this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: victory for the yes campaign in the republic of ireland — as voters reject strict abortion laws in a landmark referendum. majority of votes in favour of the proposal, 700 6000. this is a historic day for ireland. a quiet revolution has taken place. getting to know you — the leaders of north and south korea meet in the demilitarised border area between the two countries. and a scheme to protect interpreters who helped british troops in afghanistan is deemed a "dismalfailure" by a group of mps also in the next hour... fulham are back in the premier league. (they return after a four—year absence — thanks to a 1—0 victory over

aston villa in the championship play—offs. and a week ago to the day — a choir relives some of the most tuneful moments of prince harry's wedding to meghan markle — with a right royal singalong. good evening and welcome to bbc news. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of liberalising the country's strict anti—abortion laws in a landmark referendum. two—thirds of voters supported the calls for change. ireland's prime minister, leo varadkar, has called it a "quiet revolution" for his country — and his government plans changes to the law to allow terminations for all women in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. nuala mcgovern is in dublin and sent us this update. you're very welcome to dublin castle. this is where they announced in the past hour the results of a historic referendum.

this referendum was all about repealing or retaining the eighth amendment. language that was put into the constitution back in 1983 that gave the same rights to the unborn to that of the mother and so restricted abortion rights severely. making it unconstitutional as well as illegal. that has changed today. let's watch. it was declared that the yes vote had won. majority of votes in favour of the proposal 706, 349. cheering resounding. a landslide. a historic moment. just some of the words being said about that. here's the prime minister.

his name is leo and he has spoken over the past hour as well. today is a historic day for ireland. a quiet revolution has taken place and today is a great act of democracy. 100 years since women gained the right to vote, today we as a people have spoken and we said we trust women and respect women to make their own decisions and their own choices. for me it's also a day when we say no more. no more to doctors telling their patients that there is nothing that can be done for them in their own country. and no more lonelyjourneys across the piracy or stigma and no more lonelyjourneys across the irish sea, or stigma and no mre isolation as the burden of shame is gone. what the polls yesterday many people voted yes with enthusiasm and pride. but also many others voted yes in sorrowful

acceptance with heavy hearts. the x marked on the ballot paper represented much more than individual votes. in 1983, 841,000 people voted to insert the eighth amendment to our constitution. in 2018,1.4 million voted to remove it. men and women, all social classes and almost all age groups, we are not a divided country. the result is resounding and it gives us as the government demanded the mandate that we need now to bring forward that as soon as possible and secure their passage. we voted for the 200,000 irish women who have travelled to britain since 1980 32 end their pregnancies. for the couples who shared their heartbreaking stories of returning home from liverpool and other english cities with tiny coffins. for the young and not so young women who spoke the truth and for those stories that still have

not been heard. it has been a dramatic hour and a dramatic day. the crowds have begun but what is it about this day that you will take away? we witnessed history here today in dublin castle. it was a real privilege to be part of it. the people of ireland voted overwhelmingly to change the laws on abortion. the social transformation of this country has been phenomenal. it's a profound moment in the country's history. a young country not yet 100 years old. the pace of social change, if you look 20 years ago when, sexuality and contraception were illegal, divorce was illegal, a marriage was illegal, abortion was legal they are all be gone now or at least a portion will

be legalised before the end of this year. this all happened as a result of women and young girls and campaigners standing up and speaking and telling their stories. campaigners standing up and speaking and telling their storieslj campaigners standing up and speaking and telling their stories. i was struck by one young woman i met who was called amy. her child had a fatal cetyl abnormality and she had to travel to the uk for an abortion. she e—mailed me telling me she couldn't believe the result and she now realises calling herself, she got she was abandoned and ignored by the country for having a termination, she now realises the country was with her in spirit on that sad and lonelyjourney. have we been perhaps misunderstanding our —— ireland in its current form? been perhaps misunderstanding our —— ireland in its current form7|j been perhaps misunderstanding our —— ireland in its current form? i think we have. i think the country has taken a huge step today. they need, you mentioned, there are so many stories like that. we spoke to a woman with a similar story, travelled to liverpool for a termination, told no one, was filled with shame, though with stigma, with

regret. and then finally today she told us that she wishes she had trusted the irish people more. to tell her story and share her story with her friends, tell her story and share her story with herfriends, because she knows now they would have shown her about compassion. there are these milestones that this society has gone through. we are looking upon a future islands and what it might be like. the young woman we store here, what you think they both sat there side ‘s next? —— we saw here. what you think they both sat there side 's next? -- we saw here. it is a brave woman who would say what they're going to set their sights on! they have made huge strides here. this campaign was largely driven by young people. nearly 90% of 18 to 2a—year—olds voted yes in the referendum. there are other things to tackle in their minds. they would look at the role of the catholic church in education, health ca re catholic church in education, health care in this country and think perhaps that needs to change well. that is the future. thank you very

much. you have been helping us tell the story of this historic date with this country who have voted yes in the referendum. stay with the bbc. let's ta ke the referendum. stay with the bbc. let's take a look at the results in a little more detail. you can see that sea of green constituencies, all but one of the a0 constituencies in ireland voting yes. yes to overturning the anti—abortion laws. the turnout was 6a%, which is one of the highest for a referendum. that cou nty the highest for a referendum. that county in red, which voted overall no, is co donegal. you can see here the sheer numbers of people that voted for a change in approach to abortion in ireland. 1.a million

votes in favour, 723,000 against. that is what emile raqqa described as that quiet revolution. a historic day for ireland. —— leota rucker. this is a second chance to treat eve ryo ne this is a second chance to treat everyone equally and with compassion and respect. we voted to look reality in the eye and we did not blink. earlier we heard from dawn mcavoy, the co—founder of ‘both lives matter‘, a pro—life organisation in northern ireland. both lives matter was formed because we believe that both lives in existence in every pregnancy do matter. as much as i can hear the celebrations behind you, for us this isa celebrations behind you, for us this is a very sad day. we don't except a definition of rights for women that is determined in as defined by an ability to end the lives of our unborn children. as women in

northern ireland, we will continue speaking up for both lives. we are joined daniel faas, a professor of philosophy at trinity college dublin.... thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. how much of a societal change has ireland seen today? we have truly witnessed a historical day. 66.a% voted yes. one generation ago, in1983, a similar 66.a% voted yes. one generation ago, in 1983, a similar number voted to ban abortions of this is quite extraordinary. when you see this in a european context, there is only gibraltar that has more restrictive laws. i guess, for ireland, this can be put in a wider context as well. the same—sex marriage referendum, for example. indeed, there have been

so many enormous changes in our lives. sometimes the country leading the way on progressive policies. the catholic church, though, took a back seat throughout this campaign in the run—up to this particular referendum. what do you think it tells us about the influence of the church in ireland these days?|j think the influence has eroded substantially. if you observe mass on sunday, you still hear them talking about campaigning. i witnessed similar no votes in sermons in the churches, back in 2015. as you said, it's remarkable. if you think about the same—sex marriage referendum, until 1993, , sexuality was a crime in ireland. the two years later, the first country on the planet to vote in marriage. another historic day for ireland today. in the opposite

direction to lift the abortion ban from the constitution. this is truly remarkable and probably wouldn't have happened had it not been for increasing secularisation of society, the declining role of the catholic church and the increasingly liberal, tolerant, secular society. also an increasingly multicultural society where, in the latest sensors, only 78% have identified as catholic, down from 8a% just five yea rs catholic, down from 8a% just five years ago in the census. plus the watershed case created in 2012, to give movement to the referendum. they must not be underestimated. where does this leave northern ireland? how much is the pressure going to grow on northern ireland to change its stance on abortion? going to grow on northern ireland to change its stance on abortion7m going to grow on northern ireland to change its stance on abortion? in an increasingly globalised... you look at what other countries are doing...

the irish people can see, the northern ireland spiegel can see, in the vast majority of european countries, abortion is available up to around 12 weeks. that is the norm in europe. only malta has more restrictive laws of the moment. the people in northern ireland will be looking towards other countries. people travel, they watch the news, they are informed about what's going on in other countries. they want to see change, and i want to see that their politicians and people in society are behind this. you wouldn't want to travel to another country to avail of what is part of your human rights, what is the choice of every human being deserves to have. it is not that there will be abortion on the large scale now in ireland at all, but 170,000 people had to travel to the uk due to this ban. now women have the choice. thank you very much for

talking to us. our apologies for the break—up in the sound better. i hope you could make out most of what he said. all the latest on the referendum result, go to our website for analysis and all the results. and we'll find out how this story and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the journalist and broadcaster, penny smith, and the women's editor at the telegraph, claire cohen. south korea's president moonjae—in has met the north korean leader kim jong—un today — for more talks aimed at resurrecting the planned summit with donald trump. it's the second meeting between the two leaders — in the demilitarised zone that divides the two countries. a white house team is departing for singapore to prepare for the summit — if it takes place onjune 12th. our seoul correspondent, laura bicker, explains what the meeting between south and north korea means. what does all of this mean?

it means that president moon and kimjong—un are not going to wait for the united states to become involved. they will move the process along by themselves. it's a direct hotline between president moon's desk and kim jong—un and they decided not to use it. they unification house. when it comes to president moon he has made it clear this is why he was elected. this is his mission. he wants to move this forward and he wants to keep war away from the peninsula. when it comes to kim jong—un dishes is willing to engage at a level we have never seen from his father or his grandfather. what does it mean for the singapore summit? we don't know, it's been on—again, off—again. none of us really know what will happen. president trump said it is looking more hopeful. i think with regards to what those two leaders met and talked about when other talked about the summit and we will wait and hear what president moon has to say. perhaps this means that both north korea and the us are moving towards meeting on the 12th in singapore, but who knows. let's look at some of the recent

diplomacy around north korea. injuly last year north korea test fired a long—range missile which landed in the sea ofjapan. the next month north korea threatened to attack the us pacific territory of guam. soon after china announced it would be implementing un sanctions against north korea — placing extra pressure on the regime. at the start of this year a thaw in tensions meant a north korean olympic team attended the winter games in the south. in march, president trump announced a meeting was being planned with kim jong—un. the next month, kimjong—un held talks for the first time with south korean president moon jae—in. then on thursday, president trump abruptly announced he was pulling out of the planned talks in singapore. and today, the north and south korean presidents met for a second time i spoke earlier to bruce klingner who previously worked as the cia's deputy division chief for korea.

there was some very insulting and threatening language in the four different statements by north korea, although usually within the norm of their behaviour. more importantly was a statement by the first vice foreign minister when he very clearly articulated what is really been long—standing north korean conditions for any kind of constraints on its nuclear weapons programme, and also a very different view of their terms for denuclearization from what the white house understanding was. the white house was quite surprised and was one of the factors for canceling the summit and now suggesting we are back on the summit. what does it tell you about the real understanding or lack up understanding or lack of between the united states and north korea? long—time korea watchers certainly understood the conditions or when they say denuclearization and they don't comply with un resolutions are they abandoned

their missile programmes. they term it as part of the global arms control and as a member they term ,t as part of the global arms control and as a member of the nuclear weapons states they will go down to zero when the other members of the nuclear states go down to zero. quite a different view from the us and un are demanding. the headlines on bbc news: victory for the yes campaign in the republic of ireland —— as voters reject strict abortion laws in a landmark referendum. getting to know you — the leaders of north and south korea meet in the demilitarised border area between the two countries. and a scheme to protect interpreters who helped british troops in afghanistan is deemed a "dismal failure" by a group of mps sport now...and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. many thanks. only one place to start, which is unlike's champions league final, under way in tears. liverpool against real madrid, hoping to win the cup for the sixth time in the club's history. all listened first half. an injury to their star forward who has listened first half. an injury to their starforward who has been forced off with a shoulder injury. with around 30 minutes to go, —— gone, confirmation that it remains goalless. at the stadium, no gareth bale for real madrid this evening. he is on the bench. it was all about salon mane and thinning of, that dangerous front briefer liverpool. the two highest scoring teams in the competition so far. liverpool got off toa competition so far. liverpool got off to a great start early on. it was that man at the heart of things in the first ten minutes. in just the last few minutes, he went down under a challenge from sergio ramos.

it looks as though he has picked up a shoulder injury. he went off the field virtually in tears. you wonder how well he has played this season, aa goals, hoping to steer mo sala to the final. do liverpool's hopes go with him? cristiano ronaldo as well has gone close after 50 minutes with a long—range effort. liverpool have had the best chances so far. three roberto firmino and trent alexander—arnold. two good efforts but it remains goalless with around 35 minutes gone in ukraine. that bring you some live pictures from the scene at anfield, where an estimated 30,000 fans are watching on screens. at liverpool's home grounds. the atmosphere probably somewhat subdued following injury. great atmosphere there. in the lead up great atmosphere there. in the lead up to the match, of course. lots of fa ns up to the match, of course. lots of fans not able to get out to ukraine following those cancelled flights.

lots of them packing into the stadium there to watch the game tonight. slight disappointment in the early stages with that injury to mo sala. we will kick you updated. —— keep you. now to a place in the premier league which has been secured today by fulham. they beat aston villa in today's championship play—off final at wembley. i called this the most lucrative match in football. who missed out on automatic promotion on the last day of the season. the first steps back to the top taken the londoners. a finish by tom cairney set up by dead teenager, ryan sutton young, with skills to unlock the door and relieve the tension. the lightweight of the

second half to launch their onslaught. their manager, steve bruce, going for a record fifth promotion. they pinned their hopes onjack grealish. his twists and turns the goal were stopped at another touchdown strike a blow. ‘s dennis under way for a second yellow. the latter had 20 minutes to make that counts, but go behind in these games and the doctrine is too quickly. they ran out of chances and ran out of hope. fulham returned to the top after four years away, but after the fire works comes in the premier league spotlight. and the ha rd premier league spotlight. and the hard work starts here. it really has been a packed day of sport so far, what with the championship play—off final at the champions league. an extraordinary achievement from chris froome. tomorrow he will be confirmed as the winner of the race, they after taking the lead in a momentous day for cycling. he extended his lead during the crucial penultimate stage. the last day is

effectively a procession. stage 20 represents the last chance for last yea r‘s represents the last chance for last year's winner to catch chris froome. the briton is a6 seconds ahead now and make it three grand tours in 12 months. he held onto the pinkjersey with his opponents falling away on the final climb. chris froome going well and will be confirmed as winner tomorrow. saracens in the premiership champions following a victory over exeter in today's final at twickenham. having had a lead for almost the whole match, saracens made sure they have to win through this nathan earle ‘s try. exeter finished eight points ahead of saracens after the 22 game season, but couldn't get the better of saracens's stubborn defence at twickenham today, as they clinched their third title in four years. it has been yet another tough day ‘s ring when's cricketers who surrendered wickets cheaply in the second innings of their first test

against pakistan at lord's. only just managed to move past that your‘s first innings total. defeat shortly looms forjoe root‘s site. some things take time and technique. like test match batting, especially when you are 179 runs behind. england's alastair cook is a master but got a court. lb double, no question. everything is in doubt, even the bounce of the ball can't be trusted. out, perhaps forsome even the bounce of the ball can't be trusted. out, perhaps for some time. nearly 150 behind, it wickets left, joe root batting against the tide. and for a time, inwards's catcher picks out a karma patch. those precious moments couldn't last, pakistan awoke with a sudden stretch. the captain... two balls later, the wicket ofjonny bairstow set him off again. not all the bowling needed to be so good. not when ben stokes picked out a fielder. england's most powerful

batsmen out for nine, symbolic. pakistani heroes came from everywhere. mohammed abbasi used to work ina everywhere. mohammed abbasi used to work in a leather factory. lbw for 68. what next? two batsmen new to this team, jos buttler has become at 20 fireworks specialist. but he has showed his slow burning side. he whistled down the pakistan lead with a young man on his debut, he happens properly visited london until last year. a properly visited london until last yea r. a test properly visited london until last year. a test 50 eighth most souvenirs. something to cling to, like this morning that like this lead, very unlikely to be enough but all they've got. those two offering some resistance bring winds. it still remains goalless in the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in kiev will stop the big talking point from the first half, that injury to mo sala who has been forced off the field. do liverpool's hopes of winning go with them? we will keep you updated. the moment, back to you. and you.

donald trump has called for sweeping changes to laws that can see the children of illegal immigrants into the united states being separated from their families. on twitter, the president appeared to call for the democrats to help him to make the changes — while also recommitting himself to building a wall to keep migrants out of the us. but critics say that president trump himself originally supported the policy. our washington correspondent chris bucklerjoins me now. what does the law say? is the new law and donald trump is using this issue to try to put pressure on the democrats to bring in tougher immigration policies. the way it works is very simple, whenever families are detained for potentially illegally crossing the border, they can only hold children for a limited number of days. up to 20 days. then they have to be moved into a juvenile facility or into foster homes, or to a sponsored

adults. the reality is, that means that some families have to be there for a split apart because the adult will be kept in detention and the children will have to be moved out. because he has introduced and told the department ofjustice to introduce a zero tolerance policy on eve ryo ne introduce a zero tolerance policy on everyone who has found illegally crossing the border, it means that all families will potentially be prosecuted and the argument therefore is that those families will ultimately be is that apart. but it seems to be a change in approach from president trump, according to his critics? yes, you have to look at that week in school. the point is, he then goes on to talk about getting rid of catch and release. that's the policy where, basically, when people are found illegally crossing the border, they are taken into custody but then released ahead of the court date. some would argue, including his critics, families can stay together. he also goes on to criticise other immigration policies, and crucially says we must continue building a wall. that of course is the war with

mexico. something he has talked about throughout his campaign. certainly, donald trump is trying to put pressure on here. as they continue to discuss what to do. these are young immigrants who went into the country and were under the age of 16 into the country and were under the age of16 in into the country and were under the age of 16 in 27 siovas 2007, and we re age of 16 in 27 siovas 2007, and were under the age of 31 in 2012. it's a very limited group, but potentially... it is what is really exercising the democrats. donald trump is saying, listen, if you do mea trump is saying, listen, if you do me a deal on dreamers, and potentially you have to do me a deal back. on the wall and tougher immigration policies. this is all about the issue of immigration, which was key to donald trump's campaign, and which he knows continues to fire up his supporters. thank you. mps say a programme to protect afghan civilians who worked as interpreters for the british army has been a "dismal failure". the defence select committee says the so—called "intimidation scheme" has failed to relocate any

interpreters to the uk, even when their lives have been threatened by the taliban. the government says britain is the only nation that has a team in kabul, to try to protect them. (read on) police have appealed for information about a missing schoolgirl who left the uk on a eurotunnel train. 13 year old serena alexander—benson left her home in wimbledon yesterday morning, telling her father she was going to school. the police believe she probably boarded the train "in the company of an older person". some tsb customers are still having problems making online payments five weeks after the bank first reported problems. the problems started when the bank switched its it systems. a number of current account customers and some business clients are unable to fully access their accounts online or via the mobile app. the bank has also admitted to the bbc that there has been a rise in fraud incidents. i've got something on autocue they

wa nt i've got something on autocue they want me to repeat! lets not do that, we have told you that one already. that's about the forecast, much more important. it hasn't been too bad they start to the holiday weekend for many parts of the british isles. i think we will keep the same sort of variables. warmth of the most part, some sunny spells around, but the threat of thunderstorms as well. for the rest of the night, the zone where we think you will be at risk ofa where we think you will be at risk of a rabble of thunder and heavy downpours. further north, drier, some mist and fog around the north and east coast of scotland. and in north—eastern coast of england. starting the new day with a close, clammy feel across the south. moving towards wales, the midlands and on towards wales, the midlands and on towards northern ireland with the greatest threat of seeing some charity. it's dissipating across the north. 20 of sunshine through northern and eastern parts. here we