good to see you here at newstead. i'm kasia madera in london. our main headlines: —— newsday president trump is accused of leaking classified information in a meeting with the russian foreign minister. major cyber security firms are investigating whether a north korean—linked group was behind a ransom—ware attack which has wreaked havoc around the world. "we will shake up europe." france's new leader holds a first meeting with his german counterpart. and we meet the 106—year—old great—grandmother whose home made food has turned her into an internet sensation. hello and welcome to newsday. we start our coverage in washington, where the washington post newspaper

has published a report that claims donald trump revealed highly classified intelligence to be russian foreign minister and ambassador at a meeting in the white house last week. quoting current and former officials, the paper alleges that mr trump gave information about the islamic state group that was supplied to the us by an ally that had not authorised its disclosure to the russians. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has issued a statement that the president's talks with sergei lavrov involved the nature of specific threats, but they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. within the past hour one of the washington post reporter that broke this story, greg jaffee, gave me more details. trump had a meeting with the foreign minister and ambassador. he described the threat posed by la pto ps described the threat posed by laptops on their planes with regards to the islamic state. and disclosed key details. from an intelligence partner. they were classified. he

should not share that with the russians. and the partner that share that information with the united states would certainly be upset about it. and you was aimed at discussing those matters were somebody in government would be illegal? it is not illegal, because the president can choose to declassify anything. but it is inappropriate. inappropriate. we have seen hr mcmaster deny this. he said it did not happen that way. what is your response? he said the president did not disclose sources oi’ president did not disclose sources or methods, and a story also said that. the nature of the information provided to the russians would allow them to reverse engineer that information to discover the sources and methods. in other words, he said so and methods. in other words, he said so much that someone could figure it out. and the second thing i would say is that following the meeting,

there were messages that went out from the white house, from the nsc and cia. this suggested that the information was improperly disclosed and that precautionary measures needed to be taken. so that suggest that sea clearly something serious happen here. —— so that suggests that something clearly serious. we heard greg say that that the us national security adviser, hr mcmaster, denied the claims. we had heard a statement. there is nothing that the president takes more seriously than national security. the story tonight is false. they reviewed a range of common threats

to our common countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed. the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials were present, including the secretary of state, remember the meeting in the same way and have said so. their on the record and cancel out, outweigh those anonymous sources. i was in the room, it did not happen. thanks, everybody. thank you. the us national security adviser said that he was in the room and it did not happen. let us get more details from our washington correspondent rajini vaidhyanathan. they will deny this, why they? they are. and as you heard, there are other things there that the washington post have said that there was a leak from the president. washington post have said that there was a leakfrom the president. ——

won't they. two other channels, they said the precautionary measures were taken by the nsc and cia. so they are also that that is another sign that this did happen. although, of course, it is notjust hr mcmaster, the national security adviser, who said that it did not happen. the white house has also issued a statement from the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, they said that they did not discuss sources, methods, or operations. and the deputy national security adviser also issued a statement saying the story is false. that has not stopped reaction pouring in in washington from both sides of the political aisle, and we have heard from bob hawke, who chairs the foreign relations committee, using strong language this evening. he said the white house has to do something soon to bring itself under control and order. he said the white house was

going ina order. he said the white house was going in a downward spiral right now. this has been described as a slap in the face for the intelligence community, and risking sources is inexcusable. —— bob crker. we know the donald trump is not a fan of leak. —— bob corker. he has had in the past that he has no tolerance for lea ks. the has had in the past that he has no tolerance for leaks. the white house is, of course, denying this story. but it does raise questions about how the white house handles information, and of course about the president himself. exactly. and about how much loyalty there is the president, given that we are now finding out about this. that is right. this washington post article quotes former and current officials in the white house. and they are concerned in this report about the indications about this alleged leak as well. they are worried that it could threaten and jeopardise the

relationship that the us has with its intelligence sharing partners. and that is the biggest concern they can come out of this story. notjust that the information may have been shed, but that it may have imprecations and knock—on effects for intelligence sharing more broadly. -- shared. thank you so much forjoining us there. we will of course bring you any updates or development on the story, but for now, let us bring you up to date with some other news: the new french president, emmanuel macron, has had talks with the german chancellor in berlin. before leaving for germany, mr macron appointed edouard philippe from the centre—right republican party as his prime minister. after his talks with angela merkel, mr macron said they would work on a roadmap towards changes to the european union and the eurozone. translation: i am also happy that

together we will be able to work for projects over the medium term and have a common roadmap for the european union and the eurozone. these are very important subjects that we have seen over the last two yea rs. that we have seen over the last two years. —— as we have seen. they have an impact on citizens. they require joint action and my desire that in the coming weeks, we can contribute and have a roadmap which will allow us and have a roadmap which will allow us to progress over the next few yea rs on us to progress over the next few years on the subject. —— the subjects. also making news, south korea's governing democratic party claims the outgoing government has left them with virtually no information at all. it claims the outgoing administration of the impeached park geun—hye handed over a ten—page dossier, slim compared with the 100,000 pages of documents relating to park geun—hye's administration, which will stay sealed for 30 years. tuesday marks the deadline given to facebook by thai authorities to remove web pages

they believe violate thai laws, including royal defamation. last week they warned the social media site that they could face legal action, if they fail to take down content deemed threatening to national security or violating the country's strict lese majeste laws. the notorious british serial killer ian brady has died in a high—security hospital at the age of 79. brady and his then—girlfriend myra hindley tortured and killed five children in the early 1960s. they were known as the moors murderers because they buried their victims on saddleworth moor in northern england. now, these are endangered tortoises, originally from madagascar. following a tip off customs officers in malaysia were able to stop an attempt to smuggle around 330 or so of them. they were found in the cargo area of kuala lumpur airport,

in crates which were labelled as containing stones, and marked with a fake address. these tortoises are sought after as exotic pets and can sell for around $4000 each. two major internet security firms, american company symantec, and russian—based firm kaspersky, say they are looking at clues that may connect the spread of computer malware which knocked out hundreds of thousands of systems around the world with north korea. they say some of the code used in the disruption has similarities to programs linked to pyongyang in the past. so far, there's been no response from north korea. and experts caution there's no hard evidence. david campa nale reports. the wannacrypt cyber attack has struck around the world. its impact has been the most far reaching of cyber crimes ever committed. as government organisations

and businesses world—wide clean up after being caught out, attention has now turned to the people responsible. the military regime in pyongyang is assessed to have over a thousand computer experts working on cyber activities backed by thousands of support staff. california—based software expert, symantec, are looking into clues that may connect the attacks with programs previously attributed to north korea, including code in an earlier version of the wannacrypt ransomware. last month, us secretary of home and securityjohn kelly told media that a cyber attack from north korea was more likely than a military assault. but there is no hard evidence yet that proves pyongyang originated this attack. across asia, the best assessment is that the impact of the ransomware bug is not as bad as feared. for 12 hours on saturday, petrol stations nationwide

could only accept cash after state owned giant, petrochina, found internet payment functions had been disabled. they say the majority of their network is now back online. for patients in indonesia's biggest cancer hospital, injakarta, the price has proved altogether more serious, after 200 people packed into waiting rooms after cyber attacks hit scores of computers. across asia, the cyber attack has come as a huge wake—up call to close loopholes and use the latest security patches to do so. david campanale, bbc news. so there's still a lot of speculation about north korea's possible involvement in this weekend's global cyber attack. what we do know is that over the weekend, north korea tested a new type of rocket, which it claims can carry a nuclear warhead. and, within the last few moments, that test has been condemned by the un security council.

meanwhile, new photos show kim jong—un celebrating after sunday's launch. they also show the leader inspecting the missile beforehand. north korea says the missile travelled about 700 kilometres landing in the sea. it's also being celebrated on the streets of pyongyang. translation: if the us and its followers ever attempt to provoke oui’ followers ever attempt to provoke our republic, which is demonstrating its position as the nuclear parities, and the leading missile power of asia, we will take this opportunity to destroy the enemy's entire network. south korea says it can't verify the claims just yet, but that's not stopping the international community from getting together again to discuss the north's tests. we heard that the un security council has condemned this. a meeting has been scheduled for tuesday. 0nce once again, the dprk continues to provoke and escalate. have you may have noticed, france has already

condemned this latest missile test. it confirms that dprk's nuclear program is a serious threat to peace and security both in the region and in the world. again, we favour a strong, swift and firm reaction of the security council. the us has accused the syrian government of installing a crematorium to dispose of thousands of murdered prisoners. the us state department released satellite pictures of what it says is a crematorium at a prison, where un and rights groups say thousands of inmates have been tortured and hanged. throughout this a real war, president assad's regime has been accused of war crimes by the international community. this prison has been described as the

human slaughterhouse. a place where up human slaughterhouse. a place where up to 30,000 people have been executed, according to rights groups. now, further allegations of abuse have emerged. edible sources believe that many of the bodies had been disposed of in mass graves. we now believe that the syrian regime has installed a crematorium at the sednaya prison complex, which could dispose of detainees' remains with little evidence. —— credible. although many of the atrocity are well—documented, we believe that the building ofa well—documented, we believe that the building of a crematorium is an effort to cover up the extent mass murder is taking place in sednaya prison. washington says the satellite images of the prison support its claims, and even said the atrocities had been carried out with what appeared to be unconditional support from russia and iran. the regime has not responded to the allegations, but in the past are strongly denied any abuse of the jail. sarah corker, bbc

news. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the filipinos who have had their asylum applications rejected by hong kong, after helping the us whistleblower edward snowden. also on the programme: the indian grandmother who has become an internet sensation at the age of 106. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful

earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, gary kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering and applause. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: president trump is accused of leaking classified information in a meeting with the russian foreign minister. major cyber security firms are investigating whether a north korean—linked group was behind a ransomware attack which has wreaked havoc around the world. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. 0ne story dominates the front

page of the china daily and that is the belt and road forum for international co—operation on trade. the paper reports that president xi jinping confirmed that china has so far signed cooperative agreements with 68 countries and international organisations. the japan times has a story on north korea's apparently successful test—firing of a new intermediate—range ballistic missile. the paper says that pyongyang bragged that the test had been aimed at verifying its capability of carrying a large—size heavy nuclear warhead. and the straits times, here in singapore, reports that organisations were relieved to learn that they had emerged relatively unscathed from the global ransomware attack. the paper says that companies in singapore had their systems checked at the weekend, and that damage was relatively light. iraqi forces have renewed their efforts to retake districts of western mosul still under the control of the islamic state

group, in an attempt to seize victory before ramadan. after seven months of fighting, militants have been dislodged from all but a few areas of mosul. the bbc have been given rare access to us coalition troops on the ground, helping iraqi forces defeat is. 0ur correspondent feras kilani, with cameraman khalid alayash and producerjoan soley, were the first television team allowed to film at patrol base foundry, near mosul airport. here is their report. i , this is not a site. —— after eight months, this is not a new site. the battle to take back mosul from the

self—proclaimed islamic state, has been raging for more than 1000 days, when they first swept through northern iraq like the plague. what still remains will be some of the most difficult and dangerous fighting for the iraqi forces. they are not alone, however. the us led coalition has been a steady presence, conducting thousands of air strikes and providing help. but they have been increasing their work on the ground with the iraqi forces. here at the base, us soldiers are working directly with the iraqi police to push is out of iraq's second—largest city. police to push is out of iraq's second-largest city. we are in mosul, obvious, actually. we are about five or six kilometres from the frontline of the federal police. do you have any closer positions?

yes, we have some other units that area yes, we have some other units that are a little bit closer, but they are a little bit closer, but they are still well behind the forward line of troops. there is people bleeding almost every day out there. there is back and forth fighting. keeping watch over the dams, the small group of american troops. there is no reason to drop their guard. the timing is really -- dependent on a lot of things. we definitely encouraged any civilians in the area to rise up against isis. co nsta ntly in the area to rise up against isis. constantly keeping in mind reduction of civilian casualties. so to explain that the faster they push and the more force they use to defeat isis, the more likely that there is that there will be civilian casualties. however, the slower they 90, casualties. however, the slower they go, they will reduce civilian casualties but they leave the civilians under the subjugation of a

barbaric organisation, as isis, for longer. are fighting inside mosul is rapidly reaching the beginning of the end. but what remains is a tight urban area, riddled with thousands of civilians, even though thousands have already fled. what will remain off mosul after the battle is com pletely off mosul after the battle is completely unknown. who will protect the city and its war weary population? four iraqi forces, especially the federal police, there is no end in sight. a motherfrom the philippines, one of four people who have had their asylum applications rejected by hong kong after helping the us whistleblower edward snowden, fears she will be separated from her daughter. the group of asylum—seekers gave shelter to mr snowden for two weeks when he fled the us after leaking thousands of files. they now have just 1a days to appeal. vanessa rodel, who lives in hong kong with herfive—year—old child, broke down over the news. just really mentally down, and i

tell myself, i am so upset. and i just don't want me and my daughter separated. so it is really hard for me now. we have 1a days to appeal our case, and me now. we have 1a days to appeal ourcase, andi me now. we have 1a days to appeal our case, and i am just worried also that only a few days, and it will get rejected. a great—grandmother from india is winning hearts with her cooking videos. she is called mastanamma and she is the star of a channel on youtube, run by her great—grandson and a friend. she doesn't have a birth certificate, but she puts her age at 106. here is a taste of her granny wisdom. fantastic, i wish she was my

grandmother. i feel really hungry. as always, thanks for watching newsday. hi there. here in the uk, winter and spring have been drier than normal. could may be the month that bucks the dry trend? maybe. most of us will have had cloudy skies yesterday. we did have some fairly heavy rain around as well. the wettest place, dumfries and galloway, threave getting nearly two inches of rainfall during the day. now, we've got more rain in the forecast over days, and that's because of this big, complicated area of low pressure. this front across wales, south—west england, it will be slow—moving bringing outbreaks of rain but for many of us, a very mild start of the day, temperatures into double figures everywhere. now, as well is it being mild, it will be pretty cloudy to start the day cross western scotland,

mist and hill fog patches and patches of rain over the coast and hills. northern ireland, similar conditions, and those temperatures pretty impressive, especially where we see the cloud break, for example around the moray firth. across north—west england, wales and the south—west of england, the weather front will be slow—moving so outbreaks of rain, probably turning heavy for the afternoon. a few patches of rain for southern hills as well to start the day. otherwise, a bit of dry weather towards east anglia and south—east england. it will stay dry in eastern areas pretty much all day, with the cloud thinning and breaking to allow some spells of sunshine in the relatively warm and humid air that has wafted in from france. otherwise, a band of rain, slow—moving across wales and south—west england. underneath the persistent rain, not the warmest of days. further east, in the sunshine, well, if we get some decent, sunny spells, we could see temperatures pushing up to 25 degrees in the warmest spots. not far off the warmest weather we've seen so far this year. now, on into the nighttime, the weather front pushes eastwards

so we get the wet weather pushing in across parts of east anglia, moving towards the home counties. central, southern england also turning soggy. a cooler night further north and west for scotland and northern ireland. and then, through wednesday, our weather front pushes eastwards. but it will be waving around a little bit on wednesday. so, again, we could have some drier spells towards eastern parts of england, and it could feel a little on the humid side, temperatures up into the 20s. fresh air to the north and west. as the temperature contrasts increase, it will start to trigger off some heavy, thundery downpours as we go through wednesday night. they will push eastwards and we could well have some localised surface—water flooding developing through wednesday night, so worth keeping an eye on the forecast. once the weather front is through, the thundery rain gone, we will have a mixture of bright spells, a bit of cloud around but also plenty of heavy showers to end the week. 0ur our top story: the washington post has claimed president trump revealed information to russia's foreign ministerand

information to russia's foreign minister and risk services source of intelligence on the islamic state. the paper claims intelligence on the islamic state. the paperclaims mrtrump intelligence on the islamic state. the paper claims mr trump gave information supplied by an ally which had not authorised it disclosure to the russians. the white house has denied the claim is false. the us secretary of state said that they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. two major internet security firms say they are looking at clues that may connect the attacks with north korea. they say some of the code used in the disruption has similarities to programs linked to pyongyang in the past. and this video is trending on our website: it's the noble british sport of lawnmower racing. it has its thrills and spills as you can see. that is all from me. our top uk