this is outside source, welcome to those watching in the uk on the bbc news channel and on bbc world news, this is a live press conference with the swedish prime minister and donald trump. believe me, every body wa nts to donald trump. believe me, every body wants to work in the white house, they all want a piece about oval office, of the west wing. not only into and looks great on the errors made but a great place to work. it has tremendous energy, it's tough, i like tom clicked and people with two different points of view and i have that and i make the decision. i like watching it and stealing it and i think it's the best way to go. i like different points of view. the white house has to minus energy and talent. there will be people who change, they always change. sometimes they want to go out and do something else but they all want to be in the white house. so many people want to come and i have a choice of anybody, i could take any position in the white house and i would have a choice of the ten top

people having to do that position, everybody wanted to be there. and they love this white house because we have energy like rarely before. thank you very much. mr pro minister, last you criticise the president for drawing a link between immigrant crime in the recent arrival of refugees. —— mr prime minister. one of our flagship papers provoked a link between handmade violence and immigrant gangs in your country. do you stand by your criticism? first, in sweden we have out criticism? first, in sweden we have our share of domestic challenges, no doubt about that. we inherited a legislation that was not sustainable, legislation on migration. which meant that in 2015 we received 163,000 refugees seeking refuge. they're in line we are a

country of 10 million inhabitants so that was a lot. 70% from september to december so that was a lot. 70% from september to decembersoa that was a lot. 70% from september to december so a dramatic increase. we changed the legislation so now we have decreased the number of refugees entering sweden and we are also putting pressure on other eu countries to take their share of the responsibility, this is not a responsibility, this is not a responsibility for a few countries, it isa responsibility for a few countries, it is a shared responsible at the and we're working with the eu. we also have problems with crime, organised crime in sweden, shootings, it's not like you have these no—go zones. we have dealt with it, i'm dealing with it every day, allocating more resources to the police, more policemen being trained, mort 's —— more resources to be secure the police, tougher laws on crime and terrorism and we doa laws on crime and terrorism and we do a lot to combat it. and we can

see some results i'iow do a lot to combat it. and we can see some results now in our three major cities, decreased shootings because we are attacking the organised crime very tough and we will keep doing that because there is no space in sweden for order organised crime. they decrease freedom for ordinary people. at the same time sweden has a high—growth. unemployment is going down. employment is going up. we have high in investment rates. we are allocating resources to welfare. we have a strong economy with a huge surplus that we are not using —— that we are now using to develop our society with, for example, the welfare we want. the picture of sweden, it is two pictures,. yes, we have our share of domestic problems and challenges, no doubt about it, but we're dealing with them and we also have a good foundation for dealing with them, not least with

the strong economy and shrinking unemployment. swedish radio. thank you. this is an election year for both of our countries and i want to ask you, mr trump, what do you think sweden from learn from how the russian influence campaign effectively presidential election in the us? the russians had no impact on our throats whatsoever. certainly there was meddling and probably from other countries —— on oui’ probably from other countries —— on our votes. i think you have to be watching very closely, you don't wa nt watching very closely, you don't want your system of votes to become the most in any way and we will not allow that to happen. we are doing a very deep study and come out with some very strong very deep study and come out with some very strong suggestions on the

18th election and i think we're going to do very well in it although historically those in the white house have a bit of a dip but i think we're going to do well because the economy is so good and because we are protecting ourjobs, finally, with what we're doing with the tariffs. the big thing would be the tax cut and the regulation cuts and also thejudges. we have tax cut and the regulation cuts and also the judges. we have outstanding judges. judge gogic and the supreme court and many going onto the bench all over the country. i think we will do very well and it will be a tremendous surprise to people how well will stop the economy is so good, jobs are so good, black unemployment, hispanic unemployment at all—time lows, we are really doing well. based on that i guess we should do pretty well and i hope so but we have to be very vigilant. one of the things we are learning it is a lwa ys of the things we are learning it is always good, it is old—fashioned, but it is always good to have a

paper back—up system of voting will stop its called paper, not highly compact computers, paper. a lot of states are doing that, going to a paper back—up and i think it's a great idea. we are studying it closely, various agencies including homeland security are studying it carefully. are you worried about russia trying to meddle in the mid—term elections? russia trying to meddle in the mid-term elections? no because we will counteract whatever they do very strongly and we have strong back—up systems and we have been working actually we have not been given credit for this but we have been working very hard on the 18th election and 20 election coming up. thank you very much. are you guys on the same page when it comes to evaluating the threat from russia when it comes to meddling in elections do you think? we both agreed that the election in the country should be the result of the election and it should be decided by

nobody asked by the voters in the country and that is also our clear stance. that is why our intelligence agencies are increasing their own capacity to detect and counter whether it is hacker attacks or financing or producing or spreading propaganda, whatever it is. we are increasing our capacity to handle that and cooperating with other european union countries and also some with american counterparts and this will continue. any foreign power that believes they can interfere with our election, we will find out and we will call them out very clearly and loud. first time that youtube meet, —— you two meet, where did you find the most common ground and where did you differ most on political issues? almost everything! at first we... we

both come from outside politics into politics. i have spent 30 years in industry, as a welder but also as a trade unionist, a trade union leader, spending 80% of my time cooperating with the company leaders, employers organisations in an effort to strengthen our industry so an effort to strengthen our industry so that is perhaps a similar background. not similar because it's different but from outside politics. but of course also friend differ from time to time. the paris agreement, the importance of that, we stand by it and we think it is important we implement and fulfil the paris agreement because of the climate issue. and on that we might differ, tariffs as well. but having said that, still we note that the relationship is so good that we can

ta ke relationship is so good that we can take it that we differ as well. the values are there and we cooperate very good on economic issues and making sure we create jobs and growth and also on security issues, both when it comes to combating terrorism but also when it comes to defending ourselves. and finally a follow u p defending ourselves. and finally a follow up for mr defending ourselves. and finally a follow up foertrump, defending ourselves. and finally a follow up for mr trump, do you think that trade is where sweden and the us differ most right now?|j that trade is where sweden and the us differ most right now? i think we're very good on trade. we have had and we are constantly in touch. on the military we have great cooperation, including design of various components of aircraft etc and we were discussing that. we have some of the great makers of these components in the room with us today. we have a very good relationship on trade and we always will have false sun. sweden is a great country. it's

small but it is very sharp, i'll tell you. at the goodbye, presidents clu b tell you. at the goodbye, presidents club and the swedish by mr wrapped up club and the swedish by mr wrapped up thatjoint press conference and is always there was a lot to take in —— president trump and the swedish prime ministerfor the he said —— president trump and the swedish prime minister for the he said about trade that the us had been taken advantage of for years, he said he did not blame the countries that mistreated them but previous american leaders. on the eu he said it had been tough, impossible to do business with the eu, they have not treated us well also be business with the eu, they have not treated us well also he went on to say that trade wars are not so bad and said that if there was a trade war, america would do it in a loving way. make of that what you will. to sweden he said you do have a problem with immigration, i was one of the people to identify that. i'm talking about inside the white house, he says i love conflicts, people not agreeing with each other for the people love working in this white house and i can employjust about

anybody i want. another thing to tell you, on the issue of alleged russian meddling in the us election, he said there was no impact. the did then seemed to suggest that the russians had meddle in the election, something in the past yet questioned, he also said there was meddling by other countries in the 20 team election but did not expand on that. —— 2018. let's get some help on this with barbara live in washington. i hope you were taking notes because there was a lot coming at us from donald trump. starting with trade, he was stronger than ever on tariffs. yes, he clearly was not backing down and if anything he dug in. he repeated his mantra which he seemed to do every time he talks about trade, that other countries have been taking advantage of the us for decades. he talked about the $800 billion deficit per year which he talked about before and he gave the eu are hard time, saying it had

been particularly tough, it was almost impossible to do business with them, suggesting he would be ready to impose 25% tariff on european made cars if they did not reduce some of their only trade barriers. also the statement you mention, heated trade wars was not necessarily a bad thing which will strike fear and concern into the heart of much of the amber hill —— heart of much of the amber hill —— he said trade wars. it's administration are worried about the possible consequences of that. and presumably the calculation is that this message might not go down with republican politicians but very well with his traditional working—class support base. that was interesting. he said at one stage, i was elected at least partially on this idea, his view that he is protecting american jobs in certain industries with the use of tariffs. later when he was asked about mid—term elections he

rambled on a bit about how the republicans were going to do very well and one of the things he said that would help them do well was protecting jobs through tariffs. he does seem to be making that connection. stay with us, for those just joining connection. stay with us, for those justjoining us on outside sources, i want to play you sum up what was an extraordinary first answer —— sum of. the united states has been taken advantage of by other countries, both friendly and not so friendly, for many decades. and we have a trade deficit of $800 billion a year. that's not going to happen with me. we have been mistreated by many, sometimes fairly but there are very few instances where that has taken place and i don't blame the countries. i blame our leadership for allowing it to happen. when i was with president xi in china, we

have a deficit of approximately $500 billion a year with china on trade and we are doing things with them which are very strong. when we are behind on every single country, trade wars are not so bad. you understand what i mean by that? when we are down by 30 billion, a0 billion, 60 billion, 100 billion, the trade war hurts them, it does not hurt us. we will see what happens. you can also take it in some cases we lose on trade and we give them military where we are subsidising them tremendously. not only do we lose on trade but on military. and hence we have these massive deficit numbers in our country also we are going to straighten it out and we will do it ina very straighten it out and we will do it in a very loving way, in a loving way, they will like us better and

they will respect us much more. briefing from one of my colleagues in the bbc business unit, this issue of the deficit, he quoted that 800 billion figure for 2017. that is a reference to the us trade deficit but according to my colleagues that is not a seasonally adjusted figure, traditionally when alice looked at the big arbab deal in the seasonally adjusted figure which is much lower, 566 billion —— they looked at the seasonally adjusted figure. if you think the president is not using the same figure as analysts, that is the reason. coming back to the practicalities of these tariffs, if you can help me on the eu issue, if donald trump said, we will put 25% on imports coming from the eu, would that break a current trade deal that the americans and the eu have in place? i don't know the specifics but i think what you have the

potential for here, i think the world trade organisation could be very busy if they see the kind of thing that is going to happen. the eu has brought up its own list of american products it is going to target with tariffs if donald trump goes through with these steel and aluminium tariffs on things like harley—davidson motorcycles, levi jeans, kentucky bourbon, that sort of thing. question is whether it can be challenged at the wto it might be. the reason that donald trump says he can do this, impose these tariffs, is because his commerce department has determined that steel and aluminium imports are a national security issues are according to american law he can do it but when it comes to the general international scene where under the world trade organisation you are supposed to treat other members equally, there is plenty of scope for challenges. and last thing to

ask, we have had indications in the last day from seoul that the leaders of south korea and north korea might meet in april. donald trump was asked about it and this is what he said. willing to go either way, hopefully it will be the proper way which is the way that everybody knows everybody wants. but we are prepared to go either way. i think that their statement and the state m e nts that their statement and the statements coming from south korea and north korea have been very positive. it would be a great thing for the world. we will see how it all comes about. it can often feel like two steps forward and two sets back with north korea but what is your assessment of what we have seen today? if this is confirmed that kim jong—un has said, as the south koreans claim, that he is ready to talk to the americans to discuss the possibility of getting rid of his nuclear weapons and he is really to put a freeze on his bizarre and nuclear tests while he does that and

he is ready to consider denuclearisation in exchange for security guarantees, that would be quite a development. he has never said something like that before and it would meet the main american conditions for entering talks which is why they are looking with interest. having said that, although this would be the first time he had said those things it would be the first time the north korean leaders have done so and in the past when it have done so and in the past when it have done so and in the past when it have done that they have used talks to buy time, taking concessions on aid and then when egging on commitments. they have tried to use talks to divide south korea from its allies —— and then reneging on commitments. it was interesting that although mr trump sound quite hopeful his national intelligence officials are quite sceptical, one saint he doubted this was a breakthrough, reminding us of the history. what the administration is waiting for is a delegation from south korea to compare washington to be able to brief them fully in a

secure environment to get a real sense of what is actually happening here. the south koreans have now only for the first met kim jong—un first face—to—face experience and their own impressions of what he is about and the americans will be waiting to get that briefing. thank you, barbara. more on that north and south korea story later in outside source. i want to remind you of one phrase donald trump used talking about the idea of tariffs saying that it about the idea of tariffs saying thatitis about the idea of tariffs saying that it is not about economic some if you take the issue of steel, he said some people say no steel and you have no country. it gave us an inside that his economic policies are very much about the symbolism he wa nts to are very much about the symbolism he wants to project to his supporters. inafew wants to project to his supporters. in a few minutes we are going to get you more on the latest edition of the forbes rich list. best are trending in different sections, jeff bezos on the right, the creator of amazon but the president's ranking

has not gone down well in the white house. a woman has been found dead with stab wounds in london and hour after the bodies of her husband and two sons were discovered at the foot of cliffs in east sussex. we can get some more. police were first called here just before 6pm yesterday evening after concerns were raised about the family who live in the property setback behind me. they forced their way into the property and discovered a woman in her a0s dead. she had suffered stab wounds. meanwhile, an hour before this, sussex police had been called by a member of the public to the discovery of a man's body and two boys' bodies in eastbourne. they then contacted the metropolitan police about the discovery and that is when the link was made. while there is no formal identification as yet, as i say, police believe they are the deceased woman's immediate family. a postmortem examination is due on all four bodies.

at this early stage police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with what has happened here but they are treating this is outside source. the lead story is that donald trump has just held a joint press conference with the swedish prime minister. he said he was not worried about the prospect of a trade war and said america would do it in a loving way. some of the main stores from the world service, in through anger there is a state of a tizzy declared after several attacks against mosques and muslim owned businesses. there is a curfew in place —— a state of emergency. a family has discovered the world's oldest known message in a bottle of the beach in western australia which was written in german and dates back to 1886. it appears to have been thrown from a

german ship. turning to business and we will go back to trade and america because motorbikes, whiskey and t—shirt on a list of 100 us goods worth over $3 billion that be hit by european union taxes if and only if, presidents club goes ahead with the ta riffs presidents club goes ahead with the tariffs on steel and aluminium we have been discussing in the last few minutes. speaking to bbc business, the boss of the french car giant peugeot said any tariffs would hurt all sides. it would present a roadblock for sure but it would represent a roadblock for many other things. our competitors and also the ability for the us to export its own goods because of course there will bea goods because of course there will be a response from the other countries. i'm not sure that the us industry is going to win. again, i think it is better that we step back

and keep cool and make a difference between the negotiation position and the final decision but i think good sense will prevail. it is clear that the vast majority of europeans do not want these tariffs also we heard it in thejoint not want these tariffs also we heard it in the joint press conference earlier. let's get an american perspective now. live from new york is our business correspondence. presumably american businesses are also not too keen? it is hard to figure out who is on board with this. we have heard members of the republican party coming out and saying they were not sure this was the best way to fix the trade deficit issue you were mentioning that president trump has just cited in the aluminium association. the alimony association said they don't think this is the best way to address an unfair market and they say that china, this might not be the best way to address their

concerns with that foreign competitor. and a few minutes ago i was reading the briefing note you send about the figure he quoted. can you explain why the number he is using is higher than the one we normally see? this get into the nuances and it in the weeds of how we measure international trade. it happens over time and we take a snapshot of what is happening in a period and measure it on a monthly basis here in the us and try to adjust it for seasonal factors, things like christmas when we spend a lot dumberand things like christmas when we spend a lot dumber and injanuary we feel guilty and hopefully spend less! —— that we spend a lot. we try to address the those fluctuations. the bigger he is using is not seasonally adjusted, the $800 billion. if you ta ke adjusted, the $800 billion. if you take out the seasonal fluctuations we get something like a deficit of 2017 of $566 billion. thank you for now. turning to a story i mentioned,

the latest annual list of the world billionaires from forbes and top of the list is the man who founded amazon who is worth $112 billion. but for once one of the most interesting listings was not at the top but the bottom. this is forbes magazine. donald trump has fallen 222 places, his fortune is down a00 million and is primarily down to retail market in new york city being down but also in part to his polarising personality. we have definitely seen some of his lantern thing —— licensing and merchandising businesses take a hit and you your scenes of businesses taking down the trump name, it is losing a bit of its lustre. i will be back in a couple of minutes. hello. it is the time of night when

we look at some of the big global weather stories. first to north america, this cloud is another winter storm in the northern usa, now moving across the great lakes and into the northeast. if you know anybody in boston or new york they could see some snow in the next couple of days. this cold front is sinking south—eastward couple of days. this cold front is sinking south—eastwa rd and couple of days. this cold front is sinking south—eastward and that will bring some rain across florida. behind it we get into cooler air, 11 degrees in atlanta. this is the five day forecast with boston and new york both having snow and chilly conditions, cold in chicago for a time with showers coming through miami. denver has tempered is all the way up to 20 degrees but we will have some rain in los angeles at the weekend. talking of rain, they have had a lot in parts of china. you can see from the radar that this heavy rain has been working through

southern and eastern areas particularly. this comes from chinese tv, they showed the intensity of it with thunder and lightning and just the wins. —— gusty winds. more rain in the southern and eastern china and moving into thursday it will slide across the korean peninsula and into japan with things turning very wet and windy indeed across japan on thursday. but milder temperatures for the end of the week in tokyo come up to 15 degrees. when the rains clears from seoul we're left with hazy sunshine. this tropical area of low pressure is a cause for concern in fiji, and a lot to and new caledonia. the north—east north—east australia has had a lot of rain and there is more forecast for thursday —— vanuatu. further north in cairns and darwin

they will have relentless rain in they will have relentless rain in the coming days, heavy and thundery downpours continuing into the weekend. in europe had has been u nsettled weekend. in europe had has been unsettled across the mediterranean. more rain coming into italy and more snow over the alps. temperatures beginning to climb, it has been a cold spell not just beginning to climb, it has been a cold spell notjust in the uk but a large part of europe but milder weather showing up now. this is berlin heading to the weekend, up to 14 berlin heading to the weekend, up to 1a degrees on sunday, they have not had it that warm for some time. u nsettled had it that warm for some time. unsettled in the canary islands were quieter in the coming days. back home in the next few days, a mixed bag, sunshine and showers, some hill snow in the north, relatively mild days and frost at night. more on that in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. donald trump says he is not worried

by the prospect of a trade war. when we are down by 100 billion, the trade will hurt them, not us. scientists are testing the substance but have made a former russian spy and his daughter critically ill. this is cctv footage shortly before they slumped on a bench. back to our top story. let's get more on sergei skripal — the former russian spy who's critically ill in hospital. he remains critically ill with his daughter. they have been exposed to what is cold an unknown substance. there have been a number of developments today. first, this cctv footage. i will show you again. you can see a man coming into shot and

beside him, a younger woman, mr skripal and his daughter. they were both found unconscious in peach macro in the south of england on a bench at the shopping centre you can see marked here. on the aerial map of peach macro. and these are a couple of eyewitnesses who saw what happened. i walked up past here and on the right—hand side on the bench, there was a couple. an older guy and a younger girl. she was sort of mini again on him like she has passed out maybe. he was doing strange hand movements, looking up to the sky. i felt anxious, like i should step in, but they looked so out of it that i thought even if i did, i was not sure how! could help. her ice were white, wide—open and frothing at the mouth. and the man went stiff, his arms stopped moving and looking dead straight. by 2006, sergei skripal was convicted of passing state secrets to british intelligence. he

served time in prison and was allowed to travel to the uk as part ofa allowed to travel to the uk as part of a spy swap. our correspondent has bogeyed his family and this is an update. well, first of all, very much concerned for their well—being and the well—being of skripal and his daughter. also, they deny the allegations skripal worked for the british secret services. they say he is the biggest patriot of russia they have ever known. they say that recently, he cold his mother, they spoke two weeks ago and he was quite optimistic and he promised to call again soon. but he was very vigilant since 2010 and he did expect that russian secret services might come after him at any time. that was his impression. tell us about these claims that other members of his family have died in mysterious circumstances. yes, his relatives

understand that over the past few yea rs understand that over the past few years a chain of tragic events happened in that family. first, skripal‘s wife died and his older brother died and then his a3—year—old son died last year. and the family believes at least some of those cases were quite suspicious. and also, afterwards, his daughter was visiting him quite often, but she would always call back. but after sunday, they could not reach them and that is why they were very much worried. did mr skripal have any particular protection as he went about his life? well, he was never sort of, relatives say he was never nervous about it. he just knew this would come. they told us when he joined the russian military intelligence, he was told there were only two ways out, as a hero or he

would be shot dead as a traitor. he just had to bear that in mind throughout his life, they said. parallels have been drawn with the case of alexander litvinenko, anotherformer case of alexander litvinenko, another former russian agent who was poisoned with polonium and died of ten yea rs poisoned with polonium and died of ten years ago. a public inquiry concluded the russian state has sponsored the assassins responsible for killing alexander litvinenko. we have heard from the uk foreign secretary today who also referenced as dad. honourable members will note the echoes of the death of alexander litvinenko in 2006. and while it would be wrong to prejudge the investigation, i can reassure the house that should evidence emerged that implies state responsibility, her majesty's government will respond appropriately andrea barzagli. this is interesting, in response to that statement by the russian embassy in london saying... and this is interesting...

that is what gordon has to say and you can get more from him online. next, the statement from a former british ambassador to russia. there are reasons for suspicion that the russian state was involved. if indeed it turns out to be a crime. there are also differences and we need to be very careful to avoid the automatic instinct in public affairs

now to blame russia for almost anything bad that happens in the world. it is very hard to see emotive, although we have trouble working out the motive for the killing of litvinenko as well. skripal came to the uk eight years ago as part of a spy swap, why suddenly do they turn on him? we need to wait for the results of the investigation. and you can get more on this story on your phone at bbc news. this is sudan. he is the last remaining male northern white rhino. he has a leg infection. and his health has been declining in the last week. this is a tweet today. from the conservation park caring for him. "we are taking it one day at a time with sudan and we are cautiously optimistic that he will respond favourably to the treatments that are being administered by our vet teams." the park is in kenya. it's called the the ol pejeta conservancy. and it's where sudan, along with two

younger females live. these three are all that stands between the extinction of the northern white rhino. and scientists are working hard to save it. a tinder profile for sudan created last year. he was dubbed "the world's most eligible bachelor". these are pictures from longleat safari park in the uk. scientists collecting eggs from a closely connected species that would be used for ivf. i spoke withjohn lukas from the international rhino foundation — and asked if this is the endgame for these rhinos. i think this is definitely, all these animals are non—reproductive,

these animals are non—reproductive, the two females and the male. there has been an attempt to save some of the genetic material, which is the best option right now. as technologies abound in the future, there may be an opportunity to recreate a subspecies to specialised techniques in the future, but right now as a living animal on this planet, they are not here for very much longer. so the ivf process i was describing in the uk, what might that help with? well, saving the genetic material is you —— unique form adapted to northern and central africa, different from the southern african subspecies and retaining those genes for future opportunities is the best option we have and there we re is the best option we have and there were animals in a san diego safari park collected when they were alive. and also a zoo in czechoslovakia. there is material that has been fortu nately there is material that has been fortunately retained for future use. there might be some viewers watching now thinking, how did it ever come

to this? well, i actually was at the international rhino foundation for ten yea rs international rhino foundation for ten years trying to save this species in the wild and the last bastions of this range in the central african republic. the animal just was just destroyed throughout its reign for its horns. and you can get more on that story and others on the bbc news website and others on the bbc news website and download onto your smartphone or and download onto your smartphone or a tablet the bbc news app. let's talk about the korean peninsula now. it now seems possible the president of south korea is going to meet kim

jong—un of north korea in april. leaders of these two countries have not met for a decade and it is more evidence that relations of boring. coinciding with the winter olympics. these pictures yesterday from pyongyang. kim jong—un meeting these pictures yesterday from pyongyang. kimjong—un meeting with a delegation from south korea. they spent two days there and they have come back with news that a meeting is on the cards. but also, we got more detailfrom this is on the cards. but also, we got more detail from this from the delegation. the north has clearly confirmed its commitment to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula and it has no reason to possess nuclear weapons should military threats against north korea be removed and the safety of its regime be guaranteed. north korea is also reported to be willing to hold talks with the youth s and will pause its weapons testing. donald trump has been responding to that. these are the cards we were dealt,

we are handling it properly and again, as! we are handling it properly and again, as i said, hopefully we will go on again, as i said, hopefully we will goona again, as i said, hopefully we will go on a peaceful, beautiful park. we are prepared to go whichever path is necessary. i think we are having very good dialogue and you can certainly find out pretty soon what is happening. but we have made progress, there is no question about it. you willing to make -- you willing to meet kimjong—un? we will see what happens. there has been optimism before and it usually turns into disappointment, but delegates from the south have said kim jong—un said this in yesterday's meeting... now, that is the case, this is extraordinary language. some people being more cynical and saying this is just sanctions taking their toll and kimjong—un is is just sanctions taking their toll and kim jong—un is trying is just sanctions taking their toll and kimjong—un is trying to ease the international pressure. our bbc correspondent is in seoul. there had been critics here who feel that

pyeongchang is deploying its playbook and playing along, trying to buy some time, trying to get international sanctions lifted while giving these announcements and over chores of peace. so there is that worry there that this could be all fa ke worry there that this could be all fake from north korea. it has been seen fake from north korea. it has been seenin fake from north korea. it has been seen in the past. they have made of rituals in the past and got to the table and walked away again. but in south korea at the presidential palace, at the blue house, they believed even if that is the case, they have to try, because this is that big chance to denuclearisation ends you. so while critics still have reservations and while certainly president moon announced today he would scale up the military and keeping military resident against north korea, they are continuing this dialogue and engagement and keeping the pressure on with sanctions and ensuring that they have all the security measures in place should this fall apart. now

i want to talk about what the un has said today about the number of child marriages. the un says there has been a significant drop in the number of child marriages. there are a number of reasons — girls‘ education, government investment and stronger public awareness. take india, for example. ten years ago, a0% of girls were married before their 18th birthday. now that figure is 27%. i should add that india is still the country with the largest number of women who were married while underage. bbc‘s naomi grimley has been to rajasthan, in the north west of india. this is her report. monica is out shopping for the day's food with her mum. it's a scene of domestic harmony but, just a few months ago, monica's parents tried to marry her off aged 13. at the same time as an elder sister.

the marriage never happened because on the day of her wedding, monica found the courage to report her own parents to a children's hotline. trnslation: i called up and i told them everything. that i'm young, and i don't want to get married and i want to study further. i asked them, can you please do something that stops my marriage? if i'd have got married, nobody would have allowed me to play or talk. my in—laws would have just made me work. ganesh, did you know it was against the law? we did know that it is a criminal offence and we did feel bad. but we are a family of labourers. sometimes, i don't get work for a whole month. so we thought since we are marrying off one daughter, we should marry off monica too and save on the expense. in the end, ganesh and his wife promised the police they would not marry monica off before she comes of age. the authorities in this part

of rajasthan say they see dozens of cases of child marriage every year and many more go unreported. in the case of monica, her eleventh—hour call for help was answered by a woman ready to jump into action. meet priti, a guardian angel on a moped. speed is often the essence of herjob. she's the woman who handles the local child marriage cases which come to light via the hotline. together with the specialist police team, priti burst in on monica's wedding at the very last moment. when monica called up on the same day of her wedding, we had a tricky challenge as we had only three hours to save a child. she was in a wedding dress when we arrived and she gave us a little smile. she knew that we had come to stop her wedding.

she was happy then. preeti is part of a broader fightback against child marriage in a state where 35% of young women say they were married before the age of 18. "don't marry me off," sing these pupils at a girls‘ boarding school. they know all about what the law says and education remains one of the best defences in stopping early marriage. over in the desert village here, the wider community is getting involved as they watch a puppet show tackling the issue. afterwards, the villagers rise to their feet and pledge to abandon child marriage. it's a poignant moment and a sign that in this part of india, things are beginning to change, after years of entrenched custom. back at monica's house, she chats to her new friend, preeti,

on the stoop of the family home. so nearly a childhood lost, now through an act of teenage rebellion, it's a childhood regained. namely grimley, bbc news, western rajasthan. the un says myanmar is continuing the ethnic cleansing of rohingya muslims in rakhine state. that's in spite of the fact it's negotiating with bangladesh for hundreds of thousands of rohingya to return. this is a drone. showing the scale of refugee camps since people fled violence in the latter half of listen to this damning statement from the un. not only are there still killings,

rapes on a large—scale, not only are they driving people out with force and threats, but also, it seems almost systematic attempt to destroy their future livelihoods. the bbc‘s anbarasan ethirajan has been talking to the refugees. many of these refugees are still disappointed that no action has been taken against myanmar, they are still very uncertain about their future. the bangladeshi government signed a repatriation agreement with myanmar, but nothing has happened so far. even when they want to go, even when they are asked to go, they are saying, we would like to return with dignity, security and all human rights respected. that is what many refugees are saying and they are not very hopeful what the international community can do to myanmar, given the fact a number of united nations officials and the us described what happened in rakhine state is ethnic cleansing. a report now from aleem maqbool

from the british virgin islands — this is on efforts to recover from hurricane irma. six months ago, it brought devastation and death to a remote community in a place called tortala. this is aleem's report. it is shocking that so long after the storm, there are still those living in shelters. they are among the thousands whose homes were torn apart by irma. we've been here, like, five, six months and nothing. it seems to me that everybody just gave up on us. we're just here. irma was the most devastating hurricane ever to be recorded in this region. barely a building on this island was left untouched, boats were lifted clean into the air and dumped on the land. tortola now still has the signs everywhere you look that a massive storm came this way. well, even though it is desperately

needed, tourism here has suffered immensely over the last six months and they've suffered a huge blowjust in recent weeks, with two of the biggest cruise companies serving this area saying, for this season, they won't be bringing their ships to the british virgin islands. peak season a couple of years ago, sometimes, it looks like there's more boats than water. you can't see the water for the yachts. it's not a good feeling, you know, back then to compare it to now. it's not a good feeling. bam! the window went in. the window went in and went out. but light has been hard to come by in the past six months here. just ask rita, whose home was badly damaged by irma and who says, in this uk territory, that she saw little aid from the uk. me have no aid, apart from the six bottles of water i get. that was it. i don't have no aid. it was a common perception we heard here, that apart from the work done by british troops immediately

after the storm, more could have been done. when we did need them to show that we are truly a child of the united kingdom, i think they disappointed us. so it changed our view, in terms of the relationship. the governor of these islands says he's proud of the uk's contribution. we've got the electricity back on. we've got businesses back open. we've got all children getting educated. so we won't underestimate the scale of the challenge still ahead of us, but we've made good progress after the last six months. it's been a massive effort by people here just to get this far, but they're worried again — the next hurricane season is less than 100 days away. aleem maqbool, bbc news, on tortola, in the british virgin islands. this is munroe bergdorf and last week she became an lgbt

advisor to the labour party here in the uk. today, she resigned in a row over tweets of hers — some of which criticised suffragettes and gay male conservatives. she put out a lengthy statement saying... "this is a decision that i've had to make due to endless attacks on my character by the conservative right—wing press and relentless online abuse." this isn't the first time she's put out — on saturday, munroe was apologizing... "regarding any offensive tweets that i've posting the past; namely those shared playfully between close friends, i want to begin this letter by apologising." this is cherry wilson from bbc newsbeat. she has stepped down after what she says the attacks and abuse. a newspaper published a tweet she made in 2010 in which she makes offensive comments about lesbian and gay characters on tv. munroe apologised

and said they are not reflective of who she is today. the comments were made in 2010 before she transitioned and she says those comments are not her today, the 31—year—old and she does sincerely apologise. it has been rumbling on and she has stepped down today from this role because she really does not want it to detract from the work this lgbt advisory panel is going to do. a week ago, she said she was delighted to ta ke week ago, she said she was delighted to take on this role. she posted a picture withjeremy corbyn on twitter. but a week later, there has been a massive backlash and she has decided it is not right to stay in this role because what it would do is detract from the work of this panel has been setup to do in order to help the lgbt community. just before i wrap up, if you are not watching at the beginning, we brought live coverage of a joint press co nfe re nce brought live coverage of a joint press conference between the swedish prime minister and the american president donald trump and there we re president donald trump and there were a number of things worth noting. when asked about alleged russian meddling in the american

election, donald trump acknowledged it may have occurred but said it had no impact on the outcome and alluded to the fact other countries may have tried to meddle in the election. the biggest issue, though, was tariffs because of his threats to put ta riffs because of his threats to put tariffs on exports from the eu into america. he said the eu had been almost impossible to do business with and it had been very difficult and had treated america badly. so we will see how that plays out. thank you for watching, we will be back tomorrow with more of the bigger stories from around the world, the by. hello. we may well have tamed last week's beast from the east, but this week's beast from the east, but this week's is a battle of the seasons. you get a cloud break and sunshine and will feel pleasant and almost springlike. but under the colder

which it has been for the last couple of days across scotland, you will see the potential fall love snow. wednesday is rain and sleet across the northern isles and a scattering of showers across the north and west. into south—west england and new systems rain across the south east. elsewhere, sunnis els and highs of 6—10. a bit of a different feel in comparison to a week ago. this area of low pressure not going far very fast. keep showers to the north west and elsewhere, the isobars open up, a quiet start to thursday and maybe a touch of frost for a couple of us. but a good deal of dry weather on thursday, a scattering of showers. some showers across the south east and into the north which could turn wintry with elevation. generally speaking, a quiet story, still not particularly warm in scotland, six or7 particularly warm in scotland, six or 7 degrees, highest values of ten in the south east. into friday,

potential for a spell of more persistent rain to move on from the south—west affecting the south coast. still under the influence of low pressure into the north and still the risk of wintry showers wrapping around that low in the far north west of scotland. highs of 6-10d. out north west of scotland. highs of 6—10d. out of friday and into saturday, it looks likely we will see this area of low pressure moving in from the south—west. winds swing round and that drives in milder air. the question is, as it bumps into the cold air sitting across the north, we could see snow for a time. there will be a great deal of uncertainty in where this is sitting, but across the northern half of the country, there could be snow. rain behind it is the milder airjumps in, 13 degrees the high on saturday. that moves saturday night into sunday and we could see more significant snow in scotland. but we are not too concerned because the milderair

are not too concerned because the milder air follows are not too concerned because the milder airfollows behind. if you get snow, it should thaw quickly as the mouths and southerly winds take over. sunday, some snow into central and northern scotland. cloudy conditions and certainly milder with the southerly wind. and we will see double digits for many, maybe as high as 13 degrees. not for long, keep an eye on that area of low pressure into scotland. it will revert back, moved back across the country and the winds revert back to a north—westerly. not the extreme cold we have had last week, but potentially, a colder source of weather. is that low pressure moves through, we could see snow into the north. different story, unsettled from the atlantic with milder air and a low pressure from the south. the question is, will we see any snow where it bumps into that cold air? so it is a bit messy for the

week ahead, but the longer term period will stay unsettled with spells of wind and rain, diskeeper close eye on scotland on weather we will see some snow. more detail later in the week. tonight at ten — counter—terror police take charge of the inquiry into the suspected poisoning of a former russian agent and his daughter, in salisbury. sergei and yulia skripal are still critically ill in hospital, after they were found unconscious two days ago. it's believed the father and daughter were captured on cctv shortly before being found on a bench nearby. her eyes were just completely white, wide open butjust white and frothing at the mouth. the man went stiff, his arms stopped moving but he was still looking dead straight. military scientists are testing samples of the substance thought to have caused the illness, as ministers warn that russian state involvement is being looked at. should evidence emerge that implies state responsibility, then her majesty's government

will respond appropriately and robustly.