i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: he was the first world leader to be welcomed to japan by the new emperor. now, as president trump wraps up his visit, the focus is on trade. austria's political crisis deepens. parliament forces out the chancellor and his government in the fallout over a corruption scandal. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: anti—muslim violence following the easter bombings in sri lanka. we visit one town which saw some of the worst attacks. most of the shops owned by muslims were destroyed in a fire, which people here blame on hundreds of men who were armed

with sticks and stones. they were almost wiped out by a virus. how this rare australian turtle was brought back from the edge of extinction. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london, and 9:00am in tokyo, where donald trump is beginning the final day of his four—day state visit to japan. earlier he backed a possible face—to—face meeting betweenjapanese prime minister shinzo abe and kim jong—un, with mr abe saying he wants to have frank talks about north korea's nuclear policy and japanese abductees. on monday, mr trump became the first world leader to meet the country's new emperor. rupert wingfield—hayes

reports from tokyo. as the star—spangled banner rang out across the imperial palace courtyard, the us president and first lady were formally welcomed byjapan‘s new emperor, naruhito, and empress masako. mr trump is said to be mightily pleased that he is the first foreign leader to get this honour. the schoolchildren brought in to wave the flags looked a little less happy, thanks to the searing 32—degree heat. but mr trump is not herejust for the pomp and circumstance. in his summit with prime minister shinzo abe, there was one topic on his mind — trade. we have an unbelievably large imbalance, as you know, trade imbalance, which has been there for many, many years, japan having the big advantage, and put us in a very tough spot. but i think we will

have a deal with japan. president trump is clearly delighted with the way he has been welcomed here injapan, but mr trump is still fundamentally a transactional politician. and his message to his japanese friends here today was this — if you want this alliance to work, if you want to continue enjoying the protection of the us navy and the us airforce, then you're going to have to start buying a lot more american—made stuff. tonight, at the imperial palace, president trump was toasted by emperor naruhito. this has been a very good tripfoertrump, but also for prime minister abe, who can nowjustifiably claim to be the american president's most trusted foreign friend. i am joined now by the bbc‘s mariko 0i in tokyo. apart mariko 0i in tokyo. from trade, both leaders also talked apart from trade, both leaders also talked about north korea. that's

right, and as you mentioned, president trump said that he fully supports prime minister abe's wish to meet with kim jong—un. supports prime minister abe's wish to meet with kimjong—un. whether or not kim jong—un wants to meet with the japanese prime minister is another matter, especially given his previous comments. he has been very vocal especially about japan's wartime passed. but there have been some awkward moments over north korean issues during president trump's visit. when president trump again said he is not too bothered by the fact that north korea fired that missile which was brought down by the japanese —— denounced by the japanese government. president trump met for a second time with family members of japanese nationals abducted by north korea back in the 19705 abducted by north korea back in the 1970s and 1980s, no other us president has met them two times, reassuring them that he fully supports their desire that they want to be reunited with their family members. so there is some hope that may be president trump could push that issue further when and if he

meets with kim jong—un. that issue further when and if he meets with kim jong-un. and both leaders also talked about strained us- leaders also talked about strained us— iran relations. canjapan play a key role here? well, that's all kind of up in the air. it was suggested that president trump has said that, after reports that prime minister abe might be visiting iran next month, that japan could abe might be visiting iran next month, thatjapan could play abe might be visiting iran next month, that japan could play a mediator roll between the two countries, but he ended the line with his usual we will see what happens. so who knows what happens there, but they did discuss quite a lot of various issues, including trade, as rupert mentioned in his report. president trump and his wife, melania, have had a very busy few days, from meeting of course the new emperor and empress, masako. few days, from meeting of course the new emperorand empress, masako. it was quite remarkable for the japanese public, i think, to watch empress masa ko speaking japanese public, i think, to watch empress masako speaking with the us

president without an interpreter, she is a harvard graduate, a former diplomat, so really showing off her language skills there. and there has been some criticism by the japanese public about how the government is spending so much money on this lavish state visit, but at the same time some arguing president trump for example tweeting that video of a sumo tournament has given great publicity, and his been tweeting the occasional selfie, including one with abe, emphasising the strong bond between the two leaders. whether or not that will translate into the trade negotiations, we will wait and see. thank you for the update. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the austrian parliament has forced the chancellor, sebastian kurz, from office in a no—confidence vote. mr kurz broke up his coalition with the far—right freedom party

last week after its leader was caught in a covert video sting that suggested he was corrupt. this is the moment the president of the parliament announced the vote. mr kurz shook her hand before he left the room. earlier in the debate, this is what he said. translation: today, i would like to make the promise that i will do whatever i can to help maintain stability in austria. if today's vote goes the way i expect it, then we will have a new government. no matter what they look like, we will not put obstacles in the way, but support them. also making news today: it has emerged that seven soldiers jailed for the killing of ten rohingya muslims in myanmar in 2017 were granted early release last november. they are the only people punished over the crackdown, which drove more than 700,000 rohingya muslims to flee to bangladesh.

the soldiers served less than a year of their ten—year prison terms, less time than the two reuters journalists who uncovered the killings. australia's labor opposition has chosen a new leader, anthony albanese, after the party suffered a shock defeat in the general election. previous leader bill shorten resigned on 18 may, immediately after conceding the election to incumbent prime minister scott morrison. mr albanese, a veteran politician, vowed to rebuild labor's vote. many rivers around the world are contaminated by dangerously high levels of antibiotics, according to a new study. water samples taken from 72 countries revealed evidence of antibiotics in two thirds of cases. in some areas, concentrations were 300 times over the safe limit. scientists say the presence of these antibiotics means drug—resistant bacteria could evolve.

this is bruce the bald eagle, whose intense stare and piercing eyes have captured the attention of wildlife lovers worldwide. canadian amateur photographer steve biro snapped some photos of bruce a couple of weeks ago and posted the best one on facebook. the image went viral and was then picked up by media around the world. mr biro says he is overwhelmed by the response. it has been four weeks since the easter sunday attacks in sri lanka, in which more than 250 people were killed. the attacks were followed by a wave of anti—muslim violence that swept parts of north—west sri lanka. it has now subsided, but many in the country are worried that communal tensions that have erupted after the attacks could once again lead to deep divisions in the country's complex ethno—religious structure.

the bbc‘s vineet khare reports from north—western sri lanka. these are the first friday prayers at the famous mosque after it was vandalised by a mob. the damage and intensity of the attack is clear to see. we are given access to the cctv footage from the night of the attack. you can see groups of men breaking through the gate and then storming the mosque. translation: when i walked into the mosque, i was overcome with emotions. it was heartbreaking. this mosque is allah's place. we come here when we want to turn to god, so to break this — i can't come to terms with it. this is what is left of the town's main market. it is just across the street from the mosque.

this town saw some of the worst violence. most of the shops owned by muslims were destroyed in a fire, which people here blame on hundreds of men who were armed with sticks and stones. these attacks, just weeks after the easter bombings, threaten to destabilise the already fragile community relations. in the town, mohamed ameer mohamed sally stepped out of his house after hearing the sound of a commotion. dozens of men armed with swords and sticks attacked him. eyewitnesses say he was killed at the gate. translation: my father had asked us to switch off the lights and stay indoors. i couldn't see much. he thought he would be safe outside, with neighbours. we heard noise, and when we came out, we saw our father in a pool of blood. muslims make up nearly 10%

of sri lanka's population. the majority are sinhala buddhists. police say they have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the attacks, but experts say the challenge is to contain groups like the bodu bala sena, which has been critical of what they say is the spread of conservative islam among sri lankan muslims. there is a global agenda of islamisation, expansion of islamisation — i mean, of islam. it's a global phenomenon. so because of that, with most people, you have to understand, as buddhists, with buddhist background and culture, we cannot hate people. for now, the presence of security forces are visible outside this mosque, but many here are hoping the historic ties between the two communities will overcome

this current crisis. germany and france have turned their thoughts to choosing the next president of the european commission, after mainstream parties lost their overall majority in the european parliament. the new meps will start debating who should succeed jean—claude juncker in july. this report from our europe editor katya adler. much about this european election is not what it first may seem. nationalist marine le pen beat president macron to top the polls in france. "this is a people's victory," said a delighted mrs le pen. "the people have taken power back into their own hands." but the people, aka europe's voters, didn't support mrs le pen's political allies as much as she had hoped across the eu.

millions of europeans cast a vote for change, but not all looked for answers in the far—right. the pro—european greens did phenomenally well, as did europe's liberals. we are witnessing a polarised society, so now we are going to use the leverage that the citizens gave us to try and enact change at european level, reducing social inequality, reducing our ecological footprint, improving public health. we will see whether the others are prepared for that. seemingly unprepared for this new, fragmented political order are the eu's traditional power blocs, the centre—left and the centre—right. germany's government was given a very bloody nose. like in the uk, europe's voters are favouring political movements they believe better reflect their priorities. there are questions today as to how long angela merkel can or should stay in office. and all this could well affect the brexit process. the woes of angela merkel,

the far—right breathing down the neck again of emmanuel macron, looming general elections in a number of eu countries — all of this distracts eu leaders, and makes them that much more unlikely to reopen and renegotiate the brexit deal if they are asked to do so by the next uk prime minister. the attitude here, anyway, is that there is no better alternative. and how does the eu feel about 73 uk meps returning to the european parliament? it will be interesting to see how long they will actually be active in the european parliament. emmanuel macron has said he is worried that a reluctant uk still in the eu could cause internal trouble. are you worried about that? well, prime minister may was really clear that she said the uk would play a constructive role until the 31st... she's going. well, she's going, exactly. we'll have to wait and see what this means for the next prime minister. eu leaders, including theresa may, meet here tomorrow to discuss the "what next" after

the european elections. 0ur prime minister may feel a bit out of place. for the rest, the horse trading as to which political groups now get the eu's topjobs, like president of the european commission, is only just starting. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we will hear how conservationists in australia brought these rare turtles back from the brink of extinction. also on the programme: what may be the clearest footage of queen victoria still in existence discovered in new york. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands

of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri haliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she has left the spice girls. i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri. why? this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm rico hizon, in singapore. i'm lewis vaughanjones, in london. our top stories: he is the first world leader to be welcomed to japan by the new emperor now president trump wraps up his visit, with the focus on trade. austria's political crisis deepens. parliament forces out the chancellor and his government in the fallout over a corruption scandal donald trump's japan visit is on the front pages of many of the papers around the world. let's start with japan times, it says that many japanese officials will be relieved that the tokyo summit ended without any surprises or unpredictable remarks from the us leader. the strait times says that donald trump pointedly refused to cool the tensions between the us and china, by saying he's in no rush to seal the trade deal with beijing.

the south china morning post warns of the pain felt in hong kong, because of the continuing trade war between washington and beijing. the paper says exports have dropped for the six straight month, with more trouble on the way. and finally the new york times writes about divided views on america among chinese, which, the paper says, complicate beijing's trade negotiations. what stories are sparking discussions online? yes let's looks at what is trending right now. north korea has distilled its own brand of whisky and plans to launch it at the end of this year, it's reported. it's said to be the first time the country has produced whisky. the source of the story is the young pioneer tours company, which got its hands on a couple of bottles. australian conservationists are celebrating the news that one of the world's rarest turtle species has been successfully

re—introduced into its natural habitat. four years ago, a freak virus wiped out about 90% of the bellinger river snapping turtle population. a handful of healthy turtles were captured for a breeding programme. and now look at this — ten of the critically—endangered turtles have been released into the bellinger river basin — the only place on earth where they're found. so far they seem to be doing well. earlier, i spoke with mel from the new south wales 0ffice of environment and heritage, and i asked her if she was confident the programme would continue to be a success. we hope so. there's certainly been a lot of hard work over the last four years by a team of dedicated conservationists working with government and non—government groups and community to bring the project to this really important milestone. a really important milestone. how did we get here though? what was the problem?

what wiped out so many of these turtles? as you said in the introduction, a virus that had never been known to science before swept through a very small catchment of a river in northern new south wales and wiped out 90% of this particular species. it didn't affect any of the other aquatic fauna that we can tell. this particular species succumbed. we went from a population of a500 animals in the river before the virus to just less than 200 now. we are grateful for the quick thinking of people on the ground to retrieve just 17 disease—free animals and bring them into captivity to form a captive breeding population. mel, that's so strange that this virus came out of nowhere and only seemed to attack the turtles. i don't want to be pessimistic but is there a risk this virus comes back and does the same? look, there are no guarantees in this kind of work and that is why we are taking a cautious approach

and treating this release as a trial. we've released a small number of animals and we are monitoring them very closely. we're able to re—capture the animals and we're looking at their survival, growth and able to monitor their health as well by taking samples and testing those and we are seeing no evidence at all at the moment that the animals are exposed to the virus which is great news. that is good news. and why is it important that you can try and foster the regrowth in the population of this species? well, as you said, this species is found nowhere else in the world. it's in just a 70 kilometres stretch in the river in northern new south wales. we're now less than 200 animals in the wild and having that opportunity to have a captive breeding population and replenish the wild population is really the species' only chance of survival.

some breaking news from japan. a knife man has stabbed at least 15 children in a park nearjapan‘s focal tokyo. it is not clear what was behind the attack. —— capital. at least two children and one adult are unconscious. a suspect has been arrested. it occurred in kawasaki city on the southern edges of tokyo. the public broadcaster has been reporting that. police recovered two knives. the suspect stabbed himself in the shoulder before he was detained, according to nhk, the broadcaster in japan. some of the clearest moving footage ever taken of britain's long—serving 19th century monarch queen victoria has been discovered in a film archive in a new york museum. for decades the images

had been overlooked, forgotten, until a curator from the british film institute saw them earlier this year and helped bring them to light. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has this exclusive report. queen victoria in a sharper focus than ever seen before. this was her last trip to ireland in 1900 and is believed to be the last time she was filmed before her death less than a year later. it's the best view you will ever get of queen victoria in moving pictures. the footage had been stored for decades in new york's museum of modern art. but it was only when bryony dixon — a curator with the british film institute — was shown it, that its historical significance was truly realised. i nearly fell off my chair because i'd never seen queen victoria in close—up before. it's completely unique because you can see the queen's face for the first time, probably since 1900, since this was shown. it's close up, you can see expressions, you can

see her in movement rather than just as a stiff portrait or a still photograph. queen victoria embraced the new medium of film. she and tsar nicholas ii were filled at balmoral in 1896 and the following year, a0 cameras were used to capture the queen's diamond jubilee. very much film was an extension of a whole series of image making about queen victoria. it makes her seem real. it makes her seem real and she is real. but what sets this film apart is the level of detail and that's largely down to the film's size. 68 millimetres on the left and on the right, the footage was filmed in 35 millimetres, a cheaperformat which became the industry standard despite the loss of detail. the result, very few films of such high quality were made and no others capture so clearly this living, breathing, moving monarch. sarah campbell, bbc news.

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. i'm rico hizon in singapore. have a great day, everyone. good morning. our final bank holiday of may has been and gone now. it was a tale of two halves, really. the best of the weather was down into the south—east corner on monday — in the london area where we saw 20 degrees, 68 fahrenheit. further north, a beautiful weather watcher picture was sent in. but it was a cold, grey, slightly disappointing story in parts of aberdeenshire with just a daytime maximum of 11 degrees. this is important because the cold air that has been sat across scotland throughout the weekend will push its way steadily southwards, taking the milder air back into the near continent as the northerly winds are set to win out for a couple of days at least. but hopefully only a short, sharp shock. more on that in a moment. the north—westerly direction will drive in some showers across the western isles and running down through the north sea we could see a rush of showers being driven in along the east

coast during tuesday. sheltered western areas perhaps seeing the best of the drier, brighter weather but it will be a degree or so cooler than it has been, 10—19 as the daytime maximum. moving out of tuesday, the winds will start to fall light and skies will clear. so a chilly start to wednesday morning before another series of weather fronts push in from the atlantic. during the early hours of wednesday, we will start to see it clouding over from the west but with clearer skies further east, the temperatures are likely to fall away and it could be a chilly start for one or two of us with low single figures first thing on wednesday morning. but the cloud and the rain continues to gather and here it will sit across south—west england and wales. so eight degrees as a minimum. three or four along the east coast. we start off on a chilly note but with some sunshine around first thing on wednesday. the cloud and the rain gathers and continues to push its way steadily east as we go through the day. there is a level of uncertainty

as to just where this rain is going to be sitting by the middle part of the week but it looks as though it will light and patchy as it continues to push in across the country. further north, a largely dry affair but not particularly warm, 11—18 degrees. as we move out of wednesday, we see that weather front and area of low pressure continuing to drift steadily north and high pressure builds from the south. but more importantly, the winds change direction again and swing back to more of a south—westerly direction, driving milder air once again back across the country. so it's half term for many this week and it does look as though the silver lining is — as we head towards the weekend, for many of us, it will be sunnier and warmer again. the only exception again, the far north of scotland. that's it, whatever you're doing, enjoy if you can.

i'm lewis vaughan jones with bbc news. our top story: president trump is beginning the final day of his state visit to japan. mr trump is expected to press the prime minister, shinzo abe, onjapan‘s trade imbalance with the us. mr abe said the two leaders had agreed to accelerate trade talks. the austrian parliament has forced the chancellor and his centre—right government from office. sebastian kurz lost a no—confidence vote in the continuing fallout over a corruption scandal. and this story is getting a lot af attention on bbc.com. a new study has found that many rivers around the world are contaminated by dangerously high levels of antibiotics. water samples from 72 countries revealed the presence of antibiotics in two thirds of cases. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: