this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of a us student who died after he was jailed in north korea have criticised president trump — for praising kim jong—un. you're watching bbc news. otto warmbier‘s parents said "no i'm reged ahmad. excuse. . . can change" that "kim our top stories: and his evil regime" killed their son. their comments came the family of a us student who died after mr trump heaped compliments on the north korean leader. after he was jailed in north korea criticise president trump for praising kim jong—un. canada has cleared the way canada clears the way for the us to start extradition proceedings for the us to start extradition against huawei's chief proceedings against huawei's financial officer. chief financial officer — beijing is furious. prompting an angry response from beijing. meng wanzhou was detained in vancouver last year at washington's request. she firmly denies allegations of bank fraud and helping her company break us sanctions. celebrations as the indian pilot captured by pakistan is released. but will his safe return bring both countries back from the brink of war? pakistan has freed an indian fighter pilot captured after his jet was shot down in the disputed region of kashmir. wing commander abhinandan varthaman was handed over at a border crossing in punjab. pakistan's prime minister has called the move a gesture of peace. and nasa's groundbreaking mars mission gets underway as insight probes the inner secrets

the government has been forced to pay £33 million to eurotunnel, of the red planet. president trump has rejected claims that he failed to hold north korea's leader kim jong—un to account for the death of an american student. otto warmbier was sentenced in 2016 by a north korean court to 15 years hard labour, after being accused of stealing a poster. he was in a coma when he was released 17 months later, and died soon after returning to the united states. his family rebuked president trump for praising kim jong—un and accepting his claim that he did not know about otto warmbier‘s mistreatment and failing health.

our washington correspondent chris buckler explained why donald trump is struggling to square his relationship with kim jong—un and the fallout with otto warmbier‘s family. i don't think it is something which he is particularly pleased about. i think he has been stung by this criticism, frankly, from the family. this is a family he invited along to a state of the union and dress last yearin a state of the union and dress last year in washington, a family he says he knows extremely well. but they said they felt they had to speak out, after the summit was over, not during it, but after the summit, to say that they felt not only had he got things wrong, but some of his comments were frankly hurtful. they say "kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son, otto". this is what donald trump actually said at the time, because he has been accused of being

misinterpreted. he said he, referring to mr kim, tells me he doesn't know about it, and i will ta ke doesn't know about it, and i will take him at his word. there are even some members of his own republican party who are uncomfortable with that statement, because they believe that statement, because they believe that otto warmbier, who went into this prison camp to do 15 years of ha rd this prison camp to do 15 years of hard labour, was somebody who was in good health when he was arrested. when he was released and returned to america, he had suffered many unexplained injuries, including brain damage, and died just days later. while mr trump has in the past been a support to the family, it is very clear the family notjust upset, but they feel these words have only aggravated a situation thatis have only aggravated a situation that is extremely delicate. donald trump has defended himself in a way, and he is saying that he still blames north korea for what happened to otto warmbier. is that a tracking, almost? ithink to otto warmbier. is that a tracking, almost? i think it is to otto warmbier. is that a tracking, almost? ithink it is a

really interesting tweet to look out, because actually, what he says in that post on twitter, is that of course i hold north korea responsible. he doesn't mention kim jong—un. and i suspect that is not going to satisfy the family and it will certainly leave some republicans and undoubtedly many democrats feeling that the president has not gone far enough. it is very clear that president trump wants to defend his relationship with kim jong—un. even though this was an u nsuccessful jong—un. even though this was an unsuccessful summit, he continues to believe there is potentially a deal to be done between america and north korea. but what worries some within his own party, what worries even some of his own very vocal supporters, is that he continues to praise kim jong—un. if you supporters, is that he continues to praise kimjong—un. if you look supporters, is that he continues to praise kim jong—un. if you look at what he said about him, he said he was somebody he believes was very smart and was somebody he believes was very smartand a was somebody he believes was very smart and a real leader. given the north korean regime, those are pretty strong words, and it of course follows him defending

vladimir putin over suggestions that russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, and also defending saudi arabia after the death of jamal khashoggi. defending saudi arabia after the death ofjamal khashoggi. it defending saudi arabia after the death of jamal khashoggi. it leaves donald trump again in a position where he is having to defend comments about a leader who has been responsible for overseeing a country that has been accused of very serious crimes. that was chris buckler in washington. as donald trump faced the fallout in the united states, he is back in washington, dc, but kimjong—un continues his visits to vietnam on his final day there. our south—east asia correspondent johnathan head is in hanoi where kim jong—un is on the final day of his official visit to vietnam. what has kim jong—un what has kimjong—un been doing? well, he has just what has kimjong—un been doing? well, he hasjust been what has kimjong—un been doing? well, he has just been visiting the mausoleum of the legendary vietnamese independence leader, ho chi minh. of course, something that his grandfather did while ho chi minh wasa his grandfather did while ho chi minh was a life back in 1958 and 1954, at a time when north korea was

a relatively successful socialist economy, helping a poor and struggling vietnam. —— 1964. kim jong—un, in some ways, has quite consciously followed in the footsteps of his grandfather. he looks like his grandfather, the founder of the north korean dynasty, so founder of the north korean dynasty, so coming here to the mausoleum of ho chi minh, most dignitaries do it, it is an important part of any visit to vietnam, it would have been an essential part of that. he has just a couple more meetings before you head back to the border and then he has a long train ride back to north korea, where he will go through china. we do not know yet whether he will be stopping off to talk to chinese leaders about what happened here at the summit. in vietnam, they are still portraying this as a successful summit hosting, because it went smoothly. they are kind of glossing over the fact that in fact nothing came out of it, as indeed is the north korean media, and kim jong—un is able, you know, he was all over the press here, the state press in vietnam, to be seen as no

other north korean leader has been, asa other north korean leader has been, as a kind of statesman. so i think the isil positives here for kim jong—un, although i do think he was probably a bit shocked that the americans cut that summit back quite quickly. —— think there are still positives. kim jong-un east still to meet with the vietnamese prime minister. what do you think he hopes to get out of that, long—term? minister. what do you think he hopes to get out of that, long-term? he is talking about learning from the alarm's economic success. it is all donein alarm's economic success. it is all done in the name of socialist fraternity. these are two of the last communist ruled countries left on earth, and lots of the language is couched in this rather archaic way we used to see between meetings between communist countries. i think the inspiration of vietnam and its economic success the inspiration of vietnam and its economic success is very important to him. whether he can go as far, even as close to what vietnam has done right now, is a big question. north korea is very isolated. this

economy is thoroughly integrated into the global trading network, it isa into the global trading network, it is a member of asean and is a partner of the united states. it is not at all clear how far down that will north korea can go. but this is one of the few countries he could visit where he would feel completely co mforta ble. visit where he would feel completely comfortable. this has still been a slightly different chip than the one when he went to singapore. it was a novelty seeing him there, and the walkaround that novelty seeing him there, and the walka round that he novelty seeing him there, and the walkaround that he did, we haven't seen walkaround that he did, we haven't seen that year. this was more carefully structured. i think the disappointment of not having made more progress at the summit has probably taken off some of the gloss. but, you know, this is a north korean leader who, for all the chronicle faults and human rights abuses there, does want to lift his economy. if he is going to do that, vietnam might be one country where he can start to look for help in some kind of guidance. jonathon head, thank you. the canadian government has confirmed it will allow a us

extradition case to proceed against the chief financial officer of the chinese technology giant huawei. meng wanzhou was detained in canada last year at washington's request. she's accused of bank fraud to help her company break us sanctions against iran. she has denied the allegations. our north america technology correspondent, dave lee, outlined how the extradition process will move forward. the next step will be a hearing on wednesday, that will be a chance for the dates to be set for the extradition proceedings to begin in full. we are expecting meng wanzhou to appear at that hearing in vancouver on wednesday morning, although it could be a brief appearance, just to hear when the full proceedings will get under way. after that point, that could take several months, and what happens in that period is that a judge in canada will determine whether what meng wanzhou is alleged to have done would also be illegal in canada — and if that is the case, if the judge deems that to be the case, then she will most likely be extradited to face trial in the united states. now, where that becomes slightly more complicated is that the main

defence of meng wanzhou at this point is that her defence team feels the charges would not be illegal in canada, because they relate to us—imposed sanctions on iran. but that will be the next stage, and if, after that initial proceeding is finished, there could be several appeals, so in reality, meng wanzhou could be fighting the extradition for potentially several years. but of course, with every day that this saga goes on, it is becoming more and more politically explosive. for more on huawei, including an analysis of the wide ranging impact of the case, you can visit bbc.co.uk/news. the algerian authorities say more

than 50 police officers have been injured in the biggest anti—government protests in the country in nearly a decade. more than 100,000 people took to the streets of the main cities, in largely peaceful demonstrations calling on their ailing president not to run for a fifth term in office. kathryn armstrong has more and a warning this report contains some flash photography. they came together to call for change. on the streets of algiers, a sea of people demanding the president withdraw to make way for a new leader. anti—government protests are a rare sight in this country. this is thought to be the largest in nearly a decade. and while it was largely peaceful, at one point violent clashes broke out with riot police, leaving dozens injured. the unrest began more than two weeks ago, when this man, president abdelaziz bouteflika, announced he was seeking a fifth term in the country's april elections. the ailing leader, who turns 82 on saturday, has rarely been seen

in public since suffering a stroke six years ago, and is currently undergoing medical checks in switzerland. critics say his ill—health means he is incapable of fulfilling his duties as president. translation: ifi had no hope that it would change i wouldn't be here. i'm not only demonstrating against the fifth mandate. we want the whole system to change. it has been more than 20 years, and still he wants to stay? now it's enough. it's time for change. the people have woken up, we're not illiterate. protests were also held in the cities of oran and constantine. organisers say the numbers have grown from last week, when demonstrations began. despite the unrest, the president's campaign director says he will meet the sunday deadline to formally

submit his candidacy. those on the streets, meanwhile, are hopeful their actions will help shift the balance of power in their country. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: bbc viewers have their say on brexit, with the deadline to leave the eu now less than a month away. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier,

and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right in the end, as they say. this is bbc news, our top story: the family of a us student who died after he was jailed in north korea have criticised president trump for praising kim jong—un. pakistan has released the indian fighter pilot captured two days ago, after his jet was shot down over the disputed region of kashmir.

the two nuclear powers have both claimed sovereignty over the area for 70 years, with tensions rising in recent days after 40 indian soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing. the pilot was handed over in darkness at a border crossing in the north indian state of punjab, from where rajini vaidyanathan reports. this was the moment india had been waiting for. as tensions have escalated with its nuclear neighbour, the fate of this pilot has taken centre stage. captured days ago by pakistan, today he was freed. wing commander abhinandan varthaman was flanked by a government official and members of the military, as he waited at the crossing with india. his release was expected in the early afternoon. after many hours of delays, the gates finally opened. the pilot, who'd fought for his country for 16 years, was back on home soil.

this video was broadcast on pakistani tv. it is unclear whether wing commander vardaman was asked to speak under duress. many in india say it is nothing more than political propaganda. now, this all comes, of course, after weeks of escalating tensions between the two nuclear neighbours, and the events here will have dampened down some of those tensions. both claim kashmir, but both only control parts of it. two weeks ago, a suicide attack in indian—administered kashmir claimed the lives of 40 indian soldiers. a militant group based in pakistan claimed responsibility. india accuses pakistan of harbouring terror groups. at a rally ahead of upcoming elections, the country's prime minister, narendra modi, said india would return the damage done by terrorists. today, pakistan's foreign minister told the bbc any further escalation would be suicidal.

tonight, celebrations continue, after the return of a man who's being hailed a hero. the events of today might have brought india and pakistan back from the brink of war, but peace remains fragile. michael kugelman is deputy director of the asia programme and senior associate for south asia at the wilson center. hejoins me now from washington. thank you very much forjoining me. a lot of people are characterising this return of the captured pilot as a turning point when it comes to relations between the two nations of kashmir, is that the case? well, it is many people's hope. pakistan had a bargaining chip while it had the pilots, so it was seen as by releasing him, it would be seen as providing an offer for a

deescalation process. however, i do not know that is true. there are reports suggesting that there had been some firings across the border, called the line of control, and my senseis called the line of control, and my sense is that india is not ready to deescalate right now. india has an election in a few weeks and i do not think it would be necessarily politically advantageous for the ruling party to wind things down so soon ruling party to wind things down so soon when it plays well politically in india, particularly in an election year, to be tough on pakistan. i think that pakistan wa nts to pakistan. i think that pakistan wants to deescalate more than india does, pakistan has economic troubles, it has a military that is not as strong as india's, so pakistan has more of an interest in the wind is down than india does at the wind is down than india does at the moment. are you saying there is interest in pakistan to withdraw, to perhaps allow some sort of autonomy for kashmir? well, when it comes to kashmir, that is very different and more complicated story. the way the

ruling party in india looks at kashmir is nothing to discuss, there is nothing to negotiate. the status of the region is settled. for a long time, pakistan is wanted to open negotiations on it, this is something pakistan is wanted to do for decades and decades that india, or at least the current government of india really has no interest in doing that at all, as i think there is any hope of having some type of negotiation on the fate all future of kashmir, will have to wait until the next government takes power in india. -- we will. but in terms of the solution to kashmir, what is that? should be a vote to decide on whether that region wants to become autonomous? is that really the only solution nor are there others? yeah, well, that is the one that tends to be pushed by pakistan, to have some

kind of referendum or plebiscite in which the kashmiri people can vote for whether or not they want to remain autonomous, or if they become an autonomous region or whatever the case may be, but again, as i said before, india does not the things that way, it thinks that there is no need for that, that india should be the only country that controls kashmir, and so there is such a deep disconnect that i do not see any way, any time in the future to think that the two sides can come together, but the first step has to be for the sides to talk. they have to be discussions, dialogues within kashmir between the government there in the central government in india, and then beyond that, you would hope hearts to have discussions between indians and the pakistani ‘s, but again that simply is not a realistic prospect now or at any time in the foreseeable future, so u nfortu nately, foreseeable future, so unfortunately, this region is bound to continue to be the nuclear

flashpoint that it is today. —— pakistanis. thank you very much. thank you. officials in georgia have told the bbc they're examining a formal request from the uk to extradite jack shepherd — the british man who went on the run there after being convicted of manslaughter. he was sentenced to six years for killing charlotte brown in a speedboat crash on the river thames in london. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has been given exclusive access to the prison in the capital, tbilisi, where he's being held. on the edge of tblisi, this is penitentiary number eight, a high—securityjail with around 3,000 prisoners. and one of them is british — jack shepherd. after months on the run, the convicted killer is behind bars in georgia, pending extradition proceedings. we're the first foreign tv crew to be allowed inside this jail. what we're not allowed is any

contact with shepherd. and this is jack shepherd's prison cell — room 101. he shares it with two other inmates. shepherd sleeps on this bed here. the prison authorities tell me that, for security reasons, shepherd is under 24—hour surveillance. jack shepherd surrendered to georgian police after ten months in hiding. he'd fled britain to escape his trial for manslaughter. in his absence, he was sentenced to six years in prison for the death of charlotte brown. she'd been on a date with shepherd when his speedboat crashed on the river thames. today, georgian prosecutors confirmed to me that they have now received the official request from britain for shepherd to be sent home. so how confident are you that jack shepherd will be extradited? i'm very confident that mr shepherd will be extradited to the united kingdom.

to this end, we will do everything. we will take every measure to convince the georgian judge that this person deserves to be extradited to the united kingdom. the authorities say that jack shepherd could be gone from here within a month. but until extradition is approved, this is where jack shepherd will remain — on remand in penitentiary number eight, under lock and key, in a georgian jail. steve rosenberg, bbc news, tbilisi. scientists have begun the first ever exploration below the surface of mars. our science editor david shukman has more. it's a mission to mars like no other, a fiery descent last november, that unfolded exactly as planned in this nasa animation. it is a hazardous journey that others have made before, but this time, the spacecraft touching down on the surface has a uniquejob.

so, for mission control, getting there was a huge relief. touchdown confirmed. applause amid all the celebrations, they've been checking that everything's working, so the science can begin. nasa is not the only team exploring mars, others are busy there as well. amazingly, there are six spacecraft in orbit around the red planet, taking pictures and gathering data — three from america, two from europe, and one from india. but only nasa has successfully got robotic missions down onto the ground itself, and the latest to touch down is very different from the ones that have gone before. called insight, here it is, it's getting its power from solar panels, like the others, but it has a completely new kind of mission. not investigating the surface of mars, but what's inside it instead, and it's doing it with some very clever instruments. a sensor placed on the ground is detecting seismic activity, tremors from volcanoes, for example,

to build up a picture of the internal structure of the planet. and a special type of drill has another role — to burrow underground, the deepest ever attempted on another world, five metres down, to measure the heat flowing up from the interior. it's all part of trying to understand what's happened to mars, how it formed at the same time as earth, but then ended up so very different. before we go, let's just take you back to the live scene in hanoi, it can see the train station in hanoi thatis can see the train station in hanoi that is waiting for the north korean leader kim jong—un to depart. he that is waiting for the north korean leader kimjong—un to depart. he is on his final day of his trip to vietnam. we believe he has been meeting the vietnamese prime minister for you meeting the vietnamese prime ministerfor you finally meeting the vietnamese prime minister for you finally leaves on a train trip. it takes him the number

of days to get back home. —— a number. ina of days to get back home. —— a number. in a stopover in china, we're not sure. —— he may stopover. that comes after the unsuccessful summit with us president, donald trump. hello. the record warmth may have gone, but it's still not cold for the time of year this weekend, but it will be wet at times and it gets windier as the weekend goes on. —— and it will be very windy at times too, even stormy in places. one area of low pressure passes close by on saturday. another rapidly deepening area of low pressure will come in on sunday, so spells of wind and rain. but it's this second system on sunday, named by the met office as storm freya to raise awareness of potential impacts, that's going to pack the biggest punch, if you like, and we'll get to that in a moment. saturday starts perhaps a a little damp still across eastern parts of the uk, with overnight rain clearing away. no frost, plenty of cloud.

beyond a patch to the north—west initially. and then many of us will brighten up for a time. but remember that first area of low pressure. here comes the rain from it quite quickly into northern ireland, then western scotland and parts of wales, and all of that will push further east as we go through the evening. so if you're not wet by day, you will eventually see some rain out of it. now, the winds start to strengthen too. these are average speeds. gusts will be stronger. for northern ireland into western and northern scotland, could see some gusts in excess of 50 mph here. still double figure temperatures across much of the uk. now, going into saturday night, it's the western isles that could well see some gusts up to around 70 mph, plenty of heavy showers rattling through north—west scotland, snow through the higher hills, maybe some rumbles of thunder. whilst many other places will turn drier, the rain never really clears from southernmost counties of england. and this is as storm freya comes in on sunday, initially with some wet weather pushing northwards, though there's some uncertainty about how far north that will get. now, how much of northern ireland and scotland will see the rain from this — may not be too much rain

in northern scotland, there'll be a few showers around, but all the while the winds are going to be strengthening as well. that's the second part of storm freya, first the rain, then the wind, as the deepening area of low pressure takes a track right across the uk, with the strongest winds on the southern flank. and that brings them really across parts of england and wales, where the met office has this yellow warning area. so it will be turning windier, particularly towards the end of sunday into sunday night. initially around some irish sea coasts, the coast of south—west england, 60—70 mph gusts, maybe up to 80 in a few spots, and elsewhere through that warning zone, some gusts of 50—60 mph as storm freya moves east. but there's still some uncertainty about the detail here, so still keep watching if you've got plans on sunday. all starts to push away on monday, just to a few showers and lighter winds.