welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifiekja. our top stories: hurricane lane heads closer to hawaii — some areas are dealing with catastrophic flooding. hawaii is going to be impacted by hurricane lane. the question is how bad. president trump cancels his envoy‘s trip to north korea, saying there's not enough progress on denuclearisation. a british couple die suddenly in an egyptian hotel — their family don't believe the official explanation. an online sensation: two youtube stars go head to head in the boxing ring — and millions of dollars are at stake. catastrophic flooding and landslides are expected in hawaii over the next 2a hours, as hurricane lane

makes its way past the islands. it's been downgraded to a category two storm, but authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. hurricanes are rare in hawaii. this is the biggest storm in nearly three decades. james cook is there. this is what hurricane lane has done to hawaii already. and it is still churning towards the islands. so far it is not the ferocious winds, but the torrential rain which is the biggest problem. there are reports of catastrophic flooding, of landslides, and of water rescues. tourists among those who have been pulled to safety. police loudspeaker: attention, attention, please leave the area! the big island in hawaii, hawaii county, has received in some cases two feet of rain already. unfortunately there's more to come, so the impacts are going to grow. the real question is when there is

this make its turn to the west? if it drifts further north, that means you will see storm surge, greater wind impacts, as well as increased rainfall. hundreds of islanders have been forced to flee their homes. has this ever done this before? no, this is the first time. i've been here for 11 years and this is the first time. across the state, dozens of evacuation centres have been set up. as the storm approached, many people heeded the dire warnings, stocking up on food and water as a state of emergency was declared. we have all the counties here to make sure we are protecting the health and safety and welfare of all of our people, including close to 300,000 tourists who are in the state right now. these pictures from the international space station

shows the hurricane as it approached the islands earlier this week. overnight here on maui, people were forced from their homes and a storm shelter as a wildfire was driven by the gale. this shows the unpredictability. it is smoke rather than spray filling the air here as they try to put out this wildfire thatis they try to put out this wildfire that is being driven by the storm. is this a big one for hawaii?m that is being driven by the storm. is this a big one for hawaii? it is. but it is most of the fire that we are worried about. the storm is not are worried about. the storm is not a concern right now. —— it is mostly. the beach is now close, but nothing is go to from the thrill of catching a wave on the edge of a hurricane. —— closed. bbcjournalist lesley day joins me live from waikiki, which is south of the island of oahu and just a few miles from honolulu. it appears that there is a bit of a

contrast between jared it appears that there is a bit of a contrast betweenjared cook's report and where you are at the moment. what is happening? you would think the beach is opened as usual. there are hundreds of people on the beach behind me coming here, making the most of the sea and the brilliant storm surge, the waves that the surfers have been using all morning. the skin that last bit before the storm before it approaches. there has been one update with regards to hurricane lane. it has been downgraded to cycle in one category. but that does not imply that those wins will not be dangerous. —— cyclone one. we're still looking at in excess of 100 mile an hour winds, but authorities are talking about the rain. the rain seems to be the main issue. heavy rain that is going to fall. the big island has already had the storm come in and 30 inches of rain there. if it hits mountainous areas of oahu to the

north, they could look at a0 inches. the chances are landslides and flash flooding. as the pacific hurricane centre called it, catastrophic, life—threatening floods. centre called it, catastrophic, life-threatening floods. what is the plan for those who are there at the moment, because presumably they are not going to be on the beach forever, but need to take shelter and hide away somewhere. yesterday at four o'clock, the state authorities decided to test this in army alert. let's be clear, this was army alert. let's be clear, this was a difference on yesterday, a category four hurricane. the biggest concern then was that there would be massive storm surge coming in, 25 — 30 foot ways that could flood the coastal areas, so they tested the siren. and most of the tourists in the pool and beach area ran closer to the beach to start taking selfies. the concern is tourists, particularly european tour is, and

those from pleasantly britain, do not have an understanding of massive disaster agencies, so the chances of a siren going, they do not know what to do. hotels are doing what best they can to inform them. most people are being told to stay in their rooms. as you can are being told to stay in their rooms. as you can see are being told to stay in their rooms. as you can see behind me, not all the tourists are. residents are different matter. most of the 20 shelters on the island of oahu art awful. buses and stopped running to them. residents, if they have not got into them, are stockpiling supplies and a battening down the hatches for the next 6— 12 hours. stay safe where you are. let's get some of the day's other news. pope francis will arrive in ireland later — the first papal visit to the country in almost a0 years. thousands of people are expected to turn out to see him but some victims of abuse by catholic priests say that in spite of repeatedly apologising, pope francis hasn't taken enough action to protect

people in the future. the family of us republican senatorjohn mccain say he will no longer be continuing treatment for brain cancer. mr mccain was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease last summer and had been having treatment. he left washington to be with his family in arizona — though he has still been a vocal political figure and frequent critic of president trump. thousands of venezuelans have been arriving in peru to try and beat a deadline imposed by the government which could stop them migrating there. from midnight, they'll need to produce a passport and notjust an identity card to gain entry. meanwhile a court in ecuador has ordered the government there to lift border restrictions imposed last week as it broke regional agreements on freedom of movement. the finance boss of the trump organisation, allen weisselberg, has reportedly been given legal immunity — meaning he won't be prosecuted — for helping with the investigation into michael cohen. mr cohen, president trump's former lawyer,

pleaded guilty on tuesday to breaking campaign finance laws. earlier this week immunity was also given to david pecker, the boss of the firm that publishes the national enquirer tabloid. here's our north america editor, jon sopel, to explain who these men are and their connection to the president. he is the publisher of the national enquirer magazine, published a whole series of sensationalist articles, all of them really hostile to hillary clinton during the election campaign, but he did one other thing. when karen macdougall, a playmate who alleges that she had an affair with donald trump wanted to sell her story, he bought the exclusive rights to it for $150,000 but never published it, it's called a catch and kill operation, and according to an american news agency, he has in his office, quite literally, a safe of other stories he bought and have never published. he has now cut a deal with the feds and is now cooperating with them.

he is the chief financial officer for the trump organisation, the treasurer of the trump foundation, a trustee of the blind trust that donald trump set up when he became president, and in fact, you could put it like this, he is the most senior person in the organisation whose name isn't and he has also done a deal with prosecutors looking into all of these matters. earlier in the week, donald trump railed against people who flip, the flippers he called them, and he has even called them rats. well, now the two people closest to him, and who know the most about his financial affairs, are now helping the federal prosecutors. it has not been a great week for donald trump. president trump has cancelled plans for his secretary of state to visit north korea. mr trump said progress toward the us goal of denuclearising the korean peninsula was too slow. he tweeted:

he then tweeted: david willis joins us live from washington. david, this would appear to be some sort of admission of failure, and by pushing that slightly?” sort of admission of failure, and by pushing that slightly? i think it is certainly fair to say that donald trump's pronouncement that north korea no longer represented a threat, and nuclear threat, to the rest of the world, may have been

somewhat premature. us officials are seeing very few tangible signs that north korea is giving up its nuclear arsenal. indeed it continues to produce fissile material, and indeed is yet to provide an inventory of its nuclear programme and its nuclear facilities. its nuclear programme and its nuclearfacilities. having its nuclear programme and its nuclear facilities. having announced just yesterday that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be making a return trip to pyongyang, the white house, after a horrid meeting their, today, announced that trip would be scrapped. the blame at least in part is being laid at china's door. china is being laid at china's door. china is of course the biggest donor to north korea. it is also involved in a trade dispute with the united states and donald trump believes that the outcome, one of the outcomes of that dispute, is that china is, in effect, backing away

from brokering this denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. this is not good for donald trump, is it's we made such a song and dance about the meeting in singapore with chairman kim, and suddenly he is backing away from the commitment, or what is presumed to have happened then. yes. 0ne presumed to have happened then. yes. one would argue that this is part of donald trump's negotiating strategy. he cancelled that singapore summit and then reinstated atjust a few days later, a sort of act of brinkmanship, when he felt that the rhetoric from north korea was not particularly friendly. the outcome, he has described as the story. there have been signs for a while, though, that the north koreans have been dragging theirfeet, that the north koreans have been dragging their feet, and that the north koreans have been dragging theirfeet, and donald trump, who, of course, has criticised many of his predecessors

are not getting any tangible deal out of north korea, may be about to experience the same sort of headaches that befell many of his predecessors. thank you very much. that is david willis in washington. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, spain and greece to exhume general franco's body from his tomb, to the anger of his modern—day supporters. —— spain agrees. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly a5 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions

of dollars to repair what katrina achieved in just hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clock maker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: hurricane lane is moving closer to hawaii, lashing the big island with huge waves, torrential rains and catastrophic flooding. in the last couple of hours it has been downgraded to a category 0ne hurricane. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by the us secretary of state, citing delays in the process towards denuclearisation. egyptian authorities say a british couple john

and susan cooper, who were on holiday there, died of natural causes. but that's being disputed by their daughter, who says they were in "perfect health" before they suddenly became very ill in their hotel room in hurghada, on the red sea. judith moritz reports. john and susan cooper are said to have started their holiday in great spirits, going to bed on monday in good health, but gravely ill the next day, when they were discovered by their daughter. i believe that their death is not due to natural causes, and something on the evening of their death does not add up. my parents went to sleep on the monday evening fit, healthy and in good spirits, and they woke the following morning in very poor health. medical action was taken, but unfortunately, nobody could do anything to save their lives. i have made accusations, and i need answers. they meant the absolute world to me. nobody could have asked for anyone better.

they were the salt of the earth. the family were staying at the five—star steigenberger aqua magic hotel, in the egyptian red sea resort of hurghada. today their tour operator, thomas cook, said that although the circumstances of the coopers' deaths were unclear, there'd been reports of a raised level of illness amongst guests. the hotel disputes this. thomas cook is removing all 300 of its customers, offering them a different hotel or a flight home. everybody‘s really worried. we flew out on tuesday, which is the day that these poor, poor people passed away, and must say i'm really sorry about what's happened. but i think we should have been given the option whether to come or not, and now wejust want to go home. absolutely dreadful, all i could think of was, like, "i just want to go home." janine traviss has just come back

from the same hotel and has spent the last three weeks on antibiotics. she and her partner, lee brooke, both had terrible stomachs cramps. he went downhill more rapidly than i did and became quite unwell, by the evening time, he was just in the room being violently sick. stomachs cramps, nausea, dizziness, really, really unwell. and i, by this time, was sort of in quite a lot of pain. for thomas cook, this is very close to home — susan cooper worked at their burnley branch. it was closed today, mrs cooper described as a loyal and long—serving member of staff. the company says it's helping with the authorities' investigations and is deeply saddened by the deaths of susan and john cooper. judith moritz, bbc news. the united nations says that 22 children and four women have been killed by a saudi—led coalition air strike in yemen. they were fleeing fighting in and around the key port city of hudaida yesterday.

it comes just weeks after a strike on a bus killed more than a0 children. spain's socialist government has passed a decree to exhume the remains of the late fascist dictator francisco franco from a huge mausoleum near madrid. they say the site glorifies spain's fascist past, but many say the remains should be left to rest in peace. andrew plant reports. high ona high on a mountainside near madrid is 152 metre high cross marks the resting place of more than 30,000 soldiers killed on both sides of the spanish civil war, and francisco franco, spain's former fascist dictator. now the government has taken the controversial decision to have franco's remains a zoom is and moved elsewhere. —— exhumed. translation: it is completely intolerable for a mature democracy

like ours to have the victims from the civil war in the same place as franco's term. it is disrespectful to the people buried in the same place. franco took power when the civil war ended in 1939, establishing a dictatorship, until his death 36 years later, when spain became a democracy. talk of exhuming is remains has been divisive, several 100 protesters making fascist salute outside the site last month. many feel spanish history should be left alone. translation: there are many problems in spain. i think this decision is to divert attention. moving franco from the cup acca valley of the wall and does not solve anything. —— from the valley. it is not clear where his remains will be moved to, but spain's government say they want the ex— immersion completed by the end

of the year, though the decree will still have to be agreed to by the spanish parliament first. —— exhumation. it's being descibed as one of the biggest events in the history of the internet, despite the fact the names ksi and logan paul by my reckoning probably mean little to people above a certain age. the two youtube stars are set to earn millions of dollars in a boxing match on saturday that's being broadcast via pay per view online. colin paterson reports. the biggest international event in history! two of the biggest youtube stars taking their online rivalry into the boxing ring. i can't wait to punch you right in your stupid, smug face. britain's ksi and his american opponent, logan paul, each have almost 20 million subscribers, predominantly teenage boys attracted by their mix of comedy, bad language and hostility towards other youtube stars. despite not being professional boxers, tomorrow night both are set

to make seven figure sums in a pay—per—view fight broadcast live not on satellite tv, but on youtube. a lot of people watching this fight are very young. how good a role model are you? i never like people calling me a role model. i'm not a role model, i'm just a guy that does things on the internet and if people are inspired by that, then that's cool. but logan paul is the baddie of the piece after causing global outrage earlier this year by filming the body of an apparent suicide victim in a japanese forest. i made a severe and continuous lapse in myjudgment and i don't expect to be forgiven. i'm simply here to apologise. today, he made it clear that he is still trying to make amends. i don't think this is "the redemption". i think it may mark a part of it, but by no means is this fight a redemption for my mistake that happened in january. this fight also shows the way that the entertainment industry is changing.

for the last decade youtube stars have worked out how to monetise their huge online following. this is taking it to a different level. this is an audience who are used to not paying. it's a pay—per—view event tomorrow, so in live numbers we are expecting it to be huge. but over the period of time of the content it will run to hundreds of millions of impressions. no matter who loses, both are set to be winners. a rematch in the usa is already scheduled. colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. the chinese president, on his visit to the uk three years ago, was filmed eating fish and chips with the then prime minster, david cameron. since then chinese tourists in britain have been keen to try the traditional dish, an opportunity which one food outlet in the north of england has taken full advantage of. phil chapman takes up the story. other fast food outlets are available, but for many chinese visitors here on the edge of york, fish and chips are a must have delicacy when visiting the north—east of england. we know the story of the president having fish and chips in 2015.

it's been offered by david cameron. so what they do now, they like to come and have fish and chips, like a traditional for them. i know thank you, xie xie, which i always do when they coming in, and goodbye, as well. can we put the fish in 25, please? and roxie and her team have also gone to the trouble of producing menus in mandarin and cantonese. i like the fish and chips. i think it is very delicious. i have never eaten it in china. so i love it. chinese, you know, we have vegetables steamed and these sorts of things, not like this, deep—fried, so it is very different altogether. it is very tasty, actually.

i think it is mouthwatering. i only eat chicken in china. and now i really like fish here. yeah, ifinishd. chinese tourists are now amongst the biggest spenders in the world. this is york resident has been building the profile in china, helping agencies visit china with his social media. every tour operator in china, they will definitely bring people to experience fish and chips here. there is no equivalent in china at all, so this is very special to chinese tourists. they will definitely try the fish and chips, especially in the uk. phil chapman, bbc look north, york. story so much. —— i love that story so story so much. —— i love that story so much. the japanese military has had its first female fighter pilot,

a woman who was inspired to take to the skies after watching the hollywood film top gun as a girl. she has taken part in an official ceremony which means she will be able to fly f—15s for the force. the 26 says she wants to fulfil her duties for the military and inspire other women. —— 26—year—old says. women had been banned from serving as pilots, but the ban was lifted in 2015, which meant she has been able to fulfil a childhood dream. and just a reminder you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @nkem|fejika. i haven't tweeted in a week, but i can see you there, begging me to tweet, so i will put out something in the next five minutes. thanks for watching. hello.

loads of showers around on friday, some really heavy with hail and thunder. also cool right across the board. the cool conditions continue into the weekend and of course for many of us this is a bank holiday weekend. we will see further showers at times but also some sunshine. friday's showers clearing away with this low pressure during the early hours of saturday. a few showers still remaining across northern and western areas, a few pushing into the midlands, there. but with lengthy clear skies, a chilly start to this morning, with temperatures widely in single figures. across scotland and north—east england some sheltered spots could get close to freezing. we start the morning on a chilly note, but largely dry and bright with lots of sunshine. breezy across the north—east. elsewhere, showers developing here and there, but nowhere near as many as we saw on friday. with slightly lighter winds across the south and the west, despite the fact it will still be quite cool for this time of year, with below—average temperatures, it should feel a little bit better. heading through saturday night, it will be another chilly one. a veil of high cloud pushes in off this weather system. i don't think it will be as cool to start sunday as we were expecting this morning.

double—figure values across many areas. this area of low pressure will come hurtling in on sunday. it will spread east throughout the day to bring wet and windy weather. a bit of brightness across the far east for a while, but a cool start. very soon the cloud will thicken up. wet and windy weather spreads to all areas. some of this will be heavy. in western areas, it could be blustery with winds of a0—a5mph in the south and the west. it will feel disappointingly cool with all the cloud, wind, and rain. temperatures generally in the mid—to—high teens celsius. our area of low pressure pushes into the near continent, then for monday it looks like we are into a ridge of high pressure, so a bit quieter. still breezy in the west and north—west, but that will feed in further clouds to england and wales through the afternoon. so a few showers, but for most places, drier and quieter, temperatures ranging from 17 to 21 or 22 degrees in the south—east, so a touch warmer. heading through tuesday, a fine and settled day, with a ridge of high pressure and feeling a little bit warmer with some sunny spells.

i think for most places it will be a drier and quieter day with temperatures ranging from 17 to maybe 2122 degrees in the south—east. so a touch warmer. as we had on towards tuesday, a fine u nsettled had on towards tuesday, a fine unsettled day. again, average of high pressure. it will feel warmer as well, with sunny spells. this is bbc news, the headlines: the approach of hurricane lane is causing flash flooding and landslides in parts of hawaii. more than 2,000 people have taken sheltering in evacuation centres, others have been stocking up on water and food. in the past couple of hours, lane has been downgraded to a category1 hurricane. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by his secretary of state.

in tweets, mr trump complained that not enough progress had been made in dismantling pyongyang's nuclear programme. he blamed china for the stalled process, suggesting a link with current trade tensions. pope francis is due to arrive in ireland for the first papal visit there in four decades. the centrepiece of the visit will be a mass on sunday in front of 500,000 people. a series of scandals has damaged the reputation of the catholic church in recent years. now on bbc news, talking movies.