welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: president trump and north korea's leader kim jong—un are to meet for a second summit. the white house is hoping to make progress on denuclearisation. meanwhile, the president is fighting new claims about russia, rejecting reports he ordered his former lawyer to lie to congress about a business deal in moscow. the white house has announced a second summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un will take place at the end of february. it follows talks in washington between the president and one of mr kim's most trusted envoys, kim yong—chol. the new summit follows last year's historic meeting in singapore. the new location is yet to be

announced, but one option could be vietnam. here's barbara plett—usher from washington. the white house said the summit would take place near the end of february, but it didn't say where, although vietnam seems to be at the top of the list of possible locations, according to multiple reports. the announcement was made after a series of meetings with the north korean envoy kim yong—chol, beginning with the secretary of state mike pompeo moving quickly on to the white house, where the president met for 90 minutes with mr kim, who was said to be carrying a personal message from the north korean leader, kim jong—un. so they agreed in this meeting to hold a summit but there was no the united states is going to continue to keep pressure

after the ngfth egrggns” and it seems that he wasn't getting anywhere with the emissaries the president was sending, so perhaps that is why he wants to speak to the man at the top himself. as for mr trump, he may also welcome the chance to have a made—for—television moment with the north korean leader to distract from his troubles at home. barbara plett usher there. there are demands in washington for an investigation into reports president trump ordered his former lawyer, michael cohen, to lie to congress about his links with russia. a report by buzzfeed claims the president directed mr cohen to lie about his plans to build a trump tower in moscow before he took office. in a later development, a spokesperson for the special counsel disputed the buzzfeed news‘ report. our north america editor jon sopel reports. the subject that just won't go away

— the president and russia — and the most serious allegations to date about his attempts to hide the efforts the trump organization was making to build a trump tower in moscowjust before the election. after donald trump became president, his then personal lawyer michael cohen went before congress and said under oath that the plan was scrapped in january 2016. that wasn't true, and a lie that earned him time injail. but according to a detailed buzzfeed report, the lie wasn't his idea. the special counsel's office learned about trump's directive for cohen to lie to congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the trump organization and internal company e—mails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. and the report goes on. the president's current personal

attorney, rudy giuliani, has categorically denied this. the white house has been more circumspect. this isjust another in a long line of ridiculous charges without any corroboration or credibility whatsoever. you're saying the president did not tell michael cohen to do that? i'm telling you right now, this is exactly why the president refuses to give any credence or credibility to news outlets, because they have no ability to corroborate anything they're putting out there. instead, they're just using innuendo and shady sources. well, that was not a denial of my question. no, but the premise is ridiculous. and the president's press secretary stuck rigidly to quoting rudy giuliani's words. well, look, that's absolutely ridiculous. i think that the president's outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement earlier today that it's categorically false. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, tweeted this. "suborned perjury" —

that phrase has been used a couple of times before. it is the charge that brought richard nixon down. it is the accusation that led to bill clinton, too, being impeached over lies 422.4 la; 4.2.5.4, egg. 4 ls; ffigee'fifisys — with monica lewinsky. do stay with us on bbc news. lots more to come. prince philip has visited hospital for a precautionary check—up after his car crash on thursday. the prime minister has spent the day speaking to other european leaders and meeting members of her cabinet to discuss the future of her brexit plans, which were overwhelmingly rejected by mps earlier this week. mrs may is due to present new proposals to parliament on monday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. reporter: mr gove, are you confident

of getting the brexit deal that you want? so, what now? today, the prime minister continued to listen, with cabinet ministers trooping in and out to share their advice with the prime minister, who has a brexit deal the house of commons hates and the eu insists cannot be changed. just got to get into a car. well, i don't believe we could have an independent trade policy if we stayed in a customs union. and the reason for that is in a customs union with the european union, we would have to apply european trade law without having a say in how it's made. he is happy to sign agreements with australia but he won't sign up to a customs union compromise that might lead to cross—party support in parliament for a new deal. but if there is no deal, there are no trade agreements nailed down with a0 major economies to replace the existing ones we have as members of the eu. liam fox said other countries needed to put more work in. while some in theresa may's divided cabinet are telling her that leaving the european union without a deal would be ok, others,

particularly a camp dubbed the ‘gang of five,‘ are urging the prime minister to find a cross—party solution to this crisis, to compromise, and to rule out what they think will be the disaster of a no—deal brexit. and, of course, there is very little time left. on monday, the prime minister will make a statement in the commons setting out the government's plan b, and mps will start to put forward their alternative ideas as amendments to that motion. the following tuesday, we will then see a series of crunch votes on all of that. and as things stand, exactly two months later, the uk is set to leave the eu, whether parliament has agreed a brexit deal or not. touring a brexit—supporting business, borisjohnson dug himself into a hole after claiming he had not warned about imminent turkish eu he did. but the former foreign secretary was here to tell the prime minister to fundamentally renegotiate her deal with the eu and under no circumstances to delay the uk's departure.

that we've abandoned the project, , , would be so utterly pathetic, it would reinforce people's view that there's some kind of plot going on at westminster to stop this thing. here, competing ideas to break the political paralysis are being argued over, and many mps do see the merits in asking for some more time. if we need further negotiation and article 50 is extended for a few months, let's say till the summer, then i don't have a problem, or a few months. and i don't think the public, who are fairly reasonable on this, would have a problem either. before leaving downing street for a working weekend, theresa may spoke to eu leaders. but her headache is here, trapped between the demands of her divided party and a fractured parliament. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh has been

to hospital for a check—up after being involved in a car crash near queen elizabeth's country residence, sandringham, on thursday. doctors have confirmed that he had no injuries of concern. police say they're investigating the crash and will take "any appropriate action". daniel sandford reports. it was the devastating car crash that the queen's 97—year—old husband simply walked away from. his land rover freelander ended up on its side, but a hospital visit this morning confirmed that the duke of edinburgh had no injuries of concern. roy warne was the first at the scene, telling me what had initially caught his eye. i saw a car somersaulting across the road from my right. it was tumbling. it was turning over. he rushed to help the clearly elderly driver of what was a land rover freelander, but at first, the man's legs were trapped. when his left leg moved, his right leg became free and he was able to turn over.

that was the first time i saw his face and i realised i was holding the duke of edinburgh and i said something to myself — something like, "blimey", but probably a bit stronger. roy warne then helped the duke out of the car through the sunroof. he walked away from his car and asked if other people were all right. so his kind of immediate concern at that point seemed to be for the well—being of the people travelling in the other vehicle? he was much more concerned about other people than about himself. in the aftermath, the duke told police the low winter sun had been a problem yesterday afternoon. he mentioned that he was dazzled by the sun, which would have been directly in front of him from the direction of his travel. police are still looking into the crash, which they say they're going to investigate just like any other road traffic accident.

but it seems that what happened is, with the sun low in the sky, the duke of edinburgh pulled out into this busy road and was in a collision with a blue kia. his car then tumbled down the road, ending up here with the driver's door on the ground, and he then had to be helped out of the vehicle. there will now be questions about whether the duke of edinburgh should stop driving. all drivers in the uk over 70 have to renew their licence every three years and—can berefused on medical eyesight and dementia. but what could have been a replacement land rover for the duke was photographed arriving at sandringham today, and it was business as usual for the royal family. reporter: royal highness, how is the duke of edinburgh this morning? no idea. "no idea" was princess anne's response. the road where the accident happened has claimed five lives in six years. by chance, it was up for discussion

at a council meeting today, where it was agreed that the speed limit should be reduced from 60 to 50. daniel sandford, bbc news, sandringham. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump and north korea's leader kim jong—un are to meet for a second summit. the white house is hoping to make progress on denuclearisation. the president is fighting new claims about russia, rejecting reports he ordered his former lawyer to lie to congress about a business deal in moscow. let's stay with that story. earlier, i spoke to governor bill richardson, former cabinet secretary under bill clinton, and i asked him if he thinks president trump is approaching the meeting in the right way. well, i'm a bit troubled by the announcement that there is going to be a summit in six weeks, at the end of february, because the last summit injune has produced nothing of substance, especially from the north koreans. they have not denuclearised.

they have not done anything about their missiles, their nuclear weapons — absolutely nothing, not even disclosed the number of weapons or where the weapons are. so i think we're putting the cart before the horse, as we say here in america. i would have wanted the president and the north koreans to announce and that hasn't happened. so i'm a bit troubled. maybe more details will emerge, but what can north korea do in six weeks to show progress on denuclearisation? not very much. so do you think that this is more about showmanship and something for the cameras, rather than something of substance? i do believe so. i believe both leaders want another summit where there's a lot of photographs, there's a lot of pageantry, but very little substance. now, there is a better situation

on the korean peninsula. the north koreans have not detonated a nuclear weapon, they have not shot a missile. there is more human rights progress with south korea, family reunification. so that's good, and you want to keep that momentum going. but another summit where the north korean leader gains an awful lot with his people and around the world, he's on the world stage with the president of the united states, without producing what he said he would in the summit injune in singapore, which is steps towards denuclearisation. that hasn't happened. the president is being advised. why, in that case, is this going ahead? well, it could be that there's a lot of domestic issues that the president wants us to forget about. and a lot of american presidents, whenever there is trouble with the congress, various scandals, there's issues that they don't want to deal with domestically,

they take a foreign trip. they do a summit where they are basically uncontested. the presidents are uncontested during big summits, especially with north korea. and it could be that the president wants to get out of town. you know, we've got the shutdown going. we've got other problems he's having with the mueller inquiry, so it could be that they want a distraction. but, look, i want the president to succeed, i want the summit to succeed, but i wish we had not given kim jong—un this summit without kim jong—un taking some steps. he's taken no steps except the remains of american soldiers. that's important. we want that. but, you know, there'sjust very little movement on their part. and this is how they negotiate. i've negotiated with them for years. they want you to make the first move. they hold off, they dilly—dally, they pause, and then nothing happens. that's my worry about this summit

so soon, in virtually six weeks. now, again, in your experience, of course, you've had so much experience in negotiating with the north koreans. this soft diplomacy, the showmanship, they like that. so maybe — who knows — maybe donald trump is doing the right thing. well, the north koreans love it because for years, the north koreans have said "we're the big players in asia." here." —— "you, the united states, and us — we should negotiate everything here." and kim jong—un can say to his people "i'm in summits with the president of the united states, i'm on the world stage. i'm a big shot." "yes, we have sanctions and a lot of countries are taking advantage of us and don't like us. but here i am in this summit, negotiating with the president of the united states, the most powerful country in the world."

so it's good politics, for kim jong—un and for president trump. but where is the substance? where is the beef, before the showmanship and the glamour and the shaking hands and the nice talk? where is the substance? that's what troubles me right now. the government there sharing his thoughts. three men have beenjailed for life for murdering five people, in what has been described as a bomb—like explosion at a shop in leicester last february. aram kurd and arkan ali will each serve a minimum of 38 years, while hawkar hassan was given 33 years. the court heard that they caused the explosion as part of an insurance scam. this report by sima kotecha contains distressing images. shortly after 7pm, a massive explosion in the basement of a shop. its magnitude meant that it

destroyed the entire building, and killed the five people inside it. sirens three men were responsible — hawkar hassan, arkan ali and aram kurd. this afternoon, all were sentenced to life injailfor murder. today marks the end of a long and complex investigation and will provide, i hope, some closure to the families, whose strength, resolve and dignity throughout the last year has been nothing short of remarkable. the men deliberately caused the explosion as part of a plan to profit from a false insurance claim. their victims, 46—year—old mary ragoobar, her two teenage sons, sean and shane, shane's girlfriend, 18—year—old leah reek. all were enjoying a quiet sunday evening in theirflat. i don't think you ever get over it. no. it is still not real, if you know what i mean? we know she's gone, but to see her walk out the house and never, eversee heragain...

yeah. it hurts all the time, doesn't it? yeah. also killed in the polish supermarket below the flat, 22—year—old viktorija ijevleva, a co—conspirator who they left to die because she knew too much about their plans. this empty space is a constant reminder of what happened last february on that incredibly cold evening. this community still feels the shock of the fire, that resonated around this city. jose ragoobeer said his world was shattered after losing his wife and sons. his youngest son, scotty, was the only one to survive the blast. every day, i cry. i cried every day, because everything you do... you think of them. the judge described the men as exceptionally callous and deceitful, who, he said, haven't shown the slightest bit

of remorse for their wicked crimes. sima kotecha, bbc news, leicester. the jury in the trial of two men charged over the hillsborough stadium disaster, which claimed 96 lives, has been told safety standards were very different in the 80s. the former sheffield wednesday club secretary graham mackrell denies two safety charges, while the police match commander, david duckenfield, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 liverpool fans in april 1989. judith moritz reports. graham mackrell was a safety officer without any safety training. sheffield wednesday's former club secretary qualified as an accountant, the jury heard. yet in 1989, he was responsible for safety at the hillsborough stadium. he's accused of turning a blind eye to the way fans were going to make their way through the turnstiles, and failing to make contingency plans. jason beer qc, defending mr mackrell, told the jury that 30 years ago, the role of a safety

officer was a new concept. he said they mustjudge him by the standards of the time. the court also heard that the structure and layout of the hillsborough ground were approved before mr mackrell joined the club. the stadium was a prestigious venue, used to hosting big matches, but the jury was also told that there had been previous problems with overcrowding before the fatal crush in 1989. eight years earlier, spurs played wolves in an fa cup semi—final. when a crush in the crowd began, the police allowed fans onto the touchline. you can see them sitting along the pitch, having got out. the court heard from spurs supporterjames chumley, who was stopped from going on to the full terraces. he wrote a letter afterwards to complain he'd missed the match, saying a police officer told him leppings lane was the stadium's worst end, and he added that the situation was always the same at big games.

when the crush happened in 1989, 96 lives were lost. their families are now sitting through a criminal trial nearly 30 years after the disaster. judith moritz, bbc news, preston. the funeral of the actress damejune whitfield has been held in west sussex, with her family and friends joined by stars from the entertainment world. among them, the cast of absolutely fabulous. dame june died last month at the age of 93. the us car maker tesla, which is hoping to bring electric cars to the masses, is cutting its workforce by 7%. the company has around 115,000 staff, which means 3,000 people will lose theirjobs. tesla says it needs to reduce costs, despite making a profit in recent months. company founder elon musk says that tesla's most affordable car is still too expensive. for more, we've been speaking

to samira hussain in new york. the model 3 tesla electric car was meant to be the one that is more affordable and the pricetag that they wanted to put this car as was us$35,000. but, right now, if you wanted to get the most basic version of that car, it would actually cost you $44,000. and it therefore sort of pushes the car away from being somewhat affordable to in that sort of more luxury kind of zone. so, what mr musk has always wanted to do with the model 3 is to try to allow people to get access to it. what he's saying is look, if i want to make this more affordable, i am going to have to cut some costs. tesla has been hugely successful in many ways.

is it surprising to see them how to make this announcement? now tesla is facing a lot of more competition. remember, when tesla first started, they were the newest game in terms of electric cars. but now, there are more companies making electric cars. there are tech companies that are now hooking up with automakers, traditional automakers, and they're really investing a lot of money into the electric car market. tesla, right now, has to try and ramp up its production and try to make itself into a mass market, mass—producing car company, somethign that it really hasn't had much experience in. it will be a tough road ahead for tesla, no pun intended. samira hussain there. new details have emerged about the planet saturn, and the famous rings that surround it. it's now believed those rings are much younger than the planet itself. the information has come from the cassini probe, which ended its mission in 2017. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. it is one of the most spectacular

sights in our solar system. saturn, planned two giant comet in its orbit, vast rings made up mostly with ice and rock. the planet itself is believed to be more than that 11.5 billion years old, its rings are likely to be much younger. in its final moment before crashing into saturn's atmosphere, the space probe cassini passed through the rings. by studying their gravitational pull, scientists are able to work out their approximate age. believed to be only 100 million years, which in cosmic terms is no time at all. translation: the most likely hypothesis is that there was a

catastrophic impact by a comet on one of saturn's moons. they both disintegrated and both elements shaped the disk that today forms the rings. —— disc. to give that some context, the dinosaurs still roamed the earth before saturn's rings were formed. more findings in the cassini probe yet to be published, so hopefully more secrets about the solar system's second—largest planet will be revealed. appropriate music there. a little bit closer to home, let's get the weather. hi there. friday was a bit of a disappointing day, particularly through the afternoon where we saw outbreaks of rain, sleep and snow push in from the west — all courtesy of this area of low pressure, which has ground to a halt now over the uk, and it means for the weekend, it will bring us

a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, maybe some hill sleet and snow for a while but it is a dying feature. so for the early part of saturday, it looks fairly wet across parts of england and wales, with some sleet and snow particularly over the higher ground of the east and north—east of england. further north, though, across scotland, the far north of england where we have the best of any clear skies, will be the coldest start to the day but at least you will have the sunshine to compensate. so much of the northern half of scotland bright, cold and crisp through this morning. further south into england and wales and for parts of northern ireland, we have got that weak weather front so it stays cloudy, for most of us anyway, with outbreaks of rain and a little bit of hill sleet and snow continuing, particularly across this north—east corner of england. but as we head through the course of today, that weather front will continue to weaken. many places will turn drier but hold onto a legacy of cloud but we should start to see some heavy showers developing across south wales in towards south—west england with a few sunny spells — that could push temperatures up to 10 degrees

here, but elsewhere, it will be rather chilly, despite the sunshine across the far north of scotland. then through saturday night, it turns drier for most, but again, we continue to see quite a bit of cloud around, a little bit of fog and even some freezing fog across northern parts of the country. and once again, it will be quite chilly under clear skies with some frost, maybe even a risk of ice. as we head on into sunday, we are in between weather systems. pressure will be building across much of the country but this weak weather front will bring further cloud, outbreaks of rain to the north—west corner of the country. so for scotland, northern ireland, a band of rain spreads its way southwards and begins to fizzles out. there could be some hill snow for a while. but behind it, the skies brighten up nicely with some sunshine here. but i think for england and wales, they will hold onto quite a lot of cloud, with the best of any brightness across the far east of england. once again, it will be chilly — temperatures of 5—7 degrees. as we head on into next week, the early part, a weather front sweeps southwards, bringing

outbreaks of rain and some snow followed by blustery, wintry showers and some sunny spells. but as we head deeper into next week, we start to lose the cold, northerly winds, and pick up something from the north—east. it looks like this could be even colder and it could also drive some snow showers across the north sea into our shore. so next week is staying cold with some sleet and snow for some of us. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump will hold a second summit with the north korean leader kim jong—un near the end of february. it's expected to focus on the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. the white house said the location would be announced later.