07/07/2017 World News Today

Our top story: The US and Russian Presidents meet

Donald Trump says it's an honour to meet Vladimir Putin.

Their talks at the G20 summit went on for two hours.

Will it fall to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia

the United States. And for everyone concerned.

It's tense on the streets outside the meeting.

Angela Merkel has called the protests 'unacceptable'.

In Hamburg, the summit's host, Angela Merkel says much work remains

before a final declaration can be agreed.

The world leaders are attending a concert at the moment, if you

minutes to consider the conversations they have had and the

deals they may be prepared to make. And in other news: The agonising

legal battle over the future of the terminally ill baby

Charlie Gard has taken a new turn. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have

met for the first time, shaking hands at the G20

summit in Hamburg. The Russian President

said he was delighted to discuss things personally,

rather than on the phone. Details of the substance

of the conversation may come later. They have agreed to a ceasefire in

south-western Syria which will come into affect on Sunday.

There's a lot to talk about, not least the tensions over alleged

election meddling and Syria, among others.

The BBC's Ros Atkins is in Hamburg with more.

Has it been a successful day? I think will only be able to judge on

the success of this summit come Saturday afternoon when Anglo Merkel

well on behalf on the whole summit presents a communique which

regularly kicked all abuzz where they have managed to find common

ground. Until that point, they are going to leave us guessing, but

there is no doubt that this has been a day of drama. This is politics at

the most elevated level, no more powerful politicians than those who

have gathered here in Hamburg. They have a conundrum to resolve, they

are all representing their countries and their countries' national

interest, but the issues they are considering our global issues and

sometimes global problems which will in the end require global solutions,

have a resolve that tension will in some ways inform the kind of

agreements they manage to find. Let's pick up on eBay's events with

the help of the BBC's North American editor.

It's hard to overstate the significance of this

Two men with nuclear arsenals who could blow the world to pieces.

Two self-proclaimed tough guys who like to win.

But today at their first face-to-face meeting,

they were the epitome of restraint and respect.

Thank you very much, we appreciate it.

President Putin and I have been discussing various things

We've had some very, very good talks.

We are going to talk now and that will continue but we look

forward to a lot of great, positive things happening

for Russia, for the United States and for everybody concerned.

And for his part, Vladimir Putin said, "I am delighted to be able

to meet you personally, Mr President, and hope,

as you have said, our meeting will yield positive results".

But there's a cloud - did Vladimir Putin's interference

in the presidential election deliver victory to Donald Trump?

US intelligence agencies have no doubt that Russian

hacking did take place, and it must have been sanctioned

by President Putin and was designed to help the Trump campaign.

The American President, though, insists he won fair and square.

And then there are the policy differences.

Trump accused Russia of destabilising Ukraine

Putin wants sanctions against Russia lifted.

Trump wants to work with Russia in Syria to help defeat

so-called Islamic State, but not while Russia is working

And then there's the family photo, with President Trump in the strange

But forget any headline of, "President marginalised",

it seemed there was no shortage of leaders wanting to bend his ear.

Two big topics - one trade, the other, climate change.

I was clear to President Trump at how disappointed the UK

was that the United States have decided to pull out

And also clear that I hoped they would be able

to find a way to come back into the Paris Agreement.

I think that's important for us globally.

We're not renegotiating the Paris Agreement - that stays -

but I want to see the United States looking for ways to rejoin.

Climate change is one of the many issues of concern to the thousands

of protesters seeking to disrupt the summit.

Though forget global warming, some were getting

We're not entirely clear how effective the umbrellas were.

But there have been ugly scenes of vandalism

Such has been a concern over security that the First

Lady Melania Trump was ordered to stay put in her guest house

Hamburg memorable, then, for who she didn't

Let's speak to Robert Wright of the Financial Times.

He is also covering the G20 summit. We have a suitably dramatic music in

the background from the concert when leaders are. Polly differences

detailed in that report, Anglo Merkel are still talking about

finding compromises, it admitting we don't agree on everything but still

getting on with it. As she demonstrated that is possible? As

you said earlier, the key thing is what happens this time tomorrow,

whether we have some kind of compromise deal, and I think it is

difficult, one guess this is that all these leaders are sounding each

other out and sizing each other up, they got a very different cast from

the last time I had a G20 meeting. Many members are in different

positions, trees are made, the British Prime Minister, very

substantially weakened, a new French President, so it is about people

sizing each other up and what has been going on throughout the day. A

couple of weeks ago I was at the latest EU summit, chased the dynamic

and it was his debut at that summit, his debut at the G20 now, haven't

you are a set of impact? Depress President has tried to make a

similar impact here, there are suggestions that he has been making

a fairly dramatic intervention, tried to talk up the international

liberal argument which a view years ago we were all taking for granted,

the idea that free trade is important and a liberal values are

important, but those are things we were taken for granted a few years

ago and he seems to be seeing himself on usually perhaps, by the

French President, as a standard-bearer for those interested

in a group of people who are looking at things differently. I had been

getting messages from people in the UK asking when the UK it's end and

how Brexit impact on it. The British delegation insist that the UK Prime

Minister is still an important player here, but I think there is an

unmistakable sense that Britain has become less important because it is

not part of this important trading bloc in the UK Prime Minister is

still an important player here, but I think there is an unmistakable

sense that Britain has become less important because it is not part of

this important trading bloc in the way it. A little bit by the fact

that she called this snap general election, lost the majority and is

now in a weak position domestically. Very hard boosting to domestically

and I think one of the revealing things is she has been talking about

domestic politics today as well as international politics. Clearly she

has her eye on domestic issues. A quick word about trade, Donald Trump

is protectionist in his view, he has been critical of free trade. How is

that sitting with him or free-trade inclinations of some of the other

leaders? That is one of the things that the British by most asset as an

objective. He was the boost that forward. The French President is

also in that position. Says the UK by minister has a deal with this, a

lot of leaders have two, Donald Trump has to be seen to stand by

some of the things that surprisingly won him the US election, so I think

it is going to be hard for those people to give much ground or in

Donald Trump's case on climate change. There are still plenty of

people here. Sarah Rainsford joins

us now from Moscow. Since we last spoke, we are starting

to get more details on what Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed,

what are you making of those? We have from both sides now, the

Foreign Minister and Russia and the US Secretary of State, both

commenting on those talks which they of course where a party to, both of

them talking about the construction -- constructive conversation, saying

it was a constructive atmosphere will stop a talk about many things,

Syria, Ukraine, cyber security. This is where it got interesting, because

he then met on to say Donald Trump raised the issue of the allegations

of Russia medley in the US election, but he went on to say, according to

the Russians, that he had heard multiple times from Putin that these

allegations were not true and that there was no proof that, and that

Donald Trump apparently accepted the statements. We then heard from Rex

Ellison, the US Secretary of State, who gave a different picture, he

about robust talks, he said that Donald Trump raised the issue of

Russia meddling, he pressed Putin on this, and President Putin had denied

it. He given to read from the two sides. Russia standing its ground,

saying it was not meddling and apparently that Donald Trump had

accepted that at least that Russia was not gay to admit to it and

according to Russia, Donald Trump apparently accepts that Russia was

not involved. Imagine on Healy that the US intelligence agencies who

repeatedly said they have evidence of Russian meddling will have a

thing is to say. They talk about sanctions. Russia is very anxious to

see some of the sites is currently in place against it lifted, but I've

not seen any evidence here that there is good we at the move on

that. No, I don't think realistically Russia expected any

kind of move. That is part of the reason why I think Russia was

playing down expectations ahead of this meeting overall. The word

sanctions was not mentioned once by lover off, the Foreign Minister,

when he came out of that meeting and it did not feature in any of the

questions. I think people here did not expect that Donald Trump was

later turn around and make such a huge concession to Russia,

especially given the context in which this meeting was taking place.

Here in Russia, the focus has been very much on the fact that this

meeting went on for so long, two hours and 20 minutes, in itself that

created a good deal of excitement here, with state television going

from being fairly sombre and matter of fact and almost quite bored by

the whole thing to being extremely excited and suggesting that this was

proof that Russia was extreme important and that meeting President

Putin was the most important thing on Donald Trump balls agenda. That

puts stake TV in line with people in Hamburg who are anxious to hear

every last detail about the meeting. Thank you for joining us from

Moscow. I am talking to you from Terry G20 is taking place, is in

hamburg, and if you step through various security cordons, you get

out of the streets of the city and find that a temporary forces has

been created around the G20 summit. There are hundreds and hundreds of

police vans, multiple water cannons, 20,000 security personnel, all

details to keep the leaders save and deal with protests with which the

authorities knew where planned. Some of those protests have turned

violent, and the BBC's Jenny Hill has the latest.

Hamburg is a city in lockdown. We are on the eastern side of what

police have sealed off as a corridor to the other side of the city.

Helicopters flying overhead, I can count three. There are police vans

everywhere. That is because the security services here have been

moving the world balls leaders from their summit where they had been

holding talks all day across to the multi-million lb concert hall where

can I could they will be listing to a concert. Protesters had been

determined not to let that happen and in the last we have heard that

police using water cannons have dispersed 1000 of them during

violent scenes in and around the concert hall. Let me show you the

scenes here. You could probably see police officers lined up in the

background, White helmets at the ready, not on at the moment, so they

are prepared but nothing imminent. As I say, this city has witnessed

such violence today, even at one point in the police themselves went

to the rather unusual step of calling for back-up from other

German forces. That is in addition to the officers who have come from

all over Germany to help out in the policing of this summit. They give

you an idea of the how much destruction there is, these vases of

the leaders were unable to leave their hotel Elliott, a planned trip

to a climate change centre was cancelled because police said it was

simply an safe for them to get there. They were instead treated to

a lecture in the hotel. We know this evening that 116 police officers had

been injured over the last 24 hours. Police have made 70 arrests, what is

striking is the sheer scale, the numbers of demonstrators who have

poured into the city for their summit. It is reckoned to be around

tens of thousands, as many as 100,000 demonstrators will stop many

of them are peaceful, we witnessed plenty of people just try to sit

down and make their point, whether it be about Donald Trump climate

change or simply in their view the inefficacy of the G20 as an

organisation. But there are also among them a core of people who, in

the words of Belize, are extremists who want to make trouble, many of

them armed, and we have seen all sorts of violent scenes. Cars being

taught, Mr is being thrown at police officers, if not days for the police

have been accused of taking too heavy-handed and approach, but as

you can see, Hamburger feels like a Break aortic city. The concert will

be getting underway shortly, with the world's leaders in the

auditorium, and after that the police have a long night ahead.

Anglo Merkel has set out a number of goals, women's economic apartment,

improving globalisation, taking on climate change, improving tax

regulation, so people cannot dodge taxes by moving their money from one

country to another, and in a strange way all of those attending this G20

summit agreed those girls are worthy of the. When they do not agree at

where Anglo Merkel has a challenge is on how to reach those girls, in

between now and Saturday afternoon. She needs to try and fashion an

agreement between these disparate leaders so that collectively they

can plot a way forward for the world as it takes on some of its greatest

challenges and it is perhaps her greatest challenge to deliver that

the mini cake tomorrow afternoon. Let's see if she can, because a lot

of points of disagreement still to come. Thank you very much, for the

time being. We will return to hamburg later on. But more on our

website, too. The agonising legal battle over

the future of the terminally ill British baby Charlie Gard has taken

a new turn. The London hospital where Charlie

is being treated has applied for a fresh court hearing to assess

new evidence about possible The courts had ruled that

11-month-old Charlie be allowed to die rather

than receive experimental therapy. Our medical correspondent

Fergus Walsh reports. This little boy's life

and whether it continues has become the focus

of international attention. Charlie Gard's parents have

campaigned to keep him alive. They've been in despair after four

court judgments backed his doctors, who want to switch off his

ventilator to end his suffering. You know, he's our own flesh

and blood and we don't We are not bad parents

and we are there for him all the time, completely

devoted to him. He isn't in pain and suffering

and I promise everyone, I would not sit there

and watch my son in pain and suffer. The reality is, Charlie

is terminally ill. He also has serious brain

damage and doctors say But his parents refuse

to accept that. They've raised ?1.3 million

for experimental treatment in the United States,

treatment which doctors But now seven medical experts

from Rome, New York, Cambridge In a letter to Great

Ormond Street Hospital, they accept that the treatment

is experimental and ideally should However, there is insufficient time

to perform these studies, so reconsideration of treatment

for Charlie Gard is Euthanasia's illegal.

Suicide's illegal. How is this illegal,

when there's a chance? We will know in that

time whether this is There is potential for him to be

a completely normal boy, but we don't know, because you just

don't know until you try. It is significant that the letter

came from a hospital The Pope had already offered

to transfer Charlie to Rome, and President Trump has tweeted

he would be delighted Legally, there is nothing preventing

Great Ormond Street from withdrawing That's been the case

for the past 11 days, since the European Court

of Human Rights, like all the UK courts, rejected

the parents' arguments. But interventions by Donald Trump,

the Pope, and now a letter claiming new evidence means that doctors

here don't feel they can Charlie has a rare genetic disorder

of the mitochondria, It is progressive and has

devastating consequences. With a serious mutation like this,

the prognosis is very poor. The mitochondria supply the energy,

really, for every cell in the body, so the heart, brain,

they become blind and they It's manifested very early

and the outcome is death in infancy. Great Ormond Street Hospital's

position has not changed. But it's now asking the High Court

to assess the new evidence and make the final decision

about Charlie's future. China's only aircraft carrier has

arrived in Hong Kong, in what many see as a show of force to its rivals

in the contested South China Sea. The Soviet-made Liaoning,

and its three accompanying ships, entered Hong Kong waters

from the south. Here's our correspondent,

Juliana Liu. China's only operational aircraft

carrier, the Liaoning. Along with its flotilla of warships, it has

arrived in Hong Kong to much pomp and ceremony. The visit comes just

days after the Chinese President warns that the rebellious city

against any challenge to Chinese sovereignty. Hong Kong's newly

installed chief executive has chosen to focus on the positive.

Translation Mac I am convinced that the fleet's visit world convince the

Hong Kong people to experience for themselves the companyed achievement

in defence and army building. In particular I am... The enormous

achievements... This would rake in has the baby Hong Kong people are

understandably dead by with our country. The public nature of this

visit is highly significant. China watchers say the fleet's very

presence is an unprecedented show of force. For the first time, the

general public will get into the carrier. Those trips will not start

at the weekend, but military boss Andrew is onlookers are already

vying for a glimpse. At this waterfront promenade, people from

all over Hong Kong have gathered to get as close as they can to the

aircraft carrier. For them, this visit has aroused feelings of

nationalism and pride in China. Our country is so strong today that the

Navy has come to celebrate Hong Kong independence, those troublemakers

don't even admit they are Chinese, we should send them back to the UK.

I can see that China is getting stronger, it will not be bullied by

anyone. It is too bad that I was not able to get any tickets to see at

first hand. Gray this visit as part of celebrations commemorating the

20th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover. The time of political

division, China has chosen to showcase its most potent symbol of

military power. In promoting public tours, it is also try to win the

hearts of the people. The World Health Organisation says

the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea is getting much

harder to treat. A study by the WHO across 77

countries suggests the condition, which can cause infertility,

is rapidly evolving resistance to antibiotics, with some

cases now untreatable. The WHO says new drugs

and a vaccine must be found. This life-saving drug, which has

revolutionised medical science... Ever since the development

of penicillin in the 1940s, gonorrhoea, like a host

of previously devastating infections, became little more

than an inconvenience for those Over the years, though,

it has become resistant The options for treating

it are running out. It's a very smart organism that

has multiple mechanisms by which it can mutate and become

resistant to antibiotics. And the evidence is there that it's

resistant to many of the antibiotics we currently use and soon

there will not be any antibiotics available that could be used

for this very important infection. There are 78 million new gonorrhoea

infections worldwide every year. Spread through unprotected sex,

if untreated it can cause infertility and can even be passed

to a foetus during pregnancy. It's difficult to prevent the chain

of transmission with gonorrhoea because if people don't know they're

infected, their sex partners And what's especially worrying

is that the pace of development for resistance of gonorrhoea

is outstripping what we see Three recorded cases of completely

resistant gonorrhoea may be just the start,

according to the World It says a vaccine will

be needed to stop it. At the moment a disease,

the dangers of which many had assumed were consigned to the past,

is on the brink of We're going to leave you with live

pictures from the G20 meeting in hamburg, the world leaders are now

enjoying some music at the concert hall where the hamburg LaMonica

State Orchestra are performing, but what we are seeing now are live

pictures of the protest that has been taking place outside, so while

leaders are enjoying the music inside, the protesters are very much

outside and we can see some of the water cannons that are being used

throughout the day. Of course, this has been a big day, we have an had a

first, because Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held their first

face-to-face talks, those two plays on the sidelines of the actual

summit, what was meant to be a 30 minute scheduled meeting actually

took two hours and 20 minutes. Read into that what you will. For the

time being, thank you for watching. Goodbye.

Looking reasonably dry and settled for many of us as a bit more one

sign sunshine