i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. at least seven people have been killed, after a cruise boat capsized on the river danube in the hungarian capital, budapest. police are still searching for survivors. us special counsel robert mueller breaks his silence on the russia investigation but declines to clear president trump of obstructing justice. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commita crime, we would have said so. we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: it's been sitting in the country for years — now the philippines is set to ship tonnes of canadian waste back to canada. chelsea are europa league champions for the second time, beating arsenal 4—1 in the final in azerbaijan. good morning. it's 1:00am in london, 8:00am in singapore, and 2:00am in hungary, where at least seven people have died after a river cruise boat capsized and sank on the danube near the parliament building. the section of the river

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: as the syrian army closes in on the last rebel strongholds in the north, the un warns the lives of tens of thousands of children are at risk. keeping fit while fasting — we meet the athletes in singapore who are training hard while observing ramadan. good morning. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington dc where president trump has lashed out at robert mueller, the special counsel who investigated russian interference in the 2016 election. in a 10—minute outburst to reporters on the white house lawn before he boarded the presidential helicopter, mr trump called the inquiry the "greatest presidential harassment in history" and claimed robert mueller was "totally conflicted." here's some of what he had to say. look, robert mueller should have never been chosen because he wanted the fbi job and he didn't get it and the next day he was picked as special counsel. so you tell somebody, "i'm sorry, you can't have the job," and

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

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: european leaders meet to thrash out who gets the eu's top jobs, and already there is disagreement. torn apart by the islamic state group, the yazidi families of iraq rebuilding their lives after the fall of is. islamic state group is on the run now, but the pain and suffering that they've caused has been amplified with tens of thousands of families here in iraq, and in syria too, and that's going to take generations to recover from. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 6:00pm in the evening in the us state of oklahoma, where one of the world's largest drug manufacturers, johnson & johnson, is on trial. it is accused of fuelling the opioid epidemic in the country by deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying the risks of addiction to opioid medications. the company denies wrongdoing and says it marketed its products appropriately. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes told me more about the legal action. well, they are strong

iam i am lewis vaughanjones. our top story.riffs on steel and aluminium imports — imposed just under a year ago. 0k, next week, people across europe will be electing their representatives in the european parliament, the eu's only directly elected body. the polls, across 28 nations, will be largely seen as a barometer for the strength of the continent's populist parties. they are expected to do well, including in france where president emmanuel macron has vowed to confront them. lucy williamson reports from france's north—eastern border. if you want to see what freedom of movement in europe looks like, come to the north—east corner of france early on a weekday morning. this is one of 40,000 people from this area to cross the border each day for work. herfather worked in the local steel mines here. she commutes to her hairdressing salon on the 7.38 to luxembourg. is she living the european dream? translation: dream, no. you need to work, that's all. working near where you live is the ideal but salaries and pensions are better in

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: how good is that win? well done. with final votes being counted in australia, prime minister scott morrison is one seat away from an outright majority. and we hearfrom one of bollywood's upcoming stars — radhika — and hertake on film censorship. what we need is more sex education, not banning things. everything is available, you can go watch whatever you want. what you need is sex education, not the other way around. low from our studios in singapore and london. —— live. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore, 1:00 am in london and approaching 6:00am in delhi, where narendra modi's party says it is on course for a win in the country's mammoth general election. exit polls are pointing to the bjp increasing its majority of seats in parliament. here's how the parties have responded. translation: the country will once again get the rent remotely as prime minister. exit polls have shown the people of the country wanted modi to form government again. transition back to the issues on th

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i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: it's been sitting in the country for years, now the philippines is set to ship tonnes of canadian waste back to canada. chelsea are europa league champions for the second time, beating arsenal 4—1 in the final in azerbaijan. good morning. it's 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00pm in washington, where the man who investigated russian meddling in the us presidential election has insisted that his report didn't clear president trump of acting illegally. let's get the latest from our north america editor, jon sopel. morning. washington is a city where people race to be in front of a microphone. but for two years, special counsel robert mueller has chosen silence while he completed his report on russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. that changed dramatically today, when he almost flatly contradicted donald trump's assertion that he'd been completely exonerated by the special counsel investigation. listen to what he has to say on whethe

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