welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: president trump and north korea's leader, kim jong—un, are to meet for a second summit next month, with hopes for progress on denuclearisation. we've had very good steps in good faith from the north koreans, in releasing the hostages and other moves. and so we're going to continue those conversations, and the president looks forward to his next meeting. "not accurate" — robert mueller‘s special counsel russia investigation 3j‘1’;rl3-§ jj;sb?tze;;3qsfi7 . “7 r . and new revelations about saturn's rings. they are much younger than the planet itself. it has been expected for months,

and now the white house has announced a second summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. it is set to take place at the end of february, and 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. lastjune, president trump and kimjong—un agreed a vague statement about denuclearisation, but there has been little movement since. pyongyang also wants relief from punishing sanctions. as well as meeting president trump, special envoy kim yong—chol also met the us secretary of state, mike pompeo. our correspondent barbara plett usher has been

following developments in 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, the north korean leader, kim jong—un. so they agreed in this meeting to hold a summit, but there was no indication how that summit might break the deadlock in nuclear negotiations that has persisted since the two leaders last met in june. look, we've continued to make progress, we're continuing to have conversations. the united states is going to continue to keep pressure and sanctions on north korea until we see fully and verified denuclearisation. sanctions is one of the main issues of disagreement.

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. sung—yoon lee is a professor of korean studies at the fletcher school, tufts university. he joins me now from burlington, massachusetts. thank you very much for your time. first of all, this new summit, good news? very good news for north korea, because if you consider what has transpired since the first summit injune 2018, all progress has been made on the other side, on

the north korean side. north korea has continued to build the bomb, north korea continues to enrich uranium, north korea continues to produce ballistic missiles, while it has made only open gestures by releasing three us detainees who never should have been detained in the first place, by shutting down and decommissioning and old, tired, exhausted testing site that doesn't need any longer. so these illusory concessions by north korea have compelled president trump to further this process of negotiations without actually reaching a resolution. and this elaborate trap that kim has set fortrump, this elaborate trap that kim has set for trump, which mr this elaborate trap that kim has set fortrump, which mrtrump this elaborate trap that kim has set for trump, which mr trump actually has walked right into, will continue. because north korea ultimately seeks to buy time and money in the form of sanctions relief and non— sanctions enforcement, to do what he really seeks, which is to grow his very

rapidly growing, lethal nuclear and missile capabilities. but is this not good news for president trump as well? we are certainly not seeing the missile testing, we are not seeing the strong language that was coming back and forth between the two countries. on the fundamental level, yes, it is good news. it is better than all the last week saw throughout 2017. but there have been three distinct periods of good ahead of you by north korea. for example, following north korea's first nuclear test in october 2006, north korea did not conduct another nuclear test for the next three yea rs, nuclear test for the next three years, until 2009, nuclear test for the next three years, until2009, and then years, until 2009, and then withheld testing until 2013, and then until 2016. so for the administration to say that one year of no major provocation in the form of nuclear 01’ provocation in the form of nuclear or ballistic missile test means progress is a bit premature, and perhaps even ominous, because north korea will test again and blamed the

united states. north korea will continue to develop its nuclear weapons capabilities in order to become a credible threat to the united states, to the us mainland, so united states, to the us mainland, so that north korea may credibly threaten a nuclear war with the united states, and then compelled the us to withdraw troops from not only south korea, but from japan. and north korea actually explicitly states what it intends to do. right, well, we will have to see whether there are any kind of statements about denuclearisation once those talks happen. thank you very much. thank you. a spokesman for robert mueller‘s special counsel's office says that a report by buzzfeed news agency with allegations that president trump ordered his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about his business links with russia is not accurate. the statement disputes the characterisation of documents and testimony. the white house has called the allegations categorically false. buzzfeed says it stands by its story and its sources. robert mueller is investigating alleged collusion with russia in the 2016 presidential election. we will have more on this later in the programme. the former chicago police officer

convicted of murdering a black teenagerfour years ago has been sentenced to less than seven years injail. jason van dyke was the first police officer in the city to be held criminally accountable for killing an african—american. video evidence showed that the victim, laquan mcdonald, was walking away at the time of the incident, and that van dyke shot him 16 times. hundreds more central american migrants have crossed into mexico without waiting for a visa. they are joining the caravan which is heading towards the us border. most come from honduras, and say they are escaping poverty and gang—related violence. president trump has reiterated his call for a border wall to stop illegal immigration into the united states. caroline rigby reports. for days now, they have been on the

move, marching north through central america and mexico, hoping for a better life in the united states. a hungry, sunstroke and exhausted, for some, thejourney is hungry, sunstroke and exhausted, for some, the journey is taking its toll. in a move welcomed by the un, mexican authorities have said they will offer special humanitarian visas to migrants to enter the country legally, that would enable them to work and access basic healthcare. translation: allowing them to regularise their stay and opened the road for them to receive humanitarian visas, or visas for work in mexico, well then, yes, that's very different from what we have seen in the past, and we welcome it. at the visas will not be issued for days, and many feel they can't afford to wait. by any means

possible, hundreds of mostly honduran migrants entered mexico on friday, looking tojoin honduran migrants entered mexico on friday, looking to join the caravan of around 1000 others ahead of them. translation: north, we are going north. not to mexico, to the states. oh yes, we understand all the risks on the route, but our need outweighs the risks, so whatever it takes to push on, and faith in god. that's it. this latest wave is likely to further inflame the debate over us immigration policy, and president trump has once again renewed calls 01’ trump has once again renewed calls or congress to fund the construction of his border wall. the british prime minister has been meeting members of her cabinet to discuss the future of her brexit plans. she has also held talks with senior officials in brussels, including the european council president, donald tusk, to try to move the process forward. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. 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. tight—lipped, but for brexiteers, some red lines on trade must stay. well, i don't believe we could have an independent trade and the reason for that is, in a customs union, with—the eu ropearrflnfanr- 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 would 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 to fundamentally renegotiate her deal with the eu, and under no circumstances to delay the uk's departure. telling the british public, after all this hoo—ha, that we've abandoned the project of leaving the european union

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 ‘til 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 are 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. and 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 wellbeing 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 thethadj 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 mph.

daniel sandford, bbc news, sandringham. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: anger on the streets of sudan, after two more people die in protests against the government. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held

here on a fraud charge in bolivia, but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news. the latest 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. david, the special counsel, robert

mirage—é david, the special counsel, robert special council has mueller‘s special council has weighed in. it has indeed l the of hours. this i a that running all reporting undertaken by the basedfln-report'rng—undertaken—by—the news source. the buzzfeed news source. the story ggsfiipjé: claims buzzfeed news source. the story gggfiiég claims that president trump contains claims that president trump instructed his former lawyer, michael cullen, to lie to congress about the timing of certain communications and certain dealings with the russians over building a trump tower in moscow —— michael cohen. a short while ago, the special counsel robert mueller‘s office put out a statement, a very rare m ove office put out a statement, a very rare move on their part, basically they dispute aspects of this story. it's a rather intricately worded

statement, but they are disputing in response to aspects of the story. in response to that, buzzfeed itself said "we are continuing to report and determine what the special council is disputing, we remain confident in the accuracy of our reports, stay tuned". this was the response of one of donald trump's sons, donald trump junior. he took to twitter with those emojis. i have to say this is grist to the mill of those on the right to point to the media as being fa ke right to point to the media as being fake news. now, before we hope from the special counsel, that was all this talk of impeachment, people we re this talk of impeachment, people were getting very excited about this story. will that will go away now? well, that's interesting, actually. it remains to be seen what parts of this story are inaccurate or what parts of the story the special counsel robert mueller‘s office is

disputing. if that central allegations dancer, then it is potentially highly significant, because this is the sort of obstruction of justice because this is the sort of obstruction ofjustice thing that led to the downfall of richard nixon and almost of bill clinton, to. david willis in washington, thank you very much. police in the sudanese capital, khartoum, have opened fire at mourners attending the funeral of a man killed during clashes with the security forces. dozens of people have died since protests began last month against one of africa's most repressive regimes. here's our africa editor fergal keane. mourning and defiant. this is the people's answer to a regime which can still inflict death, but whose capacity to impose a blanket of fear is being challenged as never before. translation: he was returning from prayers the mosque nearby.

as he approached the house, a policeman rushed at him. he resisted, but the policeman shot him through the door. the worst of the violence was here in the khartoum neighbourhood of buri. here sharing vinegar, used to do with the after—effects of tear gas. gunfire. shots echoing across the streets. here one of the savage beatings meted out during house raids. and this, the tragic moment when security forces opened fire on a stone throwing crowd. a young protester was killed. dr abdel hamid, here undergoing emergency treatment. he was allegedly shot after pleading with police to stop firing outside a house where he was treating the wounded. he started explaining that he's a medical doctor,

but the response he got was simply, "well, you are a medical doctor, well, we are looking for you." and they took two said that, they shot him, and they went away. dr abdel hamid died of his wounds. the protest began in the city of atbara last december, when the price of bread was tripled. 0n the following days they spread — to the capital, khartoum. now there are reports of fresh unrest in several cities. and last night scenes outside this hospital in buri were the most defiant yet. 0mar al—bashir came to power in a military coup in 1989. it was the brutality of his crackdown in darfur, part of which we documented in 2005, that made him notorious and prompted they charge of genocide by the international criminal court.

we filmed president bashir recently when he visited the reformist prime minister of ethiopia, abiy ahmed. 11 days later, driven by economic despair, the people rose up. it is probably the endgame for president bashir. how long he will stay in office, whether it is a week or a year is almost irrelevant. his regime, as far as the protesters in the street, has lost all credibility. hated by many of his own people, wanted for genocide, president bashir has everything to lose if he falls. he must surely worry now that, despite his crackdown, resistance seems only to be growing. fergal keane, bbc news. 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's one of the most spectacular sights in our solar system. saturn, a planetary giant. in its orbit, vast rings made up mostly of ice and rock. the planet itself is believed to be more than 11.5 billion years old, but 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 were 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 disc that today forms the rings. to give that some context, the dinosaurs still roamed the earth before saturn's rings were formed. more findings from the cassini probe are yet to be published, so hopefully more secrets about the solar system's second—largest planet will be revealed. tim allman, bbc news. i can't wait to him. much more coming up on bbc- —— waited to more. friday was a bit of a disappointing

day, particularly through pressure, which has almestrgreunér and it means for the weekend, it is going to 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 does look 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,. and here it is going to 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 then, into england and wales and for parts of northern ireland,

we've 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 should turn drier but hold onto a legacy of cloud, but we should start to see some heavy showers developing across south wales and in towards south—west england with a few sunny spells — that could push temperatures up to 10 degrees here, but elsewhere, it is is going to be rather chilly, despite the sunshine across the far north of scotland. and 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. once again, it'll be quite chilly under clear skies with some frost, maybe even a risk of ice. as we head on into sunday, we're 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, skies brighten up nicely with some sunshine here. but i think for england and wales, they will hold onto quite a bit 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, for the early part of next week, a weather front sweeps southwards, bringing outbreaks of rain and some snow, followed by blustery, wintry showers and sunny spells. but as we head deeper into next week, we start to lose the cold, northerly winds, and start to pick up something from the north—east. it looks like this could be even colder and it could also drive some this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump will hold a second summit with the north korean leader, kimjong—un, near the end of february. it is expected to focus on the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. the white house said the location would be announced later. vietnam has been mentioned as a possibility. the office of the us special counsel robert mueller has issued

a statement disputing the accuracy of a report that president trump ordered his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress. buzzfeed news had said that mr trump instructed mr thee te—lie— 3; ,, about plans to build a trump tower in moscow. hundreds of central american migrants have crossed into mexico without waiting for a humanitarian visa. they are joining the caravan that is heading towards the us border. most come from honduras, and say they are escaping poverty and gang—related violence.