welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: the white house blames north korea for a trail of broken promises as president trump cancels the summit with kim jong—un. pyongyang says the move defies the world's wishes and it's willing to resolve differences with the us "whenever, however." hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself in to police in new york within hours following allegations of sexual assault. an island off the coast of yemen is declared a disaster zone after a powerful cyclone. at least 19 people are missing. and it saw a pedestrian but it was too late. more questions about the safety of self—drive cars. north korea says it's open to resolving issues with the us

after president trump abruptly cancelled next month's planned summit with kimjong—un, citing what he called pyongyang's open hostility. he said north korean officials had heavily criticised senior members of his administration and the us stood ready for military action if mr kim did anything foolish. north korea said the president's announcement was not in line with the world's wishes. our north america editor, jon sopel, has the story. the historic wood it wouldn't it happen singapore summit that hit the buffers as many doubters had predicted. donald trump's extraordinary letter to kim jong—un the expression of it. in it he wrote:

his letter also spoke about the power of the us nuclear arsenal and that the meeting was kim's idea, not his. at the white house, a sombre president trump had this to say. based on the recent statement of north korea, i've decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore on june the 12th. terminate the planned summit in singapore onjune the 12th. while many things can happen, and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially, i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for north korea and indeed a setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world. hopefully positive things will be taking place with respect to the future of north korea. but if they don't, we are more ready than we have ever been before. the legwork for it was being done by

the president's secretary of state, mike pompeo. there were gasps around the world when it emerged he travelled to pyongyang in total secrecy travelled to pyongyang in total secrecy to meet the north korean leader. today mr pompeo was giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee and sought to explain what had changed the president's mine. over the past many days we had endeavoured to do what general mckibben and i agreed to put teams together to begin to work to prepare for the summit, and we received no response to our enquiries from them. the release of the president's letter coincided unerringly with the north koreans playing host to a group of western journalists invited to witness the destruction of a nuclear test site. but there was fury in washington when pyongyang put out a statement last night describing the vice president as: seems to be a threat. at the heart

of this is the demand for the denuclearisation of the korean peninsular, a phrase that sounds simple but is open to vastly different interpretations. this might have been an historic summit in seeing these two leaders sit down ata in seeing these two leaders sit down at a table together, but as time went on it became increasingly clear that's all it would be, great expectations have been replaced by a cold dose of haliti. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. —— reality. well, north korea is saying their leader kim jong—un had made the utmost efforts to hold the summit. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayesjoins me from seoul. what has been the response from north korea? we've had a surprisingly conciliatory response from north korea so far, no angry words in response, rather than leaving the door open to dialogue. a

statement from the north korean news agency said we express our willingness to sit down face to face with the us and resolve issues any time in any format, and it went on to say our commitment to do our best for peace and stability in the world and the korean peninsula remains unchanged. a mixture of both being conciliatory but also i think the regime in pyongyang certainly trying to cast president trump and the us administration as the intransigent ones, the ones who are walking away from this summit, and that it is not north korea that wants to pull out. we appear to be in a slightly strange situation, rupert, where north korea seems to be trying to grasp the moral high ground. yeah, i think so. certainly north korea will wa nt to think so. certainly north korea will want to play this to its advantage with its ally, china, and with the south korean government, which is also extremely upset about what's happened. the south korean

president, moonjae—in, happened. the south korean president, moon jae—in, also released a statement saying he was perplexed and it was very reg retta ble perplexed and it was very regrettable the north korea—us summit would not take place and the denuclearisation of the peninsula cannot be abandoned. so the south korean government is basically saying it's very upset this has happened as well, and also we understand neither south korea nor japan were informed by the trump administration this was going to happen beforehand, so everybody has been taken by surprise. i think in that context, kim jong—un and his regime are saying, well, look, we're doing everything we can, we wanted to go to talks, we're not walking away, it's america... president trump who's doing this, and, as you say, thereby trying to take the moral high ground in this situation. another remarkable twist on the road in these negotiations. thank you very much, rupert wingfield—hayes. american media is reporting that the former hollywood producer harvey weinstein, is expected to turn himself in to police to face allegations of sexual assault. he's denied having non—consensual sex with anyone. david willis is in washington for us. a bit ofa

a bit of a surprise, what is expected to happen tomorrow? more than seven months after the allegations against harvey weinstein first came to light, it's reported here that he is due to surrender in the morning to detectives in new york. now, the precise nature of the charges isn't clear but it's reported here that they relate to accusations by an aspiring actress called lucy evans who met harvey weinstein in a nightclub back in 2004 and was then invited to an interview at his offices in new york, where he sexually assaulted her —— lucia evans. so she says. new york detectives have apparently accumulated a vast trove of evidence against rv weinstein. they've

travelled as part of their investigation to canada, the united kingdom and in the last few weeks to los angeles. be investigated harvey weinstein back in 2015, of course, in new york after a model claimed that he groped her, but no charges we re that he groped her, but no charges were laid against him, and, indeed, harvey weinstein has consistently denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex. that's right. of course, his denials have been consistent right from the beginning, but having said that, lots of people who have been following this, and the whole #metoo movement and everything that came from it, will perhaps be surprised it's taken us this long to get to this stage. yes. there have been some expressions of exhaust oration in new york at the time it's taken for the district attorney there in manhattan to get charges prepared —— exasperation.

you're right, these allegations, there were numerous allegations, some of them from a list hollywood stars, like when it's paltrow, angelina jolie, salma hayek, ashley judd, the list goes on, all of them claiming sexual misconduct on the pa rt claiming sexual misconduct on the part of harvey weinstein —— like gwyneth paltrow. as you say, it gave birth to the #metoo movement, rana burke, one of the founders of the #metoo movement, said harvey weinstein turning himself into the authorities marked, as she put it, a turning point in the conversation. expected to hand himself into police in new york on morning. the hollywood actor, morgan freeman, has apologised after eight women reportedly claimed he subjected them to harassment or inappropriate behaviour. the us network cnn says the incidents happened on film sets and at freeman's production company. in a statement, he says he never intended to make anyone feel uneasy, and he apologised to anyone felt uncomfortable or disrespected. yemen has declared a state

of emergency on the island of socotra as a tropical storm intensified, flooding villages and capsizing boats. at least 19 people are missing. socotra lies between the arabian peninsula and the horn of africa and has been largely untouched by yemen's three—year—old war. lebo diseko reports. this is what a disaster province looks like. hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes as the cyclone hits socotra. not everyone made it to safety in time with many trapped in isolated areas. fears are growing for their safety with the storm expected to get worse. translation: i call on the authorities and the government to focus on this region because all the waters have collected in this area. this island is under the control of

yemen's internationally recognised government, whose president is an exile. the three—year civil war in the country complicating rescue efforts. authorities say they can't handle relief efforts alone and they're asking for urgent help. the island is famous for its unique pla nts island is famous for its unique plants and natural beauty, but the fear is that if the necessary help doesn't come in time, this could be less like paradise and more like a living hell. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a root—and—branch reform for art. the italian sculptor whose trees are taking on nature. 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's 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. cheering 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: the white house has blamed north korea for a trail of broken

promises after president trump cancelled next month's summit with kim jong—un. hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself in to police in new york within hours following allegations of sexual assault. well, president's trump's surprise announcement came just hours after north korea said it had dismantled tunnels at its only nuclear test site. reporters at the punggye—ri site in the north—east said they had witnessed a huge blast. ben tracey of cbs news was there. we were on the side for about nine hours and it was surreal to see it in person after reporting on this for so long. now, the north koreans brought a small group of media therefore a very specific purpose, they wanted to show that they were decommissioning, that they were

destroying this nuclear test site so what they did is they blew up the three remaining kasyanov at that site. they claim that two of those tunnels were still usable, they could have conducted further tests there, but they put explosives inside and blew them up. before they did that they opened up the tunnels, we we re did that they opened up the tunnels, we were able to walk right up to them, see the explosives inside, then they moved us to viewing stands further away and they blew them up. they then told us to walk back to the tunnels to see in person and to verify it has indeed been closed. the problem is we'rejournalists, we're not nuclear experts, so there was no outside expert on site to verify north korea has done what it claims it has done, closing its nuclear test site, and we asked our government minder if they're going to allow somebody in to do that and he said he doesn't think so because they don't feel they need somebody else to say they've done what they say they have now done.

ben tracey of cbs news reporting from north korea for us. a report into a fatal crash involving a self—driving uber car has found it couldn't identify the victim as a pedestrian until it was too late to stop. a woman was killed in arizona in march when she was hit by the vehicle as she crossed the road. here's our north america technology reporter, dave lee. she was to the uber self driving softwa re she was to the uber self driving software as an unknown object. the butcher was a vehicle or maybe a b i cycle. butcher was a vehicle or maybe a bicycle. the car did not slow down and she became the first person on record to be killed by an autonomous car. the vehicle, a modified volvo, had it its emergency braking system disabled. uber said this was to avoid erratic driving behaviour. it is not clear the system would have savedif is not clear the system would have saved if the system had been switched on. the national transportation safety boa rd's switched on. the national transportation safety board's report is not the final say on the matter.

it's full, conclusive ruling is several months away least. but what is known so far the incident raises serious questions about the safety of uber‘s self driving programme. the company had its permit to test the self driving vehicles in arizona revoked, but said it hoped to test and other places, including the city of pittsburgh. however, that came as news to the city's mayor. uber said it had launched its own safety review into the incident and had brought in outside advisers to help the company move forward. uber once referred to self driving cars as critical to the future of the company, but with testing on hiatus, it is falling well behind in the race to offer full autonomous driving. russia's foreign ministry has dismissed the findings

of a dutch—led team of investigators that says russian armed forces were involved in the mh17 air disaster. all 298 people on board were killed when the malaysia airlines passenger jet was shot down over war—torn eastern ukraine four years ago. the plane had been flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. anna holligan reports. images, mostly sourced from social media, divide a catalogue of evidence. it can clearly be seen, the huge vehicles to stop traffic and attract a lot of attention. the huge vehicles to stop traffic and attract a lot of attentionm was the summer of 2014. bowling 777 passenger jet was shut was the summer of 2014. bowling 777 passengerjet was shut out of was the summer of 2014. bowling 777 passenger jet was shut out of the sky. —— shot. the missile was fired from a field under the control of russian backed separatist at the time. the investigators highlighted

seven markers on the launcher that allow them to create a fingerprint, that identified the exact vehicle involved. a serial number on the missile casings showed it was a nine m38 series, made in moscow. we think it is from the 53rd antimissile brigade. it is a special part of the russian army. it is normally doing work to defend the air, and one of their vehicles, one of there, well, missiles has been used on the 17th ofjuly to down mh17. any suspects will eventually be put on trial here in the netherlands after russia blocked efforts to set up an international tribunal. in the dutch legal system allows people to be tried in of censure, and that means

that even if the country in which the suspects are currently residing refused to extradite them, the trials could still go ahead in their absence. prosecutors confirm they have identified a few dozen persons of interest, but have refused to name names to avoid jeopardising any future prosecution. but they need more witnesses. we urgently appeal to everyone, anywhere in the world, do you recognise the handwriting of the number? 0r do you recognise the handwriting of the number? or do you know someone who can tell us what these numbers mean? and they specifically appealed to staff from the 53rd grade of the russian federation, their family to staff from the 53rd grade of the russian federation, theirfamily and friends to get in touch. russia has a lwa ys friends to get in touch. russia has always denied any involvement in the disaster that cut short 298 lives. a court in the uk has found an army sergeant guilty of trying to murder his wife by tampering

with her parachute. emile cilliers was deeply in debt and involved in multiple affairs at the time of the incident. his wife, victoria cilliers, fell 4000 feet and miraculously survived. what's more, it wasn't even the first time her husband had tried to kill her. duncan kennedy has the story. emile and victoria cilliers, husband and wife, but a couple where he wanted her to die. an experienced skydiver who'd made 2,500 jumps, this was victoria cilliers during one of herflights. a flight exactly like this one over the same airfield in wiltshire where she had her accident. both her main and reserve chutes failed to open. she fell 4,000 feet, and only lived because she hit this ploughed field. detectives went to the airbase

near salisbury and discovered that emile cilliers was the last to handle the parachute the day before victoria's accident. it was in this toilet that emile cilliers brought victoria cilliers' parachute to tamper with. he moved strings on the main chute and cut pieces off the reserve chute, all to sabotage it. what he hoped for was that when she leapt out of the aircraft, she would jump to her death. the police organised this demonstration in the toilet to see if there was space to sabotage the parachute. there was. what was happening at the locker when you got there? but after his arrest, cilliers refused to speak about the chute. i'm not going to answer that question. ok. incredibly, a week before the parachute incident, cilliers had also tampered with this gas pipe at his home, in a separate attempt to kill victoria by explosion. his children were

upstairs at the time. i couldn't believe it. long before victoria, emile cilliers had fathered two children with this woman, nicky shepherd, who doesn't want her face shown. this is her with emile, someone she says was highly manipulative. in her first tv interview, she describes him as dangerous. i would describe him as, if i can use the word, psychopathic. i'm happy that i dodged a bullet. you know, so to start with, it's the charm, and this is why people like him, and then deceiving, manipulative, and everything else you don't find out until you've been hurt by it. emile cilliers had wanted victoria cilliers dead for an insurance pay—out, and because he had a mistress. duncan kennedy, bbc news. "a tree is a spectacular creation, a perfect sculpture." these are the words of the renowned

italian artist, giuseppe penone, who for 50 years has been creating sculptures of trees. now his works go on show in the natural setting of the yorkshire sculpture park in the uk. he's been talking about his passion for trees to our arts editor, will gompertz. as the years ago, this is not a bad one. it is the green and pleasant land of the yorkshire sculpture park. mother nature provides a gallery for the modern art of henry moore and james the role. this is a place where even the trees look like sculptures. hang on, this one is a sculpture. the world—renowned italian artist giuseppe penone —— by world—renowned italian artist giuseppe penone. tree is related to the idea of the growing of a tree

thatis the idea of the growing of a tree that is attracted by light and the rockis that is attracted by light and the rock is related to the idea of gravity force. penone is like the david attenborough of art. he spends his life observing life to make others aware of its beauty. he bala nces others aware of its beauty. he balances things with a poetic fluidity. the underground and the uppen fluidity. the underground and the upper, so at this point, there was a branch and i cut the branch, i put clay and i run it on my hands. is this ina clay and i run it on my hands. is this in a way, comment on the tree of life? yeah, if you want to have a... itis of life? yeah, if you want to have a... it is possible, it is possible, it is. who is the real sculptor?

nature or you? am happy to be closer to the... i suppose the answer is to come along and judge for yourself. will gombert ‘s there trying to help us see will gombert ‘s there trying to help us see the wood from the trees. —— will gompertz. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures of this bear cub making his debut appearance at a zoo in belgium. he's from the rare spectacled bearfamily. for obvious reasons, he looks smarter than your average bear, doesn't he? he looks like he's having quite a nice time. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. is lots more on the website. this is

bbc news. hello. the forecast for the bank holiday weekend is a somewhat messy one. yes, there will be a lot of warmth. there will be some rather muddy conditions as well and some spells of spring sunshine but also some thundery downpours and predicting exactly where and when the worst of those will turn up is going to prove quite tricky. you can see the way these thunderclouds had been spreading quite radically northwards across the western side of europe and that is the sort of weather pattern that is going to continue through the weekend. here is one clump of heavy thunderstorms and downpours drifting across the midlands, wales and up into northern england. a lot of cloud in the south as we start of the day but that cloud should break up into some spells of sunshine. still the chance of one or two showers and

thunderstormsthe main wet weather will be in wales and northern england. the northern ireland scotland, the best of the sunshine, although for some north—eastern coastal parts of scotland, there will be some mist, merck and low cloud hanging around at times. as far as temperatures go, a bit disappointing time. in the sunshine, hires around 22 or 23 degrees. during friday night, we will see these showers and storms start to drift further west, they will start to drizzle as they go. a lot of cloud left behind. some rather misty and murky conditions to take us into saturday. temperatures around 12 to 14 degrees. saturday starts off with a lot of cloud, that should break up to some sunshine, particularly across the northern half of the british isles. across the south, the increasing chance that we will see some really vicious thunderstorms breaking up. they will be quite hit and miss. the best of the sunshine, those temperatures creeping up 21 to

2425 degrees because we are going to be importing this very warm air from the new continent. what we are also going to be bringing up from the southis going to be bringing up from the south is clusters of heavy, thundery downpours. you can see the way these frontal systems will continue to drift in. looks likely that on sunday, we could see is particularly intense downpours, particularly down towards the south—west. here, a quieter weather story with some spells of sunshine and some pleasant warmth on at 18 to 24 degrees. further south, they will be some spells of sunshine but quite a muddy field and the threat of some really intense downpours and thunderstorms, particularly on sunday. this is bbc news, the headlines: the white house has blamed north korea for a trail of broken promises after president trump cancelled next month's summit with kim jong—un. pyongyang says the move defies the world's wishes and it's willing to resolve differences with the us "whenever, however."

hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself in to police in new york thin hours over sexual assault allegations. more than 100 women have accused weinsten of sexually molesting them. he's denied all claims of non—consensual sex. yemen has declared a state of emergency on the island of socotra as a tropical storm intensified flooding villages and capsizing boats. at least 19 people are missing. hundreds have been evacuated from villages, but rescue workers are struggling to access the more remote regions. now on bbc news, it's time for a look back at the day in parliament.