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 and 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, special counsel, rejects a report that president trump ordered his lawyer to lie to congress. hundreds of central american migrants cross into mexico without waiting for a humanitarian visa, joining the caravan that is heading towards the us border. port talbot will become a come to place rather than go away from place. the banksy on the side of a garage that could become the focal point for a new artistic hub in the steel—making town. 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. 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, and then moving quickly gr! ts the. white. haggé *"' ' " i' f if": exfffl'f'ff'fwi, §

so they agreed in this meeting to hold a summit, but there was no indication how that summit might break the deadlock met in june. look, we've continued to make progress, we're continuing 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 united states says that they should be lifted only after the north koreans have fully dismantled their nuclear weapons programme. kim jong—un says they should be lifted in phases, beginning now. 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. nancy snow is professor of public

diplomacy at kyoto university of foreign studies, and joins me from tokyo. nancy, how is this news of a second summit being viewed in the region?” think it is being viewed very promising in south korea. injapan, of course, there is concern regarding the nuclear weapons programme if north korea were to agree with the united states to shut down its long—range missiles, they might say we would like to hold onto oui’ might say we would like to hold onto our intermediate and short range missiles, and of course that would be concerning the people in the region. but i think having the dialogue and moving this along, we are far removed from the singapore summit, and we have to see something more thanjust summit, and we have to see something more than just the showmanship that came out of singapore. that's not to

say there is going to probably be a handshake regarding our total takedown of kim's nuclear programme, oi’ takedown of kim's nuclear programme, or dropping of all sanctions. nothing that extreme. what's that i step, to keep the process moving would be good. in fact, it might even be good for the united states. perhaps we can get the federal government back up and running as well, if trump is now distracted with this big foreign policy trip, possibly, to vietnam. that would be an interesting side note. but given theissues an interesting side note. but given the issues that you raise, how much could double trump possibly get out of this second summit to work towards denuclearisation?” of this second summit to work towards denuclearisation? i think that he is quite motivated to get a win. he is feeling the pressure in washington coming from notjust a democratic party, but from a very divided nation, that continues. there is talk of not only the

mueller investigation, but even the i—word, impeachment, that may be very far a field. but nevertheless, he is motivated, kim is motivated, but we cannot expect too much. i think we have a tendency to look at this as all or nothing, and this is just a phase two of kim and trump getting together. so if they could have some agreement, because what came out of singapore was so vague, if they could have something in place that would be a confidence building measure, ithink place that would be a confidence building measure, i think there would be more by ian even from the public. we are all getting very cynical too show and not cynical about. that; mflfbfifimfg. s... go as.as cynical about. that; mflfbfifimfg. s... go as i as moving we between south grow and move towards a one. in that sense, is more positive one. in that sense, is this trump— kim summit almost irreleva nt this trump— kim summit almost irrelevant in the region, even that south korea seems to be taking the lead in terms of rapprochement with

north korea? it is very relevant for the united states and north korea, and south korea would be very supportive of this meeting. keep in mind moon is having his own internal issues with labour and the economic situation. not all of the public is so situation. not all of the public is so behind this process, but i think that they would get behind it. south korea really defers, moon defers to trump, because remember we've got the military forces in south korea and injapan, and the us really drives a lot of the relations here. we can't forget, of course, china in all of this, as well, and i think china would be supportive of this. that's why kim had a very successful meeting recently with xi, when he took his long train ride to china. 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. our reporter in washington, david willis, says the story has been dominating discussions in the capital. this is a story, of course, that's been running all day based on reporting undertaken by the buzzfeed news source. now, the story contains claims that president trump instructed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about the timing of certain

communications and certain dealings with the russians over building a trump tower in moscow. now, a short while ago, the special counsel robert mueller‘s office put out a statement, a very, very rare move on their part. basically, they dispute aspects of this story. it's a rather intricately worded statement, but they are disputing aspects of the story. in response to that, buzzfeed itself said, "we are continuing to report and determine what the special counsel is disputing. we remain confident in the accuracy of our reports. stay tuned". well, this was the response of one of donald trump's sons, donald trump jr. he took to twitter with those emojis. and i have to say that this is grist to the mill,

if you like, of those on the right who point to the media as being fake news. now, before we hope from the special counsel, that was all this talk of impeachment, and people were getting very excited about this story. will that all go away now? well, that's interesting, actually. because 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. but if that central allegation stands up, then it is potentially highly significant, because this is the sort of obstruction—of—justice thing that led to the downfall of richard nixon, and also, of course, of bill clinton too. 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.

caroline rigby reports. the journey is taking its toll. they will offer special humanitarian visas to migrants who enter the country legally. that would enable them to work and access basic healthcare. translation: allowing them to regularise their stay and open 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. but 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 to join the caravan ofaround 1,000 others ahead of them. translation: north, we're going north. not to mexico, to the states. translation: oh, yeah. 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. an explosion at a leaking oil pipeline in mexico has killed at least 20 npeople and injured 5a. according to the authorities, many people were attempting to illegally fill containers with fuel at the refinery north of mexico city. the pipeline had apparently ruptured earlier in the day. let's get some of the day's other news: 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. rescue workers in southern spain are preparing to dig a vertical tunnel in an effort to reach a two—year—old boy who has been trapped in a deep well since sunday. the child fell into the well, which is just 25 centimetres wide and 100 metres deep, as his family walked through a private estate near malaga. the family suffered another trauma in 2017, when their three—year—old son died suddenly while walking along a nearby beach. thousands of poles have taken part in a procession following the coffin of pawel adamowicz. the 53—year—old mayor of gdansk died after being stabbed at a concert for poland's largest annual charity event. the killing has had a huge impact on the country. the funeral will take place on saturday. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: new revelations about saturn's rings. they are much younger than the planet itself. 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. j

—! but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he wasthegestepfir 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. "not accurate", robert mueller‘s special counsel has rejected a report that president trump ordered his lawyer to lie

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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,

it was the brutality of his crackdown in darfur, part of which we documented in 2005, that made him notorious and prompted prime hmieter'ef ' f 7 ethiopia, abiy ahmed. 11 days later, driven by manama eeeeeir. = the people rose up. it is probably the endgame for president bashir. is almost irrelevant. his regime, as far as the protesters in the street, 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. 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 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 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 into a hole after claiming he had not warned about imminent turkish eu membership during the referendum. he did. but the former foreign secretary was here to tell the prime minister to fundamentally renegotiate her—deal with the e-.' ~ —~ , , 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 — 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. 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. a work by the graffiti artist banksy, which appeared on the side of a garage in the welsh town of port talbot in december, has been sold for a six—figure sum. entitled season's greetings, it shows a child apparently under falling snow, which turns out to be ash from a fire. the new owner says he'll keep the work in port talbot for at least two years. here's our wales correspondent, sian lloyd. they're still coming to see this banksy, even in the rain. since it first appeared on the side of a port talbot garage, more than 20,000 people have been to visit. but now, this work has been bought

by an essex—based art dealer. i think this is a phenomenal picture by banksy. it sums up, in a — in one small area, so many things about social society. banksy confirmed it was genuine on his instagram account in december with a message, "season's greetings". the image has attracted attention from people across the world, and made an impact on the local community. when i was a child, you had to bring your washing in on certain days because of all of the pollution from the steel company — you'd get smuts all over your washing — so that really speaks to me. i think it's brilliant to bring people in and also to get the people — the good people of talbot talking about art. this is wales' first banksy and has caused huge excitement in port talbot. but, for the owner of this garage, the attention has been overwhelming. one offer, in particular, stood out to me.

it was less than the other offers but the man has promised to keep it in the town and i know a lot of good is going to come from it. we're going to move it from here to protect it, take it into the middle of town, i'm going to bring up about half — four, five, six other banksy pieces tojoin it, so that it becomes a magnet for tourists to port talbot. the price that's been paid for it remains under wraps. sian lloyd, bbc news, port talbot. a p pa re ntly apparently there is another suspected banksy injapan that people are looking at as well. you can get that story and much more on oui’ can get that story and much more on our website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @regedahmadbbc. 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 almost ground to a halt now over the uk, 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, further south then, into england and wales and for parts efe nertherre treleeee he... eee e... e.

efeeezseese segue; continuing, particularly across this nerthr—eestr corner ef—englenel 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 5.15.5}; eheeele-e aunt? 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. 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 cohen to lie 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're joining the caravan that's . , and gang—related violence. those are the latest headlines.