for me, the show is totally about belief. you can believe whatever you want to believe. fantastical story aside, this collection of bronze, solid gold and marble artworks must have cost a fortune to make. er... what did we say? more than 20? less than 100? we can do better than that, damien. more than 50 or less than 50 million? i'm not sure. probably more. a lot of money. yours? yeah, mine. why do you want people to believe in this story? i want you to be searching for the truth, and i want you to have to be peeling back the layers to find the truth. i don't know what that truth is for you but i know what it is for me. what is it for you? for me, it is that this guy lived 2000 years ago, he amassed this collection and he tried to do something for posterity and it sank to the bottom of the sea. it's like, i'm really shocked that i say that to you now. there is something sort of barmy about believing a story you actually invented yourself. you know, people believe in santa claus. the difference is, those are other people's story. if i close my eyes, i can see the sky.

are you to tell me that's not real? whether this show is a great masterpiece, or an overblown vanity project, or somewhere in between, will be decided by critics and audiences. either way, there's plenty to see and amuse in these works by a man who once pickled a shark but now finds some of today's contemporary art baffling. sometimes i look at new art and i think, what the hell is it? i can be like old—fashioned. i can definitely walk into an exhibition and go, "i don't understand these contemporary artists." now, that is a reality for a lot of people. will gompertz, bbc news, venice. in what appears to be a shift in the donald trump policy on syria, a future role for president assad has been ruled out. discussions are taking place between the pentagon and the white house about possible military action against the assad

regime. let's return to our editor. what is the latest? politically we have seen the most massive change in the last 2a hours with donald trump announcing that his view has changed. since then we have heard a lot of things, a variety of different full sons, all pointing to the idea there will be a true strike against syria and that it could be imminent. plans have already been drawn up and decisions are being made as we speak. the defence secretary briefing donald trump about what the target options would be. they range from a slap on the wrist to something much more profound with all the consequences that could go with that. thank you for that. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines tonight. dustin johnson withdraws from the masters without hitting a shot. the world number one walks off

the first tee with the back injury he suffered after a slip on the stairs. despite her own fall at cheltenham just three weeks ago, lizzie kelly rides tea for two to victory in the big race on day one of the grand national festival at aintree. and they might usually be team mates. but there's no time for niceties in the ipl where two of england's biggest stars go head to head. and ben stokes is hit back over his head byjos buttler. welcome along. he's the world number one. and has won his last three events. but a slip on the stairs has prevented dustinjohnson from playing at the masters. in his absence, two other americans are top of the leaderboard.

charley hoffman and clubhouse leader william mcgirt are three under. tim hague looks back on a dramatic day one at augusta. the favourite for one of golf‘s most iconic events disappearing before oui’ iconic events disappearing before our very eyes. the world number one dustinjohnson our very eyes. the world number one dustin johnson out with a our very eyes. the world number one dustinjohnson out with a back injury justices around dustinjohnson out with a back injuryjustices around was about to begin. i am playing the best golf of my career begin. i am playing the best golf of my careerand begin. i am playing the best golf of my career and one of my favourite two elements of the year, i look forward to it every year. to have a freak accident happened yesterday afternoon. it sucks. noeljohnson but still plenty of notable names like rory mcilroy who seemed frustrated by a difficult day and because of strong winds he wasn't the only one who found it tough. justin rose was sitting throughout

and ended one under par. the same for another englishman, matthew fitzpatrick. but for this double bogey he would have finished three and. perhaps you can follow up the work of defending champion danny willett. despite a poor start he picked up on the back nine. the same could be said for the man who collapsed to give away the green jacket 12 months ago. jordan spieth found water 12 months ago and did so again on his way to a quadruple bogey. his fill american should eve ryo ne bogey. his fill american should everyone how to do it. little—known maybe but impressively ending on three under two lead at augusta. just in the last few moments he has been surpassed by another american at the top of the leaderboard, charley hoffman. no four under. let's cross live to augusta and speak to hazel irvine. hazel. dustinjohnson said it ‘sucks' to have to withdraw.

i guess it ‘sucks' that we won't get to watch him this week? absolutely. a very great shame for him because he was the man in form coming into this and he becomes the second world number one not to compete at the masters, tiger woods in 2014 suffered a similar fate, but it has been a while they notjust for storylines but for the weather. gusts of up to 40 mph and as you we re gusts of up to 40 mph and as you were saying charley hoffman has lea pt to were saying charley hoffman has leapt to the top of the leaderboard to go four under, one ahead of william mcgirt, and william mcgirt it was, who actually put us right, because for a long time it looked as for the first time in 60 years no one was going to break 70 on an opening day at the masters but it is a very positive picture from a british and european perspective,

and we are seeing that matthew fitzpatrick, tied seventh on his first professional appearance, he has won two for the european tournament since then and he came on three under until a double at the last, so we'll settle for anyone under 71. last, so we'll settle for anyone under71. i last, so we'll settle for anyone under 71. i have been here quite a few times now and came the week before i was an amateur and when i was april last year and did the same this year so i have tonnes of notes and every time you play you learn something new so it is about keeping those notes and improving on it every year. also on that number is the olympic champion justin every year. also on that number is the olympic championjustin rose who owns a superbly impressive record at augusta, tied second two years ago and still in the mix—up that a solid 71. they went is moving fast and the ball is moving to the point you are chasing it and it moved a couple of inches. fortunately they have

changed the rules so you can ground the parts now and you can commit to your routine and not worry about that. it is playable. but it is on the edge which makes it tough for us. the edge which makes it tough for us. certainly on the edge and a quick update on the grand chasing rory mcilroy. three overthrew 12 and danny willett putting any superb road. he has fought back and is level for his round with one hole to goal. radio five live are well underway and you can listen to their coverage right now. eventful, wendy, but certainly enjoyable, back to you. from augusta to aintree. jockey katie walsh says she should be ok to ride in the grand national on saturday despite severely brusing her arm on day one of the festival at aintree. walsh tweeted that x—rays were clear after she fell in the foxhunters' chase.

she'd been unseated from her mount distime at the famous chair fence. and is due to ride wonderful charm in the national. meanwhile following her own fall at the cheltenham gold cup three weeks ago. lizzie kelly has won the big race of the day. the betway bowl. 0n tea for two. they had to battle for it. the 2—1 favourite cue card pushing them all the way to the finish line. but tea for two came out on top. kelly made history in december 2015 when she became the first female rider to win a grade 0ne race in britain. that was also on tea for two in the kauto star novices' chase at kempton. manchester united forward jesse lingard has signed a new contract that'll keep him at old trafford for another four years. the england international has been at the club since he was seven years old. and the deal could be worth up to £100,000 a week. leicestershire have been docked 16 points on the eve of the new county championship season after fast

bowler charlie shreck was found guilty for a breach of player conduct in a match against loughborough mccu. it's the county's fifth fixed penalty in 12 months. and they've also been fined £5,000 captain mark cosgrove has been banned for one match as he was skipper for each of the incidents. while shreck has been suspended for two games by leicestershire. they were docked the same number of points for similar breaches in 2015. two of england's cricketing superstars have been battling it out in indian premier league. ben stokes cost rising pune supergiant 1.7 million but he was shown little respect by his international teammate jos buttler who's playing for the mumbai indians. buttler hit stokes for two sixes in a row it was stokes who had the last laugh though. he made a quickkfire 21 and his supergiant side reached their target of 185 with 7 wickets and one ball to spare. in rugby league, superleague leaders castleford tigers beat reigning champions wigan warriors by 27 points to 10. castleford were ahead for most of the match and wigan's resistance crumbled when greg eden intercepted a wayward pass and ran almost

the entire length of the pitch to dive over the line. it's only the sixth time in superleague history that castleford have beaten wigan on their own turf. it leaves them without a win in four matches. kyle edmund will play the first match of britain's davis cup quarter—final tomorrow against france's lucas pouille edmund helped britain to the last eight by winning his second singles in the tie against canada in february. he takes on pouille, who reached the quarter—finals of wimbledon last year. dan evans, who is british number one for the tie in the absence of andy murray will face jeremy chardy in the reverse singles. there's coverage of the tie in rouen across the bbc. we are a tough team and we will compete really hard and it is possible to upset some of those rankings. here's lower ranked in our guy but he plays well on clay and

has done well at roland garros in the past. because of the west tirols it has led to being a little bit closer. one of the best 200 metre runners in the world has switched his allegiance to great britain. it's not usain bolt but the other guy in this picture. his training partner miguel francis. he's 22 years old and was born in the british 0verseas territory of montserrat, which doesn't have its own 0lympic committee. until now he's been competing for antigua and barbuda. francis ran the seventh fastest 200 metres time in the world in 2016. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones and the broadcaster and campaigner, henry bonsu. welcome to both of you. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the financial times says push to reform company bosses. the metro leads with a warning that gp practices are closing at a record rate. whilst the telegraph claims the surgery shortage is down to gps retiring early. the i says parents face prosecution for taking their children on holidays during term—time. the daily mail says travel companies must lower fayers to help families. the express reports on an armed police presence at the grand national, for the first time in over 100 years. the daily mirror claims the serial killer peter sutcliffe murdered eight more women.

the times says first—time home buyers are being priced out by large numbers of foreign investors. that isa numbers of foreign investors. that is a flavour of the front pages and we will get into at least of those but let's talk about gps, tell us about the front of metro. critical levels in red and a black and white headline. the whole purpose of the critical aspect of this is that so many gps are leaving the profession, some earlier than you might have thought, and one of the reasons for thatis thought, and one of the reasons for that is going to be pressure at work coming into stress and one reason will be the pensions that are available to the gp profession is going to be brought more in line with the private sector, paying more

in and get less out. the public sector have had it too good for too long, and all that means is that an approaching doctor thinks it is best to get out now and not risk it later. that is about what the doctor might think, the other side, and it is always difficult for people like us is always difficult for people like us to understand which part of this is relevant. if