us and south korean officials meet to discuss the summit with the north. the us secretary of state suggests that pyongyang could get financial help — if it gives up nuclear weapons. if chairman kim chooses the right path, there is a future brimming with peace and prosperity for north korea and the north korean people. the french economy minister says european nations should not allow the us to police the world's economy. kenyan authorities say a dam which burst earlier this week, killing at least 45 people, was illegally built. and banned from showing eurovision — a chinese tv network is stopped from broadcasting the contest after a censorship row. in the last hour, us secretary of state and his south korean

counterpart have been discussing their hopes for the historic talks with north korea, taking place next month. mike pompeo said he was confident that washington and pyongyang had a shared understanding of the meetings objectives. and he held out the carrot of economic assistance if the north did get rid of its nuclear weapons. the united states and the republic of korea remain committed to achieving the permanent and verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. if chairman kim chooses the right path, there is a future brimming with peace and prosperity for north korea and the north korean people. america's track record of support for the korean people is second to none. if north korea takes bold action to quickly denuclearise, the united states is prepared to work with north korea to achieve prosperity on a par with our south korean friends. the united states looks forward to continued close cooperation with our south korean allies on this issue and many

others. south korea's foreign minister says sanctions against north korea will remain in place until "concrete steps" towards denuclearisation are made. she says coordination in the next few weeks will be critical. we agreed that the summit would be an historic opportunity for resolving the north korean nuclear issue and securing enduring peace on the korean peninsula. we reaffirmed that our goal is to achieve the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. in this regard, secretary pompeo and i agreed the next few weeks will be critical, requiring airtight coordination between our two countries. barbara plett usher is in washington. we are

we a re really we are really starting to see the para meters we are really starting to see the parameters of those talks, aren't we? we are and i think we knew what the trade—off would be because it is lifting sanctions in exchange for mr kim giving up his nuclear weapons but mr pompeo puts more flesh on the bones today and we know that jong—nam has made it clear that his priority is to develop the decimated economy of north korea and to do that, sanctions have to be lifted so the question is, how much is he willing to trade for that. mr pompeo said if he was willing to give up his nuclear weapons and do it quickly, this is something the americans have been stressed, they don't want a long drawn—out, phased process , don't want a long drawn—out, phased process, then the us would work with pyongyang to help develop its economy and achieve prosperity, he compared it to south korea which is a stark contrast, a prosperous nation so he laid that out in a bit more detail than he has before. he talked about his discussions with

kimjong un, he said they had a long discussion about the strategic options before mr kim in terms of whether he was willing to give up the nuclear weapons programme in exchange for assurances. he said they felt they had a shared understanding of the objectives of the forthcoming summit and then you also said they had talked about other things, they have had warm conversation than discuss the different histories of their countries and mr pompeo made a note saying that he had said there were exa m ples saying that he had said there were examples in america's past when its past adversaries had become partners, so the whole tone of the meeting that he described with kim jong—un sounded quite congenial and productive. it sounded as though the two had been able to speak their minds. for her part, the south korean foreign minister said that us troop presence is a matterfor the allies and would not be on the table for discussion with north korea. so you really get an idea ofjust how

many fault lines, how many challenges are going to be ahead, not just at the summit but challenges are going to be ahead, notjust at the summit but in the months and years ahead. that is right because the question becomes, if there is peace on the carillion peninsula, is a large the us troop presence needed? —— on the korean peninsula. that is a question i think the south koreans are willing to engage in but there is also a question about why that the americans would be willing to use us troop numbers as a bargaining chip in the negotiations, because north korea has in the past regularly said it would denuclearise if the us withdrew its troops. now the secretary of defence as well as the president have already said that is not going to happen in these negotiations, that troop numbers are off the table when it comes to negotiations over the nuclear weapons and the south korean minister again referred to that today, saying she had confidence after her discussion with mr pompeo that this would remain a bilateral issue. it is something they would discuss together as two countries

and allies, not something that would be part of the negotiations. thank you forjoining us. barbara plett usher in washington. for many years, anwar ibrahim was cast as the villain of malaysian politics. a former deputy prime minister, he was twice put on trial and jailed, although he always maintained his innocence. but in a remarkable reversal of political fortune, malaysia's newly—elected prime minister mahathir mohamad has promised him a full pardon and dangled the prospect that he could take over as prime minister in a couple of years. from kuala lumpur, here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the moment mahathir mohamad completed the most unlikely of political comebacks, sworn in as prime minister at the age of 92, 15 years after he last held the post. watching from his hospital room, anwar ibrahim, his one—time protege, then rival and now political ally. this morning, dr mahathir let everyone know on his twitter account that he was getting straight down to work but there was one order

of business more important than the rest, something he said he had discussed with the king at his inauguration, getting mr anwar released from prison. it is going to be a full pardon which first means that he will not only be pardoned, he should be released immediately when he is pardon. after that, he will be free to participate fully in politics. this is the next essential stage in an extraordinary personal drama between the two men who began as partners in power, broke up into acrimonious rivalry and have been brought back together again as allies in this unexpectedly successful bid to unseat the ruling party that they once led. back in the 1990s, when dr mahathir dominated malaysian politics, anwar ibrahim was his deputy and chosen successor but they fell out over the handling of the asian financial crisis. mr anwar was sacked

and then arrested. at one point, he showed a black eye that suggested a beating, sparking angry protests against the mahathir government, the start ofa reform movement which now, against the odds, finds itself in government. mr anwar was released from prison after five years and started his campaign to defeat the ruling party, despite an electoral system weighted heavily against him. dr mahathir continued to condemn him, as in this bbc interview five years ago, after mr anwar had beenjailed again. it was a spectacular corruption scandal surrounding prime minister najib razak, says dr mahathir, that forced him to switch sides and join his old rivals. the sight of this elder statesman campaigning in the rain at the side of the opposition has ignited a wave of hopeful nostalgia in malaysians for the days when these two men presided over one of

asia's economic success stories. but two decades later, can they repeat that success and put their past battles behind them ? jonathan head, bbc news, kuala lumpur. there's a growing rift between the us and europe over the iran nuclear deal. president trump announced at the start of this week that the us is pulling out of the agreement, which will mean fresh economic sanctions against iran. now, both france and germany have said they will protect their economies against sanctions being reimposed. last year eu exports to iran came in at almost $13 billion. the french finance minister has said washington should not be allowed to police the world economy. translation: do we want to be vassals, deferring with a curtsy and about a decision is made with the rest so that the us becomes the world's economic police or do we want us european people to say that we have our own economic interests, we want to keep on doing business with iran?

our correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. he explained more about the measures the eu could use to protect its business interests. the thing the french are talking about what is called blocking legislation and they were talking today about presenting measures to toughen up existing legislation. this goes back to the 1990s, to cuba, where eu firms wanted to trade with cuba and this is legislation designed to shield european firms from the effect of us sanctions on them if they did business with cuba. the problem they have now is that the eu countries may try to introduce this but what european officials have already said is that there has been what they call a chilling effect on european businesses, just from the threat of american sanctions. now that is likely to be even more severe and what that means is that anyone doing business, even if they are protected or offered protection from european governments, i think will be reluctant because of the threat of fines and penalties

imposed in the us. banks, say, won't offerfinancing for oil deals, say, airbus might like to sell aeroplane parts but it wants to also sell to the us and they may be blocked from doing that. it may be blocked from taking parts from the us, all those kinds of things will add to the pressure on european companies, despite the fact the eu might try to bring in the legislation. damien grammaticas. and if you want to learn more about which companies will be affected by reimposition of sanctions have a look at this analysis on our website. the iran sanctions explained in charts. all that and more on bbc.com?news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the iaea says the chief inspector for the un's nuclear watchdog has resigned. no reason was given for tero varjoranta's sudden

departure, which comes days after president trump took the us out of the iran nuclear deal. under the deal, the iaea conducts inspections in iran to verify compliance. officials in gaza say israeli troops have shot and killed a palestinian protester on the territory's border with israel. at least 170 others are said to have been injured during another day of demonstrations along the boundary fence. there's been protests every friday for several weeks over demands that refugees and their descendants be allowed to return to homes that are now in israel. the main hospital in the democratic republic of congo's northwestern town of bikoro has received a new suspected case of ebola. so far, 18 people are thought to have died and the world health organisation says it's "preparing for the worst—case scenario." kenyan authorities say the dam that burst on a commercial farm this

week, killing at least 45 people, had been illegally built. the dam collapsed on wednesday night after heavy rain near the town of solai, 190km from the capital, nairobi. dozens of houses were destroyed and many people are still missing. ann soy reports. the recovery effort is a slow process. up until now, they were collecting bodies that were on the surface and that is done, so now they are having to dig deeper into the mud into pools of water like this one to make sure that no bodies are left behind. they have collected several bodies today and those are then taken to the mortuaries. we're told that families will be viewing the bodies and identifying their kin. and only when this effort is complete will they really know how many people were swept away, how many people lost their lives. this is how it all started. imagine a lake with millions of cubic metres of water, all of it released in an instant. that is what happened

here on wednesday night. it came down here with such force, it created a path for itself. this looks like a river bed now but it was once occupied and you can see how high the water close to the roof of these houses that managed to withstand the pressure and it cleared everything in its path, like here, this is a foundation ofa building that stood here before the tragedy. the people who are trapped were washed downhill, and this went on for kilometres and kilometres. the search and rescue effort has been going on in that direction. these streams of water started flowing in the morning, sending the villagers here, who are recovering from shock and grief, into more panic. but they have been reassured now that this is deliberate, to keep them safe. a team of engineers has been sent to the farm where we are told a number of dams are located, next to the one

that burst on wednesday night and they have been releasing water through the day to make sure that the pressure on those dams is eased. rains are ongoing and therefore, they expect that the dams will be collecting more water and therefore, it is very important for them to release some of the water downstream. anne soy at the scene of the dam collapse in kenya. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. rafa nadal‘s winning streak on clay was ended, losing the match and his world number one spot in madrid. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has indicated north korea could get financial help, if it gives up nuclear weapons. europe's rift with the united states over iran has widened.

france's finance minister has called for measures to block us sanctions from hurting european companies. he's one of america's heroes, a us senator and former presidential candidate who was tortured in vietnam. john mccain also has brain cancer, another reason you might think to treat him with the greatest respect. now though, a white house official has shocked washington by allegedly saying his vote didn't matter because "he's dying anyway". that's brought this stinging response from john mccain's daughter. and whatever you want to say, in this kind of environment, the thing that surprises me most is, i was talking about this with you, joy, i don't understand what kind of environment you are working in where that would be acceptable and then you could come to work the next day and still have a job and that is all i have to say. anthony zurcher has more from washington. what we know is that it was kelly

sadler who reportedly said this, she isa sadler who reportedly said this, she is a white house aide, came over to the trump white house from a local washington conservative newspaper. she was responding to the criticism ofjohn mccain blocking jeanna haskel, the cia nominee, said, it does not matter, he's going to die anyway. this was a closed—door meeting but i think it is reflective of the atmosphere in this white house that word of her remarks lea ked house that word of her remarks leaked to multiple media outlets and we re leaked to multiple media outlets and were confirmed by multiple media outlets. when cindy mccain, sorry, meghan mccain talks about the environment here in this white house, you have to remember that donald trump himself in the campaign in 2015, early in his campaign, criticise john in 2015, early in his campaign, criticisejohn mccain in 2015, early in his campaign, criticise john mccain in in 2015, early in his campaign, criticisejohn mccain in very personal terms and said he was not a war hero, he was only a war hero because he became a prisoner of war in vietnam and he prefers his heroes or likes his heroes not to be captured. the idea this was an

attitude that comes down from the top, from the president, he and john mccain have sparred repeatedly in the past few years, most recently with the cia head story but also john mccain voted against donald trump's health care repeal bill last year. there's a lot of bad blood and i think year. there's a lot of bad blood and ithinka year. there's a lot of bad blood and i think a lot of this is spilling out now in the last days ofjohn mccain, releasing a memoir criticising donald trump, speaking out vociferously from arizona, where he is recuperating from brain surgery he is recuperating from brain surgery and i think you are just seeing this reaching a crescendo. antony zurcher on the alleged slurs aboutjohn mccain. sara has all the sport. rafa nadal‘s 21—match unbeaten run on clay has ended as he was knocked out of the madrid open in the quarterfinals by dominic thiem. nadal had been unbeaten on the surface since losing to thiem in may 2017 and he once again lost to the austrian 7—5, 6—3. the spaniard hadn't even dropped a set on clay since that loss

in 2017 and posted a new record of 50 consecutive set wins on a single surface on thursday. the defeat means roger federer will replace nadal as world number one. kyle edmund is out in the quarterfinals, denis shapovalov has just beaten him in the last few minutes. wayne rooney has not asked to leave everton, rooney is being linked with a move this summer to dc united in america's mls. he's thought to have agreed a deal in principle, but has yet to sign it. this is what allardyce had to say about those rumours. there appears to be an interest from dc united, where that is and where that lies and where wayne lies with it, i cannot tell you at the moment. so only after i've spoken to him today will i find out where the situation actually lies. let's put this right — wayne rooney has not asked to leave,

and neither has wayne rooney had a confrontation with me. we have not been in any difficult situation, because we are two adults and we talk. juventus' goalkeeper gianluigi buffon has been charged by uefa over comments about referee michael oliver, after their champions league defeat to real madrid. buffon was sent off for dissent after oliver awarded real a late penalty, which they scored to progress 11—3 on aggregate. buffon, playing in his final european game, said the english official had "a bag of rubbish for a heart" and should "sit in the stands eating crisps" for "ruining a dream". turning attentions to rugby union and the european challenge cup final — where it's an all—british affair in bilbao. thousands of rugby fans have descended on city. cardiff blues are taking on a gloucester side who have featured in three of the last four finals. it's currently 23—20 to cardiff

at the san mames stadium, which will also hosting tomorrow's champions cup final between leinster and racing 92. there was a return to form for mercedes ahead of this weekend's spanish grand prix. after valterri bottas topped the timesheets in the morning, lewis hamilton set the pace in the second practice session. the four—time world champion was more than a tenth of a second quicker than red bull's daniel ricciardo, who crashed in first practice. our reporterjennie gow is at the circuit de catalunya. it looks like we could have a six way battle for pole position here tomorrow in spain. it is round five of the formula 1 world championship 2018 and at the moment, lewis hamilton leads the title standings by four points from sebastian vettel. both of those men will be challenging for pole position here is well as the red bulls and other team—mates in mercedes and ferrari.

all but three of the last 17 races have been won from pole position so it is critical. elsewhere, williams having a terrible day right at the back of the field, they will hope for better if not a miracle to get through with a decent qualifying. great britain's simon yates retained the leader's pinkjersey after the seventh stage of the giro d'italia. ireland's sam bennett claimed his first win on a grand tour as he came out on top in the sprint to the finish of the 159—kilometre stage from pizzo to praia a mare. yates finished in the group behind to keep his 16—second lead intact. that's all the sport for now. thank you. to the eurovision song contest now — and a row which has seen the organisers ban a chinese tv network from broadcasting their show. david sillito reports from lisbon. eurovision has arrived in lisbon. and now with a smile, please. laughter. it brings with it its own special atmosphere. france and germany...

and even the huge semifinal shows are now shown around the world. # i thought we'd be together...#. but viewers in china did not see this. and even a brief glimpse of a rainbow flag appears to have been blurred. the chinese broadcaster, mango, has now been stripped of its eurovision rights. because this goes very much to the heart of what has become the eurovision spirit, a week—long festival, notjust of song, but a celebration of diversity and tolerance. # hey brother, do you remember when we were kids with no fear?# but it is still a competition. the uk's hopeful this year is surie and she has many supporters. go, surie! however... does britain stand a chance? no. once upon a time, the uk

was a eurovision superpower. the last 20 years? not so good. # hold your head up, don't give up, no, no...# but in this festival of diversity, there is always hope. have you thought about if you win? i'll probably just spontaneously comebust into just glitter and feathers because that's eurovision. # don't give up. # david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. you're watching bbc world news today. good evening. time to have a look at the weather around other parts of the weather around other parts of the globe and here in europe we are

looking forward to summer but of course, the other side of the planet in australia, winter is just around the corner, well, it has already arrived, very cold weather has blasted tasmania, victoria and new south wales in the last 2a hours, we have even had quite a significant amount of snow across the upland regions of this part of the world. strong winds, damaging winds, power outages, and it has felt very cold, in canberra, for example, the temperatures have only been about eight or nine celsius, some of the cold est eight or nine celsius, some of the coldest weather we have seen at this time of yearfor decades coldest weather we have seen at this time of year for decades and the cold weather originated from the southern climes, almost all the way from antarctica. over the next couple of days, it looks like things will be turning a bit warmer. but syd ney will be turning a bit warmer. but sydney still around 18, it never really get that cold but the weather is unsettled across this part of the world. on sunday, you can see, still fairly cool, 17 or 18 but the cold—weather by then has left this pa rt cold—weather by then has left this part of the world. once again, any

snow falling across this part of the world has been mostly around the mountains, where we have ski resort. that is down under but let's go back towards europe and the uk, you can see a weather front has been crossing the country in the last few hours or so. we have seen some rain in western parts of the country, yet again, anotherfront in western parts of the country, yet again, another front that will introduce fresh conditions to the british isles and indeed any parts of western europe so through the course friday and into saturday, cooler air is thinking as far south as spain and portugal so temperatures in madrid on saturday only making it to around 20 celsius, much lower than what we are seeing across more western and central parts of europe, 26 in frankfurt, 25 expected in warsaw. quite unsettled across western parts of europe for the time being and that cool trend continues into sunday, even dropping down to 17, or 18 for madrid and barcelona. eastern europe is the place to be in the next couple of

days for someone. meanwhile across south asia, the monsoon has not quite reached india but we are starting to see signs of it, storm clouds building across this portion of the arabian sea and being pushed in this direction so we are going to see more storms across southern parts of india. we've seen a lot already in the last few days and as we head into next week, the weather will really go downhill across some northern and eastern areas, with dust storms in the forecast as well and ahead of the monsoon, we have the pre—monsoon heat in the heart of india so temperatures in the mid—405. back home, this weekend, still looking fairly cool but the outlook for the next few days and into next week is coming up in half an hour. goodbye. this is bbc world news, the headlines. the american secretary of state mike pompeo has indicated north korea could get financial aid, if it gives up nuclear weapons. he made the comments after meeting with his south korean counterpart. france and germany are moving to safeguard their economic

interests in iran, as the us brings back sanctions. paris has asked the european union to revive sanctions—blocking measures if washington punishes firms for doing business with tehran. the chief inspector at the un's nuclear watchdog, the international atomic energy agency, has resigned. no reason was given for tero varjoranta's sudden departure, which comes days after the us withdrew from the iran nuclear deal. the world health organisation is preparing for the worst after an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo.