saying there's huge security for the london marathon. we were saying earlier, i don't know if this is right, but should it be publicised in this way? i think you have to. after the terrible events in paris this week, and you have to reassure people saying there will be people all along the run, and it is a long run, checking there is no terrible accident. you have the royalfamily and the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince william turning up, this is for their charity. this marathon is for their charity rather. and i also believe that it makes you sound as if you're in control. of course none of us are in control. of course none of us are in control because these terrible things keep happening. control because these terrible things keep happeningm control because these terrible things keep happening. it is a tribute to the british stiff upper lip. tribute to the british stiff upper lip, we are going to do this and not be rattled by it. if anyone is wondering about the connection with the royals, if you want to follow it on twitter it is mind of a marathon. bad language on the

carefully monitored. that's good back to the daily telegraph. 40,000 people ran the london marathon today. nobody around this desk did. bryo ny today. nobody around this desk did. bryony gordon, the economist for the daily telegraph, she is featured hugging her little girl at the finish line. what a feeling he must have! in particular, mental health charities have really benefited this time because of the support by the royal family. the royals have come out to tackle an issue which should not be back has been controversial. it is really lovely to see this picture. that has been her work and it is fantastic. a lot of money from the marathon is going towards mental health charities. that is a real achievement. she will be writing about her experience in the paper. how she got the strength to even type i do not know. do you fancy it? when i was in new york, i used to go and see them. it was astonishing. i love that feeling when you run. i have great admiration for people who do that. i cannot see myself doing it. i think it is an incredible accomplishment. what i also admire hugely is

that they are supporting ahead of sunday's london marathon. they surprised presenter adele roberts, who is one of those running in the event, and revealed to dj scott mills that they are keen fans of the station. someone from around me told me you we re someone from around me told me you were a bit nervous about being on radio one today. i don't know what you are talking about. this is the face of calm. is it true that you listen and have text it in? under a different name. yes. i'd text it in most recently. i was driving to work. shazier anyone to be brave enough to be up at that time of the morning. i stopped in a lay—by and have not text it while i was driving because that is illegal. did you get a shout out? i got a shout out from adele on the day and from sara cox. i don't think it matters who you are. a shout out on radio 1 is still great. the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn pledges labour will protect the triple lock guarantee on increases to the state pension — but theresa may refuses to say whether she will maintain it. officials in paris say the gunman who shot dead a

to london for the service. those unable to do so will hold a two—minute silence outside police stations at two p.m.. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. the funeral cortege will make its way across london, through the streets of london, across the river thames and to southwark cathedral, where it is it will be received by the dean of southwark. you will notice that the floral tribute with that funeral cortege carries the message number one daddy, an indication that this is also a very personal time, a time for his family and his friends to grieve whilst his colleagues and the nation honour the sacrifice he made on our behalf. pc keith, was killed just outside the houses of parliament he was protecting an armed as he was stabbed and killed in an act of terror. police others have made their way to london today to pay their respects to their colleagues. —— police officers. so, the funeral cortege just reaching the south of the river. much of pc keith palmer's pol

police say they've foiled an active terror plot in london. one suspect — a woman in her twenties — was shot and is in a serious condition. in a major security operation, armed police surrounded the property and have arrested six people, including one in kent. the armed entry was necessary due the nature of the intelligence we were dealing with and involved armed officers firing cs gas into the address. it's understood that the man arrested in whitehall yesterday is mohammed khalid omar ali who's 27 and originally from north london. we'll have the very latest live on both those stories — also this lunchtime. britain's economy slowed sharply at the start of the year. official figures show gdp grew byjust 0.3%. a fund set up to improve access to cancer drugs in england has been condemned by researchers as a huge waste of money. sergeant alexander blackman, the foil —— former royal marine jailed for shooting dead a taliban member in afghanistan, has been released from prison. and vauxhall has been severely criticised by mps over the way it dealt with a number of fires with it

york to london and the next hour, plus covering stories out of beijing and progress. the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. eyes are on florida as chinese president is due to land any moment for his meeting with president donald trump. renieesident trump political -- scoring political points on trade and currency manipulation? europe, ecb president mario draghi comes out against tightening anytime soon, but not all of his beauties may be on board. -- deputies may be on board. we explore. in u.s. politics from the senate to take a critical vote on the nomination of neil gorsuch to be the next supreme court justice. the senators do not vote to in the filibuster, the so-called nuclear option could be on the table within minutes. let's have a look at where european equities are trading right now. just under 30 minutes to the close. we see a little bit of a 600 weaker the stoxx at the opening following u.s. session and some of the losses that we saw yesterday after the fed minutes and also house speaker paul ryan's commons on tax reforms. we're seeing

sells — like here in richmond outside london. there's an opportunity for the british people to choose and change the direction of our country, to reject the brexit vote, stay in the single market and, however you voted last june, to vote to have a strong opposition in this country that we desperately need for the good of democracy. onlyjust over a dozen mps tried to stop it happening. order! the opposition could have blocked theresa may's desire to hold the election three years early. the ayes to the right, 522. but not a chance. the noes to the left, 13. so it's now officially on. the realities of brexit tipped the timing of this election but theresa may was also tempted by the lure of the polls and her desire to get things done at home. the challenge now for the opposition parties is to make the arguments on their terms. he is no stranger to this. jeremy corbyn had two successful rounds of campaigning to win his party's leadership. but he is already on the road in marginal croydon, facing a much bigger task this time around. are we going to be a country that works only to make the r

custody in a south london police station. a downing street spokesman says the prime minister has been informed of the incident and is being kept up todate with developments. our security correspondent frank gardner is with me and one significant piece of information we have got as we watch those forensic officers at the scene is that this arrest was part of a planned operation. there is no sense there was an attack under way but more that police have their eye on this person. and it is safe to assume the security service were doing this. an intelligence led operation would involve them in a joint operation with police. there was a time when mis with police. there was a time when mi5 worked more or less in competition with the police and did not share stuff with them but that changed after the london bombings in 2005. they work closely and share discussions and priorities. it was an intelligence led operation where they were tracking this person. he has been arrested on suspicion of the commission, instigation and preparation of acts of terrorism and knives have been recovered from him

in an anti—terror operation in north—west london. gunshots. it happened after armed officers moved into a residential street in willesden. four people are arrested in the operation there. this is the scene this morning. the operation is thought to be continuing. officers say it's not connected to the arrest of a man near downing street. good morning, it's friday the 28th of april. also this morning, released from prison — former marine alexander blackman, who had his sentence reduced for shooting dead an injured taliban fighter, goes free after three years injail. vauxhall is accused of a reckless disregard for safety over the way it handled a series of car fires on its zafira b model. in sport, the manchester derby is marred by a moment of madness as united's marouane fellaini is sent off for headbutting sergio aguero, as the game ends in a goalless draw. the brownlee brothers have put triathlon on the map — the uk's first purpose built training base for the sport has been named after them. we'll be live there this morning. and sarah keith lucas has your bank holiday weekend w

mohammed khalid omar ali, who's 27 and originally from north london. britain's economy slowed sharply at the start of the year. official figures show gdp grew byjust 0.3%. also, love in the next hour— a study finds that the fund — which was one of david cameron's hour— flagship policies, wasted more than a billion pounds of public money. less tha n less than a fifth of its drugs helped patients. they're off! cycling's three—day tour de yorkshire get‘s underway this lunchtime. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ian paterson breast surgeon has been convicted of intentionally wounding patients by performing "completely unnecessary" operations. let's go over to nottingham. we do today's verdict will help the victims move on with their lives and start to recover from what has happened to them. it has been seen in court that ian paterson hasn't shown any remorse for the terrible things that his son. he's really damaged the trust that the public heard in the set health service and with health professionals. we hope never to see a case like this again. how would you describe ia

court today, charged in connection with an acid attack at a nightclub in east london on easter monday, which left two people blind in one eye. arthur collins, who's 2a and the boyfriend of the reality tv star, ferne mccann, is facing 1a counts of wounding with intent and one count of throwing corrosive fluid with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. andre phoenix, who's 21, faces seven counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. tougher punishments for the most serious cases of speeding have come into force in england and wales today. drivers can now be fined 1.5 times their weekly wage for the worst offences. that means driving over 50 miles an hour in a 30 zone or 100 miles an hour on a motorway. the government will go to the high court to try to delay publishing its strategy for tackling air pollution. today was the deadline for ministers to present their plans, but they claim voting rules mean they can't publish sensitive policies before the general election. campaigners say they're trying to dodge a difficult issue. 0ur environment analyst, roger harrabi

weeks in the hospital in january for pneumonia. mr. bush is 92 years old. >> this year london marathon got a royal boost. the duke and duchess of cambridge, william and kate, handed out water to runners before the race along with prince harry. they also stuck around to watch the marathon and hand out medals after. coming up, ivanka trump's brand is booming in china but her overseas success is raising ethics concerns. that's next. >> quijano: the president's daughter ivanka trump made headlines last week when it was revealed her business won trademark approvals in china the same day she met the chinese president at her father's mar-a- lago resort. adriana diaz has more on this from beijing. >> reporter: april 6 was a busy day for ivanka trump. she helped host a dinner for chinese president xi jinping at mar-a-lago and looked on as her daughter charmed him with a chinese folk song. ♪ ♪ but what happened that day in china is what is grabbing headlines. her lifestyle brand won provisional approval for three potentially lucrative trademarks. the timing raises ethics questions a

been described as a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish—iranian boy in south london. the young person was asked where they were from and when they said they were an asylum seeker, that is when that frenzied attack took place. more than 250 people have been killed and many more are missing after mudslides in colombia. at least 20 people have been murdered at a sufi shrine in pakistan's punjab province. johanna konta sets her sights on becoming world number one, after winning the biggest title of her career in the miami open. it is an incredible accomplishment, not just for myself, it is an incredible accomplishment, notjust for myself, but it is an incredible accomplishment, not just for myself, but for it is an incredible accomplishment, notjust for myself, but for my it is an incredible accomplishment, not just for myself, but for my team and the family back home. also in the next hour, an obstacle puts today's boat race in doubt. a decision is expected later this morning after a suspected world war ii bomb was discovered on the banks of the thames. and coming up at 10:30am, i

become an mp. the head of young labour in london has said, ken livingstone doesn't represent her views. she is a jewish lady. she was deeply hurt by it. if she is the future of the labour party, people her age and her generation say his views are not reflective of how they feel and you have the support people like that. they are the future of the party and they are putting their foot down and saying it is not ok. one of the interesting elements about this, is jeremy corbyn should make his position clear on this. another example of the labour party emerging not too well from a highly controversial issue. jeremy corbyn in the headlines again himself when challenged by a reporter who said if you are that concerned about what the conservative government is doing, why don't you consider resigning yourself and give the labour party a chance? it didn't go down well. every day, the labour party is not getting good news for its image. there was confusion this evening whether this was a true suspension, a qualified suspension. it took a statement from him to sort it out. people are convinced thi

year's london marathon. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with us are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and france 24's uk correspondent benedicte paviot. welcome to you both. the front pages, starting with the financial times: it leads with the french elections — and former banker, emmanuel macron going head—to—head against the far—right leader the guardian says macron is now favourite to win as they say the result redraws the french political divide. the times says voters in france have humiliated the country's two established political parties. while the daily mail describe it as a "new french revolution". the i features the former labour leader, tony blair, telling voters to put aside party loyalty for the sake of the best brexit deal. the daily telegraph questions labour's credibility on defence after they say jeremy corbyn ruled out ever using britain's nuclear deterrent. the daily express claims a foreign aid row broken out over claims taxpayers‘ cash was being given to a government which

relocationmay stir activities from london to the continent. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. the yen retreated after secretary mnuchin told the ft that the dollar strength is a good thing. asian markets mixed up this morning. markets in europe reopening after the easter holiday. mark cudmore joins us from our team in singapore. you have been riding that bar a tragic misstep on the korean peninsula, global markets may be hitting highs again. why are you optimistic? we havee context that had a lot of bad news in march and risks. geopolitical risks. to navigateged through most of them and come out on the other side very positively. importantly, when you take into context the possibility of trade wars. especially the threat that trump had to name currency manipulators. the possibility for that meeting between the chinese president and trump to go badly. no one has been named a currency manipulator. there is no trade war. everything is looking very positive. global trade is looking very strong still. trump has

counter terrorism operation in north london had been suspected of attempting to travel to syria to join so—called islamic state. also this hour — the heavyweights head to wembley in british boxing's richest ever bout. around 90,000 people will pack into the stadium asjoshua and klitschko go head to head — join sports day in half an hour with all of today's action. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the 27 remaining european union countries have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating britain's withdrawal. the president of the european council donald tusk said the summit in brussels had approved a firm and fair mandate for setting the terms of brexit. damian grammaticus reports. it's taken just one month since theresa may's letter triggering brexit was received here, and the eu leaders now have their brexit position ready to go. translation: there is definitely a price, a cost for the uk. that's the choice it's made. it shouldn't be a punishment, but europe will defend its interests, and the uk will be in a worse position outside the eu than it is now. what eu leader

london. this was a cowardly and despicable attack. this is a young man who's come to this country to seek sanctuary and it appears that he's been set upon. the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner darcus howe has died at the age of 7a. also in the next hour — victory for oxford in the 163rd men's boat race. they will reclaim the thames, the champions once more. the dark blues take the title back from cambridge after leading for most of the race. earlier in the women's boat race... it is victory for cambridge, and what a victory. cambridge triumphed in a record time — after oxford got off to a dreadful start. celtic have won the scottish premier league with eight games to spare after beating hearts 5—0 at tynecastle. good evening. rescue teams in colombia are continuing to search through tonnes of mud and debris for anyone who survived devastating mudslides in the amazon basin. at least 200 people have been killed, but with hundreds of others injured or missing the colombian president says its impossible to know what the eventual death toll will be. the torrent of

seeker in south london. five others are still being questioned. tributes to the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner, darcus howe, who's died at the age of 7a. and we'll look at the morning's newspapers in half an hour, including the ft which features a stark warning from president trump that if china doesn't solve north korea, then america will. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has told the people of gibraltar that the uk would "never" allow it to slip from british control against their will. in a telephone call aimed at reassuring the territory about its future after brexit, theresa may said britain was steadfast in its commitment. the eu's negotiation guidelines have suggested that spain, which claims sovereignty over gibraltar, could have a say in whether a future trade deal with the uk will apply to it. here's our political correspondent iain watson. gibraltar has been british for almost 300 years, nearly as long as the uk has existed. and nearly all of its residents want it to remain that way. they are concerned that after brexit, spain could

i'm kasia madera in london. the french voted in the first round of the presidential election. a manual wraparound goes through to the run—off in two weeks. —— emmanuel macron. he said a pledge had alleged in french politicss. —— he said a page. translation: the president of the patriots in the face of the threat represented by nationalists. he will face marine le pen of the national front, who described the result as historic. hello everyone. they give are joining historic. hello everyone. they give arejoining us. i'm rico hizon and sir paul. it has been confirmed that a third us citizen has been arrested at pyongyang airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you are old enough, you are good enough. we report from the world masters games in auckland, where age is no barrier to taking part. —— world masters games. hello and welcome. it is 7am in singapore, midnight here in london, and 1am in paris, where projections from the french presidential election suggest that the centrist, emmanuel macron, has won the first round. several polls put him

have been informed by supervisor president london breed that she would like this matter continued and representing her office is mr. michael sir any words. >> no good afternoon, supervisors we would like to ask this item to be continued to may 1st if possible. >> a continuance to the first day of may 2017 a couple of three weeks from today anyone from the public wish to comment to item number one, that is to be continued momentarily please come up if you have any comments and give each speaker two minutes madam clerk. >> first. >> next speaker, please. >> supervisors my name is dennis i'm a newly lifetime resident of d 5 and a native san franciscan and find the current i support the continuance because i find it unacceptable we need more affordable housing and this measure primarily supports more market-rate housing at a tiny - for low income working people thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> next speaker, please. >> hi jennifer with the san francisco tenants union 0 we learned look the area medium income in the western edition is 54 percent so this proposal that supervisor president

commercial transit district court. >> 0 integrity okay sponsored by supervisor president london breed so supervisor president london breed i'll i'm going to turn it over to you. >> thank you supervisor farrell good afternoon, supervisors and members of the public i'm glad to present this legislation to you today it will provide more homes for people along the dpris and fillmore fillmore street neighborhood commercial transit district. >> or nct that is a good thing for the neighborhood and for the city let me first make it clear before we get into the details of the legislation i want you to understand this legislation does one fundamentally critical thing it sets affordable housing requirement for pipeline projects in the fillmore and divisadero nct as at a higher standard that is required their taking advantage of the nct d controlled divisions that requires pipeline projects to provide 23 percent on site affordability or thirty percent offsite for unit that will include 6 percent for those at the 55 percent of ami, and that's basically a family of four making $59,000 a year up to 8

commercial transit district court. >> 0 integrity okay sponsored by supervisor president london breed so supervisor president london breed i'll i'm going to turn it over to you. >> thank you supervisor farrell good afternoon, supervisors and members of the public i'm glad to present this legislation to you today it will provide more homes for people along the dpris and fillmore fillmore street neighborhood commercial transit district. >> or nct that is a good thing for the neighborhood and for the city let me first make it clear before we get into the details of the legislation i want you to understand this legislation does one fundamentally critical thing it sets affordable housing requirement for pipeline projects in the fillmore and divisadero nct as at a higher standard that is required their taking advantage of the nct d controlled divisions that requires pipeline projects to provide 23 percent on site affordability or thirty percent offsite for unit that will include 6 percent for those at the 55 percent of ami, and that's basically a family of four making $59,000 a year up to 8

announcing investments in an attempt to shore up the economy. so farar, london has completelyt nor brussels demand for 60 billion euros. e.u. is demanding the sum for unpaid build and liability for joint debt. with a gamble pay off? -- will the campbell payoff? melinda: let me take that question and pass it on to you, petra pinzler. will this payoff? petra: the question is payoff for who he echoes some businesses will be better off because this is the nature of business. from the majority of people, it will be worse on both sides. every divorce,r you are bound by the children you have. a lot of different programs and things that we are doing together. into a couple of these programs heavily. there is a huge amount of debt toward the e.u. of the 60 billion we just heard about, are programs that we are doing together. the bill will have to be paid and then we will have to find out what we can do together and what we want to do together and i am pretty sure that a lot of people will suffer from this divorce. eurosa: the 60 billion that they want to collect -- theresa may did say that london is

active terror plot after a woman was shot during a raid on a house in north—west london. the armed entry was necessary due the nature of the intelligence we were dealing with and involved armed officers firing cs gas into the address. it's understood that a terror suspect arrested in whitehall yesterday is mohammed khalid omar ali, who's 27 and originally from north london. britain's economic growth slowed sharply at the start of the year. official figures show gdp grew byjust 0.3%. in the next hour: the cancer drugs fund condemned as a huge waste of money. a study finds that it wasted more than a billion pounds of public money. less than a fifth of its drugs helped patients. cycling's three—day tour de yorkshire is underway, the peloton heading from bridlington to scarborough. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a breast surgeon has been convicted of intentionally wounding patients by performing "completely unnecessary" operations. ian paterson, who's 59, was found guilty of 20 charges in total, relating to nine women and one man. police say his victims felt that the surgeon

particulates. the mayor of london is expected to announce tomorrow morning a toxin tax on the cars, other cities may follow. in the studio, a former top gear presenter says it's all nonsense. friends of the earth says it's about time. good evening. he was barack obama's head of the cia and he departed office the day donald trump became president. john brennan will deliver the dimbleby lecture on bbc one tomorrow night, but tonight he talks to newsnight about the threat from north korea, and whether donald trump's promise of us unilateral action is wise if china will not help. he is scathing about the president's proposed ban on travellers from certain muslim countries, and he told us the trump white house notion of a deep state — including the intelligence agencies working against him — is delusional. i began by asking him if president trump was right to say that if china won't solve the issue of north korea, america will do. north korea does pose a very serious challenge for the asian region and for the world because of its continued march on a nuclear weapons programme. china

will talk about that in a moment. the former mayor of london was yesterday given a further one—year suspension for claiming hitler supported let us talk about the service of hope that will be attended by the duke of duchess of cambridge. it is called a service of hope and reconciliation, held for the victims of the westminster attack. around 2000 people are expected to attend the event at westminster abbey. families of the victims, faith leaders, and members of the emergency services will be guests. let us go live to westminster abbey. thank you very much, it is a multi—faith service and will be part of the focus of this as london and the country tries to come to terms with what happened just a few hundred jobs away one fortnight ago today. westmeath —— with me is the dean of westminster, the very reverend john hall, you will be addressing the congregation, so soon after the event. what are you hoping to achieve? so many people here would have been victims or would have been connected to the families. and people who were injured. we need to reflect on the particular event itse

london. donald trump has said the us will solve the north korean nuclear threat under his leadership. in an interview with the financial times, the president is quoted as saying, "if china is not going to solve north korea, we will." mr trump confirmed he was referring to direct, unilateral action. the comments come ahead of a visit to the us by the chinese president this week. there's a warning that a third of adults in the uk, or 20 million people, are physically inactive and at risk from coronary heart disease. the british heart foundation says it's costing the health service over £1 billion a year, as breakfast‘s graham satchell reports. harriet had no warnings, no symptoms. she was climbing the stairs at home when she had a heart attack at the age ofjust 1m. it was like having the rug pulled from under your feet. i have a very young family, i had a very demanding job which i loved and really enjoyed, so then to suddenly be struck by such a traumatic incident was very difficult. i didn't make time for activity or exercise so looking i think, looking back on it now,

acid attack at a london nightclub as arthur collins — the boyfriend of a reality tv star. and sam warburton of wales is named as captain of the british and irish lions for their tour of new zealand this summer. good afternoon, i'm simon mccoy, live in westminster, where parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a general election, seven weeks‘ tomorrow onjune 8th. eyes to the right 522, nos to the left 13, so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. only 13 mps voted against, well above the required two—thirds majority. theresa may says victory injune would give britain stability during and after brexit. but the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said a snap election would give the british people "the chance to change direction". as the debate began, the former chancellor george osborne said he was quitting politics "for now" to concentrate on his new role as editor of the london evening standard. our political correspondent ian watson reports. the question is that there shall be an early parliamentary general election. the ayes to the right 522, the nos to the left 13. this is the

away to an unmarked car and taken to a high security police station in south london. and this is what he left behind — his rucksack and his knives. one of them, it was kind of a long one really, it looked like... i don't know what kind of knife it was, but it was like a proper strong knife. he didn't say anything. i wouldn't say panic but the firearms officers were running and they were all tense. the prime minister was away from london on an election visit to derbyshire. i'm aware an individual has been arrested in whitehall today and that that individual has been arrested on the basis of a terrorism charge. obviously i can't say much more about it, because it is an ongoing police investigation, but i think it shows that our police and our intelligence and security services are on the alert, as they always are, looking to keep us safe and secure. for the second time in just over a month, westminster was once again on a terror alert. security are concerned with the police and everything like that. but overall, i think people still feel safe and tourism, people will continue to do wh

commercial transit district court. >> 0 integrity okay sponsored by supervisor president london breed so supervisor president london breed i'll i'm going to turn it over to you. >> thank you supervisor farrell good afternoon, supervisors and members of the public i'm glad to present this legislation to you today it will provide more homes for people along the dpris and fillmore fillmore street neighborhood commercial transit district. >> or nct that is a good thing for the neighborhood and for the city let me first make it clear before we get into the details of the legislation i want you to understand this legislation does one fundamentally critical thing it sets affordable housing requirement for pipeline projects in the fillmore and divisadero nct as at a higher standard that is required their taking advantage of the nct d controlled divisions that requires pipeline projects to provide 23 percent on site affordability or thirty percent offsite for unit that will include 6 percent for those at the 55 percent of ami, and that's basically a family of four making $59,000 a year up to 8

this is the european close on bloomberg markets. ♪ nejra: we will take you from new york to london in the next hour and covering stories out of bogotÁ. amman, and there are the top stories from around the world. european stocks bounce around while chinese shares surged higher, will the trend continue? who is speak to a man overweight in europe and sees value in the continent. senior executives in banking are heading for the doors of deutsche bank after bonuses are cut. other bankers are trying to head to the exits in london before brexit becomes official. we will look at what this means for the financial businesses. columbia making an effort to diversify its economy away from commodities, the south american nation having success? we will speak to the incoming codirector of their central bank. let's look at where european equities are trading right now. and a 30 minutes until the close with a lift in european shares, ,he stoxx 600 up to 3/10 of 1% outperforming our commodity producers and oil, and gas shares. stoxx 600 energy shares heading for the highest close since january. trac

terms with being the fastest british runner at the london marathon. griffiths qualified for august's world championships in london as he finished the marathon 13th overall in two hours 1a minutes 49 seconds. the 23—year—old, who aims to continue coaching himself, says he only had his national record on his mind on sunday. i was iwas aiming i was aiming for two hours 16 which was the welsh commonwealth games time but i thought that might be a long shot. i knew i'd been training really well. i was going to give it my best shot and exceeded my wildest expectations. what mile was it you realised, this is going to be a good time and a good place? even in the last mile i was looking at my watch, trying to chase that two hours 16, it's been my aim for so long. when i crossed the line i realised i was probably the first british athlete over the line and what that would mean. it was crazy, i couldn't believe it. there's a shot of me with my head in my hands. to be back in london, in front of those crowds again, they really carried me through to the end and i couldn't have done it

i'm kasia madera in london. the french have voted in the first round of the presidential election. the centrist emmanuel macron wins through to the run—off in two weeks. he said a page had clearly turned in french politics. translation: i want to become the president of all the people of friends. the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists. he'll face marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front — who described the result as historic. translation: the time has come to get rid of all the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. i am the candidate for the people. i'm rico hizon in singapore. our other main stories: it's confirmed a third us citizen has been arrested at an airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you're old enough, you're good enough. we report from the world masters games in auckland where age is no barrier. live from london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 1am in london, 8am in singapore, and two in the morning in paris,

being questioned about an attack on an asylum seeker standing at a bus stop in south london. the 17—year—old boy, who's kurdish iranian, was left with a fractured skull after being subjected to what police say was a savage attack. andy moore reports. the young man, believed to be kurdish iranian, was waiting at a bus stop late on friday night with two friends when he was approached by a group of about eight people. he was attacked after telling them where he came from. we believe it is a hate crime. prior to the attack taking place the young person was asked where they were from and when they said that they were an asylum seeker that is when that frenzied attack took place. police say the gang chased the young man around the corner into the street where they kicked him in the head and left him on the floor unconscious. after that a number of members of the public came to help him. the attack only stopped when the sound of sirens was heard. the gang made off in the direction of this nearby pub. the young man was left with a fractured skull and a blood clot on his brain. he is sai

the presidential election. and this is the start line for the 37th london marathon. a lot of activity trying to get everything ready for the race, which starts at ten o'clock. there are 40,000 people expected to take part this year. also in the sport, chelsea are unstoppable, they're already top of the premier league, and now they're into the fa cup final. a rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines — including the flying scotsman — line up to celebrate the past, present and future of rail transport. and ben has the weather. good morning. quite a decent datacom for many of us today. there will be spills of sunshine, but there is a big change for the start of the week. something much colder on the way. all the details coming up. good morning, first our main story. labour is attempting to win over voters ahead ofjune‘s general election, with the promise of four extra uk—wide bank holidays. they would fall on the patron saint‘s day of each of the home nations. the conservatives have responded by saying the british economy would be on a permanent holiday u

the uk are expected to travel to london to line the route from westminster to southwark cathedral. police officers will be holding a minute's silence to honour him. flags at headquarters will be lowered to half—mast. bbc news. our reporter, keith doyle, is at westminster for us this morning. good morning. what exactly will be happening today? good morning from westminster, where we expect 5000 plus officers from every police force in britain to be here along the route, taking part in pc keith palmer's funeral, which will be held at southwark cathedral, which is two miles away from westminster on the south bank of the thames. all night, there has been that honour guard by pc keith palmer's often, which is in the royal chapel at the houses of parliament behind me. two officers, all throughout the night, changing every hour. around one o'clock, shortly after, the coffin will be taken from that chapel, and it will go right past the spot where that officer was killed, just over two weeks ago. they will then carry on ina weeks ago. they will then carry on in a route for people who kno

central london. the centre of london, near westminster tube station. you can see that on the bottom left of your screen. whitehall is the street running down into parliament square, for the houses of parliament are. you can see at the bottom left, a police van. this following, it seems, as a small contained incident in which british police, according to reuters, have arrested a man who according to witnesses may have been armed with two knives. some witnesses saying he had been pinned to the ground next to a bag. let me bring in our home affairs correspondent danny shaw who has jointly no. we don't know very much about this. we should stress, this sounds like a small incident? the good news is it sounds as though this incident has been contained and nobody has been injured. a person has been arrested. the pictures you can see on the screen and on social media appear to show, certainly in one image i have seen, someone lying one image i have seen, someone lying on the ground surrounded by armed police. then later images appear to show two knives on the ground. one witness told me he saw t

find premises. i am a london. can't move. maybe they can't find premises. iam a london. it can't move. maybe they can't find premises. i am a london. it is not easy to find a place. people cannot just move because they cannot pay the rent. i think people probably wouldn't know that they were paying rent to the nhs. it was news to me. it has been a story that has been bubbling under the medical press and is beginning to get national prominence. exactly. and it is also theissue prominence. exactly. and it is also the issue with the nhs. a lot of us don't know how much it has become privatised. and how much it is being privatised. and how much it is being privatised. that is not to do with privatisation, if the nhs owns the building. it is a landlord- tenant tussle. the internal market. it is privatisation by other means. other people might argue that is not the case. well, it is. let's not get bogged down. ok. the times, £20 toxic tax for diesel drivers. not long ago we were advised that diesel was a clean option. and now we worry about what to do with the diesel cars. it will be

rabbi ephraim mirvis. the former mayor of london was yesterday given a further one—year suspension for claiming hitler supported zionism in the 1930s. the us military has confirmed that north korea fired a medium—range ballistic missile into the sea off japan overnight. the launch comes on the eve of a visit by china's president xi jinping to the united states to meet president trump. the two will discuss how to curb north korea's nuclear weapons programme. drivers of diesel cars who are facing new charges and restrictions in cities across the uk could receive compensation. the government is expected to reveal a new plan to improve air quality later this month and this morning there are hints that motorists could receive support in switching to cleaner vehicles. alexandra mackenzie has more. when buying a new card to you go diesel or petrol? it can be confusing and is possibly a bit of a gamble. a lower vehicle tax introduced by the then chancellor gordon brown has encouraged motorists to opt for diesel. it is regarded as more economical and, in terms of carbon dioxide emissions,

. thank you. here in london, are mainly tourist two was locked —— knocked into the river thames last month has died. 31—year—old andreea cristea had been visiting london with her boyfriend. her death brings the number of people killed by the attacker khalid masood to five. there had been a hope that andreea cristea would make it. she was young, she'd been on holiday, about to receive a marriage proposal. it wasn't to be. doctors at st bartholomew's said she'd been in a critical condition since the attack. yesterday, they decided to withdraw life support. we are saddened by the death of miss andreea cristea at st bartholomew's hospital. she had been receiving care here since the westminster terror attacks, having been initially treated at the royal london hospital. and our thoughts are with her friends and family at this difficult time. i'd like to pay tribute to all the staff who showed great care and compassion in looking after her. her family praised the kindness and empathy shown by medical staff and the police. after fighting for her life for over two weeks, they said, our be

mission family. their daughter london was born premature at 25 weeks. we are very, very happy to have you here today. and you and i -- we're both fans of the march of dimes, so tell us a little bit about that. >> sure. the march of dimes is a leading organization that is trying to fight the battle against prematurity. as you mentioned, 1 in 10 babies is born premature. my daughter london was born premature, as well. >> a mircopreemie, right? >> right, she was a mircopreemie. she was born under two pounds. i had a really easy pregnancy, and then all of a sudden at 23 weeks, which is roughly halfway through your pregnancy, my water broke. we were stunned. cheryl, we didn't realize that babies could come that early, much less survive. >> and she's so tiny there. >> and so -- you said something about "much less survive" -- the doctors didn't really offer you much hope in the beginning. >> they didn't. in the beginning, they recommended that we induce labor and provide comfort care and let london die in our arms. the statistics just were not in our favor, and we called all our family in fr

at a nightclub in east london arrest a 25—year—old man they'd been seeking in connection with the incident. this is the starting line of the 37th london marathon. work is going on furiously here to get things ready because they are expecting 40,000 runners to take part today. in sport, chelsea are unstoppable. matic makes his mark as the premier league leaders beat tottenham, to reach the fa cup final. have a look at this! a rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines, including the flying scotsman. line up to show the past, present, and future of rail transport. you can see the smoke. and ben has the weather. good morning. quite a decent day to come for many of us today. spells of sunshine. brace yourself. a big change for the start of the new week. something much colder on the way. all of the details are coming up. thank you, ben. good morning. first, our main story. labour would introduce four extra uk—wide bank holidays if they win the general election. and it's being reported that the conservatives will pledge to cut energy bills for the seven out of ten househo

. police investigating an active terrorist plot carried out an armed raid in london last night. 0ne terrorist plot carried out an armed raid in london last night. one woman was shot and seriously injured. six others have been arrested. the metropolitan police say they are trying to contain a growing number of threats. 0ur trying to contain a growing number of threats. our home affairs correspondent reports. just before 7pm last night... gunshot. ..masked armed police officers at a north london flat... gunshots. ..firing cs gas canisters into the front window. i ran to my partner in the kitchen and was like, "quick, quick, there's armed officers outside, armed officers. at that point you heard another bang, and another bang. video obtained by the sun shows some of those arrested in the flat being led away, and then a woman who was shot by police during the counter—terrorism raid being treated on the pavement. there was a woman brought out of the house. she was on the ground, face down, officers on top of her, ambulance officers around. she was screaming incredibly loud. it was quit

update on the markets for you, this is how the ftse 100 in london, down markets for you, this is how the ftse100 in london, down half a point today, the dax up slightly, and in trading in the united states, and in trading in the united states, a mixed bag, too. more how on oui’ main story and mps have voted overwhelmingly to back the prime minister's call for a general election onjune 8th. they backed the motion by 522 votes to 13 — easily surpassing the two thirds majority of all mps needed to trigger the poll. in the last hour the prime minister theresa may has been speaking at a campaign event in bolton, setting out the conservatives stall for the election campaign. it is about sticking to our plan for a stronger britain that will enable us a stronger britain that will enable us to secure that more stable and secure future for this country and ta ke secure future for this country and take the right long—term decisions for the future. it's about strong and stable leadership in the national interest. and you only get that strong and stable leadership by voting for the conserva

. margaret's doctors at this london hospital have led the way in trying this new procedure. it has a much higher success rate than clock busting drugs. patients can be com pletely wea k busting drugs. patients can be completely weak down one side and not have any speech and as soon as you take out the clot they can start talking to you sometimes and moving immediately, other times it takes several hours or by the end of the evening or the next day they can have recovered a lot of function. yes, it can have a massive impact. with from beck to meet doctors use this incredibly delicate piece of wire to fish the clot out of the patient‘s brain, although sometimes use another piece of wire, like this one, to suck it out. 8000 patients across england will benefit from this treatment every year once the programme is rolled out. not all patients will have the treatment, as some strokes are caused by a bleed rather than a clot, and it will take time to train the doctors and nurses needed to expand services. but nhs inman says it's making the investment because patients recover their health

inspired by the london 2012 paralympics to take up wheelchair racing. four short years later, she brought home three medals from rio. she nowjuggles the life of a full—time athlete as well as taking her gcses. nick clitheroe has been to meet her. pushing hard in every training session to be the best. but fast times on the track aren't the only target for 16—year—old kare this year. maths and french revision are just as important with her gcses around the corner. it makes for a busy schedule. i go to school for about 8am, then lessons to apm. then an hour at home and onto the track. 0n the track for two hours. after the track session, i have homework as well. it's busy, but i know it will all be worth it injuly. kare was born with cerebral palsy diplegia. it affects her legs and mobility. she only took up wheelchair racing after watching london 2012. four years later, she came home from rio with a silver and two bronze medals, to the delight of fellow pupils at her school in coventry. i was so proud and ijust, i almost cried, well — i did cry. my family gathered in front of

questioned about an attack on an asylum seeker standing at a bus stop in south london. the 17—year—old kurdish—iranian boy has a fractured skull after being subjected to what police say was a savage attack. simonjones is at the scene for us now. the police are continuing to question four men and two women. this is what officers say what happened. the 17—year—old was standing at this bus stop late on friday evening when he was approached by a group of around eight people. they asked where he was from and he told them he was an asylu m was from and he told them he was an asylum seeker. at that point they started chasing him up the street just round the corner and that is where he sustained the attack. he suffered several blows to the head and remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital. then the attackers ran off in the direction of that pub over there. throughout the morning we have seen police cars driving around in an attempt to reassure the local community. local people here have told me they are very shocked about hearing the news of what happened. they describ