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. votes are being counted 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 that wedding 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 of fire that scar this island are growing longer and thicker. and fountains of lava are bleeding through the cracks. the kilauea volcano is slowly eating through the ground that it once created. we are 3,000 feet above the ground, but you can actually feel the heat of the lava and you can smell the smoke. as the lava has risen up,

people have been warned to leave if they live in its path. at this shelter they're offering food, clothes, and help for those who have had to evacuate their homes. but there are families who already have nothing to return to. the house burned down saturday. so you've lost your house? 0h, everything. because we got nothing out. so everything. i have three t—shirts and three shorts. everything we've got now we've been buying or has donated. how do you feel at this point? just scared, frustrated, worried. i have two kids i have to worry about. where are we going to go from here? where are we gonna rebuild from here? i mean, we lost everything. upset is all too easy to see in this corner of hawaii, where roadblocks are keeping people from returning to their homes, often for their own safety. we actually had four residents who were 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. for days, this has been the spectacular sight on the skyline. lava spurting into the air. you can hear it even from this distance. the people who live nearby have said at time homes have been shaken by the sheer force of the eruptions. 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 left parts of this island, so often promoted as a paradise, looking more like hell. chris buckler, bbc news,

on the big island of hawaii. chris is travelling with a national guard convoy which is monitoring the flow of lava and split was earlier from the island. just returned with the national guard from being on the island. down close to the ocean where the lover has now reached there is a wall of lava. there is only wait to describe it —— lava. a black mountain that covers the road and it remains extremely fiery. people will have seen those pictures of the lava gathering and this slow moving stream. it has way it —— made its way across the land and has now reached the water. that has led to a plume of steam at which you can see for miles around. we are about four

oi’ for miles around. we are about four or five for miles around. we are about four orfive miles from for miles around. we are about four or five miles from some of the fissures, the cracks in the ground, the volcanic vents, where those fountains of lava have been sprouting up. in the last couple of minutes, even at this distance, we have heard the sound of the magma and gases being released. there is real concern about the gases and the people who live in those areas. why the national guard is so concerned at the moment is because that lava has made its way right across the land. it has destroyed homes, yes, but it has now blocked highway 130 seven. that means that some people could be closed off —— 137. we have had airlifts in the last couple of days to get people to safety. when you see that mound of lava, the huge edifice that has been created, with the fire coming out of it and the hottest temperature is still very close, there is real concern. as we know, somebody has been injured, even with the last 2a hours or so.

sitting on a balcony watching that lava flow. what is called a splatter from the lava hit him. effectively a molten rock. i have to say, the molten rock. i have to say, the molten —— national guard did not wa nt molten —— national guard did not want us to get close to the amount of lava even when it got close to the water. it is because it remains dangerous and that is what they keep warning people here. the new venezuelan opposition leader has rejected the results of the elections even before the results have been announced. 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. turn—out looks to be about 32%. the bbc‘s katy watson is in caracas. the results aren't in yet, but everybody expects mr maduro to win. it has been a very low turnout. certainly looking at the polling stations i visited, both pro—opposition and pro—government, 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, because if you have opposition politicians boycotting the election and most other neutral international observers like the us saying it's a sham, does mr maduro care about legitimacy at this point? he doesn't care what the united states says. in fact, 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's the problem, every time the international community criticises, they say the international community has no right to get involved in venezuelan politics. that's where we are at now with venezuela. the government feels they're

doing everything right. mr maduro has a 20% approval rating. the vast majority of venezuela ns want change. we have pictures of when he was voting earlier in the day. clearly there is a crisis in venezuela. is this something he has addressed, is there some sort of a plan of action? well, when you ask a government member what they feel about their crisis, 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 outright and say 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... the crisis, if mr maduro wins, it is set to carry only get worse. 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 0bama 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 were detected last week. congolese authorities warn the number of people infected with ebola is likely to rise, say but that doesn't 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 contact people. mbandaka was a port city on the congo river. and that has raised fears that the disease could race downstream to the capital, kinshasa, a city of 10 million. residents are being encouraged to take preventative measures in order to prevent the spread of disease, instructed to avoid kissing or shaking hands. and at the city's airport staff have been issued with pistol thermometers to check passengers for high temperatures. on friday, the world health

0rganization stopped short of declaring the outbreak an international emergency. but significant efforts are being made to ensure it is contained. in order to avoid a repeat of the ebola epidemic in 2013 to 2016, which killed more than 11,000 people in west africa. caroline rigby, bbc news. 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. 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. 0n 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. the dress designer for the duchess of sussex 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. colleen block has a number of businesses including a bed and breakfast and jewellery business. her husband and five—month—old baby have had to evacuate their home. thank you forjoining us, all of you. thank you. what happens to you? you were running a bed—and—breakfast and you had to leave. what happened? we started having earthquakes every hour. 0vernight, it happened every 5-10 hour. 0vernight, it happened every 5—10 seconds. we left the house for a day to see if it would calm down.

we were doing some stuff and getting rooms ready for guests. there was a really strong sulphur smell. we went outside. it was so thick and so strong that we had to leave with one suitcase. and you guys also had cats that you had to leave behind. we went back a few times looking for them with full gas masks but could not find them. what happened to the building left behind? is it still there? it is still there as far as we know but it is no longer accessible juju roads we know but it is no longer accessiblejuju roads being cut off. —— due to roads. the gas is too

strong. we could only be there for a short time. it is really dangerous. the cracks are 8—10 inches shooting out sulphur. there is no way to get there. i think your child is fascinated by what is going on. when you have something like an earthquake, it is over, you go back and start rebuilding. with this, what do you do? it seems like you are in limbo. it is a slow-moving disaster. you do not know if your home is going to be there tomorrow 01’ home is going to be there tomorrow ora home is going to be there tomorrow 01’ a year home is going to be there tomorrow or a yearfrom home is going to be there tomorrow 01’ a year from now. home is going to be there tomorrow or a yearfrom now. we have mortgages and we do not know if we

can keep paying them. it seems like wa ke can keep paying them. it seems like wake up in the morning and check your phone to see what happened overnight and whose house has been taken. we overnight and whose house has been ta ken. we know overnight and whose house has been taken. we know so many people who have already lost their homes. the area, it is a slow—moving disaster. we have no idea when it will end and it is just getting started. what will you do now? how do you prepare for the future? what do you do? we are renting a house. we hope to get her business backup so we can get some income. —— back up. her business backup so we can get some income. -- back up. we are leaning into the community. there has been a lot of support coming

through for things you need, things you use every day. there are homes for those completely displaced. we do not know what we will do. we are praying for things to get better. you never know. thank you, all three of you, very much. your baby is cute asa of you, very much. your baby is cute as a button. thank you. the woman who created the wedding dress for the duchess of sussex 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. 0ur royal correspondent, daniela relph, has more. it was the big reveal, the first sight of the wedding dress.

and behind the bride, straightening the five metres of veil, is clare waight keller, the british designer of the dress. she had kept fashion's big secret, givenchy was not widely rumoured to be the fashion house to win this coveted project. the aim was alwats to design a dress that was simple, sharp, and timeless. i think with meghan, she's so modern and fresh. i think that was part of what she wanted to be. we really wanted to represent her and i wanted her to feel absolutely incredible in the dress and i also wanted her to feel like it was absolutely right for the occasion too. for five months the dress was made in paris by a small team of people, many of whom did not know even know who the gown was for. all of those who worked with her yesterday described her as relaxed and unphased by the event ahead of her. it was a beautiful moment. she is just so easy and very loose with her style and easy and not contrite, so. the wedding is likely to be one of the most watched television events of the year.

a peak audience of more than 13 million watched the bbc coverage. it's thought more than a billion watched globally. after sharing so much of their wedding day, the evening reception was a private affair. the couple drove through the grounds of windsor great park for the black—tie party nearby. the bride wore a new piece of jewellery, an emerald—cut aquamarine ring, a gift from her husband. it had come from the jewellery collection of his mother, diana princess of wales. the fireworks over the castle last night, one of the few clues as to what was happening inside. further hints came via social media. tennis player, serena williams, posting this video of herself en route to the party. the duchess of sussex now has her own page on the royal family website. she describes herself as a feminist. the new duke and duchess of sussex will carry out their first public engagement as a married couple on tuesday. they'll attend a garden party here at buckingham palace to celebrate the work of charities supported by the prince of wales. this afternoon, the bridal bouquet was laid on the tomb of the unknown soldier, a tradition dating back almost 100 years after what was the most modern of royal weddings. daniela relph, bbc news. the marathon is one of the toughest

sporting events on earth. a 26—mile race that can push your body to the limit. it's hard enough when you're running on a relatively flat surface, but imagine having to contend with an undulating course and thousands of steps to climb. well, that's what was on offer in china, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. it is one of the modern—day wonders of the world. with an estimated 10 million visitors a year. but would you really want to run along the great wall of china? well, apparently, some people want to do exactly that. the annual marathon attracted competitors from more than 62 different nations. and this is no ordinary race. there are plenty of ups and downs, the latter being easier than the former somewhat.

ups and downs, the latter being easier than the former somewhatlj do easier than the former somewhat.” do not mind going slowly downhill. it is fun. i would go so quick if it was not for this. 5000 or so steps to deal with as well. you might get a little local encouragement, but it isa a little local encouragement, but it is a brutal, brutal slog. it was hard, my 25th full marathon. my slowest. but amazing. translation: the wall was very tough. when you see it in a video you do not understand how the steps really are. they are high and there is a lot of them. it is beautiful, though. this matter and takes about twice as long to compete. winning time this year, a little more than four hours. exhausting, but quite an achievement, one you can see from space. tim allman, bbc news.

iam i am exhausted just looking at those pictures. and before we go take a look at these pictures from northwestern 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. i'm @nkem ifejika. good morning. well, there's more dry and sunny weather to come this week. like we saw on sunday afternoon, there'll be areas of mist and sea fog around, especially the north sea. like we saw from a weather watcher in north yorkshire. there will be some rainclouds. a wet day today. more rain to come through the first part of monday. that's linked to the weather front developing further through the night.

little pulses of heavy rain to take us into dawn. keeping temperatures up here. another fresh start to monday morning, especially across eastern parts of england. there'll be mist and low cloud becoming more dominant from the north sea overnight. that will go back to the coast for the day. one or two mist and sea fog patchs here. dry and sunny weather elsewhere. the north—west of england northern ireland, further rain. more detail in the south. the afternoon, sporadic showers. some thunder. south—east england. drifting away on a gentle easterly wind. most places will be dry. sticking with the sunshine. temperatures in the low 20s. cooler with lingering sea fog. a pleasant day in southern scotland. eastern and northern ireland are brightening up. derry, damp here. a little bit on the cool side. that rain though will fizzle out through the night and into tuesday morning. a bit chilly to the north of that

with clearer skies developing. further south, mist and sea fog rolling in. not as cold as it has been for many. showers in southern areas are linked to this broad area of developing low pressure in western europe inching north on tuesday. high pressure in the north. that's what's killing it off. patchy rain and drizzle in the northern parts of scotland. orkney, shetland, hebrides, a brighter day on tuesday. brighter as well in northern ireland. feeling more warm. warmth in the sunshine for england and wales. though one or two isolated showers developing. into wednesday. high pressure has more of a hold. a mistier start. a struggle to brighten up for some. most will have another dry day with lots of sunshine around and a few showers near the english channel later. most will stay dry on wednesday and pleasantly warm under the strong sunshine overhead. that's the story for the week.

a few showers and thunderstorms very close to southern areas. most places will be dry with a bit of sunshine and warmth for most 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. votes are being counted in venezuela's presidential election amid reports of a low turnout and polling 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. now on bbc news it's time for dateline.