snowdonia. figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. later in the programme we will find out why. ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. but how have they changed the way we live? i ll be finding out. we ve come to sheffield to hear about a multi million pound plan by the lawn tennis association to revamp grassroots tennis and we re also launching our breakfast summer challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. and sarah has the weather. good morning. we ve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. i will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. good morning, first our main story. a retired court of appealjudge, sir martin moore bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. the news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire
hello and welcome to business live. chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin today. trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of global leaders later this month. the visit will be xi s sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. and their meetings seem to be bearing fruit according to china, trade between the two increased by over 26% in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly $25 billion. cooperation is increasing too. russia will be a key component of china s ‘belt and road initiative an ambitious multi trillion dollar project that will link europe and asia via the historic silk road. as part of the project and as a symbol of this close relationship beijing has even agreed to help finance a high speed rail link within russia itself: linking moscow to the city of kazan. joining me now is dr yujie, head of china foresight, at lse ideas. thank you for coming in to doctor us. thank you
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