hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. north korea says a historic summit with donald trump could be off, if the us makes it give up nuclear weapons. the president's all of a sudden on the back foot. we have seen anything, we haven't heard anything, we will see what happens. and it's been a day of disclosure in washington, a vast array of documents relating to donald trump has been released. we'll go through them with kim gittleson. no respite for the president across the atlantic either, european council president donald tusk says with friends like trump, who needs enemies? he has made us realise that, if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of yourarm. changing political fortunes in malaysia, former prime minister najib razak is under investigation, whilst reformist politician anwar ibrahim has been released from jail. and we'll be listening to the sound experiment that's divided the internet into two camps, what are you hearing? that's all coming up. north korea has threatened

to cancel next month's summit with donald trump, if the us insists it gives up its nuclear weapons. in an angry statement. the north warned: if the us is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue. well, mr trump was asked today if the meeting would go ahead. this is his response. we haven't seen anything, we haven't heard anything, we will see what happens. whatever it is... total denuclearisation has been a clear goal for mr trump. here he is after pyongyang released three american prisoners last week. my proudest achievement will be, this is a part of it but, will be when we denuclearize

that entire peninsula. this is what people up and waiting for for a long time. another reason north korea says it is on the brink of walking away from the talks are these comments by the president's top security advisor, john bolton. i think we're looking at the libya model of 2003—2004. we're also looking at what north korea it felt as committed to previously. the libya model mr bolton is talking about was struck fifteen years ago. these pictures are from 2003, when leader muammar al gaddafi voluntarily decided to give up his country's nuclear programme. north korea has called the comparison absolutely absurd, particularly as the west in 2011 intervened militarily to remove colonel gaddadi's regime, ending in his death. pyongyang is also angry at this. joint u.s.—south korean military exercises have been taking place across the border.

they are annual drills. the north has suspended talks with south korea because of them. and gave this warning to america on state television. translation: the united states will also have to undertake careful deliberations about the fate of the planned us north korea summit in light of this provocative military ruckus conducted with the south korean authorities. there's a lot at stake for both leaders. some see this anger from pyongyang's as way to strengthen kim jong un‘s negotiating position heading into the us summit. i've been speaking to the bbc‘s korean service editor su—min hwang. actually this move from north korea has been a consistent pattern that we've seen in the past few years. in the sense that they would lay out a grand ideal chance of denuclearization, or we'd be happy to have the peace in the peninsula treaty. but, when it proceeds, it's very

common for north korea to say that we are not very happy about this and that. so in that sense, it's not unusual that this is happening and some people anticipated for something like this to happen, for example north korea cancelling the high official talks that were due on the 16th of today. the max thunder military drill was scheduled to start from the 11th, north korea suggested to have the high official after the drill had... and that's what the talks with south korea. before they had mentioned that, they were not going to really make a fuss out of it. they wanted it scaled back. but still they knew about it. but for them to mention this imply that the talks, it says something controversial about this stance. what they're saying is their motivation behind it is not about the military drills, but something else. so this is really a bit of telling america

that they can't get too ahead of themselves before that's summit with donald trump, if it takes place. i don't know if experts actually think that it's a way of north korea saying, look, i am in a strong position to bargain. and i want a bargaining chip on the table. maybe north korea has been feeling that trump has been on the driving side of the talks, so maybe it's their way of coming onto the stronger position? it seems like things up and going too smoothly over the past couple weeks to the run—up to this. things have been going very well, only in april we have the very historic summit between north and south, and now we have the usa summit upcoming. many experts think that it will still go ahead, it's north korea, what they want is the easing of the sanctions and the denuclearization going the way they want. with this incident shows that fundamentally, the usa and north korea have fundamental difference when it comes to the understanding of the denuclearization and that is at the heart of it.

barbara plett usher, washington. the white house said they were prepared for rhetoric a bit like this. you think this has shaken the middle? i think they might of been taken off guard. in a way, they were prepared because as you are hearing, it's not necessarily an unusual practise for north koreans to switch back and forth and anyway, you would expect some before negotiations because these are very tough issues and they do have quite different views on how they should pay out —— play out. but because the concessions he has made, sending the prisoners back, and also because the secretary of state has been to north korea two times. and he has spoken at length with kim jong—un and explained very clearly what the us

wa nted explained very clearly what the us wanted in denuclearization. and felt that kim jong—un not i , putting the summit in jeopardy, , putting the summit injeopardy, i think you are uncertain, they're not quite sure what to make of it. you heard what president trump said, we have not seen or heard anything official, we don't know exactly what will happen. they‘ re official, we don't know exactly what will happen. they're waiting to see whether this is a negotiating ploy or something more serious in regards to north korea's position at the summit. how much is being viewed as mistake to go on a talk show and use the example of libya as what they might like to see happen with north korea? we might like to see happen with north korea ? we know might like to see happen with north korea? we know how that ended for... yes, that was quite provocative anti—north koreans do not likejohn, he was in the bush administration 2003, they would not accept him as a negotiator. and suddenly, he's back in the administration then he goes ona in the administration then he goes on a sunday talk show and talks about the libya model. which presses

also the buttons for the north koreans. and so a lot of the state m e nts koreans. and so a lot of the statements that came out, the angry statements that came out, the angry statement didn't mention mr bolton and his comments, and called in some rather nasty names and said he was a sinister move. so that could be something that was very much behind what triggered this outburst. mr bolton himself is quite unrepentant, saying that he is used to being called names. used to north koreans behaving this way, he thinks the odds of this taking place are favourable but we'll have to wait and see, but what i want to know is whether this is a sign that they are not serious about meeting the us objectives in terms of how things have been with the nuclearization, —— denuclearization. and dismantling it quite quickly, before they see any compensation at all in terms of lifting of sanctions and that is not

how north korea sees the process playing out. a us senate panel has released documents on a meeting injune 2016 between top trump campaign aides and a russian delegation. here they are, all 2500 pages of transcripts. you might remember this meeting being reported. it was at trump tower, in new york, donald trump's eldest son, donald jr, was there. as was this woman, natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer who's been accused of working on behalf of the russian government, something she denies. anthony zurcher. well because it happened in the heart of the 2016 presidential campaign,june 2016 is about the time that donald trump was wrapping up the republican presidential nomination. and we learned in 2017 that donald trump been contacted by a russian friend of his associate of his, to setup this meeting and the way it was biled was, some people,

some russians who had information that could be damaging to hillary clinton and was told that the russian government wanted to help the trump campaign and very famously, donald trump junior replied to this e—mail that, if that's what you say, i love it. especially later in the year. of course, you remember later that summer is when some damaging information about hillary clinton was leaked out through wiki leaks, information hacked from the democratic national committee servers. as well as from hillary clinton's campaign chair. in that meeting onjune 2016 with donald trumpjunior, paul manafort was then the chair of donald trump's campaign, andjared kushner, donald trump's son—in—law, or dissidents on the other side, was net tally and several other russians. according to donald trump junior, they did not discuss anything irrelevant, and nothing came of it. and that's the last they heard it. but in the transcripts, you can tell the donald trump junior was being grilled

by investigators, he said that, if i love it if it's later in the summer, that whole thing was to smoke the summer, that whole thing was just mostly saying thank you and nothing much else came from it. there's been another important release of documents relating to president trump today, we'll go through them with kim gittleson later in the show. to malaysia now and the extraordinary story of changing political fortunes after last week's election, the latest instalment being this man, the reformist politician anwar ibrahim, just released from prison. he's been through years of legal battles which he said were politically motivated, but now has received a pardon from the king. here he is speaking a few hours after his release. not there is a new dawn for malaysia. and i think the people of malaysia, who stood by the principles of, democracy and freedom. that new dawn could be bad news for this man former pm najib razak.

these are the scenes outside his home in the last few hours, at least a dozen police officers are reported to have entered the house after mr najib returned home from prayers. mr najib is being investigated over a multi—billion—dollar scandal that revolves around the state fund, set up by mr najib, called 1mdb. as austin ramzy from the new york times has tweeted, it's been a heck of a day in malaysia. and this is one of the key moments from it. mr anwar shaking hands with the new prime minister, mahathir mohamed. theirs is a complicated relationship. dr mahathir is the man who first jailed mr anwar 20 years ago. but he's been central in engineering his release this time. and it's now has been agreed that mr anwar will replace him as prime minister in two years time. shortly after being freed mr anwar spoke to the bbc‘sjonathon head about their history.

iam i am elated by this change. throughout the world people have been seeing, particularly the muslim world, it is not gloom and despair. and the last few years. now, there's a glimmer of hope, that can actually transform and defend that argument. how difficult has it been to make deals with your rival, there's a lot of bad blood between them to pass a stop to most of been quite tricky. it was, clearly was quite difficult because i have no intention of, the necessity working together. but to his credit, he he came and said

look, the country is facing immediate challenges. we need to find an understanding and work together. seeking to you? yes, he came to the court. because they didn't allow him to visit the prison. so he came to the court. it was difficult of course, very difficult. people see you, all this technical terms that we have to go through. and the family, the children were in tears. they thought, why do you feel the need to work with this guy? but then we started to reason things out. and then the entire process, was enthusiastic, but to work together, to save malaysia. do you forgive him for what he did to you, for being responsible for your first term in prison? i do. i remember many

friends,, are you sure you're forgetting him. and i said yes. and he said why? because, because there's a lot at stake. if you can dismantle the system that perpetrated so much hardship and atrocities for people, then the effect is minimal in that sense, but here, in this case, he was working with me. and he was committed to lead. stay with us on 0utside source, still to come. what sound are you hearing,

laurel or yanny? we'll explain why that computerised voice is causing people to pick a side. the government in the uk is to take the east coast rail line back under public control, for the time being. the contract to run the london to edinburgh line was given to stagecoach and virgin trains for eight years in 2014, but they have been losing millions of pounds. it's the third time in just over ten years that ministers have called a halt to the east coast franchise. labour, which supports renationalisation, i think it's excellent, i really do. we just need consistency so that when we get on, you knows when to be managed by the same organisation that had it four or five years ago. doa that had it four or five years ago.

do a little bit of digging, behind what private company they're going to give it to this time. if you're going to make promises, you have to back those promises up and move forward with that. given the state of the rail network, something needs to be done. whether it's nationalised or not, i would argue that something definitely needs to be done and sorted. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story. north korea says a historic summit with donald trump could be off, if the us makes it give up nuclear weapons. indonesian police have shot dead four men, armed with samurai swords, who attacked a police station in sumatra, killing one officer. 0ne attacker was reported to have been carrying a bomb. this is the latest in a series of deadly assaults on churches and police stations in the country. bbc indonesia. the organiser of the only gay pride

festival in an arab country says he has been forced to end the event early after being arrested by authorities. beirut pride launched for its second year on saturday. but organiser hadi damien was detained on tuesday and threatened with public morality charges if the remaining events were not cancelled. bbc arabic. and most read is some newsjust come in, disgraced sports doctor larry nassar‘s sexual abuse victims have reached a $500 million agreement with michigan state university, where he worked. earlier this year nassar was sentenced to lengthy prison terms after hundreds of female athletes testified about his decades of abuse. president trump's financial disclosure was released today. the disclosure, released by the office of government ethics, revealed that he paid more than $100,000 to his personal attorney, michael d. cohen, as reimbursement for payment to a third—party. it did not specify

the purpose of the payment. however, it is known mr cohen did pay $130,000 to an adult film actress, stephanie clifford, also known as stormy daniels, who has claimed she had an affairwith mrtrump. kim gittleson in new york. how significant is the detail of this particular payment? well it's buried on page 45 of this 90 page disclosure form, and as with these sorts of things, it raises more questions than it answers. while president trump has said in his disclosure, is it necessary for him to report the payment they're doing so to report the payment they're doing so anyway. and an accompanying letter by the united states office of government basically saying that that payment should've been included last year when he filed his financial disclosure forms. so there

could've been some sort of, they say that he should've piloted as a liability, and as result that's why this footnote is included in the in the 2017 disclosure. what else we learned about this disclosure? the 2017 disclosure. what else we learned about this disclosure ?m quite a bit in here, i've been reading each and every one of these pages try to figure out what's interesting. so the squatted at bit bit touchy about what his property holdings and in doing this year. in particular, his old post office hotel in washington, dc which was openedin hotel in washington, dc which was opened in last fall, reporting over $40 million of revenue and the year 2017. in front of his most lucrative properties, he also saw that there was a slight dip in revenue and his resort in florida, by do want to mention that we're comparing aren't exactly the same as this disclosure. last year was for 16 months to january one, 2016 to april 15, 2017, where is this one is just or the calendar year 2017, which makes comparisons quite difficult. can

this is something that every president have to do each year? honestly, one of the major issues that trump has is that he is not released as prior year tax returns which is something that most presidents have done. so this is the most insight were going to get into his financial holdings, which is why we're sitting here pouring over these 98 pages. i do want to say we also saw that president trump was off—loading some of the individual stocks that he owns and instead moving more to more diverse funds, potentially there could be some reasons, a conflict of interest that the president may have owned shares and microsoft. going to those japan's economy, which is the world's third biggest, shrank by more than expected in the first three months of this year. the annualised contraction of 0.6% ended the longest stretch of economic growth since the 1980s. here's what lies behind the shrinking of the economy. this time around, it's been a bit of a slowdown on private consumption

and also this tax evasion purpose related land investment, or i should say, housing starts have declined. but these are technical factors, the biggest worry without a doubt, is the slowdown on expenditure. considering the extremely conservative nature of japanese companies, looking at what's of the world, particularly what's done by president trump, very clear that there is a sign of regressing back into protectionism, ie trade war. and certainly that is putting off a lot of investment appetite of japanese corporations, without a doubt. the american cereal giant kellogg's says its pulling out of venezuela because of the deteriorating economic situation. president nicolas maduro called the closure illegal and said he was handing the company to workers so they could continue production. 0ur south america business reporter daniel gallas joins me now. daniel, tell us more.

well, it's been happening to a number of companies in venezuela. production in venezuela is too expensive because of that currency is controlled by the government. because they can't really import things very cheaply and can't sell it very expensive to the consumers, can't pass on the prizes. so they have to leave it. what happens is a makes a particularly more dramatic, this is a food company in venezuela and are actually running out of food right now. also, it's happening just a few days before general elections, which will see probably the president reelected. he says he is giving kellogg's a company to the workers, and that the workers, a socialist country in his words, when irun socialist country in his words, when i run the company. thank you very much for the update. a seniorfigure at the bank of england, ben broadbent has had to apologise after comparing the swings

in the economy to the menopause. he used the phrase to describe economies that were, in his words, past their peak, and no longer so potent. here's what an employment lawyer thinks about this. in terms of the law, it is harassment of an employee that there is unwanted conduct which is connected to what we call it protected characteristics, something like race, sex and so on. violating that persons dignity are creating a offensive environment for them at work, you can completely see that if you're in an office, or workplace, for that kind of language is being thrown around gimmicky feel very uncomfortable. and you wouldn't have to prove that you yourself, were going through that for example. many could find it very offensive, there is no requirement in lot that you prove that something like that,

perceptive discrimination is enough to summon is making those comments. north korea is in the last 24 hours been releasing statements only got honoured with is cancelling today's meetings with donald trump, and the future of the talks we have been expecting with donald trump onjune the 12th will also be in doubt if donald trump was expected to denuclearization of the white house has not seemed really concerned about that. it seems it always on schedule for those talks on june about that. it seems it always on schedule for those talks onjune the 12th. we'll bring you more on that on outsize outside source. this time of evening we are looking

at main weather stories looking around the world and we start off with this. one of the effects of some really nasty storms that moved through the northeast of the us on tuesday in this scene from new york but also from newjersey and connecticut. trees coming down and widespread power disruption. and massive travel disruption with thunderstorms. and eastern parts of usa for the next two days even though we are not going to see storms as extreme as that. but they could be flooding from tropical moisture streaming up the eastern side as a weak disturbance moves on through. with a lot of water associated with that. a could cost over 100 mm of rain with cases of further flooding. and around the new york area, northern dunn north of

that, some sunshine to come in eastern canada. central plains of the us can obviously see some severe thunderstorms on through thursday night and friday morning. particularly in the north. debbie winds, but still some of those around during thursday, india and bangladesh and also some flooding into parts of that can withstand, and pakistan. so all of these areas still at risk, in new delhi with the temperature just above 30 celsius, but something new we're watching, and the gulf of somalia here. it is this weather system edges developing tropical cyclones, likely to become a cyclone and strength and allow the moisture over the water. as you can see, windier weather and some heavy rain over time. we'll keep a close eye on that. let's get to europe now and takea eye on that. let's get to europe now and take a look at the picture for

thursday and friday. an area of storms, running up into poland, parts of russia as well, and it be some quite hefty downpours around the area. much of scandinavia, things are fine though, things in control as well across the united kingdom and parts of france, just be a bit of fog in some spots. a few showers and storms you're in there. it does turn wetter around parts of russia on through friday, so there will be some storms in the vicinity, and across large parts of scandinavia in terms of temperatures, and feel the weather. here we looking mainly dry, around, muddy eyes are focused on the royal wedding. —— many eyes. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is 0utside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom:

north korea says a historic summit with donald trump could be off, if the us makes it give up nuclear weapons. donald trump is all of a sudden on the back foot. we have not seen anything, we have not heard anything, we will see what happens. no respite for the president across the atlantic either. european council president donald tusk says with friends like trump, who needs enemies. he has made us realise that if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of yourarm. these two men are a step closer to finally forming italy's government, but disagreements remain. every day 0utside source features bbc journalists working in over 30 languages. your questions are always welcome. #bbcos is the hashtag. scathing comments today from the president of

the european council, donald tusk, lashing out the other donald, the one in the white house. here's what he said. looking at the latest decisions of president trump, someone could even think, with friends like this who needs enemies? but frankly speaking, europe should be grateful by president trump because thanks to him, we have got rid of all delusions. —— of all illusions. he has made us realise that if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of yourarm. mr tusk made those comments in the bulgarian capital sofia as european leaders gather

there for a summit. here's gavin lee. now all of europe's leaders are here in sofia's national palace of culture and they are supposed be for the next 24 hours talking about the idea of enlarging the eu at some stage, with six balkan states looking tojoin. but donald tusk has ultimately hit the nail on the head and has talked about how the feeling across the european union right now is that times are difficult with the us. he said, the us government, there's sudden phenomenon on watching out for their capricious assertiveness, beyond predictability basically. two factors, one is the fact that americans are pulling out of the iran deal, the nuclear deal. with donald trump in the moment the europeans are saying "look, listen to us, this is not the right way to go about it. there could be european businesses that face sanctions." "the other issue is donald trump saying there will be tariffs on steel and aluminium as well. that could cost 6 billion euros worth of trade that goes from europe to the us. so what donald tusk is hoping for and there is that there is unity and people like theresa may and angela merkel, emmanuel macron

come together and say listen to us, please. we want a strong relationship. it does not seem like that now. gavin lee and bulgaria. staying in europe, it's easy to forget that italy hasn't actually formed a government, since elections in march. these two men, right—wing league leader matteo salvini and five star movement luigi di maio, might be about to change that. officials from their two parties said they've completed work on drafting a joint policy programme. they're not everyone's cup of tea. this is the financial times' take a few days ago: "rome opens its gates to the modern barbarians." the paper warned that italy was on the verge of forming "the most unconventional, inexperienced government to rule a western european democracy since 1957". here's matteo salvini's response to that. translation: we see the financial times write

‘rome opens its gates to the modern barbarians‘. the barbarians are arriving in in rome. better to be a barbarian than a slave. than a slave that sells italy's dignity, future, businesses and even its borders." the ft‘s view might have something to do with this. earlier, a leaked document published by huffpost italia dated 14th may proposes a debt write off of $295 billion. italy has the second highest public debt in the eurozone. i spoke to the commentator paola diana and asked how critical a moment is italy at right now. it is very critical in many italians arejust it is very critical in many italians are just worried and they are thinking that we are in the hands of very in competent and experienced, young guys. they do not have a clue about what it is making a government and really doing something realfor the country. they are just talk and

a state nonsense, nonsense things. but billions of italians voted for these men. it is a shame and i hope many italians understand that these people are not ready, they are not ready for government because they just talk nonsense and are looking at europe and want to change all the treaties and without asking other countries and that is impossible and unrealistic. they don't want to give back the money and it is a complete of tobia. is that the attraction for these two? that they are offering something different to be born that has given so many italians so little in recent years? exactly. italians have to understand that the situation is very critical and i understand that monty was very hard on italy. in 2011 and he did the

pension low and now everyone is against this low and want to change below but we need this low. we have no money. we have this debt that is huge. where can we find the money? working to give the money to give 780 euros in italy as the five sorry movement wants. —— five star movement wants. —— five star movement wants. —— five star movement wants. how stable what a government be as foreign by these two big parties and egos? completely unstable. also a lot of testosterone because women are never asked. the talent of italian women is not entering in this kind of government. and it is a shame because we have incredible women and politicians, women in finance and politics and economics and they are not even asking their opinion. they are cut out. this is a misogynist and

patriarchal society. it is not on the centre. there are women who would dispute what you said saying that these two new forces in italian politics are giving women a chance. a chance to be there in the parliament and press a button but the real power is not in their hands. so what is the point? we need power and really express our talents and tell the people what to do and not sit and listen. we are not even sitting in the rooms of the batons. who would be prime minister in a government formed of these two movements? that is the big question? because this is the only thing they cannot find an agreement on. both wa nt to cannot find an agreement on. both want to be prime minister. we will see and i think will dunn they want

to switch so maybe a rota prime ministership. it would be a tragedy, iam ministership. it would be a tragedy, i am telling you. i am sure next year we will go to new elections. no fan of the two parties that may end up fan of the two parties that may end up in the new italian government. this tweet has truly gone viral today. it's because of this sound clip. laurel. the question, widely shared and argued over by users on social media sites reddit and twitter, is whether you hear the word ‘yanny‘ or ‘laurel‘. "laurel" seems to be the most common. it's been mentioned more than 330,000 times in the last 24 hours. and on team laurel, celebrity backers like stars like tv host ellen degeneres. meanwhile yanny has been mentioned less, closer to 310,000 mentions at the last count. have another listen. laurel, laurel, laurel.

it's reminded people of this the infamous debate over whether a dress was white and gold or in fact black and blue. this time it's all to do with frequency. michelle muerel, an assistant professor of auditory and cognitive neuroscience at maastricht university explained why. it seems to be when people switch headphones or speakers they hear one thing or the other. it probably also is how sensitive your peers are to various frequencies because the yanny information seems to be in the hype frequency part of the sound and the laurel seems to be in the low—frequency part of the sound and also up right beside you are paying attention to. there are various cognitive factors coming into play including what type of voices you are used to hearing and what type of accents. also what you have recently heard, what you are paying attention to and all of that can contribute to what you hear.

i have been hearing yanny all day and then in the last hour i've heard laurel and now back to yanny again. the fallout from the killing of 58 palestinians in gaza on monday continues. it's lead to a number of angry diplomatic exchanges. one of the biggest so far, overnight turkish president recep tayyip erdogan tweeted a reminder to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that "palestinians are not terrorists," calling netanyahu the pm "of an apartheid state that has occupied a defenseless people's lands" adding "he has the blood of palestinians on his hands". it was quite a spat. netanyahu hit back with his own tweet, saying erdogan is among hamas's biggest supporters, "there is no doubt that he well understands terrorism and slaughter. i suggest that he not preach morality to us". both countries have expelled the other‘s ambassadors,

with turkey adding insult to injury this morning by inviting local camera crews to istanbul airport to film the departure of israel's ambassador, eitan naeh, who was then frisked by security, in front of the assembled media. israel then invited local news teams to film turkish deputy ambassador umut deniz arriving at the foreign ministry later in the afternoon, to hear their objections over the treatment of their ambassador. this is what israeli foreign ministry spokesman, emmanuel nahshon, had to say. the ambassador of israel was publicly familiar dated in the airport of istanbul. —— publicly humiliated in the airport of his symbol. he was subject to a security check which was absolutely unnecessary and all of this was done in the presence of cameras in order to humiliate him. the images of our ambassador being subjected to an unnecessary security check spread all over

turkey. this is something we cannot accept and this is something which is totally contrary to the diplomatic relations between countries and the public the humiliation of an ambassador is something that israel will not accept under any circumstance. indian police are investigating who is responsible for the collapse of a flyover that killed 18 people in varanasi, in the country's north. that deathtoll could rise. as you can see many commuters were trapped under the rubble, and a rescue operation is continuing. the city is in prime minister narendra modi's constituency, and he has been tweeting his condolences "extremely saddened by the loss of lives... i pray that the injured recover soon." here's khare vineet in varanasi. this is a busy stretch, eyewitnesses say when the concrete structures fell, there was more going on here and this entire area was packed with commuters. they say that they tried very hard to save the victims

trapped underneath. but they could save only a handful. there are slippers, clothes, vehicle parts scattered all over the place, a reminder of what the victims went through. the prime minister has said that he is saddened by what has happened here. but people here are angry and they say they want action. translation: expressing sadness in english is a mere formality. and anguish is a mere formality. i feel like the culprit should be given tough punishments. officials say they are looking into the reasons behind what has happened here. the buildings have collapsed and structures have fallen in the past killing people. and many experts blame these incidents on for safety and construction standards. let's go to syria now.

the global chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed a chemical weapon is likely to have been used in syria in february. the opcw said the attack on the neighbourhood of saraqeb was caused by the dropping of two cylinders that had contained chlorine on to a field in the town. several people were treated for breathing difficulties. it's by no means the worst attack of the civil war. take a look at these pictures from may. the opcw is also expected to report on this attack in douma, eastern ghouta. you can see people having chlorine washed from their skin. medics have claimed this attack led to 40 deaths. weapons experts said aspects of the evidence gathered at saraqeb and douma are very similar. take a look at this tweet from a syria security expert "curiously, chemical analysis of munition and soil samples indicate trace amounts of sarin by—products." i spoke to mahmoud ali hamad from bbc arabic. this fact—finding mission is very

different from the previous three fact—finding missions which was a joint un of pcw fact—finding mission which enable them to point the finger more or less directly at the state or the regime, the state actor was behind the three attacks previous to this one. this was the fourth one that was confirmed by opcw and they were not able to point fingers at the regime because it is not in the mandate to do so and the russians ended the fact—finding mission which was including the un observers and un investigators would allow them as they said to basically point fingers straight at the regime. but this time because of the russian attempts to basically conceal, even now, after a month and a half after the attack on douma, no international observers have had

access to the attacks and the scene itself has been beyond recognition. tell us about the significance of the chemicals that the opcw picked up the chemicals that the opcw picked up in this. two omens were found, one major, the presence of chlorine and environmental samples, and the witnesses, medical eyewitnesses who have described what they had seen to the committee, the fact—finding commission. and to a lesser degree, there was the presence of sarin in there was the presence of sarin in the areas where chemical attacks we re the areas where chemical attacks were excepted to be carried out. two major elements that they found so farare major elements that they found so far are coring into a lesson extent sarin. sarin is a nerve agent? yes. the arsenal of chemical weapons at

the syrian regime accrued was russian source. i want to turn now to ukraine. conflict in the country's east between russian—backed fighters and ukrainian security forces is entering its fifth year. the yellow here are areas under rebel control. the front line stretches for around 400 and 50 kilometres. more than 10,000 people have been killed so far. as many as two million people internally displaced. and recent tensions haven't been helped by this. we brought you these pictures yesterday. russian president vladimir putin driving a truck across a new bridge to the crimean peninsula, which russia annexed from ukraine in 2014. this is the us envoy for ukraine negotiations, kurt volker. he's tasked with trying to end the conflict in the donbas. he's told the bbc there's no end in sight as russia appears to have no plans to stop separatists rebels fighting on the front lines. our correspondentjonah fisher travelled to the conflict zone with mr volker. here's his report. ukraine's war has moved into a fifth

year in the world has hardly notice. has hardly noticed. with crises elsewhere diverting attention it has been largely left to this man, kurt volker to try to break the deadlock. an unpaid envoy for the us government, he invited us to travel with him in eastern ukraine. we have come to the town in the ukrainian government controlled territory and it is right near the front line and indeed the observer mission, who are based here, well, they had to pull back. they no longer stay here because it is just too dangerous. some six or seven km this way, the conflict line. today is unusually quiet but scores of cease—fire violations take place most nights. much of it is documented by the international monitors. do you feel like the world has forgotten this conflict and does that worry you? well... i think it would be unfair to say

it has been forgotten,