welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: nicolas maduro is declared the winner in venezuela's presidential elections, which was boycotted by most of the opposition. warnings of a toxic gas cloud in hawaii after lava from the kilauea volcano reaches the south—east coast. 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, what has to be the most talked about name in fashion, clare waight keller from givenchy describes that wedding dress in detail. hello and welcome to the programme.

we begin with the breaking news. the venezuelan election board says president nicolas maduro has won sunday's election. he is speaking at the moment. he is still giving his victory speech, which you can see. mr maduro, any speech, called with dialogue for his opponents. —— in his speech. the official turnout was put atjust over 46%, and mr maduro won with 5.8 million votes. but the main opposition parties boycotted the vote, and before the results were announced the opposition candidate, henri falcon, said he would not recognise the results because of irregularities. in fact, ministers in venezuela called the elections are free and fair, but they have been called a sham election by the international

community, including numbers of the european union and also from the united states. while mr maduro is elected for now, a second six—year term, he has challenges because venezuela is undergoing an economic crisis. that is one of the many things he has had to face. people have had problems with access to food and medicines. let us look at the background of the things he has to deal with the six years. our americas editor, candace piette assesses the challenges he's facing. mr maduro it is a second term in office promising his deeply tired and hungry electric, he will tackle and hungry electric, he will tackle an economy in freefall. but it may be too late. inflation is running at about 13,000% and the government is set to run out of money soon. oil production has dropped to levels not seenin production has dropped to levels not seen in half a century. dire

shortages of food, medicine, water, and cash may trigger a popular backlash. and analysts are saying the crisis is so severe it could also provoke friction within the civilian and military branches of the government. a —— abroad, china is increasingly unwilling to give money to venezuelan —— lend money. there may be additional sanctions on venezuelan oil after the election. candace piette. we can speak to the bbc‘s katy watson, who's in caracas. nicolas maduro is still speaking. have you had a chance to hear any of the speech? from the very start he has talked about the fact that this isa has talked about the fact that this is a victory. he has been thanking people who have voted for him for giving him another term.

people who have voted for him for giving him anotherterm. he people who have voted for him for giving him another term. he has certainly come out sounding very victorious, but this is a hollow victory given the fact that 46% of people voted. the polling stations we re people voted. the polling stations were pretty deserted on sunday. some would say that number would be very high, certainly a lot of people knew this result would be coming, but nevertheless are probably quite disappointed by it matter what. there was talk, apparently, of dialogue with the opposition. what does that mean? well, he has talked about the open dialogue, but the opposition and nicolas maduro have tried and failed to come to agreement. what that will lead to is anyone's yes. the opposition will need to come forward and tell everybody how they feel about this. but the opposition is very divided. we heard, it interestingly, before nicolas maduro claimed victory, his rivals conceded defeat, which seemed a funny way of going about the

election results. but they said they would not recognise the results. henri falcon called for elections to be held in october, another round of elections. nicolas maduro says, so far he has not said anything about that. where does venezuela deniau? at the moment venezuela is deeply divided. in your assessment, how important is this election? well, important is this election? well, important in terms of meaningfulness, i think it is not meaningfulness, i think it is not meaningfulfor a lot meaningfulness, i think it is not meaningful for a lot of people. meaningfulness, i think it is not meaningfulfor a lot of people. from the very start many people felt this was a the very start many people felt this wasa sham. the very start many people felt this was a sham. in terms of where it leaves venezuela, the next out for venezuela, nobody knows. it is a concern for a lot of people that every time the us imposes sanctions on venezuela the government is more resolute in what it wants to do and therefore the divide gets deeper. i think that is important in terms of

mr maduro now strengthening, consolidating his power, despite the low approval ratings. that is the bbc‘s katy watson in caracas. we will bring your reaction to that election result. it has been declared in venezuela that nicolas maduro has won the election. they are saying eight 46% turnout of the vote. he has been elected to another 60 term despite many opposition parties boycotting the election. that is him addressing his supporters are. let us move on to other stories. hawaii's erupting volcano is posing a new threat to local residents. lava from mount kilauea 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? oh, 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 been 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. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the 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. president trump says on monday he'll demand that the justice department

open an investigation into whether the fbi had spied on his election campaign at the request of the obama administration. on friday the president asserted, without offering any evidence, that at least one fbi representative had been "implanted into his campaign" for "political purposes". the fbi says it only launched an inquiry after being made aware of contact between the trump campaign and russia. the bbc has learned that roman abramovich, the russian owner of the english premier league football club, chelsea, is experiencing delays in renewing his british visa. the billionaire did not attend the final of the fa cup on saturday when chelsea narrowly beat manchester united at wembley stadium in london. his privatejet left the uk at the start of april and has since travelled to moscow, new york, monaco and switzerland. it does not appear to have returned to britain. 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 organization 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 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 or investment. 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. the dress designer for the duchess of sussex reveals the story behind 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: nicolas maduro has officially won re—election. a stream of lava from kilauea has cut off people on hawaii's big island. earlier i spoke to colleen and josh block. they run a number of local businesses including a bed and breakfast. they along with their five month old baby iokua had to evacuate their home. i asked what happened. we started having earthquakes every hour. overnight, 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 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’ a year from now. we have mortgages and we do not know if we 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 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. 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. 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. our 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.