you're watching beyond one hundred days. the final countdown to historic summit here in singapore. the final countdown to the historic summit here in singapore. donald trump and kimjong un now just hours from their first face to face meeting. the time together will be short but it has been confirmed the two leaders will meet, for a short period, on their own the two men have prepared in their own way for the summit — the reclusive kim jong—un took a late night stroll through singapore, even stopping for the odd selfie. amid the last minute preparations and early birthday celebrations, the president's most senior aides are clear what they want from the summit. the complete and verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula is the only outcome that the united states will accept. we'll be asking what can be achieved and what success might mean for each side. also on the programme..... weak, dishonest, a backstabber — not words normally used to describe your closest neighbour and ally. two days on from the g7,

donald trump's attack on canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau is still reverberating. democrats plot their course for the midterm elections — whatever path they take, all roads will lead to virginia. get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond—one—hundred—days. hello and welcome, i'm christian fraser in singapore, jane o brien is in washington. it is a one time shot says donald trump. after 68 years of hostility between the united states and north korea, this president believes he can find the solution that has evaded all his predecessors. who could have predicted thatjust months after rocket man and dotard were exchanging insults on twitter, the pair of them would be sitting down together here in singapore for a one—on—one, with just the translators present. the us secretary of state mike

pompeo says the united states has been fooled before, this time president trump says he will accept nothing less than the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. the arrows may point in one direction, but donald trump, as always, is going his own way. singapore, indeed the world, is bracing itself for what may come out of these improbable talks with kim jong—un. meeting the singaporean prime minister, he said he thought things could work out very nicely. no, this isn't celebrating prematurely, it's donald trump's birthday later this week. though progress with kim jong—un would be the gift of all gifts. the american president sees this potentially as his moment in history, potentially a moment of history for the world. he is determined, energised and positive and so much happier to be in singapore than quebec.

at a briefing the us secretary of state was upbeat. all the preparations were coming together nicely. there are only two people that can make decisions of this magnitude and those two people are going to be sitting in a room together tomorrow. we are hopeful this summit will have set the conditions for future productive talks. in light of how many flimsy agreements the united states has made in previous years, this president will ensure that no potential agreement will fail to adequately address the north korean threat. so what might denuclearisation mean? america wants any abandonment of nuclear weapons to be complete. it must be verifiable, north korea must submit to international nuclear monitoring. and it must be irreversible, north korea will not be allowed to maintain capacity to covertly rebuild its nuclear programme. kimjong—un has this evening been out to one of the city's famous tourist attractions and he did something normally the preserve

of western politicians. he went on walkabout. in pyongyang, the country's most famous newsreader had breaking news. she was on air to confirm that the supreme leader was in singapore for these historic talks. historic because 68 years ago at the height of fears about the spread of communism the korean war erupted, soviet—backed forces from the north attacked the south. america, britain and others were sucked in. the status quo was restored but at a heavy cost. the korean war was brutal. over a three—year period nearly 37,000 americans lost their lives, commemorated here at this memorial in washington. 1,100 britons also perished. it may be 65 years ago since the fighting ended, but for some it is still living history.

master sergeant howard griffin, now 91 years old, is a veteran of the war. it was cold and... to me it was useless i think. what, the conflict was useless? yes, yes. we lost the war. i don't know if it would have made any difference if we had won it or not. but anyway, we lost it. singapore is the most ordered, structured society in south east asia, but tomorrow two of the world's most unconventional leaders will try to win the peace, try to forge a new path for a peninsula that for seven decades has only known conflict and the fear of conflict. here with me now is dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown university, and senior adviser to us ambassador christopher hill during his negotiations with north korea. thank you very much forjoining us. this is now being scaled down to

some extent to getting to know you situation. nevertheless, what is the absolute minimum that donald trump has to come away with from this meeting? well, he to establish absolutely that as mike pompeo stated, nothing less than complete denuclearisation is the ultimate goal, which is what the united states will only tolerate, and he is making that absolutely clear. whatever happens at this meeting, both leaders seem to be pretty vested in the fact it has to be a success vested in the fact it has to be a success of some sort, but how do you thinkjapan and south korea will measure success? thinkjapan and south korea will measure success? that is what is missing here. south korea is absolutely one of the most important players and by the way played an absolutely critical role in getting this entire process to where we are here. we should not forget that. japan, prime minister stunned soave

was at the white house —— shinzo abe abbey, was that the white house 2a hours ago and japan is the big loser here. this is almost a nightmare scenario forjapan, losing out in every way. you might not be familiar with the graphics and i have my own home—made graphics, and this is what we're talking about, complete, verifiable, denuclearisation. mike pompeo is concentrating on the second letter. just have a listen. just have a listen. the united states has been fooled before, there is no doubt about it. many presidents previously have signed off on pieces of paper only to find the north koreans either didn't promise what we thought they had or actually reneged on their promises. the v matters. we are going to ensure that we set up a system sufficiently robust to be able to verify these outcomes and it is only once the v happens that we will proceed apace.

that is what has been missed before. what does v look like? how many people on the ground do you need if you are putting in place proper verification? what this shows is first of all this administration will not be fooled. it is very serious, despite all the criticism that it was not prepared, that it was rushing into this process, that it is holding the summit way too early, that its bed everything up, and the keyword here is it is going to be international. it is notjust the united states, it will require a much higher standard and probably it is also hinting that this is really going to be the stuck up for the

north koreans because the one thing that strikes fear in the north koreans is verification and it means a lot of people on the ground and thatis a lot of people on the ground and that is what the north koreans cannot tolerate. how do you know president trump will not be fooled? what does he have that gives him the edge over his predecessors who have attempted to negotiate with north korea before? the fire and the fiery rhetoric that went on for months and even a year ago. that struck fear not just even a year ago. that struck fear notjust in north korea, but around the world. exactly why we have this kind of circus media here and why the world's attention is so focused. that did a lot to unknown of the world community and brought everybody to the table at the united nations. that is what president trump has. thank you very much for joining us. iam going i am going to share with you an

anecdote about the meeting tomorrow because a lot of people have poured cold water on whether he could do something in the 45 minutes they had together. when i was a correspondent in italy, the then prime minister told me he called president assad in syria to ask him whether he could get any guarantees for the safety of the italian peacekeepers he was sending to southern lebanon. he called him direct and hours after he spoke to him, the americans were on the telephone dating, what we're doing talking to president assad directly? we go through the proper channels. sometimes leaders get stuck behind diplomatic waters and walls. when you look back in history and look back at nixon and reagan and look back at nixon and reagan and gorbachev and martin mcguinness and gorbachev and martin mcguinness and ian paisley, sworn enemies, but two people who have got together around the table and broken down their differences and it can make a difference. i do not think there is

any risk donald trump will get stuck behind diplomatic rules, but we will have to see how far he gets. no, you are quite right, he probably slices through all the protocol. there is nothing conventional about what is going on here. while president trump is busy trying to build a new alliance here with north korea, he has been driving a wedge through the old alliances, lashing out at his closest friends and neighbours. just hours after leaving a divisive g7 summit in canada he fired off nearly a dozen tweets. the us, he wrote, paid "close to the entire cost of nato" to help protect countries that "rip us off on trade". ‘fair trade', he wrote, is now to be called ‘fool trade.‘ the twitter tirade came after the other g7 leaders criticised his u—turn on the summit‘s joint—declaration. canadian prime minister justin trudeau, was treated to a particularly personal onslaught. president trump called him "very dishonest and wea k". the attacks continued through the weekend when some

of the president's most senior advisors took to the airwaves, with a message endorsed by those who were travelling on air force 0ne. he holds a press conference and the president is barely out of there on the plane to north korea and he started insulting us. he starts talking about the us insulting canada, canada will not be pushed around. he was talking about the us terrorists. in general there was an attack on the president. there is a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad foreign leader that engages in bad foreign policy with donald trump and then tries to stab him in the back oi'i then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door. that is whatjustin trudeau did on the way out the door. that is what justin trudeau did with that stunt press conference. let's get the thoughts of former advisor to president george w bush, ron christie, who joins us now. just how damaging is this? can the

g7 allies and friends treat this as a twitter tantrum or do they have to push back? nobody wants a trade war, but do they have to do something?” think in the short term they do. they need to show the united states that donald trump through his tweets, through some of his anecdotes and his frankly thai red, they will not let them be rolled over. in the short term you will get some pushback from the g six, but what will this do to our longer term relations? at this point it is too early to say. good day from singapore. you know better than anybody that i am a key student of body language and if a picture is worth a thousand words, what about those released from the summit in quebec over the weekend. the seven leaders were all tweeting their preferred shots. you do not need to bea preferred shots. you do not need to be a student of body language to interpret the photo that was

released by angela merkel. it pretty much speaks for itself. canada's justin trudeau captured a similar theme to the one that angela merkel had. this time he was next to mr trump. japan's shinzo abe abbey appears to be struggling to communicate with the president in the picture he posted. then we have donald trump's photo at the centre of everyone. the point i was making is we know the other leaders have got a beef with president trump at the moment over tariffs, but the one thing that the first picture that was tweeted tells us, is that the united states is still the centre of attention, it still matters, they are all still looking towards the united states. metaphorically speaking it tells us a lot. good morning, christian, the one who is a lwa ys morning, christian, the one who is always working, so thank you for what you are doing. if i was donald trumpi what you are doing. if i was donald trump i might have that as my christmas card at the end of the

year. that is trump defiant, shinzo abe abbey is used, the german chancellor is looking a little angry, but they are all looking to the united states for leadership. they are looking for donald trump to help them lead the world and the bemused look you see on donald trump's phase in that picture shows a guy who is kind of there and does not want to be there, he clearly wa nts to not want to be there, he clearly wants to be somewhere else. the united states has work to do with oui’ united states has work to do with our allies to make sure those special bonds that we have are there, and so the g7 is maintained and straightened in the days to come. when i look at that picture i do not see the us as the centre of attention, i see donald trump com pletely attention, i see donald trump completely on his own, surrounded by what are rapidly becoming hostile forces. what is going on here? the president of the united states does not listen to the usual diplomatic protocols, does not play the

niceties that most politicians are used to doing in settings such as this. the notion that you could not have the united states, one of the strongest of the g7, refusing to signa strongest of the g7, refusing to sign a communique suggests we might be the focus of attention, but we have to build bridges with our allies. i think it is inexcusable for the united states not to work more closely with our allies and that picture seems to capture the essence of really what went wrong at the g7 as opposed to all the anticipation of what they are hoping will go right in singapore. in the context of what is happening here. kimjong—un is context of what is happening here. kim jong—un is looking context of what is happening here. kimjong—un is looking at donald trump trying to size him up and he is saying, hang on, this guy walked away from a joint communique that he was supposed to sign. even his closest ally cannot trust him, what is the hope for north korea?“ closest ally cannot trust him, what is the hope for north korea? if i was kimjong—un i might look at is the hope for north korea? if i was kim jong—un i might look at that and say the president of the united states belittles the canadian prime

minister, he was hard on him in personal terms, and it might give the north korean dictator pause of not trying to extract too much from the united states in case donald trump tries to steam—roll him with his rhetoric and his actions. ron christie, thank you very much. stay with us. i want to talk to you at the end, and we have got a lot to share with you. christian, being the keen student of body language... what will you be looking for from the photos tomorrow? the two sides will be going to either side of the hotel and they will be in a holding room and then they will walk together down a portico to arrive in the middle at the same time. that is so one the middle at the same time. that is

so one is not waiting for the other. we focus on that president macron moment on who tries to pull the other in and to get their hand on top and all that will be fascinating. also have to look to see if there is a north korean flag. the united states does not have any diplomatic relations with north korea and if it is there, they are recognising north korea as well as kimjong—un and that recognising north korea as well as kim jong—un and that will be very important symbolically. so glad we have got you there, the expert on signs and symbols. now, we may still be a number of months from the us midterm elections but in some districts it's the height of primary season. voters are getting a chance to narrow the field and select the candidate from their party who they believe has the best shot of winning in november. on tuesday, it's the voters of virginia's 10th district who will have their say, a race that will tell us a lot about the national political landscape. and katty kay has been out to see how things are shaping up in the final days. i'm different, i'm not a politician. we can stand up to the nra.

this is about really fighting for people. we are not done yet. if democrats are going to win back congress in november, they need to start with virginia's battle ground tenth district, which is why local airwaves have become the front line in a national fight. donald trump's name is not on the ballot papers in the midterms, he is a big part of the conversation, though. after 9/11, the greatest threat to our democracy lived in a cave. today he lives in the white house. this part of virginia is one of the wealthiest areas in america. it is just an hour from washington and it is a strange mixture of booming high—tech, quaint old towns and agriculturalfarmland. it has also been a republican stronghold for almost a0 years. although it has a republican congresswoman, virginia's tenth district actually voted for clinton in 2016, which is why several democrats are spending a lot of money to run for this seat. among them are a local politician and former barack 0bama aid. and former barack 0bama aide.

let me make it very clear, i think donald trump is our greatest national security threat. this is one of the most important seats in the entire country. there is no path for democrats to take back the house without coming through the streets of virginia ten, so it is incredibly important to us here locally but it is also very important nationally as well. and then there is this man, dan helmer, who fought in afghanistan. this army veteran is actually campaigning for tighter gun controls and in one of the odder episodes of the race he went undercover to prove how easy it is to buy semiautomatic weapons in virginia. whichever democrat wins tuesday's primary will take on the republican barbara comstock. ms comstock bucked the local leftward drift in 2016 and clung to her seat, but she is vulnerable. she has also had a tricky relationship with the man in the white house. she distanced herself from trump after those famous crude access hollywood comments about kissing women.

in a pattern replicated across the country, her fate is now tied to his and trump voters here now think she should pay him his due. i don't think there is something wrong with being close to donald trump because i think he is doing a lot of stuff that is right. i think she has embraced donald where she has needed to. she has done a good balancing act. she did in 2016, but again we have next tuesday, the primary, and we will see how that works. if there is a blue wave coming it starts right here in virginia. if democrats cannot unseat barbara comstock, they are unlikely to win back congress. and still with us is our political analyst ron christie. i want to ask you about the donald trump factor, not how it might unite democrats, but the problem it is for

people like barbara comstock. how complicated does that make her for her election bid? it makes it very complicated. i have to tell you that the adverts that have been on radio and television have been nonstop and they all focus on donald trump. they accuse barbara comstock of not being loyal enough to the brand and in fa ct loyal enough to the brand and in fact she has been challenged by a very strong contender who wants to ta ke very strong contender who wants to take her out of the primary. what would this do? if we had somebody who was more conservative than barbara comstock, the democrats would have a much easier time picking up this seat. it is donald trump all the time but for a variety of different reasons. ron christie, thank you very much indeed. ron christie, thank you very much indeed. right, jane, you need to indulge me for a second. it is hot here. it is way too hot. come to singapore they said. what they didn't tell me isjust how humid it is.

i tell you i am wilting. the fraser ties have gone. and were it not for the fact that i have a secret weapon. the pink fan. and they mock me but they all get up here and they are clamouring for the pink fan. it is absolutely sublime as you are standing here under the lights. it isa standing here under the lights. it is a life—saver. but kathie kay said to me, if you go to singapore, do not dare come back without anything. there is a picture of professor robert kelly, who also liked the pinkfan, but robert kelly, who also liked the pink fan, but i have been wandering around looking for some memorabilia and if you go downtown and it is a marketing man's dream and like a magpie i am showing you what i have got so far. this is the local newspaper and it has got kimjong—un and donald trump on it. not only

that, you get your own fan. you can be found by a dictator in singapore. but this is my favourite. this is ebay gold. when this is all over, put this on ebay and make yourself a millionaire. mara lago may have the best chocolate cake, but we have got the best brownies. it is called the summit survival pack. what do you make of that? jane and i are expecting our gift packs when you come back. they are really cool things. i don't know what we are going to do with it. i think we will put it under the stairs with all the bags for life and go back to them in yea rs bags for life and go back to them in years to come and make a mint. bags for life and go back to them in years to come and make a mintm you run out of batteries, i have been doing some research. fresh coconut cools you down as well as chrysanthemum

coconut cools you down as well as chrysa nthemum tea coconut cools you down as well as chrysanthemum tea and the very cooling food you can find in singapore is bitterly good and bamboo shoots. i don't know how the pandas are feeling? last night our producer took me for an indian. the owner of the hotel did come out with a coconut and it was very welcome. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — the spanish government steps in to rescue a ship with over 600 migrants on board after italy and malta refuse to let it dock. the weather is looking gorgeous out

there at the moment. we had a couple of heavy showers and one or two thunderstorms, but they were isolated. tomorrow a lot more cloud around, but not for everybody. today in anglesey the weather was stunning. we will see the sun tomorrow. this is what it looks like this evening. a couple of showers in lincolnshire and yorkshire and maybe one 01’ lincolnshire and yorkshire and maybe one or two in scotland and the midlands. 0ther one or two in scotland and the midlands. other than that, one or two in scotland and the midlands. 0therthan that, it one or two in scotland and the midlands. other than that, it is dry tonight. the cloud will be increasing towards the end of the night. for some of us thursday morning will start off pretty overcast. there will be an area of persistent cloud in easton, central and southern parts of the country so you may end up with a pretty overcast day, but not for everybody. it will be partly cloudy and a shade cooler tomorrow. that will be quite

noticeable. 0n cooler tomorrow. that will be quite noticeable. on wednesday there is a big change in the wake and we have been anticipating the jet stream to race been anticipating the jet stream to ra ce a ci’oss been anticipating the jet stream to race across the atlantic and reach oui’ race across the atlantic and reach our shores and with that comes an area of low pressure, but a rapidly developing area of low pressure and this will bring a spell of very wet and very windy weather, particularly to north—western areas of the uk. but not immediately because on wednesday there is still a lot of sun around in the uk, so it is absolutely fine. but this is where the bad weather starts, it is approaching western ireland, the western isles of scotland and there are very strong winds with that as well. we are talking about gales. there are a lot of leaves and the wind will be strong enough to even ta ke wind will be strong enough to even take off some branches. the gusts increase in the early hours of thursday and into thursday morning. approaching 50 miles an hour, even

60 miles an hour in exposed areas. 0n 60 miles an hour in exposed areas. on thursday morning gales are expected in scotland and northern ireland, and it looks as though the winds will ease later on thursday. in the wake of those strong winds it will stay fairly cool for the rest of the week. mostly temperatures in the teens. this is beyond 0ne hundred days, with me jane 0'brien in washington — christian fraser's in singapore. our top stories. donald trump says there's "excitement in the air" — ahead of tomorrow's historic meeting with north korea's leader kimjong un in singapore. the two leaders are preparing for their summit in their own way— the reclusive dictator kim jong un takes a late night stroll even stopping for a selfie on his walkabout. coming up in the next half hour... spain offers to accept a rescue ship with more than 600 migrants after both italy and malta refuse to let the vessel dock. and loaded with diamonds and pearls —

britain's richest shipwreck is discovered more than three hundred and thirty years after it sank off the cornish coast. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag... ‘beyond—0ne—hundred—days'. let's return to our main news tonight the historic summit here in singapore between us president donald trump and north korean leader kimjong—un. until this summit, the two countries had been enemies for nearly seventy years. david eades has been been looking at the sometimes disturbing images from the bbc film archive, to get a better understanding of this complex and hostile relationship. for a conflict pitching the us and the west against soviet forces and the chinese, never mind korean against korean, it's ironic this was

labelled the forgotten war. initially the north flooded south, allied reports masking a dreadfulfirst month. the united nations command has halted the north korean advance and is holding it on a line around the perimeter of pusan. that triggered a us—led relentless air bombing to force the communist enemy back across the border. in three years of combat, more than two million deaths, many military, many more civilian. purges were carried out, massacres inflicted on and by both sides. more ordinance dropped on north korea in three years than was dropped on the entire east asian theatre of operations in world war ii. every urban centre flattened. the americans, in the eyes of the north koreans, are clearly the enemy. the north koreans themselves, they see the conflict and the way they represent it to their own citizens, it was a north korean victory. in fact it was a war neither won nor lost, nor officially finished, only an armistice.

over the years, distrust has occasionally given way to hope. mr carter is supposedly here on a private visit. former president carter stepped in to build a deal “119911. bill clinton visited 15 years later, seeking to improve relations. the result on both occasions false dawns. don't forget that north korea has a record of breaking agreements of concealment. to put it bluntly, of cheating. i would argue the desire to make north korea great again will mean that kim jong un will want to have that opportunity to find an opening, and that is why i think international leaders, including donald trump, would be wise to take that opportunity and develop it. since the korean war itself, of course, so much has changed and yet the problem there has just festered. time and again efforts to resolve it have come to nothing. one thing the archive does show us though, through its absence, is any picture of a serving

us president meeting a servring leader of the democratic people's republic of korea. as this summit approaches, we are entering uncharted, unpredictable territory. daivd eades, bbc news. that drives home just what is at sta ke. and joining us now from boston is sung—yoon lee — a professor of korean studies at the fletcher school. professor lee let me play you — before we start — just a few seconds of this walkabout this evening. kimjong—un kim jong—un walking around singapore, cheered by people as he went. let us listen in. cheering and applause. what do you make of that? here is a

man, we were told six months ago was the biggest threat to western stability, to america, now walking around singapore, treated like rock star! well, this is how the people ta ke star! well, this is how the people take delight in learning to love big brother, but seriously it is not the fault of the public. of course the public is swayed by these dramatic developments. if you had to be that the earth was black, i might even believe you, not being a scientist. kimjong has believe you, not being a scientist. kim jong has really affected believe you, not being a scientist. kimjong has really affected it believe you, not being a scientist. kim jong has really affected it in my estimation, the most rheumatic makeover over the past few months, from rocket man on a suicide mission, from a funny looking, weird dictator, he has now become a legitimate, reasonable global statesman. with whom the... more

importantly, kim jong—un in statesman. with whom the... more importantly, kimjong—un in having the summit with the us president seeks to buy time and money to do what he really desires, which is to perfect his own nuclear posture review, to be rolled out at a future date of his choosing. north korea has been trying to perfect a bond for five has been trying to perfect a bond forfive decades, a has been trying to perfect a bond for five decades, a state like that that has to content with a far more successful, richer more pleasant, free korean state across the border, thatis free korean state across the border, that is a magnet to the people of north korea will not give it up. this is a charade and deploy and we have seen this game repeatedly in the past. no question it is a big plus and it is donald trump who has done this, but how will it be playing in pyongyang? this is exactly what his father and grandfather before him wanted. they wa nted grandfather before him wanted. they wanted to be fated by the international community and they wa nted international community and they wanted specifically to sit next to a

sitting us president. how will it be going down at home? yes, that is right. history is a guide to the future of course. the last time a us president was gearing up to meet with his north korean counterpart was back in 2000 and that year, kim jong—un‘s father came out of his shell, paid his first visit to china, six years after inheriting power, just as kim jong—un china, six years after inheriting power, just as kimjong—un has done this march. he visited china. why did kimjong—un do this march. he visited china. why did kim jong—un do that? this march. he visited china. why did kimjong—un do that? he had an inter—korean summit coming up and then injuly, inter—korean summit coming up and then in july, 2000, inter—korean summit coming up and then injuly, 2000, kim the second received vladimir putin and that was the first ever visit by a russian or former soviet leader and then he sent a special envoy to president bill clinton in october who carried the proposition for a summit with clinton and many people do not remember today, but clinton, as

unprepared and impulse as it was, was very keen on making history and visiting him in pyongyang. madeline albright was there, toasting kim jong—un in late october and then in january, 2001, kim played a visit to the economic zone in china and eve ryo ne the economic zone in china and everyone hails this visit as the coming of the chinese paramount leader who led his nation on a more constructive path of reform. just imagine when kimjong—un constructive path of reform. just imagine when kim jong—un after having inspired tramp in a lengthy process of denuclearisation negotiation process, instead of a final resolution or agreement speaks at the un general assembly, visits china, moscow, meets with the japanese prime minister, he will have completed his image makeover and he will have completely changed the dynamics in his favour. so, how

farcan the dynamics in his favour. so, how far can donald trump go at this meeting, which bearing in mind is 110w meeting, which bearing in mind is now more of a getting to know you session, without being played like that? you see people saying north korea is unpredictable and i think that betrays prediction. north korea is unconventional but when unpredictable behaviour just continues, there is an element of predictability to this. so kim jong—un has inspired tramp for future post summit meetings. he has invited tramp to pyongyang and mr trump even said one day he would invite him to the white house —— invited tramp. he said it would be difficult for trump to walk away and scuttle a deal that he himself has endorsed, with respect to be around all, trump could afford to scuttle it. it is readily —— already game one between these two heavyweight

prizefighters in singapore. many are skin told that if diplomacy fails, would you go from there? good to talk to you —— are asking. spain has offered to take in a rescue vessel which has been drifting in the mediterranean with more than 600 african migrants on board. the offer comes after italy, and then malta,refused to allow the ship to dock. the aquarius had nowhere to go and yet had hundreds of migrants on board many of them children, which had been picked up from points along the libyan coast. the spanish offer means they will now travel about 800 miles east across the mediterranean. malta has thanked the spanish government for its offer, and promised to send fresh supplies to the ship. here's our correspondent james reynolds. the aquarius sailed into the mediterranean as normal on saturday in order to save lives. italian naval officials directed it towards migrants struggling to stay

afloat off the coast of libya. there's more life jackets, take them off people if you must. let's go. this was not an easy rescue. we need starboard side recovery right now! but in the end, everyone was saved. one by one, guys. you, in the raft, let's go. the aquarius then headed north, expecting to dock at a port here in sicily, but italy's new government said no — it no longer wants to take in the people it helps to save. nearby malta also closed its ports. the rescue ship was suddenly stuck at sea with hundreds of vulnerable passengers on board. we have over a hundred children on board, and small babies as well, and multiple women, including seven pregnant women. the situation will become more and more difficult on board. 0ur capacity is normally 500 people, we are now at 629.

the sight of endless waves of migrants making it to italy angered many in this country. the populists won power by promising to solve the problem. ten days after taking office, they've won a first victory. translation: the problem has been solved, thanks to the generosity of the spanish government. clearly, the eu can't go on this way. today is a new beginning. spain's intervention may solve the crisis on the aquarius, but what happens when the next set of people sets off towards italy? james reynolds, bbc news, sicily. leonard doyle is from the international organisation for migration. hejoins us from he joins us from geneva. hejoins us from geneva. i know a lot about this ship, i spent ten days on it two years ago. there is

an industry in libya of sending these people to see. there is someone these people to see. there is someone who makes the boat and supplies the engines and these dinghies are only meant to go out 11 miles to weather ships are waiting. if you keep being there, they will keep sending them. there is a callous aspect to this and in some respects, it is true that the biggest smugglers in the mediterranean are those who are picking them up and rescuing them. that is not a reason not to save a drowning person. just because the smugglers are callous and cynical does not mean we should allow people to drown. so what do you do, learners? this is a vicious circle, it will go on and on and the people in sicily have been charitable taking in thousands of these migrants over the last couple of yea rs. migrants over the last couple of years. how do you stop it and how does europe share the burden? you are right. it is an intractable

problem but erecting a fence and having stronger borders and patrols is really not going to solve it. like water, migrants will get around whatever is put in their way. the obvious answer and we know what it is, but it is very difficult to implement, is to bring about economic growth and stability in the countries that these people are leaving from. think back a couple of yea rs, leaving from. think back a couple of years, people were fearful in the west in particular about migration from asia and are all sorts of terrible names applied to it. with economic growth and stability, we discovered that people actually wa nted discovered that people actually wanted to stay in their communities and that is the missing piece here. what is going to happen to this particular boatload of migrants? they will stay another three days or so they will stay another three days or so aboard the aquarius as it moves toward spain now we have had this offer to ta ke toward spain now we have had this offer to take it too sure which has removed the sting from the issue for the moment. they will be looked

after and there are seven pregnant women and we think 120 unaccompanied minors aboard and they will get processed and they will typically make an asylum claim and we would expect most if not all to be rejected on the basis that they are probably economic migrants. then, the legal system takes over. thank you very much indeed for your thoughts. i have always been of the belief, having spoken to some of these migrants in sicily, many of them have come thanks to the money theirfamilies have them have come thanks to the money their families have found them have come thanks to the money theirfamilies have found by them have come thanks to the money their families have found by selling things, and there are savings and they arrive in europe and there is nothing here for them and it is a miserable existence and i think what europe has not done is take the stories back to africa to show people just how bad it is. the people just how bad it is. the people in sicily will not tell people in sicily will not tell people back at all how bad it is because they know the sacrifices their

pa rents they know the sacrifices their parents have made. we need to communicate how bad the journey is, the slavery in libya and what the conditions are like in europe so that you can stop people setting off on the journey that you can stop people setting off on thejourney in that you can stop people setting off on the journey in the first place. and the fact that attitudes are hardening. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come... hidden treasure off the cornish coast. divers look for gems in a ship that sank over 300 years ago. the discount retailer, poundworld, has become the latest name on the high street to go into administration after talks with a potential buyer at the weekend failed to produce a deal. it means more than five thousand jobs are at risk at the company's three hundred and thirty—five stores. danny savage reports. poundworld started life as a market stall here in wakefield. the market is now a smart shopping centre, but people here are still fans of the brand. a lot of people use it, especially people on lower incomes. there's always queues in it, and i do go in occasionally, i must admit, and i think a lot of people will miss it. this is just one of the 335 stores

threatened with closure. these customers in leeds are concerned. they sell loads of quality stuff in there, you know. i've just got some stuff for my nan, because she needs bandages and stuff like that. if you go to boots or something, you pay almost double the price. quite sad, because it's quite good value for money, and they have such a wide range of product as well. but retail experts are not surprised by today's announcement. one of the limitations of being a round—pound retailer is you can't sell things for £1.05 and £1.10, so what that means is that when inflation starts to bite, they have to suck up that price increase themselves, their margins become smaller, and these are businesses that run on very small margins anyway. also a fall in the value of the very denomination which defines this business has led to today's announcement — it cannot afford to buy as much as it used to with its own pounds. poundworld has been losing money for the past two years,

a far cry from when founder chris edwards was at the helm. experts believe he might step in to take on some of the more profitable stores, so poundworld might not disappear from our high streets, but it is on the brink. danny savage, bbc news, leeds. you're watching beyond one hundred days. fisherman in cornwall might be hoping for a more rewarding catch than haddock and cod, after britain's richest shipwreck was discovered off the coast, over three hundred and thirty years after it sank. the ship named the president was sailing from india in 1684 loaded with a cargo of diamonds and pearls thought to be worth over 10 million dollars in today's money. jon kay reports from the cornish town of porth—leven. she was said to be loaded with spices, pearls and diamonds.

this is how the president might have looked as she headed home to london in the 1680s. hard to imagine on a calm day like today, but back then storms caused her to sink off the cornish coast. now the storms of 2018 have shifted the sands and for the first time exposed an anchor and seven cannon, some of them two metres long. mark milburn was one of the divers who made the discovery. it was running through a sandy beach, not realising there was rocks in the way rightjust under the waves... he told me the wreck was only a few metres from the shore but had been covered by centuries of shingle in a dangerous stretch of water. we can't wait to get back in — it's that connection with history, but most people don't even get the chance to see. i mean, the site's protected, so the amount of people that are actually out to come here is minimal.

so the chance of seeing it, you know, anybody seeing it is so small — i think i should do the lottery, really! finding the spot where the president was lost has long been a dream of historians. part of the wreck was found nearby 20 years ago, but this latest discovery might explain how the ship broke up and where its cargo may be hidden. what about the treasure, diamonds and pearls? are you going to get those next? they could be buried right here beneath our feet, or they could be miles off, they could be down the beach with the longshore drift, they could be anywhere. if there are jewels in the sea here, it will be specialist divers who uncover them, because the water is just as treacherous as it was 300 years ago. jon kay, bbc news, cornwall. so it is just after quarter to three here in singapore. in five hours time the two leaders will be on their way to sentosa island for their summit. here with me is malcolm cook, senior fellow at the institute of south east asian studies.

all this area behind us will be locked down tomorrow, there will be special event areas. tell us about the island and why singapore is right for this summit. it is a small resort island that used to be known as the island of death a long time ago but it has changed names since then. it is easy to cut off from the singapore main island and the hotel is secluded on sentosa island. why singapore? two reasons, north korea did not want it in the piece village because that is in south korea and it is going to be in south korea. singapore has a long history of hosting sensitive meetings with zero problems. it is a small place that is quite orderly and easy to

control. and no protest. 5000 security personnel will be here, $20 million have been spent. a lot of attention has been put on the protocol. i know president trump likes to slice through the protocol but it matters in asia. what will the north koreans want? first even the north koreans want? first even the choice of hotel is clear that kimjong—un did not want to the choice of hotel is clear that kim jong—un did not want to stay the choice of hotel is clear that kimjong—un did not want to stay in a hotel that was part of an american chain. he is staying at a local hotel and also the other hotel is not an american hotel. even the joys of the hotel is very key, particularly for a kim jong—un, it is his first time ever as leader being outside of north korea and this is the single biggest diplomatic event ever for north korea and i would imagine they had a lot of things they wanted to make sure were exactly what they wanted.

they say he is staying in a $10,000 anne knight sweet, the presidential suite at the hotel which is a lot more than an average north korean can earn. he has brought his own food, his own share of and his own toilet! that tells you up about how fea rful toilet! that tells you up about how fearful they are of being watched. first the singapore government is paying the hotel bill but it is interesting he chose to fly in on an airchina interesting he chose to fly in on an air china chartered flight which shows that it was a diplomatic win for china who wants to indicate it isa for china who wants to indicate it is a key player in this. china also won in the protocol game. geopolitically, what is the rest of the region thinking? south korea and japan have some skin in the game but they are not represented at the top level. by the fearful that donald trump might give something away tomorrow which they would not be aware of? i think so, particularly

given donald trump's short but colourful history as a diplomat. particularly japan sees itself as the potential biggest loser being cut out from any future negotiations and also they have taken a very hard line on dealing with north korea, often harder than the us. for south korea, the president has probably push the hardest, even harder than trump and kimjong—un for this meeting to happen. for him, he has got a lot at stake but he is also very helpful. very good to see you, thank you for being with us. in the early hours of the morning. very brave of you to be here. christian, we have been talking about this for so we have been talking about this for so long, it seems hard to believe that the moment is upon us. you are there, the excitement in the air, can you feel it? oh, you can definitely feel it. there is great anticipation in singapore and it

will get under way in five hours' time. let me give you an idea of how will unfold. around 8:20am they believed their hotels and make their way to sentosa island which can be sealed off. there is one rolled onto the island and they will go to separate entrances, one team will go to the west and one team to the east and there will be no gamesmanship. they will almost buy a starting gun and these presidents will walk together down a port arriving at the right moment in the middle for the handshake and we have talked about what we are looking forward to, the body language, whether the flag is there. it has been an almighty focus on the protocol. will there be a toast? will be exchange gifts? who will sit where who's its furthest away from the door? what will go on in this meeting between donald trump and kimjong—un? will in this meeting between donald trump and kim jong—un? will they in this meeting between donald trump and kimjong—un? will they get in this meeting between donald trump and kim jong—un? will they get on, when translators are translating for them or will kim jong—un speak a bit

of english? we will find out tomorrow at four o'clock from the president who will give a press conference. as we say good night from singapore, this spectacular backdrop, the summer, but a few hours and we will be back again. from me here... (jane) coming up next on bbc world news — ros atkins is here with 0utside source and for viewers in the uk — we'll have the latest headlines from clive myrie. (christian) for now — from jane 0'brien in washington and me christian fraser in singapore — goodbye. well the weather is looking absolutely gorgeous at the moment. we had a couple of heavy showers and one or two thunderstorms. they were very isolated, so you were in the minority if you caught that. tomorrow, i think, a lot more cloud around but not for everybody. today, for example in anglesey, it was absolutely stunning. look at that. hardly a cloud in the sky. i think we are going to see the same tomorrow. this is what it looks like this evening. still a couple of showers here and there, maybe some around lincolnshire, yorkshire, one or two in scotland, possibly the midlands even still. other than that, it is dry tonight. the clouds will be increasing

towards the end of the night and for some of us, that means that thursday morning is going to start off pretty overcast and the thinking is, that there will be an area of persistent cloud in eastern, central and southern parts of the country, so we might end up with a pretty overcast day. not for everybody, i think that will be the case, for many of us, i think it will be partly cloudy and also a shade cooler tomorrow. in fact, that will really be quite noticeable. wednesday, a big change on the way, we have been anticipating this increasing jet stream to race across the atlantic and reach our shores, with that also comes an area of low pressure, quite rapidly developing area of low pressure, with lots of weather fronts there. this is going to bring a spell of very wet and very windy weather, particularly to north western areas of the uk. not immediately, because on wednesday, still a lot of sun around across the uk, so absolutely fine, bar the odd shower, but this is where the bad weather starts. it is approaching the west of ireland there, the western isles of scotland and very strong winds with that as well and we are in fact talking about scales.

there will be a lot of whipping off the trees, and there are a lot of leaves out there at the moment and those winds will be strong enough perhaps to even take off some branches. watch those gusts increase as we head into the early hours of thursday and into thursday morning. approaching 50, there is a chance it might even reach 60 mph in some exposed areas. thursday morning, gales are expected across scotland, northern ireland, but later, it looks as though those winds are going to be easing later on thursday and in the wake of those strong winds, it will stay fairly cool for the rest of the week, both temperatures in the teens. bye bye. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. donald trump and kim jong—un are in singapore ahead of their historic meeting tomorrow. american officials say preliminary talks with the north koreans have moved quickly, and they're focused on a key prize. a complete and verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the korea peninsular is the only outcome that the united states will accept. theresa may calls for unity from tory back bench rebels

in a crunch meeting ahead of tomorrow's brexit bill debates. the dilemma for care home managers — balancing the books, or rejecting residents underfunded by the council? spain says it will take more than 600 migrants stranded on a rescue ship in the mediterranean, after italy and malta refused to accept them. in to administration.