11 people have been killed and at least 50 more are injured. the blast coincided with a visit by russian president vladimir putin to the city. the independent reports that germany's foreign minister sigmar gabriel has cast doubt on uk prime minister theresa may's insistence that both a brexit divorce deal and new free trade agreement with the eu can be completed by 2019. the guardian says the international monetary fund has issued a warning that living standards will fall around the world unless governments take action to boost productivity by investing in education. also in the independent, the british travel industry is calling for no extra red tape following brexit. the association of british travel agents wants the current open skies policy to remain and for uk tourists not to be subjected to stringent entry visas. abta also objected to a return of expensive mobile phone roaming charges.

the hill website reports on us president donald trump who has signed into law a bill that reverses former president obama's broadband privacy rules. the previous regulations prevented internet service providers from selling a subscriber's web browsing history and other personal information without permission. and finally the church of england has accused the national trust of "airbrushing faith" after the uk conservation charity dropped the word "easter" from its annual easter egg hunt. that's on the front of the telegraph. joining us is michaela bergman, who's chief counsellor for social issues at the european bank for reconstruction and development. lovely to have you with us. good morning. let's begin with the lead story on the arab news, about this story on the arab news, about this story in saint petersburg. this is

no... this is not an unusual thing, for russia to have to deal with this. they have had attacks like this. they have had attacks like this in the past. it is a problem thatis this in the past. it is a problem that is very real for russia. obviously it is not the only attack that russia has experienced. they have had terrible attacks in moscow, at the theatre, for example. but this comes on the heels of attacks in paris, brussels, and most re ce ntly in paris, brussels, and most recently london. you can see in that series of events, you know, here they are talking about how the arab states have sent their condolences, but i think, also, people don't know who did it, of course. but it affects individual people. these people who have been hurt, innocent bysta nde rs people who have been hurt, innocent bystanders in the wrong place at the wrong time. they live site of cobleigh changed. —— there lives are irrevocably changed. and you say

that because of your own experience. yes, i was present at the ira bombing of harrods in london in 1983. i hated loud sounds a long, long time afterwards. and that was a very minor impact. there is the political aspect about who did it and why, but there is also the personal factor, these people were just why stand is caught up in somebody's rage. just why stand is caught up in yes, people just yes, peoplejust going yes, people just going about their business, going to work. yes, like what happened in londonjust stay a few weeks ago. three days of mourning declared in russia following this attack yesterday afternoon. notjust russia increasing its security significantly on the underground in saint petersburg and moscow, but other countries as well, front saying after this, yesterday, they are increasing security again. public transport is such a difficult thing to police. how do you protect

all trains? how do you look at all the trains? how do you have airport style security for on the underground. here in london, it is just not practical. no, because of the numbers involved. it is eight important point for big cities. —— an important point. germany's foreign minister has said the brexit timeline is unrealistic. do you think being pessimistic? no, i think it is going to take a long time. negotiations, when you have one party to one party, it takes much longer than you always think. here you have the european union, which is effectively 27 parties or negotiating. they are also negotiating. they are also negotiating about how they negotiate. i think britain wants to negotiate. i think britain wants to negotiate new terms of the withdrawal and what they will get, the eu wants to negotiate the terms of withdrawal first. so i think it is going to take time. he actually

arrives in the uk today, and he has given this exclusive interview with the independent, he meets with the foreign minister boris johnson. the independent, he meets with the foreign minister borisjohnson. he is also reiterating the german line, the line from angela merkel, that we will not negotiate the divorce in the same breath as a trade deal. the divorce settlement has to be in place first. that seems to be the consistent message coming from brussels and germany. absolutely. as he said, he wants an orderly withdrawal. and then this article talks about how britain may try to talks about how britain may try to talk about how which will withdraw security support, but i think that isa no security support, but i think that is a no go, politically. we will come more brexit stuff with the allies in a moment, but there is another one... this is really interesting. christine lagarde saying that governments need to do more to increase productivity if they are going to improve education, cutting red tape, if they want to boost their economic wealth. this is

something that you come at your specific role at the bank reconstruction and development, you look at this specifically in terms of gender equality and all sorts of issues. exactly. there are many young people who have mismatched skills. what they learn at school or in college is not useful for employment opportunities. we work with our clients to see how we can get better training. it is notjust the type of skills. there are many education systems. poisoned girls in different directions, it is also not good. —— boys and girls. christine lagarde says we need to incentivise research and development. we need everybody working in stem, which includes girls as well as boys. so you agree with this? absolutely. the problem is, our governments listening? the imf says the thing all the time. -- says these things. the education system takes a long

time. you cannot change it overnight. we need to give education thatis overnight. we need to give education that is helpful for young people to make the decisions about what kind of employment they want, and to be able to have the right skills that. we mentioned brexit and undergo. the airline industry, the wider travel industry, getting worried that there could be an increase in red tape, things like roaming charges. it is something we have become used to, isn't it? cheap flights, because of the open skies agreement. we have become used to cheap flights, money transfers, you know, it is something that has probably gone down in cost over the years has opposed to, say, 20 or 30 years ago. this will affect people. especially in the uk. people expect to go abroad for their holidays. they don't expect large costs. in europe, certainly, we expect to be able to travel pretty easily and to enjoy a strong currency, which is not so much the case now, but also things like healthcare when we are in europe

have something goes wrong. we have that little car that says we can go to hospital in france, it is all pa rt to hospital in france, it is all part of the deal. little card. they say in the article but that might not prevail. and the idea that you canjust show not prevail. and the idea that you can just show your passport and you are through. no visas, nothing. so, yeah. here is an interesting one. president trump has repealed internet priddis in rules that were passed last year. —— privacy rules. those rules were actually not in place yet, but now they will never be in place. no. it is interesting that president trump thinks this is a priority to do now. i think everybody is concerned about what happens with their data these days. you have no control. and he was sharing it with whom, and for what purpose. yes, and i think there is a criticism, in this article, they are saying that big companies will benefit from this that the cost of individuals. but the cost of personal freedom and priddis e. ——

privacy. one wonders why this was such a priority for him, at this particular moment in time. his administration is saying they are coming up with a better plan, which is often they are i—liner. coming up with a better plan, which is often they are 1-liner. maybe they will, who knows. well, mclvor, thank you very much. —— michaela. and thank you for your time. we will see you again shortly on bbc news. good morning. we have got some rain working its way in from the west but before we take a look at that let's

look back at some of the highlights of monday. a beautiful weather watchers picture sent in from cambridge, a lovely afternoon. we saw highs heel of 18 degrees. at mac the storm clouds gathered in argyll and bute. a very atmospheric shot as the rain arrived from the west. it is fairly fragmented and it is moving erratically eastwards over the next few hours, perhaps sitting towards dawn in the south—east corner. it high and it some clearer skies and a fresh start to the day across scotland and northern ireland. more cloud into the south—west and for wales, the odd spot or two of rain at eight o'clock in the morning. the bulk of the rain will probably sit across the south coast was oxygen, east anglia and the south—east corner, but even then it will be fairly light and fragmented. further north, lots of early morning cloud, missed and murk. decent spells of sunshine for northern ireland and scotland. a bit more of a breeze towards the far north and west that could continue to drift in towards the northern and

western isles. about wind willjust ta ke western isles. about wind willjust take the edge of things, i suspect, particularly on exposed coasts. this chine continues to breakthrough across north—west england, wales towards the end of the day. again, still with the odd spot or two of rain. temperatures more subdued in the south—east, highs of around 15 degrees. elsewhere, 8— i3 the south—east, highs of around 15 degrees. elsewhere, 8— 13 or 14 as a daytime maximum. if you are heading off to the premiership matches in the evening i don't think you'll be disappointed with this story, a tickle kick—off, so obviously it is dark but the cloud remains broken. not too cold, 8— 10 degrees. a similar story but it could be windy again in scotland, making it feel that bit chilly. but it will be dry and that is probably the most important thing. the high pressure stays with us through the middle of the week. weather fronts toppling over the top of that high. it will continue to stay quite windy in scotland. on wednesday we could see

gales, may be severe gales, to the extreme north, and a scattering of showers, some of them quite heavy, into the far north—west. elsewhere we start off with decent spells of sunshine and some fair weather cloud bubbling up through the afternoon and temperatures pegged back a bit. nevertheless, 8— 14. that is not too bad. asimilar nevertheless, 8— 14. that is not too bad. a similar story for the end of the working week, thursday into friday, when we start of relatively sunny and a bit of cloud into the afternoon. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. russian investigators are thought to have identified the man suspected of killing 11 people in the st petersbourg underground attack. reports say the person behind the bomb is in his early 20's and from central asia — three days of mourning for the victims have been declared. good morning, it's tuesday april 4.

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