this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: washington says it is considering action to overthrow president assad after the chemical attack in syria. we are considering an appropriate response for this chemical weapons attack which violates all previous un resolutions. china's president xi jinping arrives in florida for his first summit with president trump. the us president says he expects a ‘very difficult' encounter with the chinese premier with north korea and the economy high on the agenda. also the next hour, britain's highest court rules against a father who took his daughter on holiday during the school term. the case has implications for any parent, intending to take a child out of school in england, without permission. a senior police officer says possession of drugs should not be punished with imprisonment, with a focus needed on educating users instead. this week i will be talking to

scarlett thomas about her switch to writing for children and the creation of a fictional world full of magic and danger. in the last few minutes, the us secretary of state rex tillerson has said the pentagon is offering the white house a range of military options in response to the chemical attack in syria. tonight, there's been a washington—moscow phone call about syria, and the white house says mr trump has talked to several leaders about setting up so—called safe zones. the attack, which killed more than 70 people, including many children, has been widely blamed on the syrian government.

turkey says the results of postmortem examinations confirm chemical weapons were used. later the un security council is set to vote on a draft resolution to demand an investigation into what happened. let's hear what rex tillerson had to say. the events that have occurred in syria with the chemical weapons attack in the past day have horrified all of us and brought to the front pages and to our tv screens as well the tragedy that is pa rt screens as well the tragedy that is part of the syrian conflict. there is no doubt in our minds and the information we have supports that syria, the syrian regime are responsible for this attack. i think further it is very important that

the russian government considers carefully their continued support of the assad regime. does assad have to go? his role in the future is certainly unclear, the acts he has taken, it seems there would be no role for him to govern the syrian people. what steps is the united states prepared to take, remove him from power? the process by which he would leave is something i think requires an international community effort, both to first defeat ices within syria, to stabilise the syrian country, to work collectively with our partners around the world for a political process that would lead to a sad leaving. will you and president trump organise an international coalition to remove a sad? those steps are underway. has

president trump been talking about that with other leaders? our military options on the table? we are considering an appropriate response for this chemical weapons attack which violates all previous un resolutions, violates international norms and long—held agreements between parties including the syrian regime, the russian government and all other members of the un security council. it's a serious matter and requires a serious matter and requires a serious response. us secretary of state rex tillerson speaking in the last 10—15 minutes. we will hear more on that in a few moments hopefully soon as we can get our correspondent at the to you. we are expecting a vote specifically asking

for approval of a more detailed investigation into what happened with regard to that chemical attack. in the last hour or so, president xi of china has arrived in florida for key talks with the us president donald trump. president xi, his wife and his delegation were greeted by a military honour guard and headed straight for mr trump's mar—a—lago retreat. the agenda for the talks will focus on trade — but those discussions could be fractious as mr trump has been profoundly critical of china, accusing it of manipulation, stealing jobs, and ‘raping' the united states. they'll also discuss north korea's nuclear programme — with president trump demanding beijing does more to rein in its reclusive neighbour. for both these reasons — mr trump has said he believes the summit in florida will be ‘very difficult‘. let‘s go to washington to discuss what could be a tense summit withj stapleton roy,

a former us ambassador to china, who was also assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research under the clinton administration. grateful to you for coming on, i wonder how you see this panning out? i think it‘s very important summit. they have set low expectations in terms of concrete outcomes but this permits the president is to establish a personal relationship and if it is successful the two presidents will feel they can deal with each other more easily in the future. i think they need to set a framework for dealing with the difficult issues such as trade which are going to take time to see if we can work out a satisfactory balance. how difficult are these talks made by some of the comments that donald trump made during his campaign?” think it‘s one thing to make public comments but president trump has shown in meetings with other leaders

he is capable of being a congenial host. i don‘t think you will use the same tone as he has in some public comments. trade is uppermost in both men‘s minds, can you see any areas they might be able to compromise even at this early stage? yes, i think china is cautious of the fact the trade surplus china runs with the trade surplus china runs with the united states is a domestic political issue in the united states. based on information coming out before the visit the chinese are prepared to offer high levels of investment into the united states and other measures that may be designed to meet some of the us concerns. potential give and take but clearly from donald trump‘s point of view he cannot be giving a great deal otherwise those who voted for him particularly those who felt theirjobs were under threat or had

been lost as a result of chinese imports will not want to see much manoeuvring. if president trump emerges from this summit with an ability to say the chinese are willing to engage with us on the trade issues i think that‘s a successful summit. what of north korea, what can emerge there?” think the unilateral options the united states talks about are not ways of resolving the nuclear problem in north korea. ultimately the united states and china both have had to work together to create circumstances that can permit north korea to engage with the outside world and hopefully to resume a demutualisation process. that will ta ke demutualisation process. that will take time but i don‘t think it‘s impossible. critics of that would say something along the lines of thatis say something along the lines of that is what has been tried so far

and it‘s not worked. that is what has been tried so far and it's not worked. what has been tried so far has been pressure and the talks have largely been aborted for several years. i think that what is missing and where china perhaps can be helpful is trying to induce north korea to be willing to engage more constructively with the united states and other parties. this is the difference between north korea and iran, iran clearly signalled it wa nted and iran, iran clearly signalled it wanted to break out of its international isolation and this is what created the basis for the nuclear agreement on iran. north korea shows no willingness to engage sheepishly with the outside world, i think we in china both need to discuss the best tactics in moving north korea in that direction. thank you very much forjoining us. let‘s cross to the un and our correspondent nada tawfik. with particular reference to

developments on syria, i was mentioning comments coming out of the white house which rex tillerson has been making in florida, how is it playing it where you are? at the moment we have the security council going to hold consultations on a resolution on syria to set up a fact—finding mission to find out exactly what happened in the chemical weapons attack a few days ago, who in fact may have been responsible. we have had rival d rafts, responsible. we have had rival drafts, the us, uk and france on one hand presenting a draft they hope to vote on later tonight but the russians have also put out a draft and the main difference between them has been at call the united states put in to have the syrian government to provide a fact—finding mission with access to flight logs and access to air bases were the

fact—finding mission thing they could possibly carry out some of those are strikes. right now at the un we are seeing that there could possibly be a vote tonight on this resolution and it‘s very unclear how russia would vote. 0k, we'll come back to you when more urges no doubt. and we‘ll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:1i0pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones and the broadcaster any parent who takes their child out of school in england during term time could be fined, or even face prosecution. that‘s the ruling of the supreme court after a father lost his case that he could take his daughter out of school as long as she attended regularly. jon platt — who‘s from the isle of wight — had refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter for an unauthorised holiday. the high court had originally ruled in his favour but the supreme court has now overturned thatjudgment — saying parents need to act

within school rules. also today — labour‘s said that if it wins the next election, it‘ll provide free school meals for every primary school pupil in england, and it will pay for them by charging vat on private school fees. jeremy corbyn says it will improve the health and performance of young children. currently children in england are eligible for free school meals in their first three years of primary school. but critics say labour‘s sums don‘t add up. well to talk about both of these subjects we can speak now to professor peter earley from the institute of education at university college, london. he joins me live via webcam from orpington. good evening. good evening. let's deal with the supreme court first and what it said about parents taking holidays when those in authority would rather they did not, what is your take? i think it's a

sensible decision and it helps remove the uncertainty the previous decision had made. so i think it‘s ourwin win in decision had made. so i think it‘s our win win in many ways. not for supporters. arguing it's down to the state rather than the parent on the best way to raise the child. he has the opportunity to take the child out of school and edge keep them otherwise —— educate them otherwise but you cannot really have an education system where appearance can actually withdraw their children to ta ke can actually withdraw their children to take them on holidays for 1—3 weeks or even half a term as they wish. it‘s just not sensible. weeks or even half a term as they wish. it‘sjust not sensible. it will encourage irresponsible behaviour on the part of some pa rents. behaviour on the part of some parents. presumably you would say it would be right that in extreme cases for example some sort of loss or brief and then a family the

headteachers should have the discretion to take the appropriate decisions in the situations? indeed i would, i think it‘s the discretion of the school, the headteacher and the governing body who the headteacher is accountable to and we have seen in the past decisions made of absence, authorised absence for things like brief mint or illness but holidays, which is what this supreme court judgment was but holidays, which is what this supreme courtjudgment was about, i think thejudge had it right supreme courtjudgment was about, i think the judge had it right when she said it can have have a disruptive effect not only on the child who is being withdrawn from school but also on the other children and of course the teacher who has to plan and assess, not knowing if the child will be there from one week to the next is potentially very disruptive. i think it‘s a sensible decision and on that, i do not normally agree with

the prime minister but i do agree with her on this occasion and the department for education. 0k, agreement on that, what about the labour plans for primary school pupils? i do not agree, i think labour have got their policy priorities wrong. i do not think allowing all children access to free school meals during the primary yea rs school meals during the primary years is a particularly good use of resources . years is a particularly good use of resources. at the time when schools are struggling financially and having to make budget constraints i think there is little sense in introducing a policy where it‘s not means tested, parents whether they be middle class are going to be entitled and i don‘t think that‘s good use of public resources. he says he‘s going to take the money from vat levied on independent school children as we know about 7% of children at the moment attend

independent schools. how many of those would need to come into the state sector because they couldn‘t afford the extra fees is a moot point because don‘t forget if you sent your child to an independent school you are still paying your taxes and contributing towards state education so i think that‘s another issue the labour party and jeremy corbyn need to consider. coming away from the economic son going to what you‘re saying about the good use of resources more broadly, is there not evidence to suggest if you do this kind of thing with regards to primary school pupils that their achievement that school will benefit? not a lot of evidence on that to be fair. there was a study undertaken by the institute for fiscal studies a few years ago which we re fiscal studies a few years ago which were dead pilot projects here in london and durham and it was unable to come to firm conclusions about whether giving free school meals had any noticeable effect on people

outcomes, either in terms of pupil attainment are in terms of pupil well—being. i don‘t think the evidence is there to support the claims the labour party are making. thank you for your thoughts on both of those topics. the headlines on bbc news: the us secretary of state rex tillerson says a serious response is needed to the chemical attack on syria, the pentagon is outlining military options to the president. the chinese president xi jinping arrives in florida for his first summit with president trump, north korea and the economy high on the agenda. the supreme court rules against a father who took his daughter on school holiday during term without permission. sport now and for a full round up, let‘s cross to the bbc sport centre. just dustinjohnson dustin johnson says dustinjohnson says it dustin johnson says it was dustinjohnson says it was an unbelievably difficult decision to

pull out of the masters before even taking a shot, he has a back injury after falling on taking a shot, he has a back injury afterfalling on his stairs taking a shot, he has a back injury after falling on his stairs at his home before today‘s first round. this is the moment on the first tee the man who has won the last three tournaments on tour realised he could not take part, he had been having treatment throughout the day, spent signed time practising but in the end was forced to return to the clubhouse. this is what has been going on without him, rory mcilroy not had the best of starts, missed a par putt on the third, he is two over. justin rose battling a very difficult condition in georgia, this would lead to a birdie on the 13th and he is two under. this is how things stand on the official leaderboard. an englishman currently leading, matthew fitzpatrick of sheffield. katie walsh says she should be ok to

ride in the grand national on saturday despite bruising her arm at aintree. she was unseated from her mount but is due to ride in the national. following her own fall at the cheltenham gold cup lizzie kelly has won the big race. they had the battle for it, the tu— one favourite pushing them all the way to the finish line but they came out on top. the deal could be worth up to

£100,000 a week. former manchester united midfielder ryan giggs has backed mourinho to bring success to the club. they have had three managers since alex ferguson left the club in 2013 and ryan giggs says mourinho needs more time to build a title winning team. only one team can win the premier league and it‘s a difficult lead to win. leicester last year, chelsea this year, it‘s a difficult lead and i think manchester united winning the fa cup last year and they have already won a trophy this year. they are in a good position to win the europa league but it‘s a disaster, that‘s the standards, that in everyone‘s eyes it‘s a disaster. for me not so much. if you want stability, we have

a good manager now injose mourinho, it might take time. ben stokes cost £1.7 million but was shown little respect byjos £1.7 million but was shown little respect by jos buttler, £1.7 million but was shown little respect byjos buttler, he hit ben stokes were two sixes in a row. quickfire 21. dan da n eva ns dan evans the british number one for the absence of andy murray will face jeremy chardy in the reverse singles, coverage of the thai across the bbc. -- singles, coverage of the thai across the bbc. —— of the tie. let‘s bring you up—to—date on

various diplomatic developments in the knitted states. fox between donald trump and president xi jinping. how how much is at stake? the chinese presidentjust arrived and saw the donald trump, he has just driven past in this enormous motorcade with about a0 police motorcycles at the back, definitely arrived and announcing himself, he is there to meet president xi, how much is at stake, quite a lot, these two the leaders of the most significant global powers under biggest economic powers in the world and if they don‘t get on it is a problem for the world. there are a

contentious issues, trade, president trump very blunt about that to put it mildly and said the trade imbalance between china and united states is a big part his campaign. that is on the agenda and concerns the stands might lead to a trade war. before the summit he said i am not going to raise my worst threat which was to lay very a a5% tariff on chinese good, i will not mention that. but it‘s something which worries the chinese, they want to avert a trade war and they will make the point that if there is a trade war not just the point that if there is a trade war notjust china will suffer, so will the united states. the other thing on the agenda is north korea, that‘s gone to the top of the agenda because the missile tests in the last year or so have concerned them, they believe north korea are on track to get a strong enough mizzle to fire an nuclear warhead at the united states in a couple of years.

it's united states in a couple of years. it‘s something they are focused on and they want china to do more to pressure north korea to stop its nuclear programme and that involves economic sanctions. perhaps become an even tougher, they are going to boost china in that regard, china has been open to getting tougher but it‘s had its limits, it does not wa nt to it‘s had its limits, it does not want to see the regime collapse, so it‘s going to go so far and no further. but that‘s the conversation the leaders need to have and it is hoped this summit will create a framework they can keep having them. given these not met before and the extraordinary wish leicester, initially this is about if they get on or not to make some of these things happen? yes you can overemphasise the importance of the personal relationship at the end of the day its interests which decide

things but two are able to communicate whether there is a channel of dialogue to talk things before they reach a crisis point is very important and if that is able to be established even if they don‘t have great rapport if they at least have great rapport if they at least have a working relationship that is something that will be seen as a success of the summit now i guess we will have to look at the optics and the kind of atmospherics to determine how well that is going the chinese are very tightly scripted and carefully choreographed, they want president xi to come across as a global leader who is able to manage this american president. they are worried that donald trump is unpredictable and might do something say something of script which would embarrass them so they are anxious about that and from they are anxious about that and from the american side they do not have all the cards and their hand either, they have donald trump, he has not got his chinese policy completely sorted, he does not have his chinese tea m sorted, he does not have his chinese team publicly in place. it‘s been mentioned that he is to an extent kind of improvising although it‘s important to meet president xi, he is not prepared with what america is

for the mans are where the chinese do not improvise, they are very well—prepared, it‘ll do not improvise, they are very well—prepa red, it‘ll be do not improvise, they are very well—prepared, it‘ll be interesting to see how this site engage with each other. thank you barbara very for that, in mar—a—lago. each other. thank you barbara very forthat, in mar—a—lago. let‘s each other. thank you barbara very for that, in mar—a—lago. let‘s go to washington because talking about developments regarding syria and specifically the chemical attack, jim 0‘brien is there in the us capitol for us, referring specifically to comments rex tillerson has made in the last half an hourorso, tillerson has made in the last half an hour or so, strong language. yes, this is the first time we have heard him speak about this and a real change in tone a few days ago he was saying that basically the americans would have to live with the prospect of the assad regime, a few moments ago he said he could not see how he could stay in power. and he said, he also criticised russia very strong way, saying the rush—hour would have to seriously consider its continued

support for president assad and that america was considering an appropriate response to the chemical attack, that it was a serious matter and required a serious response so a big turnaround in the last few days and what that response will be we still don‘t know but a change in tone for certain. in terms of that response nothing ruled out at this stage it would seem? nothing ruled out but you have to remember the complexities on the ground have not changed, they have only got worse. you now have american forces in syria, near raqqa where they are trying to push islamic state out of the stronghold they are, you have russian forces on the ground in syria, iranians forces on the ground, the situation is extremely complex and extremely dangerous because you basically have a proxy war going on. if the united states is considering air strikes it‘s going to need to be very, very careful and very sure of itself or

run the risk of killing russian troops for instance. the potential for escalation is quite horror effects. talk of seed zones is well within the syria that could somehow be policed to allow people to go somewhere they were much safer than they are now. nothing is being discussed in that sort of detail but the problem with safe zones is who enforces them, you would effectively be declaring war on syria in order to do that because presumably you would have to be protecting people at some point from the syrian regime so again there are a number of players here, and it‘s a question of how you go about managing this extremely complex and dynamic situation. thank you jane for the moment. are you tonight‘s the night to celebrate the best of gaming —

with the british academy gaming awards. 50 games are being recognised within an industry which makes more money than film and music combined. just take a look at these numbers: sales worth over £a billion pounds in the uk. more than 12,000 people directly employed by more than 2000 companies. and according to the industry — 18 million of us are games players. well our correspondent chris foxx is awards ceremony in east london for us. what lies ahead ? what lies ahead? this is a very glamorous event here in east london and like you say one in three of us now is a gamer and that is reflected in the huge diversity nominated here for example the big—ticket game uncharted four is up for eight awards, a big budget game. that is in the same category as a

game made by one person, independently, the opposite game, very relaxing. you do some farming. we‘ve also just found out who won best british game, it is a multiplayer game called, very stressful, let me tell you, trying to get the kitchen going and cooking for the hungry customers. with me, you have designed one of the big winners tonight, 0verwatch, tell me about how you made that game. we had this vision of a six versus six multiplayer game and we wanted to make a new kind of shoes are about people hadn't seen before. and we have seen a lot of mass online multiplayer battle games, how do you make that fresh? for us it was about

looking into the past and seeing things that weren't happening any more, things that weren't happening any more , crazy things that weren't happening any more, crazy movement abilities and not trying to embrace realism and chasing this bright, fantastical and hopeful future that we hadn't really been seeing in games up until this point. and esports is a growing industry. what kind of things will you be adding to make it even more popular? we are looking at practical things like adding new map and a spectating view but beyond that we wa nt spectating view but beyond that we want to create the 0verwatch which will celebrate professional esports gaming at the highest level. we discussed that gaming appeals to so many people and your game has been praised for having such diverse characters, lgb key characters and different races, was that intentional orjust something you don‘t. ——

intentional orjust something you don't. -- lgbt intentional orjust something you don‘t. —— lgbt characters. intentional orjust something you don't. -- lgbt characters. when you think about the locations on the planet, there are so many places we wa nt planet, there are so many places we want to travel to but let's also think of the people and how unique and some each individual is an celebrate the differences rather than forcing everyone to be the same character all the time. there has been a lot of talk about virtual reality, tipped as the big thing. not a lot of virtual reality games nominated tonight, do you think it will take off? the developers who are trying to tackle augmented reality and virtual reality should all be viewed as pioneers and i am so all be viewed as pioneers and i am so happy that they are so much great development effort going towards both and i do not think one will wind out over the other and both technologies will eventually be incorporated into games as a whole and that'll be exciting. we are yet to see who winds best game, do you have any tips? i think all the

nominees are well—qualified and i wish everyone the best of luck. very diplomatic. we are still to find out who will wind best game and you can find out the results on the bbc news website. let‘s bring you up—to—date with the weather forecast. the temperature was up to 18 in the sunshine in the south—west but we have seen some areas of cloud. notably western have seen some areas of cloud. nota bly western scotla nd have seen some areas of cloud. notably western scotland and northern ireland. these areas, hanging on to the cloud overnight and a few patches pushing southworth as well but otherwise clear skies and light winds. turning chilly, particularly across south wales and eastern england and scotland where the temperatures could be down to two celsius. the best of the sunshine this time at least in scotland, north—east england, good

pa rt scotland, north—east england, good part of wales and the south—west of england, more flowed in the midlands and eastern parts, and still some workload for north—west england and northern ireland. the temperature easily getting into the mid—teens in the sunshine and getting warmer. more in the way of sunshine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the us secretary of state has said the pentagon is offering the white house a range of military options in response to the chemical attack in syria. more than 80 people were killed in the northwestern province of idlib. china‘s president xijinping has arrived in florida for his first face—to—face meeting with donald trump. the high stakes summit is taking place amid tensions over trade and north korea. a father who took his six—year—old daughter out of school to go on holiday has lost his case at the supreme court. the judgment says unauthorised absences have a disruptive effect on pupils and teachers. a senior police officer has told the bbc that possession of drugs —

even cocaine and heroin — should not be punished with imprisonment. but some critics are calling it a soft touch. let‘s return now to our main news — and that meeting in florida between president donald trump and china‘s president xi — who arrived at mar—a—lago tonight. abraham denmark was deputy assistant secretary of defence for east asia under the 0bama administration. hejoins me on webcam from washington. good evening. we were talking earlier on about how much is at sta ke. earlier on about how much is at stake. with your specialty in east asia, iam interested stake. with your specialty in east asia, i am interested to see what you think the two men could say to each other about north korea. north korea certainly emerged as the most important issue the two leaders are likely to be addressing. 0bviously

the united states and the tramp administration have tremendous amount of concern over their actions. the development of ballistic missiles and nuclear capabilities and has continued to call on china to do more to bring north korea in, to punish them for their actions. this will certainly bea their actions. this will certainly be a topic of conversation between president trump and president xi. to hold north korea accountable for its actions and hopefully get it back to the negotiating table. what more realistically could china do, do you think? there is a tremendous amount china could do but it is what china is willing to do. it tremendous amount of north korea‘s economy goes through china, roughly 90% of north korean trade goes through china, and therefore they have great degree of

influence over what happens. however, in the past china has demonstrated a lack of willingness to fully implement security council sanctions. the most recent un security council sanction limited the amount of call that could be imported from north korea, and china seems to have already imported more than half of its annual lot in the first two months of 2017, so the question is what china is willing to do rather than what it says. when the us administration, as it has recently done, says we may act alone if china doesn‘t pull its weight, how much impact does that potentially have? my sense is that the intention of the trump administration is to speak to be

showing more, by putting every option on the table and seeing the us would go forward alone if china doesn‘t go along but being vague about what it actually means means a greater cost for them for not moving ahead. but of course we have been down this road before. previous administrations have spoken to the chinese leadership and encourage them to do more and they have done more in the past but it is often short—lived and north korea plugging away and making investments. that is so much else on the list in terms of what they are going to talk about. when you look at trade and events in the south china sea and when you look at taiwan, when you look potentially at syria, how much to both men need to see eye to eye on some of those in order to enable some of those in order to enable some of those in order to enable some of the things we have just talked about with regards to north

korea to be put into practice as well. it is an incredibly complex relationship as you just said, spanning every issue dealt with, security, trade, investment and international affairs, and in the past both sides have been somewhat relu cta nt to past both sides have been somewhat reluctant to address these issues. they have addressed maritime security separately from issues in the middle east, for example. as the relationship grows more complex it is more and more difficult to separate that, so this meeting is not going to be focused on solving every issue. it is a first meeting between the two presidents, they are going to be getting to know each other but also attempting to establish the framework by which both countries are going to try to manage this very complicated relationship and try to figure out how they can address these issues. it is interesting, we are almost

going down the road now of saying u nless going down the road now of saying unless they can see eye to eye to a degree on trade, but even if they get some way down that road, it might facilitate something more productive when it comes to pyongyang. this is dictated by how countries perceive their national interests and how they perceive those of others. the theory is that the united states and china are able to cooperate more on areas where their interests overlap, trade and their interests overlap, trade and the middle east, some other issue, then that can help convince the other side that their interests are more compatible on other issues like north korea. however, the past has not been very promising in that regard. thank you for coming on. the president of the european council has visited downing street for brexit talks with theresa may.

0fficials for brexit talks with theresa may. officials said they agreed to seek lower tensions over britain‘s exit from the eu, especially with issues such as gibraltar. their meeting was described as friendly and blasted a couple of hours. the authorities in russia knows the eight people have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the saint petersburg metro bombing. 13 people were killed and dozens wounded. six people have been arrested and saint petersburg. memorial gatherings have been held in saint petersburg and moscow today. this weekend, some extraordinary acts by young people are being celebrated at the rotary young citizen awards in manchester. there are seven winners from across great britain and the republic of ireland, one of whom is harry mccann from county kildare. you could call harry a real whizz kid. he founded his first business at the age of 15 — called kid tech. over the space of 16 months, he taught over 800 children to computer code. this is his story.

what generally happens here on tuesday evening, 20 or so local kids learn how to code. we introduce kids to coding as young as seven and get them involved, notjust using technology and creating it. my name is harry mccann, i‘m 18 years old, i‘m a student from county kildare and i‘m the founding director and an entrepreneur. i have a passion and i‘m sharing it with the kids. it‘s a great opportunity to be able to show them they cannotjust use technology but also learn how to build things and control their technology as well. these kids are very much my generation. notjust people on facebook and twitter, just using youtube, but they understand somebody has built it and if they put a lot of work in and understand the technology, they, too, can build the next twitter, facebook and

a billion—dollar business online. i don‘t do it for recognition. i don‘t want to receive awards and it‘s just been an added bonus and it‘s great for me to be able to go out and do other things afterwards. it‘s a good motivator. it‘s great to be able to get involved in something the kids enjoy and i enjoy doing. we have to share a passion for technology with other people especially when the kids get to go on and have the opportunity to go and build bigger and greater things. all this week, the bbc news channel will be featuring the stories of past and present award winners. and on saturday, we‘ll be broadcasting the 10 year anniversary ceremony live from manchester. that‘s at 10:30 this saturday morning. some father developments with

regards to syria. a un authorised military force should intervene in syria if it is proven that president assad‘s government used chemical weapons. those are the words of the french presidential candidate, macron. he says, my preference there should be an intervention under the auspices of the un. a military intervention. he is the independent centrist who is currently narrow favourite to win that election. referring to a suspected syrian government chemical attack that killed scores of people. if those details are confirmed it is a vital to act strongly. the words of macron