i'm lewis vaughan—jones. the latest headlines.ind a new british prime minister after theresa may announced she would step down over her failure to deliver brexit. there's been praise for theresa may's work from european leaders, but the eu says her brexit deal cannot be re—negotiated. the united states will send an extra 1,500 troops to the middle east. president donald trump said they would be for a protective measure. he played down the potential of conflict in the region saying that he believed iran did not want a confrontation with the united states. the pentagon said that 900 of these were new deployments while another 600 will have their current deployment extended. the american military deployed a carrier strike group to the region earlier this month. we want to have protection — the middle east, we are going to be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective. and some very talented people are going to the middle east right now. and we'll see how... and we'll see what happens. donald trump describing these

i'm lewis vaughan jones in london.a suggest prime minister modi is on course to win the general election, his bjp party welcomes the predictions. google is cutting huawei from using some of its mobile services — days after the us announced it was blacklisting the chinese tech firm. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the south china morning post, which says it has an exclusive story about the american chamber of commerce in hong kong. the group is anxious to shield hong kong's special trading status from any damage caused by the brewing trade war between china and the us. the japan times front page looks forward to the forthcoming summit between donald trump and prime minister shinzo abe. it says the two leaders may not issue a joint statement after their tokyo meeting, to avoid exposing differences over north korea and trade issues. finally, a heartwarming story from the straits times. a tibetan buddhist temple has marked vesak day by holding an adoption drive for stray dogs. the

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories.r a year ago. cross party talks to find a compromise on theresa may's brexit deal with the european union end in failure. the divisions within the conservative party means that the government is negotiating with no authority and no ability, that i can see, to actually deliver anything. we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum which could reverse it. the us state of missouri has become the latest to take steps towards restricting access to abortion. also coming up in the programme.

i am lewis vaughan jones in london. i will not take any bets from london —— any bets from lewis.logy from the plane maker's chief executive. before we go, these pick is, two where white tiger cubs. they are having a meal in their new home at the nicaragua national zoo. just five months old. siblings. 0sman and laleem. i do not know which is which. they owe their colour to a recessive gene. very cute! before i 90, recessive gene. very cute! before i go, iwant recessive gene. very cute! before i go, i want to repeat the breaking news this our better boat capsized on the river danube in hungary. —— making use this hour./111 people have been brought up from the river now, have been brought up from the river 110w, seven have been brought up from the river now, seven unfortunately have died. people on board were thought to be from asia, many people from south korea. we will keep you up—to—date with any developments here on bbc world news. hello. 0ne hello. one thing we are not short of at the moment is cloud across the uk. and through today, it will tend to stick around and marry areas

i‘m lewis vaughan jones with bbc news.cial counsel refused to exonerate the president of obstruction of justice. mr trump described mr mueller as totally conflicted. the trade war between the us and china shows no sign of easing. in just a few hours, china is expected to impose tariffs on about $60 billion worth of us imports, including cooking oil and vegetables. and this story is doing well on bbc.com. a baby born weighing just 2a0 grammes, thought to be the tiniest on record to survive a premature birth, has been discharged from hospital in the us. saybie weighed the same as a large apple when she was born at 23 weeks and three days. that‘s all. stay with bbc world news.

i'm lewis vaughan jones, with bbc news.press the prime minister, shinzo abe, on japan'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.

i'm lewis vaughan jones in london, our top stories: landmark trial opens in oklahoma as the state takesic killing hundreds every week. thousands of tons of imported plastic waste being returned countries of origin from china. we start off with the south china morning post, and it is leading on what it calls the unravelling trade negotiations between the us and china. two separate chinese sources have told the paper that one of the key problems is that the us demand that china completely opens up its internet. shifting our attention to the international edition of the japan times, and on its front page isa japan times, and on its front page is a knife attack in kawasaki, in which two people were killed. the paper says doctors fear that many of the 15 injured schoolchildren may develop ptsd. and finally, the straits times of singapore with some good news for the citystate — a report by imd saying that there is has become the most competitive economy in the world, ahead of hong kong, the us, switzerland and the uae. now, the release of two reuters journalists in myanmar has been big news,

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. the united states and canada agree to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports — imposed just under a year ago. cross party talks to find a compromise on theresa may's brexit deal with the european union end in failure. the divisions within the conservative party means that the government is negotiating with no authority and no ability, that i can see, to actually deliver anything. we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum which could reverse it. the us state of missouri has become the latest to take steps towards restricting access to abortion. also coming up in the programme. was this the world's most famous frown? grumpy cat — the grouchy—looking internet superstar — has died. hello and welcome to world news today. the united states and canada have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations an

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. the race is on to find a new british prime minister.d step down as leader of the conservative party over her failure to deliver brexit. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. praise for theresa may's work from european leaders, but the eu says her brexit deal cannot be re—negotiated. eight people have been injured in an explosion in the french city of lyon. the united states is to send an extra 1,500 troops