. there is a report, we only have it through the reuters news agency quoted a police source that the person who fired at the police in paris has now been killed. that is only coming through to reuters and we do like to confirm these things ourselves but that is the report that we are hearing. more about that as we get the details. more now on the labour leader jeremy corbyn first major speech of the election campaign. mr corbyn rejected the idea that labour could not win the general election onjune 8th. match of the media and the establishment are saying, this election is a foregone conclusion. they think there are rules in politics which, if you don't follow by and doffing your cap to powerful people, accepting that things cannot really change, you can't win. but of course they do not want us to win because when we win it is the people, not a powerful, who win! jeremy corbyn speaking earlier today. i'm joined by stephen bush, special correspondent at the new statesman. what did you make of his speech?m was definitely his best performance since he became labour leader. it felt they h

condolences to the families of those who have reported to have died. and an update, from the reuters news agency, ten people have been killed in the explosions, that hit the st petersburg station, on monday. two blasts. that is according to the emergency services. and one source has said, one of the blasts involved a device. that comes from a source speaking to reuters. more detail emerging throughout the afternoon. this coming weekend, some extraordinary acts by young people are being celebrated at the rotary young citizen awards in manchester. there are seven winners from across great britain and the republic of ireland, one of whom is abbey booker, a 111 year old from doncaster. abbey is in care but works tirelessly and selflessly to ensure other children have the best experience that they can. she spends her time volunteering, helping out with a number of schemes, and tries to change the way adults deal with other young people in care. this is her story. hiya. signed in yet? abbey. 15. i am from doncaster. i have been here for four years. i remember it was a struggle. because i had so

—lago and pass on further thoughts on that. detailed discussions now confirmed by reuters on military options to respond to the poison gas attack. it is now confirmed thatjim mattis will meet president trump at mar—a—lago in florida. talks about potential responses underway, including between mr mattis and white house security officials. that's according to white house official. significant development in washington with regard to events in syria and a possible vote at the united nations in the coming hours about investigating what really happened in idlib province. we will talk more about it in the next hour. just going to bring new bit of golfing news. the world golf number one dustinjohnson news. the world golf number one dustin johnson has news. the world golf number one dustinjohnson has pulled out of the us and masters golf tournament after sustaining a back injury in a freak fall. he was favourite to win the title after victories in his last three tournaments slipped on stairs in his rental home. he hit balls on the driving range and arrived on the first tee before walking

agency reuters, and that is they may be looking at deploying more ships, perhaps more military aircraft to the region as a show of strength. that's not going to be a strategy that the chinese will like, but it may just forced the that the chinese will like, but it mayjust forced the hand of the chinese. other strategies we understand they are discussing is implementing the new economic sanctions and speeding those up —— force. they could include targeting the likes of banks, north korean banks and perhaps even chinese banks. remember when it comes to the sanctions the reason china is the key is 85% of north korean trade is with china, so if china tightens the screw it will have an affect. but yes, it is an act of defiance that north korea has committed in the last few hours, and i would imagine as donald trump heads into his 100th day it will become a bigger global worry to him. in the recent days and weeks we've seen tensions between north korea and the us increase. the us perhaps expecting some kind of provocation in response to its military exercises? again, we understand from th

necessary. let me bring you some more breaking news. the reuters newsagency reports that a us official says the trump administration could possibly speed up administration could possibly speed up new economic sanctions on north korea in response to this latest test. the us also says that would have additional naval drills and aircraft or ship deployment as a show of force. us officials also saying that sanctions could target specific north korean and possibly chinese entities. they also say they had expected some kind of north korean provocation ahead of the elections in south korea that are happening on the ninth of may. we will keep across any developments on that story and bring them to you as we get them. on saturday us president donald trump marks 100 days in office. he will spend the actual anniversary at a big rally in pennsylvania. coincidentally the rally is being held at the same time as the white house correspondents' dinner, which is traditionally attended by the incumbent president. today mr trump met possibly some of his staunchest supporters, at a meeting of the

thought at this stage. and just to say, on the reuters news agency, according to reuters news agency, according to reuters so far, a north korean submarine launched ballistic sale has been seen, apparently, at this parade for the very first time. so there we see news of a new piece of military hardware being shown off in the capital, pyongyang. and of course, we will be watching this event and potentially any other events which many people are speculating may happen. but of course, we don't know anything so far other than the country is celebrating a massive holiday with this show of strength, this show of military might, celebrating the birth, 105th anniversary of the birth, 105th anniversary of the birth of its founder, kim il—sung, the grandfather of the current leader, kim jong—un. so the grandfather of the current leader, kimjong—un. so there the grandfather of the current leader, kim jong—un. so there you have it. you can see those highly co—ordinated lines of soldiers marching through the capital, and we will of course watch this with great interest in the coming min

hits the ceiling there. another story here, sources have told reuters that eu regulators have told reuters that eu regulators have cleared the fox takeover of sky. rupert murdoch already owns 39% of the company and last attempted to ta ke full of the company and last attempted to take full control when it was embroiled in the phone hacking scandal. the deal has been referred to ofcom. the co—op says it has received a number of takeover approaches from potential bidders. the bank, in which the co—operative group still has a small stake, was rescued from the brink of collapse by a group of hedge funds in 2013. last month, it reported its fifth annual loss in a row. on thursday, the co—op group declared the bank worthless, cutting the value of its stake in the lender to zero. the new owners of turkey producer bernard matthews are to cut 114 production and managerial jobs. boparan private office had said it would secure the jobs of 2,000 workers in norfolk and suffolk when it acquired the company in 2016. the unite union says that employees there feel betrayed. the company said i

see that builds of steam. i wasjust reading on reuters have to see that builds of steam. i was just reading on reuters that the pro—kurdish opposition party, they are saying it is a clear sign that turkish society is not in agreement. what recourse do opposition groups have over this result? well, they can challenge it to the supreme well, they can challenge it to the supreme board of elections, they can demand recounts, they can try to challenge the legitimacy and international courts, by giving the fa ct international courts, by giving the fact that the state machinery in this country is so heavily controlled by the president and the governing party, the vast majority of the media, a or 90%, are pro—government, they will rub their hands with glee and declaring victory, so they are facing an uphill struggle. you are right, this vote has shown how polarised the country is, split down the middle over a president that one side of the country reviewers with the devotion i have never seen amongst other democratically elected leaders, and reviled by the other side of the country, who

correspondent for the reuters news agency. he's also the president of the white house correspondents association. welcome. thank you for your time. you know there was an easement over steve bannon‘s original appointment. —— amazement. there were fears the council was being politicised. what do you make of this? it is very interesting that he has been taken off the national security council. you are absolutely right to say it was very controversial when his name was very controversial when his name was added at the very beginning of donald trump's administration to that body. it is important to describe to the view was that the national security council is the top national security and by the in the united states which advises the president on wars and conflicts and disasters and disease. and to have the chief political strategist in those meetings and to have weight on those meetings and to have weight on those councils, i mean, the fact he has now been taken off is a sign that probably the new national security advisers has gained quite a bit of ground and has victory on that

been killed and 20 injured in an explosion near a church in egypt. this is coming in via reuters. just to repeat that, we have really got one line on it, at least four people have been killed and 20 injured in an explosion in egypt. these are coming from security sources via reuters and we will bring you more detail as we get it. the us —— the us military has ordered a navy strike group to move towards the korean peninsula, amid growing concerns about north korea's missile and nuclear weapons programme. us pacific command described the deployment as a "prudent measure to maintain readiness in the region". president trump has said the united states is prepared to act alone if necessary to deal with the nuclear threat from north korea. thousands of people are expected to gather at services in stockholm later, to remember those killed in friday's terror attack. four people died when a lorry was driven into them on a busy shopping street. police are still investigating whether a device later found on board was a bomb. from stockholm, maddy savage reports. thousands of people spen

administration could be discussing the night, now we are hearing this from reuters, who have been speaking to us officials on condition of anonymity, but we have been hearing that they could speed up been hearing that they could speed up the process of current sanctions which are already under way. so these economic sanctions, and in that they could start targeting north korean banks, or chinese banks. other options, they could, and certainly next week the house of representatives is voting on whether to push forward with further sanctions, or declare north korea as a sponsor, a sanctions, or declare north korea as a sponsor, a state sponsor of terrorism. further options indeed could also include sending warships to the region, more warships to the region, or more aircraft to the region. that is likely to anger the chinese, but it also may put leverage on president xi, may put a little bit of pressure on president xi, as he may be the key. remember, north korea's trade with china is 85%, so if president xi turned the screw and put the pressure on, that certainly would be significa

attended an easter service with troops stationed there. according to reuters he said that the countries revolve a nd reuters he said that the countries revolve and commitment in its alliance with south korea had never been stronger. he will also meet political leaders on his visit to south korea. we will bring you pictures of mike pence in south korea when we get them. still with the easter theme. theresa may has used her first easter message as prime minister to say the uk is coming together after the brexit vote. the pm said opportunities would emerge from britain's decision to leave the european union thanks to the country's shared ambitions and values. she also stressed her belief in the importance of religious tolerance and freedom of speech. let us come together as a nation, confident in our values and united in our commitment to the obligations that we have towards one another. let us work together to build that brighter future that we want for our country. and let us together build a stronger, fairer britain that truly does work for everyone. the labour leaderjeremy co

downing street, apparently, that's according to a reuters news reporter at the scene but exactly what is going on, we do not immediately known. but that reuters reporter is inside parliamentjust known. but that reuters reporter is inside parliament just further up from this shot, saying they could see from this shot, saying they could see armed police and police in forensic suits, so we are expecting police to make a statement later to explain a little bit more about what has been going on butjust to show you there is some police activity there in whitehall this afternoon. you're watching bbc news. pet owners are being urged to think twice before buying certain breeds because of concerns before buying certain breeds because of concerns over before buying certain breeds because of concerns over selective breeding. the british veterinary association wa nts a the british veterinary association wants a responsible breeding to create so—called designer pets should be banned. a reporter has been to see some of the animals concerned to find out more. the breed is popular because of th

to us from the reuters news agency. reports are emerging from germany that a shot has been fired in a hospital in the kreuzberg area of berlin. police there saying they have shot and injured a man, in the lead, ata hospital in berlin. a spokesman confirmed the shooting but the circumstances and exact location of the incident are not clear. the accident and emergency department of the hospital in that district has been cordoned off. more details as we get it. a high courtjudge has told the government it must publish its draft anti—pollution strategy the day after the local election. ministers claimed they couldn't abide by a previous court ruling to publish the consultation document before the 30th ofjune because it would break so—called purdah rules in the run—up to the general election. but environmental campaigners argued clean air was a public health issue and such rules should not apply. the london mayor said he is pleased the government will now have to face its responsibilities. more breaking news. a royal marine who had his sentence reduced for killing a wounded taliban

official response as yet from the syrian government. one source, unnamed by the reuters news agency, in the syrian has been denied before, the use of chemical weapons in the past or in the present or the future. we will see what the syrian government says officially but that is the word coming via the source to the reuters news agency so far. 1a people are now known to have died in the explosion on a st petersburg underground train. the prime suspect, who's believed to be among the dead, has been named as akbarzhonjalilov, who had russian citizenship but was born in kyrgyzstan. 49 people were injured in the explosion — three days of mourning have begun in russia. they've been bringing flowers here all morning, creating a shrine in the very heart of st petersburg. a whole city suffering, after a bomb tore through a train deep underground here. "anyone of us could have been in that carriage", this woman says. she believes 6 million people in st petersburg were in danger. these were the panicked scenes right after the blast. passengers in the mangled wreck of a train, struggling to reach

using'. i'm joined via webcam byjeff mason, reuters correspondent and president of the white house correspondents' association hejoins me from he joins me from washington. hejoins me from washington. hello to you, thanks for being with us. my pleasure. how do you think sean spicer ended up making this colossal mistake? i can't answer that, that isa mistake? i can't answer that, that is a question you would have to ask him. it certainly was a colossal mistake and he spent the last almost 24 mistake and he spent the last almost 2a hours apologising for it. certainly something that caught journalists here off—guard. and i know he feels bad about it, and he should. when i say how could he have made such a mistake, we gave a litany of some of the other gaffes that have come from sean spicer‘s mouth. a lot of those are the result of policy or of someone behind—the—scenes telling him to say something. this one seems to have come from his own volition, his own brain, as it were. yeah i would be relu cta nt to com pa re brain, as it were. yeah i would be reluctant to compare what he

to draw your attention to use. we are hearing from reuters, that swedish police are reporting a vehicle has injured people in the swedish capital stockholm. a second instalment we are hearing is a truck has driven into people on a street in central. kohn, coming on the reuters newswire. —— in central ‘s stock home. that coming from swedish police —— the swedish capital. police and eyewitnesses in the capital being quoted at the moment and that is all we can tell you that swedish police are on the scene, responding to a call, they understand a truck has been driven into ona understand a truck has been driven into on a street in the centre of the swedish capital. we do not know any more details. we will bring them as soon as they reach us. we can get more 110w as soon as they reach us. we can get more now on the us strike in syria. international reaction has been breaking throughout the morning. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in moscow this move by the united states has been condemned by the kremlin. this move by the united states has been condemned by the kremlinm

services source has been quoted by reuters as saying there was a single blast on a train between stations. the st petersburg metro between stations. the st petersburg m etro syste m between stations. the st petersburg metro system has now been shut down. the russian president, vladimir putin, who was in st petersburg for a meeting with the leader of belarus said the cause of the blast was not clear and efforts were under way to find out. he said he was considering all possibilities, including terrorism. our russia correspondent sarah rainsford was speaking to us from moscow earlier. we have heard from the governor's office in st petersburg who is talking about 50 people being injured and we have heard from a number of sources suggesting that as many as ten people might have been killed. that's not been confirmed yet. we know some people were killed because vladimir putin sent his condolences earlier to their families, so certainly there are some fatalities but the numbers are still being established. what is also being established is what happened. we have had a statement from th

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 two knives on the ground, one was a large bread knife. it appears there is a bag near those two knives. there are reports that someone with a bag or a rucksack was tackled by armed police. another report said the knives fell to the ground. all these reports could be slightly misleading. there is n

? no official response as yet from the syrian government. one unnamed source by the reuters news agency in the syrian military denied, as has been denied before, the use of chemical weapons in the past, the present or the future. we will see what the syrian government says officially, but that is the word coming via a source to the reuters news agency so far. thank you very much. thenjames in beirut. the prime minister has insisted it is in both the uk and the eu's interest to strike a deal on brexit. theresa may — who has just arrived in saudi arabia — was responding to a report from mps that challenged the government's claim that ‘no deal is better than a bad deal‘. the parliamentary committee for exiting the eu says parliament should be consulted before ministers walk away without a deal. six pro—brexit mps on the committee voted against the report, saying it was too gloomy. our political correspondent ellie price reports. the charm offensive is on. theresa may is in the middle east, on a mission to foster new partners and new trade partnerships in a post—brexit wo

through on the reuters news agency. so some of the first reaction from syrian government sources on that, the governor of the homs area where this air base is. so we'll continue to monitor exactly what the different reactions are on the ground from the different people involved in this. ben in beirut, thank you so much for coming through it and for sticking with it despite the technical difficulties. let's go back to our correspondent in mar—a—lago where donald trump has been meeting the chinese president. picking up on the point, the issue of how this will play, diplomatically and politically, internationally and in the united states. i guess if there is a response from iran as was subjected by michael, he expects through proxies possibly in iraq, things get stickier? there are 5,000 to 7,000 americans in iraq? that's right, that‘s right, 5000— that's right, 5000- 7000 that's right, 5000— 7000 american troops working with the iraqi forces, in iraq, the flight islamic state, especially around mosul at the moment. —— to fight. if the shia militias, backed by iran, start

—filo has according to reuters called for the election campaign to be suspended. how likely is that in the light of what he said, paris and france wanting to show that normal life can carry on —— francois fillon. show that normal life can carry on -- francois fillon. ithink show that normal life can carry on -- francois fillon. i think he talked about suspending his campaign. i mean, it is now really only one more day of campaigning a nyway only one more day of campaigning anyway in this election campaign, because saturday, the day before the election, is a day when no campaigning is allowed. so, in practice, the campaign for the first round is almost over anyway and i think it is hard to see that they will postpone the actual voting on sunday and i think the logic would beindeed sunday and i think the logic would be indeed that france should carry on and show that they are not going to be frightened away from this hugely important democratic exercise that they are now on the point of conducting. and in terms of the timing of this, i mean, how coincidental that this was the preside

have seen from reuters news agency citing unnamed official from the us saying that this is a 1—off airstrike and we wait to see whether that is true, whether that will be a report that is corroborated. it's one of the key christians that people are asking, whether this is the start of a longer campaign or whether this is merely a signal, a strong signal, to be sent from the us administration to the government of president asaad. lots of questions, not least the american saying they believe chemical weapons have been stored at the airbase. the syrian line all this week and the fall has been that they don't have any chemical weapons. indeed and also if they sought medical —— chemical weapons on the ground and if you hit them with a strike from conventional weapons, they could cause the sort of death that we saw in khan sheikhoun in those all full pictures that were posted online by accident and even yesterday the foreign minister of syria, we saw on state tv, carried live and again a denial that chemical attacks took place on khan sheikhoun, instead blaming the release of those c

are getting some news from the reuters news agency that the death toll has reached 112 as the result of that attack near aleppo on saturday. voting is underway in turkey in a referendum that could grant sweeping new powers to president erdogan. if approved, the role of prime minister would be scrapped, as our correspondent mark lowen explains. a divisive campaign has ended and turkey now faces the biggest political choice in its modern history. both sides made a frantic push to the end. voter turnout will be decisive in the outcome. the yes side believes a stronger presidency, scrapping the post of prime minister, will make the government more efficient. if they win, the president will receive enhanced powers to appoint ministers, choosejudges, issue decrees and dissolve parliament. a human chain by the no side who say the reforms would remove parliamentary checks and balances, and that an authoritarian president erdogan has destroyed what was left of turkish democracy. it has been a traumatic few months in turkey with an attempted coup and repeated terror attacks that have killed ar

here has spoken to the news agency reuters ahead of his 100 days in office and he said there was a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea, absolutely, he said. he said we would love to solve things diplomatically but it's very difficult. he also said and praised the north korean leader, who said he was very young for his job. it's actually something rex tillerson said, he said he was aware this was a new, young leader in kimjong—un and he said us intelligence agencies do not rate him as crazy. ruthless perhaps, a murderer perhaps, but not crazy. and rex tillerson has been speaking to npr saying the us favours direct talks with north korea on ending the nuclear programme. bilateral talks as opposed to anything back channel hasn't been policy since the bill clinton days? that's right, it hasn't been policy but what rex tillerson has said is he did not wa nt to tillerson has said is he did not want to negotiate their way to the negotiating table. to get there north korea has to change its stance, so it has to look as though it is willing at least to g

killed or wounded as a result of the explosion. the last, reuters say, hit specifically an area on aleppo's outskirts where dozens of buses carrying mostly shi'ite residents of two villages that had been evacuated and it deal between the warring sides, and those kinds of deals have been happening at the last few days, these buses were waiting to enter the city. an unknown number of people have been killed or wounded. clearly, unknown number of people have been killed orwounded. clearly, more details coming in on that and we will bring you up to date in the next half an hour or so. that's check on the weather forecast now. still time to get out and about a saturday stroll. the weather not looking too bad, not one last weekend when we had temperatures up in? weekend when we had temperatures up in ? 20s but fairand dry weekend when we had temperatures up in ? 20s but fair and dry weather out there. as we go through the rest of the day, we will see showers in northern ireland, scotland, bose showers could contain hywel and thunder. one or two showers further south. this evening and ton

reuters news agency the test failed and the us might speed up sanctions. it came hours after the us secretary of state called for a tougher international approach towards the north korean regime. rex tillerson warned of potentially catastrophic consequences if the world failed to deal with the country‘s nuclear programme. there‘ve been violent scenes across brazil after the country‘s first general strike for 20 years. millions were protesting over proposed pension reforms, forcing schools and banks to close and paralysing public transport. a british surgeon has been warned to expect a jail sentence

campaign. i amjust reading a reuters line quoting the deputy chairman of the main opposition party, demanding a recount of up to 60% of the votes. are many people questioning elements of the way this has been conducted ? questioning elements of the way this has been conducted? there are questions on the voting process, with some reports of irregularities, one which emerged in the last few hours. the supreme board of elections said they would not discount ballot slips that have not been officially stamped unless they can be proven to have come from outside. that was one problem. there is also a huge amount of anger at the way the campaign was led, given the way the campaign was led, given the fact that the no side was drowned out in the media and on billboards and posters. 0ne ratio from pollsters suggested that the ratio of yes side to no side in the media coverage was ten to one. that isa sign media coverage was ten to one. that is a sign of how one—sided the campaign was. given that, it is extraordinary that it is so tight. but if it is victory, president erdogan will say he ha

. just to bring you some breaking news from the reuters news agency, we are hearing of a loud explosion that has been heard in a residential building in saint petersburg, close to the site where explosives were found earlier. these devices were made safe in a flat in saint petersburg by russian police, three days after a suspected bomb on the city metro killed 13 people. we will be speaking to our correspondent in saint petersburg shortly. let's get more now on labour's proposals to introduce free school meals for all primary pupils — speaking in lancashire in the past half an hour, jeremy corbyn explained why he thought the policy was important. at the moment those that are accessing free school meals is because people have their parents on benefits, but if there are people who are low—wage but in work, they do not get free school meals and we want all children to get it. all of the evidence from the councils that provide free school meals is there is high levels of attainment, better levels of concentration and better health for the children, so we want all children to b

. staying on that story for just a moment, reports are coming in from reuters news agency that north korea has attempted to a missile on sunday. they say the launch was on the east coast but they report south korea military saying they believe it has failed. it is believed to be the third missile test carried out by north korea this year. there was a launch of a medium—range ballistic missile i'll and four other missiles in the last two months. all were launched into the sea of japan of north korea's east coast. breaking news just coming into us that according to the south korean military, north korea has at tried and apparently failed to test another missile. turkish politicians have made their final appeals to voters ahead of sunday's referendum on the most sweeping programme of constitutional change since the country became a republic. the changes — if approved — would give the office of the president more powers. nuala mcgovern is in istanbul and gave us a sense of the mood there: it is the eve of what some people are saying what could be the most significant moment in this

cavendish and tom bergin, business correspondent at reuters. more than 40 people have been killed and many others wounded in two attacks on christian coptic churches in egypt. 0ne blast, in tanta, north of cairo, happened as worshippers were gathering for palm sunday. so—called islamic state has said it carried out the attacks. this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. egyptian christians had gathered to celebrate one of their holiest days. but this palm sunday brought violence. the first deadly explosion was during mass at st george's church in tanta, leaving blood everywhere, wooden pews shattered. just hours later there was another attack here, in the northern city of alexandria. this time just outside the church, the dead included police officers who had stopped the suicide bomberfrom entering. the head of egypt's coptic church, pope tawadros, had already left. in rome, at palm sunday prayers, pope francis condemned the bombings. he's due to visit egypt later this month. a recent upsurge in attacks on egypt's coptic christians is causing concern. they are on

from reuters that perhaps there may have been a second attack and they have seen a document from the interior ministry of an arrest warrant for a second man that travelled into france from belgium bya train travelled into france from belgium by a train but that is only from one news agency at the moment so i would express some caution with that. politically we are hearing from marine le pen and francois fillon they are cancelling their campaigning tomorrow. remember it's the final day of campaigning for them tomorrow so that is quite something, two days ahead of the election they will not go into the final rallies in paris and elsewhere in the country. francois hollande has been in a meeting this evening with his interior minister and we expect an update from him shortly. i would just remind you there is a police operation live and ongoing in paris at the moment. there is a search going on in the department east of paris. francis to wonder state of emergency and has been extended five times. the longest period france has been under a state of emergency since the algerian war in the 1

fascinating interview he gave to the reuters news agency where he said, this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. the sheer complexity of being president has been brought home to him in short order in his dealings with congress, where he fails to get health care reforms through, the travel ban from mainly islamic countries which has not gone through. there have been other setbacks, too. but by sheer force of personality, determination, there is a rising sense of economic confidence which is manifested in the rising stock market, and people with savings or money in a pension pot have seen the value go up, and thatis pot have seen the value go up, and that is making a lot of americans feel very good. you could also look at the complexity of dealing with foreign affairs. things that he said would be simple when he was candidate trump now look a lot more complication to it now that it is president trump, whether it is syria, which was nothing to do with the us, and there have been the air strikes, whether it is nato, which was obsolete but is now seen as k

currently without power. according to reuters news agency it is because there has been agency it is because there has been a fire at a substation in that part of the city. a huge number of people without power at the moment. 87,000 in total, we will bring you more details as we get them. at least 20 children have been killed when their mini bus collided with a truck in south africa. the accident happened near the capital, pretoria. one report said the bus exploded into a ball of flame on impact. nomsa maseko has been following developments from johannesburg: we know from authorities that the minibus in which these children were travelling in were coming from school. they were being taken home when it collided head—on with a truck and it then burst into flames. many of these children were trapped inside but some were able to be pulled out and rescued and officials who were at the scene say that a number of those who are debt could increase and the provincial education minister also visited the scene and expressed condolences to the family —— those who are dead. this comes hours

diesel emission tests. reporters from the reuters and afp news agencies say they have been told by judicial sources that the company is being investigated for breaking consumer protection laws. psa said its vehicles have never been fitted with software to let its diesel engines deceive pollution tests. first daughter, ivanka trump, is among some of the world's most powerful women from business and politics meeting in berlin today under the title the w20. the group wants to highlight the issue of women's economic participation and empowerment while reducing the gender employment gap by 25% by 2025. she said herfather she said her father empowered women. yesterday saw markets in the green across europe. the cac 40 in paris was up 4% and it is holding on to those gains. whitbread which owns costa coffee and premier inn reported a 6% rise in profit to under £560 million. carpet right‘s share price is down after the retailer said its full year profits would be at the lower end of the forecasts. that's all the business news for now. president trump's daughter, ivanka, is meeting the g

washington, dc in the last few minutes. the reuters news agency says that nunes will step down from the russia probe and he is saying he is stepping down from the russian probe due to entirely false accusations filed against him. that is all we have at this stage, the chairman of the house intelligence committee of course, saying he will step down from the russia probe. there has been a lot of pressure for precisely that to happen. but, as we are perhaps gathering from this very brief statement, he says the accusations against him are entirely false. that is all we have the moment. i‘m looking to save anything further is coming through from the white house. the republican chairman has been distracted from questions about the trump team and moscow and is under pressure to explain why he went to the white house alone to review intelligence a day before announcing new evidence in his committee‘s investigation, so he‘s been under considerable pressure, many in the usa feeling this was perhaps the inevitable result but we‘ll talk to mark washington correspondence shortly. back here.

issue is turning into crises. a reuters newsflash says president trump says the relationship with china is and i quote outstanding. and that there has been progress made in the relationship with china, said the mood music is positive. the mood music has been positive since the chinese president landed. last night dinner, shortly after mr trump met the president, he was saying i think we will be great friends, i can feel great relationship coming on. he is on message in terms of that. i think we will find out how it plays out in the next months because there are many ways this relationship could be tested. thanks. barbara touched upon the reaction from moscow and we can get more now going to our correspondent in moscow. the language has been pretty strong straightaway. it has. as strong straightaway. it has. as strong as you might expect coming from russia, traditionally robust in this situation, the language from the kremlin down has been to condemn what the us has done, to talk about it as an act of aggression. sergei lavrov the foreign minister here has underlined the fact that many p

terrorist attack but at this point it has been confirmed. —— has not been confirmed. reuters is reporting that all saint petersburg stations are now closer this is being taken extremely seriously from the point of your safety for passengers. it is sometime is it since russia has experienced a major terrorist attack, should this proved eventually to be the case, what has happened now‘s it is. eventually to be the case, what has happened now's it is. there has been an attack on the past here in moscow and after that security was increased on the underground here. there are metal detectors at the entrance to every train station here. but it has been some time. of course since the last attack, russia has sent its troops, its fighter jets into syria, it has been fighting on the side of ashan in syria, it said it did that to fight against terrorism and to fight against terrorism and to fight against its own insurgents here, islamic insurgents and extremists in russia who had been going to syria to fight there. there is an islamist insurgency in russia and the have been attacks in the past whi

us on that chemical attack, this is via the reuters news agency. they are reporting that the turkish president has said that more than 100 people have been killed in that chemical attack. we were saying around 72 including 20 children, but as you may have heard in our reporting, a number of those who we re reporting, a number of those who were affected by the chemical attack we re were affected by the chemical attack were being treated across the border in turkey and it looks like the turkish authorities have revised those figures. they have said that the total of people killed now comes to 100 according to the turkish president. we will have more to come. the former mayor of london was yesterday suspended from standing for office or representing labour for office or representing labour for two years for comments he made about adolf hitler and zionism. he served a year of the suspension and remains a member of the party. labour + deputy leader tom watson called the party decision not to expel ken livingstone as incomprehensible and said labour was indulging ken livingstone wi

the situation in regards to north korea. reuters and huge agency reporting a line saying they will remain vigilant in case north korea conducts a nuclear missile test and one other line, a senior white house official quoting that china now sees north korea as a threat to chinese interests and security and the part china plays in negotiations and indeed the american relations with china in that process are key to what might emerge. if anything more emerges from washington i will let you know, in the meantime it has gone ten to nine and the other headlines. in the last pmq ‘s before the general electionjeremy corbyn and three is a trade blows about the nhs, security and leadership. theresa may meets leading eu negotiators at downing street to discuss the uk's brexit plans. us senators arrive at the white house for a security briefing on north korea. look at the market numbers for you. the 0scar—winning director jonathan demme has died at the age of 73. the filmmaker, who won an academy award for the silence of the lambs in 1991, had been battling oesophageal cancer. his publicist

the next hour. to give you some breaking news coming in on the reuters news agency, it is reported at least 17 schoolchildren have been killed in a car crash in south africa. this is in mpumalanga province. emergency services are at the scene. it is reported at least 17 schoolchildren have been killed in the car crash. let's return to the gun attack in paris last night. the policeman who has been killed has been named as xavierjugele. the gunmen has been named askarim cheurfi. meanwhile the french prime minister, bernard cazeneuve, has urged people in the country not to give into fear and intimidation, just two days until france votes in the first round of the presidential election. speaking earlier, he criticised the far right leader, marine le pen, who's currently one of the poll front runners. translation: of her translation: of her party has voted against all of the anti—terrorism laws. her party has voted against thejuly laws. her party has voted against the july 2017 intelligence services to prevent acts of terrorism. she forgets that her party has voted against all of the

foreign intervention will not bring peace any closer. in the last few minutes, reuters have said syrian fighter planes have been taking off again from that airbase which had been targeted by the missile strikes. the little earlier, i spoke to the former state department official who works in the john hopkins school of advanced studies and asked him if donald trump was driven by emotion?” studies and asked him if donald trump was driven by emotion? i think he is driven by domestic considerations. he has no action to operate on the red line that president 0bama didn't, otherwise he would be accused of being no different from president 0bama. he has found his america first strategy doesn't work. he is going back to the united states upholding international law. enforcing international law. enforcing international norms. this was a one—off strike. what happens if there is another chemical attack or another atrocity? will america go back in. he has said it will be difficult for him not to follow through but he also has already crossed the line in which he now owns this conflict much more

you both for coming in. we are getting news the us military is telling reuters that it has dropped the biggest non—nuclear bomb available in afghanistan. this is the gb u 43. it has been dropped in afghanistan, targeting a series of islamic state caves. it is saying this is the first time this bomb, the mother of all bombs, has been used in combat. we are waiting for news of the effect that has had. that has come in in the last couple of minutes. more than 70 schools in scotland are suffering from similar defects to those that were shut down because they were deemed not safe. it is feared other public buildings could also be at risk. 200 years ago in paris a wooden cart with wheels was fixed to a track and sent down a steep slope. the roller—coaster was born. since then, they have made countless stomachs churn and millions of heads spin. tim muffet reports. the roller—coaster story began in paris in 1817. the french put a wooden cart onto a track that they built specifically to ride on. roller—coasters generally, and this is a great feature of roller—coasters, haven't cha