thank you very much, rupert wingfield—hayes.ng that the former hollywood producer harvey weinstein, is expected to turn himself in to police to face allegations of sexual assault. he's denied having non—consensual sex with anyone. david willis is in washington for us. a bit ofa a bit of a surprise, what is expected to happen tomorrow? more than seven months after the allegations against harvey weinstein first came to light, it's reported here that he is due to surrender in the morning to detectives in new york. now, the precise nature of the charges isn't clear but it's reported here that they relate to accusations by an aspiring actress called lucy evans who met harvey weinstein in a nightclub back in 2004 and was then invited to an interview at his offices in new york, where he sexually assaulted her —— lucia evans. so she says. new york detectives have apparently accumulated a vast trove of evidence against rv weinstein. they've travelled as part of their investigation to canada, the united kingdom and in the last few weeks t

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul.ys the dramatic change of mood here in korea than this, president moonjae—in and kimjong un embracing once again. just 2a hours earlier, president moon had seen months of careful diplomacy blown apart by a letterfrom the us president. now he was being welcomed to a second secret summit with kim jong un by his younger sister. we now know this meeting was requested by kim himself and arranged in just one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kimjong un wants the summit with president trump to go ahead. the south korean president said kim told him he is committed to the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, but is worried about america's aggressive intentions towards his regime. translation: i told chairman kim that if he decides to put into practice a complete denuclearisation, president trump is willing for economic co—operation and ending hostile relations. from president trump too the noises are now increasingly optimistic. having cancelled the summit on thursday, by satu

thank you, rupert wingfield—hayes, in seoulfor us. to be italy's next prime minister, giuseppe conte, will begin assembling his cabinet. mr conte, a political novice, is expected to take several days to form his team. caroline rigby reports. arriving in a public taxi to meet the president, to become italy's new prime minister — and somewhat of a political experiment. giuseppe conte will have the country's does populist and perhaps eurosceptic parliament. its 66th government in 70 years. it is no small tast for a law professor with no political experience. translation: i am ready to defend the interests of italians in europe and internationally, maintaining dialogue with european institutions and representatives of other countries. i want to be the lawyer who will defend the italian people. mr conte's firstjob will be to assemble his cabinet. that's expected to take several days, but is likely to feature the men who put him forward for the role — leaders of the five star movement and the league, the parties that make up the antiestabli

for their own particular reasons, do want the singapore meeting to happen. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfieldeoul. what else came out of this surprise some of that can perhaps give some hope that can be a peaceful transaction between these three men? well, i think what's really interesting is, as i said in the piece, this was requested by kim jong—un, and that is a clear indication they want us to go ahead. president trump has responded more positively. president moon is now acting as a go—between between these two leaders. i think the big question that sort of still hangs over all of this is, yes, pyongyang wa nts a over all of this is, yes, pyongyang wants a summit. it appears president trump is keen for this to take place as well. there is this big question hanging over all of it, which is, what does kim jong—un mean when he says he wants to do denuclearisation korean peninsular and he is committed to that? does that mean he is willing to new latter a give up his nuclear weapons? i think the a nswer to his nuclear weapons? i think the answer to that is probably no. that if the answer is no

rupert wingfield—hayes in the demilitarised zone.ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying — with labour adding its voice to calls for change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. with us now is our political correspondent jonathan blake. it does feel as though pressure is mounting but actually, it is not a simple thing to do, to change the law in northern ireland because of the rather complicated political situation we're in. yes, it is a complicated political picture, as you say, but there is pressure on the government to act here, since the government to act here, since the result of the referendum in the republic of ireland. it has thrown into sharp relief the difference between the rest of the uk, when it comes to the law o

rupert wingfield—hayes, there.s strict abortion laws is intensifying, with labour adding its voice to calls for change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. italy is again in political turmoil, after the man chosen to be prime minister by the two main anti—establishment parties, guiseppe conte, said he didn't want the job, when his pick for finance minister was vetoed by italy's president. president sergio mattarella has summoned former international monetary fund official carlo cottarelli for a meeting, with the possibility he might form a temporary technocrat government. but the leader of italy's biggest political party, the five star movement, has called for the president to be impeached for vetoing their would—

contraction of 0.6% ended the longest stretch of economic growth since the 1980s. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayeswhy such a bad start to the year? well, sally, ithink why such a bad start to the year? well, sally, i think this is an indication ofjust how difficult it is to get growth, long—term growth, back into the japanese economy, despite having very much full employment here and massive economic stimulus over the last five or six yea rs. stimulus over the last five or six years. consumption is still pretty much flat. inflation is flat. and there are some important underlying structural reasons for this. the first being a massive shrinking of japan's working age population. if you look at the statistics, 20 years ago,japan you look at the statistics, 20 years ago, japan had 88.9 million people in its working population. today it has 75.6 million. that is a fall of 13 million people. japan is also the world's all this country, with 27.7% of the population over the age of 65. those people are on fixed incomes and they do not like spending. the other big problem here is wages. wages are simply no

here's our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes.ng conveys the dramatic change of mood here in korea than this, president moon jn and of mood here in korea than this, president moonjn and kim jong of mood here in korea than this, president moonjn and kimjong un embracing once again. just 2a hours earlier, president moon had seen months of careful diplomacy blown apart bya months of careful diplomacy blown apart by a letter from the us president. now he was being welcomed toa president. now he was being welcomed to a second secret summit with kim jong un by his younger sister. we now know this meeting was requested by kim himself and arranged injust one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kimjong one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kim jong un one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kimjong un once one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kim jong un once the summit with president trump to go ahead. the south korean president said kim told him he is committed to the com plete told him he is committed to the complete denucl

our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes joins us now. it was on, then it was off, now it looks like it's on again, what's been going on? please don't. i'm sure to get it wrong again. looks like we are sort of on. on thursday, it was on. on friday, it was. now it appears to be back on. it appears to be looking in that direction, although we can never be sure with president trump. he still has time to change his mind. certainly the atmosphere here in seoul is more positive than three days ago because president moon of south korea and kimjong un then held another summit yesterday, a secret summit, on the demilitarised zone. they both agreed that getting a summit in singapore back on track is the top priority. as you say, we have heard from president trump who seems to be more positive. he said talks are going on as we speak. there's lots of good will. were looking at 12 june in there's lots of good will. were looking at 12june in singapore and that hasn't changed. everyone is really booking flights and hotels and america is sending a team t

our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes joins us from the south korean capital, seoul. upert, it does feel suddenly as if it is a race against time. yeah, it absolutely is a race against time if they are going to succeed in arranging a summit for during the 12 in singapore, as president trump appears to want, because there is just so little time left. but things are moving rapidly, not only are their talks going on here, actually we learned today that they did not ta ke we learned today that they did not take place yesterday, they took place on sunday. nothing yesterday, may be on again today at the demilitarised zone between senior us and north korean officials at we have also just heard that a very senior north korean official is, has been spotted at beijing airport, heading for the united states. he is considered by many to be kim jong—un's right—hand man on south korean affairs and on the united states. he is effectively north korea's spy chief. he accompanied kim jong—un on both korea's spy chief. he accompanied kimjong—un on both of his recent trips to china, and a

for more on this i've been speaking to our correspondent in seoul, rupert wingfield—hayes.hy the us—north korea summit is so important to china. fundamentally, because china's main interest when it comes to north korea is stability, stability on its border. china's nightmare is renewed conflict on the korean peninsula or the implosion of the north korean regime and the falling apart of north korea. sol regime and the falling apart of north korea. so i think the chinese government was deeply concerned as things got really bad last year. very upset with north korea for testing missiles provocatively across japan and threatening the united states. but concerned about us threats of military action against north korea. what they want to see is a rationing down of the tensions, which we are seeing, but also in the medium to long—term, coming to some sort of political solution to this conflict which will maintain north korea as an entity and maintain stability on china's border. but this summit in is hanging in the balance because of theissue hanging in the balance because of the

our correspondent rupert wingfield hayesjoined me from seoul.he good news from here this morning is north korea has not responded with anger and threats to return to muscle tests and nuclear tests. indeed it has released a statement saying that the door to dialogue is open. "we express our willingness to sit down face—to—face with the united states and resolve issues at any time in any format. and the unilateral decision to cancel upcoming talks demonstrates how serious the animosity remains." i think what the north koreans are doing is leaving the door open to continue dialogue but also painting president trump and the american administration as the ones who are being intransigent, they pulled out, north korea is ready to come to the table at any time and talk on any conditions and it's america who are walking away from this dialogue. i just wonder if this is yet another example as i have heard some of our colleagues describe it as almost like the squaring up of two boxers before they get in the ring, to psychologically get an advantage and try

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul.not being considered by the united states. i think the us government would say, if you asked them, that they have no intention of changing the north korean regime and they haven't for many, many years and that they are prepared to provide security guarantees to the north korean regime. in fact, president trump, the other day, said we'll have an agreement and he will have — he will be secure and — talking about kimjong—un — and he will have a prosperous country and a peaceful country if we agree a deal. the problem is america's military posture and a lot of the rhetoric coming out of washington over the last year has been very hostile and has suggested, certainly to those in pyongyang, that america's intent towards the regime is extremely unfriendly and that ultimately, the americans would like the north korean regime to disappear and the country to disappear, too. so, talk of another meeting between the pair and, of course, this will it or won't it happen onjune 12 meeting in singapore

our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, is in the south korean capital, seoul. make of north korea's somewhat conciliatory tone? what do you make of north korea's somewhat conciliatory tone ?m what do you make of north korea's somewhat conciliatory tone? it is, extremely conciliatory. fascinating statement. some of the language is really quite surprising. there's a line i want to read out, which is we have inwardly highly appreciated president trump for having made the bold position to hold the summit, which any other us president dare not do. the announcement of the cancellation was unexpected to us and we cannot help feel great regret for it. fascinating how they are particularly singling out president trump for praise in this statement they're making trump for praise in this statement they‘ re making after trump for praise in this statement they're making after he's cancelled they're making after he's cancelled the summit, that suggests one, north korea is surprised by this, wants to keep dialogue open, but of course it is also playing to a different gallery

the bbc‘s rupert wingfield hayes has more details on the response from north korea.ingly conciliatory response from north korea so far, so no angry words in response, rather leaving the door open to dialogue. a statement from the north korean news agency said, "we express our willingness to sit down face to face with the us and resolve issues any time in any format", and then it went on to say, "our commitment to do our best for peace and stability in the world and the korean peninsula remains unchanged." so i think that's a mixture of both being conciliatory but also i think the regime in pyongyang certainly trying to cast president trump and the us administration as the intransigent ones, the ones who are walking away from this summit, and that it is not north korea that wants to pull out. so, we appear to be in a slightly strange situation here, rupert, where north korea seem to be trying to grasp that moral high ground. yeah, i think so. certainly north korea will want to play this to its advantage with its ally, china, and with the south korean government, which

rebooting -- rupert wingfield—hayes, live from seoul, thank you very much indeed.kar, has hailed an overwhelming referendum result to liberalise strict abortion laws as the day ireland came of age as a country. greeting thousands of ecstatic "yes" campaigners at dublin castle, mrvaradkarsaid ireland had erased the stigma, and burden of shame, from hundreds of thousands of women. anti—abortion groups called the outcome "a tragedy of historic proportions." more details from our correspondent, emma vardy in dublin. cheering. a transformative moment for ireland. more emphatically than anyone predicted, the country has voted for change. 1,429,981. we have been working so hard for women's rights for so many years now, and we can see it's finally coming true. ireland has finally grown up, faced the facts. don't shift it abroad, let them do it here safely. for me, my daughters and my grandchildren. more than 3,000 women a year leave ireland to pay privately for abortions in the uk. the first feelings that we would have gone through were utter devastation at the diagnosis.

ok, rupert wingfield-hayes, in seoul, thank you very much.n ramjaun — and this is your wednesday sport briefing. coming up, can lebronjames propel the cleveland cavaliers, to the brink of the nba playoff finals? we have more on his heroic performances so far. and kane's calling for england, as the spurs man is charged with leading the team, at the world cup. the games come thick and fast this time of year in the nba. and there's another huge one on wednesday night in boston. the celtics host the cleveland cavaliers, with the best of seven series finely poised at 2—2. but it's the cavs who have the momentum after a 111—102 win in game 4 on monday. once again lebronjames was the main man, with a game—high 44 points. it was the sixth time he'd hit more than 40, in this year's playoffs, as he broke the record for the most post—season field goals in nba history. a record that had stood since 1989. simon yates can take another big step towards becoming the first british rider to win the giro d'italia, later on wednesday. yates takes a 56 second lea

our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is in seoul. welcome. it is on, it is off, on, off.t places, both here in south korea. there is the tea m here in south korea. there is the team who left the hotel this morning and headed back towards the deep m the to talk to a team who has come down from the north korean capital. there is also another team in singapore. —— towards the dmc. we expect this senior official has ordered a flight to new york from beijing. we don't know if it has taken off beijing. we don't know if it has ta ken off but beijing. we don't know if it has taken off but he is expected to leave beijing around now to fly to new york where he will have a face—to—face meeting on wednesday or thursday with mike tom pao, the us secretary of state. he is the most senior north korean official to go to the united states since 2000. —— with pompeo. it is a significant step. a controversial figure. is it a surprise he will be allowed into the us? he is controversial because he used to run north korea's spy agency and has been accused by the south korean government of bein

rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo. why such a bad start to the year?t is a sign of how difficult it is to get growth, particularly growth of consumption back into japan over a sustained period. for the last five or six yea rs, period. for the last five or six years, they have been throwing money at the problem, with fiscal stimulus and a lot of quantitative easing going on. that has not had a sustained effect. the reason for thatis sustained effect. the reason for that is very serious underlying structural issues for the japanese economy, the biggest wannabe in demographics. japan's working age population has shrunk by an amazing 30 million people in the last 20 yea rs. 30 million people in the last 20 years. japan is also the oldest country in the world, with more than a quarter of the population over the age of 65. they are people who traditionally do not like to spend, oi’ traditionally do not like to spend, or it is very difficult to get them to spend. and then there is the issue of salaries injapan, which then there is the issue of salaries in jap

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul.to denuclearise the korean peninsula. well it sounds like it. we have heard from president moonjae—in here in seoul in the last hour or so holding a press c0 nfe re nce in the last hour or so holding a press conference about the meeting yesterday with kim jong—un in which he said several times that kim had committed himself to the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. another is this is a phrase we have heard many times before and when he was challenged on it, he said the interesting things, one was president moon said it was not a case of will north korea denuclearise out when, and while the united states give up its hostile policy and guarantee north korea's security. according to him that was john roar concerned, the survival of his regime and the perceived hostility and desire of the usual okra for you before regime change. -- kim okra for you before regime change. —— kimjong—un. okra for you before regime change. —— kim jong—un. but then okra for you before regime cha

earlier our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this update about the key stumbling blocks aroundthe big question that still hangs over all of this is, yes, pyongyang wants a summit. it appears that president trump is keen for a summit to take place too, and it's very, very clear that president moon wants this process to move forward rapidly, but there is this big question hanging over all of it, which is, what does kim jong—un mean when he says he wants to denuclearise the korean peninsula, that he is committed to that? does that mean that he is willing to unilaterally give up his nuclear weapons? i think the answer to that is probably no. but if the answer to that is no, how is president trump going to react, if he gets in a room with kim jong—un and finds out he's not going to get the nuclear deal he's hoping for? it's still a huge gulf between them on this issue. thunderstorms and torrential rain swept across parts of southern britain overnight, with frequent lightning flashing across the sky. around 15,000 lightning strikes were recorded in four hours on saturday night. the t

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, who‘s near the demilitarised zone.this is, you know, we now have professional diplomats, experienced diplomats from both sides, pyongyang and the us, who are very familiar with the issues, who are all experts on the korean peninsula, sitting about a mile and a half from where i‘m standing. they started yesterday, they‘ve been talking all day today and it will go into tomorrow. still not much time, but they are trying to outline the agreement that can be put forward to a summit in singapore next month, if it goes ahead. we don‘t know exactly what it is or what the outline of the agreement will be, but it appears the americans will offer security guarantees and large economic assistance to north korea in return for north korea agreeing to give up its nuclear weapons programme. now, the big question over all of this is, what is north korea willing to give up? it has been pretty clear that kimjong—un is not going to unilaterally hand over all of his nuclear weapons, so short of that, what is he prepared to give president t

it said north korea was ready for a nuclear showdown if talks fail. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayeseforehand. one of the things they don't want is to be treated like some poor backward country, for example like libya, which is what the us administration has referred to over the last week or so. and so they are saying stop talking about libya, we are a nuclear power, we need to be taken seriously, treated as an equal going into this summit. those of conditions on which we will meet face—to—face. i think it still will go ahead, my best guess is it will, but this is the jockeying beforehand. we have a group of foreignjournalist beforehand. we have a group of foreign journalist today who have arrived to cover the dismantling of the country's nuclear test site. what will that involve? this is something kim jong—un on what will that involve? this is something kimjong—un on promised during his summit with the south korean president last month as a sort of symbolic gesture, a first symbolic gesture to the south and to america to dismantle these tunnels dug deep under a mountain finery remot

earlier, we spoke to our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes from seoul.ssible summit. and then perhaps the most important, this morning we‘ve learnt a man called kim chang—son is on his way to the inept states, he was seen boarding an aircraft at beijing airport this morning heading for the us. he is a very important person in north korea, considered to be kim jong un‘s right—hand man, the former spy jong un‘s right—hand man, the former spy chief for north korea and he accompanied kim jong un spy chief for north korea and he accompanied kimjong un on both his recent trips to china for his summit with that president. very important quy: with that president. very important guy, close to kim jong—un with that president. very important guy, close to kimjong—un on his way to the united states clearly for some sort of meeting with senior us officials. starbucks is closing all 8,000 of its coffee shops in the united states today to teach staff how to avoid discriminating against customers. the training follows the wrongful arrest of two black men in a branch in

rupert wingfield—hayes joins us now from paju near to the north korean border. senior and experienced diplomats from both sides. a man called song kim, the current us ambassador to the philippines, is leading the american delegation, the north korean leader is a very experienced and knowledgeable diplomat about the us and they are getting down to the nuts and bolts of what north korea is prepared to give up in terms of nuclear weapons and what it will get in return from the united states. these diplomats will then be going back to pyongyang and washington and reporting to their respective governments and then at that point, i think that is when the decision will be made by president trump as to whether he wants to go ahead with this summit injune in singapore or not. rupert wingfield-hayes, there. thank you forjoining us. just on the border between north and south korea, there. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon will raise her concerns over brexit during a meeting with the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels later. ms sturgeon, who wants to r

earlier our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this update about the key stumbling blocks aroundg question that sort of still hangs over all of this is yes, pyongyang wants a summit. it appears that the president trump is keen for one to take place and it's very clear that president moon wants this process to move forward rapidly. but there is still the big question hanging over all of it, which is what does kim jong—un mean when he says he wants to be nuclear eye of the korean peninsula? that he's committed to that. that's the nuclear rise. does that mean he's willing to unilaterally give up his nuclear weapons. i think the answer to that is probably know, but if the a nswer to that is probably know, but if the answer is no how is president trump going to react if he gets in a room with kim jong—un going to react if he gets in a room with kimjong—un and find going to react if he gets in a room with kim jong—un and find out that he's not going to get the nuclear deal he's hoping for. it is still a huge gulf between them on this issue. two young people have died afterfalling ill a

rupert wingfield hayes is along the de—militarized zone where discussions have been taking place.e railway bridge there is the old railway from seoul to pyongyang. on the other side of the river is the demilitarised zone that divides south korea from north korea. right now, about two kilometres from where we're standing, senior officials from the united states and north korea are sitting down to try and draw up the outline of an agreement that they can take from here to singapore next month, for president trump and kim jong—un to finalise and sign off on. this is significant that senior, experienced diplomats are sitting down together, to get the nuts and bolts of an agreement together. what would be the shape of that agreement? it appears that the united states is prepared to offer recognition of north korea, security guarantees for kim jong—un and his regime and economic assistance to north korea. but, in return, president trump wants kimjong—un to hand over all of his nuclear weapons. it has been very clear in the last week or so that kim jong—un is not prepared to do that, not

thank you, rupert wingfield—hayes, live from seoul.pool fans have been left dreaming of what could have been after losing to real madrid 3—1. and it's a story that dominates most of the back pages this morning. richard has been taking a look. what a night it has been. extraordinary, really. not the night we hoped for. you mentioned the back pages. some of the front pages as well, this is the front of the sunday telegraph, heartbreak for liverpool, gareth bale's wonder goals sink champions league dream. the back page of the times, gareth bale on the front, he scored a superb goal. he says, shocker and all. -- superb goal. he says, shocker and all. —— awe. all the back pages covered the disappointment for liverpool. bale force on the back page of the mirror. some terrible m ista kes page of the mirror. some terrible mistakes from goalkeeper loris karius. almost too difficult to watch, really. you almost put your hands over your eyes. a proper schoolboy error. the whole thing was like that. as a human being, i know he isa like that. as a

rupert wingfield—hayes.t crime across london. it is called drill music. joining us from leeds is adeel amini, editor of press play 0k, which is an online music platform. what is your perspective on this? i think banning or restricting any sort of music or art form is always a little bit worrying. i don't think in this particular case —— in this particular case it feels like a deflection from what the issue might be. the disenfranchisement of youth and the things we see around us. linking that to music videos is a little bit disturbing and set a dangerous precedent. i do wonder if there are other things that could be done that could address this problem a lot better, as opposed to young people trying to express themselves. it is part of a multifaceted approach to something which is not simple to fix. do you think, as part ofa simple to fix. do you think, as part of a broader approach, it is actually something that might make a difference? do you suspect there is, there could be any influence coming from these

cancelling a planned summit with kimjong un in singapore next month. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayesd—for summit with the us president was about to be cancelled, there was no sign of it here. at a top—secret site, deep in the mountains, a group of foreign journalists were shown the tunnels where north korea tested its nuclear weapons. and then the show began. tunnels at the site. they were laced with explosives, they walked us right up to the doors of these tunnels to show us. then they blew it up and then brought us back and said, double check, see we have done this, we want to be transparent. the only problem is, the only people there were journalists, not experts on what it takes to shut down a nuclear test site. what we saw with our eyes is that they did blow up the entrances to the tunnels, we do not know what else occurred or if that site is unusable. this was supposed to be pyongyang's big gesture ahead of the kim—trump summit. but thousands of miles away in washington, president trump had suddenly changed his mind. based on the recent statement of north korea, i have decided

our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been at the korean border, just two kilometres awaybut wait railway bridge there is the old railway from seoul to pyongyang. on the other side of the river is the demilitarised zone that divides south korea from north korea. write about two kilometres where we're standing senior officials the united states and the north korea are sitting down to try and draw up and applying an agreement that they can ta ke applying an agreement that they can take from here to singapore next month where president trump and kim jong—un to finalise and sign off on. this is significant that senior experienced diplomats are sitting down together to get the nuts and bolts of an agreement together. what would be the chip of that agreement? it appears that the united states is prepared to offer recognition in north korea, security guarantees for kim jong—un north korea, security guarantees for kimjong—un and north korea, security guarantees for kim jong—un and his regime north korea, security guarantees for kimjong—un and his regime and economic assistance to

that of libya as a country which gave up its nuclear capability. 0ur correspondent in seoul — rupert wingfieldck to the situation at the end of last year when the us government and the north korean regime where throwing very strongly worded and choice words at each other. i think this is, there is something particular about this in that north korea is expressing very clearly that it will never accept a libya deal and that the trump administration and its officials should stop talking about the libya model. and i think that is what this statement is doing, stop using the word libya, we will never ever agree to anything like a libya deal and we are not libya, we are a nuclear power. a bank in northern ireland is putting a new spin on bank notes. ulster bank is issuing vertical five and ten pound notes from next year. the bank is replacing its older paper notes with polymer ones and when they're released they'll be the only upright sterling notes in circulation. utterly distinctive! and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. this is quite a special moment for a couple of one—year—old

our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports.ang suspected its longed—for summit with the us president was about to be cancelled, there was no sign of it here. at a top—secret site, deep in the mountains, a group of foreign journalists were shown the tunnels where north korea tested its nuclear weapons. and then the show began. in a series of dramatic explosions, like something out of a hollywood movie, north korea's nuclear test site was blown to smithereens. one of the foreign reporters described what they saw. it was pretty surreal, north korea invited in a small group of journalists, they took us on a train about 12 hours up to their nuclear test site, which is in a remote, mountainous region of north korea. and then they blew the thing up, they blew up three remaining tests tunnels at the site. they were laced with explosives, they walked us right up to the doors of these tunnels to show us. then they blew it up and then brought us back to those doors and said, "double check, see we have done this, we want to be transparent"

our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, is in seoul. it feels like we speak much every day atcipation of what might happen to do with the meeting. this feels like a significant moment. this is definitely a significant step forward. kim yong—chol is a very senior official, described as the right—hand man to kim jong senior official, described as the right—hand man to kimjong un. we understand he has left beijing, or at least we think he left beijing on at least we think he left beijing on a flight to new york a short time ago and he will arrive in new york about midday on wednesday local time and he will meet with the secretary of state. the important thing about kim yong—chol is not only that he is a seniorfigure, former intelligence chief, but he can speak for kim jong un in these face—to—face negotiations. this is really going to be the crucial meeting, what they can hammer out between them in terms of what north korea is prepared to give up in order to get a summit with president trump. they are expected to meet may be on wednesday, maybe thursday, and that i think will det

our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports.pyongyang suspected its long before summit with the us president was about to be cancelled, there was no sign of it here. at a top—secret site, deep in the mountains, a group of foreign journalists were shown the tunnels where north korea tested its nuclear weapons. and then the show began. ina in a series of dramatic explosions, like something out of a hollywood movie, north korea's nuclear test site was blown to smithereens. one of the foreign reporters described what they saw. it was pretty surreal, north korea invited in a small group ofjournalists, surreal, north korea invited in a small group of journalists, they took us on a train about 12 hours after their nuclear test site which is in camera mode mountainous region of north korea. and then they blew the thing up, they blew up three remaining tests tunnels at the site. they were laced with explosives, they walk is right up to the doors of these tunnels to show us. then they blew it up and then brought us back and said, double t