this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump and kim jong—un are just hours away from their second summit — this time in the vietnamese capital welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers hanol the two leaders are expected in north america to discuss progress towards ridding the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. and around the globe. but there's been little indication my name's mike embley. our top stories: that north korea intends to disarm. once more with feeling — donald trump and kim jong—un arrive in vietnam ahead of theresa may has opened the door for brexit to be postponed their second summit. beyond the end of next month. theresa may admits britain's the british prime minister's told departure from the eu could be mps if, in a fortnight, delayed, as her government warns they don't back her revised agreement and reject no deal, of a severe impact if the uk leaves without a brexit deal. they can vote on delaying britain's departure from the eu. donald trump's former fixer testifies in washington. president trump's convicted former already jailed for lying lawyer says he's glad of the opportunity to set the record to congress, he says he welcomes the chance to tell the truth. straight about alleged criminal pakistan warns india, "we will act at a time conduct by the president of our choosing," as tensions rise. after his first day of testimony before a us senate intelligence committee. michael cohen said the american people could then decide who was telling the truth.

it is just it isjust gone it is just gone to 30 am in hello. president donald trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un, are within hours of meeting again face—to—face. their second summit another attempt to secure the denuclearisation of north korea, although the two leaders have very different definitions of what that would mean. the us is hoping that setting the summit in vietnam, a communist state with a successful market economy, will help persuade the north koreans to exchange nuclear weapons for business development. our correspondent laura bicker reports. after a marathon three—day train trip through china, the north korean leader looks ready to enjoy the limelight. some of his staff even struggled to keep up. kimjong—un may run an impoverished country, but he is determined to put on a show of strength on the streets of hanoi. donald trump also has a lot to prove in vietnam. very little of substance was agreed at their last meeting.

north korea remains a global threat. this time, he'll hope to have an offer mr kim won't refuse. vietnam is seen as a model north korea could use to reform. it remains a communist state, the party retains absolute control, yet it opened up its economy to become one of the fastest—growing in asia. duong thi thanh took the chance to establish her own textile business using traditional vietnamese methods. she employs dozens of staff and, after 2a years, her firm is now global. here is the fancy market! most north korean households have been making money on the black market for years. here in seoul, in south korea, one defector told me it is tolerated

but still illegal. it is the only way some families earn money forfood, and she is not sure kimjong—un is serious about economic reform. these hanoi schoolchildren are singing about their hopes for the summit. they come from a country which has made peace with the us and gained prosperity. could north korea's next generation learn a similar lesson? laura bicker, bbc news, hanoi. our south—east asia correspondent jonathan head is in hanoi for us. our south—east asia correspondent

jonathan head is in hanoi for us. i guess it used rude at the crucial issues are the same as they were in june 2018 for the first summit, but at least one is threatening war at the moment. this is exactly what president trump says when he talking about the positive side of the process , about the positive side of the process, that yes, it has all been a show of quite extraordinary when you think about it sort of fraternal feelings between himself and the north korean leader and that is a good thing, there isn't any testing. but clearly if the summit is to go on, something has to come out of this summit that is more substantive than the singapore summit. the singapore summit was such a novelty. interestingly the donald trump administration is playing down expectations of a breakthrough, or whatever one defines that as at this summer. whatever one defines that as at this summer. i think they are concerned that expectations are much higher, that expectations are much higher, that will see a structured process, denuclearisation starting this summer. denuclearisation starting this summer. no—one really is expecting

that. but trump officials are been negotiating for weeks before this summit clearly hope for a step on the nuclear programme. now that separate from other things that might happen, the end hostilities since the korean war, the possible opening of liaison officers, those are confidence building moves that might happen. something of a nuclear programme is hoping that kimjong—un is ready to make a concession. we just don't know if he is. kim jong—un wants sanctions lifted. he is making a big deal, has done for a long time, about lifting his economy. that is going to be as clear achievement as a leader. and he can't do it with sanctions. but does he believe he must offer the americans something concrete about possibly the closure of a nuclear facility which would require international inspectors? these are big concessions as far as the north koreans are concerned. we really know that until tomorrow's substantive talks. you know of course that leaders have different definitions of this word

denuclearisation and surely not much is going to move until north korea produces some kind of inventory of what it really has. that's a very important issue of course, the american side ultimately says denuclearisation can't start until you know what has to be removed. when the north koreans talk about denuclearisation, what they actually talk about is overall peace on the korean peninsular. so there are potential problems about ending the state, the official state of hostilities between the two countries. while largely symbolic. then the north koreans will say than the americans should withdraw troops from south korea which they consider essential as part of the process of denuclearisation. a lot of it is about which steps come first, about trust, which has been completely absent in this relationship the decades. the north koreans will want early moves on sanctions. the americans may feel they can't afford to do that until the north koreans concede something concrete on their

nuclear weapons programme. thank you very much indeed for that. the british prime minister has for the first time held out the prospect of parliament voting to delay britain's departure from the european union. brexit is currently scheduled for march 29th. but theresa may has said mps must first vote on her preferred brexit deal, and then, if that's rejected, vote on whether they're prepared to approve the uk leaving with no agreement at all. caroline rigby now on what feels like a significant moment in the agonised brexit process. the british prime minister always said she wanted a smooth transition, adamant the uk would leave on march 29. but has theresa may finally blinked? having rejected leaving with the deal negotiated with the eu, then reject leaving on 29 march without a withdrawal agreement and future framework, the government will, on 1a march, bring forward a motion on whether parliament wants to seek a short, limited extension

to seek a short, limited extension to article 50. they were the words number ten never wanted to admit, the possibility of delaying brexit rather than leaving without a deal. the prime minister has become quietly expert at kicking back came down the road. but the problem is the road is running out. and the consequence of running down the clock are evident and very real for industry and for people's jobs. these days, agreement in westminster seems increasingly rare. but the government agrees that the impact of leaving without a withdrawal agreement could be severe. in a new report, it warns that some businesses would face higher tariffs, as much as 70% for beef farmers, others would experience new regulatory barriers and tougher customs procedures. and with 30% of britain's food coming from the eu, the government suggest disruption at the government suggest disruption at the border could lead to higher prices, reduced choice and even

shortages. fresh produce which would be worst hit by reduced availability through a reduced flow through the dover strait. this can't be good for retailers, consumers or the country and that's why mps have got to avoid and that's why mps have got to avoid a disastrous no—deal brexit on march 29. in essence, with the clock still ticking, theresa may's government believes britain is ill—prepared for the possibility of a divorce without a deal. let's get some of the day's other news for you now. the australian cardinal, george pell, has been told by a court in melbourne he could face ten years in jail. he's been found guilty of abusing two choirboys in melbourne cathedral in 1996. the former vatican treasurer, who is 77, is the highest ranking catholic figure to be convicted of sexual assault. his lawyers have lodged an appeal. the us is seeking a draft resolution at the un demanding that humanitarian aid, currently blocked by the maduro regime from entering venezuela, be allowed in. it's likely to be vetoed by president maduro's allies china and russia.

the us has threatened more economic sanctions and called on other member states to do the same. the house of representatives has passed legislation to block president trump's national emergency declaration, linked to his proposed border wall. only 13 republicans supported the move to stop the president's declaration. a two—thirds majority of both chambers is needed to override a presidential veto. donald trump's disgraced former lawyer michael cohen has begun testimony to congress. us media reports suggest that in three days of hearings he may accuse his long—time boss of racism and criminal conduct, including tax fraud. 0nly his testimony on wednesday will be public. cohen has already been sentenced to three years in prison for lying to congress, also tax evasion, and campaign finance violations. he spoke briefly as he left tuesday's hearing.

first of all i want to thank you all for sticking around and waiting for me. at this point in time i really appreciate the opportunity that was given to me to clear the record and to tell the truth, and i look forward to tomorrow, to being able to use my voice to tell the american people my story and i'm going to let the american people decide exactly who is telling the truth. so i want to thank you all again for sticking around. have a good night. let's talk to our north american correspondent peter bowes. i guess the donald trump white house has a point, why does congress want to hear, apparently want to trust someone to hear, apparently want to trust someone who has already been convicted of lying to congress?m isa convicted of lying to congress?m is a very valid point, that he has as you say it been accused and found guilty of lying, so a lot of people will take whatever he says to congress with a huge pinch of salt, that said there is certainly democrats who want to hear from him during these three days of hearings to believe that he has more information to share. as we have

heard from mr cohen clearly he is directing whatever he has to say, whatever allegations he has, at the american people and perhaps there is something in trying to salvage his own reputation even though he has been found guilty and he is heading to jail for three been found guilty and he is heading to jailfor three years in been found guilty and he is heading to jail for three years in just a few weeks' time. he may well have valid information. that is what we have to wait and see. it may be tittle tattle, it could be salacious information, or there could be hard fa cts . information, or there could be hard facts. there is speculation he could bring documents, possibly even audio recordings with him to prove a point. to back up his case. and if it does turn out to be true, if there is proof, it could cause a lot of trouble for the president, couldn't it? it could cause a huge amount of trouble. it really does depend on what he has to say. that could result in more hearings and further investigations. it could just leave a bad taste as far as the american public are concerned. this

is going to be televised event. it is going to be televised event. it is being hyped by the american media here. and clearly people will be watching it very closely. and even if there not those hard and fast to move with an investigation or even criminal prosecution of the president which some people are talking about, it just president which some people are talking about, itjust may be the kind of message that people don't wa nt to kind of message that people don't want to hear about their sitting president. peter, thank you very much for that. as you were saying, wednesday's testimony will be public. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: ivory coast declares war on plastic, and this is a battle where the whole country can get involved. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary,

malacanang — the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, "be hidden from the world for the rest of his life." this is bbc news. the latest headlines: donald trump and kim jong—un are preparing for their second summit. both have arrived in the vietnamese capital,

hanol for more on this i am joined from washington by lisa collins, a fellow with the korea chair at the centre for stategic and international studies. thank you for your time. i guess the first of these summits, there was general amazement it was happening at all, that we could see kim jong—unin at all, that we could see kim jong—un in that situation. what do you expect, if anything, from this one? so, there are a lot of high expectations for this summit. i think first and for most we need something concrete, peptic delete on the denuclearisation front from north korea. —— particularly. the united states will be pushing hard to get them to give us a partial list of their nuclear weapons sites, perhaps some of their ballistic missile facilities, et cetera. i think on the north korean side, the north koreans will be looking for sanctions relief. they will be looking for ways they can further develop their economy. they will be

looking perhaps to end their hostile relationship with the united states in the form of a peace resolution, a peace agreement, eventually. and i think that they will be looking to further their relationship, a better relationship with the united states, in the long—term. relationship with the united states, in the long-term. that is what they will be looking for but what do you think the realistic chances are of progress? it really depends, i think, ultimately on the two leaders. as we know, president trump can bea leaders. as we know, president trump can be a bit unpredictable. the north korean leader is also someone who takes risks. i think it really comes down to what the two leaders will say face—to—face when there are not any advisers, officials, with them. i think that will be an important thing to watch for. president trump will also wants to have a domestic victory that he can claim in the united states at a very good —— difficult time for him, politically. i think we have to wait

and see what happens with the two leaders. you know that north korea has promised denuclearisation many, many times before, and has clearly never fulfil that promise. and the two lea d e rs never fulfil that promise. and the two leaders mean different things. when north korea talks about it they need all nuclear weapons off the peninsula, all american troops and the whole nuclear umbrella away from the whole nuclear umbrella away from the peninsula. correct. so, there are differing understandings between the united states and north korea on what denuclearisation of the korean peninsula means. and i think that was one of the goals, one of the stated goals of the us administration, was to come to a shared understanding of that definition at this summit. weather or not they will actually make that progress, it remains to be seen. i think we will see that. if there is a joint statement between the two countries that his release, that could be an indicator there is more ofan could be an indicator there is more of an understanding of some concrete steps that north korea can take to achieve some dismantlement of their nuclear weapons programme, which would be more in line with the united states view of the

nuclearisation. —— denuclearisation. lisa collins, thank you. results from nigeria's electoral commission indicate president muhammadu buhari has been re—elected for a second four—year term. there'll be a formal announcement on wednesday. the results put him just under 4 million votes ahead of his main rival, atiku abuba kar. the former vice—president has alleged electoral fraud and called for a halt to the counting and release of results. from lagos, here's peter 0ckwoche. almost 72 hours after the presidential vote in nigeria, by our reckoning, it seems president muhammadu buhari has won a second term in office. now, the independent national electoral commission has not made a formal announcement yet. they say they will do that in a few hours. according to our statistics, though, residents muhammadu buhari has won 19 of the country's 36 states. his main opponent, atiku abubakar, has won 18 of those

states. but president muhammadu buhari also has a commanding lead of almost 4 million votes. now, he has almost 4 million votes. now, he has a lot of work ahead of him. he will have to tackle corruption, as he has promised to do here in nigeria. the economy is barely out of a recession. then there is the matter of insecurity across the country. boko haram in the north—east of the country. clashes between herdsman who are looking for pasture for their cows, and farmers whose cows these farms destroy across the middle belt of nigeria. —— clashes between herdsmen. but from what we can tell, president muhammadu buhari has won a second term in office and it looks like he will be continuing for another four years.

pakistan says it will respond after india launched air strikes against militants within its borders, close to the disputed region of kashmir. it's a major escalation of tensions between the two nuclear—armed nations. india says the attacks targeted terrorists from a group in balakot. but pakistan said the strikes hit an empty area and no—one was hurt. 0ur india correspondent yogita limaye reports. in this mountainous part of pakistan's north—east, india claims to have hit a militant group. it says its aircraft bombed jaish—e—mohammad's largest camp. for the first time since 1971, indian warplanes entered pakistani airspace. translation: i heard a huge explosion, and jets flying overhead. in the morning, we saw a big crater, and some homes damaged. but pakistan's military says there was no damage and no casualties. its spokesman put out these photos, saying the jets were forced to drop their payloads

hastily and scramble away. it has vowed to retaliate. india has committed uncalled—for aggression, to which pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing. india's actions are being seen as a response to this suicide bombing, 12 days ago. carried out by jaish—e—mohammad, it killed a0 troops in indian—administered kashmir. this is an area disputed between pakistan and india. the neighbours have fought two wars over it, and for decades, it has faced armed insurgency backed by pakistan—based groups. india has been repeatedly urging pakistan to take action against the jaish—e—mohammad, to preventjihadis from being trained and armed inside pakistan. after the suicide bombing, the mood in the country was one of anger, of wanting revenge

against the perpetrators, and with a national election coming up in less than two months from now, the government and prime minister modi were under pressure to act. along the de facto border between the two countries, troops are on high alert. reports say both sides have been firing small arms and mortars. in what is already one of the most militarised regions in the world, there is fear about how much worse it could get. yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. the ivory coast has declared a war against plastic, and everyone is involved. the authorities as well as the individuals. the bbc‘s tatiana mossot has more from the main city of abidjan where they have found innovative ways to tackle this growing problem. we are in abidjan, one of the most dynamic capitals in africa. the

capital has one of the highest rates of urbanisation in africa. this also comes with a negative impact on the environment. the city is largely affected by pollution, especially by plastics. according to official figures, more than 200,000 tons of plastic bags are produced each year in the country. spend 20% of the plastic waste is recycled. more than 50% get flitted in the city. —— littered. at the heart of this environmental disaster, a few people sift through the piles of waste to make money. rustic waste management represents a whole sector in which hundreds of people work. these men and women collect plastics all over the city before sorting and washing them. the prices vary between 0.2 and 0.26 dollars per kilo. the

informal recycling industry has been growing tremendously. the plastic waste recycling market here was estimated at more than $2 billion, according to the national agency for urban sanitation, not to mention more than 10,000 potentialjobs. the authorities are trying to fight against pollution, particularly through a partnership with one of the largest recycling companies in the largest recycling companies in the country. this is an app which allows users to programme the collection of their plastic waste. to retain the client they offer them gifts, such as internet packages. translation: it is very simple and well explained. recycling and protect in the environment into rests me, so seeing and doing it is important to me. —— into rests. rests me, so seeing and doing it is important to me. -- into rests. just 10% of the waste here is recycled. most goes to landfill. our main

objective is to have 2000 active users at the end of this year, so we are able to increase our recycling capacity. ivory coast to set the ball rolling in the battle against environmental pollution. it will ta ke environmental pollution. it will take more initiatives like these to truly change mentalities when it comes to recycling, so that everyone develops the right habitat plays a part. —— habit and. briefly, we will end with these pictures in malta, where some residents are taking advantage of stormy seas for a unique spot of fishing. fish are literally being washed onto the street, so the fishermen, taking a soaking in the process , fishermen, taking a soaking in the process, pick them up and put them in bags. authorities later had to issue a warning to shoppers at the local market that some of the fish on offer might not be safe to eat. more on all the news for you any time on the bbc website. and you can

reach me and most of the team on twitter. thanks for watching. hello there. this unusually warm weather isn't going to last forever, and as we change the month, so we're going to change the weather quite significantly. over the past few days, though, we've seen the temperatures creeping up day by day, culminating in 21.2 celsius at kew gardens yesterday. but our weather is changing because the position of the jet stream is going to change. we've been on the warm side of it for a long time now, but look what happens out in the atlantic. a strengthening westerly jet is heading our way. that's going to bring cooler air, and it will bring more changeable weather as well. so today, make the most of the sunshine. today is probably the last of the warm and sunny days. and it will be a lovely day, but it's a bit of a chilly start out there. we've got temperatures close to freezing in one or two places, and there's a bit more mist and fog around as well in the morning, across southern england, parts of the midlands, the vale of york, and around the moray firth too.

but it will tend to lift, and we should see the sunshine coming out far and wide. a bit more cloud coming into northern ireland at times, western and most parts of scotland and the irish sea. there is lots of sunshine around and more warmth as well, with the higher temperatures again around the london area, around 19 or 20 celsius. so a lovely day to come for many of us. our persistent area of high pressure, though, is retreating. it's getting sucked away down towards iberia and the azores, which is where it should be, really, at this time of the year. it allows these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. and you'll notice much, much more cloud around on thursday. it'll be rather dull and misty and murky, and we could see some bursts of rain coming into wales, perhaps north—west england, through the midlands and southern england. a limited amount of sunshine in the south—west. most places will be cloudy. nine degrees in scotland, a few spots of rain in the north—east of scotland. 12 or 13 further south at best, significantly lower than we've seen over the past few days or so. may find a little ridge of high pressure coming in behind, drying things off on friday, ahead of the next weather front

arriving from the atlantic. this is where all our weather is going to be coming from. it'll start off dull, misty, with some patchy fog again on friday. may stay quite cloudy for eastern areas. further west, there may be some sunshine ahead of this rain, which holds off until late in the day. but those temperatures are back down to 11 or 12 celsius, still slightly above average for the time of year, but quite different from what we've been used to. it is not really going to get an awful lot warmer over the weekend, either. we'll see bands of rain coming in from the atlantic followed by sunshine and showers. and it could be quite windy, as well. there's quite a deep area of low pressure coming across the north of the uk. some very windy weather for southern scotland, northern ireland, and also across northern england.