the latest headlines for you from bbc news — michael cohen, donald trump's lawyer for ten years, told the committee of the us congress in sworn testimony he fears there will not be a peaceful transfer of power if mrtrump welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to not be a peaceful transfer of power if mr trump loses the 2020 election. viewers in north america and around he called him a racist, liar and the globe. our top stories: sex, conmen. he is facing jailfor lying to congress and the us government. india is demanding the return of a lies and wikileaks, donald trump's pilot whose fighter plane was shot former lawyer gives explicit testimony to congress and makes this down by pakistan in a major prediction. given my experience escalation between the neighbours who are nuclear armed. this is all working for mr trump, prediction. given my experience working foertrump, ifear prediction. given my experience working for mr trump, i fear that if over kashmir. pakistan says it shot he loses the election in 2020 that down to make indian planes after a there will never be a peaceful transition of power. pakistan calls raid on indian controlled territory and it has released video of the for talks with india after fighter ca ptu red and it has released video of the captured pilot. president trump and north korean leader kimjong—un have jets clashed in kashmir in a major just become the second day of the escalation. day two of the summit in summit in the vietnamese capital, hanol summit in the vietnamese capital, hanoi. mrdrum said summit in the vietnamese capital, hanoi. mr drum said he was in no rush, but he is under pressure to vietnam, donald trump and kim jong—un begin face—to—face negotiations. and the blast from the secure concrete steps towards denuclearisation —— mr trump. it is past — the world war ii bunker transformed into a work of art.

about 2:30am in the morning, you hello to you. lots of news for you, lots of stories on the move. first, let's ta ke lots of stories on the move. first, let's take you live to hanoi, it is about 9am in the morning in hanoi, and as you can see president trump and as you can see president trump and kimjong—un, the north korean leader, just meeting and giving a nswe i’s leader, just meeting and giving a nswers to leader, just meeting and giving answers to questions before their summit really gets under way. as you have been hearing. north korea very keen for relaxation on economic sanctions and ideally an official declaration of an end to the korean war. the us seeking verifiable denuclearisation, something the north koreans have promised many times before and not delivered. it has to be said of course mr kim largely at this summit because of his nuclear weapons. issues very

much identical to those on the agenda in june 2018, much identical to those on the agenda injune 2018, theirfirst summit when the leaders met in singapore. we expect those talks to kickoff at the moment. we don't have sound or translation for what is being said at the moment. so we will come back to it as soon as we have something to bring you. now, michael cohen, who was for ten yea rs now, michael cohen, who was for ten years donald trump's lawyer and fixer has been giving explosive testimony to a us congress committee describing the president as a racist, cheat and conman. michael cohen is already facing jail for lying to congress and the us government about his tax returns. the white house says mr cohen is lying again in the hope of reducing his sentence and getting a book or movie deal. this from nick bryant. michael cohen once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump. but on capitol hill today, the president's former lawyer, his personal mr fixit, carried out a political hitjob on his one—time boss.

i know what mr trump is. he is a racist. he is a con man. and he is a cheat. one of his most explosive allegations concerned this man, roger stone, a trump ally and self—styled political dirty trickster, recently indicted by the special counsel robert mueller. during the 2016 presidential campaign, he claimed donald trump was told ahead of time that wikileaks and its founder, julian assange, were about to leak e—mails that would hurt hillary clinton. those e—mails were hacked by the russians. mr stone told mr trump that he had just gotten off the phone withjulian assange and that mr assange told mr stone that within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of e—mails that would damage hillary clinton's campaign. mr trump responded by stating to the effect, "wouldn't that be great?" michael cohen also claims mr trump told him to pay hush money to the porn star stormy daniels

to cover up an affair with the billionaire, in violation of campaign finance laws. he showed the committee the personally signed cheque the president had sent him in reimbursement. the president of the united states thus wrote a personal cheque for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws. so what of the burning question of whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin? questions have been raised about whether i know of direct evidence that mr trump or his campaign colluded with russia. i do not, and i want to be clear. but i have my suspicions. he's going to be an amazing president... 0n the eve of the hearing, the republicans released video showing michael cohen lavishing praise on donald trump. the words the media should be using to describe mr trump are generous,

compassionate, principled... and today they tried to trash the reputation of this convicted fraudster found guilty of lying to congress, even displaying visual aids to make the point. there's no truth with you whatsoever. that's why that's important to you, to look up here and look at the old adage that our mums taught us — liar, liar, pants on fire. no—one should ever listen to you and give you credibility. it's sad. president trump is half a planet away in vietnam, for a nuclear summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un. 0n camera, he remained tight—lipped about the fire and fury coming from his former lawyer back home. mr president, do you have any reaction to michael cohen and his testimony? but on twitter, he claimed mr cohen was lying to reduce his prison term. i wish i can go back in time... michael cohen admitted tea rfully that he can't rewrite history. the question for americans watching his dramatic testimony — did he present a truthful version of it today? nick bryant, bbc news, washington.

nick bryant for us. let's go live to washington, dc and speak with chris buckler. it was amazing political theatre of course, but i guess you could argue it doesn't actually change very much, it bears striking resemblance to everything said about mrtrump resemblance to everything said about mr trump before he was elected — he was still elected. yes, beyond that as well, these allegations have floated about, but what is different is in some ways they have been given a face and a voice in the middle of congress. and they have also potentially given some places for congress to now look at. there is also the suggestion that there is a new investigation taking place with the southern district of new york. prosecutors looking at those business dealings and we have robert mueller‘s investigation floating about. you are right, at times it was nothing short of political pointscoring. republicans doing their best to undermine the man they pointed out

time and time again was and is a convicted liar, michael cohen, and democrats doing their best to get around that and to drill into the detail to see what they could find out. now, one of the main accusations against michael cohen was of course that he is simply looking for tv deals, book deals, film deals and perhaps even money as a result of all of this that he has been involved in. however, he argues he is going to jail and that's not his motivation. he says his best interest is really in looking after the country. given my experience working for mr trump, the country. given my experience working foertrump, i the country. given my experience working for mr trump, i fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power. and this is why i agreed to appear before you today. and potentially you could argue that some of things he said could lead congressional committees to look at other things. it is also worth pointing out thatjust other things. it is also worth pointing out that just a other things. it is also worth pointing out thatjust a day other things. it is also worth pointing out that just a day after all of that michael cohen will

appear before it again this time before and house intelligence committee. you can imagine they will pick up where a lot of this was left off, particularly about russia, and what potential connections all links there were between mr drum and his campaign and russia. of course, that is all firmly denied —— trump.. in the intelligence committee that will be behind closed doors so we won't get this kind of theatre but you can be sure that the representatives will be trying to get some answers. and, chris, of course, as we been reporting, those in the white house behind you saying, look, he's a convicted fraudster, going to jail for lying to congress already, why trust in our? several commentators pointing out, i looking at michael white, saying even if he is doing it for himself, it doesn't mean necessarily what he said is full. all the time prosecutors build cases on the self—interest of criminals. yeah, and that ultimately what he's saying himself, because the point was made out that perhaps, i use

someone was made out that perhaps, i use someone who is saying these things 110w someone who is saying these things now to try to ensure you get a reduced sentence? is point is he is already going to jail in a couple of weeks' time. that sentence has already been given. he is co—operating with investigations. he in some ways doesn't need to go through all of the details inside congress, but he is choosing to do so. congress, but he is choosing to do so. 0ne congress, but he is choosing to do so. one of the other allegations you could argue that the republicans we re could argue that the republicans were making is that michael cohen is someone were making is that michael cohen is someone who is bearing a grudge because he has been left in the middle of this. and also because allegedly he didn't a white house job which he had hoped for. now, thatis job which he had hoped for. now, that is not michael cohen's position. and certainly today you heard a man who is lacking in credibility. but there were some people who found him believable. they might not trust him, but certainly they look at what he has to say and they will look to see whether some of it is worth exploring any further. chris, thank you very much for that. another story on the move,

escalation in tensions between pakistan and india, both nuclear powers, and pakistan claims is shot down to make indian air force jets and captured a pilot. this latest friction centres on the disputed region of kashmir, as ever, which both countries claim as their own. 0ur kauto —— pack —— pakistan correspondent secundar kermani reports. these are pakistani soldiers, apparently leading away a downed indian pilot, with an angry crowd behind them. the pakistani military says his plane was shot down this morning, as india scrambled to respond to pakistani strikes across the border in the disputed region of kashmir. pakistani prime minister imran khan said the military force was a response to earlier indian aggression, but also called for dialogue between the nuclear—armed neighbours. translation: my question to the indian government is, given the arms that we both have, can we afford any miscalculation? we should be thinking that if this escalates, where will it lead? this is the most dangerous confrontation between the two countries

in nearly 20 years. it began two weeks ago, when a pakistan—based militant group killed a0 indian soldiers. pakistan insisted the attack had nothing to do with them, but yesterday indian jets crossed into pakistan, targeting, indian officials claim, a militant training camp. local residents say they only hit a forest. today pakistan struck back with an air raid in india, shooting down at least one indian fighterjet responding to it. at a press conference by the pakistani military, i asked if their actions were bringing the countries to the brink of war. we engaged in nearby open space, where there was no human life or no military post, meaning thereby that we deliberately avoided the escalation. indian officials, though, held their own press conference, making their own claims. the pakistan air force was detected,

and the indian air force responded instantly. in that aerial engagement, one pakistan air force fighter aircraft was shot down. there have already been a number of casualties as a result of cross—border shelling, and the fear is the violence could now escalate further. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. more on this now from associate it is at georgetown university. professor, good to talk to you. thank you for your time. we have to be very wary of course about ratcheting up anything here. these countries have come to wall before. we are in charted waters, though, at the moment. we are. there is really no precedent in the history of either of these two countries or quite frankly any

other security diad that offers any kind of explanation for how this is actually going to wrap up. i've actually going to wrap up. i've actually been fairly sanguine that this is not going to escalate to full—scale war. i do think that both sides would like to find some kind ofan offramp. sides would like to find some kind of an offramp. the challenge, of course, in india we are going into an election cycle. modi is coming under a lot of pressure to not back down. and what i think is most interesting is that the pakistanis are basically willing to potentially go to warso are basically willing to potentially go to war so that it can continue using terrorism as a tool of foreign policy. i think this is something that has just not been remarked upon and it needs to be stated very clearly. yeah, it is tricky, particular tricky when both leaders have something to prove at this moment, isn't it? you think the rest of the world, the us and china, can do more and will do more? 0k,

of the world, the us and china, can do more and will do more? ok, so let's talk about this. i think the most important conflict in history that we could look to was the kargil conflict. that happened 20 years ago. at the time we had a very strong us president who had very strong us president who had very strong relations with all allies across the atlantic. and he had decent ties with china. during kargil the united states, china as well as the eu made a very clear statement to pakistan that you need to de—escalate. the united states has, quite frankly, being absent. and i think one of the reasons why president trump has been absent is because he has actually depended upon the pakistani is to give him some figleaf to allow him to have a withdrawal from afghanistan so that he can maintain a very ill—advised, dangerous campaign promise to be out of afghanistan by the 2020 elections. so the pakistanis i think are elections. so the pakistanis i think a re really off elections. so the pakistanis i think are really off the belief that they would be able to get away with this

because of their importance to president trump and what he's trying to do in afghanistan, largely for american domestic political purposes. unsettling stuff. thank you very much. very interesting. thank you for being with us. stay with us if you can on bbc news. much more to come, including this — memories of war, the nazi bunker transformed into a work of art. 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." good to have you. the headlines — michael cohen who was donald trump's lawyer and fixer for a decade michael cohen who was donald trump's lawyer and fixerfor a decade has given explosive testimony to the committee of the us congress. pakistan is calling for talks with india afterfighterjets pakistan is calling for talks with india after fighter jets clashed pakistan is calling for talks with india after fighterjets clashed in kashmir, a major escalation.

so, a second day of meetings between donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un has donald trump and the north korean leader kimjong—un has injust the past few minutes begun. the two leaders finished to speak to the press. president trump said he wasn't in a rush to agree a deal on denuclearisation. i've been saying very much from the beginning that speed is important to me. i very much appreciate no testing of nuclear rockets, missiles, very much appreciate it. chairman kim and i had a great talk last night. i would let him say what he wants if he'd like to. if he doesn't have to, he doesn't have to. we had a good talk about that last night. again, i'm in no rush. if we don't want the testing, and we've developed something very special. this's with respect to that. i just want to say i have great respect for chairman kim and for his country and i believe that it will be something economically that will be almost

ha rd to economically that will be almost hard to compete with for many countries, it has such potential. the us president speaking with the north korean leader in the past few minutes. now live to the bbc‘s south east asia correspondent at the summit hotel, or at least as near as security will let you. mrtrump security will let you. mr trump understandably, you might forgive him for being preoccupied with events in washington. he could do with a political win, couldn't he? what chance is there of this being more than theatre?” he? what chance is there of this being more than theatre? i think it will be more than theatre. at least it will be more than the theatre last year, which basically was the novelty of the two meeting. there's been a lot of work put in by us and north korean officials in meetings before this summit, trying to hammer out what they can agree on. we don't know what that is yet. mr trump's been down—playing expectations. he talked about not being in a rush and saying that as long as the north koreans are not testing missiles, the world is a safer place. he's happy with that. in reality, what

we're expecting is probably some kind of concrete move, some concession by the north koreans on their nuclear weapons programme. we don't know what it would be. possibly it will be the agreement to shut down one of their nuclear facilities. there's been talk about one where they've been producing plutonium, which will be significant but wouldn't mean the entire closing of the weapons programme. there might be sanctions lifting by the united states. that's what the north korean leader is looking for, limited, possibly and maybe other measures, opening liasion officers in each other‘s capitals, significant and maybe the ending of hostilities that have been there since the end of the korean war. if he gets that much, i think donald trump can say, "look, this is now process. though it's slow, it's further than anyone has been" and pronounce it a success. jonathan, as you pointed out, this is one of the world's most ruthless dictators is is at this summit at all because of

its nuclear weapons and north korea has promised to denuclear rise many times before and done nothing. what are the chances, really, do you think? well, i think the reality is north korea is now a nuclear weapons state. there is not any other country on the planet that's acquired nuclear weapons and given them up. so you know, i don't think anyone realistically thinks north korea is going to be nuclear weapons—free, with no capacity for rebuilding its weapons capability. that's in any foreseeable future. there is a disagreement between the united states and the north korea — or at least a lack of agreement on what denuclearisation means — that is something they tried to hammer out before the summit so there was a clear pathway. they haven't got that. this realistically will be a long process. if it continues, the world will feel a safer place, but the idea that north korea will com pletely the idea that north korea will completely get rid of its nuclear weapons in any foreseeable future, i think, is unrealistic. thank you

very much. now let's go to a research analyst at the stimson centre and the manager and producer of 38 north, a webjournal manager and producer of 38 north, a web journal that provides analysis on north korea. good to talk to you. what hopes do you have realistically from this summit? well, i hope that we get something concrete out of the summitand we get something concrete out of the summit and there is something we can point to to start to actually develop benchmarks, to reallyjudge how progress is moving forward. i'm afraid if we don't get something substantive, that this process and the validity of the approach that trump is taking is going to deteriorate. while kit be effective and we've seen that in the inter—korean case, you know, it may not be that the political will is really there for the us in north korea — and north korea, if we can't decide where to start the process. it's clear that north korea wants an

lthlth to sanctions ideally and an official declaration of the end of the korean war. there were reports that in the summit back injune last year, mrtrump that in the summit back injune last year, mr trump promised the second of those. it was certainly said that this is something promised to kim jong—un. the north korean s waited for that to come. they were not offering more to get that since it was promised. when it comes to sanctions i think both sides understand it is difficult to lift sanctions, especially without concrete measures. there is room to manouvre. that could be allowing sanctions for specific types of sanctions, such those proposed in the accords. whatever you think of

mrtrump, there are the accords. whatever you think of mr trump, there are no nuclear tests. there are no threats of war? that is helpful. i think, you know, especially in 2017, the tensions ratcheted so high. even if it had not convinced the north koreans that war was immanent, it certainly did affect the region and there was a real concern that conflict could start, whether it was intentional or accidental. i think we are in a much safer place right now. certainly there's a lot of work to do. and there's a lot of work to do. and there is still real capabilities there is still real capabilities there that still provide a threat. thank you. this year marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the second world war. all across europe reminders can be seen. 0ne second world war. all across europe reminders can be seen. one example isa reminders can be seen. one example is a beach in northern france, not farfrom dunkirk, is a beach in northern france, not far from dunkirk, a is a beach in northern france, not farfrom dunkirk, a dark symbol of past violence which has been transformed. twinkling in the winter

sun, a relic from the time when this continent was at war. a former bunker, but unlike any you may have seen bunker, but unlike any you may have seen before. encased in thousands of shards of mirrored glass, this is now art, rather than artillery. many of these old pillboxes have been covered in graffiti down the years, but this man, who calls himself anonymous, is a little more ambitious. translation: i simply wrote the word " resist" in translation: i simply wrote the word "resist" in three languages. what is important to me is to shed light on the past, to shed light on the present, may history serve as a lesson. newsreel: french rooftops of the allies beaching on the shore. all across france, the nazis waited for invasion at their defences. when that came, on d—day in 19114, the allied forces swept them away.

anonymous, along with several art students, has spent nearly five yea rs students, has spent nearly five years working on this project and it is still far from complete. years working on this project and it is still farfrom complete. he believes this place is special and that when the sunshines, it becomes like a beacon in more ways than one. finally. a little boy thought to be the world's tiniest surviving babies — this one — has left hospital. he was born by caesarean section last august, weighing just 268 grams when he arrived, so small he could fit into a he arrived, so small he could fit intoa pairof he arrived, so small he could fit into a pair of cupped hands. he spent five months in intensive care and now weighs in at a healthy 3.2 kilos, around the weight of an average newborn and is feeding normally. there is more on that. more on all the news for you, any time on the bbc website. you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. thank you for watching.

hello there. the setting sun on wednesday marked the end of this balmy, warm spell for february, which has brought record—breaking temperatures. and we are returning to something back to near normal, with some wet and windy this weekend. the big area of high pressure ebbs away, the high pressure which brought the southerly winds and we see the influence coming back in the atlantic, areas of low pressure developing with weather fronts, and as they hurtle towards our shores and also drag in some cooler air from the north atlantic, right across the country, as you can see here. so we start to see the change early this morning taking place across the south—west corner of england into wales, increasing breeze, more cloud with showery bursts of rain but elsewhere largely dry start to thursday, low cloud, mist, and fog and quite a chilly start.

so we could start off with a little bit of early brightness this morning, some low cloud, mist and fog, but quickly conditions go downhill across much of england and wales as showery bursts of rain moving, strong winds as well, in fact it will be windy across the south coast into the south—west. the best of dry and bright weather across scotland but notice the temperatures, 8—13 degrees, much cooler than we've been used to but still above seasonal average. for friday, not a bad day, we are in between weather systems, high pressure will bring a fine dry day, variable cloud, some spells of sunshine but the next weather front will bring some wet weather to northern ireland later in the day. and again those temperatures, low teens celsius at best, that band of rain moves through during friday night and into the weekend for the first of a series of low pressure systems which will bring some wet and windy weather to our shores this weekend. it will feel cooler as well for all, particularly because of the strength of the wind and the rain that we are seeing. saturday, then, start off dry

with some brightness around by the winds will it continue to increase, quite a wet afternoon i think for many of some of the rain could be quite heavy across the north and west. something a bit brighter later on for northern ireland and we could even start to see something a little bit wintry on the tops of the mountains of scotland. those temperatures again ranging 9— 1a degrees. above average. sunday's chart shows the feature to the north and the south. uncertainty as to how far north of the rain will be but it looks like some southern areas could be windy and wet throughout sunday. further north, wet and windy with some snow over the higher ground scotland. in between there could be a slice of slightly drier weather, but you will have to keep tuned to the weather forecast for this. will feel much cooler.