i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines. president trump casts doubt over the north korean summit taking place next month if pyongyang refuses to meet certain conditions. an apology for europe, but facebook‘s mark zuckerberg doesn't convince everyone in brussels. some sort of regulation is important and inevitable but the important thing is to get it right. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme. manchester remembers, one year after the bombing that killed 22 people at an ariana grande concert. a new lava flow from the kilauea volcano edges threatens a power plant on the big island of hawaii. it's 8am in singapore.

1am in london. and 8pm in washington, where president trump himself was the latest to cast doubt on prospects for a summit between himself and north korea's kim jong—un. the meeting is meant to take place in singapore on june 12, but mr trump told reporters there is a "very substantial chance" it won't happen. he made the remarks alongside his south korean counterpart moon jae—in, who was visiting the white house to try to get plans for the meeting back on track. barbara plett—usher reports. this meeting was meant to plan the agenda for the summit, but the focus was more on how to save it. the white house got cold feet after the dramatic change in tone from north korea and donald trump said the

unprecedented event could be delayed. i don't want to waste a lot of time, and i don't think he wants to, so there is a substantial chance it won't work, but it doesn't mean it won't work out over a period of time. but it might not work out forjune 12, but there's a good chance we will have the meeting. it had seemed like a virtual lock, the date, june 12, the location, singapore, the agenda? that is the tricky part. america wants north korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons and kim jong—un had talked about denuclearisation while laying on the charm until last week when they lost patience with us demands and threatened to cancel the summit. mr trump suspects that the chinese president had a hand in the about—face. that was after a recent visit to beijing. president xi is a world—class poker player and maybe doing the same thing i might do, but there was a somewhat different attitude after

that meeting so i can't say that i'm happy about it. moonjae—in was very happy about the possibility of peace and hoped the summit with kim jong—un would be be a template for mr trump's. he wants this to work for the sake of south korea but now people wonder if he has overstated the willingness of north korea to deal. kimjong—un has played along with goodwill gestures like replacing american hostages and the build—up to the summit has been shaped by an unusual degree of diplomatic showmanship by both leaders and the oval office seemed to see the latest round. he will be safe, he will be happy and his country will be rich. mr trump stressed it would be worth it for kim jong—un to take the risk, throwing the ball back to his court. the secretary of state but a positive spin on this sharp reality check. it is clear we are working to make sure there is an understanding about the contents of what will be discussed but i am optimistic. all of this coincides

with the roll—out of a commemorative coin minted by the white house calling kim jong—un the supreme leader, which raised eyebrows. a premature sign of confidence, perhaps with the summit‘s chances now a toss—up. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has apologised to members of the european parliament for facebook‘s role in the spread of fake news, and interference in elections. but many parliamentarians were angry that he didn't answer their questions. the bbc‘s damian grammaticas in brussels has the details. the first they were delighted he agreed to come here and he had not agreed to come here and he had not agreed to come here and he had not agreed to address parliament in the uk but they were left frustrated in really tetchy up —— exchanges, uk but they were left frustrated in

really tetchy up —— exchang felt would police they and they felt they felt they did not get answers to questions, including the data breach of 80 million users. did he approve the decision not to tell anyone about that? no answer. would facebook come clear that the taxes it pays in everyjurisdiction? no a nswer it pays in everyjurisdiction? no answer about that. what about data privacy? would facebook agree to follow all european rules are not collect data about people who do not even login? no answer. so they said u nless even login? no answer. so they said unless they did get answers they would push for greater scrutiny of the facebook competition role, its giant size, and whether it should be looked into. (pres) also making news today,

a woman in britain has been convicted of forced marriage, after making her daughter marry an older man in pakistan. it's the first such conviction in england. the woman tricked her daughter into visiting pakistan. but there she was forced to marry a male relative. more than a thousand cases of suspected forced marriage are referred to the uk authorities each year. a rare virus spread by fruit bats, which can cause flu—like symptoms and brain damage, has killed 10 people in southern india. at least nine more are being treated in hospital. there is no vaccine for the nipah virus. the government has sent a team from the national centre for disease control to investigate. amnesty international has condemned the militant rohingya organisation known as arsa for killing dozens of hindus during attacks last august. arsa has denied this, but amnesty says it confirmed the killings through interviews in the refugee camps. amnesty also reiterated the need for the burmese government to be held accountable for its violent crackdown against the rohingya people. the former prime minister

of malaysia, najib razak, has appeared before an anti—corruption commission. he was summoned to explain a suspicious transfer of more than $10 million into his bank account. mr najib and his wife deny claims they siphoned off billions of dollars from a state fund to pay for their luxury lifestyle. australian investigators are rejecting claims the missing malaysian airlines flight mh370 was deliberately brought down by the pilot. a former canadian air crash investigator, larry vance, had claimed the jet was the subject of ‘controlled ditching' in a new book on the incident. a new lawsuit claims the singer r kelly knowingly infected a 19—year—old woman with an incurable sexually transmitted disease. faith rogers says she was mentally, physically and verbally abused during her relationship with the r'n‘ b singer. r kelly is facing a string of sexual misconduct allegations by former girlfriends, which he denies. people in manchester have

come together for a concert to remember the 22 people killed in a bombing at the city's arena a year ago. hundreds were injured when a suicide bomber detonated his device during an ariana grande pop concert. it was the worst terrorist attack in britain for more than a decade. returning now to our top story, the us president saying that a planned summit with north korea could be delayed if certain conditions aren't met. earlier i spoke tojessica lee, the interim executive director for the council of korean americans in washington. i started by asking her about whether denuclearisation, pushed by donald trump, is an unrealistic expectation. i think the question of denuclearisation is something that

needs to be fully explored between the us and north korea. i think people in washington take the for granted that this term, a technical term which takes years to implement, is something that north koreans have do magically agreed to do and pursue but there are certain security guarantees the north korean regime is looking for before it acquiesces to this condition, and i think it makes good sense for both countries to talk about what the conditions are rather than talk past each other which seems to be what is taking place. it seems the term denuclearisation was used loosely and vaguely over the last few weeks. did south korea overstate to donald trump the willingness for the denuclearisation deal from the north? i don't think so. i think the term by the south korean president, moonjae—in, when he talks about denuclearisation of the entire

korean peninsula, it implies there will be changes to the security conditions within the peninsular currently. and i think that will take careful strategic discussions about what that means for the presence of us troops and for the peace of the korean peninsula. these are things that need to be unpacked in a systematic way. by putting denuclearisation on the table, people don't know what it means and how long it will take. each of the sides are making assumptions. do you think that president moon jae—in can now refocus president trump and the summit will eventually take place, if not onjune 12, after that? yes. i'm cautiously optimistic that the summit will take place, if not on

june 12 then sometime there after. what this current situation shows is that there is a lot of homework and a lot of things to weigh before the meeting with kimjong—un. the us has to be comfortable by offering negotiation and there are things we can anticipate north korea saying. there are no surprises. that is a tall order given how difficult the us and north korean relationship has been in the last 30 years with things flaring up on a regular basis. we will have to wait and see, but i'm optimistic and i know many korean americans who support the president trump mission to bring peace between the two countries are also optimistic. the ash keeps falling and the lava is still flowing from the kilauea volcano in hawaii. it's 19 days since the eruption began.

geologists say it's one of the biggest volcanic explosions in a century. 0vernight on the island, workers rushed to shut down a power plant as lava slipped into the facility. chris buckler reports from hawaii. the flow of the lava keeps moving faster and the fountains keep getting higher. kilauea shows no signs of settling as the volcano continues to rip through this land. you can see how deep in the ground the cracks go close to where the fissures have opened up, and take a look here. all of this road is completely split apart as a result of the power of the lava. power lines themselves have actually come down, and behind me, there is just all of this toxic smoke going into the air. at the moment, the wind direction is going in such a way that we will not be affected, but we have had to use gas masks.

through the smoke and steam you can see why so many people have abandoned their homes, if they are still standing. fortunately my property is ok but i have friends who lost everything. to see their pain is devastating. donations of food and supplies arrive on a daily basis from all of hawaii's surrounding islands. they also know other families may end up needing help. we have our boys out there helping to relocate people and we have guys standing outside ready with their trucks and their trailers ready to go in and out and help everyone in the community as a whole. there is a deep uncertainty here. kilauea is anything but predictable. each night when the skies glow red, there is an obvious fear of what will be seen when the colour of the lava dies down and the light of a new day reveals the damage done.

this is the whole reason people come here. don't run! islanders know that a volcano which normally attracts visitors is 110w threatening tourists here. the message getting out worldwide is that the whole island is inundated with lava, and it's not. in reality, it isjust the rift zone, a small sliver on the corner of the east side of the big island. but in this neighbourhood they are living in the shadow of the lava and having to take risks on the cracked ground which is for now a perilous place to call home. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. last month, india's prime minister said he'd brought electricity to every village

in the country, but we visit one of the 32 million households still without power. so much for the honeymoon — three days after the wedding, meghan and harry get down to the business of being royals. this morning an indian airforce plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage and in doing so has become the first country in the world to approve it. it was a remarkable climax to the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration, but police are tear gassing the crowd and we don't know why. the prelaunch ritual

is well established. helen was said to be in good spirits but apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it is a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting, but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. our top stories. president trump says there's a risk his planned summit with the leader of north korea won't now go ahead next month. facebook boss mark zuckerberg tells european parliamentarians his company will do more to prevent interference in the democratic process. let's ta ke a look at some front pages from around the world. the new york times reports on how

infighting within president trump's trade team has marred efforts for a multi—billion dollar deal with china. the paper suggests the internal us disagreements damaged plans for a further deal, but in the end both sides decided to hold off from imposing tariffs. in contrast, china daily quotes the wall streetjournal saying that washington and beijing have agreed on the outline of a deal to lift a ban on chinese telecom company zte. it's another of the key trade issues that have caused tensions between the us and china. president trump had promised to review the policy barring us companies from trading with zte. and in thejapan times, fears that tough new european privacy laws being introduced on friday could lead to a surge in cyber crime, spam and fraud. the controversy is over the so—called

internet address directory, which will largely become private under the regulations. now, ben, what stories are sparking discussions online? you know when you apply for a job you try to make your qualifications sound as good as possible. here is a cautionary tale. the law professor nominated to be italy's next prime minister is facing allegations he embellished his cv. giuseppe conte says on his resume that he "perfected his legal studies" at new york university. but a spokeswoman for the institution claims there was no record of him having studied there. the anti—establishment five star movement and the anti—immigrant league, are awaiting approval from italy's president to form a coalition government. in india, 32 million households still don't have access to electricity, even though the prime minister claimed last month that every village had been connected to the grid.

0ur correspondent danjohnson reports from gujarat in the west of india. across these dusty, sunbaked plains, this is one of india's cut—off communities. the people have only the power they generate themselves. this is the prime minister's social media post where he described an historic day for india, saying every village across the country now had access to electricity, but look at this. it looks like a village, feels like a village, yet these people are not connected to the grid and that's because it depends on your definition of a village, and according to the official statistics, this doesn't qualify. so when the sun goes down, life here is thrown into a long, dark shadow. these families cook, eat, live by firelight.

it's just so hot, we don't have fans, so if my children get sick i have to fan them myself. we are also humans, we also want to live. and they fear these children are being denied the chance of a brighterfuture. the kids cannot study or progress in life. they are growing up like animals that live in the darkness of the forest. the journey to sell their milk is long and tough. without power, making money is even harder. if we had electricity, we could store some milk in the fridge, and that would mean we only have to drive to the city once a day instead of twice. here they have power lines and we have driven for maybe ten minutes to the next village, and here they are already on the

electricity grid. but even in villages classed as connected, power may only reach public buildings in 10% of homes. supplies can be unreliable. after a 90—minute drive, this is where the milk is sold. when electricity is on offer, they cannot afford to miss the chance. across india, the electricity lines are reaching further, and the government says it will bring power to all the people by the end of this year but there are millions waiting to be connected in places like this and it is like this and it is a huge challenge. it's only three days since their wedding but on tuesday the duke and duchess of sussex — or prince harry and meghan as they're better known — had their first public engagement as a married couple. they were at a buckingham palace garden party hosted by the prince of wales. nicholas witchell was there.

she's formally part of the family now. three days into married life, and meghan was at buckingham palace for a very early 70th birthday celebration for her father—in—law and his charity work, led by harry, but nearly ruined by a passing bumblebee. sorry... that bee really got me! laughter. and then it was time to practice the art of being royal. the small talk that will be such a feature of meghan‘s working life. that's true... it's all about putting people at their ease, engaging, preferably with sincerity, listening and moving on. not unfamiliar territory for an actress. unsurprisingly, the reviews were good. very personable, very warm, very nice. down to earth. they were really friendly as a couple. it's really lovely. we said "congratulations" and they said "thank you", and they look really happy.

talking of looking happy reminds us of the formal wedding photographs featuring harry, meghan and the bridesmaids and page boys. the photographer has revealed the secret of getting the children to cooperate. the kids came onto the set, i immediately shouted "who likes smarties? " and then everyone, hands up, smiles. even some of the adults, i think, put their hands up. so that was our magic word of the day. back at buckingham palace harry and meghan were leaving, so some family farewells. and then, watch the courtier on the right. yes, he bowed. that's something else the former ms meghan markle will need to get used to. nicholas witchell, bbc news at buckingham palace. now as we mentioned in the news earlier there has been a day of commemoration to mark a year since the attack at an ariana grande concert in manchester. the commemorations included a concert in the evening and we'll leave this edition of newsday

with some of the highlights from that event. thanks for watching. # what made me behave that way?. # using words i never say. # i can only think it must be love # 0h, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day. # one more time. # i promise after that, i'll let you go. # baby i don't care if you got her in your heart. # all i really care is you wake up in my arms. # one last time. # i need to be the one who takes you home. # so sally can wait,

she knows it's too late as we're walking on by. # her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger i heard you say. # but don't look back in anger. # don't look back in anger. # i heard you say. # at least not today. the weather is looking fine across most of the uk on wednesday

and it will feel warm as well, clear blue skies on the way but not necessarily from the word go. in fact, in the morning in some of the eastern and northern counties it will be cloudy but here is the big picture across our part of the world. this is the jet stream and the weather systems diverted to the north between the uk and iceland and in the direction of scandinavia, so the jet stream, we are well from it and that means the weather will remain settled and it will be warming up across europe over the next few days and i will talk about the wind heading towards us into the weekend in a moment, but in the short term this is what it looks like, ten in the south, seven in the north, those are the morning temperatures and here is the morning cloud which will burn back to the coastline through the morning but some of these coastal districts could stay cool and cloudy. look at the yellows compared to the oranges. quite a temperature contrast to a wednesday afternoon, maybe a 10

degrees difference. 23 in london but 13 in newcastle. but for most of us, a fine and beautiful day. then a slight change, quite a big change, on thursday. it might be a small weather front but it will upset the weather across southern areas from the word go. not everybody will get rain but it could be heavy for a time and there could be thunder and this could stick around in some areas through much of thursday, so again, a big contrast on the way on thursday from the cloudy, rainy south to the sunny weather across yorkshire, northern ireland and scotland and then the weather front through thursday into friday will move further north, so many of us towards the end of the week will catch a little bit of rain. here is the rain as we go through thursday morning, into the afternoon, moving across the midlands, wales, yorkshire and some rain for leeds

and sheffield, but in the south on friday it will improve and beyond that it looks as though we will see a plume of warmth coming from the south, a little heat wave and it will hot up across france and reach the uk so the temperatures will be rising for the weekend, so certainly saturday and sunday we could be talking we could be talking of highs up to 28 in some areas. but it really will warm up significantly. i'm ben bland with bbc news. our top story... president trump has said there are doubts over whether his planned summit with the leader of north korea will go ahead next month. mr trump said the summit would be delayed if kimjong un refused to meet certain conditions. pyongyang has threatened to walk away if the us pushes for unilateral disarmament. facebook boss, mark zuckerberg, has been criticised by european politicians for alleged evasiveness. however, mr zuckerberg said he'd make it his top priority

to prevent interference in democratic elections. and this video is trending on bbc.com... church bells have rung out in manchester, marking the exact moment a year ago when a bomb exploded at a concert by the singer ariana grande — killing 22 people — including seven children. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and another headline from the uk... the second day of the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire was disrupted when a video of the blaze was shown