welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: warnings of a toxic gas cloud in hawaii after lava from the kilauea volcano reaches the south—east coast. polls have closed after venezuela's presidential elections, boycotted by most of the opposition. authorities fighting an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo say they're prepared for a worst—case scenario. the us and china put a potential trade war on hold, agreeing to back away from imposing tariffs on each other‘s goods. also in the programme: now the most talked about name in fashion, clare waight keller from givenchy describes meghan‘s dress in detail. hello and welcome to the programme.

hawaii's erupting volcano is posing a new threat to local residents. lava from mount kilawea is seeping into the ocean releasing toxic gases including hydrochloric acid steam known as laze. more people are being urged to leave their homes on hawaii's big island. one man has been seriously injured and some people have been rescued from their homes after becoming cut off. chris buckler reports from the island where dozens of buildings have been destroyed. the lines a fire that oscar this island are growing longer and thicker —— of fire. and fountains of lava are bleeding through the cracks. the kilauea volcano is slowly eating through the ground that it once created. you can

actually feel the heat of the lava. as the lava has risen up, people have been warned to leave if they live in its path. at the shelter their offering food, clothes, and help for those who have had to evacuate their homes. there are ready those with nothing to return to. the house burned down. seu have lost your house? we have lost everything. we have three t—shirts and three shorts. everything we have has been donated or we have bought. how do you feel at this point? scared, frustrated, worried. i have two kids i have to worry about. where are we going to go from here? where are we going to go from here? where we we rebuild from here? anning, we lost everything. up a set is all too easy to see in this corner of hawaii —— upset. roadblocks prevent people from

returning to their homes, often for their own safety. we have four residence inside the evacuation zone, but they got cut off by a lava flow. they were not able to drive out. so they had to be airlifted out one at a time by the county fire department. and all the time the kilauea volcano continues to threaten. four days, this has been the spectacular sight on the skyline. laugherspurting the spectacular sight on the skyline. laugher spurting into the air. you can hear it even from this distance. —— lava. their homes had been taken by the sheer force of the eruptions and. we have to be ready to go with our bags packed and our masks nearby. if the air quality gets bad or the lava gets closer we will go. all the indications are that the eruptions of lava are

getting stronger and more violent. kilauea has a part of this island, so kilauea has a part of this island, so often promoted as a paradise, looking more like hell. chris buckler, bbc news, on the big island of hawaii. we'll have more from hawaii in just a few minutes. votes are big counted in venezuela after a controversial presidential election boycotted by most opposition politicians. europe and the us have dismissed the election as a sham. president nicolas maduro is almost certain to be re—elected despite the country being in deep crisis, with people going hungry and thousands fleeing every day. we can speak to the bbc‘s katy watson, who's in caracas. i suppose it is a foregone conclusion that nicolas maduro will win this election. that is right. the results are not in yet, but everybody expects mr maduro to win. it has been a very, very low turnout. certainly looking at the polling stations i visited, both

pro— opposition and pro—government, there were very few people out on there were very few people out on the street willing to vote. but the government has been very clear and very animated, telling people to go out and vote. they seem pretty confident. we will find out in the next few hours whether that confidence is misplaced or whether mr maduro will be winning a second term, like most people think. clearly there are problems with legitimacy, clearly if you have opposition politicians boycotting the election and international observers saying it is a sham, does mr maduro care about legitimacy at this point? he doesn't care what the united states says. every time the united states says. every time the united states says. every time the united states puts on more sanctions and every time the eu criticises the elections for being illegitimate and a sham, he sees it as a badge of honour. a lot of politicians say this convinces them they are doing the right thing. that is the problem, every time the international community criticises, they say the international community

has no right to get involved in venezuelan politics. that is where we are at now with venezuela. the government feels they are doing everything right. mr maduro has a 20% approval rating. the vast majority of venezuelans want to change. we have pictures of when he was voting earlier in the day. clearly there is a crises in venezuela. is this something to prevent, a plan of action? they say this crisis has been brought on by the international community, by the opposition, so they blame other people for putting sanctions on venezuela and making their life difficult, because if they were left to get on with the job they would do it. the problem is, other people deny the problem out and save this country is not suffering. that is one of the big problems. i was speaking politician a few days ago he denied there were problems and that people were fleeing the

country. we have politicians at the very top... if mr maduro wins, it is set to carry only get worse. the line was slow —— for the rugby but i think we got the gist. thank you. the us president is demanding an inquiry into whether his election campaign was infiltrated for political purposes. in a tweet, donald trump said he wanted to know whether the obama administration had ordered such a move. he says that on monday, he'll be putting in a request to the department ofjustice to open an inquiry. the fbi says it only launched an inquiry after being made aware of contact between the trump campaign and russia. the authorities fighting an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo insist they're prepared for a worst—case scenario, in which the deadly virus reaches the capital, kinshasa. at least 25 people have already died in a remote area upstream on the congo river. as caroline rigby reports, a vaccination campaign begins in the city of mbandaka on monday. this is what authorities in the

democratic republic of congo are hoping to prevent. so far more than 25 people have died in this outbreak of the deadly disease. around 50 known to have been infected. the reaction has been swift since the first cases were reported on thursday. more than 5000 doses of an experimental vaccine have been shipped to the country, aimed at targeting medical professionals and people known to have been in contact with those taken ill. 4000 to the north—west city of mbandaka, where the first cases in an urban area we re the first cases in an urban area were detected last week. congolese authority has warned that the number of people infected with ebola is likely to rise, but that does not mean the situation is out of control. we are expecting to have more cases in the next three weeks. and after that i think that the

trend will go down, because we have taken all the measures to control the people to follow the contacted people. mbandaka was a port city on the congo river. that has raised fears that the disease could race downstrea m fears that the disease could race downstream to these capital, kinshasa, a city of 10 million. residents are being encouraged to ta ke residents are being encouraged to take preventative measures in order to prevent the spread of disease, instructed to avoid getting the shaking hands. at the city's airport staff have been issued with pistol thermometers to check for high temperatures. on friday, the world health organization stop short of declaring the outbreak and international emergency. but significant efforts are being made to ensure it is contained. in order to ensure it is contained. in order to be —— to prevent a repeat of the ebola epidemic in 2016 which killed more than 11,000 people in west africa. caroline rigby, bbc news. the united states and china have put a potential trade war on hold. they've agreed to back away

from imposing trade tariffs on each other‘s goods. the trump administration says it will suspend plans to introduce restrictions, to give time to work on a wider trade agreement. chinese negotiators in washington say the two sides had reached a consensus to avoid something which would hurt the economies of both countries, asjoe lynam reports. last week a delegation of senior chinese representatives visited the us to find a way of preventing a looming trade war between the world's two largest economies. president trump had announced in march that he would impose tariffs of 25% on all steel imports into the us. china responded by publishing a list of us products that would face retaliatory sanctions, but none have been put into force yet. now beijing said it would buy more us—made oil and gas products and agricultural commodities, but did not give any details. that appears to have done enough to persuade the us to suspend the proposed tariffs on chinese goods, which had been set to come into force on monday. translation: the strongest demand

from both the chinese side and the us side is to stop the trade war and stop imposing more tariffs on each other‘s products. this time, both sides pledged to stop the trade war and develop good relations, in trade. i think this is a major demand from both countries. i'm pleased to report we have made very meaningful progress and we agreed on a framework, which is important to understand. the framework includes their agreement to substantially reduce the trade deficit by increasing their purchases of goods. we also discussed very important structural issues in that they are going to make in their economy to make sure that we have a fair ability to compete there and also protections about technology which have been very important to the president. mr trump has long been critical of america's $335 billion trade deficit with china.

on the campaign trail two years ago, he accused china of raping the us through its trade policies and stealing american intellectual property. although it flatly rejects such accusations, china is keen to avoid a trade war which the world trade organisation said would have a severe impact on the global economy. joe lynam, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the royal wedding's best kept secret. meghan‘s dress designer tells us even her own family didn't know she had made it. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage.

in doing so it's become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far, but some of the police are tear gassing the crowd — we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well—established here. helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a stream of lava from hawaii's kilauea volcano has cut off

a key evacuation route for people on the big island's south—east coast. let's go now to alexandra saffery. she has four children and she and her husband were forced to flee their home. she is now in pahoa which is about two miles away from the volcano. thank you forjoining us. your story of how you ended up where you are 110w of how you ended up where you are now is incredible. tell us what happened on the day of the evacuation. thank you for having me. we had many earthquakes in the beginning of may and we thought nothing of it. we had family members calling us and telling us we had to leave our house, things are looking dangerous. and we actually live

off—grid for the most part so we do not have radio or television, just oui’ not have radio or television, just our phones. we went about our day getting various phone calls which seemed too much for the moment. we we re seemed too much for the moment. we were doing finishing touches on our home. when you say you live off—grid, you have not got a television or radio, and no electricity? we chose not to go on the power grid and we are using a generator. we only put it on at night when we put on television for the children. what happened? you eventually got evacuated... before you got evacuated, what happened, because you did not get evacuated

severely we did not. —— evacuated. we got many phone calls. a lot of earthquake activity. we did not feel it was a big deal. ourfriends earthquake activity. we did not feel it was a big deal. our friends were watching a lot of social media, and it was informing the public more frequently than any other method. they were telling us to leave, to leave, to leave. 11 o'clock at night on may third, finally, we went out to finally leave because we felt it was a big deal. the national guard was a big deal. the national guard was 200 feet from our house, at the end of our block, and they said there was the first fissure on the other side of lelaney. he said it should be ok so be it is a —— ok. it

was a fissure. so we wanted to go home and wake up with our children and continue working on our home. that didn't happen. my heart was beating hard and it woke me up. nobody came to evacuate us. they were at the top of the hill. we did not have any lights on so the hill. we did not have any lights on so people are the one i am thankful i am alive and so are my family and children. i believe we

we re family and children. i believe we were suffering from sulphur poisoning at that time. i was reading about the sentence later. we we re reading about the sentence later. we were lucky to get out. —— symptoms. because you were off grid, that is why they did not see you. correct. it was the national guard. we were seeing pictures of you and your family not long ago, taking pictures together, i suppose, family not long ago, taking pictures together, isuppose, in happier times. how have you been coping since then? this is a home you have been building since then. do you know if it is still standing? umm. .. it has been a hard road since then. the whole community has been facing the same issue. i will speak for myself, i felt like crying for a week straight. i had so much anxiety

about being apart from my family. took my children out of school because it felt like the wrong thing to do. we had multiple emergency alerts. i understand you have a gas mask with you, is that correct? yeah, so, not only are they are corruptions in our neighbourhood, there are issues with the chemicals and ash. —— are there eruptions. there has been a lot of s02, which is sulphuric, and it's hard to breathe. there was nothing for our

children so i bought these to protect the children and we definitely have had to use them. my husband has this mask right here and an acid vapour. he said it definitely helps. we had to go back and get clothes. like he did. two days later, if you look at pictures, it is completely unpassable. —— lucky he did. our home is there but it is inaccessible. 0k. lucky he did. our home is there but it is inaccessible. ok. we really appreciate you coming on and telling us appreciate you coming on and telling us your heartrending story. we wish you and your four kids, your husband, your family, the you and your four kids, your husband, yourfamily, the best of

luck. thank you. thank you. and thank you to our community for helping. the authorities in cuba have identified 20 bodies and recovered all human remains after a passenger jet crashed on friday. vigils and church services have been held for the victims in towns and villages across the island at the end of two days of national mourning. 110 people on board, including six crew were killed in the crash in a field next to havana's main airport. as the investigation continue, more questions are being asked of the little known mexican charter company which leased the plane to the cuban state—run aviation firm. and other news now. the bbc understands that chelsea football club's owner roman abramovich has experienced delays in renewing his visa for the uk. the russian billionaire did not attend saturday's fa cup final at wembley when chelsea beat manchester united. his office said it doesn't discuss personal matters with the media. but a source close to him suggested he was in the process of renewing his visa, and said it was taking a little

longer than usual. and now a story you have all been waiting for. the woman who created meghan markle's wedding dress has revealed that the two of them worked closely together on the design. clare waight keller, the artistic director of givenchy, says she felt part of an historic moment and that her own family only found out she had made the dress on the morning of the wedding. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, has more. it was the big reveal, the first site of the wedding dress. and behind the bride, straightening the five metres of veil, clare waight keller, the british designer. givenchy was not widely rumoured to win the coveted project. the aim was

to design a dress which was simple, sharp, and timeless. meghan markle is so modern and fresh. that was pa rt is so modern and fresh. that was part of what she wanted to be. i wa nted part of what she wanted to be. i wanted to represent her and i wanted her to feel absolutely incredible in the dress and i wanted her to feel it was absolutely right for the occasion as well. for five months the dress was made in paris by a small team of people are many of whom did not know who the down was for. —— won all of those who worked with her yesterday described her as relaxed and not faced by the event. she is very loose with her style and not contrite. the wedding is likely to be one of the most watched television events of the year. 13 million watched the bbc coverage and more than a billion watched globally. after sharing so much of

their wedding day, the evening occasion was a private affair. they went to the black—tie party nearby. the bride at a new piece of jewellery, an emerald ring from her husband which came from diana princess of wales. the fireworks we re princess of wales. the fireworks were a clue of what was happening inside. further hints came from social media. serena williams posted this. the duchess of sussex now has her own page on the family website and describes herself as a feminist. they will carry out their first public engagement as a married couple on tuesday to be there is a garden party at buckingham palace to celebrate the work of charities supported by the prince of wales. —— tuesday. the rydal bouquet was laid

on the tomb of the young man —— unknown soldier. bbc news. and before we go, take a look at these pictures from north—western china. a wall of sand has engulfed an entire county in gansu province. the sandstorm began on sunday evening, extending from north to south and covered the area in the space ofjust ten minutes. visibility was reduced to less than ten metres. adjacent areas and some other counties and cities in the province may also experience sandstorms in the next few hours. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. from me dry - sunny

to week. like we saw on to come this week. like we saw on sunday afternoon, mist and sea fog. they will be some rainclouds. a wet day today. more rain to come through the first part of monday. this is linked to the weather front developing further through the night. heavy rain to take us into dawn. another fresh start to monday morning, especially across eastern pa rt morning, especially across eastern part of england. mist and low cloud becoming more dominant in the north sea overnight. that will go back to the coast for the day. dry and sunny weather square. the north—west of england norther ireland, rain. more

detailed in the south. sporadic showers. some thunder. drifting away ona showers. some thunder. drifting away on a gentle easterly wind. most places will be dry. sunshine. temperatures in the low 20s. a pleasa nt temperatures in the low 20s. a pleasant day in southern scotland. eastern and northern ireland brightening up. dampier. —— damp here. the rain will fizzle out through the night and introduced a morning. chilly. —— into tuesday morning. chilly. —— into tuesday morning. south, mistand morning. chilly. —— into tuesday morning. south, mist and sea fog rolling in. not as cold as it has been for many. showers in southern areas are links to this broad area of developing low pressure. —— linked. high pressure in the north. patchy rain and drizzle in the

northern parts of scotland. orkney, shetland, a brighter day on tuesday. brighter in northern ireland. feeling more warm. warmth in the sunshine for england and wales. isolated showers developing. wednesday. a misty start. a struggle to brighten up for some. most will have another dry day with lots of sunshine around and a few showers in the english channel later. most will stay dry on wednesday and pleasantly warm under the strong sunshine overhead. that is the story for the week. thunderstorms in southern areas. most places will be dry with areas. most places will be dry with a bit of sunshine and will for most of you. —— warmth for. this is bbc news. the headlines: people on the big island of hawaii are being warned to stay away from molten rock flowing into the ocean from the eruption of mount kilauea. lava pouring into the pacific has created hazardous clouds bearing acid and particles of glass.

lava streams have caused a key evacuation route to be cut off. polls are closing in venezuela's presidential election amid reports of a low turnout and voting irregularities. venezuela's leader, president nicolas maduro looks set to win re—election. he's expected to benefit from a boycott by the main opposition parties and his ban of his most popular rivals. the authorities fighting an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo insist they are prepared for a worst—case scenario, in which the deadly virus reaches the capital, kinshasa. about 25 people have already died in a remote area upstream on the congo river. those were the headlines. now on bbc news it's time for the week in parliament.