trumps favour. Last december the us treasury confirmed it and another department had been breached, through use of compromised software, solarwinds orion. After Mr Biden took office, a Ransomware Attack of the colonial pipeline created Fuel Shortages across the east coast, leading to the company paying out 4. 4 Million to hackers. And just a week ahead of the swiss summit, the worlds largest Meat Processing companyjbs handed over 11 Million in bitcoin to hackers after a similar attack. John hultquist is Vice President of cyber security firm, mandiant. It and its parent company, fireeye, alerted the us government to last years solarwinds cyber attack, after its own Hacking Tools were stolen by the same actors. Thank you for coming on the programme. There we have it, President Biden outlined his 16 also critical Infrastructure Targets that he wants to be Off Limits. What other realistic chances of that happening . I realistic chances of that happening . Realistic chances of that happening . Realistic chances of that haueninu . ~ ,. , happening . I think this is a aood happening . I think this is a good way happening . I think this is a good way to happening . I think this is a good way to sort happening . I think this is a good way to sort of happening . I think this is a good way to sort of limit i happening . I think this is a l good way to sort of limit the issue at hand. There are a lot of cyber issues that we need to address between us and russia. That begins with the interference in the election, the critical Infrastructure Intrusion or probing of critical infrastructure, and of course some of the major espionage cases that included solarwinds orion. There are a lot of things on the Table And Grouping them under critical infrastructure, these are the critical targets, this is a most important place where we can form early agreement and it is a good way to start limiting this problem. This problem. That is interesting, this problem. That is interesting, some i this problem. That is interesting, some confident that it will be useful and it may happen. An implicit suggestion that there are targets therefore they might be on limits. Is there a place where we accept these Ransomware Attacks are part of life . I Ransomware Attacks are part of life . ~ Ransomware Attacks are part of life . ~. ,. , life . I think we have to recognise life . I think we have to recognise that life . I think we have to recognise that at life . I think we have to recognise that at least | recognise that at least overnight, we are not going to make ransomware go away. Even vladimir putin is not capable of making ransomware go away. They do not have full control, obviously. They have cultivated a Safe Haven but that do not have full control of these actors. While we would rather see is maybe a message to keep these actors to keep their hands of critical infrastructure and give us some breathing room. The infrastructure and give us some breathing room. Breathing room. The idea of retaliation breathing room. The idea of retaliation was breathing room. The idea of retaliation was hinted breathing room. The idea of retaliation was hinted by breathing room. The idea of| retaliation was hinted by the us authorities. What do you think that means . The united states and think that means . The united states and our think that means . The united states and our five think that means . The united states and our five i think that means . The united states and our five i partners | states and ourfive i partners have Defence Mechanisms out there. The possibility of reciprocal attack as a deterrent. The issue is the reason we have such advanced capabilities is that we come from advanced, sophisticated economies, advance, sophisticated societies and it gives us of those defensive bills but it is also our greatest vulnerability. Defensive tools. We suffer where these defences can go down and cause great discomfort. Down and cause great discomfort. ,. , discomfort. Just finally, i am afraid we discomfort. Just finally, i am afraid we are discomfort. Just finally, i am afraid we are almost discomfort. Just finally, i am afraid we are almost out discomfort. Just finally, i am afraid we are almost out of l afraid we are almost out of time. On eight tangential issue, any thought of the olympics as a potential target . The olympics were targeted before by russian does. They try to take down the korean olympics and prior to that the Tokyo Olympics before covid 19. I think they will try to take down the olympics again and this will be a real question about what they will turn over about what they will turn over a new leaf. Whether they will. Now, is it time to rethink the age old Advertising Practice of Product Placement . A couple of major sponsors of the European Football championship have this week suffered the embarrassment of top footballers shunning their products. Courtney bembridge reports. First it was portugals Cristiano Ronaldo. He shuffled to bottles of Coca Cola out of shot and held up a bottle of water, challenging people to use that. The Share Price fell in the hours, 4 Billion taken off the company value. But Coca Cola which is still was 240 Billion Dollars knows better than to take a fight. The company issued a statement saying everyone is entitled to their drink preferences but Cristiano Ronaldo is notjust anyone. Cristiano ronaldo is not ust an one. . , anyone. He has 299 Million followers anyone. He has 299 Million followers on anyone. He has 299 Million followers on instagram anyone. He has 299 Million followers on Instagram Andj anyone. He has 299 Million l followers on instagram and it is a big move every time he does something. Is a big move every time he does something. One day later, a french footballer does something. One day later, a french footballer and a french footballer and Practising Muslim removed a beer out of the table in front of him. It turned out the beer was non alcoholic but many are asking whether this kind of Product Placement has had its day. Product placement has had its da. ,. , Product Placement has had its da. ,. ,. , Product Placement has had its da. ,~. , day. They have become more wary and the heightened day. They have become more wary and the heightened profile day. They have become more wary and the heightened profile they i and the heightened profile they have. They want to see what they want to be affiliated to. Both Coca Cola and heineken are official sponsors of the euros and may well feel that investment has fallen flat. Courtney bembridge, bbc news. In the football itself, italy are through to the last 16 of the euros. The italians thrashed switzerland 3 0 in rome. It prompted jubilant celebrations from their supporters in the fan zone. In the same group, wales beat turkey to boost their chances of proceeding in the competition. Lets bring you some live pictures from the Gobi Desert with a face at from china new Space Station are said to blast off Injust Underan Space Station are said to blast off injust under an hour. It will be the countries longest crude mission to date. Establishing beijing as a major space power. They will spend three months working up at that station. Lift off expect in an hour. The Space Station will dock and we will bring you pictures as and when that happens. President biden first foreign trip is at at end and No Doubt hes looking forward to a bit of down time at the white house, as i imagine are the Secret Service. The logistics of moving a president through three countries are mind boggling. This was Mr Biden arriving in geneva just look at the convoy in tow pretty impressive. A cavalcade of cars including police outriders, Secret Service vehicles, an armoured communications vehicle, medics, the press corps. I could go on. It all looks impressive on the wide roads of geneva, but the nine tonne � beast� isnt built for the tiny roads in cornwall as we can now demonstrate. So spare a thought for this man, whose job it is to direct the beast as it made an unlikely three point turn. This is bbc news. Bye bye. Hello there. Over the next few days, bouts of thunderstorms will be affecting parts of england, bringing a risk of some localised flooding. Now, wednesday was another very hot day in the capital. 29 degrees celsius, that was the highest temperature recorded in the whole of the uk. It was also very muggy. But we had some thunderstorms that started to break out as well across northern france, and these have been tracking across the English Channel into southern and eastern areas of england. Really anywhere from around about dorset, Somerset North eastwards at risk of a storm overnight, but really its a more general area of rain with some thunderstorms mixed in. Thats kind of what well have over the next few hours. Now, across the North West, it should become largely dry here. A fresh night, ten degrees, comfortable for sleeping, but very muggy in eastern england. 18 degrees as we start the day on thursday. Now, through thursday, a wet start, i think, across the South East of england, east anglia, a good part of the midlands as well, with outbreaks of rain. Still a risk of a few thunderstorms mixed in. Most of that rain will clear off into the North Sea with the weather becoming Drier And Brighterfrom the South East, but still with a lot of cloud around. Best of the sunshine, scotland, Northern Ireland and North West fringes of both england and wales probably having some bright and reasonably fresh weather as well. But it will still be very humid in the east. Thursday night, well, it should become dry at least for a time before the next batch of storms begin to make inroads from the south. And then through friday, again, were looking at another pulse of thundery Rain Kind of affecting the same sort of areas really. Southern england, the midlands, east anglia, Parts Of Lincolnshire and yorkshire. And within this area of rain, there will be some hefty downpours bringing a risk of some localised flooding. Still relatively fresh weather across the North West with some bright or sunny spells coming through. Now, friday night, the rain slowly pushes its way northwards and eastwards with the thunderstorms as well. Saturday does look a little bit drier generally. Therell be a few bright or sunny spells around, perhaps one or two showers here and there as well. And then through saturday night, more storms work up from europe. But this time, the rains going to be more widespread, and it will push right across into Northern Ireland and scotland as well, still with the risk of some thunderstorms embedded in that area of rain. So, all in all, very unsettled for the next few days. The biggest storms capable of bringing a lot of rain in a short space of time, which could bring the risk of some localised flooding. Thats your latest weather. This is bbc news. The headlines both the us and and russian president s have spoken positively about their summit in geneva, but significant differences were laid bare in their answers to reporters questions. President biden said hed told Mr Putin that the us would respond to actions that threaten its interests and raised Human Rights abuses. President putin says Russia And America agreed to begin consultations on cybersecurity. Mr biden set out 16 areas of critical infrastructure that he said were Off Limits to cyberattacks. Mr putin denied moscow had engaged in cybercrime. Dominic cummings, the man who used to be borisjohnson� s closest adviser, has published whatsapp messages allegedly revealing the british Prime Minister called his Health Secretary Matt Hancock hopeless. Downing street has refused to deny the claims

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