Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and they are right there. So nobody is safe. We are probably not safe over here. If he gets the long range missiles, we are not do either. So we have to do something about it, and we will see what happens. But whatever happens, a spokesman said a meeting cannot take place right now. We have got to see their provocative behaviour ratcheted down immediately. Those are the conditions that i think would have to happen, with respect to its behaviour, and to show signs of good faith. Clearly the conditions are not there right now. But i think the president s made it clear, as Secretary Tillerson had the other day, that if the conditions are clear, if the circumstances present themselves, we would be prepared to. But theyre clearly not at this time. David willetts is watching all of this in los angeles. And lots of mixed messages from mr trump in these latest television interviews. In one he is willing to meet with the north Korean Leader, in another he isa the north Korean Leader, in another he is a threat. Absolutely, and we are seeing a variety of different approaches to the problems posed by north korea from the trump administration. They have been looking to work with china, to get it to use its leveraged in regards to north korea. Also working with united nations, and in a separate move they have sent an Aircraft Carrier group to the region. Now, the latest prong of action, if you like, in regards to north korea, a sort of Charm Offensive on the part of donald trump, who yesterday described the leader there, kim jong un, isa described the leader there, kim jong un, is a smart cookie, as he put it. And now saying that he would be willing to meet with kim jong un if the circumstances were right, even going as far as to say that he would be honoured so to do. Well, the white house very swift to play down any suggestion that any sort of meeting might be imminent between the two man. And meanwhile there are those who are saying that this is just a sign of and incoherent policy on the heart of the administration, and is only likely to lead to confusion. Incoherent policy, but there are those saying who this latest move by mr trump, he wants to keep his adversaries off balance. In terms of having this meeting with kimjong un, terms of having this meeting with kim jong un, what would be the conditions imposed on pyongyang for this meeting to materialise, if ever . Well, they would have to drop their commitment to these ballistic and nuclear weapons. That is one thing, for sure. You talk about President Trump playing his cards close to his chest militarily, and he actually made that point in an interview with fox news in which he said that what was happening on the Korean Peninsula was very unsettling, a big threat to the world. Nobody is safe, but, asked if there was a red line as far as Military Action is concerned, he said it is not his policy to telegraph any decision regarding Military Action in advance. Thank you so much for the update. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. The president Of The Philippines says he may turn down an invitation by donald trump to visit the white house. President trump invited Rodrigo Duterte on saturday after a phone call between the two. Meanwhile, the un says mr trump must bring up alleged Human Rights Abuses in the philippines if the visit goes ahead. We dont have sufficient data on the patterns of the violations, and clearly. Patterns of the violations, and clearly. And the numbers suggest that there is orchestration, if there is planning an organisation, clear planning and organisations, that threshold may be breached. But we are not in a position to say. We have warned the government Of The Philippines against undertaking these sorts of measures, what amounts to a seemingly extrajudicial killings. Also making news today Thousands Of Demonstrators have been taking part in may day protests in the united states. Including this major rally in los angeles. Thousands took part, criticising President Trumps Executive Orders on immigration. Demonstrations also took place in pennsylvania, wisconsin and minnesota. Meanwhile skirmishes broke out in venezuela, where may day protests there turned violent. It follows a month of unrest which has led to the deaths of almost 30 people. The protests a re against the government. Opposition parties are demanding fresh elections. At least 27 people have been injured after a passengerflight from moscow to bangkok experienced severe turbulence. Several passengers suffered broken bones. The airline, aeroflot, said the turbulence happened in clear skies, which meant they werent able to warn passengers. Mark selby has retained the World Snooker championship. He beatjohn higgins by 18 frames to 15. It was a remarkable recovery. At one point in the match selby trailed higgins, also a former world champion, by io a. It means selby has now won the snooker World Championship three times in the last four years. Back to our top story after weeks of tough talk against the pyongyang regime, donald trump says he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un under the right circumstances. At the same timejapan, has sent in its biggest warship to protect a us navy supply vessel. The 249 Metre Long izumo, seen here departing from its base in yokosuka, south of tokyo, will escort a us supply vessel within japanese waters. It is the First Time Ever that japan has sent one of its warships to sea with the express purpose of protecting a Foreign Military vessel. Lets get more from our correspondent in tokyo Rupert Wingfield hayes. This move by japan, this move byjapan, is this a symbolic gesture, a step by mr abe away from pacifism . I think it is very much the latter. This is the first time that japan has been, under its new security law, dispatched a ship to explicitly on a mission. Not a joint training mission, not an exercise, but explicitly to escort and protect Foreign Naval vessel. And this would not have been allowed underjapans Libya Security law, under its pacifist constitution. It is only since the law was changed last year that this has been possible, for the First Time Since the second world war. And i think this comes obviously with a background of the tensions in the Korean Peninsula and the deployment of a large Us Carrier Battle Group to the region. Japan is now exercising that new law, and Prime Minister abe is deliberately exercising that new law, to take pa rt exercising that new law, to take part ina exercising that new law, to take part in a military operation. So what is basically the strategy, rupert, behind sending the ship to protect the Us Navy Fleet . Well, it is under what is called collective self defence. And japan wasnt allowed to exercise collective self defence, japans military could only defend the home islands and could only use force if japan comes directly under attack. Under this new law, at the strategy of the Abe Administration is to say no, were going to become a normal country, like written, like france, like any other country around the world. We are going to be able to come to the defence of our friends and our allies, and of course their biggest ally as the united states. The us. Navy is currently deployed on operations in this part of the world because of the tensions over the Korean Peninsula, and mr abe wants the Japanese Military to take part in that. And that. You know, it is also not an accident they are sending their biggest, most modern ship. This is the biggest chip the japanese have built since the second world war. It is effectively an Aircraft Carrier in all but name and it is hugely symbolic because of that are certainly the biggest, most modern carrier that the japanese have. And given the Current Situation in japan, if have. And given the Current Situation injapan, if there could bea situation injapan, if there could be a direct attack, how would likely respond . Well, japan doesnt have. If there were an attack on the ship is escorting, then the Japanese Navy will come to the defence of the american navy, and that will be a first. I dont think anybody thinks thatis first. I dont think anybody thinks that is going to happen. If they we re that is going to happen. If they were an attack onjapan by north korea, than the us and japan will jointly respond under the joint defence treaty. At the moment japan does not have any offensive weapons. It cannot strike back at north korea if it is attacked. It would have to rely on the united states. But a debate has now started injapan, again pushed by the abe government, as to whether japan again pushed by the abe government, as To Whetherjapan should also change that, and should acquire offensive military weapons to allow it to strike back at north korea if it to strike back at north korea if it were attacked. Thank you for updating us. There have been violent scenes on the streets of paris during the citys Traditional May Day march. 0ne Police Officer was seriously hurt. It comes as the fight for the french presidency intensifies. Both candidates used Campaign Events to launch attacks on each other. 0ur correspondent Lucy Williamson reports now from paris. The second round of french elections has been the graveyard of far right dreams of power. Used to facing a united front of all her rivals, Marine Le Pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent, Emmanuel Macron. Translation the enemy of the french people is still the world of finance. But now it has a name, it has a face, it has a party. It wants to be elected, and its called Emmanuel Macron. Her image in the campaign has become softer, a mother and a woman of the people. Translation the french are being fooled less and less. Theyre fed up of taking orders from people who have always deceived them. For decades, the Front National has influenced french politics from the margins. Now, Marine Le Pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu. But many voters still fear that she would unravel frances democratic traditions, and that fear, as one paper put it, is her political glass ceiling. By the river seine today, Emmanuel Macron honoured a moroccan man killed by far right supporters two decades ago, a reminder of the controversial history that dogs the Front National. But support for the far right is growing here, and on a visit to frances rural heartland over the weekend, he told us that this election was the last call for frances membership of the eu. To have almost half of this country angry with the european idea, so we have to reform this europe. We need a new European Union in situation, to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. If, the day after, i decide to follow up and pursue the current functioning of the European Union, i will betray my people. I dont want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit, or we will have the Front National again. There were scuffles today on the margins of an anti fn march, injuring several police. But the success of frances far right party isnt the shock that it used to be, and rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the Front Nationalfrom power, some on the left are wondering whether to vote at all. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme a Celebration Ofjapanese designer rei kawakubo at new yorks met ball. Well find out why her work is so influential and haunting and touching images of american soldiers. In a new exhibition. We will take a look. Nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. The extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government to build better government housing. Internationally, there have already been protests. Sweden says it received no warning of the accident. Indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. Only when Radioactivity Levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. For the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. This is the end of a 12 year war for them. Theyve taken the capital, which theyve been fighting for for so long. It was 7 oclock in the morning, the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im alpa patel in london. Our top stories. President trump says he would be honoured to meet north koreas leader, but warns that kim jong un is still a big threat to the world. Mr trumps also extended an invitation to Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial president Of The Philippines, mr duterte, though, isnt sure he can make it. Lets look at some of the front pages making news around the world. And the japan times leads with washingtons efforts to put pressure on north korea. The headline reads trump lines up asian allies. The story goes on to say the president is reaching out to Asian Countries to secure their help in the singapore straits times, the headline focuses on the president Of The Philippines. Hes visiting chinese warships in his hometown of davao city. It sees the visit as a warming of ties between the philippines and china after president duterte distanced himself from his countrys traditional ally, the united states. And in the new york times, this piece on chinas enormous appetite for seafood. It says intense fishing in china is ravaging african waters pushing fisheries to the brink. It has long been considered one of the biggest Red Carpet Events of the year as new york plays host to the met gala. Of the year as new york plays host to the met gala. It celebrates the opening of the metropolitan museum of arts annual fashion exhibition. Its an extravagant black tie event which brings together big names in music, fashion, film and politics. This year the gala is honouring 74 year old japanese designer rei kawakubo. Sharon lim is former editor of Elle Magazine and is now Fashion Communications lecturer at Nanyang Academy of fine arts in singapore. I asked her why kei kawakubo is so influential . She was part of a group of japanese designers in the 1970s, like, the punks in england . The japanese designers were the equivalent of the Punk Movement because they subverted everything about traditional forms of dress. What they did was not on the traditional female form. Absolutely. Just looking at her creations during the Passion Fashion Week they have all sorts of shapes, exaggerated round shapes. Paris fashion week. Are these creations that someone would wear . |j fashion week. Are these creations that someone would wear . I would. Many fashionistas consider her one of the best examples of architectural design. Her approach is quite surreal brawl. However, some of the close the more wearable than you would think. You need to try them on to understand. But it is also a hard. You are wearing art. And Everybody Knows kawakubo when she made famous a brand called dead bus on. It means like a boy. She was the only female Fashion Designer of a bunch of designers which included misty yaqui, she was a renegade and she was quite feminist in her own time. Should we classify her work as art . I call art. Fashion as art, art is fashion. There are many pieces which are Statement Pieces with a lot of three day 3 d detailing. There are also wearable pieces. Lot of three day 3 d detailing. There are also wearable pieceslj have some, just not today. I thought, honestly, Comme De Garcon was a french brand. Is she european oi was a french brand. Is she european or asian . She is both. She has not stopped showing. When you speak about the japanese sensibility is in the subversion of the traditional female form, again, as opposed to traditional curves, you know . Breast, waste and hips. Kawakubo is 74 breast, waste and hips. Kawakubo is 7a years old. Breast, waste and hips. Kawakubo is 74 years old. Who will succeed . Nobody really knows. There are a couple of Young Designers to work with her including watanabe, possibly. Lets go to washington where an exhibition is putting a face to the men and women who serve their country. More than 2. 5 million americans have been deployed to iraq and afghanistan in the last 16 years. But the politics of war can often gain more attention than those who actually fight in them. This exhibition at the National Portrait gallery aims to change that. Jane obrien has been to see it. In spite of the title, faces of war, some of the most moving images in this exhibition show nobody. These are the empty bedrooms of fallen soldiers, their very absence of creating a haunting presence. That familiar intimacy is captured more traditionally in the work of Stacey Pearce all. This picture i took of specialist garcia, i had to catch him chain smoking, the smoke drifting around his head like a halo. In our force Combat Photographer in iraq she was seriously wounded twice and awarded a bronze starfor seriously wounded twice and awarded a bronze star for bravery. We have this idea of a soldier be near dharma being impenetrable, being invincible. And what i wanted to remind Folks Photographically was that there is more to a soldier than the bullet in the blood. There is humanity. What happens in the downtime . What do we do without suspended between fighting a war . Other images captured soldiers in the midst of battle. The work of lily and afghanistan reveals the psychological impact of conflict. And there is more of the unexpected. Cataloguing is the approach of this archivist who was inspired by seeing the rollcall of dead soldiers on television. This is a montage of all the American Service men and women who have been killed in the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. They are tiny, tiny intimate portrait is arranged on this grid which implies some sort of order. But, of course, it was the chaos of war that caused these deaths. But what links all these images is a tragic timelessness. The continual threat of war and personification of conflict that has gone on for centuries. If you look at the face, that could be get as bird, it could be yorktown, it could be asian court. There is a common mythic reality of war. War is the most celebrated subject in Human History and what we do is linking through portrait photography, we are linking these men and women back to the tradition of the war. While the focus of this exhibition is squarely on the men and women who fight it is also a reminder of the bravery of the image makers. Most of the artist in this show have risked their lives to get close to the subject. Tim hetherington, who created these pictures, sacrificed his life in 2011 while covering pictures, sacrificed his life in 2011while covering the insurgency in libya. Some stunning images there. Now A Change Of Pace because the mission isA Change Of Pace because the mission is a bit hush hush but spacex wants the world to know its rockets are reusable. Earlier today it launched a secret Us Government Spy Satellite into space and then successfully retrieved the Booster Rocket for later use. The Unmanned Falcon nine rocket took off from a launch pad the company leases from nasa. The Leftover Booster landed safely back on earth at new minutes later, ready for its next mission. No word, however, on what the newly launched satellite will be doing up in space. You have been watching you stay on the bbc. Stay with us, we will be meeting the entrepreneurial from singapore who has built an empire from scratch. And before we go, this is constable elliott, a very cute guinea pig dressed up as a Police Officer. He is also the adopted mascot of new Zealands Police force who was raising awareness about road safety and is viewed on social media, so check him out. Hello and good morning. Wejust had the warmest day of the year in Northern Ireland. 20 degrees in cou nty to Northern Ireland. 20 degrees in county to ronin. A lovely day in the sunshine. We also had some similar temperatures and the south west of scotland. Again nice and warm sunshine. The best of the weather over the weekend will probably be across Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. We have more cloud coming into Eastern Scotland, north east england, low cloud and these are the temperatures by the time we get to early tuesday. Seven or eight degrees typically. A little mist and fog towards the South West After The Rain on monday. The showers that we are, some likely have headed Fowler Comic Southwards Into The Continent Thatis comic southwards into the continent that is where the front here could spoil things a bit, that is where the front here could spoilthings a bit, coming in that is where the front here could spoil things a bit, coming in off the southern north sea we will season the southern north sea we will season showers. A mishmash in the morning with sunshine and areas of cloud a more cloud about so a few showers coming in off the north sea into more central and southern parts of england. For much of the day, the south west is likely to be dry as well as wales, warm in the sunshine but feeling cooler under this part, especially as the wind picks up. Showers will be like that there could be a few heavy ones in south east later on. Showers as far north of northumberland, to the west it is likely to be dry. And it is not quite as high across Northern Ireland and scotland as they were on monday but 80 degrees is the likely. Call for Eastern Scotland under the cloud that they should wake up. Showers heading to wales and the south western and they fade away and then we see, after a brief respite, so more then we see, after a brief respite, so more showers coming in again from the southern north sea. A lot of cloud to england and wales, perhaps further north is scotland and Northern Ireland but again on chilly side and islands. As we head into wednesday, these showers and cloud thickening, meaning from the Humber Southwards in two south west of england, there will be some sunshine at times but the funniest weather developing after a bit of a cloudy start for scotla nd developing after a bit of a cloudy start for scotland and Northern Ireland and again we will find temperatures here in the west into the high teens. Another lovely day to come. Not the sort a weather for dipping your toes to come. Not the sort a weather for Dipping Yourtoes in to come. Not the sort a weather for dipping your toes in the north sea, perhaps, that where the director will be eight or nine degrees. Starting to warm up at this time of year. The temperatures are significant because the wind is coming in off the north sea. This High Pressure dominator whether it is typical of this time a year but in strong winds later on in the week. A lot of dry weather through the rest of the week. There will be sunshine around as well but it is a lwa ys sunshine around as well but it is always going to be cooler in the east near the east coast in particular. More sunshine and higher temperatures for the west. Our top story President Trump says he would be willing to meet north koreas leader, kimjong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim, but under the right circumstances. But, in an interview, he warned that the north Korean Leader is still a big threat to the world. Mr trump has also extended an invitation to Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial president Of The Philippines. But mr duterte may turn down the invite. He says he cant make a commitment because of what he called a busy schedule. And this video is trending on bbc. Com at least 27 people were injured after a Passenger Flight from moscow to bangkok experienced severe turbulence. Several passengers suffered broken bones. Thats all from me now. Stay with bbc world news. Now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk
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