i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: donald trump pulls the united states out of the iran nuclear deal, calling it defective to its core. the fact is that this was a horrible, one—sided deal that should have never, ever been made. but the european union says it is determined to preserve the agreement. so what happens now? i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: as the north korean and chinese leaders meet again, is the korea nuclear deal still on track? and we report on how indonesia's plastic waste is getting into ourfood chain. good morning.

it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00pm in washington, where president trump has formally withdrawn the united states from the iran nuclear agreement. he didn't hold back, calling the deal horrible and one—sided. it means economic sanctions will soon be reimposed on tehran. 0nly israel and saudi arabia welcomed the move. other nations have condemned it, and the european union says, as far as they are concerned, the accord still stands. nick bryant reports from washington. with a flourish of his presidential pen, donald trump has inked into history one of the most muscular pledges from his "america first" campaign, one that delivers a potentially fatal blow to the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, barack 0bama, one that could put the united states on a collision course with iran. the fact is, this was a horrible,

one—sided deal, that should have never, ever been made. it didn't bring calm, it didn't bring peace, and it never will. therefore, i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in one of his toughest speeches yet, he said he would reimpose the highest level of economic sanctions against tehran. america will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. we will not allow american cities to be threatened with destruction, and we will not allow a regime that chants "death to america" to gain access to the most deadly weapons on earth. today's action sends a critical message. the united states no longer makes empty threats. when i make promises, i keep them. the nuclear deal was struck in 2015 between iran and six world powers,

including the us, uk and russia. iran agreed to limit its controversial nuclear energy programme, which international powers feared could lead to the development of a nuclear weapon. in return, stringent economic sanctions were lifted, enabling iran to sell more oil to other countries and trade more efficiently. iran's president, hassan rouhani, deliberate an almost instantaneous response, saying his country was preparing to restart uranium enrichment, key for making both nuclear energy and weapons. translation: i have ordered the atomic energy 0rganisation of iran to be ready to start the enrichment of uranium at industrial levels. we will wait a few weeks and speak with our allies. all depends on our national interests. european architects of the deal present at its creation three years ago tonight gave a grim faced response.

the european union is determined to act in accordance with security interests, and to protect its economic investments. the nuclear deal with iran is the culmination of 12 years of diplomacy. it belongs to the entire international community. it has been working, and it is delivering on its goal, which is guaranteeing that iran doesn't develop nuclear weapons. but praise from america's closest middle east ally. israel thanks president trump for his courageous leadership, his commitment to confront the terrorist regime in tehran, and his commitment to ensure that iran never gets nuclear weapons, not today, not in a decade, not ever. from barack 0bama tonight, a rare public rebuke of his successor. he called the decision misguided, and a serious mistake. this will make america much safer.

but donald trump is unapologetic. for him it is promise made, promise kept. 0ur correspondent chris buckler is washington. he gave me his analysis of president trump's announcement. if you look at the words that he has used about this agreement today, he has left nobody any doubt about what he thinks about it. a nuclear lack male, decay and rot and an embarrassment, words very much aimed at americans, also aimed at israel, and actually also aimed at tehran as well. but also listening will that be those european leaders who fought so be those european leaders who fought so hard to try and save an agreement that they feel is imperfect, has got problems with it, has got flaws, but ultimately did ring calm. now, donald trump argues very clearly that that is not the case. he says it still didn't lead to calm in the region. the reality, though, of removing this deal is that it has raised tensions there, and that is going to be a concern for all those

leaders going forward, but it will ultimately be a concern for the white house as well. what is interesting is that opinion polls showed that actually americans predominantly were in favour of staying in the deal. so what does the president had to gain? is he simply revving up everything that the 0bama administration had put into place? there is no doubt that donald trump is somebody who was never a big fan of this deal, and although barack 0bama praised it very heavily, felt it was a highpoint of his presidency, donald trump led a campaign in which he made that he was going to scrap this deal if he got into power. so he is following through, in many ways, on his promises. that goes beyond that, as well. he is also someone who feels that he has not been tough enough on iran. and if you look at the individuals he has surrounded himself with inside the white house at the moment, you have mike pompeo, who has been very critical and was listening to those is rarely m essa 9 es listening to those is rarely messages last week when they talked about how the iran nuclear deal was

simply not a truthful deal, that iran were working in the background. of course, that is denied by iran. he also has a new national—security adviser injohn he also has a new national—security adviser in john bolton he also has a new national—security adviser injohn bolton who is very critical of iran so he has people in the white house who will support this decision, and ultimately he feels it is the right one. we also have this 3—6 month period now where sanctions will be reimposed, and there will be many in europe watching that very closely to see exactly what impact that could have on them. i mentioned john bolton, the national security adviser is saying that there could be sanctions involved in european companies if they don't go ahead and remove that business from iran. so there could be consequences in the months to come. more on the iran nuclear deal shortly. but first, let's see what else is making news today: the man who led weeks of protests in armenia has addressed his supporters in the capital, yerevan, following his election as prime minister. nikol pashinyan promised that human rights would be protected and that corruption and election—rigging would end.

tens of thousands of people came out to celebrate in the city centre. the bbc‘s rayhan demytrie was among them. when the armenian parliament voted for nikol pashinyan to become this country's next prime minister, there was an explosion of happiness here in the republic square, and people now are dancing, they are waving flags, they can't hold back their jov- facebook has banned foreign advertising linked to ireland's referendum on liberalising its abortion laws. critics had warned that campaigns by well—funded us groups could be decisive in the vote later this month. facebook says the integrity tools can verify if the advertiser is based in the country. the english football team leeds united have arrived in myanmar for an end—of—season tour. the club are scheduled to play two friendly matches as they seek to build a fan base in the country. but they have come under intense criticism from rights groups who feel the visit is inappropriate, given the persecution of the rohingya minority.

best picasso self—portrait is set to fetch $70 million at auction in new york shortly, and it isjust fetch $70 million at auction in new york shortly, and it is just one work of art going on sale from the rockerfeller collection, thought to be the biggest single private collection to go under the hammer. all proceeds, and the proceeds are expected to be more than $500 million, will go to charity. let's go back to our main story, donald trump pulling the us out of the iran nuclear deal. earlier i spoke withjohn tierney, the executive director of the center for arms control and non—proliferation. i asked if he thought the deal was rotten, decaying and one—sided, as president trump described it. no, that was... his comments were

just a display of total ignorance of the agreement and its ramifications. this agreement was negotiated well. the only one who didn't seem to think that it was a good agreement and good diplomacy was donald trump and good diplomacy was donald trump and some of his minions. so he's pulling out of it was probably going to be one of the historic act of malfeasance or misfeasance that we have seen in this country in terms of foreign policy. so what is going to happen next? because president trump has offered no alternative policy to put in its place. well, he had no plan b, so for somebody who wa nted had no plan b, so for somebody who wanted to be concerned about whether oi’ wanted to be concerned about whether or not iran could go and pursue a nuclear weapon, he now has that concern again. because it would have been stopped by the jcpoa, concern again. because it would have been stopped by thejcpoa, the agreement is now wide open again if iran chooses to go in that direction so iran chooses to go in that direction so all of the inspections and all of the verification process that has been put in place, iran could now

walk away as well. they have certainly licensed to do that, with his pulling out of the agreement on that. we will wait to see if they decide to try to stay in with the rest of the participants in the agreement, and leave the united states as the outlier, and the president thinks he will do if that happens. so what would be your advice to the iran? should they stay m, advice to the iran? should they stay in, or should they get out? well, look, they have politics at home as well, so my hope is that they stay m, well, so my hope is that they stay in, and they try to work with the other participants in the agreement, with the five members of the security council, permanent security council, russia and china, and try to make it work from that perspective. and that all of those other parties continue to put pressure on donald trump, giving him to come to his senses and re—establish a relationship there. but i don't see any hope for the latter, but i do hope that iran might stay in the agreement despite the fact that he has pulled out. so with the us out of this iran nuclear

deal, will it have any impact on the denuclearisation of north korea? well, i think it has an impact on the negotiations that are going on. if you are not familiar at this point in time —— if you are north korea at this point in time you have to mendis leverage in negotiations. question number one will be why should we trust you under donald trump? ithink should we trust you under donald trump? i think any diplomat is going to have a difficult time trying to come up with an answer to that question. —— tremendous leverage. and we will see whether or not a deal can be reached, in fact, with what probably is a real paucity in trust at this point. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we travel to indonesia to find out why plastic waste is getting into ourfood chain. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa.

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i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: donald trump pulls the united states out of the iran nuclear deal, calling it defective to its core. as the north korean and chinese leaders meet again, is the korea nuclear deal still on track? it seems everyone can't get enough of those incredible pictures from the hawaii volcano. here's a view inside the crater itself. the story popular on bbc.com/news. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times wonders if the olympics could provide a sales boost for the traditional kimono? the garment has been losing the race against modern attire. but designers hope the tokyo games

will get people reaching for their robes again. the china daily looks at a group of young people who are certainly keeping their eye on the ball. they're part of a summer camp aiming to create the ball boys and girls of the future. some will even test their skills in major tennis competitions. and musicians normally hope to get you dancing, not dozing off. but the new york times reports on a concert that's putting audiences to sleep. the eight—hour lullaby was engineered with the help of scientists to offer a relaxing night. listeners are even provided with a mattress to help them snooze. those with a mattress to help them snooze. are the top 5 publications those are the top stories of key publications and what if you want to

watch this kind of concert, a lulla by watch this kind of concert, a lullaby and snoozing, kasia? i've got something to wake you up, this is what's trending at the moment, if you don't like spiders, a warning, look away now. the diminutive arachnid named kim can leap six times her body length from a standing start. she's been trained to do it on demand, not that we want to scare you or anything. scientists want to build a robot to re—enact what she does. for those that don't like spiders, it's not that don't like spiders, it's not that fine, though. a massive leap! as everyone had their eyes on the iran nuclear agreement, more diplomacy on the potential deal involving north korea. first news that kim jong—un had made another trip to china to meet president xi. then it was revealed the us secretary of state mike pompeo is once again heading to pyongyang for talks. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonnell is in seoul. i asked him if trump's withdrawal from the iranian nuclear deal could impact the negotiations over north korea. well, this has the potential to

throw enormous pressure on that meeting between donald trump and kim jong—un. i'm mean, imagine you're the north koreans, you're going to potentially do a deal with the united states to give up your nuclear weapons in exchange for who knows what, and what guarantees would you have that this government, or some future administration in washington, might renege on that deal. i think it's going to be at the forefront of the minds of the north koreans when they're going into that meeting, said to be in the coming weeks, with the united states' president. of course you also have this second meeting in china between xi jingping also have this second meeting in china between xijingping and kim jong—un? china between xijingping and kim jong-un? yeah, there they were. yesterday and the day before the leaders of north korea and china... you can imagine, they knew that this

announcement was coming from the united states. you can bet they were talking about it. this shows that china, unlike the situation with iran, isa china, unlike the situation with iran, is a major nuclear power, which is offering, i guess, a shield to north korea, and you can see here that xijingping to north korea, and you can see here that xi jingping is trying to reinject himself into this whole process and also to rebuild relations between those two countries. and you would love to know what xi jingping said to countries. and you would love to know what xijingping said to kim jong—unin know what xijingping said to kim jong—un in terms of that iran nuclear deal and the likelihood that you could rely on the us to uphold its end of the bargain following such a deal. for example, if the us was to say we will reduce troop numbers on the korean peninsular in exchange for you giving up your nuclear weapons, from the point of view of the north koreans, they don't care which president they would be doing that deal with, they

would be doing that deal with, they would be doing that deal with, they would be thinking that a deal i have with washington. again, this is the problem with the way things have turned out in iran, that donald trump thinks he is not bound by that deal, the previous deal with iran, because he didn't sign it himself but the other players in that agreement thing that that's essentially like a contract you have with a country and it's not one that's going to fold in the coming yea rs. that was of course stephen mcdonnell talking to recode a little bit earlier. —— recode. voting is taking place in malaysia's general election. this is one of the most hotly contested elections in the country's history. on one side there's malaysia's scandal—plagued prime minister, najib razak, hoping to secure another term. 0n the other side, the country's ex—prime minister, mahathir mohammad, who's made a surprise return to politics at the age of 92. the bbc‘s south—east asia correspondent, jonathan head, is in kuala lumpur. earlier he gave us the latest on the

election race. there have been various polls that have suggested at the very least it's a very tight race. all the betting i think is the advantages of incumbency for the government will play into its hands. don't forget the way in which constituencies have been redrawn, their boundaries have been redrawn, their boundaries have been recently adjusted, gives the governing coalition even more seats so at the last election five years ago we saw the governing coalition lose the popular vote but get 60% of the seats, one of many complaints the seats, one of many complaints the opposition have made about an unlevel playing field. 0ne the opposition have made about an unlevel playing field. one of the areas they say were their job unlevel playing field. one of the areas they say were theirjob has been made particularly hard to unseat what is after all six decades of monopoly on power by the ruling coalition. there's a palpable sense of excitement at least in the urban areas, there is a definite hunger for change among people that feel mr najib is too tainted by corruption and the networks are too entrenched.

they feel this is really a make or break a election that with the charisma and... to get ethnic malays to support them, this is their one chance to overthrow him and remember, it's a fairly fragile opposition coalition made up of various quite different component parts. jonathan head in kuala lumpur speaking earlier to kasia. indonesian scientists have launched the largest ever study into whether tiny plastic particles can affect human health. they are investigating the presence of plastic in seafood. they hope to establish if there is any evidence that ingesting small pieces of plastic is harmful. 0ur science editor, david shukman, has been to semarang on the north coast of java in indonesia, one of the countries worst hit by plastic pollution. a journey through the mangrove swamps on the coast of indonesia. plastic hangs from the branches and

lies traps in the roots. indonesia sends huge volumes of plastic into the ocean. 0nly china releases more. there's so much, itjams our boat's propeller. the problem is that when plastic flows down the rivers and reaches the ocean, it doesn't just disappear. what happens is that the plastic breaks down into ever smaller fragments, what are called microplastics. so even though there is an effort to clear up, the legacy of plastic continues. so we head to the local fish farms, because research in britain shows that microplastics can get into seafood. ijoin scientist inneke hantoro as she investigates a key question, whether eating plastic is harmful. they collect samples to take away for analysis. we eat the fish every day and we don't want to get plastic into our body due

to eating the fish. so we want to see whether it is safe enough to eat the fish. a microscope shows a plastic fragment found in seafood. it's a couple of millimetres long. scientists want to establish a safe level for microplastics. in case we later find out that they are harmful. it's not a problem that many here have heard of. in a local market, i ask this fish seller if she realises that her fish might contain microplastics. "it's impossible," she says, "because the seafood is fresh." "my fish are clean." but as she's talking, plastic waste is being stuffed into bins right behind her. up the road, this factory uses plastic in all its packaging. a lot of it is bound to end up in the rivers and the oceans. but the boss here says he wants to prevent that. so he's sponsoring classes in how

to make what are called eco—bricks. people are taught to take old bottles and cram all kinds of plastic waste inside them. when the bottles are glued together, they can make furniture or even walls. i think the best we can do so far is build a better solution for the plastic. this is the thing so we can stop the plastic from going into our environment. at least to trap it because of of course pollution? exactly. ultimately, plastic is going to keep accumulating and entering the ocean unless two key things happen. setting up a proper system for handling waste but also seeing a complete change of attitude amongst people, businesses and the authorities. and even if the larger pieces are cleared up, the microplastics will drift around for decades. david shukman, bbc news, indonesia. you've been watching newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore.

stay with us. we'll be looking at the impact on oil prices after president trump announced he's pulling out the us out of the iran nuclear deal. and let's leave you with some glamour, because the red carpet‘s down, la croisette is gleaming in the sunshine, it can only mean one thing — the cannes film festival in the south of france has opened. this year's festival will be the first after the weinstein scandal. and this year, the majority of the jury members are women, with the australian film star, cate blanchett, the head judge. they start with the film taxi driver, which previously won the palm d'0r. lots more coverage on the

website. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. wednesday gets off to a fine start for many but for some it's not going to last as we get rain heading in from the west. we saw a weather system from the west. we saw a weather syste m m ove from the west. we saw a weather system move through on tuesday, this one here, the leading edge of cooler airso things one here, the leading edge of cooler air so things cool down for many. not quite in east anglia and the south—east of england but in the day ahead that process is complete, low pressure to the north—east and that's feeding in the cooler, fresher conditions across all parts, and a bit of rain as i mentioned coming into the west. most will start fine and dry in the morning, single figure temperatures under clear skies but some in east and south—east england still with ten or 11. south—east england still with ten or ii. highs will be drawn to this weather system that will soon in the morning turn things wetter into northern ireland and western scotland, the wind picking up as well, just the into the western isles but it's really coming in very slowly so a lot of cloud increases ahead of that, many will be staying dry even on into the afternoon,

particularly across eastern parts of the uk, and still some sunny spells into east anglia and south—east england with temperatures here down significantly compare it with recent days. that's how we end the afternoon and going into the evening, some will get a wet evening rush hour, some heavy bursts affecting western parts of scotland beginning to pull away from the western isles, patchy in nature to the east of scotland, not much into north—east england and clearing from northern ireland some will get the sun coming back before the end of the day but more of wales and western england getting outbreaks of rain pushing into parts of the midlands. matt scored eastern england will be dry and once this weather system crosses all parts, wednesday night into thursday morning, not a wednesday night into thursday morning, nota huge wednesday night into thursday morning, not a huge amounts of rain left on it, after the heat of the recent days if you want something onto the garden you will be disappointed. dry weather on thursday. a few showers developing, particularly in scotland, maybe the odd heavy one with some thunder. for

northern ireland and england. for the rest of england and wales, looking dry, variable cloud and sunny spells and breezy, cooler still and some for the rest of the week in the north—west of the uk in particular will find temperatures below average for the time of year. another fine start for much of the uk on friday but then we see another weather system gathering out to the west and the wind is picking up ahead of that and while many on friday will stay dry, some will start to the outbreaks of rain. some uncertainty about the timing of this and the progression north—eastwards, we will keep you updated with temperatures still none to special. that's it for now, goodbye. you are watching bbc world news. our top story: president trump has withdrawn the united states from the nuclear deal with iran. he called the agreement a horrible deal that should never have been done, and ignoring the pleas of some his closest allies, he said he would impose the highest possible level of sanctions against tehran. in response the iranian president, hassan rouhani, ordered his

officials to be ready to restart the enrichment of uranium at industrial levels. but he added that he would reach out to the other signatories of the deal, to keep it in place. and this video is trending on bbc.com: it is incredible pictures from the hawaii volcano, with a view inside the crater itself. the evacuation zone on hawaii's big island has widened. over 1,500 people have already been forced from their homes. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk.