on that note, kimjong—un, they will get along. kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you the joining kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you thejoining us kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you the joining us and kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you thejoining us and we hope to kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you the joining us and we hope to see you again between the summit between president trump and the north korean leader. you definitely will. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will be taking a look at china's love affair with wine. we'll see why china's acquired a taste for the grape and what that means for profits. and before we go, what you are about to see is, believe it or not a residential street in hawaii. it's now being engulfed by lava from the kilaea volcano. lava has now burned through dozens of homes on big island, after flowing around a0 kilometres underground. it's also covered a geothermal plant which has been shut down to avoid the risk of explosion. good morning. we're not out of the woods and there are more s

for a kimjong—un, take away? what qualifies as a woman?n is just holding the summit and getting a face—to—face meeting with president trump. that enhances his stature as a world leader, it's what the north koreans have wanted really for generations. i think the big question is, what is a win for president trump? he's not going to get the unilateral disarmament that he once. this is something that no other previous president has been able to do. the other problem for donald trump as well is learning more and more about how much north korea is on its knees, extreme poverty. there are communities in north korea starving. perhaps that is why kim jong—un is forced to reach out to america and the wider world and build bridges yet again. that will be hard to ignore especially if some if not all that is to sanctions. most of what we talk about when it comes to north korea is educated guesswork because we don't really know what kim jong—un‘s motivations are. if you talk to different people in south korea, which is where the professional north korea

i am now speaking to kimjong—un, what get you into performance mode. t dictator on earth, let me say it is awesome to be in the greatest dictatorship of singapore in the world. the most efficient dictatorship, i have a lot of respect for you and a lot of respect for your father. what is the best food you have had in singapore?m has got to be the chicken rice, no doubt about it, i can eat it every day. what do you think of the upcoming summit with president trump? i think the upcoming summit will hopefully result in peace, because from what i've heard, they are because from what i've heard, they a re really because from what i've heard, they are really the same person with the same personality. hopefully they will get along. kim jong-un lookalike, howard x, thank you for watching. and before we go, what you are about to see is, believe it or not a residential street in hawaii. it's now being engulfed by lava from the kilauea volcano. lava has now burned through dozens of homes on big island, that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello, good morn

, and the danger is, i think, handle kimjong—un, and the danger is, ithink, that handle kimjong—un, andmp will from past evidence, not be terribly well briefed. he doesn't seem to read a lot of things. 0n briefed. he doesn't seem to read a lot of things. on all accounts of mr kim are that he will know his stuff, he will have read the documents, he will know what the issues are, and that will me that he's —— mean that he is ina that will me that he's —— mean that he is in a strong position. how likely is it that is summit in singapore, for the club ofjune will ta ke singapore, for the club ofjune will take his? then you are asking. i suspect now that mr trump has sort of come round to the idea of holding it after all, it might well take place. whether it will solve the problems, whether it well reach an agreement that each side can be happy with, i'm still rather doubtful. but you never know, things can sometimes happen. the chemistry can sometimes happen. the chemistry can sometimes happen. the chemistry can sometimes work. they might get on, it might be all smooth and peaceful, but it

but then okra for you before regime change. —— kimjong—un. ed what is the denuclearisation mean to the koreans, is at the same as the americans think, but it is up to the us and korea to sit down at a working level and work out if they agree so working level and work out if they agree so he basically deflected the question so i think that question remains. are they on the same page when it comes to what is denuclearisation mean and i think the answer is no. so plenty of grey areas for them to discuss it also of course this element you mentioned of trying to secure the regime in north korea, it won't go down well in america question of ——7 korea, it won't go down well in america question of ——?|j korea, it won't go down well in america question of --? i think the us government would say if you asked them they had no intention of changing the north korean regime and they haven't for many years and they are prepared to provide security guarantees to the north korean regime and in fact president trump the other day said it will have an agreement a

it will take bold leadership from kimjong—un if we are bold leadership from kimjong—un if we are able change the course for the world. president trump and myself believe that kim jong—un can president trump and myself believe that kimjong—un can make president trump and myself believe that kim jong—un can make those decisions and that the coming weeks and months we will have the opportunity to test whether or not this is the case. well, we can speak now to john everard, a former british ambassador to north korea, who was on the un security's councils panel of experts on north korea between 2011—12. hejoins me live in the studio. how clear is it where they are at and whether the summit will go ahead on the 12th ofjune? and whether the summit will go ahead on the 12th ofjune? not at all clear. mike pompeo played a blinder in serum journalists in the face and using language that did not give anything away —— staring journalists. he also made it clear that as far as he knows the north korean leadership has not even made the strategic decision to go ahead. it sounds as if there will be a s

preparations for a summit next month with north korean leader kimjong—un and president trump, are goinghead as originally planned. cancellations and delays to flights at stansted airport after a lightning strike which hit across southern england knocked out the aircraft fuelling system. senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be relaxed as voters in the irish republic overwhelmingly back change in a referendum. the government is considering whether to expand england's network of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. organisers of the dance music mutiny festival in portsmouth cancel the event, after two people died there in separate incidents. in the next hour: misery for liverpool fans. two game—changing mistakes from their goalkeeper help real madrid to win the champions league final in kiev. and in half an hour here on bbc news, a choir relives some of the most tuneful moments of prince harry's wedding to meghan markle, with a right royal singalong. good morning and welcome to bbc news. north korea's leader kim jong—un is committed to d

all of this coincides with the roll—out a commemorative coin minted by the white house calling kimjong—uncalling kim jong—un the supreme white house calling kim jong—un the supreme leader, which raised eyebrows. a premature sign of confidence, perhaps with the summit‘s chances now a toss—up. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has apologised to members of the european parliament for its role in the spread of fake news, and interference in elections. but many meps were angry that he didn't answer their questions. the bbc‘s north america technology reporter dave lee has more. suited, composed and well briefed in front of politicians, relishing the chance to throw questions at one of the world's most powerful men. he may not enjoy it, but mark tapper wrote —— zuckerberg is getting used to it. the format of the european parliament meeting meant members had to ask questions in succession with the answers coming up once at the end. there was about an hour of questioning, leaving mr zuckerberg was just 25 minutes to answer. he used that ti

injune, but peace, this meeting with kimjong—un in june, but it's peace, this meeting with kimjong—unthere's a lot of risk, he is building this up as they possibly historic meeting that could be a very special moment for world peace. when you give it that kind of billing if you walk away without anything, or if you walk away with anything, or if you walk away with an agreement that critics say this not secure denuclearization, does not secure denuclearization, does not have the sort of verification process necessary , not have the sort of verification process necessary, then it could be a political miscalculation for him. it's going to be a lot of pressure to have the sort of meeting but together with just about a months notice between now and thejune 12 date. that's a lot of pressure to work out the details. these things have to be scripted down to the minute, what they will talk about, how the etiquette will be carried out. these things do not come without fairly big diplomatic risks. this has been quite an extraordinary week. because two days ago the president was pulling the us ou

meeting with kimjong—un — because of what he says is open hostility from north korea.trump said it was a tremendous setback to the world. north korea responded that pyongyang is open to resolving issues with the united states "whenever and however". earlier north korea said it had destroyed its remaining nuclear test facilities at the punggye ri site. the demolition was witnessed by several foreign journalists, although no nuclear experts were allowed to attend. and the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is reported to be preparing to surrender himself to police in new york. it follows an investigation into alleged sexual abuse. mr weinstein has denied any wrongdoing. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk... two men have been given life sentences, for the murders of four children, in an arson attack in greater manchester last december. zac bolland and david worrall targeted their home with petrol bombs. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. stock prices retreat worldwide after president donald

kim jong un and this worried after the meeting between kimjong un and this president worried after thehis president of south korea. china wants to have a say at the table. china also has two trade carefully because there is a brewing trade war between china and the united states. china does not wa nt to the united states. china does not want to do in the relationship with the united states. how much with both of them be watching what is going on in washington, the decisions that donald trump is taking over the iran nuclear deal? how much bearing does that have on a future deal, future negotiations with north korea and the us? the timing is very bad, kim jong the us? the timing is very bad, kimjong un might look at what happened in iran and even previously in libya, and after scrapping nuclear facilities in those respective countries, what america will do to them, especially in libya. last month the us national—security adviser also said america is considering a libyan model for north korea. even before this iran deal china and north korea had something to think about. pulling out of th

why is kimjong—un doing this? like to strike a deal with north korea, but after so many yea rs of with north korea, but after so many years of hostility, why is kim jong—un reaching out? years of hostility, why is kim jong-un reaching out? there are two possible reasons. one is the reason a lwa ys possible reasons. one is the reason always quoted by the trump white house, that american led sanctions on north korea have caused such economic dislocation that the north koreans are now looking for a summit out of desperation. the north koreans deny that, they say it's not about economic pressure, and they hint that it's because they now have a workable nuclear deterrent and they think they can negotiate from a position of strength. maybe one day we will learn which of the two is the truth. you have seen a lot of the truth. you have seen a lot of the country. economically we know it is on its knees in more ways than many. this is a complicated summit. iam no many. this is a complicated summit. i am no expert, and maybe

preparations for a summit next month with north korean leader kimjong—un and president trump, are goinghead as originally planned. cancellations and delays to flights at stansted airport after a lightning strike knocked out the aircraft fuelling system. spectacular overnight storms across southern britain — around 15,000 lightning strikes injust four hours. senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be relaxed as voters in the irish republic overwhelmingly back change in a referendum. the government is considering whether to expand england's network of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. coming up in the next hour... misery for liverpool fans. two game—changing mistakes from their goalkeeper help real madrid to win the champions league final in kiev. more big acts perform on day two of radio 1's biggest weekend in swansea. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the latest on the north korean summit, it seems to be back on. north korea's leader, kim jong—un, is committed to denuclearisation. that's the view of south korea's president who met

says the international media will be invited to watch just three weeks before president trump and kimjong—unt parliamentary elections since the country declared victory over so—called islamic state has been mostly peaceful. more than 2a million iraqis were registered to vote. french police sources say a man has stabbed several passers—by in central paris killing at least one and injuring several others. they say the knifeman has been dead by police. the attack happened in the pereira. a court in italy has overturned a ban preventing former prime minister silvio berlusconi from holding public office. —— the attack happened in the opera area. at10pm, martin attack happened in the opera area. at 10pm, martin crocks or

how serious do you think kimjong—un is to make this happen. ng this summit happen, given that again he has gone to the border and had another meeting?” that again he has gone to the border and had another meeting? i think kim jong—un is very much a berry is —— very serious about what he wants. it looks like he is calculating that continuing this diplomatic path is good for him. the question becomes, well, what, how does what he wants a line with what the us wants? what the south koreans once, and what the other major powers once. going back to where we started, that team from washington is going to singapore to prepare for this meeting. that seems to indicate that president trump is still hopeful. yes, it seems to indicate that there is still work going on, the momentum for diplomacy is still there. we will see how it goes. good to get your analysis. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you for having me. the fourth person to walk on the moon, alan bean has died at the ag

and i appreciate kimjong—un doing this and allowing them to go.nded over to mike pompeo. ezg §xgz§> 151533: “a, 4—2 z-.. — —— ——————— 5 president trump has threatened iran with severe consequences, if it restarts its nuclear programme. his decision to pull the us out of the international deal intended to limit the programme, signed by 6 world powers in 2015, has been widely condemned. britain, france and germany are all saying they will work to salvage the deal, if possible. this from our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. in iran, there's a ritual way of denouncing the united states. and today, they took it to the floor of their parliament. burning the us flag and shouting ‘death to america'. the country's supreme leader denounced president trump's decision to abandon the deal that iran struck to curb its nuclear deal in return for lifted sanctions. but he warned that iran would leave the deal too, unless european countries guaranteed their trade. translation: if you can get a guarantee that we could put confidence in, then you can conti

he has staked a lot on north korea and kim jong—un. has staked a lot on north korea and kimjong—un. er has staked a lot on north korea and kimjong—un. on the other hand, he is talking tough about iran, saying the deal was one of the most embarrassing agreements the us has ever entered into. again, you have this strange mix, on the one hand, with the run, talking tough on iran, making clear he will not enter into a bad deal, and talking peace with north korea. it is a strange mix. you get a sense with the crowd they are buying into it. he is using the iran deal to put pressure on the north koreans while massaging the ego of kim jong—un at the same time. he mentioned jobs. he said he would make great deals for a whole list of countries in asia. he did not talk about the european countries, allies. they have been put out of joint by his pulling out of the deal with the run. what you are seeing from donald trump is the focus is on american. —— iran. you saw the signs surrounding him, not just american. —— iran. you saw the signs surrounding him, notjust make america great again, but keep

arrangements for this meeting, this historic meeting in the coming weeks, between donald trump and kimjong—uning weeks, between donald trump and kim jong—un. but you mentioned that there is this hope that he will also bring these american korean detainees back with them on the plan. and you can imagine for the trump administration this would be quite a diplomatic coup for them. they could then this isa coup for them. they could then this is a victory. and then i suppose announce the details of this coming summit, if they are known by then. you know, it is interesting, though, i suppose they want some sort of positive message to come out of this, because here in south korea, there is a bit of concern, today, i would have to say, about the impact, that the potential impact, of the is pulling out of the iran nuclear deal on this likelihood of the north koreans to give up their nuclear weapons. i think a few weeks ago people thought that they were going to give up and it was a done deal. everything seemed pretty rosy. but now there is this, as i said, worry, here, where kim jong—un would now ther

high level talks continue, as officials meet to try and revive a summit between donald trump and kimjong—unuging what life is like inside north korea, the bbc hears direct testimony from a network of dissidents. sirens two police officers and a civilian are shot dead in belgium. prosecutors are treating it as a terrorist attack. and the american comedy actress roseanne barr has her hit television citizens mobile phonestan‘t'catl‘. access to the internet. using a covert network over many months, we've been able to put questions to two ordinary north koreans. fhfi'ffitfi‘ié’éifibfifitrti‘é—qa‘g‘éer , ., , , ,, "eter2l5 like, 1-7 2—25 sometimes the state security department get people by calling them spies. they make up stories for their own performance. they make people say that they were planning to go to china and then deport them. here, there are a lot of government captures. people arrested and taken away. people cannot survive in the prison camps. they unconditionally beat you. they starve you while doing extreme labour. once you go there, you are no longer a citizen. i think this terror is wh

to singapore's straits times, where that meeting is due to take place between donald trump and kimjong—un's comments it may be delayed. the japan times looks at the impact the change in privacy law in europe could have on cybersecurity for the rest of the world — and whether it will help hackers to hide. if you've been swept up by the romance of the royal wedding. this article in city am may be worth a read, "is marriage worth it?" it asks — and breaks it down from a financial point of view. and from marriages to parenthood, and a story from abc in the us where a 30—year—old man's been ordered by a supreme court to move out of his parents home after refusing to fly the nest. so let's begin. back with me is kulveer ranger. vice president of strategy & communication at atos. let us start with this story in the sun. 0bviously hugely emotional service at the cathedral in manchester. and proving, if ever there need improving, that manchester is a great city with great people who really come together in times like this. yes. this headline in the sun this morning, city of tears, manchester isa m

with doubt still surrounding president trump's summit with kimjong—un, china tells the us that "now is time" to make a peace deal with north korea. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: yulia skripal, who along with her father, was poisoned by a nerve agent in england, has made her first televised statement since the attack. translation: we are so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination. i don't want to describe the details, but the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. piano music plays piano is definitely his forte! meet the 14 year—old indonesian musician who's already been nominated for a grammy three times. good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in the evening in washington, where it's alleged donald trump's personal lawyer michael cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to arrange talks between the ukrainian president and president trump. that is the claim made by those with direct knowledge of the process, who've spoken to the bbc. they say the money was sent to mr cohen by intermediaries

all systems a re donald trump and kimjong—un. all systems are go it seems. you know what?p is either a negotiating genius or a lunatic. it is bizarre how he is conducting foreign policy. and it feels dangerous it feels like the situation on the korean peninsula is something that demands a more serious approach than donald trump is applying. but maybe he isjust understanding this and he has worked out a way of breaking the deadlock. that is the question i wanted to ask you because there are those who agree with you. is he a lunatic or a genius? counterintuitively, by the pushing forward and not allowing the use it often takes to bring such a summit together, he makes everybody deal with the big questions in a short time frame and there for he may actually make progress where others have failed. clearly we have had more over a century at of no progress on the situation at all and what donald trump is doing is making people think differently it doesn't feel right to me. it feels like a worrying approach. but i am prepared to say that maybe it will work. is there a huge risk t

kimjong—un meeting the new us secretary of state, mike pompeo, in pyongyang.e rocket man", enjoying a lighter moment with the americans, ahead of his summit with mr trump. vice president mike pence has been talking about us expectations. i think the president senses an opening, that may result in an historic agreement. what kim jong—un has said publicly, and in discussions, is that he is prepared to negotiate to achieve complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. so the north korean leader's security team will soon be pacing the streets of singapore — the venue for the summit. but has enough diplomatic legwork been done to make it a success? there are many in the american foreign policy establishment who think that this summit has been rushed, that it is premature and not enough arrangements had been made. that runs the risk that if it fails, that could put america on the path to war. donald trump rejects that kind —— to war. donald trump rejects that kind of! to war. donald trump rejects that kind of— the £151" e‘én—‘j oni 2“? on june 3:3. onjunei2, g:

kimjong—un had said previously that he understands the need and the utility of the united states andlic of korea continuing in its joint exercises. they're exercises that are legal, they‘ re planned well, well in advance. we have not heard anything from that government or the government of south korea to indicate that we would not continue conducting these exercises, or that we would not continue planning for our meeting between president trump and kimjong—un next month. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s barbara plett usher in washington. i asked her how the white house reacted to this development. a very terse statement, really — actually not quite as optimistic as heather nauert announced. north korea has said independently, we will continue to co—ordinate closely with our allies. so it seems it was a statement they were not expecting, and are not really welcoming it, as you can imagine. but, as heather was saying, as the state department spokeswoman was saying, they have not stopped planning for the summit. they will not do that unless they get a clear indication from either north kore

donald trump's letter to kimjong—un, in it he wrote sadly that tremendous anger and open hostility displayed latest statement, it's an appropriate to have a long planned meeting. his letter spoke about the power of the us nuclear arsenal and that the meeting was kim's idea, not his. at the white house a sombre president trump had this to say. based on the recent statement of north korea, i have decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore onjune the 12th. while many things can happen and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially, i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world. hopefully positive things will be taking place with respect to the future of north korea, but if they don't we are more ready than we have ever been before. the legwork for it was being done by the president's secretary of state mike pompeo. there were gasps around the world when it emerged he had travelled to pyongyang in total secrecy to meet the north korean leader. today, mr pompeo was giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee and sought to ex

mr trump said the summit would be delayed if kimjong un refused to meet certain conditions.cebook boss, mark zuckerberg, has been criticised by european politicians for alleged evasiveness. however, mr zuckerberg said he'd make it his top priority to prevent interference in democratic elections. and this video is trending on bbc.com... church bells have rung out in manchester, marking the exact moment a year ago when a bomb exploded at a concert by the singer ariana grande — killing 22 people — including seven children. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and another headline from the uk... the second day of the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire was disrupted when a video of the blaze was shown

high level talks continue as officials meet to try and revive a summit between donald trump and kimjong—ungauging what life is like inside north korea — the bbc hears direct testimony from a network of dissidents. two police officers and a civilian are shot dead in belgium — prosecutors are treating it as a terrorist attack. and the american comedy actress roseanne barr has her hit television series cancelled after sending racist tweets. hello and welcome to the programme. as speculation continues about the possibility of a summit meeting between president trump and kimjong—un, the debate about north korea's record on human rights has been largely sidelined. direct testimony from within north korea is exceptionally hard to record, but over many months the bbc has used a covert network of dissidents to put questions to a range of citizens. as michael cowan reports, they expressed strong views about the country's leadership — and relations with the rest of the world. north korea is the world's most repressive regime — ruled by the totalitarian kim dynasty, the authorities wield an absolute c

with doubt still surrounding president trump's summit with kimjong un, china tells the us that "now is the time" to make a peace deal with north korea. and this story is trending on bbc.com... a new york couple have won their bid to have their 30—year—old son evicted from their home. michael rotondo has been living with his parents for eight years after he lost his job but they say he had not contributed to household expenses or with doing the chores. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk... yulia skripal, who — together with her father — was poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury — has said she believes they were the victims of an assassination attempt. now on bbc news, all the latest business news — live from singapore. german chancellor angela merkel heads to china to strengthen relations, as trade tensions loom... first uber and aianb disrupting their industries, now food apps taking a bite out of profits in the big apple... good morning asia, hello, world! it is thursday, welcome to this edition of their asia business report. angela merke

onjune 12, in singapore, i'll be meeting with kimjong—un to pursue a future of peace and security forhe world. the danger zone around hawaii's kilauea volcano widens. experts say a major blast could come any time. 65 million, give me 66... the finest art and the fattest wallets — pne of the world's great private art collections goes under the hammer in new york for hundreds of millions of dollars. and football fever sweeps russia — the street children's world cup kicks off a month ahead of the real thing. in business, stream of social consciousness — spotify drops r kelly from its playlists on the day it unveils a new ‘hate content and hateful conduct‘ policy. also coming up in the business briefing, cashing in on cloud computing — we look at the rise of dropbox and its young billionaire founders. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. as we'll be reporting, it's been announced that spotify will no longer actively promote r kelly's music as part of a new hate content and hateful

it is a measure ofjust how badly kimjong un once one day. a measure ofjust how badly kim jong un once the summit with president trump to go ahead. the south korean president said kim told him he is committed to the com plete told him he is committed to the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. but is worried about america's aggressive intentions towards his regime. from president trump to the noises are now increasingly optimistic. having cancelled the summit on thursday, by saturday the us president sounded as if that had never happened. we're doing very well in terms of the summit with north korea. as you know, there are meetings going on as we speak. it has been an extraordinary week. north korea putting on dramatic show of blowing up putting on dramatic show of blowing up its nuclear test facilities. accusations and epithets flying between pyongyang and washington. a summit that was on then of them may be on again. liverpool's dreams of lifting the european cup for a sixth time came to a crushing end last night — when they we

lot of credit, indeed, from the three released detainees as well, in really pushing pyongyang and kimjong—unt is very clear is that he wants to be there to see them and he will ta ke to be there to see them and he will take a great deal of credit for what has been a really important moment. if you take a look at what has happened with these particular prisoners, they have been released and they seem to be in good health. the white house making clear that they were able to get on the plane themselves without any assistance. that is so starkly different from what happened a year ago with 0tto warmbier, who arrived back in america and died a short time later from brain injuries that he seemed to have suffered in north korea. you have that very different arrival and this will be something president trump will celebrate. it marks a real attempt to push towards this summit. it removes an obstacle in its wake by having people of american citizenship, detained in north korea, and allows that summit now to take place. it is very clear, when you take a look at the conversations that have been had betw

because donald trump and kimjong—un, they have to sit down and have a meeting. from both countries. you possibly need delegations, representatives also from china, and south korea. where are these people going to go? meeting rooms set up. in singapore, they will lock down a hole 5—star hotel and get to the discussions weeks in advance. when those two leaders arrive, there is something for them to sign an something to agree on, even if it goes the other way round, they first had their meeting. they leave it to their delegations to work out the details. you need facilities to do that. the humble bicycle has been a mainstay of china's city streets for decades. but in the past few months, giant mountains of discarded frames have been cropping up around the country. that's because authorities have been impounding thousands upon thousands of rental bicycles that, they say, are clogging the streets. here's our beijing correspondentjohn sudworth. it could be mistaken for a field of flowers. but look closer. thousands upon thousands of bikes, impounded in the city of wuh

of course you also have this second meeting in china between xijingping and kimjong—un?re the leaders of north korea and china... you can imagine, they knew that this announcement was coming from the united states. you can bet they were talking about it. this shows that china, unlike the situation with iran, is a major nuclear power, which is offering, i guess, a shield to north korea, and you can see here that xijingping is trying to reinject himself into this whole process and also to rebuild relations between those two countries. and you would love to know what xijingping said to kimjong—un in terms of that iran nuclear deal and the likelihood that you could rely on the us to uphold its end of the bargain following such a deal. for example, if the us was to say, "we'll reduce troop numbers on the korean peninsular in exchange for you giving up your nuclear weapons," well, from the point of view of the north koreans, they don't care which president they'd be doing that deal with, they'd be thinking, "that's a deal i have with washington." let's go back to our main stor

donald trump has announced that he is meeting with north korean leader kimjong—un in singapore on junerth korean leader kimjong—un in singapore onjune i2, saying he would try to make it a very special moment for world peace. for more on what this might mean for i am joined by katie silverfrom what this might mean for i am joined by katie silver from our newsroom. both countries have their reason for picking singapore. what are the reasons? it is really a natural choice for both countries. donald trump, there was an idea that there was going to be other locations like dnc or sweden. but he tweeted that the highly anticipated meeting would happen on singapore —— in singapore onjune i2. happen on singapore —— in singapore on june 12. north korea happen on singapore —— in singapore onjune 12. north korea has had long established trade relations with singapore. there economic and dramatic ties ended last year when singapore basically cut the ties. but north korea has continued to have an embassy here in singapore. from the us perspective, singapore is one of their biggest trading partners i

if we make a deal, i think kimjong—un is going to be very, very happy.eally believe he is going to be very happy. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: one year into robert mueller‘s investigation into russia meddling into the us presidential election, many questions remain unanswered. as a dress rehearsal is held at windsor for the royal wedding, meghan markle confirms her father won't be coming. there really is a sense, with all the world waiting, that we are waiting for things to begin. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and two in the afternoon in hawaii, where the kilauea volcano has begun spitting out ash, nine kilometres into the air. scientists say this could be the first of a violent string of explosions in the crater. residents of the big island were warned to take shelter from the ash fallout as toxic gas levels spiked. officials are to hand out masks to stop residents from breathing them in. this is one of the most acti

and i appreciate kimjong—un doing this and allowing them to go.handed over to mike pompeo, the us secretary of state was in pyongyang on their surprises ahead of the upcoming summit between the american and north korean leaders. south korea's leader raised the issue of detainees from his country with kim jong—un, but issue of detainees from his country with kimjong—un, but made little progress. it seems donald trump has succeeded where others have not. let's get more from our washington correspondent chris buckler. chris, this is a huge diplomatic coup for president trump and four mike pompeo. what is the latest? an astonishing change of relationship between north korea and america. you get the sense that these releases are part of paving the way from those historic summit between president trump and mr kim. as for sb3 detainees are concerned, they touch down briefly in alaska. the plane is due in a matter of hours that matters for sb3 detainees. when you look at the particular release is here, it is very clear that they we re is here, it is very

but, in return, president trump wants kimjong—un to hand over all of his nuclear weapons. clear in the last week or so that kim jong—un is not prepared to do that, not in one go. so, the crucial question is, if singapore is to go ahead, what is kimjong—un prepared to put on the table now that president trump can take from the summit back to the united states and declare victory? i asked our washington correspondent to what extent he thinks the talks might be getting back on track. i think it's a pretty positive sign that these talks have gone into their second day. that means, at least, that they are finding things to discuss, that they haven't had a complete lack of meeting of minds. so, that's a good sign in itself. it's probably also a good sign that the president, in the last 24 hours or so, has remained reasonably quiet about what's going on, in terms of the negotiations. and had been pretty positive, over the weekend, about his hopes for what could happen to north korea, in the long—run, in terms of development. that will all help the mood music. and the fact that th

kimjong—un it met with north korea.ng—un it met with the chinese last week, and trump will have a powerful motive to ta ke trump will have a powerful motive to take things a little more at face value that he might perhaps if he was buying a hotel. so we were thinking, $200 billion is a huge amount of money and they will have to be some big product and projects in there, maybe boeing can get a deal, et cetera. you think that is really play in the sky, at least at this stage? well, i am sure we will see some headline deals, and boeing would be an obvious example of that. but in order to achieve this by 2020, you need american exports to grow at something like 50% per year, 01’ grow at something like 50% per year, or chinese imports to reduce by an equal amount. that is... for one thing, it is not clear there is the capacity in the american economy to do that, and very little motivation domestically for china to keep to it. we will wait and see how it develops. thank you very much for that. let's stay with that story, beca

headlines at 11.00pm: president trump cancels the much anticipated summit with north korean leader kimjong—un blaming pyongyang's "anger and open hostility". hollywood producer harvey weinstein will hand himself in to police in new york on charges of sexual misconduct — according to us media reports two men are sentenced to life in prison for murdering four children by petrol bombing their home in greater manchester. governor of the bank of england, mark carney, warns a "disorderly" brexit could delay a rise in interest rates and says the bank would need to act to shore up the economy. and on newsnight, section 28 is 30 years old today. it was a law that banned the promotion of homosexuality in schools until it was scrapped. a lot has changed in the three decades since. we'll be looking back at its effect. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the planned summit next month between president trump, and the leader of north korea kim jong un, has been cancelled. mr trump said it was because of what he called pyongyang's recent hostility, with north korean officials heavily criticising senior mem

south korea reveals that its president moonjae—in met the north korean leader kimjong—un for two hoursturday. iranian media are reporting that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, a british—iranian woman imprisoned in tehran, will face security—related charges in a second case against her. we'll be talking to her husband live in the next half an hour. the owners of high street chain boots are accused of over charging the nhs and exploiting patients by selling medicines at inflated prices. countdown to kick off as liverpool fans pour into kiev for tonight's champions league final. jurgen klopp says winning is in liverpool's dna as the reds aim to stop real madrid from winning a third successive title. i don't know how they are going to do it, but i think liverpool will win the competition. and coming up in half an hour on the bbc news channel, a special newsbeat documentary. me sufferer emma donohoe investigates how young people cope with the debilitating illness. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. you are welcome to dublin castle where votes are being collated across the country on this his

says the international media will be invited to watch just three weeks before president trump and kimjong—unhree weeks before president trump and kim jong—un meet three weeks before president trump and kimjong—un meet in singapore. iraq's first parliamentary elections since the country declared victory over so—called islamic state has been mostly peaceful. more than 2a million iraqis were registered to vote. french police sources say a man has stabbed several passers—by in central paris killing at least one and injuring several others. they say the knifeman has been dead by police. the attack happened in the pereira. a court in italy has overturned a ban preventing former prime minister silvio berlusconi from holding public office. —— the attack happened in the opera area. atiopm, martin attack happened in the opera area. at 10pm, martin crocks or will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. now on bbc news, mexico's murder rate reached a record high last year with close to 30,000 is dying in drug—related violence. the coastal city of acapulco is particularly dangerous and in the gri

north korea — president trump welcomes three american prisoners home as he reveals he's meeting kimjong—ungapore next month. bt announces plans to cut 1,300 jobs — most of them in the uk — as part of a billion pound cost cutting drive. and four years after she was first diagnosed, dame barbara windsor‘s husband reveals his 80—year—old wife has alzheimer's. and coming up on bbc news. manager carlos carvalhal will leave swansea at the end of the season. the club are all be relegated from the premier league after eight matches without a win. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has apologised to a libyan dissident after the uk played a part in his detention and torture by colonel gadaffi's forces 1a years ago. theresa may said abdul hakim, and his wife, fatima boudchar, who was pregnant at the time, had suffered "appalling treatment". the couple say an mi6 tip—off helped the us kidnap them in thailand. they were then taken to libya, where mr belhaf was tortured. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has been to meet him in istanbul. there's flash photography

he has been with kimjong—un for most of those meetings that have been going on over the last week, so the north koreans mean when they say talk vaguely about denuclearisation, what they are willing to put on the table on what they actually are not willing to put on the table. your man for that and the fact that he is having dinner now and will have meetings with the secretary of state, shows just how much the leaders of two countries, president trump and kimjong—un, want this summit. a grand jury in new york has indicted the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act. he has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 70 women, which he has denied. the bbc‘s chris buckler is following developments for us from washington. essentially, the grand jury has said that they believe there is enough evidence for the case to be tried. harvey weinstein himself has decided not to appear. his lawyers say that is because he was not given enough time to prepare. he only learned the identities of his accusers on the specific charges on friday and that was

north korean leader, kimjong un, visits china for a second time to meet president xijinping in a surpriseit. borisjohnson describes one of downing street's plans for customs controls after brexit as ‘crazy‘. rail companies begin a public consultation aimed at making tickets fairer and easier to use. and — after a crazy promise to the press — why the new world snooker champion welshman mark williams proves he's a man of his word... coming up on bbc news... arsenal captain laurent koscielny is described as devastated as it confirmed the defender will be out for six months following surgery to his achilles tendon. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. president trump is preparing to announce this evening whether he'll abandon an international deal with iran reached in 2015 and seen by britain and other western allies as the best way of stopping the country from developing a nuclear weapon. mr trump has long been scathing about the agreement, and there's been a frantic round of last minute diplomacy from other countries to try to stop the president pulling the united states out o

korea, security guarantees for kim jong—un and his regime north korea, security guarantees for kimjong—unurn president trump wants kim jong—un to hand over all of but in return president trump wants kimjong—un to hand over all of his nuclear weapons. it has been very clear in the last week or so that kim jong—un is not clear in the last week or so that kimjong—un is not prepared to do that, not in one go. the crucial question is if singapore is to go ahead what is kimjong—un prepared to bid on the table? that president trump can take from the summit backed the united states and declare victory. joining me now from washington is our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. are these talks going to happen? that is a good question and no one really knows the answer at this stage. i think there is a pretty good sign that these talks could happen in the sense of these discussions that are going on in the demilitarised zone at the moment have gone into a second day. if they had nothing to say to one another and no meeting of minds whatsoever i can see why they would still be talking so that in

and there have been very strong and unusual term offence by kimjong—un, very strong and unusual term nd unusual term offence by kimjong—un, although it may have been expectation of bumps along the road, i think they were taken aback by the sudden shift in tone. they're trying to figure out what it means. we don't have kind of a definite on what will happen when the two men meet, but the press secretary was saying, we could all be confident that donald trump is the great negotiators, but this is a great challenge, especially for someone who's coming into this live relatively recently. it is a big challenge and get in the think also it's of north korea experts and former negotiators who have been saying the same thing. a very detailed negotiation that will require a variety of things, are you going to verify the dismantling of nuclear weapons? how does that happen? a lot of comic details and questions as to whether or not president trump, what set of grass pea has or style very much depends on his personality and going into a room and lay down the rules or terms somebody, orfeel his roo

it's a direct hotline between president moon's desk and kimjong—un and hotline between president moon'sand they decided not to use it. they unification house. when it comes to president moon he has made it clear this is why he was elected. this is his mission. he wants to move this forward and he wants to keep war away from the peninsula. when it comes to kim jong—un dishes away from the peninsula. when it comes to kimjong—un dishes is willing to engage at a level we have never seen willing to engage at a level we have never seen from his father or his grandfather. what does it mean for the singapore summit? we don't know, it's been on—again, off—again. none of us really know what will happen. president chavez said it is looking more hopeful. i think with regards to what those two leaders met and talked about when other talked about the summitand talked about when other talked about the summit and we will wait and hear what president moon has to say. perhaps this means that both north korea and the us are moving towards meeting on the 12th in singapore, but who knows. it's 16 minutes pa

the much anticipated summit between president trump and north korea's kimjong—un, has been cancelled.m the white house, mr trump says it's a "truly sad moment in history". and in the last few moments, the president has been speaking from the oval office hopefully positive things will take place regarding the future of north korea. but if they don't we are more ready than we ever have been before. president trump's decision comes as north korea claims it's destroyed tunnels, at its only nuclear test site. were the talks actually doomed from the start, and what does the cancellation now mean, for peace on the korean peninsula? we'll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. two men get life in prison, for murdering four children, by petrol bombing their home. an army sergeant is convicted of trying to murder his wife, by tampering with her parachute. raise taxes, or the nhs will face a "decade of misery". that's the uncompromising message to the government, in a major report on the health service. we are intelligence officers... and mi6 begins its first ever tv adverti