hello, this is bbc news. i'm gavin grey. our top stories: a surprise meeting for the korean leaders, as the diplomatic push to revive the us summit continues. following victory for the yes campaign, ireland's prime minister hopes a new relaxed abortion law will be passed by the end of the year. today is a historic day for ireland. a quiet revolution has taken place and today is a great act of democracy. the wonder goal that shattered liverpool's european dreams — gareth bale hits two as real madrid win the champions league for the third time in a row. and the fourth man to set foot on the moon, astronaut alan bean, dies at the age of 86. hello, and welcome to bbc news.

the leaders of north and south korea have met for a second time in the demilitarised zone on theirjoint border. state media in pyongyang said they had an in—depth discussion about denuclearising the peninsula, and plan to meet again next week. it came as the white house said it was sending a team to singapore to prepare for a summit with president trump onjune 12th, despite reports earlier that he had called it off. lebo diseko reports. after a week which was full of surprises, this. an unexpected meeting between north korea and south korea's leaders in the demilitarised zone between the two countries, only the second time they have met. both kimjong—un and moon jae—in keen to show they will do whatever it takes to save thatjune

12 summit with donald trump. the leaders of the two koreas say they have agreed to meet more frequently and the north says mr kim's hopes are fixed on that all—important meeting next month. it is not as if any more drama was needed. the story has had plenty of them turns. —— plenty of twists and turns. in march the us and north korea announced the meeting was being planned to discuss nuclear disarmament. the next month, kim jong—un went to the south for the first time and met with south korean president moon jae—in. the first time and met with south korean president moonjae—in. but on thursday president trump unexpectedly cancelled that planned summit with north korea, blaming that country's "tremendous anger and open hostility". that announcement seems to prompt a more conciliatory tone from pyongyang, and president trump suggested things might be back on again. we will see what happens, it could even be the 12th. we are talking to them now, they very much wa nt to talking to them now, they very much want to do it, we would like to do

it. we are going to see what happens. the white house says it is 110w happens. the white house says it is now sending 18 singapore to get ready for the loss of all summit. at the heart of this on—again off—again drama, one key issue. the us insistence that north korea must commit to total denuclearisation of the peninsula, and getting agreement on that point might be even harder than fixing this meeting. naoko aoki is a research associate at the centre for international and security studies in maryland. she gave us more analysis on the diplomacy around the proposed summit. normally, i would say there would have to be at least a postponement of the meetings because of the lack of time and preparation needed, but given the leadership—driven developments we have had over the last couple of days, i would not dismiss the possibility that it will happen onjune12th. past diplomatic efforts have always been bottom—up. this is top—down, very much unprecedented. so there are very new elements here. there has been a lot of mixed

messaging from washington that has, i'm sure, confused north korea, confused american allies, and i think it is a little bit unclear what washington wants, and it is going to depend on what president trump decides, so we still have a lot of unknowns here. kim jong—un is very much very serious about what he wants and at this moment, it looks like he has calculated that continuing this diplomatic path is good for him. so the question becomes, well, what he — how does what he want align with what the us wants, what the south koreans want, what the south koreans want and what the other major powers want. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has hailed an overwhelming referendum result to liberalise strict abortion laws as the day ireland came

of age as a country. greeting thousands of ecstatic "yes" campaigners at dublin castle, mr varadkar said ireland had erased the stigma and burden of shame from hundreds of thousands of women. anti—abortion groups called the outcome a "tragedy of historic proportions." more details from our correspondent, emma vardy, in dublin. cheering and applause. a transformative moment for ireland. more emphatically than anyone predict it, the country has voted for change. -- predicted. 1 million, 420 181. we for change. -- predicted. 1 million, 420181. we have been working so hard for women's writes for so many years now and we can see it is finally coming true. finally has finally coming true. finally has finally grown up, faced the facts,

don't shift it abroad, let them do it here safely. for me, my daughters and my grandchildren. more than 3000 women a year leave island to pay privately for abortions in the uk. the first feelings that we would have gone through were utter devastation at the diagnosis. gaye edwards recalls making the decision to travel. the unborn baby had a fatal condition and couldn't survive. the fact there was no assistance with making arrangements, or know of —— no information. that made us feel veryjudged. or know of —— no information. that made us feelveryjudged. more or know of —— no information. that made us feel veryjudged. more than two thirds of voters supported repealing ireland's controversial law. 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. the government will now legislate to allow abortions up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. but for those who

campaigned to keep ireland's strict laws this brings bitter disappointment. this result will pave the way for an abortion regime thatis pave the way for an abortion regime that is nothing about healthcare and everything about abortion on demand. we stand over the claims we made during the campaign. opinion on abortion is now so strongly against the messages you are putting forward. so why continue to oppose what many women want? we have a lot of supporters who have been through abortion themselves and have been hurt by abortion. that is what gives us hurt by abortion. that is what gives us strength in continuing with this. today, ireland is unrecognisable from its socially conservative past. this referendum, at its heart, was about offering women a choice. but the result has wrought so much more. a renewed pride and sense of optimism for ireland's future. we brought care and compassion home, and empathy! we righted a wrong and made such a huge difference today!

an intense campaign at an end, and ireland ushers in a new era. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a strong cyclone has killed at least two people in the gulf state of oman. cyclone mekunu has now weakened to a tropical storm and authorities there say they have begun clearing operations. residents have been warned to stay in their homes as run—off from river valleys has flooded main roads. a large fire has engulfed part of the europa park theme park in germany. the park was evacuated and hundreds of firefighters attended the scene. the blaze was brought under control and there are no reports of any casualties. it's thought the fire began in a warehouse and spread to two attractions which were destroyed. iranian media has reported that a british—iranian woman imprisoned in tehran will face security—related charges in a second case being prepared against her. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was detained during a visit in 2016,

and is now serving a 5—year sentence after being found guilty of spying. she has denied all charges. a us citizen and his wife have been released after two years in prison in venezuela. joshua holt, who's a mormon missionary from utah, was accused of trying to organise an armed uprising after travelling to caracas in 2016 to marry a woman he'd met online. a report by british mps has accused the government of a "dismal failure" in its efforts to protect civilians who have worked as interpreters for the british army in afghanistan. so far, none have been relocated to the uk, even when their lives have been threatened by the taliban. richard galpin reports. british troops were on the ground fighting the taliban in afghanistan for more than a decade. their afghan interpreters also risked their lives on the front lines. we have hidden their identities because, to this day, they face being murdered by the taliban for working

with british forces. but so far, only a fraction of the 3,500 interpreters have been allowed into britain, despite there being fatal attacks on those who had connections to foreign military forces. this former interpreter, speaking from afghanistan, told us he feared for himself and his family. it makes me very bad because i worked with them very honestly, i put life in risk, i helped them in a bad situation in helmand province, so i feel very bad. it is now more than three years since the british combat mission in afghanistan ended with most troops being pulled out. since then, 400 interpreters and locally hired staff have moved to britain, leaving most to fend for themselves at home in afghanistan. the situation here now being highlighted by british politicians who also believe it's damaging for the uk. if the united kingdom gets the reputation for leaving those

people who put their lives at risk to help our soldiers at the mercy of our enemies when our soldiers are no longer there to look after them, then it will be very difficult in future conflicts to find people, local people, who are prepared to do that. in response to all this, officials here at the ministry of defence say that they will review the commons committee report. but they insist that they are providing security advice and support to the interpreters who are still living in afghanistan to ensure that they remain safe. richard galpin, bbc news at the mod. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, the presenters and the protestors — 30 years on, we hear from the demonstrators who gatecrashed a bbc news bulletin. in the biggest international

sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics 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 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 4,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she has left the spice girls. argh! i don't believe it!

she's the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri — why? this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the leaders of both koreas have held face—to—face talks to discuss how to keep a potential summit between donald trump and kim jong—un on track. the champions‘ league final in kiev has ended in a 3—1victory for real madrid over liverpool. it's the spanish team's third consecutive title, but for liverpool players, and thousands of travelling fans, it was heartbreak. two giants of europe, head to head for the most prestigious prize in clu b for the most prestigious prize in club football. 63,000 fans crammed into kiev‘s olympic stadium. back

home, thousands more had journeyed to both the burner bow and anfield, expectations higher. —— bernabau. a bright start the liverpool, with early chances. then a devastating blow for egyptian magician most other, falling heavily underrate challenge from ramos and suffering a suspected dislocated shoulder. the tea m suspected dislocated shoulder. the team talisman, who scored 43 goals this season, exiting in tears. the liner that his place, but as the balance of the game shifted it soon got worse for the reds. —— lallana. a horror show from goalkeeper carius, throwing the ball straight at benzema and the ball rolling into an unguarded net. madrid gifted a goal. their lead lasted just four minutes as a corner brought hope for liverpool, sadio mane meeting they had from lofren to knock the ball home. parity restored, but only

briefly, with a moment of brilliance from super sub gareth bale. two minutes after coming on to the pitch the welshmen stunned the stadium with an audacious overhead kick. one of the best goals ever seen on this stage, real now in the driving seat. the tide of the game had turned. liverpool increasingly locked out of the game. with less than ten minutes left, gareth bale hit a hopeful shot from 25 metres to see it slip through carius' fingers. 3—1 and a night to forget for the german keeper. in the dying seconds, cristiano ronaldo could have added a fourth. but as he burst goalwards, he was distracted as a fan ran onto the pitch before being stopped by security. no matter. it was real madrid's night, and historic win forefoot or‘s must successful club and its manager. it is not at all easy to do what we have done, what these players have achieved. tonight

there are no words to describe this. this is the most amazing thing about this squad, they simply do not have a ceiling. with celebrations set to continue through the night in kiev and madrid, few would bet against the spanish side adding to their third straight champions league crown in years to come. 30 years ago this week, a group of activists invaded a bbc news studio as it went live on air. they were protesting against the introduction of new uk laws to limit lgbt rights. booan temple told our witness team why she got involved. announcer: the six o'clock news, from the bbc with sue lawley and nicholas witchell. in the house of lords, a vote is taking place now on a challenge to the poll tax. tory rebels have said... we're protesting about rights for lesbian and gay people.

in general, britain was quite a hostile environment in the 1980s for the lgbt community. about 75% of people, when surveyed, said it was mostly or always wrong to be gay. simply by walking down the street, if somebody identified you as lesbian or gay, you could get abuse and you could be violently attacked, just for being. i obviously don't want children taught that the gay and lesbian lifestyle is natural or normal. it is not, it never has been and never will be. my overriding concern is the promotion of positive images of homosexuality in schools, from primary school, right through and that is what is causing many parents real offence there was a catalyst moment where a book was published called jenny lives with eric and martin about a girl who lives with her two dads. it sort of kicked off a moral panic in parliament. what we were told we were doing was destroying the heterosexual family.

that lobby grew to get this clause enacted. section 28 banned local authorities from promoting homosexuality. the second part of it banned the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality in schools. basically it meant the closing down of services. young people became very vulnerable particularly and schools couldn't protect people from being bullied. all kinds of groups, all over the country, began to protest. newsreel: actor ian mckellen was at the head of a procession that stretched nearly two miles. a group of lesbians chained themselves to buckingham palace gate dressed as suffragettes. a group of lesbians abseiled into the house of lords. through all of the campaigning prior to the enactment we couldn't get the media to understand what the impact was going to be on our community, on our children. so really, the only thing left was to actually be the news by being on the news. we met outside television centre, we

managed to get through the security. the whole thing was timing, really. as soon as the lights changed, we barged into the studio. the whole place went mad, i got smacked to the ground by i don't know how many people. one of our members managed to handcuff herself to a camera and the other one got behind the news desk where she was quite violently subdued by nicholas witchell who has since apologised. sue lawley carried on trying to read the news. i do apologise if you are hearing at a lot of noise in the studio at the moment. i'm afraid we have rather been invade. in the footage, it all got muffled. you can hear little muffled shouts of, "stop! section 28!" eventually, we were all got arrested. it got huge media coverage and the headlines were all about loony lesbians.

over time and beyond, i heard from quite a lot of people what it meant to them as young lgbt people, knowing they were gay and they felt a bit empowered by it. here we again at television centre again, 30 years later. clearly, things are a lot better than they were in the 1980s but it hasn't completely changed and there are a very dangerous and serious pockets of homophobia. we have to be in solidarity of all the communities worldwide who are in daily fear of their lives. i'm glad we did it. the fact we are here today means the story being remembered. the fourth man to walk on the moon, alan bean, has died. he was 86—years—old. he was part of the apollo 12 mission which reached the moon in november, 1969. in november, 1969, the fourth man to

walk on the moon was alan bean along with his commander. they landed their vessel on the surface and took their vessel on the surface and took their first historic steps they extensively explored the area, collecting rocks and soil for study on earth and installing the first merely a power generator on the moon they then returned to space four yea rs they then returned to space four years later, commanding a flight to the skylab research centre. he spent 59 days in space, a record at the time. he was a man of many talents the native texan had a degree in aeronautical engineering before spending time with the us navy as a test pilot. after retiring from nasa in1981, he test pilot. after retiring from nasa in 1981, he turned his attention to haiti, devoting time to creating an

artistic record of humanity's first exploration of another world. he gave up exploration of another world. he gave up a exploration of another world. he gave up a lot to become an artist. half of the nationals but it was a good idea, the other, crazy. —— astronauts. he often used elements from his exploration in his paintings are like moondust. they gave me a flag on my suit. dispatch was right here. apollo 12, right here. —— this patch. i am the luckiest guy you have ever met and your viewers have ever seen. i spent my life doing things which were fun to do. it's the end of an era for an iconic part of the bbc. for nearly 75 years, staff have been listening in to some

of the world's most seismic events from an old mansion deep in the english countryside. since 1943, caversham park has been the home of bbc monitoring, a service that's played a vital role in britain's security. as staff head for new offices, david sillito has been to hear their stories of listening to history in the making. this is moscow. i have, today, be informed... welcome to caversham. this is where you listen to the world. it was indeed. iwould this is where you listen to the world. it was indeed. i would sit over there to do spanish and over there to do french. the eu a spy? not at all. —— where you it. there to do french. the eu a spy? not at all. -- where you it. it is a source of news and inspiration. they we re source of news and inspiration. they were listening to the broadcast of the world and listening to information vital for the government. this confirms the end of the second world war. the cuban

missile crisis came to an end after they heard a speech from them. this was in the days before computers. it came down to fast typing, carbon copies, and intelligence. what do you do with the copies? you need a flash for the newsroom. come out through the door into here, and into the newsroom. and then? we have to give a copy to the americans on the top floor. up there? you had a table with a rope pulley. a rope wally to announce major news stories to america? —— pulley. this man worked here in the 1980s. a mix of aristocratic splendour and patriotism. the atmosphere was very

much the cold war atmosphere, running on adrenaline in some ways. today, it is almost deserted. the last few are preparing to go. mr dandan floor has a particular memory . —— this particular. radiation in sweden stability with the first to know? mps on the defence select committee had concerns about monitoring from caversham, but they say time has moved on. it is the end ofan era. stay with us for the headlines. this is bbc news. the weather behind me looks

dramatic but not everybody is going to encounter this risk of thunderstorms. we have already seen some of them across the southern counties of england. that is because you are a little bit closer to the main area of activity, a big area of low pressure and it could be unstable across iberia, biscay, into france. we have seen the first signs of this wanting to drift north across the british isles as we get into sunday. a muddy start here, fresher further north, sunshine around, that's the shore. after the fresh start, look how that recover.

22, 23, quite widely across parts of england scotland. maybe 21 in northern ireland, 25 in the south and feeling close. you can see the storms become fewer and further between and are still close night in the south. the two ridges dribble away well down into single figures. temperatures are still being influenced by the continental air. that amount of cloud are around but not without the prospect of a decent, hazy sunny spells. we could see another spiral of cloud activity later on in the afternoon on monday. it will still beyond the human side widely across the british isles. temperatures again it well into the teens if not the low 20s. perhaps a greater chance, we think, at this range, of seeing more and where showers across southern counties of england further north, some low cloud coming back to plague the northern and western

isles of scotland and again, the temperatures pushing on a degree or two back on where we have been for the first part of the week. into the middle part of the week, we are still having the low pressure driving the showers at us but no signs of cold air. the jet stream is well north and the separation between the milder air to the south and the cooler air to the north. here we are on wednesday, a similar sort of pattern. don't take the distribution of showers to literally because there is still the close, muggy feeling about possessions. still the prospect of one or two thunderstorms. this is bbc news, the headlines. the leaders of north and south korea have met at a surprise summit. it's still unclear if the north's kim jung—un's meeting with president trump in singapore injune is going ahead. the white house has said it is sending a team to singapore to prepare for a possible summit. ireland's prime minister says

he hopes a new abortion law will be passed by the end of this year. more than two thirds of voters in the country have chosen to overturn its abortion ban in a referendum. anti—abortion groups called the outcome a tragedy of historic proportions. real madrid have been celebrating after winning the champions league finalfor the third time in a row. they beat liverpool 3—1. wales star gareth bale scored twice for the spanish giants. liverpool suffered an early setback when their striker, mo salah, went off injured. a short film starring hollywood actorjason isaacs is getting its world premiere in a rather unusual venue —