and security links. her visit has come under fire from certain quarters who have criticised saudi arabia's record on human rights. the boss ofjp morgan, one of the city of london's largest employers says he will move hardly anyjobs out of britain in the next two years as a result of brexit. that's in the business telegraph. the ft says women are still missing out on most seniorjobs in the finance industry. data gathered by the paper says only 25% of top executives are female. india's business standard looks at us president trump's crack down on h1b working visas which could spell severe trouble for indian computer programmers. the paper says there are plans to prohibit visas to entry level computer engineers. and finally, french presidential

candidate jean—luc melenchon has said he wants to impose a 100% top income tax rate on the rich. he is currently enjoying a surge in the polls within reach of third place behind favourites marine le pen and emmanuel macron. that's also in the ft. joining us is nick hungerford who is the founder of the investment management company nutmeg. good morning. nice to see you. let's begin with these horrific pictures, which are on a lot of the front pages. just when we thought the situation in syria couldn't get any worse something like this happens, and it is just utterly devastating. yes, it is grim. it is grim across

all the papers, across the whole world. to recap this story, we have a plane that has released a bomb that apparently contains toxic gas and it landed on a civilian area. about 160 people injured, 58 dead, including even children. lots of those people were taken to a particular hospital and several hours later another bomb was dropped, on that hospital. so more of the people who had been injured have died and more of the doctors and nurses treating those people have died and become injured themselves. most of the newspaper front pages, and online, have picked out images of children to really bring home the point that most of those affected were women, were children. there has been international condemnation. the question is, what happens now? will whoever is responsible for this get away with it? maybe be able to feel

they can do it again. it seems like they can do it again. it seems like the french have taken the strongest sta nce the french have taken the strongest stance initially, with their foreign minister calling for immediate and —— an immediate un review. the us has come out with some strong statements. particularly this phrase, "this cannot be ignored". i don't know what that means they will do, but it means some action must be taken. the united nations is having a special meeting today. many people are saying that it is likely russia and maybe even china will veto any decision on further action. people say there is a lot of vocal condemnation, as it were, but not much action. let's see. i was interested to hear that the turkish prime minister has flown to see vladimir putin, to talk about his condemnation of this attack. maybe there will be a few things. this will be a story that keeps rumbling. you cannot help but imagine the people in the middle of all of this in syria thinking, 0k, what our

emergency talks going to achieve after a ll emergency talks going to achieve after all these years? we will keep an eye on that through the day. moving on to the arab news, theresa may visiting saudi arabia. important links in terms of business. yes, this paper is taking the storyline that she is there to discuss business and trade and lots of positive things. of course, she has also faced lots of criticism due to the fact that saudi arabia's human rights record, especially during this conflict in yemen, needs examining as well. theresa may herself is taking this stance that seems pretty logical to me, which is, look, on the same gauge this country i cannot do anything about it. -- country i cannot do anything about it. —— unless i engage this country. sol it. —— unless i engage this country. so i will address the business and trade issues, but i will also talk about these human rights issues. trade issues, but i will also talk about these human rights issuesm isa about these human rights issuesm is a very fine line for her or any western leader to try to walk. at the end of the day, investment from the end of the day, investment from the middle east, whether it be from qatar saudi arabia or whatever, that

is kind of a silent solid partner, history tells us, in investment in the uk. and the uk is looking for that investment. it is. it is not just the investment side of it, it is defence and security. we have received intelligence from saudi arabia before which has helped top terrorist attacks in this country. —— help stop terrorist attacks. if we want to be involved in yemen, we give £103 million in aid to the situation in yemen each year, from the uk, and so do other international communities. how do you engage? you have to talk to the countries involved. moving on, we will look at the business pages of the telegraph. jp morgan saying that it is not going to move anyjobs out of britain because of brexit for the next two years. yes, the two years. there is that time limit, that caveat. it is notjust london. the biggest private employer in one of the smaller cos, dorset, here in the uk. reading between the lines, there

is less about the impact on the uk. nobody was going to move too much before a deal was agreed. at the ceo ofjp morgan, jamie diamond, talking about how this was an opportunity for europe to sort itself out and come an attractive place for other people to work, ridding itself of bureaucracy. i suspect that other countries, hong kong and singapore and america, they will be thinking that if people are leaving they can ta ke that if people are leaving they can take those jobs as well. but will europe do that? is that wishful thinking? he was saying this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. either we once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. eitherwe can do once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. either we can do better in europe, we can become more structured, or possibly europe can break up. you pick and we will make our decision based on that. 0k, jamie dimon saying he will keep jobs based on that. 0k, jamie dimon saying he will keepjobs in based on that. 0k, jamie dimon saying he will keep jobs in the based on that. 0k, jamie dimon saying he will keepjobs in the uk for now at least. the financial times is looking at this age—old problem that never seems to change. women still missing out on a senior jobs in the financial industry. this is the financial times' own research and survey into the situation. give

us and survey into the situation. give us your take on this. you run a financial services company in the uk. yours is a small, nimble online player. but when it comes to the big established institutions, it would seem established institutions, it would seem that women in financial services do not seem to get to the top. i was interested to see when reading is that it shows that over half of all employees, at all levels, are women. so more than 50%. which is quite interesting. and there are huge regional variations. the survey does explain that it is deficient in some areas because companies have to judge deficient in some areas because companies have tojudge who is senior and who is not. but in asia it is in 6.9% of people at senior levels who are female. so there are big disparities. but i was encouraged by the fact that actually, the numbers are increasing. two years ago it was 23.7%, now it is 25.5%. the messages, we have an awful long way to go, but hopefully there is some improvement. —— message is. to go, but hopefully there is some improvement. -- message is. a story

in the business standard about these visas, hib visas. some people may not have heard of them. how important will this be? not have heard of them. how important will this be ?|j not have heard of them. how important will this be? i was studying the united states a few years ago and won a graduate of lots of my classmates found it hard get a job. those who did were occasionally able to use the h1b visa, a skilled worker visa that allows you to stay for six years. it is often a path to a green card or residency. 70% of these these applications are used by indian engineers. so it is an incredibly important these are to have, and i know from personal experience just how valuable they are. so for people to be told that it is probably unlikely, or less likely route for them, i think that will cause a huge effect and trump has all this technology firms advising him who will be resisting this. just briefly, john luke miller shone —— jean—luc melenchon is proposing a 100% income tax on the

very rich. is that a vote when? how does that work? surely if you are very wealthy you would leave. does that work? surely if you are very wealthy you would leavem will certainly out of them attract jobs from jp morgan. wright, nick, thank you very much from that. —— right, nick, thank you very much for that. did to get your opinion. —— good. and thank you to your company. we have lots more on the stories we have just discussed on our website. if you are with us on bbc news in the uk you canjoin if you are with us on bbc news in the uk you can join the if you are with us on bbc news in the uk you canjoin the breakfast tea m the uk you canjoin the breakfast team ina the uk you canjoin the breakfast team in a minute, if you are on bbc world you have the pleasure of benjamin and die. see you in a few minutes. —— benjamin and i. hello there. high pressure is going to be the dominating force for the weather across the uk for the rest of this week and into the weekend. here it is, just nudging in from the south—west, pushing that area of low pressure out of the way — and that has brought some severe

gales to the far north of scotland, and certainly to the northern isles, that gradually easing down. so first thing on wednesday, for most of us, the winds will be light, quite a chilly start across england and wales, especially in rural places. now, there will be quite a bit of cloud across the northern half of the uk, where it will be quite windy. the best of the sunshine, to start off with across central and southern areas. so that wind quite a feature across the northern half of scotland and for the northern isles, we'll see some outbreaks of rain and a little patchy rain as well across western scotland, drier across the east. but generally speaking, it's going to be quite cloudy for scotland, northern ireland, and to the north of england. maybe some light rain or drizzle for cumbria. in the midlands southwards, here we start off dry. could be a bit of mist and fog around but that will clear quickly. because the winds will be light it's going feel not too bad in that sunshine with temperatures of about seven or eight degrees to start the day. through the day, it looks

like the cloud across the north will move southwards, turning greyer for many central and south—eastern parts. i think the sunshine just holding on across the south coast and in towards the south—west, and will see sunny spells developing across, say, the south—east of scotland, with some shelter in the north—west. and where you get the sunshine, 13 or 14 degrees, cooler than that, though, where it stays cloudy, around 11 or maybe 12 degrees. stays rather cloudy for wednesday evening and overnight, with further spots of rain across western scotland, but those winds easing all the while. so for thursday and friday, they are looking similar, day—by—day. so for the end of the week, it's largely dry thanks to high pressure. there will be some cloud around, but also some sunny spells where it will feel quite warm. now across the pond, into the united states, the masters golf has started off very windy. those winds will gradually ease down on thursday — and into friday, looks like we should see some good spells of sunshine, then it is even warmer into the weekend with very light winds. that's what is to be happening across the uk to the weekend. this high pressure keeps things settled. we also import some warm air off the near continent. you see the orange colours bathing much of the country but it could be

locally very warm across the south—east of england on sunday. but this area of cooler air, as you can see, will be making inroads into the start of the next week, so things are set down to cool down a little bit monday onwards. for saturday, though, starting off rather cloudy, some sunshine breaking through that cloud, and we'll see temperatures reaching the mid—teens celsius in many places. on sunday, it looks like the best of the sunshine will be central, south, eastern parts of the country. it'll be very warm, starting to feel cooler and cloudier, though, across the north—west. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. international outrage over a suspected gas attack on rebels in syria, which killed more than 50 people. -- 58. washington has accused the assad regime of barbarism. the un security council will hold an emergency session later. good morning.

it's wednesday, 5th april. also this morning: could diesel drivers be compensated for pollution charges planned in some of our cities? prince harry pledges to finish thejob his mother began to rid the world of landmines.