i'm lewis vaughan jones.the democratic republic of congo spreads to a large city. authorities fear it will become difficult to contain. president trump admits he has reimbursed his personal lawyer more than $100,000, money that is understood to have been used to buy the silence of the porn star stormy daniels. media from around the globe transform the tranquil town of windsor ahead of saturday's royal wedding. in business: hands off the wheel. europe steers towards a driverless future, but will the public get on board? also coming up in the business briefing: braced for a us—china trade war. we report from dongguan, once called the ‘workshop of the world'.

this is bbc world news, i'm lewis vaughan jones.oducer harvey weinstein appears in court in new york. the defendant used his position, money and power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually. exit polls suggest that ireland has voted in favour of liberalising its strict abortion laws, as prime minister leo varadkar tweets, "it's looking like we're making history." after five days of protests by striking truckers, brazil calls in the military to try to unblock the nation's roads. also on the programme, excitement builds for the champions league final in kiev, but some fans with tickets won't be able to get to the match.

i'm lewis vaughan jones.s with the south — telling it to cancel military exercises with the united states. funerals in gaza for the almost 60 palestinians killed by israeli forces. politicians and diplomats abroad call for peace but real peace talks ended — failed — a long time ago. latest reports say meghan markle's father will have heart surgery in a few hours and won't attend the royal wedding on saturday. author, journalist and chronicler of 1980s america, tom wolfe, has died at the age of 88.

i'm lewis vaughan jones.ur top stories: north korea suspends talks with the south — telling it to cancel military exercises with the united states. funerals in gaza for the almost 60 palestinians killed by israeli forces. politicians and diplomats abroad call for peace but real peace talks ended — failed — a long time ago. latest reports say meghan markle‘s father will have heart surgery in a few hours and won't attend the royal wedding on saturday. author, journalist and chronicler of 1980s america, tom wolfe, has died at the age of 88. welcome to bbc news. north korea has cancelled planned talks with south korea in protest againstjoint military exercises being held by south korea and the united states. the state news agency called the exercises "a rehearsal for an invasion", and said they cast doubt over the imminent summit between kim jong—un and president trump. andrew plant reports. they codename this max thunder — american and south korean military taking part in joint exercises. these pictures are from

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: exit polls in ireland's referendum on abortion suggest a big win for the campaign to liberalise the law. with the votes still to be counted, taoiseach leo varadkar, who supported the campaign, says it looks like ireland " will make history". —— "will make history". handcuffed and charged with rape — the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein appears in court in new york. this defendant is his position, money and power to lure women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually. after five days of protests by striking truckers, brazil calls in the military to try to unblock the nation's roads. also on the programme, excitement builds for the champions league final in kiev, but some fans with tickets won't be able to get to the match. hello and welcome to bbc news. exit polls in ireland suggest a clear majority in favour of liberalising the country's strict abortion laws. voters were asked in a referendum whether they wanted to scrap the clause in the con

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top story: the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo spreads to a large city. authorities fear it will become difficult to contain. president trump admits he has reimbursed his personal lawyer more than $100,000, money that is understood to have been used to buy the silence of the porn star stormy daniels. media from around the globe transform the tranquil town of windsor ahead of saturday's royal wedding. in business: hands off the wheel. europe steers towards a driverless future, but will the public get on board? also coming up in the business briefing: braced for a us—china trade war. we report from dongguan, once called the ‘workshop of the world'. 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. tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the health minister in the democratic republic of congo has confirmed that a case of ebola has been detected in

i'm lewis vaughan jones.eralise the law. with the votes still to be counted, taoiseach leo varadkar, who supported the campaign, says it looks like ireland " will make history". —— "will make history". handcuffed and charged with rape — the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein appears in court in new york. this defendant is his position, money and power to lure women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually. after five days of protests by striking truckers, brazil calls in the military to try to unblock the nation's roads. also on the programme, excitement builds for the champions league final in kiev, but some fans with tickets won't be able to get to the match.

i'm lewis vaughan jones.south, telling it to cancel military exercises with the united states. funerals in gaza for the almost 60 palestinians killed by israeli forces. politicians and diplomats abroad call for peace, but real peace talks ended, failed, a long time ago. latest reports say meghan markle‘s father will have heart surgery in a few hours and won't attend the royal wedding on saturday. author, journalist and chronicler of 1980s america tom wolfe has died at the age of 88.

this is bbc world news, i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: handcuffed and charged with rape: the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein appears in court in new york. the defendant used his position, money and power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually. exit polls suggest that ireland has voted in favour of liberalising its strict abortion laws, as prime minister leo varadkar tweets, "it's looking like we're making history." after five days of protests by striking truckers, brazil calls in the military to try to unblock the nation's roads. also on the programme, excitement builds for the champions league final in kiev, but some fans with tickets won't be able to get to the match.