these are some of the main stories in the bbc newsroom. jeff sessions has recused himself from an investigation into contact between russian officials and the donald trump campaign during the election campaign. donald trump had said he has total confidence in his attorney general. total. we will report from brussels, $200 billion have been raised herfamily brussels, $200 billion have been raised her family planning schemes in developing countries to counter cuts introduced by donald trump. and the latest in the build—up to saturday's showdown between david haye and tony bellew. asi as i was just as i wasjust mentioning, $200 million have been raised to counter

cuts donald trump has made to the funding of abortion services in developing countries. it has happened in brussels at a multinational conference called she decides. this is donald trump signing the executive board that and it is estimated $500 million a year has been cut by donald trump to campaigns. the belgian deputy prime minister was the host of this confidence and here he is. the impact could be very severe for millions of women and girls, too often we would see a 12—year—old who would not have the choice to see i do not want to get pregnant, i do not want to marry a person who is three times older than me and i would love to continue to go to school and become an independent person who is able to ship my own future. f family planning is not

being provided, it would mean that a tremendous progress we have had throughout the world over the last 20 years would be reversed and it would be a very bad thing for eradicating poverty throughout the world. one place this funding cuts will have an impact as nepal and/or reported as they are. she has come here to get an abortion. it is not illegal in nepal but there is extreme social stigma and so she does not want to show her face. for women like, a proper medical facility like this one run by a charity is a refuge. many end up going to the legal clinics. this man lost a loved one to an unsafe abortion. miles away from his village, he agrees to meet us. his

wife's sister died after taking pills given to enter pregnancy. she was just pills given to enter pregnancy. she wasjust i9. pills given to enter pregnancy. she wasjust 19. the clinic pills given to enter pregnancy. she was just 19. the clinic she pills given to enter pregnancy. she wasjust 19. the clinic she went pills given to enter pregnancy. she was just 19. the clinic she went to didn't even have a sign. someone who looked like a nurse gave her medicine and told her she would be fine ina medicine and told her she would be fine in a couple of days. that evening she started bleeding heavily. we tried to rush to a proper hospital but she bled to death. nearly half of all pregnancies in nepal are unintended which means safe abortion services are crucial. this country depends heavily on charities to provide them. now those organisations will no longer be able to get a from america if they continue to perform abortions. the us government doesn't directly fund abortion services in any country. here, a lot of money goes towards family planning activities provided by ngos.

typically, large charities offer both and now they stand to lose us aid money which could leave a big hole in their finances. aid money which could leave a big hole in theirfinances. president trump's order goes one step further than previous republican governments. 0rganisations will not even be able to tell women that abortion is an option. marry stokes, which runs the centre, say the simplest and agree to those terms and soul the family running services they provide with us money could be severely impacted. if we lose that funding, one in four women one family planning and can access it and the reality is they will need abortion services at some point. we estimate that around 80,000 women will actually seek abortion due to this, of which half of those, through no fault of their own, not knowing where the safe providers are, will go to an unsafe provider.

it isa are, will go to an unsafe provider. it is a move that is made to the anti—abortion but they would end it in countries like this one. they could become more unsafe. we are going to begin the sport by talking about cycling because the head of british cycling has apologised her feelings following accusations of bullying and sexism against top level cyclists. there has been an investigation into the culture of british cycling and a report is imminent. its chairman says riders will be better curable. he has been speaking to our sports editor. for yea rs, speaking to our sports editor. for years, the story was one of success, defined by medals and glory, but they'd is now an image crisis amid a damaging tide of allegations, all been eyed but today the man tasked with salvaging the governing body's reputations as it is time for cycling to say sorry. we have

already met with groups of riders and staff and have made it clear that we are there have been feeling is we apologise and we recognise that what we will do something about it. so there was a bullying culture? there have been some well reported insta nces there have been some well reported instances where behaviour was unacceptable. with training going as normal british cycling unveiled a 35 point action plan to overhaul governments and athlete welfare. it all stems back to last year when a former sprint cyclist complained about sexism and bullying amid a culture of fear in the high—class performance programme. a decade ago jenny was national mountain biking champion and says she was also a victim of discrimination.” champion and says she was also a victim of discrimination. i have certainly know that staff who have said to me down the years particularly when i retired that they supported and they had felt bad

for my situation but hadn't been able to see anything. they were worried about their job. able to see anything. they were worried about theirjob. the idea of job preservation was almost a joke amongst riders in the way managers behaved and decisions were made. british cycling's credibility was further damaged yesterday when mps have about a failure to keep medical records of riders. the man at the centre of the storm, bradley wiggins, today refusing to speak about the contents of the now famous medical package delivered to him in 2011 but those who funded the sport and unimpressed. the governing body is in crisis, isn't it? that is a lot going on with a number of fires that seem to be going off in different areas and it is difficult for them at this point in time. i was shocked and disturbed by what they heard yesterday particularly

around the area of medical management and record—keeping. around the area of medical management and record-keeping. these are dark days for the sport and with publication of what is known to be an expose of report into cycling culture expected in the next few weeks, lifting the gloom not be easy. in boxing, definitely no love lost between these two men, tony bellew and david haye. they will fight this saturday in london, and if you missed that this is what happened at their press conference a few days ago, and it is fair to say people in charge of leaping clips have been busy looking after this one. this right—hander is going through your bleep. you are going to mess. all of these bleep now it as well. all of you bleep. all of you! all of you! you'll see. go and sit

down now. and you, all of you. bleep. go and sit down. in one of the least surprising developments of the least surprising developments of the week the period were both warned to tone down their behaviour. they had another press conference to see and hear is how they got on. had another press conference to see and hear is how they got onlj promise you i will. i am hoping for that because if you don't get up and make sure your little rat coach doesn't throw in the towel to save the day because it will be no other way. i promise you. this is the last day for you. enjoy your last couple of days. boxers do this but this feels real? and it goes back a few yea rs, feels real? and it goes back a few years, a feels real? and it goes back a few yea rs, a lot feels real? and it goes back a few years, a lot of people around this fight see it is genuine, the hatred between the two men. tony bellew,

the cruiserweight champion, has said that he has said a lot of things and spent time with david haye who had in the past said some incredibly rude, offensive and distasteful things in the lead up to many of his fights. i spent a lot of time with david haye, iwas fights. i spent a lot of time with david haye, i was around his world title fight when he took the heavyweight crown, he said some nasty things then and about vladimir clips call, but he was also a fantastic cruiserweight champion. he is very early light and knows all about his sport, but once you get into the build—up of the fight, especially that week, he changes, he flips, and it is very calculated as well, because there is now built on the line saw how do you sell it? you sell out of the characters of these two men, and they know that the people watching have got to pay for the very expensive subscription to watch it on the television, and it

is expensive to watch in person, this one at the 02 arena, they are selling this fight, but in a year in which we have had a lot of tragedies in boxing, hemmed talking about the damage that he wants to inflict on tony bellew, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth, and the british boxing board of control sets to calm it down, but we still have a weekend tomorrow and that could lightly. they are selling this fight but at the heart of it there is a genuine hatred and dislike between the two men, so far all the talk, a lot of people are talking about this fight andi people are talking about this fight and i certainly want to know how they will get in the late back on in they will get in the late back on in the ring on saturday night. and if you don't want to pay for the fight you don't want to pay for the fight you can get the bbc live page throughout the boat. let's go to japan because we want to talk about the twenty20 0lympics, i have

highlighted the country club, you can see all 18 holes, selected to host the golf in the olympics, but there's a snag because modern life has not caught up with this particular club, they don't allow women. that has been noted by the international olympic committee and he had its vice president. it's heading in the right direction, for them to have a non—discriminatory membership. procedure by lot in theirclub, and it membership. procedure by lot in their club, and it would appear we will be able to have this resolved by the end ofjune, but as i say, got to be very careful, because we are going there by the grace, and they have to want to have us the and i suspect it is a private club, but they certainly understand that our

position is non—discrimination. story from tokyo and we will go across the pacific to the west coast of america. we will be live to talk about snap chat, the company that owns it has been floated today on the new york stock exchange and the stock has gone up and up. the chief inspector of hospitals in england has given a stark warning about the state of the nhs saying it is standing on a burning platform with four out of five trusts needing to improve patient safety. the professor says the traditional model of caring for patients is no longer capable of delivering the needs of today's population. 0ur health editor is as ever following this story. a new birth today and a new beginning for this hospital in

cambridge. maternity and other services were rated inadequate by the regulator, care quality commission, in 2015. the trust was put into special measures but it has 110w put into special measures but it has now tackled the problem is and is rated good. it was a very big shock for patients. the boss who helped steer the hospital from the low point back to where it should be told me how they went about it. the wider leadership team invested a huge amount of time, well over two days a week, in going out to front—line clinical areas and talking to staff and listening to them and listening to patients about what needed to improve. the care quality commission makes clear that while there are successful turnaround is like at this hospital there are others where there is cause for concern and we are falling short. the sea qc report said that across major hospital trusts, 62%

we re across major hospital trusts, 62% were rated as adequate and needing improvement. 61% needed to improve safety but 93% were praised for the caring attitude of staff, but those are things were done before this winter's extreme pressure on hospitals and the sea qc said the whole system needs a complete or a whole. of course i have concerns about what is happening and we need to take a long look at that to see what more can be done in terms of improving the acute care model from emergency admission through the hospital, through to discharge, so we need to look across the country at all of those things but some hospitals are managing it better than others. the system as a whole is under strain but for some hospitals the mood is more relaxed, those who have had a bad inspection have turned things around and got high marks for patient care. thanks forjoining me on today's

outside source and the lead story is that the us attorney generaljeff sessions says he will recuse himself on investigations into alleged russian interference and to the presidential election. coming up after outside source, outside of the uk, world news america with lots more on the political drama in washington and also we look back at the love life of jackie kennedy. if you are watching in the uk it is the news at ten next with a special report from china on one person's experience of official efforts to silence them. as i was mentioning, the company who own snap chat debuted on the stock market today in new york. if you got some of those shares you are doing well. here is a

copy sent into the newsroom. he says snap closed its first day of trading at $24, up 44% on the opening price. before we get carried away, here is a tweet saying, let's not be dom. twitter had a 73% b1 pop and says it means nothing. he is life with us now from san francisco. should we respond to that advice and pay no attention whatsoever to what happens on b1? day one will be full of lots of excitement and people wanting to get in heavily on this new much anticipated technology stock, so it is always going to be slightly inflated but it is worth paying attention to, mostly because many of the stocks sold have got a year lock in period so the price will not fluctuate too much. although it is

much higher than the initial starting price, they will be pleased and should see it as a positive start. a lot of first they excitement but as to be expected so it looks like it will stay quite steady. these people are investing plenty of money because they think it will make money in the long run. what is the plan to do that? the strategy is to sell advertising and it is doing that at the moment, not making money at the moment whether losses increasing, so they are going in the wrong direction as far as profitability is concerned, but silicon valley companies, many of them don't make money, twitter has never made money, and investors don't worry about that too much, it is the potential to make money, and the selling point of snap chat as many of its users, around 150 million, are teenagers, young, and thatis million, are teenagers, young, and

that is very lucrative to advertisers, so investors hope they will capitalise on that and build this enormous potential advertising business and that is how the company will start making money. they have got a big challenge if they are going to achieve that particularly because facebook which owns and figure, they are hot on the heels and introducing many features that snap chat had on their platform first. instead grammar is copying them and there are many users that may be migrating from snap chat in saddam and that continues it is a big problem. -- instagram. thank you. what looks like a very nice lunchtime in the bay area. some developments to tell you about connected to the marder of the half—brother of the north korean leader. this north korean man has been held in connection with the mark duggan will be released and the poor third. his attorney says david

insufficient evidence. while that is a lot of suspicion that north korea orchestrated the use of a nerve agent for the murder, the north koreans are offering a very different explanation. the word belongings with the medicines related to the disease of diabetes. heart disease and high blood pressure. they concluded he is not ina pressure. they concluded he is not in a position to be without several medicines, therefore this is a strong indication that the cause of the death is a heart attack. the north koreans say heart and the malaysians a nerve agent and we will have to wait for the investigation to play out. while that is going on

we are learning more about the kim family and we have spoken to the brother of kim jong—nam. to understand north korea you have to think of it as being an absolute monarchy, the kim dynasty. the dynasty was founded after the second world war and when he died in 1984, his son as ended the throne. he died five years ago and his son then became the new young king, but he is very young, very inexperienced and very young, very inexperienced and very insecure, and since he came to power, he has been killing lots of people. why was he killed? you don't know? has power is not stable. the people that he seems to feel

most threatened by his own family. there are several key figures in this story. the most important and most powerful was his uncle, at the time he came to power, he was the most powerful man in north korea. a network of allies across the country and throughout the region. 0ne network of allies across the country and throughout the region. one of them was his own net you who was the ambassador in malaysia. —— nephew. through him he was able to keep in touch with his other nephew kim jong—nam. but in 2013, kimjong—un began the biggest purge in 50 years beginning with his uncle. he was arrested and executed by firing squad. his whole family was rounded

up squad. his whole family was rounded up including his nephew the ambassador who was executed. that left kim jong—nam, isolated and alone without any support. asa as a boy, kimjong—nam was his father's favourite son, but this family photo tells a chilling story. his cousin, shot in the head, his auntand a his cousin, shot in the head, his aunt and a daughter in exile in hiding and now kimjong—nam killed with a band nerve agent. in north korea membership of the royalfamily

is no guarantee of a long and happy life. a reminder of what the us attorney generaljeff sessions within the last hour. my staff recommended refusing. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and consider their valuation. i have studied the rules and consider theirvaluation. i believe have studied the rules and consider their valuation. i believe those recommendations are right and just, therefore i have recused myself in therefore i have recused myself in the matter is that deal with the trump campaign. he began this edition of outside source and finishes at as well, see you next week, goodbye. in meteorology we like to keep things simple sofa every year when

to run from first december to the end of february and we can compare like with like. what about this? when you look at the average temperature, it was up a little bit across the board, on the mild side, and you would expect it to be quite wet and windy as well but it wasn't. here is the winter rainfall and those places where drier than average mainly because of high—pressure blocking weather systems from coming across the atla ntic systems from coming across the atlantic for much of the time. we are going to see a fairly strong jet strea m are going to see a fairly strong jet stream over the next few days coming across the atlantic ocean. that'll be impacting but notice how it dies to the south of the uk and in this trough you would expect a significant area of low pressure to develop and we will see some very heavy snow likely. we end the week with a fair bit of rain across the southern half of the uk, slowly working its way north words. it should begin to dry up in the south—east of england but the

south—west stays with outbreaks of rain into the afternoon, quite breezy, with the best of any sunshine across central and northern parts of scotland with the temperature around 6—7. 11 by the afternoon. into the weekend, looking like rain at times, on the heavy side, a bit of a breeze to go with that and then the wind and they are not feeling great, as on the chilly side. friday's rain continues northwards through the evening and at the start of the weekend we see the isobars getting closer together so the isobars getting closer together so the wind picking up and the rain setting and wet and windy as well in northern ireland. some outbreaks of rainfor northern ireland. some outbreaks of rain for the eastern side of england, further south and west more like scattered showers coming in. many places around about 8—9, might just get to 11 in the south—east. by sunday, wettest weather further south across wales and the southern half of england, moving its way east, drive further north but with a few showers. into sunday night, the

first area of rain moves away and to start the new week it looks like we will see some rain into the south—west of england but elsewhere, a shower or two italy on what a lot of dry weather but cloud and to increase into the afternoon, some showers developing across the heart of england and wales, rain in scotla nd of england and wales, rain in scotland and northern ireland, the top temperature around 8—9, glasgow and belfast 10—11. looking further ahead into the early part of the coming week and the jet stream is thereabouts, and we are likely to see some rain developing in the southern half but with a fairly flat wave and the jet stream it will be a westerly winds being not so chilly and into the latter part of the week the jet stream moves further north taking the trough with it and taking the rainfall saw the rise up in the south later on and next week and next weekend, we see the jet stream

becoming much more amplified, we will see some outbreaks of rain to go with that but also called are coming down from the northwest, so expect the temperature to drop away into next weekend. it is staying u nsettled, into next weekend. it is staying unsettled, quite windy at times of outbreaks of rain and also turning colder and it looks like they cold fuel could last for quite some time. —— called feel. tonight at ten: the pressure mounts on the us attorney general, who stands accused of lying under oath. following calls to stand down over claims that he lied about contacts with russian officials during the election campaign, jeff sessions made this statement. i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. president trump has declared his total confidence in mr sessions, but his political opponents have been piling on the pressure. the fact that the attorney general — the top cop in our country — lied under oath to the american people

is grounds for him to resign. we'll have the latest. mr sessions also promised not to have any involvement in the official investigation into russian interference in the presidential election. also tonight.