i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: at least 62 people dead and up to two million affected. guatemala's most active volcano continues to spew superheated gas, ash, and rock. the former north korean spies pinning their hopes on next week's singapore summit to allow them to go home, some, after decades in jail in the south. translation: prison life was really hard. in south korean society, you needed to convert your ideology. since i said i would not, they kept torturing me for any reason. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: rodrigo duterte courts fresh controversy. the philippine president is accused of misogyny after kissing an overseas worker on the lips at a public event. and we meet the ground—breaking washington lobbyist pushing for new laws to improve the lives of others. live from our studios in singapore

and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. thanks forjoining us. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 5pm in guatemala, which has been hit by the deadliest volcanic eruption in more than a century. at least 62 people are known to have been killed, though many more are missing, after the volcano known as fuego, or fire, erupted for more than 16 hours on sunday. it sent a torrent of superheated rock, ash and mud down its slopes at up to a hundred kilometres an hour. the volcano is just a few kilometres from the capital, guatemala city, from where aleem maqbool reports. as spectacular and dramatic as it was destructive and deadly.

in its most violent eruption in decades, the volcan de fuego or volcano of fire, exploded in a massive shower of molten rock and ash. the plumes rose several miles into the air. in one village, fascination with what was going on quickly turned to terror as hot ash shot towards onlookers. fast—moving rivers of burning mud and debris spread chaos. in the panic, family members were split up, children separated from their parents and many are still missing. translation: i only managed to find two children alive last night. my two daughters, grandson and my son are missing, together with my entire family. and entire villages were blanketed in a suffocating layer of hot ash.

it's clear many stood little chance of getting away. those who did have been left shell—shocked, next to bodies of people who died in el rodeo, an elderly man sits. "look at the state i'm in," he says. recovery workers continue to look for survivors or for more bodies, but they do that in the shadow of a volcano that could erupt again at any time. translation: the challenge we face is the volcano has been active and the difficulty of working with this kind of material, which is extremely hot. many rescuers reported their shoes melted into the ground as they worked. this was always known to be an active volcano, but an eruption as big as this that has claimed so many lives, was beyond living memory. now a new generation knows the horrors of what volcano of fire can bring.

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in guatemala. now a new generation knows the horrors of what volcano of fire can bring. aleem's report showed the scale of the devastation caused by the volcanic eruption in guatemala. we also have some pictures taken from a helicopter which showjust how wide the streams of ash and mud are, and how they swept away everything in their path. earlier, vulcanologist drjanine krippnerfrom concord university, in west virginia, explained how these pyroclastic flows have made this eruption so deadly. think of fine ground sand and rock.

that is what this is, but it is hot. boulders and hot gas and ash over that. it is extremely deadly. out of this compared to the volcano on the big island in hawaii. —— how does this compare? while the lava flows have been devastating for local communities with hawaii, you can outrun them most of the time. you cannot do that with pyroclastic flows. we have seen people taking pictures. it is causing a lot of concern. with these kind of flows, what is your advice? get out of them. if a pyroclastic flow is

coming towards you, get out of the way. you cannot survive it. what kind of speed does this flow travel it? a few hundred kilometres per hour, very fast. it is far too fast to outwalk. volcanoes are active. we come across so many active ones. to outwalk. volcanoes are active. we come across so many active ones. but we never hear this many deaths. what is so spectacular about this situation and can we expect more eruptions? this is a very active volcanoes so it is quite normal, but not on this scale. what is devastating is the scale of this eruption. the pyroclastic flows went

quite far away from this volcano and people did not have a chance to get out of the way. explaining why that volcano is so deadly. also making news: donald trump has tweeted that, as president, he would have the right to pardon himself, were he to be convicted of any crime. it's understood he's referring to the investigation by special counsel, robert mueller, into links between russia and mr trump's election campaign. yesterday on newsday, we told you his personal lawyer, former new york mayor, rudy giuliani, had said the same thing. it's worth nothing that mr trump added that he wouldn't need to pardon himself, as he hadn't done anything wrong. here's what white house spokeswoman sarah sanders had to say when she was asked about that. thankfully, the president has not done anything wrong and would have no need for a pardon. but does he rule out ever issuing a pardon for himself? once again, thankfully the president has not done anything wrong and therefore does not need one. protestors in jordan say they will continue with their demonstrations, despite the resignation of the prime

minister. they want plans to increase prices and raise taxes to be scrapped, thejordanian foreign minister has promised to respect the demands of the public. doctors say the liverpool goalkeeper, loris karius, sustained a concussion during last month's champions league final defeat by real madrid. he was blamed for two of the goals in the 3—1 loss. and while medical experts can't say when the injury was sustained, they believe it would have had an immediate effect on his performance. if you've ever wondered what $2 million can buy you, then take a look at this. it's the price this almost—complete dinosaur skeleton fetched at auction in paris just a few hours ago. the winning bid was in fact $1.945 million. and for that, the purchaser bought the only known remains of what's thought to be a new species of therapod, which are meat eaters which are distant cousins of the tyrannosaurus rex. in the last few hours the white house has confirmed

what we probably already knew, that preparations for the trump—kim summit are going well, and that it should begin at 9:00am in the morning, local time, in singapore, on the 12th ofjune. live now to our correspondent in seoul, hywel griffith. what more details do we have on the summit coming from the white house? very little, rico hizon. it is a slow drip feed of information about the summit. aid 9am start in singapore. we do not know the venue. ——a singapore. we do not know the venue. —— a 9am. we do not know where they are staying. but preparations are happening. the white house had to balance its position, saying the sanctions against north korea remain in place. they see this summit as

they result of the maximum pressure working. it is not a phrase donald trump wants to use any more. but they say the tactic has worked as pushed kim jong—un towards a summit. what about the details of what is on the agenda? denuclearisation, economic assistance? many of the talks are ongoing. talks have been going on in the demilitarised zone tween the two koreas and between the us and north korea. they are going line by line through any agreement. expectations have already been lowered. we probably will not get a com pletely lowered. we probably will not get a completely irreversible denuclearisation deal. perhaps they

are talking about a peace treaty instead. perhaps we could see the south korean president arrive at the summit, perhaps not for 9am on the 12th, but perhaps the 13th, in the background for a peace deal between the two koreas. this comes as pyongyang improves relations with moscow. absolutely. north korea is not just moscow. absolutely. north korea is notjust in a dialogue with south korea and the us, but also powerful neighbours to the north. china, yes, but russia has become far more involved. sergey lavrov travel there last week. he has given an invitation for a summit. that meeting with vladimir putin and kim jong—un will take place in september in vladivostok at a conference. kim jong—un has successfully worked his way through different diplomatic difficulties and now has world leaders asking him to come to them.

thank you so much forjoining us from seoul. there is hope in south korea that this historic meeting will lead to a peace treaty after decades of division. others have very personal reasons to hope these talks will be successful. for a group of north korean spies who've beenjailed in enemy territory in the south for decades, these talks offer their best chance of being returned home before they die. our correspondent, laura bicker, has been to meet them. north korean spies were hunted down in the south. their capture on enemy soil made television headlines. a warning to others who wished to follow. many came by boat to promote the ideology of north korea. this man was one of them, a radio engineer on a north korean spy ship.

after three decades in a south koreanjail, he after three decades in a south korean jail, he wants to go home to afamily he korean jail, he wants to go home to a family he has not seen since 1962. translation: i was very young and i was very much in love with my family in north korea. we were inseparable and had a lot of fun. despite that, icame to and had a lot of fun. despite that, i came to south korea because my country was suffering. prison life was very hard. why is that? we knew to convert ideology and they tortured me for any small reason because i did not. he hopes the current talks will result in him going home, but he does not trust the us says he believes they are responsible for dividing the two koreas. translation: when you see people go on television and talk about denuclearisation, the foreigners came and divided us and made us fight each other. if they we re made us fight each other. if they were nice to us and helped us, why would we create nukes? this man says

he was not a spy but was jailed for over 30 years anyway. he now has a wife and family in south korea, and yet he still wants to return to pyongyang. translation: yet he still wants to return to pyongyang. translationzlj yet he still wants to return to pyongyang. translation: i discussed it with my family and said i want to go back. she said please go. when good days come, we will meet again. you may say i am brainwashed by socialism, but i am involuntary communist having built my mission in jail. -- a voluntary. it is this kind of conviction which worries right—wing nationalists in south korea. they protest every week in seoul, concerned the aim of north korea is to unify both koreas under one ruler. can you have read like we have enjoyed is now? are there people in north korea as happy as we are? —— freedom. people in north korea as happy as we are? -- freedom. north korea is the

worst dictatorship in the world. that kind of dictatorship cannot keep its promise. in promise, will south koreans simply want peace, but not one that comes at a cost? south koreans have overcome a military dictatorship and become a democracy and created an economic miracle. evenif and created an economic miracle. even if they get rid of the barbed wire at the border, overcoming the social and ideological differences between the two koreas may be far more difficult. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the back—flipping fbi agent whose cavorting put a man in hospital. also on the programme: we meet the pioneering lobbyist championing the cause of people with disabilities in washington. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster.

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i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: at least 62 people have died and up to 2 million have been affected by the eruption of guatemala's most active volcano. the white house has confirmed that the first meeting between donald trump and kim jong—un will take place at 9:00am in the morning local time in singapore on 12 june. president rodrigo duterte has defended kissing a woman who he invited onto the stage while making a speech in south korea asjusta gimmick. but one women's rights party in the philippines, gabriela, has condemned it as the disgusting theatrics of a misogynist who just wants to demean and humiliate women. and you can read more on that story on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front

pages from around the world. here in singapore, the strait times leads with next week's summit between the us and north korea. it carries a picture of the shangri—la hotel which is rumoured to be the venue for president trump and kim jong—un's meeting. the government has declared the surrounding vicinity a special event area. the international edition of the new york times covers the ongoing conflict in afghanistan, showing this image of a 13—year old amputee injured in an explosion. it says that a leftover bomb that killed four family members has caused this long war‘s cruelest toll. and the japan times reports on the end of a space mission that saw over 2,600 orbits of the sun.

this is a picture of japanese astronaut norishige kanai, who landed in kazakhstan after spending more than five months on the international space station. now, it seems a hot shot on the dancefloor is sparking discussion online. yes, take a look at this — the perfect example of why it is never a good idea to take to the dancefloor with a loaded weapon. this is an off—duty fbi agent strutting his stuff at a club in denver. he does a backflip and his handgun falls to the floor. but, when he reaches down to recover it, the weapon discharges. the shot hit another man in the club, wounding him in the leg, though fortunately not seriously. both the police and the fbi are investigating. the inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower in london last

june has heard how catastrophic failures in building standards led to the flames spreading so rapidly. there was also confusion in the advice given by firefighters to people trapped inside the burning building. you may find some of the images in this report by lucy manning distressing. asleep in the safety of their homes, but this building was a death trap, a majorfire hazard. devastating details revealed to the inquiry how grenfell was covered in material that would burn easily, that wasn't properly tested, and how, once it was covered inflames, the fire brigade's strategy telling residents to stay in theirflats failed. the burnt—out kitchen of flat 16, on the fourth floor,

where the fire started and then spread. the 999 call from the resident who escaped from here, heard for the first time. videos played to the inquiry showed just how quickly the fire spread up and across. at first, it is just on the fourth floor. 20 minutes after the 999 call, it is up the side of the building. my yard, that's my yard. it's in my yard. half an hour after it started, it reached the top of the tower. when the inquiry experts said the fire brigade's "stay put" advice failed.

the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how, in london, in 2017, a domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically that an entire high—rise block was engulfed. the inquiry‘s experts found the main cause of the fire spreading was the cladding, which was flammable and hadn't been properly tested. new windows had been installed, also made of material that burnt easily, and new fire doors had been put in, that weren't fire—compliant. the bereaved have told the inquiry many more would have survived if the fire brigade hadn't told families to stay in their flats for so long. the inquiry‘s report said this "stay put" advice effectively failed at 1:26am in the morning, but it continued even though a major incident was declared at 2:06am. the advice to stay put was eventually dropped at 2:47am, nearly two hours into the fire. 71 people didn't make it out,

and the inquiry says it would need to examine whether the failure to change that advice made all the difference between life and death. lucy manning, bbc news. mention the term "lobbyist" and you probably think of shady deals in back rooms. but kayla mcewen is definitely breaking that mould. she is the first person who has down syndrome to be given the right to lobby in washington. we caught up with her on capitol hill. here is her story. the amazing story of kayla mcewen. you have been watching newsday. coming up, asia business report, including: with us trade tensions an ongoing issue, how does the head of hong kong's national carrier think this will affect business? and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures, which show the devastation caused by the fuego volcano in guatemala. more than 60 people are known to have been killed, but many more are still missing. ash, hot toxic gases and other volcanic material swept over entire villages, without warning, and so rapidly that it would have been almost impossible to escape.

good morning. the best of the sunshine on monday was out to the west, particular south—west wales. for most of us it was a pretty clay, grey, cloudy start to a new working week, wasn't it? in fact, this weather watcher's picture sums quite nicely. the cloud thickener for the odd spot or two of drizzle. we start like that for many today, but fingers crossed conditions will improve later on. now, it is a very quiet weather story right throughout the week across the uk, with high—pressure setting up into the north, and this north—easterly flow. now, that is responsible for driving in this cloud through the night, and it makes for a pretty grey, murky start. but as we go through the day it does look as though the cloud will start to thin and break and push its way down in the south wales and south—west england. here, it could stay little disappointing, but with more sunshine coming through, temperatures will enough north sea coast. elsewhere we

will have some clearer skies and a slightly cooler night. a little more co mforta ble slightly cooler night. a little more comfortable for this trying to sleep in, with single figures pretty much for most of us. so we start off on wednesday, then, on a slightly fresher note. still some grey, low cloud spilling enough north sea coasts, but on wednesday we have a greater chance of seeing more sunshine coming through so after that elista temperatures will respond with more sun and high is likely at 23 degrees in the south—east and maybe in sheltered eastern areas of scotland temperatures will be in the low 20s as well. but, as we move into wednesday night to thursday morning, there is the risk of the potential for some thundery downpours pushing up for some thundery downpours pushing up through the channel, so we will need to keep a close eye on that. they will still be lingering, potentially, first thing on thursday morning. the further north you go, we will have some decent spells of sunshine, and just a little bit of

cloud just spilling an off the north sea. if that happens, temperatures 16 to 18 degrees, but highest value likely of 22 degrees, that is 72 fahrenheit. the high pressure still stays with us. the isobars widely spaced, which means like wind, and not much change in the weather pattern as we move towards the end of the working week. so again we start off with cloudy conditions first thing in the morning. the cloud should break up, we will see some sunshine coming through, but a lwa ys some sunshine coming through, but always the risk, potentially, down to the south, of a few sharp, possibly thundery showers developing. i is likely of 15 to 22 degrees. and not much change as we move into the weekend. it stays predominantly dry with some sunshine. always the chance of seeing one or two showers perhaps into the south—east corner. that's it, take care. our top story: at least 62 people are now known to have been killed in guatemala's deadliest volcanic eruption in more than a century. many more are missing, with up to two million people are affected. soldiers are helping firefighters search for those

missing after villages were engulfed by torrents of superheated rock, ash, and mud from the fuego volcano, which means "fire" in spanish. the white house has confirmed details of the first meeting between donald trump and north korea's kimjong—un in singapore on the 12th ofjune. it'll take place at 9am in the morning local time. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it's the backflipping off—duty fbi agent, whose antics on a denver dancefloor put a man in hospital. the agent's gun dropped out of his waistband. as he went to recover it, the weapon discharged, hitting another customer in the leg. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news.