mr maduro, any speech, called with dialogue for his opponents. —— in his speech.ial turnout was put atjust over 46%, and mr maduro won with 5.8 million votes. but the main opposition parties boycotted the vote, and before the results were announced the opposition candidate, henri falcon, said he would not recognise the results because of irregularities. in fact, ministers in venezuela called the elections are free and fair, but they have been called a sham election by the international community, including numbers of the european union and also from the united states. while mr maduro is elected for now, a second six—year term, he has challenges because venezuela is undergoing an economic crisis. that is one of the many things he has had to face. people have had problems with access to food and medicines. let us look at the background of the things he has to deal with the six years. our americas editor, candace piette assesses the challenges he's facing. mr maduro it is a second term in office promising his deeply tired and hungry electric, he will tackle and hungr

if mr maduro wins, it is set to carry only get worse.rugby but i think we got the gist. thank you. the us president is demanding an inquiry into whether his election campaign was infiltrated for political purposes. in a tweet, donald trump said he wanted to know whether the obama administration had ordered such a move. he says that on monday, he'll be putting in a request to the department ofjustice to open an inquiry. the fbi says it only launched an inquiry after being made aware of contact between the trump campaign and russia. the authorities fighting an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo insist they're prepared for a worst—case scenario, in which the deadly virus reaches the capital, kinshasa. at least 25 people have already died in a remote area upstream on the congo river. as caroline rigby reports, a vaccination campaign begins in the city of mbandaka on monday. this is what authorities in the democratic republic of congo are hoping to prevent. so far more than 25 people have died in this outbreak of the deadly

mr maduro's won another six years in power. get much harder. 5,000 venezuelans leave every day. that number is expected to rise with the election win. in a country where vast oil wealth once flowed, more people are eking out a living in these muddy waters, searching for treasures. douglas has worked in this river for 1h years. translation: when i started, there were about six people working here. now there are more than 100 because of the crisis. it is thin pickings. these coins used to be worth something. but with hyperinflation of more than 13,000%, they are no more valuable than the sediment itself. instead, he is now on the lookout for silver and gold. even this earring backing could change his day. the night is long for this gang living on the streets. the youngest is just five years old. every month, new arrivals. when dusk falls, the work begins, begging for something to eat. off," —— "it used to be that a lot of people came in their cars to drop food off," 8—year—old jose tells me, "but with the crisis, fewer people can

mr maduro's won another six years in power.be that their lives get much harder. 5000 venezuelans leave every day. that number is expected to rise with the election win. in a country where vast oil wealth once flowed, more people are eking out a living in these muddy waters, searching for treasures. douglas has worked in this river for 1h years. translation: when i started, there were about six people working here. now there are more than 100 because of the crisis. it is thin pickings. these coins used to be worth something. but with hyperinflation of more than 13,000%, they are no more valuable than the sediment itself. instead, he is now on the lookout for silver and gold. even this earing backing could change his day. the night is long for this gang of boys living on the streets. the youngest is just five years old. every month, new arrivals. when dusk falls, their work begins, begging for something to eat. it used to be that a lot of people came in their cars to drop food off, eight—year—old jose tells me, but with the crisi

i asked him how he feels about mr maduro's victory.day. how do you think i feel? the hardest part of this for me is not being able to hug my three kids. looking at photos isn't the same. nearby, maria has been working in front of the bus station for years, renting her phones to those who need to make calls. "this is not narnia, this is venezuela", she tells me. she says she's never seen so many people queueing for tickets to leave. "something needs to change." the scene of venezuelans leaving on the bus every day tells you all you need to know about what people feel about politics here. mr maduro's won another six years in power and the only change most venezuelans expect is that their life will get much harder. 5,000 venezuelans are leaving every day. with this election win, that number's expected to rise. in a country where vast oil wealth once flowed, more people are eking out a living in these muddy waters, douglas has been working in this river for 1h years. translation: when i started, there were about six people working here. no

mr. maduro's victory. >> mr. maduro won yesterday, and we leaving today. how do you think i feel? the hardest part is not being able to have my three kids. looking at photos just isn't the same. katy: nearby, maria has been working in front of the bu station for years, renting her phone to those who need to take calls.hi is venezuela," she tells me. she says she has never seen so many people queuing for tickets. to lea something needs to change. the scene of venezuelans getting on a bus everyday cause you all -- tells you all you need to know about politics here. the onlyhange most venezuelans expect is that their lives will get much harder. 5000 venezuelans are leaving every day. this election win, the number is expected to rise. in a country where vast oil wealth once flowed, more people are eking out a ving in these muddy waters searching for treasures. douglas has been working the river 14 years. >> when i started, there were about six people workingere. now with the crisis, there are more than 100. katy: it is slim pickings. these coins used to be worth mething, but with hype

mr maduro mrmaduro and mr maduro and his second term of office, promising his hungry, tired and disillusioned will tackle an economy in freefall. it may be too late. inflation is running at around 13,000% in the government is set to run out of money soon. all production has dropped to levels not seenin production has dropped to levels not seen in half a century. dire shortages of medicine, food, water and cash may trigger popular backlash. and analysts are saying the crisis is so severe it could also create friction within the civilian and military branches of government. abroad, china is increasingly reliant than to lend money to venezuela, leaving russia one of its few financial options. and trump administration officials have warned that there may be additional sanctions on venezuela and oil after the election. —— venezuelan. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the us president is demanding an inquiry into whether his election campaign was infiltrated for political purposes. in a tweet, donald trump said he wanted to know whether the obama administration had order

he is the man credited with the socialist revolution that mr maduro insists on continuing.and wherevere you go chaves used to vote with thousands coming to support him and the queues would be down the street, but this year feels different. we were in this same polling station last year and it was packed. mr chaves looked on. you wonder what he would make of the country venezuela has become. some people still have hope. translation: mr maduro has guaranteed social protection for us and i am voting in defence of my country and neither spain nor the us have anything to do with our internal affairs. he is going to fix the problems with the grace of god and the spirit of hugo chavez. he is the son of hugo chavez. that is why we love him. down the road, the queues were longer for buying chicken than at the voting centre with people having better things to do looking for food. what we are voting for is a farce and i don't agree with the elections and nothing will change. all that will happen is life will get tougher for the people of venezuela. it is getting worse. venezuela is go

mr maduro is assured of another victory so change is unlikely to come soon.d in kiev next weekend, with liverpool taking on real madrid in the champions league final. thousands of fans will be descending on the city, with tickets to the match highly sought after. but, as our correspondent jonah fisher reports, fans are likely to need deep pockets to find somewhere to stay. this is where the champions league final will take place on saturday night. final will take place 63,000 fans will be packed inside the olympic stadium. i am vitali klitschko, mayor of kiev. former heavyweight champion of the world. for all sports fans, welcome to kiev. it will be amazing. welcome to kiev. there are certainly amazing sights, but the choice of kiev has also proved somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final, hotel prices really went through the roof. in the final, hotel prices really most places are all full. others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. to make huge profits. it's charging £1,500 for th

mr maduro is assured of another victory so change is unlikely to come soon.pdated test introduces new categories under which a vehicle can fail or pass. the categories include "dangerous", "major" and "minor" which determine whether a car, van or motorcycle must be taken off the road or can be driven as long as repairs are carried out. the mot will also be tougher on diesel emissions. drivers in newcastle were divided on whether the plans would help to keep road users safe. i think if they brought it in gradually, but all of a sudden, straightaway, i don't think it is a good idea. some people are going to be caught out, without even realising. if you are a taxi driver, for arguments sake, you could do 1000 mile a year, that car has done more miles in two years than a lot of cars do in a lifetime. you think it is a good idea? yes, i do. more now on the royal wedding. the designer of meghan markle's wedding dress has been giving more details about how it was created. clare waight keller said it had been important to the duchess that a british woman was behind t

mr. maduro to stay in power? it in those make terms.have to work as hard as we can to get democracy for venezuela. and work as hard as we can to provide a stronger sanctions against the regime. and you make the regime bring out a democratic transaction -- transition that will have stability and security of the region, and mainly healthy venezuela -- help the venezuelan people. shery: what is the potential of this get escalate -- getting to a international crisis. n is a problemla for the stability of the region. security of the region. connections to drug trafficking and organized crime, connections -- something that gives a clear indication that this regime is not good for the continent and the stability of the region. venezuela is a country in freefall. social labor, economic labor, production, prices, so one. this reform does not reached the bottom. we expect the situation to deteriorate faster in the next month. that makes it necessary to have the international community with stronger actions against the venezuelan regime. up, with

couple of results they will be giving in the next couple of minutes but it is most probable that mr maduro will win these elections that over one hundred countries have called a fraud so far what we've heard from the opposition is. if there are many irregularities they have apparently hundreds of reports of irregularities and i travelled around the city myself today and so many of these red ten's that the government uses to give away food after that people vote and they have to show this fatherland card that wasn't supposed to be used during this election. now in the last presidential election in two thousand and thirteen eighty percent of the electorate showed up at the ballot box referring to what you were just saying are we anywhere near that number this time around in terms of voter turnout. there are no official numbers yet what we're hearing around is that the participation will probably be around fifteen and twenty percent something venezuela has never seen people are already calling it the lowest participation in the history we didn't see many people in the polling stations we actu

mr. maduro to hang onto power?difficult to that i think a big mystery for us is how he has managed to stay in power this one with the gravity of venezuela's crisis. thinking about the second half of this year, what we expect on the economic front, we think that he is going to struggle to remain in office, certainly through his entire term and probably for much longer than the next couple of years. shery: the turnout was weak. at the same time, the performance was only around $.20. what does that tell you about the legitimacy claim from this administration? risa: certainly, there are doubts as to the legitimacy -- the credibility of the results the government announced. i think this -- we all knew maduro was going to win. the fact that the turnout was so low, i think, is certainly -- it raises doubts about legitimacy. in some sense, it plays into maduro's hand to the extent that we are not going to see a lot of social backlash in the streets. i think that works well for him in terms of internal dynamics and his stre

mr. maduro to stay in power?s hard as we can to recover democracy for venezuela and work as hard as we can means to provide stronger sanctions against the regime and to make the regime bring about a democratic transition, stability, security of the region, but will mainly help the venezuelan people. countries, the nine is the one in the hot seat if they ultimately want to press for charges against the regime. watch this space. scarlet: coming up, follow the money, republicans pitching the tax plan as a boon to the middle class. it is becoming clear that is it not where the savings are headed. we have charts you can't miss. this is bloomberg. ♪ berg. ♪ julia: "what'd you miss?" windfall for corporate america. where is the money going? where president trump in the republican said it would. track how s&p 500 companies spent their tax savings. early days, let's be clear. we tookoved is how numbers out and looked at proportions. explain what you found. the pie has gotten bigger because these companies have more money

mr maduro said the us charge d'affaires and another senior diplomat had been conspiring against his government the allegations. two satellites have been launched into orbit to measure the weight of water on earth. scientists can use this information to track how water moves between the land and the oceans, and to monitor the behaviour of the ice sheets. a new lawsuit claims the american singer r kelly knowingly infected a 19—year—old woman with an incurable sexually transmitted disease. faith rogers says she was mentally, physically and verbally abused during her relationship with the r&b singer. r kelly is facing a string of sexual misconduct allegations by former girlfriends, which he denies. 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 parliamentarians were angry that he didn't answer their questions. the bbc‘s damian grammaticas in brussels has the details. first of all, they were delighted that he agreed to come here. remember, he has not agreed to go to a add

the opposition is also accusing mr maduro of vote buying. this is why.r maduro‘s critics called that blackmail. meanwhile the economy, gets worse. annual inflation to april was nearly 14000% — that‘s the highest in the world. the bolivar currency is almost worthless. thousands face chronic medical and food shortages. here they‘re queuing for food. the result? mass exodus out of venezuela. thatin that in turn is creating an issue for its neighbours. here‘s bbc‘s regional editorfor the americas candace piette earlier. what we have now is a de facto return for six years of president moon dureau, he is in quite a strong is issued. —— maduro. he controls the assembly, which he managed to get elected last year. and the people of venezuela, many of them still support him, they support him because he provides them with ration cards, as you said in your report, and they are afraid. there was for example a small rebellion earlier last year, in which the result of when the rebels gave up, reports say they were executed, so people are very afraid and tired and disil

a number of mr maduro's rivals were barred from running, and critics have alleged voting irregularitiess as the country remains ravaged by economic despair. the bbc‘s katy watson reports on what's next for venezuelans. goodbyes are never easy. claudia is on her way to a chilly with her sister. translation: are family understands. they know it is for a better future and they support us. 100%. but it is still hard. across the road, these men did not know where they are going and they don't care. theyjust wa nt to going and they don't care. theyjust want to leave. the diggers to the border are sold out. i asked him how he feels about the victory. he won yesterday and we are living today. how do you think i feel? the hardest pa rt how do you think i feel? the hardest part for me is not being able to have my three children. looking at photos isn't the same. nearby, maria has been working in front of the bus station for years. she rides her phones. —— schumacher won her phones. —— schumacher won her phones. this is not done it, this is venezuela. something has to change. the scene of venezuel

mr maduro was one of the first to cast his vote. lling station in caracas. there are four candidates in this race and two important names. first nicolas maduro who is running for a second term and henri falcon who, up until 2010, was a member of the government but switched sides. he has some challenges because the government sees him as a traitor for switching sides but also he broke with the opposition even running with this race. the opposition decided to boycott the vote but he says this is not the way to change politics and the only way is to take part. but when you speak to people on the streets, many people are disillusioned especially people in the opposition who feel that voting will not get them anywhere so most people voting will be much more pro—government and that is expected to strengthen the hand for nicolas maduro in the selections. the us president is demanding an inquiry into whether his election campaign was infiltrated for political purposes. in a tweet, donald trump said he wanted to know whether the obama adminis

the electoral commission said mr maduro had won 5.8 million votes. 1.8 million venezuelans cast their ballots for his opposition challenger, henri falcon. turnout was said to be 46%. people on the big island of hawaii are being warned to stay away from molten rock flowing into the ocean from the eruption of mount kilauea. lava pouring into the pacific has created hazardous clouds, bearing acid and particles of glass. lava streams have caused a key evacuation route to be cut off. and, the authorities fighting an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo insist that they are prepared for a worst—case scenario — one in which the deadly virus reaches the capital, kinshasa. about 25 people have already died in a remote area, upstream on the congo river. those are the headlines. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. on may the 25th, irish voters face a choice, by way of a referendum, they can keep a constitutional amendment which outlaws abortion in all but the most exceptional circumstances, or they can change their constitution and p

mr maduro said the us charge d'affaires and another senior diplomat had been conspiring against his governmentreatening to respond in kind. two satellites have been launched into orbit to measure the weight of water on earth. scientists can use this information to track how water moves between the land and the oceans, and to monitor the behaviour of the ice sheets. 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 parliamentarians were angry that he didn't answer their questions. the bbc‘s north america technology reporter dave lee has more. first of all, they were delighted that he agreed to come here. remember, he has not agreed to go to a address parliament in the uk, but they were left extremist russia could, there were really tetchy exchanges at the end of partly down to the format, this was 90 minutes, the first hour was the full political leaders in the parliament putting questions, but rather than questions followed by cancer, it was one hour of any questions and

mr maduro said the us charge d'affaires and another senior diplomat had been conspiring against his government. the most senior roman catholic priest to be convicted of covering up child sexual abuse, the australian archbishop philip wilson, has announced he will step aside from his duties, but isn't resigning. the archbishop of adelaide, who faces up to two years in prison, said he was still considering the court's reasons for thejudgment. two satellites have been launched into orbit to measure the weight of the earth's water. scientists will use the data to monitor the climate and predict future changes. caroline rigby has more. blasting from california, thejoint american german mission aboard a space ex— rocket, the launch marks the second stage of the revolutionary project, aimed at measuring the weight of water on earth. a resource that covers three quarters of the planet's surface and infiltrate deep below. once civilisations were built around it and continue to depend on it today. water is critical to everything in life. for our health and for us to have agriculture and for us to live t

mr maduro said the us charge d'affaires and another senior diplomat had been conspiring against his governmenthe allegations. mark zuckerberg appeared in front of the european parliament on tuesday, to answer questions over concerns about data privacy and other problems on his social network, facebook. but while mr zuckerberg apologised again, there were few answers to any of the questions. kulveer ranger is the vice president of strategy & communications at atos. hejoins me now. i know you watched his appearance in front of us politicians and this one. it was an extraordinary appearance because he seemed to be asked many questions that didn't really give many answers.|j asked many questions that didn't really give many answers. i think it is unfortunately that the format overtook the concept. the meps were asking questions one out of the other. the first hour was spentjust lining up questions and the last 25 minutes, mr is a good bird managed to get some answers in but would probably pick and choose somebody game. probably not a satisfactory grilling as we would expect it to be. what do they

though it would not be a fair comparison to say that gustavo or any left—wing leader could be like mr maduroaying on voters minds certainly this weekend. thank you very much katy watsons. josh watson. flights at stansted airport have been disrupted, gunn following thunderstorms last night. a lightning strike disabled the aircraft fuelling system — leading to cancellations. the storms and torrential rain swept across southern britain overnight — with spectacular displays of lightning. so a warning — as you might expect there are flashing images in sarah corker‘s report. bolts of lightning turned the night sky purple over parts of england, last night. oh, my god! wow! it was the frequency of these strikes that made this so unusual. described as the mother of all thunderstorms by meteorologists. thousands of spectacular flashes were recorded over four hours and this was the dramatic view 39,000 feet up, captured from the cockpit of a plane above london. while back on the ground, the storm caused major problems at stansted airport. a lightning strike damaged the airport refuelling system, leavin

translation: mr maduro has guaranteed social protection for us.eturn to the grenfell tower inquiry. this is dennis's ex—wife who remained his lifelong friend, this is my brother, tim, dennis's brother. thank you for coming, i think you are going to read a statement for us, is that correct? yes. take your time and pause as and when you we need to. yes. take your time and pause as and when you we need tolj yes. take your time and pause as and when you we need to. i am anne marie murphy speaking on behalf of the murphy speaking on behalf of the murphy family to say as follows. dennis was born in 1960 on the 10th of october in hammersmith. mum says he was born with a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his face and he ke pt eye and a smile on his face and he kept this trademark throughout his life. dennis was the proud son of an murphy and the eldest of for children. he has two brothers, mick and tim, and i'm his sister, anne. he spent his early years living in north kensington until he was 1968, the family moved to dorking in surrey until 1971, when th

mr. murder has? maduro has? -- mr.ore stability, but will that take the company in a good direct -- country in a good direction? jimena: absolutely not in terms of the crisis. it is only going to get worse. that is conflating into a humanitarian crisis. if you look at the universities out of venezuela, nine out of 10 live in poverty. they are fleeing the country. not and the hundreds of thousands, but possibly millions will flood the regions. what they are facing now is a that even with financial injections, it will take generations to recover from. alix: we heard about conical advises, do you and that more will continue the precedent? is important to look at what that case may do in terms of setting precedent. companies maybe waiting to see whether conoco is able to make agreements based on that. clearly it is all about how venezuelavestors in are. there has been default. it is whether they will wait to get late payment or seek to increase the rate of payments in legal action. alix: him and him long ago, thank you. a

mr. maduro as their president for the next six years. david: surprise, surprise.ed a robust week of u.s. treasury auctions with a total of $96 billion to be sold. tomorrow, president trump will be meeting with south korean president moon jae-in as part of the preparation for the big summit with the north korean leader next month. and all week long we are hearing from members of the federal reserve board. it will end the week with a speech on friday from fed chair jay powell. for right now, let's get an update on what is making news outside the business world. is planning to lift limits on the number of children families can have, according to people familiar with the matter, who say the move could happen this year. it would be a historic and to a four-decades-old policy that led to countless human rights abuses. there is a truce in the trade dispute between the u.s. and china. it is not clear how long it will last. steven mnuchin says the u.s. has put proposed tariffs on hold while negotiations are going on. a joint statement over the weekend makes the make commit

mr. maduro won't win? >> no, not really. there is no doubt. with german. >> newman. democracy a bit of a flexible concept in venezuela. so-called elections, they're completely illegal. they're recognized by the international community at all because there had been demands, two years of negotiations with the opposition to get a new electoral commission, a new supreme court, new voting machines, new everything, the, and also to release the political prisoners who were the leaders of the various opposition parties. the guys who can really win are either in prison or exiled. the opposition candidate is basically a stalking horse on the regime payroll, everybody knows that. so, there is, completely fake. we know maduro will win. he is just going to use this to, you know, try to get financing from the international community. ashley: well, good luck on that. we know that, emac reported just yesterday three million venezuelans have already got out of the country. we know the bolivar is collapsing. the annual inflation rate is 16,000%. u.s. dollars ar

mr. trump. israeli president nicolas maduro is declared the winner.on leaders are saying the election was rigged and illegitimate. many voters boycotted the vote. to "life, liberty & levin." . mark: welcome back. red china, that's what i like to call it, red china, they have a substantial military, don't they? they have a lot of men in their military. they're trying now to build up their navy, that's the number one priority. they've stolen enormous amount of technology from us. i want to talk about how they do that, in a moment. they are starting to build subs. i think they built one or two aishg carriers. they're okay but moving in that direction and, of course, nukes. now they have nukes, 20 years ago they couldn't do any of that stuff. this is a country on the rise, and our congress over the years has seemed to undermine r&d for military and so forth. how old the chinese dictator, how would they do that? is america being weak while they are being strong? >> they certainly do that. they realize the american military is stronger than theirs, more sop

mr freeman says he would never knowingly offend or make someone feel uneasy. he apologised to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected. nicolas maduroond term as president of venezuela. in his inauguration speech, he said that blaming him for his country's economic problems was a stupid simplification. the main opposition parties boycotted last sunday's vote, and say they reject the result. donald trump has issued a pardon for the late boxing champion jackjohnson, who was convicted in 1912 for breaking laws which are now widely seen as racist. johnson, who was the first african—american to hold the world heavyweight title, was found guilty under the mann act of transporting a white woman, who he later married, across state lines for immoral purposes. the missile that downed a malaysia airlines flight over eastern ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 people on board, belonged to a russian brigade, international investigators say. for the first time, the dutch—led team said the missile had come from a unit based in western russia. the kremlin again denied any involvement. anna holligan reports. images, mostly sourced from social media, pr

mr. holt and his wife there. we learned that corker was actually meeting with venezuelan dictator nicolas maduro just yesterday. the interesting thing about this release is the timing. about a week ago venezuela held an election in which maduro was elected to yet another six-year term. officials here within the united states, including vice president mike pence called that election a sham. you had venezuela ejecting some american diplomats. then you had the united states ejecting venezuelan diplomats and suddenly we get this release, certainly unexpected. we'll see what the president says tonight, again approximately at 7:00 p.m., ryan. >> there seems to be some shift in the diplomatic efforts there. boris sanchez, thank you for that report from the white house. >>> surprising developments right now. a second face-to-face meeting between the leaders of north and south korea. president moon jae-in and north korean leader kim jong-un met again tt demilitarized zone dividing their two countries without announcing it beforehand. cnn's matt rivers is in seoul. matt, the two men talked for two hours. of course it's a

mr besson‘s lawyer has said the director categorically denies the accusations. venezuelans are heading to the polls later to elect a new president as well as representatives for the state councils. president nicolas maduros as a "coronation" of a dictator. venezuela is in an economic crisis with rampant inflation and severe shortages of food and medicine. more residents have been rescued from their homes in hawaii as molten lava continues to pour from the ground following the eruption of the kilauea volcano. volcano. the latest explosion sent an ash cloud 3—thousand metres into the air. our correspondent chris buckler has the latest from hawaii. people have been prevented from getting anywhere near the volcano, there having cracks in the ground and they are getting ever bigger. those are volcanic vents, they create cracks in the ground and they are getting ever bigger, and lava is shooting up from them. last night we saw fountains of lava springing up from one of those vents. the police and national guard are here to make sure people don't go into those areas. that means people have been moved out of their homes, causing all sorts of difficulties. just across the road you can see a centre that has been

mr besson‘s lawyer has said the director categorically denies the accusations. venezuelans are heading to the polls later to elect a new president as well as representatives for the state councils. president nicolas maduro a "coronation" of a dictator. venezuela is in an economic crisis with rampant inflation and severe shortages of food and medicine. more residents have been rescued from their homes in hawaii as molten lava continues to pour from the ground following the eruption of the kilauea volcano. the latest explosion sent an ash cloud 3,000 metres into the air. our correspondent chris buckler has the latest from hawaii. there were people taken up by helicopter last night. the problem is, a lot of these areas have now been completely blocked off because the national guard are here and they are protecting people and keeping people away from the volcano. last night, we went in with the national guard and took a look around that area in leilani estates and you could see the hugejets of lava going high into the air from some of the fissures that have come from this volcano, these volcanic vents that have cracked open the land and continue to eat their way. sometimes, above the sound of the fissure op

we cannot allow maduro to patrol his quote unquote victory on may twentieth as a validation of his role it will be nothing of the sort as long as mr o. stops a credible independent observer mission we know the results will be fraudulent the systematic oppression of the venezuelan people has become an active threat to the entire region for the safety and the security of all peoples in latin america it is time for madeira to go. president trump's pick to lead the cia jeana house bill is in for a grilling on the senate begins a confirmation hearing on weapons today asked will spend thirty three years at the cia but many are questioning her judgment when she worked for the clandestine service article a no from washington if you can't follow. jim haskell has spent days on capitol hill trying to charm senators in private before she answers their questions in public wednesday it will be a unique scene for the first time a person who was directly connected to torturing people under oath and answering questions president donald trump took to twitter to defend his nominee claiming she will always be tough on terror highlighting the fact tha

mr besson‘s lawyer has said the director categorically denies the accusations. venezuelans are heading to the polls later to elect a new president, as well as representatives for the state councils. president nicolas maduroemned by foes as a "coronation" of a dictator. venezuela is in an economic crisis with rampant inflation and severe shortages of food and medicine. the nicaraguan government has agreed to return police and riot forces to their barracks at the end of a second day of negotiations with protestors. this follows weeks of unrest and anger between the country's student—led opposition and the government in which more than 50 people have died. our americas editor candace piette reports. the truce follows weeks of clashes on the streets between students, security forces and government supporters. they were triggered by reforms to the social security system, but then rapidly turned into a broad rejection of the government of president daniel ortega. more than 50 people have died in weeks of street protests, according to the students. the government stopped publishing the death toll early on. on wednesday, president daniel ortega attended a first round of talks in person. his message was one of pe

maduro. he said they must leave the country within 48 hours. venezuela has long accused the u.s. of trying to undermine its socialist regime. boris johnson said prime minister theresa may -- sent by mr. theresa may a list of brexit demands, saying she must get on with it as soon as possible. saying, may is responsible for ensuring the u.k. take control of its tariff regime. a compromise that could keep the u.k. tied to e.u. for years. >> the prime minister is the custodian of the plan which is tocome out of the market, get on with at that project with all speed is what we are going to do. >> spacex has carried out its 10th mission of the year so far, launching clients. off,con 9 rocket took idium satellites. it will monitor changes in the earth. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti and this is bloomberg. betty: let's take a closer look at the u.s. market close, stocks gave back their gains, accelerated losses after trump casted doubt on the summit with north korea. , oil turningrude lower. su keenan with more on this risk off day. >> the easing of trade concerns

mr. lopez by phone, met personally with his wife. it is shameful what they are doing to him. by restoring the power of the legitimate national assembly, president ma dawr row would -- maduro would show he's willing to move toward the constitution which guided his country but refuses. he refuses to start a meaningful dialogue with the lima group, other nations in the region that want to work with him toward moving venezuela to a better day. he refuses to work with neighbors and humanitarian groups who truly want to address the suffering in that country. it wasn't until the public health briefing which i had in venezuela and a personal visit to a local hospital that it really hit me and hit me hard how bad things are. this is a country, one of the few on earth not at war, that is currently facing epidemics of measles, diphtheria, and malaria. when you go to caracas city hospitals, not remote or rural hospitals but city hospitals and ask them what they need, they tell you vaccines, antibiotics, cancer drugs, the basics. they don't have them in that country. and the people, you can just see on the streets of caracas are starving. they're starving. they don't have enough food to eat