i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: the korea summit fortress — police reveal the scale of the shutdowns for tuesday's big event. the summit has in declared as a high security special event from june ten untiljune 1a. during this period the public can expect heightened security measures. the view from japan where fear of missile attacks from north korea has led to these air raid drills. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: two hundred missing and 75 dead — the death toll rises from the volcanic eruption in guatemala. and why are japanese tourists flocking to a small hotel in the english county of wiltshire? we find out. live from our studios in singapore

and london. this is newsday. good morning. it's midnight in london, and 7am in singapore — where, with just five days to go before the historic trump—kim summit, the authorities have announced the sheer scale of their security operation. the so—called ‘enhanced security special event‘ will see large areas of singapore sealed off — notjust on sentosa island where the summit takes place — but also two large shopping malls, a subway station and a bus depot. with the restrictions in place for several days, it will cause major disruption — as rahuljoglekar reports. the roads may look calm for now but singapore may soon be transformed into a fortress. we know that island

will be the location for the meeting between donald trump and north korea's kim jong—un. the between donald trump and north korea's kimjong—un. the police have now revealed that the security blanket will extend to areas at the heart of the city state, looking off some of the main roads and the waters off the coast as well. drones, signalflares, waters off the coast as well. drones, signal flares, flammable materials are just some of the things that police have banned. the summit has been declared as an enhanced security special event from june ten untiljune 14. during this period, the public can expect heightened security measures to be put in place at the summit venues and areas around. security seems to bea and areas around. security seems to be a major concern in selecting the two hotels. one hotel on sentosa island and another in downtown singapore. being on sentosa island,

a resort island, makes it easy to cut off without disrupting the rest of singapore. and even within sentosa island, it be location of the hotel is separate from the other hotels as well so you can really create a safe space for the summit to happen without creating much disruption at all. can these two very different leaders fought a long road to peace in singapore? the local security forces hope to ensure that there are checkpoints along the way. so, babita, we're all very familiar with sentosa island here in singapore and i can tell you the choice of venue is causing a lot of disruption here in singapore. the security measures will be worse than national day in august or the formula i race in september. we've never seen these security measures so far in my 20 years here in the city—state. and you were there just recently babita. yes, rico. it is incredible to be there as a

tourist and know that this will now be the centre of one of the most historic meetings between two leaders in the world. when i went to sentosa island i caught a cable car that takes you into the centre of the island as a tourist. i will be interested to see whether or not any tourist will be able to gather their and catch that cable car to get into sentosa island. rumour has it that it will be completely shut off and i think that is a smart reason why the leaders have chosen that place and singapore has offered it as a neutral place. as you heard from the contributors earlier, it really is a little bubble where you can control the security measures and get on with it. we will have more on that summit later and, with it. we will have more on that summit laterand, in with it. we will have more on that summit later and, in particular, with it. we will have more on that summit laterand, in particular, the position of japan in these talks. our other top story this hour — donald trump and his ability to pardon himself. his tweet has caused a lot of controversy. the president has been increasing his attacks on the russia probe in recent weeks, accusing the fbi of planting spies in his campaign and going

as far as suggesting that even if he is accused of any wrongdoing, he has the power to pardon himself. but today the speaker of the house paul ryan became the latest senior republican to publicly disagree with the president. i don't know the technical answer to the question but i think the obvious a nswer the question but i think the obvious answer is that he should not and nobody is above law. also this hour, president trump has granted clemency to a 63—year—old great—grandmother, after the celebrity kim kardashian met with him to push for her release. alicejohnson was serving life in prison for her part in a cocaine distribution scheme. ms kardashian said she told the president that alice was a non—violent offender. the white house said she had worked hard to rehabilitate herself. spain's new socialist prime minister has named his cabinet, with women taking most of the posts for the first time in the country's history. pedro sanchez, who took office on friday after unseating mariano rajoy‘s popular party,

says his new government is pro—gender equality and cross—generational. voters in northern california have recalled a judge from office after he sentenced a former stanford university swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2016, to a 6—month jail term. judge aaron persky was widely criticised at the time for being too lenient towards the defendant, brock turner. a luxury hotel in one of london's most exclusive neighbourhoods had to be evacuated on wednesday afternoon, after a fire broke out on the roof. nearby buildings had to be evacuated as well. 120 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze at the mandarin oriental hyde park in knightsbridge. the hotel has just gone through what its owners describe as the most extensive refurbishment in its history. fortunately no—one was hurt. next week's summit may feature just donald trump

and kimjong—un, but its outcome could affect many other countries. in particular, japan will be watching events closely. prime minister shinzo abe will be speaking to mr trump before that singapore summit, but there are still concerns that any deal between washington and pyongyang will not suit tokyo. rupert wingfield—hayes reports. japan isa japan is a afraid of kimjong—un‘s nuclear missiles. so much so it began doing something it has not done since world war two, practising air raid drills. america is afraid of this. north korea's huge new missile. so far it has been tested

only ones. but japan sees these intermediate range missiles and kim jong and has hundreds of them. the question now is if a trump—kim deal will include all of north korea's missiles orjust the ones that can hit the united states? prime minister shinzo abe is hoping his close personal relationship with president trump will guarantee japan is not left out. but numerous rounds of golf have not stopped mr trump from opening a trade war with tokyo. trump is an extraordinary president. i have seen america for the last 30 oi’ i have seen america for the last 30 or a0 years, this is very unique president and i am afraid that president trump is undermining the leadership law of the united states. i think this is wrong. i do think that the united states must treat

japan as an ally. they are not treating us as an ally. powell worried is shinzo abe west of worried is shinzo abe west of worried enough that he has flown to washington, dc a game today to tell president trump to not forget about them. do not do a deal on missiles and nuclear weapons that leaves are japan. and he wants one more thing. to find out what happened to japanese citizens of abducted on the orders of kim jong—un‘s father in the 1970s and 1980s. this goal was just 13 when she disappeared on her walk home from school. for two decades herfamily walk home from school. for two decades her family heard walk home from school. for two decades herfamily heard nothing. thenin decades herfamily heard nothing. then in 2002 north korea made a stunning admission. it had kidnapped her and i2 stunning admission. it had kidnapped her and 12 others. five were allowed to return to japan pyongyang insisted that the others were dead. her brother says her family have

never believed that. translation: we believe my sister is alive and suffering in north korea, he says. they told us that she died in 1993 but others saw her alive in 199a. north korea sent back her ashes that dna tests showed they were from a different person. so we think north korea is lying. if she is still alive, and she is over 50. the singapore summit has given them new hope that she could still return home. in guatemala, the emergency teams searching through the villages which were caught up in the fuego volcano eruption have found more victims buried in the ash. 75 people are now known to have been killed — but more than two hundred others are still missing. one of the worst affected areas was around the village of el rodeo which was hit by the flow of rock and toxic gases

despite being almost ten kilometres away from the volcano. will grant reports. the tiny community of los lotes stood no chance. flimsy shacks of tin and corrugated iron offered residents no protection when the awesome power of volcan de fuego thundered through their village. everything was buried under the river of lava and ash. homes, livelihoods, loved ones. some are still looking for survivors, but it is an increasingly forlorn task. instead, the desperate search has turned to the morgues. wendy hernandez has lost everyone she held dear, her entire family gathered for her mother's birthday was wiped out in minutes. her mother, sister, nephews and what's breaking her heart most of all, her two teenage daughters.

translation: alli could hear was screams. i begged her to tell me what was going on. but she did not respond. with each passing day, this disaster isn't easing but worsening. it is now almost impossible that anyone still searching for lost loved ones will have any success, except perhaps in retrieving their bodies for burial. the emergency services are working around the clock, but barely coping. the president says in this poverty—stricken nation there isn't a single extra peso available for the relief effort. and amid it all, fuego is still active. a recent alarm prompted fresh panic among local people, who fled any way they could. they say in latin america, hope is the last thing you lose. but in guatemala, that hope is fading fast. will grant, bbc news, los lotes, guatemala.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the strange tale of the mexican salamander and the nuns who could hold the key to saving it from extinction. also on the programme, the pretty english guesthouse that's become a mecca for japanese tourists. we'll be having a chat with the owner. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three

times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: ahead of the us north korea summit,

the singapore authorities have given details of their security plan. in guatemala, 75 people are now known to have been killed by the volcanic eruption, but more than 200 others are still missing. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the front page of the straits times in singapore is leading with the location of the trump kim summit. as we know, the summit is due to be held at the capella hotel on sentosa island. the singaporean foreign minister has said that the choice of location for this historic summit is singapore's contribution to world peace. the new york times' front page has a story about how a deal between the two world leaders would also be beneficial to china. the paper reports excitement over a potential deal that may see

sanctions lifted, meaning that chinese factories along the border could again freely employ north koreans, who are considered hard working and skilled. and the south china morning post has a story about how people of hong kong living on mainland china may soon be able to vote from afar. the post reports that approximately 500,000 hong kongers are working, retiring or studying north of the border. now babita, a police chase with a difference is trending online. ever heard of a tank chase? well take a look at this — an american soldier allegedly stole this armoured vehicle from a base in richmond in virginia, before leading police on a two—hour—long pursuit around the city's main roads, at speeds of up to 65 kilometres per hour. footage posted on social media, showed more than a dozen police cars, in pursuit of the personnel carrier. the incident ended without injury. an order of mexican nuns could be

the unlikely saviour of a critically endangered amphibian. they've partnered with conservationists to rescue the axolotl, a salamander unique to mexico that has been almost wiped out by pollution and over—fishing. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. lake patzcuaro, central mexico. the only place in the world where you just might find a critically endangered axolotl local known locally as the achoce. this vast lake used to be teeming with this species of axolotl, but now the scientists studying them have set out traps to catch them and this is a half kilometre long line with 100 traps and they're hoping to find just two or three that they can take some samples from. scientists are here on a mission to prevent these strange amphibians

from being wiped out completely. deforestation, which is dragging down sediments to the lake, and we have as well pollution — we were talking now to make it official that the species is close to extinction, so it was really we arrive right at the last minute. this emergency effort involves rearing the axolotls in captivity. and that's where some unexpected experts come in — the sisters of the immaculate health, who run a true sanctuary for this species. translation: it's a lot of work and a great deal of sacrifice. but it's worth it, to work with nature and to protect what god has given us. we're going to take another dna from rubbing the tongue... but while conservationists and their devout collaborators work together to save a species that's disappearing from the wild, axolotls are bred in their thousands in laboratories around the world. most people study them because of their ability to regenerate, and it's remarkable. so let's take the limb gets bitten off here, above the elbow.

what will happen is, the limb willjust regenerate a perfect mirror image of the limb on the other side. and so many people hope that we can identify some latent ability to regenerate in human tissues by studying and understanding how the axolotl regenerates. this is real good. does it work? for the cough? for centuries, these healing abilities have fuelled a belief that consuming axolotl can cure almost any respiratory element. and the original recipe for this remarkable medicine? developed by the sisters themselves. nuns here started breathing breeding the animals 30 years ago to sustain the supply of this ancient remedy‘s key ingredient. that's what makes them such axolotl experts. now, the quiet dedication of this religious community could provide a future for a creature from which we have so much to learn. a small hotel in the english county of wiltshire has become a surprise hit with japanese tourists,

after it served as the unlikely source of inspiration for a popular tv cartoon. fosse farmhouse is the setting for the japanese animated series kinmoza — which attracts more than 5 million viewers. we'll be speaking to the owner shortly, but first let's take a look at the hotel. .to . to the two. —— hello. welcome to fosse farmhouse. in the animation kinmoza, the main character is alice, who lives here and her best friend. when herfriend

comes to visit alice, being japanese, she thinks that as you do injapan you have to take your shoes off before you go into a house. so alice tells her no, you don't have to do that in england, please come in the. she does is, she stands at front door and then goes on to the doorstep and jobs with both feet on to the house. all the fans that visit here now want to do the same thing. earlier i spoke to the owner of the hotel herself — caron cooper, who you just saw in that report. i asked her how this all began. the most amazing story and it goes back to 1989, when i had just begun my b&b and every saturday i would

drive up from wiltshire because my passion is antiques and in particular, kitchenware. so old enamel cans and bread bins and rolling pins. i put them all out on the stall and to try to get some business, as i didn't have many customers, i put the information of my b&b on the stand and some photographs back on the side and so anyone that might be interested, i could just tempt them to come and have a look. and you did. notjust one, but many, many people, hundreds. also you have this then based behind this cartoon that is attracting 5.5 million people in japan and then started a lifelong bond between you and the country. talk he threw that and what you made of it all? since 1989, i met a

couple who are opening and english b&b injapan, i invited them to come to my b&b and they took loads of photographs of it, took it back and put it in their b&b and their customers became my customers and then a magazine went to visit their b&b injapan and they loved the look of it and said kenley visit karen? they did a six page feature, i had 300,000 people that read the magazine and i was voted best accommodation in great britain and then the british embassy invited me to tokyo to make afternoon tea for the royal family. it to tokyo to make afternoon tea for the royalfamily. it doesn't to tokyo to make afternoon tea for the royal family. it doesn't stop they are! —— there are! you are able to host your own afternoon tea. —— there! ijust happened i just happened to ijust happened to say to them, why

do you come and visit me in england if you ever have the time. i didn't really think they would because obviously they are very busy, but i can act england and about one month later i had a call from the imperial household saying yes, the prince, his wife and daughter would love to visit. we have run out of time u nfortu nately, visit. we have run out of time unfortunately, but if you are willing to have us, we will come on overfor willing to have us, we will come on over for afternoon tea if we can. i wa nt to over for afternoon tea if we can. i want to show our viewers over your shoulder, you have a wonderful queen elizabeth and the corgi over your shoulder, it is things like that that people love you and keep up the good work and thank you forjoining us. good work and thank you forjoining us. thanked you. —— thank you. what do you reckon? lovely lady! after watching this report and your interview, wiltshire is now on my bucket list and i just did interview, wiltshire is now on my bucket list and ijust did my research on google, it is 90 minutes

away from london. fosse farmhouse watch out for me, i will be there in september. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. holiday plans evaporate. we will see how tourists hoping to travel to india's snowcapped himalayan peaks are being told to stay away because of a water shortage. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. they are of us first lady melania trump, who has not been seen in public in nearly 25 days, appearing alongside her husband in washington. she attended a hurricane briefing with mr trump and the vice president. earlier, president trump accused, what he described as the fake news media, of falsely reporting that the first lady was near death, and that she was leaving him. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. the weather looks very sluggish over

the next few days into the weekend as well. so it is going to be difficult to get the detail right. wednesday, most places have a warm, summer ‘s day. not much cloud. over the next couple of days, in the south, there will be more cloud around. maybe one or two heavy, thundery showers. on the whole, those places will be dry. a period of cloud across eastern areas on wednesday but this is the cloud coming in from the near continent that threatens a few heavy and thundery showers, not just that threatens a few heavy and thundery showers, notjust overnight perhaps into thursday as well into the southern parts of england as well to beat not many of them, most places will be dry. more cloud it will fill humid brown southern areas and around the coast there could be quite —— patches of cloud on the cooler side but generally to bridges into the low 20s as they were on wednesday. likud scrape an isolated sharp shower across western scotland

and western northern ireland, if those all they will fade overnight, still one or two showers into the south—west of england and south wales. for eastern areas, misty and more areas of low clouds and patchy fog. it will improve the day on friday and again we have the risk of a few showers here and there. same sort of areas around southern england and wales and clipping the far north—west of the uk but large parts will be fine and dry and it will feel warm in the sunshine again. always cool around personal seacoast because we again. always cool around personal seacoast because we have an onshore breeze, once again high pressure to the north of the uk and lower pressure to the south and surround and it is around that that we are seeing storms, heavy rain, maybe over the continent through the english channel and the threat of one wales on saturday. the risk is still there, the most western side of ireland, cooler along the north seacoast. during the second half of the weekend this area of low

pressure is close and the front too, it threatens to bring with it heavy rain. still could be a few sharp showers across scotland and the chance of one or two for northern ireland but again some spells of sunshine and temperatures into the low 20s. looking ahead into monday and tuesday, again, most places will be dry. briefly we may see some high—pressure arriving on tuesday, but on the site wind after that. maybe a change. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story — singapore outlines the scale of their security operation for next week's trump—kim summit. sentosa island, where the meeting will take place, is being sealed off with closures to main roads, shopping malls, a subway station and a bus depot in what's being called an ‘enhanced security special event.‘ president trump has granted clemency to a 63—year—old woman who has been serving life in prison

for a non—violent drug offence. his intervention came after he was lobbied last week by the reality tv star kim kardashian west. and this video is trending on bbc.com: a luxury hotel in london‘s exclusive knightsbridge neighbourhood had to be evacuated after a fire broke out. the mandarin oriental hyde park had just undergone a huge refurbishment. no—one was injured. that‘s all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it‘s time for hardtalk with zeinab badawi.