this is bbc world news today, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. i'm samantha simmonds. donald trump describes north korea's leader kim jong—un as a "pretty smart cookie" but warns that a conflict in the region could kill millions of people. i'm surea i'm sure a lot of people try to take the power from them. i'm sure a lot of people try to take the powerfrom them. whether that was his uncle or anybody else. he was his uncle or anybody else. he was able to do it so obviously he's a produce part to give. —— he's a pretty smart cookie. tributes to one of the world's best known mountaineers, ueli steck, who's been killed in an accident on mount everest. a new study suggests that some people with some blood groups are more likely to suffer from a heart attack. a grand prix victory in russia. hello and welcome to world news today. donald trump has praised his chinese counterpart, president xi jinping, for his partnership in dealing

with north korea. the us president also spoke highly of the north korean leader kimjong—un, calling him a pretty smart cookie. president trump has been marking one hundred days of his presidency with a speech at a rally in pennsylvania. supporters last night were pleased with how he is performing around the globe, they say they have a tough leader in donald trump. during the rally he explained to his supporters why he appears to have stopped publicly decrying china as a currency manipulator. he said to be tough on china. he explained, look, isat he said to be tough on china. he explained, look, i sat down with the president of china and asked for help with the blood can. when we spoke to supporters, they believe

yea rs spoke to supporters, they believe years on the right track. a man i have got to like and respect, the president of china, president xi, i believe has been putting pressure on them also, but perhaps so far nothing has happened and perhaps it has. this was a small missile, this was not a big missile, this was not a nuclear test that he was expected to do three days ago, we will see what happens. earlier in the week president trump described kim jong—un as a tough young leader, who had had a tough time taking over at the age ofjust 27. he seemed to repeat those comments in the interview. he is dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people would have try to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anyone else, and he was able to do it. so obviously he is a pretty smart cookie. the trump administration will be discussing over this weekend how to deal with north korea situation

after that failed missile test. what options do they have? they could bridge from sanctions, 85% of trade deals between north korea and china are... china could really squeeze north korea when it comes to these deals. when it comes to what the us could do, it's sort that as early as this week the house of representatives could vote on whether to declare north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. that would allow further sanctions. they could target bags, both north korean and chinese. military options have never been ruled out. they could send more warships or aircraft to

the ever. all options will be weighed up by the trump administration in response to the missile tests. ueli steck, one of the most famous, and fastest, climbers in the world, has died on mount everest. the 41—year—old is believed to have slipped and fallen from a rock face whilst spending time acclimatising at altitude, before attempting a new route to the summit. among those paying their tributes today is the explorer sir ranulph fiennes, who's been speaking to the bbc. he is one of the best—known mountaineers in the world. he specialises in this highly risky climbing, very fast. ridiculously dangerous mountains without the normal precautions. if he falls off everywhere up the 6000 foot face, he will die. rather than most people, they believe if they slip they will be held by april. forfour years, i

was trained by britain's top climber really. she's on everest and his dirty and time at the moment. he told me how to go up to the north face of the eiger. when we were ready, we spent three days and three nights on this nasty cliffs, 6000 feet, before going to the top. i thought, that's not bad. ueli stick has done it in two hours, 22 minutes. hejust has done it in two hours, 22 minutes. he just runs has done it in two hours, 22 minutes. hejust runs up, like a monkey. he doesn't use any protection. we used rope and were tied onto the rock. when you follow, you are caught. he doesn't that it. many people trying to do solo before him had died on various parts of this huge margin. ueli stick was just amazing. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. one of the key power—brokers in the world of sport has resigned from all his football roles, after being linked to

a corruption scandal. sheikh ahmad al—fahad al—sabah of kuwait also said he would not stand for re—election next month to the ruling council of fifa, the governing body of world football. he has denied any wrongdoing. the former billionaire eike batist, who was once one of the world's richest men, has left prison in brazil for house arrest ahead of a corruption trial. —— eike batista. batista was worth more than $30 billion five years ago, but lost much of it as his empire collapsed. he has been accused by federal prosecutors of bribery and hiding illegal funds offshore. four months after resigning as italy's prime minister, matteo renzi is hoping to be re—elected as leader of the centre—left democratic party. polls suggest mr renzi will win the vote despite a crushing defeat in a referendum on constitutional reform that caused him to stand down in december. he faces two rivals. whoever wins will lead the centre—left into the general election. a scientific study suggests that people with certain blood groups have a slightly—increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

the research says it could be because people with a, b and ab blood groups have higher levels of a blood—clotting protein. scientists say the findings could help doctors better understand who is at risk of developing heart disease. we are nowjoined from paris by the lead author of the study, dr tessa kole. how much greater is the risk of heart attack or stroke if you are in these blood groups? the daytime we have suggests that it is about 5%. —— the daytime we have. have suggests that it is about 5%. -- the daytime we have. how concerned should people be? what can they do to protect themselves? people don't need be concerned. this is what we see in a population level. we can see that in large groups of people we are talking abovei.3 groups of people we are talking above 1.3 million people, there is a

slight increase. if we look at smoking, for example, this is you increase your chance by default. this is only 5%. —— by the tense. there is an incredible difference. people need to look at their lifestyles. have a healthy weight, exercise and stop smoking. that reduces the risk. what we see in the blood groups is not comparing to the effect of that. why is so interesting? in the future, we might be able to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease or heart attack. now we use the blood pressure. . . attack. now we use the blood pressure... maybe in the future we can also add blood group. then if

somebody has led to a, b or ab, they would get treated a little bit sooner would get treated a little bit sooner than other people. that is speculating and that is in the future. we don't not official effective risk. what is behind the increase in risk? previous research has shown that there is one element in the blood that causes clotting. clotting of the blood is a cause of heart attack. people with these blood types have a higher concentration of those in the blood. the most evidence suggests that this is the cause. that is also very much in debate. interesting to talk to you. thank you. thank you so much.

tornados that hit texas on saturday evening have left at least five people dead and nearly 50 in hospital according to the local authorities. emergency services are searching for missing people and say they fear the death toll may rise. as david campanale now reports, the american midwest has been struck by an intensive weather system that has caused damage across several states. it's texas, and this region of the united states is known as tornado alley for its frequent, powerful storms. twisters like this are not uncommon but their dramatic capacity for death and destruction is unstoppable and always unwelcome. homes in the state have been flattened, trees uprooted and cars overturned. at least one powerful storm hit the city of canton about 80 kilometres east of dallas. more were reported in surrounding areas. this is the tornado crossing the road right in front of us. blocked roads have hindered emergency responders, who are still trying to get out to numerous calls for help.

fatalities, i believe, what i'm getting is that they are still coming in. we are talking about maybe five casualties. that number may go up once we can get into those areas. we are trying to deploy search and rescue and recovery right now. that number may go up, hopefully it doesn't, but we do know we have a number of fatalities as of right now. heavy rains and damaging winds have struck a broad swathe of the us heartland. downpours that began on friday have been so intense the ground has been unable to absorb rainfall, causing widespread flooding and prompting evacuations. the governors of missouri and oklahoma have declared states of emergency due to flooding and the damage caused to power supplies and structures. the massive storm system has also delayed thousands of flights. colorado and wyoming further north have been struck by snowstorms. heavy rain in the midwest

is expected to continue to the end of the weekend, along with wind gusts of 95 kilometres per hour. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the little british girl madeleine mccann went missing ten years ago — but in an interview to mark the anniversary her parents say they still hope she'll be found. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: donald trump describes north korea's leader kim jong—un as a "pretty smart cookie" but warns that a conflict in the region could kill millions of people. tributes to one of the world's best known mountaineers, ueli steck, who's been killed in an accident on mount everest. now, the sport. chelsea moved a step closer to securing the english premier league title, beating everton 3—0, a match which was considered to be the toughest of their remaining games. it took antonio conte's side seven points clear, before second—placed tottenham reduced

the gap to four points by beating arsenal. more on the north london derby in a moment, but first, let's hear from the chelsea manager after goals from pedro, gary cahill and willian moved chelsea closer to being crowned champions. we must be pleased, we played a game with our heads and this is very important, you must use your head, heart and legs. we did this. tottenham beat rivals arsenal 2—0. goals from delle ali and a penalty from harry kane securing the points, in what was the last north london derby to be staged at white hart lane. the result means tottenham are guaranteed to finish above arsenal in the premier league for the first time in 22 years. we put more pressure in the second half and

created more chances. the team was given more freedom. we played well. i'm very happy for the fans and for the players. in the race for the title, for points, we will see what happens now. we try to be ready for the next study. we try to be ready for the next derby. it's very disappointing. we have to try to win the championship. this is disappointing. the fact that spurs finish above us this year, they deserve it. champions league chasing manchester city were saved by a late equaliser from brazilian gabriel jesus in a 2—2 draw with middlesbrough. relegation threatened boro took the lead twice — former city striker alvaro negredo with the first. city were awarded a contentious penalty, scored by sergio aguero, as the officials faced criticism both sets of fans.

the result leaves boro second from bottom, six points from safety. manchester united remain fifth, a point behind city after a 1—1 draw with swansea city. gylfi siggurdson's free kick a moment of real quality at old trafford, after marcus rashford was awarded a controversial penalty, converted by wayne rooney. the draw means united are still outside the champions league qualification places. valterri bottas says it's "amazing" to become only the fifth finnish driver to win a formula one grand prix, after taking the chequered flag in the russian grand prix in sochi. there was an aborted start after fernando alonso's mclaren suffered an engine failure. then, seconds into the restart, romain grosjean and jolyn palmer crashed out. mercedes bottas started from second on the grid, but overtook pole sitter sebastian vettel and kept the lead from there. vettel came in second. ferrari team mate kimmi raikonnen was third, lewis hamilton fourth.

rafa nadal produced another ten—out—of—ten performance on the red dirt of barcelona to win his tenth title in the city. the king of clay beat the austrain dominic thiem in straight sets with a masterclass on sunday afternoon. it finished 6—4, 6—1, giving him a 51st clay court crown. last week, nadal also won his tenth title at the monte carlo masters. john higgins leads mark selby 8—11 in the world snooker championship final. higgins ran away with the final four frames after the interval to lead 6—2 at the end of the first session. since then, he's moved on to a 8—11 lead in this best of 35 frame final. it'll be a stern test for them. it's

on the bbc sport website. if he is making shots like that, he stands a very good chance of building on the lead that he has already established over mark selby. he looks pleased with that. that's all the sport. thank you. ten years after the disappearance of the young british girl madeleine mccann, her parents have told the bbc they will do "whatever it takes, for as long as it takes" to find their daughter. madeleine was 3—years—old when she went missing on holiday in portugal, while her parents were eating at a nearby restaurant. speaking to the bbc‘s fiona bruce, kate and gerry mccann have been talking about the pain they continue to face. every day is another day without madeleine. i think it's just that number. that ten—year mark makes it more significant. it's a reminder of how much time has gone by, and obviously ten is a big number.

i think that the day and the poignancy of it... we don't tend to go back to the time because it's so draining. but inevitably on anniversaries and birthdays, they're by far the hardest. how different is your life now to what you must have imagined all those years ago? it's a hard one. so it's such a long time. i think before madeleine was taken, we felt we'd managed to achieve a little perfect, nuclear family of five. we had that for a short period. you adapt. you have a new normality. unfortunately for us, the new normality at the minute is a family of four. last time we talked, you told me how you were still buying birthday presents and christmas presents for madeleine... are you still doing that? yes, i still do that. a lot of thought goes into it.

but i couldn't not. she'll always be our daughter. the police have talked about one significant lead that they're still pursuing. can you tell me anything about that? we're very much... the investigation is in the hands of the met police. there are ongoing enquiries. we've come a long way and there is progress, there are some very credible lines of enquiry the police are working on, and whilst there's no evidence to give us any negative news, that hope is still there. it really is there, in your hearts? yeah. one day you'll be reunited with your daughter? no parent is going to give up on their child unless they know for certain their child is dead. we just don't have any evidence. my hope of madeleine being out there is no less than it was ten years ago. a luxury music festival in the bahamas that imploded

on the day it began has drawn comparisons to the hunger games and lord of the flies after festival—goers arrived to find barely any infrastructure, little to no food, and the main act cancelled. we spoke to one attendee, william finley, about what he found when he arrives. well, we thought it would be a luxury getaway, a luxury destination. to not be the case at all, so we were expecting a private beach, being flown in on a private plane. top celebrities, top chefs, things like that. that is what we thought we were going to get. just looking at some of your pictures now of the scene on the ground, describe what greeted you when you arrived. it was really chaotic. we got there and there were just lines of people. we didn't know what we were in line for. no one was really telling us anything. it seemed... i kind of thought it was funny,

but some of my friends i was with thought, ‘this is serious, we're kind of in trouble here'. after about an hour, i kind of caught on because we realised there weren't any facilities. there was no real infrastructure in place. the amount of people there, it kind of became more of a situation were we needed to figure out how to get out of there, instead of figuring out how to rough it. so, how did you get out of there? one of my friends somehow talked us onto one of the last planes leaving the island for the night. he was talking with the festival co—founder, billy mcfarlane, and he managed to get us on the manifest, the four of us, to get out so we left at about 11 at night, we got there at about 5.30 in the afternoon, and got on a bus and got to the airport and spent the next 12 hours either on a plane or waiting on the runway, but we managed to get out eventually.

some people have compared it to the likes of the hunger hames and lord of the flies — was it really that bad? it wasn't that bad. it was very, very different to what we had expected. yeah, i think that had we stayed it could have got like that. i saw some videos and things of people getting into fights and things like that, so i'm glad we got out when we did. a man chosen from dozens of competitors to take up a job as a hermit in austria has now received the keys to his new home. there was also a mass to welcome the new occupant. it's part of a 350—year—old tradition in the town of saalfelden, as bethany bell reports. matter has a new hermit. the

divorced catholic from elton is now the new hammond. there's been a hermit for 350 years. this is the first time a non—austrian has taken up first time a non—austrian has taken up residence. the key was handed over at a mass in the neighbouring chapel of st george. he'll live alone here from april to november each year. it's not an tireless oratory. —— entirely solitary. he is expected to greet hackers and visitors. translation: i wanted to enter the monitor because i need silence and contemplation to pray. i was planning to enter one but i thought that in the hermitage i would get both. even mornings and evenings, silence and time to pray. during the

day, i see many people to talk to. it will be a simple life. the hermitage has no electricity or running water. it does have a spectacular view of the alps. that's it from me for now. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm #thesamsimmonds. i'll be back with more shortly. keep up—to—date with the rest of it on the website. the contrast the contrast in certain today. mid—afternoon in scotland —— on mull, leaden skies. completely different at the other end of the

country. sunny spells across the moray firth. the reason for the contrast is the area of low pressure. quite a q i supposed to go with that. it has been crazy. breezy overnight. a fair bit of brain death had across the southern half of the uk. -- had across the southern half of the uk. —— a fair bit of rain to be had across the south. global temperatures in the western side of scotland. li—5d. bank holiday monday, the southern half of the uk will hear have the lion's share of the showers. a a few showers and the northbridge. by the middle of the afternoon, some clouds and showers above. temperatures of around 12-13d. above. temperatures of around 12—13d. some showers can be on the every side. northern england, mostly fine and dry. 111—15 as you head for

the west. 15 and 16 in northern ireland. 0nly the west. 15 and 16 in northern ireland. only 9 degrees on the eastern side of the breeze coming in from the north sea. showers are slowly drifting away towards the new continent. easterly breeze will drag inafair continent. easterly breeze will drag in a fair bit of low clouds by don on tuesday. most places should frost free. as the main every of low pressure caused was the south on tuesday, we see the big of high—pressure becoming the main influence of i weather. winter coming in from the east. it could be quite great and cool. —— wide grey and cool in the east. further inland, warmer. but instead, lots of clouds across the south. easterly breeze. further west, temperatures

area bit breeze. further west, temperatures are a bit higher, 40—15. —— breeze. further west, temperatures are a bit higher, 40—15. "111—15. this is bbc world news. the headlines. president trump has called the north korean leader and pretty smart cookie while also awarding that a conflict involving north korea could kill millions of people. 0ne people. one of the most famous climbers in the world has been killed on mount everest. he died in an accident while acclimatising for an attempt on the mountain by undue bridge. a study suggest that people with certain blood groups have a slightly increased risk of heart attack and stroke. people with a, b, and a beat groups might have a higher proportion of the blood clotting ingredient. valerie vass taz has won the russian