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. welcome to bbc news.

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 would—it—wouldn‘t—it happen singapore summit had 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 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 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 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 mind. over the past many days, we have endeavoured to do what chairman kim and i had agreed, was to put teams, preparation teams, together to begin to work to prepare for the summit, and we had 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:

and there seemed 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 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 reality. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. well, the view from washington. the bbc‘s rupert wingfield hayes has more details on the response from north korea. we've had a surprisingly conciliatory response from north korea so far, so no angry words in response, rather 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 then it went on to say, "our commitment to do our best for peace and stability in the world and the korean peninsula remains unchanged." so i think that's 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. so, we appear to be in a slightly strange situation here, rupert, where north korea seem to be trying to grasp that moral high ground. yeah, i 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, moon jae—in, also released a statement saying that he was perplexed and that it was very

regrettable that 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 that this has happened as well, and also we understand neither south korea norjapan were informed by the trump administration that 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... and it's president trump that is doing this, and, as you say, thereby trying to take the moral high ground in this situation. 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. a short time ago, we got the latest from david willis in washington. 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 lucia 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, so she says. now, new york detectives have apparently accumulated a vast trove of evidence against harvey weinstein. they've travelled as part of their investigation to canada, the united kingdom and, in just the last few weeks, to los angeles. they investigated harvey weinstein back in 2015, of course, in new york after a model

claimed 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. and there have been some expressions of exasperation in new york at the time it's taken for the district attorney there, in manhattan, to get charges prepared. but you're absolutely right, these allegations, there were numerous allegations, some of them from a—list hollywood stars, people like gwyneth paltrow, angelina jolie, salma hayek, ashley judd, the list goes on and on and on,

all of them claiming sexual misconduct on the part of harvey weinstein. and as you say, it all gave birth to the #metoo movement, tarana burke, who's 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. 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 who 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.

sucotra 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 cyclone mekunu 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 in 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 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. lebo diseko, bbc news. ok, let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news now. at least seven people have killed after a car bomb exploded in the libyan city of benghazi. 10 others were injured in the blast outside one of the city's biggest hotels. officials say the hotel is in a very popular street and the area was busy at the time of the attack. at least three people have been killed after a cinema collapsed in the argentine city of tucuman. the cinema had been undergoing refurbishment. a number of other people were injured in the collapse. officials said the building was at least 90 years old. the brazilian government has said it's reached a deal with haulage companies

to suspend a protest that has brought roads to a standstill for a fourth consecutive day. ministers have agreed to scrap a fuel tax while negotiations with the unions proceed for the next 15 days. 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, provide a catalogue of evidence. it can clearly be seen, the huge vehicles disrupt traffic and attract a lot of attention. it was the summer of 2014.

the boeing 777 passengerjet was shot out of the sky. the russian—made surface—to—air missile was driven across the russian border into ukraine, and fired from a field that was under the control of russian—backed separatists at the time. the investigators highlighted seven markers on the launcher that allowed them to create a fingerprint that identified the exact vehicle involved. a serial number on the missile casings showed it was a 9m38 series buk made in moscow. the buk telar, we think it's from the 53rd anti—missile brigade. it's a special part of the russian army, which is normally doing work to defend the air, and one of their vehicles, one of their, well, buk telars, as we call it, has been used on the 17th ofjuly

to down mh17. any suspects would eventually be put on trial here in the netherlands after russia blocked efforts to try to set up an international tribunal. and the dutch legal system allows people to be tried in absentia, 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 on the venturi? or do you know someone who can tell us what these numbers mean? and they specifically appealed to staff from the 53rd brigade

of the russian federation, their family and friends, to get in touch. russia has always denied any involvement in the disaster that cut short 298 lives. anna holligan, bbc news. tired old world when love is the way. a service with a smile. the passionate preacher‘s journey from royal wedding to ratings winner. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at seven a.m. taunting lead to scuffles, scuffles to fighting,

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david schmerler, a research associate specialising in north korea's missile and nuclear program at the james martin centre for non proliferation studies he says president trump's aims were wide of the mark. i think the president's understandings of what he would get from the summit were a little misplaced, if not very unrealistic. the conversation and topic points that came out of the trump administration reflected a summit that resulted in north korea unilaterally denuclearising in short fashion which was not a realistic expectation at all. there were also mixed messages from the white house pertaining to the type of deal the north koreans would get. they were not happy vis—a—vis a libya—style deal for obvious reasons given what happened to gaddafi. the north koreans kind of blew off

the american delegation delegation in singapore. said there was tension leading up to it and at the last minute, donald trump realised he would not get the deal he said he would. is this a misjudgement from the white house going too big, too soon and raising expectations? i think this is a perfect example of failing to manage the president's expectations. what about the situation we seem to be in now, given the response of north korea which could have been quite explosive. they could have fired back with rhetoric like they have in the past. they have not. they have kind of claimed the moral high ground. it is an extraordinary position where a rogue dictator appears, at least, to have the moral high ground over the leader of the free world. exactly. at this point it seems like the north koreans are being reasonable and rational. they issued a statement saying they would be willing to return to the negotiation table. if the reports about them blowing off the pre—singapore delegation, clearly that is not entirely

the case clearly north korea can claim the victory on this one. that surprise announcement came just hours after north korea said it had dismantled tunnels that it is only nuclear test site. reporters at the site in the north—east said they had visited and witnessed a huge blast. we were on the site and it was surreal to see a. the north koreans brought a small group of media there. they wanted to show that they we re there. they wanted to show that they were decommissioning, that they were destroying the site. they blew up the freeman naming test tunnels at

that site. they claimed that two of them were still usable and they could have conducted further tests but they put explosives inside and they blew them up to it before they did that, they opened up the tunnel to show us the explosives inside and then they removed us to stand further away. they told us to walk back up towards the tunnel deceiving person to verify that it had been closed. the problem is we are journalist, not nuclear experts. there was no outside expert on site to verify what north korea says it is done, which is closing its nuclear sites. we asked the government minder as they would allow somebody to do that and he said it does not think so because they don't feel they need somebody else to check on what they now say they have done. 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. elaine herzberg was detected by uber self—driving software as an ‘unknown object'. then it thought she was a vehicle or maybe a bicycle. the car did not slow down and elaine herzberg became the first person on record to be killed by an autonomous car. the vehicle, a modified volvo, had its emergency braking system disabled. uber said this was to avoid erratic driving behaviour. it is not clear if the system would have saved her if the system had been switched on. the national transportation safety board's report is not the final say on the matter. its full, conclusive ruling is several months away at least. but what is known so far is that 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 in 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. dave lee, bbc news. president trump has pardoned boxing's first black heavyweight champion, convicted in 1913

of taking his white girlfriend across state lines. jackjohnson was arrested in 1912 with lucille cameron, a white woman who would later become his wife. he was world heavyweight title holder from 1908 until 1915. mr trump was joined in the oval office by rocky star, sylvester stallone, and boxer lennox lewis. his sermon about the power of love was one of the highlights of the wedding of the duke and duchess of sussex — and on thursday night bishop michael curry headed to the white house to spread his message. he joined other religious leaders at a candle—lit vigil. and he's been speaking to our religion editor martin bashir. imagine this tired old world when love is the way. when love is the way. there was passion in his preaching and rhythm in his voice as bishop michael curry fused race and religion at the royal wedding. reverend michael curry,... since returning to new york, his

feet have not touched the ground. a preacher, now the most sought after interviewee on american television. you were quoted, you quoted dr martin luther king at the very heart of the british establishment and its historical associations with things like colonialism and slavery. we all have history, we all have a past. 0ur task now is to figure out how do we love each other in such a way that we can actually change the world around us. bishop michael is capitalising on his celebrity by taking his message of god's transformative love to the white house later today where he says there is a crisis of moral leadership.

particularly in the way donald trump treats his political opponents. we can agree and disagree but i have to love you. i cannot demonise you, i cannot dismiss you. i cannot treat you as something less than a child of god. even in our disagreements, i have got to relate to you as the beloved member and one of the children of god. given saturday's global television audience, bishop michael preached to the largest congregation of his life. he says he is not seeking stardom, only the opportunity to preach his message of love for god and love for one another. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures of this bear cub don't forget to get in touch with me

on twitter. 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 muggy 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 by way these thunderclouds have 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. there 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 off the day, but that cloud should break up into some spells of sunshine. still the chance of one or two showers and thunderstorms. the main wet weather will be in wales and northern england. for northern ireland and scotland, the best of the sunshine, although for some north—eastern coastal parts of scotland,

there will be some mist, murk and low cloud hanging around at times. as far as temperatures go, a bit disappointing. in the sunshine, highs around 22 or 23 degrees. during friday night, we will see these showers and storms start to drift further west, they will start to fizzle 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 northern half 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 24 or 25 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 south is clusters of heavy, thundery downpours. you can see the way these frontal systems will continue to drift in. it looks likely that on sunday, we could see particularly intense downpours, particularly down

towards the south—west. here, a quieter weather story with some spells of sunshine and some pleasant warmth at 18 to 24 degrees. further south, there will be some spells of sunshine but quite a muggy feel 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 within 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, zeinab badawi talks to the former news corp