the latest headlines for you from bbc news: michael cohen, who was donald trump's lawyer and fixer for 10 years, has told a committee of congress in sworn testimony he fears there won't be a peaceful transfer of power if mr trump loses the 2020 election. a very warm welcome to bbc news — he called him a racist, broadcasting to viewers cheat and conman. michael cohen is already facing jail in north america for lying to congress and around the globe. my name's mike embley. and to the us government. our top stories: president trump's begun sex, lies, and wikileaks — donald trump's former lawyer and fixer gives explosive testimony to congress and makes this prediction. a second day of talks given my experience working with the north korean leader, foertrump, ifear kimjong—un, saying speed is not important to him in reaching a deal. that if he loses after warm words on the first day, the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful mr trump is under pressure to secure concrete steps towards ending transition of power. the north's nuclear programme. india is dmeanding the return day two of the summit in vietnam. of a pilot whose fighter plane was shot down by pakistan, a major escalation formal talks are underway right now. between the two nuclear—armed donald trump says he's in no hurry to see progress. neighbours over kashmir. and i'm sharanjit leyl live pakistan says it shot in hanoi, wherejust before down two indian planes the talks began, kim jong—un took after a raid on indian a question from the press pack. controlled territory. it's released video of the captured pilot. mr kim, are you confident?

translation: well, it's too early to tell. but i wouldn't say that i'm pessimistic. pakistan calls for talks with india, after fighter jets clashed in kashmir, in a major escalation. and a blast from the past — the world war ii bunker that's being transformed into a work of art. hello to you. michael cohen, who for ten years was donald trump's lawyer and fixer, has been giving explosive testimony to a committee of the us congress, describing the president as a racist, a cheat and a conman. michael cohen is already facing jail for lying to congress, and to the us government about his tax returns. the white house says he'sjust lying again, in the hope of reducing his sentence

and getting a book or movie deal. this from our correspondent, 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 conman. 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... on 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. on 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. i put it to our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, suggeting that all these revelations don't change much. this was all said about trump before he was elected, and he was still elected. beyond that as well, these allegations have floated about, but what's different is in some ways they've 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's also the suggestion that there is a new investigation taking place within the southern

district of new york. federal prosecutors potentially looking at some of mr trump's business dealings and we have robert mueller‘s investigation floating about. but, you're right, at times this was nothing short of political pointscoring. republicans doing their very 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's 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 foertrump, ifearthat 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's also worth pointing out that just a day after all of that, michael cohen is going to appear before, again, this time before a 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 or links there were between mr trump and his campaign and russia. of course, that is all firmly denied. and in the house 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. president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un have started their talks in the vietnamese capital. hanol live now to hanoi and shara njit leyl. thank you. of course, they are in

talks at the moment with their advisers are before they began those talks, they actually spoke to the press this morning. president trump once again stressed that he was not ina once again stressed that he was not in a rushed and north korea's nuclear weapon ‘s programme, while mr kim said he was optimistic there will be good results in this summit. this is what president trump had to say. i've been saying very much from the beginning that speed is not that important to me. i very much appreciate no testing of nuclear rockets, missiles, any of it, very much appreciated. chairman kim and i had a very good talk about that last night. i will let him say what he said, if he'd like to. and if he doesn't, he doesn't have to. but we had a very good talk about that last night. and, again, i'm in no rush. we don't want the testing and we've developed something very special with respect to that. but ijust want to say i have great respect for chairman kim, and i have great respect

for his country, and i believe that it will be something economically that will be almost hard to compete with for many countries, it has such potential. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of these live pictures now of the sofitel metropole hotel, the colonial era hotel they are currently meeting out. they are having an extended meeting we know now with their advisers with the full stop in about half—an—hour or so, we are told according to the schedule, they will breakfor working according to the schedule, they will break for working lunch, according to the schedule, they will breakfor working lunch, but according to the schedule, they will break for working lunch, but as you can see there, some of those live hitches of the extended talks that they are having at the moment with they are having at the moment with the leaders and of course, the advisers there and we are expecting to hearana advisers there and we are expecting to hear an a couple of hours the result of those talks. i am joined from monterey in california by melissa hanham, an expert in weapons of mass destruction at the one earth foundation. of course, these talks are currently

ongoing. an a couple of hours, we will hear the result of them, and of course, we know denuclearisation very much on the table we have just turned president trump saying he is in no rush for north korea to end its weapons programme, so what can we read from that? -- in. what we're hearing from leaks and rumours is that there really is a final plan in place at and it may really come down to the wire. what i suspect is happening is that the trump administration is becoming much more realistic about its goals, they are starting to realise that north korea will not simply just starting to realise that north korea will not simplyjust give up their nuclear weapons is and that this is going to be processed that takes time. what are the things it has shown up is that there may be some closure of the yongpyong that new —— nuclear facility and if that is the

case, there may be some negotiation is happening right now on what facilities in what sanctions relief north korea may expect for doing this type of black does. now, we know that north korea claims to have developed a nuclear bomb that small enough to be on a long—range missile, that may potentially reach the united states. first off, how worrying is this and are the americans not going to push a little bit harder? so i think it is worrying and it is definitely causing people to pay attention to this. north korea has tested two types of intercontinental ballistic missile is, and both of them are capable of striking the us mainland. in addition, they have some intermediate and short—range missiles, which are also thought to be nuclear capable. the question of how many warheads they have and how light as war had our at enormous

speculation in the analyst community. the best we can do is ta ke community. the best we can do is take measurements from photographs and make estimates based on other nuclear weapons designs, no—one really knows for sure how far one of those warheads may actually go because no—one has been that close to it. ok and, now, it mentioned the yongpyong nuclear sites and how they are likely to be talking about that at the moment. we know that they have done, at least given the impression of having done some things to destroy things out another nuclear weapons sites. so do you think the north koreans are going to go far enough this time? so the other nuclear test side was definitely a good start, but it was the lowest hanging fruit of any of north korea's nuclear facilities the lowest hanging fruit of any of north korea's nuclearfacilities and thatis north korea's nuclearfacilities and that is because they have already

had six nuclear tests, the same as india, pakistan, and they have tested two different types of nuclear weapons, so tested two different types of nuclear weapons, so when kim jong—un says he is satisfied with the testing, it means they really do not need a nuclear test side any more. there are always scientists who want more tests, but if they are satisfied with the way the warhead is behaving now, then really what we need to be concerned about is not so much whether they are going to test new designs, but how many of the existing designs they will be produced in the form of a warhead. —— reproduce. produced in the form of a warhead. -- reproduce. thank you for putting that all in the context. of course, we are watching the outcome of those talks, as i mentioned, both leaders are currently in talks with their advisers. they break for a working lunch, according to the schedule, in about half—an—hour at about 2pm

local time. after lunch, we are expecting some sort of an agreement, so expecting some sort of an agreement, so we're just hours away from and we of course will be keeping you up—to—date with all the latest from here in hanoi. sharanjit leyl, thank you very much indeed for that. a major escalation in tensions between pakistan and india, both of them nuclear powers. pakistan is claiming it's shot down two indian airforce jets and captured a pilot. this latest friction centres, as ever, on the disputed region of kashmir, which both countries claim as their own. 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 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 a 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 indian jets crossed into pakistan, targeting indian officials claim, a militant training camp. local residents say they only hit a forest. 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 a nearby open space,

where there was no human life or no military post, meaning thereby that we deliberately avoided 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: memories of war — the nazi bunker that's been 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 with us bbc news. two main headlines for you this morning. michael cohen — who was donald trump's lawyer and fixer — has given explosive testimony to a committee of the us congress. it's day two of the us—north korean summit in hanoi — and face—to—face negotiations are underway between donald trump and kimjong un. well, let's stay with that story. earlier i spoke to christine fair, an associate professor at georgetown university in washington dc. there's really no precedent in the history of either of these two countries or, quite frankly, any other security dyad that offers any kind of explanation for how this is going to wrap up. i have actually been fairly sanguine that this is

not going to escalate to full—scale war. ido not going to escalate to full—scale war. i do think that both 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 loss of pressure to not back down. what i think is most interesting is the pakistani is are basically willing to potentially go to war to use terrorism as a tool for foreign policy. this is something that has not been remarked upon and it is to be stated very clearly. is particularly tricky when both leaders have something to prove at this moment. ——it is. keeping the us and china could do more and will do more? let's talk about this. it think the most important conflict history that we could look to was the kargil conflict, that happened 20 years ago. at that time we had a

very strong us president, he had strong relations with all of our allies across the atlantic, and he had fairly decent ties with china. during kargil the united states, china, as well as the eu made a very clear statement to pakistani that you need to de— escalate. the united states has, quite rightly, been absent. i think one of the reasons why a president trump has been absent is because he is actually depending on the pakistani is to give him some figleaf to allow him to have a withdrawal from afghanistan so he can maintain a very ill—advised, dangerous campaign promise to be out of afghanistan by the 2020 elections. so the pakistani is, i think, are really of the belief that they would be able to get away with this, because of their importance to president trump and what is trying to do in afghanistan. largely for american domestic political reasons. cannabis has become a multi—million

dollar industry in canada, following the country's decision to legalise the sale of the drug for recreational use last year. marijuana—infused food and drink are currently prohibited but their ban could soon be lifted. so, as caroline rigby has been finding out, some within the industry have turned their attention to developing cannabis—cuisine. at first glance it may look like nothing out of the ordinary, but look closer — from sweets that get you stoned to marijuana meals, cannabis cuisine looks set to be big business in canada. experts at this food industry event in toronto suggest developing edibles is a growing priority for chefs. by showcasing the recipes that are standardised and working with our cannabis partners, it's a good starting point to start the conversation of cannabis use at home. last year, canada legalised the sale of cannabis for recreational use, becoming only the second country in the world to do so. the shift in policy was a watershed for the country and has seen marijuana mature into

a multimillion—dollar industry. critics are warning against cannabis—infused food and drinking being incorporated into the bill. restrictions will apply to products such as these that could appeal to children, but some worry banning them could push sales underground. i think it all comes down to the packaging and the way you sell your product. if it's properly positioned as an adult edible, not a kids' edible, i think it's fine. so while cannabis cooking may have once been more about function over flavour, it seems legalisation in canada could soon see dining experiences for some at least, reach rather new highs. caroline rigby, bbc news. this year marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the second world war. all across europe — reminders of the conflict can still be seen. one example is a beach in northern france — not far from dunkirk — where a dark symbol of past violence has been transformed.

the bbc‘s tim allman has more. twinkling in the winter sun, a relic from the time when this continent was at war. a former nazi 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 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 in1941i, the allied forces swept them away. anonymous, along with several art students, has spent nearly five years working on this project and it is still far from complete. he believes this place is special and that when the sun shines, in more ways than one. tim allman, bbc news. the first six satellites from a company called oneweb, which says it's aiming to bring internet to every corner of the globe, have launched on a soyuz rocket from french guaiana. the rocket left its sinnamary base near kourou for a flight that lasted one hour and 22 minutes. the spacecraft are the pathfinders in a network oneweb is building to take high—speed broadband internet from space to millions of people in remote and rural

areas of the world. it was started by an american entrepreneur, rolling out mobile phone networks and the like. but he realised he needed, really, to get into space to use satellites if it was starting to feel in many of the gaps that still existed. he produced a companya gaps that still existed. he produced a company a number of years ago called 03b, the other 3 billion, which is a reference to those who do not have internet today. he decided after a while that the vision needed to be grander, so he has come up with this company called oneweb, which will have many more satellites, they will operate closer to the ground, that should really improve the amount of throughput through the system, the connection speeds that people will experience and it will be all over the globe as well. it won't matter whether you are in the north pole, that the —— the sahara desert, or in a big city somewhere, you will get fast internet access. jonathan amos forrester. more on that and other news on the

bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — 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— 14 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. 00:28:07,858 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 will feel much cooler.