Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will defend her country. Tributes are paid to the man who inspired the ice bucket challenge who has died at the age of 34. It was a Viral Campaign that raised more than £150 million for charity. Arsenal end their longest run without a league win since 1977 as they beat west ham 3 1. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. New zealand prime Ministerjacinda Ardern has said there are questions which must be asked after the volcanic eruption on white island. There are five confirmed fatalities and eight people are missing on the island, though police say they are also likely to have died. Officers earlier announced that a criminal investigation would be opened, but later revised this, saying it was too early to comment. White island is new zealands most active volcano. Its in the bay of plenty, around 30 miles off the coast of the north island. From there, our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports. The Prime Minister on the site of where those who were affected by the devastation were first taken, praising those who jumped straight into helping. Praising those who jumped they worked tirelessly in the most devastating circumstances. Many of them had not yet rested or slept. The toll that the impact of this extraordinary tragedy has had on them was obvious. Police are now launching a criminal investigation into the deaths and injuries after the eruption on white island. We know too there will be bigger questions in relation to this event. These questions must be asked, and they must be answered. One of the paramedics who helped move the injured into safety described the scene. It was like like, ive seen the chernobyl miniseries. There wasjust everything wasjust blanketed in ash. It was quite an overwhelming feeling. The police and the army have tried to launch a drone for surveillance on the island, but were unable to do so because of windy conditions. The situation there remains quite unstable, with officials saying that there is a 50 chance of a smaller size or a similar eruption happening within the next 2a hours. But even a small eruption can have devastating effects. The focus is now mainly on helping the families of those who have died, and giving the injured the care they need, but more questions will be asked about why they were allowed on such a volatile place. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, whakatane. Well, eye witness accounts continue to come in to help give a clearer picture of what happened earlier the bbc spoke to geoff hopkins, who was on a boat that left the island just before the eruption. He said there was no warning of what was about to happen. There was nothing. It was silent. There was no tremor, there was no shaking, there was nothing to really say, other than the visual thing that we could see was the huge plume of steam and ash that was rising into the air. We were probably only 200 metres off the shoreline. The ash cloud started to envelope the entire island. We went inside the cabin and there were about 30 people on the boat, we immediately headed back to where we had left, where the other boat was anchored. The crew on the boat knew were going to need to rescue people. You couldnt see the island, it was completely covered in ash. Very eerie. The tour party on the boat, there was a silence, really, amongst people as we headed back. A few people were in tears, there was shock. We knew there were people still on the island. When we went back to where the boat was anchored, the ash started to clear, we could see there were people on the beach, people in the water, everything was covered in a perfect layer of grey ash, we could see the wrecked helicopter up on the island and immediately the crew of the boat launched inflatables and started picking up the injured. We did not know what we were dealing with until the first ones started coming on, and as they did, they were horrific burns. We took 23 people off the island before we started heading back to mainland, every single one of them was badly, badly burned. And earlier our reporter Danny Vincent whos on the north island gave this update. Night has now fallen in this corner of new zealand and the community is beginning to attend to come to grips with the tragedy which took place in this regionjust with the tragedy which took place in this region just yesterday. With the tragedy which took place in this regionjust yesterday. The Prime Minister has asked. She said many questions still need to be answered, this is a community attempting to mourn but there is also perhaps suggestion of frustrations from some members of the community. Earlier today the police said they would launch a criminal investigation, they later backtracked and said it would no longer be a criminal investigation, simply an ordinary investigation, to try to gain clarity over what has happened here. Many people in the community were very surprised by the expression criminal investigation, they felt it was way too early for that type of discussion because people here wanted to take time and mourn the people they have lost and also get a sense of what happens next, because behind me, where the white island volcano, which violently erupted, where it is, it was a surprise to many people. We know it is an active volcano but simply people were not prepared for this type of tragedy. Danny vincent reporting. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn are concentrating on what they regard as vote winning issues for their parties, with 48 hours to go before the polls open in the general election. The Prime Minister will say that only a majority conservative government can break the brexit deadlock, and warn of what he calls the clear and present danger of a Hung Parliament while the labour leader will set out his plans for the nhs. Campaigning is carrying on amid the controversy of a four year old boy who had to sleep on the four of a hospital. We can speak to our assistant Political Editor norman smith. With 48 hour and left, it looks like the nhs will dominate before people glad to cast their votes . the nhs will dominate before people glad to cast their votes . I think that was always labours intention, but the story of jack, the four year old boy lying on a hospital floor, has added to labours message of what they say is the state of the nhs, they are publishing a dossier detailing risks they say patients face as a result of this endless austerity, as they see it, pointing to documents they have obtained from various nhs trusts setting out things like a hospital roof in danger in kings lynn, talking about the hospital in morecambe bay, inadequate ventilation meaning sometimes the daycare surgery theatres need to be closed down, they say this is the result of years and years of nhs underfunding. Also making the point about the Prime Ministers response to the case of jack and suggesting this is a man who does not really care much about the circumstances patients and young people find themselves in, albeit justice secretary Robert Buckland this morning strongly defended the way the Prime Minister responded to reporters questions, suggesting it was just one of those things on the campaign trail in pointing to the fa ct campaign trail in pointing to the fact that Health Secretary matt hancock apologised and flagging up the fact that jacks mother has appealed for her sons fight not to be used as a political football. This is what mr buckland said. The elections are really difficult things. Things will happen in elections, unpredictable events. I dont think he was forced into it. When he looked at it, the reaction was clear, and unforced and natural, and the apology was forthcoming and fulsome. And i think, you know, that response and the response weve shown in the hours since and of the action the Health Secretary took shows that we were taking this matter incredibly seriously, as we would with any matter relating to our National Health service. Difficult to calibrate how much impact the row over the cheque will actually have, it is possible it will ebb away is a story even though labour are determined to keep on the front foot. Slightly awkward for labour know that jacks mother has come out and said she does not want any more publicity about her son, todayJeremy Corbyn was asked whether he was, in effect, taking advantage of jacks plight. It is an example of what is happening in our nhs, and it is, obviously, awful for that little boy and the family the way they were treated but it does Say Something about our nhs when this happened, and then all Research Shows is there is a very large number of hospitals where patients are at risk because of staff shortages, because of a lack of equipment, because of poor maintenance of Hospital Building so its actually a serious issue. It is a political issue, how we fund the nhs. What i think its probably true is that if there had been any sense in thejohnson that if there had been any sense in the johnson camp that they were heading to a fairly easy victory, yesterday will have been an almighty wa ke yesterday will have been an almighty wake up calland, yesterday will have been an almighty wake up call and, interestingly, today the message from the Prime Minister is around tactical voting and his fear that if there is a large degree of tactical voting, we could end up with another Hung Parliament, and he believes there is a realistic prospect ofJeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister, and i think that gives you a sense of the degree of nervousness and unease within the tory camp that whatever the polls may say, events could change everything and this is very, very farfrom in change everything and this is very, very far from in the bag for Boris Johnson. Norman smith, thank you very much. Over the past few weeks in a series of special your questions answered programmes on 5 live and the bbc news channel, weve given you the opportunity to speak directly to the main party leaders. Weve heard from the Prime Minister and conservative leader borisjohnson, the plaid cymru leader adam price, jonathan bartley, co leader of the greens, the Brexit Party Leader nigel farage, nicola sturgeon, first minister and leader of the snp and yesterdayjo swinson, the leader of the liberal democrats. The only leader weve not managed to get on the programme is laboursJeremy Corbyn. Weve been in negotiations with his people for several weeks but have not managed to secure his appearance. Were sorry about this as wed hoped to give you the opportunity to speak to all of the leaders before polling day. Myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to defend her nation against charges of genocide, over its treatment of therell be three days of hearings at the International Criminal court in the hague. In 2017, in an Army Crackdown in myanmar, thousands of rohingya were killed and nearly three quarters of a million fled their homes. Our correspondent in myanmar nick beake looks at the significance of todays events. The world used to see this woman as a symbol of peace and human rights. Aung san suu kyi even won a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to bring democracy to myanmar. Now, shes the civilian leader and shes fighting charges that the country, on her watch, has committed genocide. Its hard to get your head round just what an incredible turnaround this is. For nearly 20 years, on and off, Aung San Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest here in this city of yangon by the brutal military dictatorship. Now, though, shes standing up for the same army which took away her freedom, and even trying to justify its actions to the world. This is what its accused of targeting and killing the Rohingya Muslim minority. Un experts say myanmars army acted with genocidal intent, when in 2017, troops forced up more than 740,000 rohingya. These refugees tell horrific stories of rape and murder and theyre still trapped in camps across the border in bangladesh. Then this happened. This tiny West African Muslim country, the gambia, brought a case against myanmar at the United Nations top court, the International Court ofjustice. Its doing this on behalf of dozens of other muslim countries. They want the court to issue an emergency ruling to protect the rohingya from further harm. But myanmar rejects all allegations of genocide. The army, which still holds enormous power, insists it was only clearing out those it calls terrorists, and that really, the rohingya are illegal immigrants. Justice for the rohingya is still a long way off, even with this court case. And thats because the icj has no way of enforcing a ruling against myanmar and there is no International Police force to protect the rohingya from further abuse. Neither Aung San Suu Kyi, nor the generals would automatically be arrested and put on trial. But it could lead to sanctions against myanmar, damaging an economy only just finding its feet after military rule. Nick beake, bbc news, yangon. Lets ta ke lets take a brief glimpse at the International Code for justice lets take a brief glimpse at the International Code forjustice in the hay, proceedings getting under way in this three day hearing. A longer report by nick beake is number one on oui most longer report by nick beake is number one on our most watched, how a peace icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, entered about a genocide trial. We have not yet seen images of Aung San Suu Kyi at the hague but no doubt those pictures will emerge, and as nick explains in his report, just a reminder that this case has been brought by another state, the gambia, the west african country which represents, effectively, dozens which represents, effectively, d oze ns of which represents, effectively, dozens of other muslim nations in this hearing. We can talk to Michael Becker now. He is an adjunct assistant professor at the school of law at Trinity College dublin in ireland where he teaches Public International law. But from 2010 to 2014, he served as an associate legal officer at the International Court ofjustice in the hague and had the opportunity to work closely with the icj judges. Very good to have you with us. If you would please explain in a little more detail what exactly the gambia is seeking to do over the next three days at the icj . This isjust is seeking to do over the next three days at the icj . This is just the first stage of what will be a much lengthier legal process. As the report already mentioned, the gambia is acting with the backing of many other states, Muslim States but, really, acting on behalf of all other parties to the genocide convention, because the obligations that myanmar is said to have breached our obligations owed to all other parties to the treaty. What the gambia wants to do this week is obtain provisional measures, that is the term of the icj, the International Court ofjustice, referring to a kind of emergency relief, interim relief that is meant to extend during the life of a case until the claims on the merits can be heard and decided. 0h provisional measures, that would mean a level of protection for the rohingya minority in myanmarand protection for the rohingya minority in myanmar and would also order that the country should not potentially, for example, destroy any evidence . So for example, destroy any evidence . So provisional measures. For example, destroy any evidence . So provisional measures. They will be asking for an order from the court instructing myanmar to refrain from undertaking any acts that could constitute genocidal acts, including burning term villages and, as you mentioned, refraining from doing anything that might destroy evidence thatis anything that might destroy evidence that is relevant to the claims. As we mentioned, Aung San Suu Kyi is pa rt we mentioned, Aung San Suu Kyi is part of the delegation to the International Court ofjustice. How unusual is that given the strange position she is in . It is not unusualfor a position she is in . It is not unusual for a foreign minister to appearas unusual for a foreign minister to appear as part of the delegation in an icj case and it is not unprecedented for a head of state to attend either, but it is very strange here, i would say, because Aung San Suu Kyi is, of course, seen by many as personally responsible in some capacity for the alleged wrongdoing, either because she is involved in a policy of genocide or because she has failed to intervene to stop military generals from undertaking that campaign. And so the fact she will be in the courtroom is accused in a personal and individual way is really remarkable. It is understand important to understand this is not the International Criminal court and she is not there as an individual criminal defend