hello, i'm karin giannone. this is outside source. the white house says they are optimistic the summit on june 12th is back on after a north korean spy chief arrived in new york. the russian journalist reportedly murdered yesterday appears very much alive today. ukraine says they faked his death to foil a russian plot to kill him. we'll follow up on yesterday's attack in belgium. these are the two police officers among three killed. and it's now revealed the gunman murdered a fourth person the day before. italy looks no nearer to resolving its political crisis, as talks of an election rerun continue. translation: give us a date and the italian people would be for what happened these last weeks. and if you want to get in touch, the hashtag is #bbcos. well, it appears the summit

between donald trump and kimjong—un could be back on. the white house says it expects it to go ahead onjune i2. here's press secretary sarah sanders. we're continuing to prepare for the meeting between the president and the north korean leader. as the president says, if it happens, we'll certainly be ready. the north koreans have been working hard to try and resurrect the meeting cancelled by donald trump last week. part of that effort has been to send the country's vice chairman kim yong—chol to america. though it's hard to make out, these are pictures of him departing beijing for america. he arrived in new york a couple of hours ago. he will meet the secretary of state, mike pompeo, and possibly donald trump. now, talks are also taking place in singapore,

and the demilitarised zone between north and south korea. let's go over to barbara plett usher. she is in new york. how optimistic should one be that these talks will happen at this stage? how optimistic should one be that these talks will happen at this stage? the white house has been fairly upbeat about them in the last couple of days. he heard sarah sanders say there again, they are behaving as if there again, they are behaving as if the summit will go ahead onjune i2 and they will see that happens, and if it does not, they will hope it will happen sometime after that. she did take these recent meetings had been positive. but of course now, we have the highest levels of those meetings coming up with kim yong—chol meetings coming up with kim yong—chol. he is the most senior north korean official to visit the united states in 20 years. he has been involved in the diplomacy around the summit up until now. he is very well placed to tell the

secretary of state, mike pompeo, what he might want to hear. they have to discuss billy what is on the table, lucky substance is and i think the americans, the trump administrationjust think the americans, the trump administration just want to know how serious the north koreans are their seriousness to disarm the nuclear weapons after the recent change in tone with regards to the summit from the north korean rhetoric. and barbara, the man cam kim yong—chol is sitting down with mike pompeo. how crucial is the? east lake what a crucial role so far. —— he is playing a crucial role. he has met with him before, trying to do this, get a first—hand idea of what the north koreans mean when they say they're ready to do nuclear disarmament... just how far

they willing to go. there is skepticism they will go very far indeed. i wear all the time that his boss, the president, really want it to happen. if negotiations to begin to happen. if negotiations to begin to mysterious negotiations towards denuclearization begin after the summit, mr pompeo who will take the lead on that and he would want to make sure that effort is his excessive. remind us what a big deal it is for someone like kim yong—chol to even be allowed into the us in the first place. and especially as he's been sanctioned by the us for his role in the nuclear weapons programme. those sanctions had to be waived in orderfor him to come. there are north korean diplomats in the united states because the un is here and that's one of the reasons why kim yong—chol is coming to new

york. or somebody of his level to come, especially under the circumstances, it is the highest level meeting in over 20 years. the last time somebody of his rank came was in 2000. in the past year, relations have been very tense. it is quite significant and it doesn't show —— that show how much the north koreans want it to go ahead and also become administration wanted to go ahead. —— how the trump administration wanted to go forward. barbara, thank you very much. barbara, thank you very much. barbara plett usher in new york. it's been a very bizarre few hours in newsrooms around the world. at about this time yesterday, we brought you the breaking news that the russian investigative journalist arkady babchenko had been shot dead in ukraine. well, it turns out he's alive. and here are the pictures to prove it. this was the moment he appeared at a press conference in kiev,

to the cheers of stunned reporters who thought they were going to a meeting to hear more about his assassination. but it was all a sting. the head of ukraine's security service explained it was an elaborate operation to fool a hitman who was allegedly hired to kill mr babchenko. by the way, his wife reportedly didn't even know about the plot, and she found him supposedly bleeding to death and for nearly 2a hours, thought her husband had been murdered. let's hear some of what he said at that press conference. translation: as far as i know, this was heard for over two months. i knew for a month. over this month, we we re knew for a month. over this month, we were in constant contact. we worked through the details. the

result of that became a special operation as a result of which, one person has been detained. let's show you this scene. it is absolute jubilation from his colleagues when they realised arkady babchenko was alive. take a look. ukraine's secret service also say they have in custody a ukrainian man who was allegedly paid $40,000 to kill arkady babchenko. so why was he a target? well, the 41—year—old is a prominent investigative journalist who has worked for many news organisations, including the bbc. he's also an outspoken critic of the kremlin and vladimir putin, and has received death threats in the past. he fled to live in ukraine, when he decided he was no longer safe in russia. the tensions between russia and ukraine are already extremely high because of russia's annexing of the crimean peninsula.

so it was no surprise that within hours of the news of his supposed death, the ukrainian prime minister blamed the so called "russian totalitarian machine" for it. russia hit back, saying "bloody crimes" had become routine in the kiev regime. well, now russia has said the news that babchenko is alive is "the best news", but added ukraine has used his story as propaganda. with hindsight, there were some clues. this tweet by the bbc‘s jonah fisher... well, in a day of stunning reversals, i asked irena taranyuk from the bbc‘s ukraine service first of all what the reaction was in her department when the news emerged. it was a degree of incredulity, shock, delight canal ——, outraged.

whole spectrum of human reaction was playing out in my office. and also to see the video showed of his colleagues. fists shaking the air. it was really marvellous to see so many emotions but really, people said imagine, he apologised to his wife for her being not completely aware. she believed the murder was for real. yeah, so she... his mother in moscow, his children, adopted children in moscow and it must have been devastating for the close family or people who knew him. you could feel the devastation even if you did not know him. how much do we know about the ukrainian authorities managed to uncover in the two months of investigations? why they needed to go so far as to actually staged his death and go through with it. maybe more will be known about

motivations of security services because we know that the first payment of $15,000 exchanged hands, the organiser of this attempted assassination which never happened, hired a gun for hire in a war vetera n hired a gun for hire in a war veteran from ukraine who agreed to do it for $30,000. and at this stage, the organiser, we know he's been apprehended, he's arrested. and the would—be assassin is still at large. in the details, again, are sketchy. i putted why go so far as to announce the assassination? in a way, the

european journalists accused the ukrainians of being kubiak playing with the motions of life and death which is a bit unethical, when you think about it. they're saying they have played right into russia's cancelled that i giving russia the justification to say, look, they lie about us and the media rely the —— the media lie about us. -- the media lie about us. the day after his assassination commits would be the major question now. how credible the information coming from official sources in ukraine is, particularly in security sources. people rightly feel manipulated and lied to. irena taranyuk from bbc ukrainian on those incredible events. stay with us on outside source. still to come: the volcano on hawaii's big island continues to erupt.

we'll have the latest on the situation there. strict new rules are to be introduced in the united kingdom to make sure drones are used safely. they'll only be able to fly up to 400 feet and within one kilometre of airport boundaries. 89 near misses with aircraft were reported in the uk last year. drone users may also have to pass online safety tests and people who own drones weighing 250g or more will have to register with the civil aviation authority. users who fail to adhere to the flight restrictions could face unlimited fines, up to five years in prison, or both. a report released earlier this week estimated drones could add £112 billion to the uk economy by 2030. here's aviation minister baroness sugg. we have seen an huge increase of been a we are making sure there is a

increase in keeping people safe... this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our top story: a journalist ukraine said was killed by russia has re—appeared alive at a news conference. the ukrainian security services said they staged the apparent assassination of arkady babchenko to protect him from a russian attack. other stories from around the bbc newsroom: an indian police officer hailed as a hero for protecting a muslim man from being lynched by a mob has received death threats. in a video that went viral, gagandeep singh, who had been visiting a temple, was seen stepping in when a mob surrounded a muslim man. he's been placed on leave due to the death threats. that's on bbc hindi. japanese hunters have caught and killed 122 pregnant minke whales, as part of what it calls a "field survey". after weeks of surveys, the whale

meat is then sold to be eaten. japan says its whaling programme is for scientific purposes. that's despite a un ruling against its "lethal research" and widespread condemnation. a us tele—evangelist has asked his followers to help fund his fourth privatejet. he justified the request by saying "ifjesus were on earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey." jesse duplantis said god had told him to buy a falcon 7x for $54 million. and this is one of the most read: archaeologists at pompeii have uncovered the remains of a man who was decapitated by a rock while fleeing the volcano. mount vesuvius erupted in 79 ad. this skeleton appears to be from a man who survived the initial explosion and was trying to flee, but a leg injury appears to have have slowed him down, before he was crushed by the huge stone hurtling through the air. the united states has been fighting trade battles

on multiple fronts today. earlier, china warned that it's ready to fight back in its trade spat with the us. that's after america said it will push ahead with $50 billion worth of tariffs against china, following through with plans to impose a 25% levy on chinese imports. the white house is also at odds with europe. the us commerce secretary wilbur ross has been in paris today. he's set to meet europe's top trade chief, just two days before tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium are due to hit eu exports of those metals to the us. paul blake is in new york. hello to you. just some of the battles that the us is facing china and the eu. you've seen the trump

administration pick trade disputes right around the world, but two of the biggest are with the european union and with china. us commerce secretary wilbur ross is visiting both places this week. today he was in paris beating with european officials there to try and carve out some exemption for europe with these aluminium and steel tariffs he mentioned a few moments ago. looking now, it's not likely an exemption could be found for them. the europeans are speaking and pessimistic tones and wilbur ross is taking a hard line. that might be a strategy. he heads to china later this week to continue trade negotiations there anyone to say to the chinese, "we're taking a tough approach with the europeans to our long—term alex hammond we're winning business with you guys as well." ——, and we are... stay with us, peter. there seems to be a bit of infighting within trump's camp. white house trade advisor peter navarro told national public radio

that treasury secretary steven mnuchin‘s characterization of back—and—forth tariff threats between the us and china as a "trade war" was an "unfortunate soundbite." infighting, and it seems disagreement with the house over this issue of china and trade. the dispute may not just this issue of china and trade. the dispute may notjust be on the international level what with the white house as well. we seen these back and forth contradictory kind of claims coming from the white house and the trump administration which has left a lot of people wondering, are we heading towards a trade war orare are we heading towards a trade war or are we not? the most concrete development on thatcher mckim on tuesday with the white house announced that it was moving ahead with plans to impose new tariffs or to at least draw up plans to impose new tariffs on chinese goods. that is prompting the chinese to say, if those, document we will retaliate and to call the us credibility into question, which may be of some concern to wilbur ross as he heads to china this weekend to conduct

trading initiations there. thank you very much. paul blake in new york. a critic of vladimir putin has been released after being briefly arrested in spain. this man here, financier bill browder, spent an hour in custody with spanish national police. the us—born investor tweeted earlier today that he had been arrested on a russian interpol arrest warrant. but interpol rejected the claim, saying there has never been a red notice for mr browder. and that he is not wanted via interpol channels. browder has in the past described himself as "putin's number one enemy". he is widely considered the creator of the magnitsky act, an international sanctions regime against russian officials. it was named after his lawyer, this man here, sergei magnitsky — who died in russian custody. our 100 days program spoke to mr browder a little over an hour ago to get his side of the story. i was iwas in i was in spain today would meet with the spanish prosecutor. we had evidence showing that money to my

lawyer had exposed had gone to spain. two police officers came to my hotel room. they asked for my identification. when they confirmed that i was bill browder, they said, mr browder, you're under arrest on a russian interpol notice. they then put me on the back of a police car. the degree to a police station. they kept me at a police station for a welcome headset —— they took me to a police station for a while. interval intervened. interval intervened and said this was not legitimately do not process this, please release mr browder. at about 11:30am this morning, i was released. as i mentioned, this was the sixth time russia has abused trying to have me arrested.

another day, another twist in italy's search for a new government. it seems now that in the end, this man, the prime minister designate carlo cottarelli, won't try to form a government. and he's left it to these two men: luigi di maio, the leader of the five star movement and matteo salvini, leader of the league party. here's what di maio had to say: i will say, our willingness to work with everyone remains. in order to resolve this current crisis. we certainly have not missed this crisis and i want to say that if the markets are concerned about it to lead the new europe, it is because someone lead the new europe, it is because someone has told them this government wants to leave the euro. and here is matteo salvini, leader of the five star's potential coalition partner, the league. translation: but ask myself why don't these blessed german minister sticker of their problems instead of taking care of our government? know, everybody needs to have his say.

mind your own business. this is my appeal from pisa, from the market of pisa, on behalf of myself on your behalf. give us a date for the vote in the italian people will do justice on what has happened in these last weeks. thank you, long live the league, along with pisa. so what might happen now is anyone's guess, but the uncertain to—ing and fro—ing of the main players is keeping everyone interested. this bloomberg article compares the two leaders' behaviour to the political wranglings described by italian thinker niccolo machiavelli, and therefore part of the same political culture that they've often criticised. for more, i spoke to the bbc‘s nick marsh. at the moment, and it delete, we have a situation where the prime minister designate, then appointed by the president to form a new government, not elected but appointed by the president, says he cannot form a new government. the reason is that whoever he proposes that he knows will be rejected in a vote of no confidence in the

parliament. he has asked the two big populist parties, the two parties to the best in the elections back in march, he said affectively, the ball is back in your court. you can try again to form another government. the problem here is these two parties actually disagree on what should happen. the league has always maintained that it wants fresh elections, elections as soon as possible and it says it will be even better in the selections it than it did in march. the 5—star move is a bit more ambivalent and they have sat on the one hand, yes, we wants fresh elections but if there is the chance for cover mice, possibly nominating other cabinet nominees, possibly the could be a political solution. the leader of the 5—star movement has said in a facebook post, if the league agrees, we can still form a new government. this story has been moving all the time and the prime minister designate has just been quoted in the italian media in the last hour or so that

they still could be the birth of what he calls a political government, not a technocratic one, a coalition. does this bring us any near of them when the next elections might be? people of talked about the 29th ofjuly. might be? people of talked about the 29th of july. it's might be? people of talked about the 29th ofjuly. it's very, very soon but it does carry the advantage of being able to carry this election out of the way before the maka before the altar to beach, affectively. —— before they all go to the beach. the 29th is before the holidays. he does carry another advantage. especially for the league, which are very keen on the elections. because many people have said they are very keen to capitalise on his political mood because what they will say is that here we are, we have done very well and elections, we have proposed a perfectly reasonable government and the president acting on the advice of those who control the financial

markets and the financial institutions in europe have opted to veto this democratically elected government in favour of maintaining the status quo. that plays very well into the narrative. you can see and you can understand why the league are so keen to have these elections right now. and what is a listing to the markets meanwhile? the reason we're in this political situation in the first place is because the president vetoed the coalition‘s nomination for economy minister, citing fears for investors at home and abroad that he was too anti—euro. he said he could not bring this kind of instability and this uncertainty to italy. but affectively, that sort have happened anyway. the stock market has taken a hit, just recently, the credit ratings agency movies has said that it's considering downgrading six italian banks —— moody‘s. investors have demanded the highest ever bond

yields and the bank of italy has obliged on this. coupled with the youth unemployment at the moment and the long—term sovereign debt crisis which italy has always had way before the selection, the economic picture is not looking good and these are heavy times into which italians may be heading. nick marsh ona italians may be heading. nick marsh on a situation changing by the hour in italy. let's return to our top story. these pictures have just come into the newsroom of north korean vice chairman kim yong—chol arrivng in new york. he will soon meet secretary of state, mike pompeo. and there is even speculation he could possibly meet donald trump. the former spy chief is the highest ranking north korean officials to visit the united states in 18 years. we will see you for more outside good evening. it's time for our world weather round—up. let's head straight across the pond

to maryland in the us. yes, these cars have been put in this position by heavy rainfall, heavy rainfall, in association with rropical depression rainfall, in association with tropical depression alberto, which has now been downgraded, but you can see the force at which that water was running down the road here courtesy of the intense rain that came out of the system, which now looks pretty meagre on the satellite picture behind me. but it's not finished yet. it's engaging some more moist air from the south, killing itself up, coming into play within area of low pressure for the north. wednesday looking messy, really, anywhere from central canada to the great lakes into the mid—atla ntic. 2—4 inches of rain quite widely. a lot of very warm air pushing up ahead of that system into the likes of montreal. let's head further south now as well, because quite an interesting temperature story as we look across texas. currently plenty of heat here in general, but potentially record—breaking heat in the forecast for west texas on wednesday, with temperatures in excess of 100 fahrenheit. and in terms of how that converts into celsius, we're talking about 38 celsius

in the davis mountains, could get up to 46 celsius — 114 fahrenheit — in big bend national park, so really sizzling here for the time of year. and let's stay with what similar temperatures now as we head to the northwest of india and pakistan. for parts of rajasthan and madhya pradesh, the heat will continue for the next couple of days. maybe ease later in the week as we get a bit more wind across across the way the northern plains. for the south, the monsoon extending further. heavy, heavy showers bringing a risk of flooding, and we're still talking about a flood risk for parts of bangladesh and myanmar because of heavy rain in the next couple of days. and it's a similar theme as we finish off in europe. heavy showers focusing on france, spreading across into germany,

potentially pushing towards the alps on thursday. and further north, well, we continue with some very warm, humid air. two contrasting stories with really intense thundery rain and sunshine across scandinavia. we could well see some of that heat to the north becoming record—breaking by the time we get to the weekend. certainly plenty of warm weather in general across the eastern side of europe. if you just watch the days tick by, friday there, and on into saturday you mayjust notice these oranges and reds deepening across scandinavia. we're talking about temperatures at least 10 degrees above average in the coming days. how long can it last? well, certainly through the course of the weekend. if anything, it looks like temperatures will come back down closer to normal values by the time we get back into tuesday of the following week. what's happening for us, closer to home? well, we are still being affected by a lot of the warm, muggy air for the next few days. more thunderstorms still to come. looking calmer for the weekend. and my colleague will have more for you in half an hour. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. the white house says they are optimistic the summit onjune the 12th is back on,

after a north korean spy chief arrived in new york. the russian journalist reportedly murdered yesterday appears very much alive today. ukraine says he faked his death to foil a russian plot to kill him. we'll follow up on yesterday's attack in belgium, these are the two police officers, who were among three killed in it. and it's now revealed the gunman murdered a fourth person the day before. italy looks no nearer to resolving its political crisis, as talks of an election rerun continue. give us a vote for the date and the italian people do justice for what has happened in the last week. every day outside source features bbcjournalists working in over 30 languages. your questions are always welcome. #bbcos is the hashtag belgian prosecutors

say they are treating the events in liege on tuesday as "terrorist murder". but they are still trying to establish a motive. let me show you these pictures: a minute's silence was held for the three victims. the belgium prime minister was there as well as the mayor of liege. and we're learning more about the attacker. this is an image from social media footage of the attack. he's been named as benjamin herman. he's a drug dealer who had been let out of map marche prison for a one night temporary release. it now appears he carried out a murder of a former cellmate on monday evening in the town of on. and then, just before he was due to return to jail, murdered the two policewomen and a passer by near a cafe in liege before taking a cleaner hostage at a school. one belgian politician tweeted tweet "the supervision

of radicalised prisoners remains tragically flawed." here's our europe correspondent damian grammaticas: ssource they were colleagues, police officers, both murdered in cold blood. on the left, soraya belkacemi, a single mother who leaves twin 13—year—old daughters as orphans. on the right, lucile garcia, recently married with a 25—year—old sun. "shoot him, shoot him," a woman shouts. she was filming the attacker yesterday from her balcony. this was moments after he'd gunned down the policewomen and a man in a car. he can be seen brandishing two guns. when he gets close, the woman retreats. and just a few minutes later, armed officers have now arrived. you can see them advancing cautiously up the street. the attacker is hiding in a school. he runs out, firing. prosecutors say the killer, benjamin herman, was on temporary

overnight release from prison. he'd been in and out ofjailfor ten years for minor offences. the facts are qualified as terrorist murder and attempted murder. an investigating judge has been put in charge of the judicial investigation. herman's killing spree started here on monday nightjust after his release from prison. his aunt saw him come to visit a former inmate he knew. the man, too, was murdered. translation: he didn't seem stressed. he was normal, laughing. he went up to michael's. i heard nothing after that. but was yesterday's mayhem avoidable? belgium's justice minister today said he was examining his conscience. "i am responsible for prisons. the question is, should this man have been released?", he said. so, today, a silence for the victims of benjamin herman and hard

questions for belgium to answer. damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. the volcano on hawaii's big island continues to erupt. and continues to provide spectacular images like these. fountains of lava spewing from fissures. on tuesday it forced the closure of a nearby highway. so far at least 82 homes have been destroyed. and around 2,000 people have been forced to evacuate. it has also prompted this question on twitter.. tweet @jayfurr from vermont local, jay furr. he asked the us geological survey‘s volcanoes twitter account: "is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents? assuming you had a long enough stick, that is?" he promptly got this response. "erm...we're going to have to say no, that's not safe. (please don't try!) if the vent is emitting a lot of sulfur dioxide or hydrogen sulfide, they would taste bad. and if you add sulfuric acid to sugar, you get a pretty spectacular reaction. tourism revenue is expected to take a hit from this eruption. and there is concern from some that the scale of the event is being overplayed.

this is where hawaii's big island is located. the volcano is called kilauea. it's on the island's southern shore. and this is how it looks from space. this image was taken few days ago by the european space agency. a very dangerous event that continues to evolve, with toxic gases that can travel, but currently confined to a relatively small part of the island. that's why we're starting to see memes like these from some frustrated locals. what people imagine the volcano looks like, to what it actually looks like. denise is a writer who lives close to the volcano. is this a game changer for the island ? thank you for having me. it's like being asked to mordor. i live about eight miles away from where the active measures are, and the

stitchers continue to be corrupting. there's about 25 of them, and as you mentioned, the love of christ a key highway yesterday and continued down hill. it's not threatening more communities that are along the coast. so far in the past few weeks, it's been the glow of the love of, i can see that my right yard and i have for weeks that lots of loud noises like cannon sounds, multiple times a minute all night long from gases being released. we are experiencing upwards of 100 earthquakes a day and then there is the sulphuric gases for when the winds don't blow the right way. when we have the trade winds and they blow off, but when the window changes, the air becomes chewy over here. that sounds like an awful lot to do it for you all. how safe do

you feel eight miles away where you are? i feel relatively safe and that the lava is travelling on a downward slope on the east drift zone, and i am 81 —— eight miles away on the other side of that will stop if i we re other side of that will stop if i were in the lower area it would be a different story, but right now i'm on the safe side of things. would you make of what we touched on, some people getting a bit annoyed that this is being overplayed and people are being portrayed as it behold —— are being portrayed as it behold —— a whole island is in gold when it's relatively localised? it is relatively localised? it is relatively localised, and that is a keeping for people to remember. the also should remember there are two different advance. one is the what happening with the ash, that's about 20 miles away from the area where the fishers are. the big island, is actually 4000 miles —— for thousands

—— square miles, it's about the set —— sizes connecticut. this is impacting an area of about 500 square miles, but still, it's open for business other areas are beautiful and open for business like horseback riding and of course the blue sand beaches and resorts. i'm getting queries from total sterritt —— strangers coming from different areas months from now, asking israel if it'll be ok. and if you're going to some of those areas will be fine. it only impacting a small part and where it's impacting, that devastation is indeed catastrophic andi devastation is indeed catastrophic and i do not want to downplay that. i happen to live in the 1% where it is bad. the rest of the 99% is fine. ijust wish i, when i was in the 1%, it wasn't in a disaster zone to. how worried are people living there that this is going to affect tourism and

change things on the big island? you know, it could change things. we had cruise ships cancelling, one cancelled throughout next month. but the reality is, people here and resorts, life is fine over there. life is normal for them. resorts, life is fine over there. life is normalfor them. they're not really impacted unless the wind shifts and they get more vlog on the other side, and that is volcanic ash, like smog but with volcanic ash. but you know, it's tough on the... right now, we're going through a hard time here and a lot of people are struggling. denise, we appreciate your time, they give her much keep safe. if you want more on that and other stories go to our website. (pres) don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories

on our web site (00v) there is full coverage on a report into last year's grenfell tower disaster has found that the response by the local london government authorities was what they call "badly flawed". 72 people lost their lives in the fire, which happened in west london lastjune. the charity muslim aid said kensington and chelsea council showed "weak leadership" and the report also criticised their "slow response". here's more from their ceo jehangir malik. the local authorities and the emergency response mechanisms need reviewing. and i think they don't take into consideration, i think that's why the report's called "mind the gap". the gap is between local service society, organisations, and the local authorities. that mechanism needs to be improved to ensure that vulnerable people are not left to their own devices. kensington and chelsea borough council has said it won't respond directly to the accusations

until all the facts are known but it did issue this statement they say "we are committed to learning the lessons from the grenfell tragedy and therefore we welcome this report as part of the learning process" the report comes as an independent public inquiry examining the circumstances leading up to the fire is taking place. until now, it's been hearing testimony from survivors and those who lost relatives. said essaouini lost his wife isra ibrahim, who died alongside her brother and mother. i'm ripped up two pieces, only god knows, how much i'm going through. i feel like i lost my world. every friday i go to the cemetery and i sit down and talk to her for two hours i know she is listening to me and loved me to the max as well. lucy manning has been covering this for the bbc. it's been a really sad. it has given

the established a invoice they felt they had not had for a year and is set the tone for this inquiry. one of the survivors said to me this could've started being professional he put it, instead it's been emotional and he says that's important because with professional he says nothing will get done, this has allowed the chairman to have the emotions and hopefully he said he will change things assertively he has seem to be emotional and you cannot fail to be. what happens now, is on monday the lawyers start to get involved. we have the counsel to the inquiry will make the opening statement and that is expected to be shocking information that comes from the experts who have compiled reports to this inquiry. but certainly, no one will forget everything that they have heard from the families over these last few days. there's an alarming

new statistic coming out of afghanistan. health officials in the western city of heart say the number of people attempting to take their own lives has doubled and most of them are women. about 1800 people have died, many by poisoning, in the past year. there are various reasons,here's one of them ssource. translation: he kept coming with his mother and sisters to ask for my hand. i've been engaged for seven years. now i'm not a young woman any more and i've had the engagement for the past seven years. he got what he wanted, he doesn't want to marry me. he wants to divorce me without giving me what the law says i should be given as his wife. i waited for the last six years. he didn't even pay for anything i needed. i don't want to live any more. that's why i tried to kill myself by taking rat poison. from the bbc‘s afghan service. officials are saying that there are various reasons for the suicide rate for the fact that it had gone up and

according to them it has doubled compared to the past year and previous years. afghan officials are saying the reasons for this is domestic violence, mental health, ptsd, forced marriages, and ongoing war basically. people are just forced to end their lives because they can't cope with it. and this is a burden that primarily women feel that they have problems in their life they simply find too much to bear. absolutely, think women are the main victims because they have no other channel to channel their anger or go and seek help to just have that environment where they can get help. and i think it's the sheer pressure of life that's making them go to extreme lengths to end their lives and to just say well enough is enough and i can't take it any more. why herat province? what in particular is it about it that is causing it to be so high?

there are various theories about herat as a whole. one is that more women are much more liberal compared to other parts of the country. they're educated, they know their rights, they know the laws of the country, so they don't put up with what ever the environment is demanding from them. but having said that, i think the numbers are not limited to herat alone. other parts of the country and cases are similar maybe not as high, but a similar scale. and the reason we don't hear from other parts of the country, is because the people don't report or media don't have access to those parts. because they're either farther away or there in total control areas, or there is no medium to reach out to the outside world. so herat is the biggest city, people are educated, they go to school, women work. so they have more

channels to tell the world about their problems and i think that's white we hear more about herat compared to other provinces. zimbabwe's president emmerson mnagnagnwa has set an election date, mondayjuly 30th. voters will choose a president, parliamentarians and councillors. these elections are being seen as the first real test of president mnangangwa's commitment to democracy. he swept to power last november, deposing long time leader robert mugabe following the military‘s intervention. here's shingai nyoka. the elections could be the new beginning that this battered nation needs. the president has confirmed that the country will go to elections on monday, july 30. it's the most anticipated contest in decades. the two front runners, 75 year old former vice president, and his

40—year—old rival nelson. he is looking for a electoral legitimacy, both at home and abroad. he controversially rose to power last november with the help of this military commander. who is now vice president. but the party remains divided. let us put our differences aside and campaigned for the tundras victory. the party of the future. the party of posterity. the opposition movement for democratic change enjoys a massive urban support, but it too is fragmented after the death of his long—time leader in february. it's banking on the hope that zimbabweans want to break from the past. there is no way he's

going to win an election in zimbabwe. i know that robert mugabe is going to vote for the opposition. for the first time in 38 years, former leader, robert mugabe will not be on the ballot. it's brought a fresh sense of hope for the future. a record five and a half million zimbabweans have registered to vote in the elections. i'm just waiting for the day to vote. previously we could not express her feelings come out we could not express ourselves if you want to vote. you were scared to say what you want to say, but now i think 2018 is a different year from all other years. the promises, to be open for business, so everyone who voted for the election, maybe things would now be at her. we're just hoping. he has promised free, fair,

and credible elections. the opposition says even at this early stage, his government is refusing to allow an audit of the voters rule. with the elections, zimbabwe faces its first test of democracy after years of robert mugabe's misrule. the world is watching to see whether his former right—hand man will be able or to deliver. now, menstruation remains a taboo topic in many places around the world. here in the uk, more than 137,700 of girls in the uk missed school last year because they couldn't afford period products. map in kenya, more than one million girls miss up to six weeks of schools each year because they don't have reliable access to sanitary pads or tampons. across the border in uganda, a local initiative is taking this issue on and teaching not only schoolgirls, but their brothers,

mothers and fathers, how to make reusable sanitary pads. the bbc's patience atihaire reports. when she started her period, getting to school became an uphill challenge. like many girls in uganda, she could not afford basic sanitary products. it was her education that paid the price. sanitary products. it was her education that paid the pricelj sanitary products. it was her education that paid the price. i was not comfortable going to school when i don't have a pass, because i was, i thought that the period would come out of people would see me. when it comes i start hiding myself. we have what we call ministration, menstruation period. as part of an initiative to teach girls to make their own sanitary pads. homemade

sanitary pad, a portable. lesson is taking place in this village for the girls and families. blood, we're showing this is blood. for many taking part, it is a not a subject are used to taking. what's interesting about this although the gentleman is gathering and talking about it, he cannot use of words such as period or menstruation so the word he is using an local language for period literally means stubbing your toe are hurting your toe, which shows that it is still an issue people would not ordinarily or publicly discussed. but attitudes seem publicly discussed. but attitudes seem to be changing. the first training we had, we found it hard, because most of the man were complaining, why should we sit here and talk about menstruation when we

do go through it. and after some time, actually by the idea. when you go into communities and talk to men and boys about menstruation, what kind of reaction did you get from them? there more receptive now. and marl them? there more receptive now. and man is the one making a sanitary pad for his family. it's notjust bothers getting involved. translation: making the pad is easy for me so i can make them for my sister or mother or even turn it into a business. this woman has three teenage daughters and understands the challenges of menstruation better than most. translation: we did not have this kind of sanitary pad when i was younger, we had these old clothing which we would clean in use, but now we have learned how to make reusable ones, i make supper my daughters to ta ke to ones, i make supper my daughters to take to school. back at school, she

is at her exams. she isjust take to school. back at school, she is at her exams. she is just to terms away from completing primary school. handmade sanitary pads had a pa rt school. handmade sanitary pads had a part to play in that. a solution that's not just part to play in that. a solution that's notjust saving money, but also offering girls like her the possibility of a better future. it appears the summit between donald trump and kimjong—un could be back on. the white house says it expects it to go ahead onjune 12. here's press secretary sarah sanders. we're continuing to prepare for the meeting between the president and the north korean leader. as the president says, if it happens, we'll certainly be ready. these pictures have just come into the newsroom of north

korean vice chairman kim yong—chol in new york. he will soon meet secretary of state, mike pompeo. who has been going to north korea in the past few weeks to keep diplomacy going. and there's speculations he could possibly meet donald trump. it's pretty significant, because he is high up in the regime. he is the highest ranking north korean official to visit the united states in18 official to visit the united states in 18 years. we'll keep you up—to—date with all the twists and turns to mark, thank you for watching outside source. that's going to lead big change in

the weather, big stars on the way. wednesday saw clouded, a better break, but scotland and northern ireland i had a glorious weatherfor the most part with lots of sunshine and it was another warm day as well, but all the eyes are on the storm clouds that are brewing around the western alps in sweat —— with chilling, because the storms are going to go across france and into southern france and england for thursday. the jet streams, southern france and england for thursday. thejet streams, still similarto thursday. thejet streams, still similar to what we saw in recent days. there is a split window into the south and the other branch going to the north and use either rich is working its way over towards scandinavia. like a dog on a lead, the area of high pressure down on the area of high pressure down on the earth surface will follow movement of thejet the earth surface will follow movement of the jet stream and you see how it slipped east, and allows this area of low pressure up we have seen this area of low pressure up we have seenin this area of low pressure up we have seen in the recent days, to sneak further north and bring those torrential downpour is an across the country. so, we're looking at big storms. thursday, we're looking at a

potential around 30—40 mm of rain and its base of an hour. 60—80 were storms lined up in a two or three hour period. you want to think about what that looks like on the ground, think about the floods that hit birmingham on sunday. we can't be sure where the rain will fall, but it looks like across southern england and wales and areas most at risk, southeast does the nasty ones as well, as we go through the first pa rt as well, as we go through the first part of the day. some flooding in disruption and damage to property as well all on the cards for thursday. friday, storms will drift further north to really across parts of the midlands, northern england scotland ireland, is where we could see nasty storms as we end the week where as burris —— further south, they become less widespread. we can weather, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland so a change to the weather we saw over recent days. but to the south, weather looks largely drive. some cloud, but warm spells

of sunshine and highs getting into the load to mid 20s and warm spots. the second half of the weekend, influenced by a build up pressure across the north of the uk, we may see winds coming down the north sea bringing cloud around the coast, particularly scotland on sunday and that will seep its way further south with time into early part of next week, but send it looks like it should be drive showers relatively few and far between and the temperature a bit higher. 15 degrees or so temperature a bit higher. 15 degrees orso in the temperature a bit higher. 15 degrees or so in the capital. take a look at the weather charts into next week. monday, did see some load cloud filtering down, misty stosur at the day, back to cloud —— coastal areas as the such icons on the afternoon. it should feel pleasant enough again, temperatures in the 20s and not bad at all for this time of the year. jet stream is going to kind of reform in a pattern we have seen in

recent days, the big ridge to the net —— north of the uk high pressure here low—pressure south of the uk. if this pattern moves east, it will be out of the question for us to get eastern wind, and i could bring some high temperatures into next week, but at the same time we could see showers and the south depending on how close the low—pressure is to the south. tonight at ten, the russian journalist reported to have been murdered in ukraine is alive and well after all. arkady babchenko, an critic of the russian government, appeared at a news conference in kiev today. the ukrainians said they'd faked his death to expose russian agents. amid mounting anger among friends who'd been grief—stricken by his reported death, the russian journalist revealed the extent of the deception. translation: i have buried friends and colleagues many times and i know

the sickening feeling. i am sorry you had to experience it but there was no other way. we'll have more details as the ukrainian authorities face worldwide condemnation for the tactics they adopted. also tonight: today's family tributes to victims of the grenfell fire, including the man who sheltered other residents