john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. president trump has warned iran of big problems if it restarts the nuclear programme that it agreed to limit in a deal struck in 2015. mr trump described that deal as insane and has been threatening to reject an extension which has to be in place within weeks. on a state visit to the white house, france's president macron urged him to consider a new agreement. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. the first state visit of the trump era and the french were given quite the welcome. these things are about pomp. they're about ceremony. and this one had one added ingredient — bromance. the two men held hands, they kissed, they hugged. and the biggest beast of the politicaljungle even engaged in a bit of interpersonal grooming with his younger colleague. in fact, i will get that little piece of dandruff off. little piece. we have to make him perfect. he is perfect. this most unlikely pairing have forged a close personal relationship. though on many policies, they are miles apart. ju

john sopel, bbc news, washington. and iran was not the only subject the two presidents discussed. donald trump also turned his attention to the proposed summit between him and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. he now describes the man he used to call "rocket man" as "very open" and "very honourable". president trump claims a meeting will happen soon and that it will benefit the whole world. and this evening in washington, emmanuel and brigitte macron are at the white house for a banquet. more than 150 guests have dined on a menu selected by first lady melania trump, it includes rack of lamb with jambalaya and a nectarine tart with creme fraiche ice cream. early arrivals include former secretary of state henry kissinger, imf head christine lagarde, and president trump's daughter ivanka with her husband, jared kushner. plenty more on our website about the trump—macron bromance, the iran nuclear deal, and a look at what new us sanctions on tehran would mean. that is at bbc.com/news. or you can download the bbc news app. in toronto, the man accused of deliberately driving a va

john sopel, bbc news, washington. and iran was not the only subject the two presidents discussed. donald trump also turned his attention to the proposed summit between him and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. he now describes the man he used to call "rocket man" as "very open" and "very honourable". president trump claims a meeting will happen soon and that it will benefit the whole world. and this evening in washington, french president emmanuel macron is at the white house for a sumptuous banquet. over 150 guests have dined on a menu selected by first lady melania, including rack of lamb with jambalaya, and a nectarine tart served with creme fraiche ice cream. early arrivals include the former us secretary of state henry kissinger, the head of the imf christine lagarde, and president trump's daughter ivanka with her husband, jared kushner. in toronto, the man accused of deliberately driving a van into pedestrians has been charged on 10 counts of murder. canadian police are investigating suggestions in social media posts that alek minassian may have been motivated by a gru

john maguire, bbc news, plymouth. and you can find out more about the local elections in england on the bbc news website. it's been more than ten months since the london bridge attack, which left eight people dead and dozens more injured. one of those was charlie, a metropolitan police officer, who happened to be on the scene at the time. since then he's had five operations, but on sunday will run the london marathon. caroline davies has been speaking to him. firstly i thought it was just a pub fire. um, it was just one of them just instant reactions to go over there, try and help your colleagues out. police officer charlie guenigault was off duty watching football in london bridge on the night of the third ofjune. he was one of many members of the emergency services that ran towards the attackers. initially, i was confronted by all three and two of them started to attack me. i then tried to, you know, do my best to defend myself and unfortunately, one of them got me in the back first and then twice in the head, and a

still behind bars, john worboys, the man known as the black cab rapist. his victims had to go to court to appeal against the parole board decision to let him out ofjail. they didn't even know why the 60 year old prisoner had been approved for release until the legal action began. the case exposed flaws in the parole system and ministers are now trying to address them. they're planning a series of reforms to the parole board to make it more transparent. a summary of the reasons for parole decisions will be sent to victims and in some cases to other people who request it. a scheme to keep victims informed about their cases and offenders' licence conditions will be extended. and a parole board judge will review decisions that are contested and could even hold hearings in public. nick hardwick lost his job at the parole board because of thejohn worboys case. he told the bbc extra resources would be needed for the government's reforms to work. but ministers want to go further. they are reviewing the composition of parole panels and the evidence that's needed t

john said this was part of a sustained effort against the use of chemical weapons by damascus. —— president trump said. what that meant was not obvious. until the defence secretary said, andi obvious. until the defence secretary said, and i quote, the bombing was a one—time shots. president trump was also talking about diplomatic and economic measures as well, which he believes will put further pressure on damascus. in a briefing, the pentagon said the explosions hit the capital as well as two locations near the city of hommes. however, details from russia was my depends ministry suggested that other airfields were also targeted. in addition to two chemical weapons sites, theresa may said the attacks we re sites, theresa may said the attacks were designed to deter the use of chemical weapons either regime of bashar al—assad, adding that there was no practicable alternative to the use of force. my colleague has this report. with afterburners glowing, with afterburners glowing, and loaded with storm shadow cruise with storm shadow cruise missiles, four raf tornadoes take to the skies as b

as john mentioned there, downing street said ministers were agreed that it was highly likely the syrian government was responsible for last weekend's chemical attack. and that phone call has now taken place. two bits of information to bring you. the first is president trump and theresa may agreed to keep working closely on the international response to the use of chemical weapons in syria, so it looks like conversations are continuing, rather than necessarily decisions yet being reached. and they did, however, agree it was vital to deter further used of chemical weapons by the syrian government. they clearly both believe it is syria who was responsible for what happened in douma, and that a chemical weapon was exploded there. so the key question really is how do you deter it? do you deter it life—threatening action or by specific action? judging by the statement that phone call between president and prime minister, further action is on the cards. but maybe further consultations before that action is taken. here is our middle east editorjeremy bowen. in the streets of douma, supporters

checking the records, she found there were more statues of men called john than historical women. millicent fawcett started petitioning for women's right to vote in 1866, gathering signatures from women across the country and lobbying politicians. she led the suffragist movement which, unlike the suffragettes, stuck to peaceful protest. she dedicated her life to that cause, and aged 81, she watched from the public gallery in the house of commons as women were given the vote on the same terms as men, and her legacy lives on for another generation. i'm so inspired by millicent fawcett and what she's done for the feminist movement. she was really intelligent and she was very, very persistent and determined to give women rights, and i really love that. someone will say, well, what's the point of a statue? why does it make any difference? does it make any difference? it's what it signifies and shows everyone. there are so many male statues and we need equality, and we need to show women are just as good as men and we can do incredible things as well. millicent fawcett‘s statue now wa

as if once a mr macron has left the white house and the new very hawkish national security adviser john bolton is back into the room, that will be the real impact on donald trump. yes. and i think president macron, as much as you mentioned there, the handholding that we've seen, the hand—holding, all the air kisses, all the displays of affection in public, as much as we talked about their personal relationship which both men said they both have and is deeply felt and they genuinely like each other, the point is beyond the personal, it comes down to politics. and they come from very different backgrounds and they have very different beliefs. put simply, president macron continues to talk about his worldview. that was the message he gave to congress today. how he believes every country must meet part in issues on the environment, the middle east and in dealing with the threat of nuclear weapons, for example. on the other hand, donald trump really believes in america first, not an internationalist vision but very much a vision concentrating on american interests. so there is that deep di

our deputy political editor john pienaar has more on the cabinet meeting tomorrow. it is already clear tonight that the prime minister is poised to see britain involved in military action. she has good said so today when she spoke about the need to prevent and deter another chemical attack. today, the prime minister has been working hard to keep up with donald trump. those tweets landed with quite a thud in whitehall. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has been saying today that any military action should require parliamentary approval in advance. but one thing we are being told is that the prime minister is perfectly prepared to contemplate taking action in doing so contemplate taking action in doing so without getting that prior approval. she believes that action is urgently needed to prevent another possible chemical attack. she is also reluctant to ask donald trump to hold while she thinks that approval here in westminster. you may think of the prime minister, generally, as being a cautious leader and she is. defence now seem to be moving along under their own mo

john pr, our deputy political editor. thank you for breaking the news for us and reporting with us in westminster this evening. it comes after a day of strong words from president trump. on twitter, the us president warned russia to "get ready" for missile strikes against syria. senior russian figures have threatened to meet any us action with a response. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has more. syrians who have survived the last days at the syrians who have survived the last days at the eastern ghouta enclave are being burst out of the ruins and into the new lives, which will not be easy. these people's top priorities were food and shelter for theirfamilies, and only then, their recollections of what they saw. translation: we lived through very difficult times in eastern ghouta, especially the final three days in douma, when the regime carried when the regime carried out its attacks on civilian neighbourhoods and used chlorine gas, which caused suffocation amongst civilians. but in washington, president trump's morn

john pienaar reporting from swindon on some of the issues concerning voters. and more details about next thursday's vote can be found on our website: bbc. co. uk/election2018 the european union has introduced a near—total ban on the use of neonicitinoids, the most widely—used insecticide in the world. their use has been linked to a decline in the bee population, but the ban had been opposed by some farmers and food producers. when i heard the swedish superstars abba were going to release new material, two thoughts crossed my mind. the first was mama mia, here we go again, and money money money. it's been 35 years since they last worked together — and they've recorded two new songs. they've not yet been released — but the first will be broadcast in a special programme by the bbc later this year. tim allman has more. # my, my! # at waterloo, napoleon did surrender. # oh, yeah! 1974 — flares, satin jumpsuits, and a song called waterloo. anni—frid, agnetha, benny and bjorn, collectively known as abba, putting sweden on the pop music map. # waterloo! #

if you make a deal with mike pompeo, john bolton goes on fox and says it's good, that's the gold standard. sorry to interrupt, live pictures of the leaders at the negotiating table facing each other. you are watching that right now. the south korean president, moonjae—in, that right now. the south korean president, moon jae—in, across that right now. the south korean president, moonjae—in, across the table from kim jong—un, the president, moonjae—in, across the table from kimjong—un, the north korean leader. this is the first time the north korean leader has crossed the border since the end of the korean war. you were saying this administration is... apologies. we will take some translation to listen translation: we should have a positive meeting and positive results out of this meeting. and going forward, we should be determined... umm... and we should meet as often as possible. and, if we can, if we can get our heads together, then the ii and, if we can, if we can get our heads together, then the 11 years lost ca n heads together, then the 11 years lost can be made up. and j

john sopel, bbc news, washington. in a moment we will get the view from the united nations. but first to steve rosenberg, in moscow, and what the kremlin is saying. well, if donald trump's aim via twitter is to sow chaos and confusion about his intentions, that's working in moscow, because the russians are completely confused. i was watching a live political talk show earlier on russian state television when the news came in that president trump had tweeted that an attack on syria could happen very soon, or not soon at all, and a bemused presenter looked into the camera and said one word in russian, which means incredible. also today, the kremlin said that a special crisis communication link which had been set up before by the us and russian militaries to prevent an accidental clash between russia and america in syria, that that line was still functioning and still being used. and that suggests that conversations are taking place behind the scenes to prevent a us military strike from sparking an accidental conflict between russia and the united states. it's the words of the

can you trust president and john. past president kimjong—un. can you trust him? what is driving kim jong—un to kimjong—un. can you trust him? what is driving kimjong—un to do kimjong—un. can you trust him? what is driving kim jong—un to do this? well, i don't think that we're going to know exactly what is driving him to know exactly what is driving him to do this. the more important question in my view is whether or not we can bind him to international promises rather than focusing exclusively on his own domestic agenda. and so the process is really designed to bind him. it's absolutely true that they knew damn —— that he still remain in control of the offensive. he can turn it on and off for however he wants. what did you think when you saw the picture today. there seems to be a genuine rapport between the two. you think that is the case was not clearly there is some personal connection. i think it reminded me of the summit meeting in the year 2000, simply by virtue of the fact these were two men that knew they we re these were two men that knew th

the national security council who are leaving becausejohn security council who are leaving because john bolton security council who are leaving becausejohn bolton wants his own team. and you have to see more clashes going forward between bolton and pompeo anti—trump because alton and pompeo anti—trump because alton and pompeo anti—trump because alton and pompeo are much more hawkish in their views in foreign policy and intervening and donald trump is much more resistant to nationbuilding and sending troops to fight battles overseas and so you know, i think they didn't have a time of input into this policy because we have been waiting for this to happen, where this asaad regime uses chemical weapons and you want to lay down a marker butjohn bolton, it may surprise people, that he will try to restrain himself from watching a million wars as many people were worried about. this has been a fairly significant week for president trump. because you have this air strikes and also kind of personal, potential personal legal issues as well dropping up, and i have seen conspiracy theories tal

john yang is half an hour behind. so that time change was made in 2015 by kim jong—un. he is now saying he was —— yea rs jong—un. he is now saying he was —— years going to change the clocks back so that seoul and pyongyang are on the same time zone. that is hugely since —— significant, as a symbolic gesture. it is his way of saying, look, i'm trying to show some method of trustee. but when it comes to trust in north korea we have been here before. they have made these kinds of gestures in the past. the real test will be when he comes to meet donald trump at the end of may or earlyjune, and how far he is prepared to go along the road to denuclearisation, if he is prepared to do that at all. that has a lwa ys prepared to do that at all. that has always been the big speculation, the big speculation was, what are the concrete steps that north korea will take? and also, during that hand—in—hand walk in the park when all the south korean lip readers are trying to figure out what they were saying, it appears as if they did have some significant conversations

not so many new people coming in yet —— john bolton. perhaps more important in the timing of this and what some may see as the delay was the need to get together and co—ordinate with the allies, the united kingdom and france, and select the targets and what we are hearing just now coming in from damascus, as you noted, explosions are being heard, smokers rising from the eastern side of the city, and one reporter in damascus is saying that it looks like world war iii, is the way they are describing what they are hearing and seeing. from what you understand and president trump did indeed addresses when he was talking about and iran. he was talking about russia, would you want to be on the state —— side ofa you want to be on the state —— side of a dictator, on the zuttah people who commit commit these crimes, was that an important factor in coming to this decision in that the united states could come into conflict with russia? —— the side of people. states could come into conflict with russia? -- the side of people. just how

but the labour mp, john woodcock, believes action against the syrian government was necessary. i hope as many mps as possible will not primarily focus on what our diversionary questions on this. yes it is important that the prime minister explains why she chose to ta ke minister explains why she chose to take action without the formal vote in parliament, but i think the country could have ended up in a much weaker position for many years going forward. of course, parliament in normal circumstances should be endorsing action, but what i was about to say was that there does need to be in the system the ability for a prime minister to agree to action when it is simply not practical to get a parliamentary vote within the timescale needed for a decision. so the prime minister will have to explain why she thought that was the case to mps and i don't think we should all out a vote further down the track if this is an ongoing operation, but i do hope that the main focus tomorrow can be on what will now be the wider strategy to try to bring this horrible conflict into a better position

missiles of their navel version of the scud missile and also in the mediterranean, the virginia class john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, two lancer bombers fired 19 joint air to surface stand—off missiles. in addition, our british allies flew a combination of tornados and typhoons and launched eight storm shadow missiles and french allies flew a combination of raffaella and mirages and scud missiles and taken together, these attacks on multiple axes were able to under —— overwhelm the defence system. we flew a variety of defensive counter air tankerand variety of defensive counter air tanker and electronic warfare aircraft in support and none of the aircraft in support and none of the aircraft or missiles involved were successfully engaged by syrian air defences. and we have no indication that russian air defence systems were deployed. we are confident that all of our missiles reached their target. at the end of the strike mission, all aircraft safely returned to their bases. we assessed that over 40 surface—to—air missiles were employed by the syrian regime, mo

the united states fired missiles from two warships and from the submarine uss john warner, plus in the air, two b—1 lancer bombers. the raf flew tornadoes from akrotiri in cyprus, staying out of syrian airspace to fire their storm shadow missiles. and france launched missiles from its frigate, languedoc, as well as rafale and mirage strike aircraft flying from france. so, the us was not acting alone, but with two close allies this time, and that is politically important. the targets of all this firepower? syria's chemical weapons production. the main target for 76 missiles was a research and development centre close to damascus. but also, a chemical weapons storage site near homs, 22 weapons were aimed there, including the raf‘s eight storm shadow missiles. and target three, a nearby chemical weapons bunker, the main french target for seven of their nine missiles. the military in the shape of the pentagon in washington say they are very pleased with the outcome, both political and military. in a powerful show of allied unity, we deployed 105 weapons against three targets. that will

john adams tells the story that, after they had shaken hands, they embraced each other by hugging one another with their arms, and kissing each other‘s cheeks. it can remind you of something. but then, something unexpected. full on assault of virtually every policy that donald trump holds dear. forget bromance, this was bromide. first, mr trump's isolationist america first policies. we can choose isolationism, withdrawal and nationalism. this is an option. but closing the door to the world will not stop the abolition of the world. it will not douse, but inflame, the fears of our citizens. and on free trade, support for multinational institutions, inequality, science, the iran nuclear deal, they were an atla ntic the iran nuclear deal, they were an atlantic ocean apart. then the threat to lack french president rounded on donald trump over climate change. forget make america great again, it was time to make the earth again, it was time to make the earth a great again. high polluting the oceans, not mitigating co2 emissions, and destroying our biodiversity, we are killing our planet. l

the us national security adviser john bolton has sounded a cautious note in the aftermath of friday's ground—breaking summit between north and south korea. both countries pledged to work towards the de—nuclearisation of the korean peninsula. the focus now turns to the forthcoming meeting between kim jong—un and donald trump, which us media have reported could be held either in singapore or mongolia. on us television, john bolton said the trump administration is not what he called "starry—eyed" about what the meeting may yield. president trump is determined to see this opportunity through, hopeful that we can get a real breakthrough. but we're not naive in the administration and a lot‘s gonna ride on this meeting with kim jong—un. laura bicker has more on this story from seoul. from this momentous show of unity comes an apparent display of sincerity. president moon is making his conversation with kim jong—un public, and it seems the north korean leader is willing to go further than simply stepping over the border. he has pledged to close an atomic test site, in front of w

it would have been very easy writer beginning of this scandal, forjeremy corbyn, john mcdonnell, for those people around corbyn to close this down. there are ways of handling disaster stories around this, and they haven't done it. why haven't they immediately put forward all of the cases waiting to be heard of labour members accused of anti—semitism and dealt with them immediately, expeued dealt with them immediately, expelled anybody found guilty? you can do the right thing very loudly, and at least minimise the damage, but they don't seem to have any damage control mechanism, and it has been a disaster. and i think really because in the end jeremy corbyn himself, not an anti—semite, but he himself, not an anti—semite, but he himself is confused about the difference between being pro palestinian or against the current is really government —— the current israeli government, and he doesn't seem to have found that boundary. thank you both very much indeed. we can see what it is like over london right now. you got a glimpse of it there at westminster. it has been very warm the

john, thank you. many thanks. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has called for a change in culture within government and institutions it says there must be "open and frank" discussions about child sexual abuse in order to tackle the problem. the interim report said "all too often" organisations put the reputation of their leaders and staff before the welfare of children. i think those who are in charge of institutions where the leadership models actually need to set the tone for this by their own behaviours and actions and be willing to face up to the feelings that their own organisations have made. for example, we know that's organisations that have not apologised for what kind of abuse children suffered while they were in their care. and we need all institutions to take the leadership of this issue seriously. canadian police say a man accused of deliberately driving a rented van into pedestrians in toronto, had posted a cryptic message on social media before the attack. he suggested he may have had

i was having a look at some of the reports coming in and i think john mccain was tweeting and released a statement in support of president trump's actions. is that the kind of thing that has been happening in washington? i think at the moment many feel that what has been done has been measured. that is the important thing from their point of view. saying that, there are democrats who feel that if there was to be wider military action or a greater focus on what happens in syria, there needs to be a greater strategy. from the administration's point of view they have the idea, they like this whole idea of working alongside the uk and france and coming up with a joint strategy to address some of these issues. the problems had not gone away. if you listen carefully to what the administration have been saying, they have been talking about the fact that they have degraded the chemical weapons programme in syria. they have not got rid of the threat of chemical weapons. that is something they accept. they are still looking for evidence outside of syria. to say they have evidence of some of that

certainly we have new people in terms of foreign policy in the white house, john bolton has taken over as national security adviser, and mike pompeo is said that as secretary of state. certainlyjohn bolton is rather hawkish in his views, and there are people who believe that inside the white house there has been an ongoing discussion with president trump really favouring a more aggressive response, a more aggressive series of strikes when it came to syria, and others like the defence secretary, generaljames and others like the defence secretary, general james mattis feeling it should be more limited. at the moment it seems limited but they will be watching syria closely, and that is clear from all these pietersen ice, but they were what aside's regime —— speeches on ice. that they will watch president aside's regime and there will be more action if there is another chemical attack. our middle east correspondent martin patiencejoins us from our middle east correspondent martin patience joins us from beirut. you have been monitoring events from where you are, what is happening in dam

live now to our correspondent in belfast, john campbell. what is the latest? the police of the protection branch have issued an appealfor information the protection branch have issued an appeal for information about these two men. they have released their pictures and giving details of a car seen pictures and giving details of a car seenin pictures and giving details of a car seen in the south armagh area. this isa seen in the south armagh area. this is a particularly closely knit rural community. police were called there last night and they found these two men tied to the bench, their hands bound with cable ties and paint poured over their heads in what was a p pa re ntly poured over their heads in what was apparently a vigilante attack. local councillors say this incident was u nfortu nate councillors say this incident was unfortunate but understandable given tensions have been running high in the area, and police say it is unacceptable. the two men had to be treated in hospital and they are now investigating the assault. an 18—year—old man has been arre

with seats on 150 councils up for grabs, john maguire is looking at the issues affecting voters. he's been to plymouth, a council which is hotly disputed between labour and the conservatives. that's one thing you can't change, is the weather. only mad dogs and plymouthians would be out on a day like this. but members of this community running and walking group, aptly named storm, is made of tough stuff. but not me. so we have taken shelter in a cafe to get down to chatting about the local elections. we put them into power, but they do not even ask sometimes what we can spend on. we pay council rates and taxes and everything else, but it would be nice to say what would you like to spend this £27 million on? i have lived here all my life. plymouth is a beautiful city. sometimes we do not appreciate it. all that seems to be happening is new student accommodation. i know student accommodation is important, it is a lifeline in plymouth, but there are other things as well i would put as a priority. history and social changes in the dna of this seafaring city. there is also a rich poli

our correspondent in belfast, john campbell is following the story. well, the police public protection branch had issued an appealfor information about these two men, they have released their pictures, they had also given details of a car which was seen in the south armagh area. south armagh is a particular closely knit rural community. last night, police were called there to the village of mullaghbawn and they found these two men tied to a bench, their hands bound with cable ties and paint poured over their heads in what was apparently a vigilante attack. a local councillor says that this incident was unfortunate but understandable given that tensions have been running high in the area. the police say it is completely unacceptable, the two men had to be treated in hospital and they are now investigating an assault. rohingya refugees in bangladesh have been appealing to visiting un ambassadors to help them safely return home. a delegation from the un security council is visiting refugee camps in cox's bazar — home to nearly seven hundred thousand ro

the current speaker, john bercow, described his predecessor as a decent public spirited man who was proud of his roots. micheal martin died this morning after a short illness at the age of 72. australia is promising to spend 290 million pounds to help restore and protect the great barrier reef. the world's largest reef system has been damaged by warming sea temperatures, which have bleached large swathes of coral in recent years, as well as pollution and run—off of pesticides and fertilisers from farms. phil mercer reports from sydney. the great barrier reef is australia's greatest natural treasure. but this world heritage listed wonderland is under siege. for two years running it was hit by major coral bleaching, which scientists blame on warmer sea temperatures. then there was the assault by coral eating crown of thorns starfish —— starfish. these predators will be targeted by the new multi—million dollar plan to revive and restore the reef. farmers fear the queensland coast will be encouraged to change their ways, to reduce the flow of fertilisers and pesticides into the sea. i

the current speaker, john bercow, described his predecessor as a decent public spirited man who was proud of his roots. micheal martin died this morning after a short illness at the age of 72. the headlines on bbc news: north korea's president promises to close its main nuclear test site, and invites the world to watch — according to south korea. us secretary of state mike pompeo uses his first diplomatic trip to the middle east to accuse iran of destabilising the region. facing calls to resign, home secretary amber rudd will address parliament tomorrow as the fallout from the windrush scandal continues. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here is james. celtic are celebrating winning a seventh successive scottish premiership title. they did it by thrashing rangers 5—0, one—way traffic, it could have ended up being an even bigger margin of victory. all the goals came in the first 53 minutes. brendan rodgers' side are now looking to make even more history with back—to—back troubles, they will do that if they can beat motherwell in the scottish cup final

the largest gathering of irish people in history. 1.25 million attended pope john paul's mass. young people of ireland, i love you. among the soloists — 22—year—old michael mclaughlin. at the time, 87% of irish catholics went to mass. but, following an avalanche of clerical sex abuse scandals, attendance is now at 40%, and michael mclaughlin has abandoned the faith. these were people who were in positions of incredible trust, and they betrayed that trust. not only the acts that were perpetrated on children, but there was the widespread covering up of it by the hierarchy in the church, as well. the horrors endured in the magdalene laundries compounded the church's recent shame. catholic—run workhouses incarcerated 10,000 so—called "fallen women", who were forced to atone for their pregnancies by working in punitive conditions without pay. samantha long's birth mother lived at this laundry from her second birthday until she died aged 51. the visit this time would be a great opportunity for the pope to try to atone for some of the sins that were committed against childre

at snooker‘s world championship, john higgins made sure of his place in the quarter finals with a 146 break helping him set up a 13 frames to one win overjack lisowski. break helping him set up a 13 frames higgins, a four time champion, made sure not to follow fellow former winners, ronnie 0'sullivan and mark selby, out in the early rounds at the crucible. and mark selby, out in the early there's more on the bbc sport website including news on chris coleman being "released from his contract" as the sunderland manager, while steve gerrard looks set to be the next rangers boss. let's return to our main story and the news that the home secretary amber rudd has resigned. and the news that the home secretary let's talk to our political editor laura keunssberg who's in dublin this evening. laura keunssberg who's laura, laura keunssberg who's how much of a surprise is this laura, how much of a surprise is this resignation, in your view? clyde, the timing is a surprise. in recent days, we have seen both attend and the home office really try to keep amber rudd in her position. there was a lot

john pienaar, bbc news, copenhagen. let's talk now to our north america editor, jon sopel, outside the white house for us. the us ambassador to the un underlined that america would respond to the attack in syria. what are president trump's options? we have heard him use the words heinous, barbaric, horrible, atrocious, this is a question about humanity. i have spoken to a senior source who says the direction of travel is that something has to be donein travel is that something has to be done in the next 48 hours and that the americans are hoping that the british and french will be alongside them. that is a marked contrast to a year ago when the president did not really consult the french or british about that limited cruise missile strike that took place then. the president has not yet spoken to theresa may, that court is expected to happen in the next 24 hours or so. “— to happen in the next 24 hours or so. —— that call. i suppose the american concern will be that theresa may decides she has to referred this to

john, many thanks for that. some pictures have just some pictures havejust come in tours of the television presenter, ant mcpartlin. he is charged with drink—driving after allegedly being involved in a collision in richmond in west london last month. the hearing should start in the next few minutes. latest pictures from wimbledon magistrates‘ court. hundreds of people have fled their homes as a large bush—fire threatens the outskirts of sydney. more than 500 firefighters have been tackling the blaze, which began on saturday afternoon. police say the fire may have been started deliberately. phil mercer reports. for two days, fires have devastated bushland on sydney's suburban fringe. authorities said the fast—moving outbreak was agressive and unpredictable. it has taken a huge effort to keep the flames away from homes. remarkably, no properties have been destroyed. on the ground, 500 firefighters, including many volunteers and members of the military, confronted the inferno. they were supported in the ski

did john and kelly gets together? are not giving that away. don't be silly. it comes at a significant time. peter kay would have been starred in his world tour? that's right. 113 arena dates starting off in birmingham. they were cancelled a month after he announced them. the explanation given was family reasons. there has been no further statement. last night there was a pre—recorded message for him. that could have been recorded any time in the last year. thank you. that's it from us today. have a lovely weekend. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10: 300 extra police will be on patrol in areas of london — after six people were killed in shootings or stabbings in the last seven days. not withstanding the cuts made by government i'm investing in what i can in london. you will see 300 official officers in london. russia warns president trump there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen and officials close to president putin. a 25% increase in holiday makers losing their money to fraudsters — for airline tickets or accommod

john gearson, professor of national security studies at kings college london. reporting today on the aftermath of the decision by the uk, france and the decision by the uk, france and the us to bombs targets in syria, arguing that chemical weapons should not be used after they were used in douma week ago. this is bbc news. now let's get a look at the weather prospects from things are looking brighter and warmer as the weekend begins. tomorrow there is some rain moving northwards again. make the most of what will be a merely try start to the weekend. warming up, some sunny spells. over is beacon, the wind picks up and wetter weather returns into tomorrow. it is dry for most of us into tomorrow. it is dry for most of us for the rest of today. it would be clear blue skies, lots of club around, but breaks allowing some sun to come through. that is an improvement in recent days. improving temperatures on the north sea improving temperatures on the north sea coast, these have been called for several days. but into double figures, the wind going offshore rather than c

john pienaar, many thank5, our deputy political editor at the home office. the prime minister has defended her decision to authorise military action against syria, in5isting it was needed to prevent more human suffering. mp5 have spent several hours debating the missile strike5, which were approved without consultation with parliament. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, questioned the legality of the action and accused the prime minister of acting at the whim of president trump, as our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. calm, as the morning shift in westminster begins, yet no political peace, either home or away. the prime minister and her entourage have to explain why she pushed the button on air strikes thousands of miles away. a big day for the labour leader's side too, claiming the government's action might have broken the law. statement, the prime minister. but time and again, the prime minister insisted the bombing in syria was legal — and the right thing to do for britain. let me be absolutely clear, we have acted because it is in our natio

our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has been at westminster for us this evening. brexit has become a trial of strength, a test of the government and the brexiteers and the opponents and the brexiteers and the opponents and here in the house of lords just and here in the house of lords just a short while ago the government came off worse when peers voted for britain to explore continuing to be a member of the european customs union. now, that would mean no customs checks, it would mean no customs checks, it would mean no customs duties but it would also mean having to follow eu laws and it would stop britain from exploring and striking its own trade the old around the world. so there will be another struggle as the government seeks to persuade mps just along the corridor in the house of commons to overturn this defeat, this evening. and that's not because they think it would necessarily force them to change policy. inside government, they are saying that having to explore membership of a customs union is so vague that it will probably practically mean very little.

——john winnie mandela. —— john carlin. tomasz has the weather. another dose of winter for some of us another dose of winter for some of us today. troublesome weather on the roads, particularly in the north. snow and rain. any snow that has fallen has been clumpy and wet. tonight in the northern part of the country we will continue to see the snow falling. this is the low pressure that broke the bad weather in the south. rain in the south. then it moved further north and bumped into the cold air. that is why we saw snow in yorkshire. this is around midnight. it is mostly rain in northern ireland. the lake district, also rain. turning to rein in the south and south—west of scotland. across the southern uplands and the lowlands, a period of snow to come. the cold air will keep sitting here tonight and tomorrow. here, there is a wind bringing milder weather. tomorrow. here, there is a wind bringing milderweather. earlier tomorrow. here, there is a wind bringing milder weather. earlier on tuesday morning the temperatures will not drop much across th