nick beake, bbc news, myanmar. top story this hour: the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to rape and other sexual abuse charges at a court hearing in new york. these are the first cases to be brought to a criminal court, since a series of allegations emerged against him, last year. mr weinstein's lawyer, benjamin brafman, spoke on behalf of his client after the hearing. mist one stain has tonight these crimes. he has maintained that he has never engaged in nonconsensual sex with anyone. he is taking this matter very seriously. he is working on helping us address these issues andi on helping us address these issues and i think under the circumstances he is holding up reasonably well. no—one can be happy to be in the position that he is in. as i said in court, rape is a terrible crime and he has tonight these allegations and as terrible crime rate is, it is equally reprehensible to be falsely accused of rape. another major story today — a new explosion at guatemala's fuego volcano prompted

nick beake, bbc news, myanmar.re have been more violent eruptions of the fuego volcano in guatemala, and authorities have had to order more people from their homes. the official number killed since sunday's eruption is 72, but dozens of people are still missing. the volcano is only about 25 miles from the capital, guatemala city. whole villages have been wiped out by fast moving gas, molten rock, mud, and ash, and thousands have had to take shelter in schools and churches. from guatemala, the bbc‘s aleem maqbool. the volcano may be shrouded in smoke, but it now gives away little of the sudden, catastrophic violence it brought here. with more eruptions feared following further sporadic explosions of the volcano, a frantic recovery effort goes on. well, we are going in with one rescue team as close as we can get to the volcano. they have been digging for days now into the ash, but there are still so many bodies to be found. as we went in, we saw a recovery team coming out. they had been trying to find survivors, but

nick beake, bbc news, myanmar.ed out an attempted robbery on a jewellery store in central london. police were called to reports that a number of suspects, armed with knives and hammers, had entered the the store on regent street. a man has been arrested. the director of public prosecutions says she deeply regrets failures in 47 rape and serious sexual offence cases where vital evidence was withheld from defence lawyers. alison saunders was questioned by mps about prosecutions that were stopped after it emerged key information had not been shared. earlier this year, a review of more than three and a half thousand cases was launched in england and wales after a series of high profile rape cases collapsed. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is here. how serious a problem are these figures? 47 cases where vital evidence was withheld? it isa it is a foundation of our fair trial system the prosecution must pass to the defence that assists the defence case 01’ the defence that assists the defence case or underm

nick beake, bbc news, myanmar.iopia's government has said it will accept a peace deal to finally bring its border war with eritrea, to an end. the two countries fought a two—year war which ended in 2,000 after tens of thousands of people had died. andrew plant reports. it was africa's deadliest border war. 20 years ago, tens of thousands of soldiers died over the years of fighting. even after the guns stop here on ethiopian‘s border with eritrea, the two sides remained at war. in 2002, a border commission set up to record piece ruled the disputed areas, including this town of badme, should go to eritrea, a decision ethiopia rejected. it kept its troops on the border, with eritrea accusing keepy—uppie of occupying it is territory. and tensions remained high. now the ethiopian ruling coalition has called for a return to what it called for a return to what it called the long—lost peace between two brother nations. the new prime minister of ethiopia is seemingly calming a country which has seen rising tension in recent

here's our myanmar correspondent, nick beake. a village burns in western myanmar.urmese army and buddhist mobs were attacking rohingya muslim communities. now, amnesty international says it has gathered evidence proving that the military‘s operation in rakhine state had been weeks in the planning. the myanmar commander in chief, min aung hlaing, is one of the officers named in the report. they are accused of orchestrating rape and murder, and driving out more than 500,000 rohingya people. the military, which still holds huge power here, has always claimed it was responding to attacks on the police by rohingya insurgents, and rejects accusations of ethnic cleansing. but the stories of those who made it across the border to bangladesh, and now live in the world's biggest refugee camp, tell another story. the international criminal court is looking at whether myanmar can be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. so far, myanmar has refused to co—operate, and aung san suu kyi's government insists a new, burmese—led investigation is the best way to uncover the truth. i

here‘s our myanmar correspondent nick beake. a village burns in western myanmar.military‘s offensive had been weeks in the planning. the myanmar army commander—in—chief, min aung hlaing, is one of 13 top officers named in the report. they are accused of orchestrating rape and murder. and driving out more than 1.5 million rohingya people. —— halfa —— half a million. the military, which still holds huge power here, has always claimed it was responding to attacks on the police by rohingya insurgents and rejects accusations of ethnic cleansing. but the stories of those who made it across the border to bangladesh and now live in the world‘s biggest refugee camp tell another story. the international criminal court is looking at whether myanmar could be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. so far, myanmar has refused to co—operate and aung san suu kyi‘s government insists a new burmese led investigation is the best to uncover the truth. in a moment we‘ll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the doctor at the centre of the gosport hospital

but first let's talk to our world affairs correspondent, nick beake, in singapore.e wait to see it's really the devil in the detail. how much detail there really is. absolutely. it is midnight here in singapore, the end of the day of extraordinary political theatre. amazing when you think about the insults these world leaders were hurling at each other just a year ago. but now we see the fire inferior replaced by handshakes and smiles. yes, what exactly have they achieved? the american contingent in singapore were saying that the key aspect of any agreement they signed with the verification, thatis they signed with the verification, that is to say people going in and making sure the north koreans have done exactly what they signed up to do. that was not in the document. however, in this extraordinary press conference resident trump gave, it went on for more than an hour, he said that he had in fact received an assurance from mr kim ‘s behind—the—scenes at this deal would behind—the—scenes at this deal would be verifiable. there is some scepticism this evening. mr tr