this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm — foreign ministers from the g7 nations, have been trying to find a unified approach to tackling the conflict in syria, after last week's suspected chemical weapons attack. two people have been killed in what police believe to be a murder suicide, at a school in san bernardino in california. the chief executive of barclays, jes staley, could lose his annual bonus after two regulators opened an investigation, into his conduct in a whistleblowing case. also coming up — the funeral service has taken place, of the policeman stabbed to death in the westminster terror attack. pc keith palmer was guarding an entrance to the houses of parliament, when he was killed. thousands of officers lined the route of his funeral cortege. there are renewed fears for the great barrier reef, after scientists say two thirds has been damaged by "unprecedented" coral bleaching. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. foreign ministers from the g7 group of leading economic nations, are meeting in italy for two days of talks, with the syrian conflict dominating the agenda. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is leading calls for russia's president, vladimir putin, to distance himself from the assad regime, and find a way forward for a negotiated settlement of the civil war. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will argue that syria has no future with bashar al—assad as president. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins, has sent us this report from the tuscan city of lucca, where the ministers are meeting. america's secretary of state is in italy to turn up the international heat on syria's president assad

and his russian backers. rex tillerson very deliberately joined an international wreath laying at the memorial to a nazi atrocity here in 1944, the massacre of local villagers. we remember the events of august 12th 1944, that occurred. then he drew a direct parallel to last week's gas attack in syria's idlib province. we rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents, anywhere in the world. then, president trump's foreign minister, the man who will go to moscow later this week, met borisjohnson, the foreign secretary who cancelled his visit to be here instead. they are working together to get the widest possible internationally—agreed challenge to the russians. immediately afterwards, borisjohnson told me he is pressing for new sanctions against russia as well as syria.

and we will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions, certainly on some of the syrian military figures and, indeed, on some of the russian military figures who have been involved in coordinating the syrian military efforts, and who of course are thereby contaminated by the appalling behaviour of the assad regime. what we're trying to do is to give rex tillerson the clearest possible mandate from us as the west, the uk, and all of our allies here to say to the russians, "this is your choice. stick with that guy, stick with that tyrant, or work with us to find a better solution." president assad's major backers, iran and russia, have now warned of military retaliation if president trump repeats last friday's cruise—missile strikes, although iran's president rouhani, seen as a moderate, seemed to contradict his own hardliners today, saying change

within the assad regime should go hand—in—hand with fighting his opponents. translation: terrorism in syria should be eradicated and, of course, some reforms should be permitted in syria within the syrian regime. this evening, g7 ministers, all but one of them nato members too, are starting to explore new pressures they could apply, knowing full well that russia has so far stuck firmly with president assad and his regime. the white house press secretary sean spicer has been speaking in the past hour — and said america will "hold open" the possibility of more action in syria. the reason we took action last week has been widely praised, domestically and internationally. those weapons pose a grave threat to

oui’ those weapons pose a grave threat to our national security. number one, we have to stop that, and number two, we have to stop isis. with respect to the people of syria, with us respect to the people of syria, with us taking action and de—escalating what's going on in syria, that's the greatest thing you can do to support those people, de—escalating the situation there, containing isis is the greatest aspect of humanitarian relief we can provide. secondly providing areas in which we can work with allies and making sure they're up with allies and making sure they're up places free from violence, free for people to gather safely is another, because i think everyone would agree that the last thing people want to do is leave. they wa nt to people want to do is leave. they want to stay, they want to have a safe place to remain with their families and not be separated. our number one priority is to defeat

isis but we are also from a humanitarian and refugee standpoint, ensuring that we create an environment to provide a safe place for them to ultimately remain. russia, in particular, ithink for them to ultimately remain. russia, in particular, i think that if you look at the countries that are with us, it speaks pretty loudly, the number of countries that have stood shoulder to shoulder with this president. russia on the other hand stands with syria, north korea and iran. when you contrast the two groups of countries, it's pretty clear we are on the right side of this issue. sean spicer, the white house press secretary speaking in the last hour. let's go live now to washington and our correspondent anthony zurcher. he seemed to be having some trouble to explain why president trump took those actions to protect those

civilians and yet he isn't willing to a cce pt civilians and yet he isn't willing to accept those civilians into america under the refugee programme. it isa america under the refugee programme. it is a contradiction in foreign policy, not just from it is a contradiction in foreign policy, notjust from his immigration policy versus his international policy with the strikes, but also just a rhetorical set point he had over the course of his campaign in the early days of his campaign in the early days of his administration. he talked about focusing on america first and putting domestic priorities first. all of that fit together, closed borders, sealing off to certain countries, asking allies to spend more and not becoming the world's policeman and here we saw, over the course of the week, when this chemical attack happened to now america talking about upholding international law and trying to create a wedge between syria's bashar al—assad and the russian government. a lot of people, including sean spicer, having a challenge trying to explain the

shifting course as far as policy goes. a number of recent presidents have gone into office saying they are not going to get too involved in foreign adventures, clinton, george w. bush, and obama said exactly the same but they all get sucked in. i wonder if we are now seeing a coherent policy developing on syria from the trump administration? we are seeing a change in policy developing. he did say he wasn't going to get involved and then after september the 11th, he was involved ina september the 11th, he was involved in a massive war. trump talked about america first and now we see a different group of people than those running the campaign, taking over the foreign policy of donald trump. the national security adviser, he

has come in, the department of defence, they have different views about america's role in the world and what foreign policy should be and what foreign policy should be and what foreign policy should be and what donald trump and his advisers talked about during their campaign. ithink advisers talked about during their campaign. i think a lot of the people, including the reporters talking to sean spicer, will be looking to see what comes next, what happens if russia doesn't back away from syria? happens if russia doesn't back away from syria 7 what happens if russia doesn't back away from syria? what if syria uses chemical weapons again? all those things will happen down the road but we don't know where it goes from here. many thanks. 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 guestsjoining me tonight are jenni russell, columnist at the times and iain martin the editor of reaction. reports coming in from california say two people have died

and at least two have been injured after a shooting at a school in the town of san bernardino. police are attending the incident at north park elementary school. the san bernardino police chief tweeted that two adults have died in a classroom, with two students transported to hospital and that their condition remains unknown. the head of barclays is expected to be stripped of his million pound annual bonus for attempting to uncover the identity of a whistleblower who'd raised concerns about a senior member of staff at the bank. jes staley could lose up to £1.3 million. he's also been issued with a formal reprimand, and is subject to an investigation by the financial regulators. here's our economics editor kamal ahmed. whenjes staleyjoined

barclays in 2015, he had a straightforward message — make the bank simpler and more profitable. the board and shareholders were delighted when he appeared to achieve both in his first year. there was a third issue he wanted to tackle, one he outlined to me in his first broadcast interview. i do believe the banks lost their way ten to 15 years ago and we lost a lot of trust through the financial crisis. we have an obligation to return that. that obligation was undermined today after it was revealed the chief executive had tried not once but twice to find out the identity of a barclays whistleblower. in june last year the board at barclays received an anonymous letter raising concerns about the recruitment of a senior employee byjes staley who had suffered personal problems in 2009 and 2010. jes staley found out about the letter, felt it was a malicious attack, and asked ba rclays's

internal security to find the whistleblower‘s identity, but was told his request was not appropriate. the next month, after barclays investigated the allegations and said they were without substance, jes staley tried again, but failed to obtain the identity. us law—enforcement agencies were approached to give support. the barclays board only became aware of jes staley‘s attempted intervention when it received a second whistleblower letter earlier this year. it will now be for the regulators to decide, is this a yellow—card offence, a warning for a stupid mistake, or is it a straight red for a chief executive whose very temperament is now under scrutiny? in a statement, jes staley admitted he had made mistakes. the regulators could go as far as banning him

from working in banking, its ultimate sanction, as well as imposing fines. whistleblowing is about trust. part of the trust is protecting the identity of the whistle—blower, and if a senior person is looking for the messenger rather than listening to the message, then there is a problem. mr staley has questions to answer. he was very close to the person he hired, did that cloud his judgment? his pay will be cut, by how much? the man hired to reset barclays's position on trust knows his bank is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. kamal ahmed, bbc news. arpita dutt works at the law firm bdbf, which specialises whistleblowing cases. she explained to me a little earlier how she believes the system should work. a whistle—blower should be protected, because they have to have confidence in the process. they have to know that when the process starts,

they should feel reassured that they're not going to be exposed and they're not going to live in fear of retaliation. that's what anonymity provides, the first step of reassurance towards. and do most whistle—blowers want to keep that anonymity? some start with an anonymous whistleblowing disclosure, but not all remain anonymous. so the next step for reassurance is the confidentiality of the process. so whistleblowers might become involved in the investigation, but must be reassured of the confidentiality of that investigation, so that they are not exposed. and the law has been beefed up, to keep that level of confidence on the part of whistleblowers, that if they do come forward with malfeasance or something that they see being wrong, that they can do so with impunity? the law has been beefed up, particularly in financial services, where there has been a requirement since march 2016 and since september, to appoint a whistleblower‘s champion

in financial services. that champion is an internal senior manager, often at director level, to ensure the independence, the effectiveness and the integrity of whistleblowing processes, and that again should be another reassurance message to whistleblowers. that they won't fear of retaliation, that they shouldn't fear that and they should be encouraged to whistleblow. but it is also possible, isn't it, probably in a minority of cases, that people will come forward with claims and accusations to be malicious and not necessarily to blow the whistle on something that is genuinely happening? well, the financial conduct authority, which is the financial services' regulator, has said that there isn't any prohibition on banks weeding out, or trying to weed out, the malicious whistleblower, the person with malicious intent. but i think that's a lot harder than it seems. if a whistleblower is anonymous, it's going to be difficult to weed out the malicious whistleblower, the one with malicious intent, but also —

how to discern what is or not malicious intent? an ill founded disclosure, something that is raised in genuinely good faith, may not be malicious. the headlines on bbc news — it is 60 minutes past eight. —— 16 minutes past eight. foreign ministers from the g7 nations, have been trying to find a unified approach to tackling the conflict in syria, after last week's suspected chemical weapons attack. two people have been killed in what police believe to be a murder suicide, at a school in san bernardino in california. the chief executive of barclays, jes staley, could lose his annual bonus after two regulators opened an investigation, into his conduct in a whistleblowing case. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. there's one match in the premier league tonight, arsenal are at crystal palace.

the gunners are looking for back to back wins in the league for the first time since january. a win would take them up to fifth, above manchester united on goal difference. mohammed elneny has had their first notable effort, saved by wayne hennessey. palace have woin forur of their last five, but are only three points above the relegation zone. claudio ranieri says he doesn't think a players‘ revolt was behind his sacking at the club. he lost hisjob in february, nine months after leading the club to the premier league title. speaking publicly for the first time about his dimissal. he says that somebody behind the scenes may have been working against him, but not the players. i can't believe it. i can't believe the players may be don't give the maximum because there are other problems, other problems. they are here before, they have a little less

and then after they hear, double or triple and when you come back preseason, you've won the title, you go around the world, to america, you play against big teams for the first time in yourlife, play against big teams for the first time in your life, the situation is totally different. i can't believe my players killed me, no, no, no. everton‘s ross barkley trained this morning after escaping serious injury in what his lawyers have called "an unprovoked attack by a stranger" last night. merseyside police are examining cctv footage that appear to show barkley being punched in the face. the incident happened in a liverpool bar after the team's 11—2 win over leicester city. no report of an assault has been made to police. there has been a goal in the match at selhurst park between crystal palace and arsenal. arsenal have gone behind. andros townsend, former

spurs man has given palace the lead. 1- 02 spurs man has given palace the lead. 1— 02 very early stages. the former arsenal and england captain tony adams has been made head coach of the spanish side granada until the end of the season. he's been working as an advisor there, but takes over after the manager lucas alcaraz was a sacked. they are second bottom of la liga — seven points from safety with seven games remaining. adams had previous spells at wycombe and portsmouth and also a stint in the azarbaijan league. the usa, canada and mexico have confirmed they will launch a three—country bid to host the 2026 world cup — if successful it will be the first time a trio of nations has hosted the tournament. it will be the first world cup to feature 48 teams in the new expanded format that has recently been agreed. the usa held the competition in 1994 — when it had the highest average attendance in its history. mexico hosted it in 1970 and also

86. there's a statue of keiron cunningham outside the helens ground. he has been sacked. they are currently seventh in the super league table, having won only three times in their opening eight matches. they drew against huddersfield last friday. he had been in charge since 2014 and reached the play—off semi—finals last season. sean long will be part of an interim coaching team before they find another head coach. fast bowler liam plunkett has signed a contract extension to stay with yorkshire until the end of next season. the 31—year—old, who hasjust returned from the successful tour to the west indies with england, has won two county championship titles at headingley. he also won two titles with durham. still 1-0 to

still 1—0 to palace against arsenal. an update later. we will move on. you're watching bbc news. the funeral of pc keith palmer, who was killed in last month's westminster attack, has been held at london's southwark cathedral. thousands of police officers from all over the country lined the route of the funeral cortege which set off from the palace of westminster — where his coffin had lain in rest overnight. pc palmer, who was married with a five—year—old daughter, was guarding the houses of parliament when he was stabbed by khalid masood. a floral tribute on top of the hearse read: "no 1 daddy". here's our home editor mark easton. at the gates of the palace of westminster, police constable keith palmer's coffin paused, at the very spot where he was killed 19 days ago. the place where, unarmed, he moved towards a man brandishing two knifes, where he put himself in harm's way, where he protected parliament to protect our democracy. police officers from every force

in the country lined the route. thousands of men and women who did not know keith palmer, but know what it means to wear the badge. you never really know what you're going to face when you go out there. so it is with incredible bravery that he did that. i think it brings home what the job is about, the risks that you take. it shows what a family we are, really, that we all look out for one another and we all do the same thing at the end of the day. the global police family came together in london today, including officers from new york's police department. we have had so much support from officers around the country, around the united states, as well as from other places in the world when we have had officers die in the line of duty, so we have felt a need to be supportive back. as the cortege headed across the river, police officers paid tribute in the air, on the water and along the route. two of pc palmer's colleagues spoke

of the friend they so admired. if you could paint a picture of a perfect policeman, you would be painting a picture of keith palmer. he sounds like a pretty extraordinary man. he was, he was so down—to—earth and normal. he came to work because he had a family to support. he was a fantastic dad and a fantastic husband. and... he is going to be missed so much. as the coffin passed through the capital, london stopped what it was doing to remember all those who lost their lives on that appalling day, pc palmer and the four men and women killed on westminster bridge. pc palmer symbolises the public service and sacrifice that underpins our society, a debt we owe to all those who put their lives on the line defending ourfreedoms. but he was also a husband, a father, a family man, and so today is about both national

reflection and private grief. pc palmer's wife asked that the family's privacy be respected inside southwark cathedral. but the sound of the service was relayed to the streets outside. keith laid down his life for each one of us here. each one of you who have lined the streets and filled the bridges of this city today. in her first public engagement in her new role, metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick honoured a fallen colleague. an amazing life. he was clearly very kind, very good—hearted, very hard—working, a very, very talented police officer. police constable keith palmer's name has been added to the national police roll of honour. the grief will lessen, his bravery will endure for generations to come. mark easton, bbc news, southwark.

let's get more from california or the news that two people have died and at least two others have been injured after a shooting at the school in the town of san bernardino. 0n the line is a crime and safety reporter in san berna rdino and safety reporter in san bernardino county for the southern california newsgroup. could you take us california newsgroup. could you take us through what you believe happened at the school today? from what we understand, around 10:30am, somebody came on campus, and active shooter and started shooting at the school, naughton park elementary. four people were wounded and two adults and two children. —— north park. people were wounded and two adults and two children. -- north park. two

people died, two others are injured, what about the shooter? we understand this was a murder—suicide. it was the shooter and an adult who were both killed. this is not an ongoing situation? as far as the drama of the day is concerned, that is over? they are still checking every single room one by one, meticulously going through. not too long ago, i saw members of the bomb squad coming in, making sure the whole campus is safe. this is the live picture we are seeing some of the students being led out of the grounds. the police are still in attendance and the ambulance service still trying to establish if they could be any problems relating to this. san bernardino of course was where we had those killings of a

number of people many months ago in connection with a terror attack. we don't have any idea as to a possible motive at the moment on this shooting? i haven't heard any information at this time linking it to any form of terror attack. it sounds like this was targeted, it was a murder—suicide so i don't believe they are looking it as they terror attack. the school is still in lockdown? yes, all the children we re in lockdown? yes, all the children were evacuated, ta ken in lockdown? yes, all the children were evacuated, taken to a nearby high school also on lockdown. we have a lot of very nervous parents lining the very small streets surrounding these schools. trying to get information from firefighters, from police and anyone who looks to be official. thank you very much for the update. australia's great barrier reef is one of the seven natural

wonders of the world. you can see if from space. but scientists say rising water temperatures have stripped the colour from around two thirds of it and it's in danger of being destroyed. mass bleaching happens when the coral gets stressed — it makes it fragile and can kill it. the reef is home to more than 130 species of shark and 1,600 varieties of fish. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. a world of brilliant colour, teeming with life. this is the great barrier reef at its best. the largest single biological structure on earth. but vulnerable to the slightest change. this is how part of reefs look, a ghostly white. the corals more like a graveyard than a thriving habitat. a new survey has found long stretches of reef have turned pale for the second year running, giving the corals no chance to recover, and the scientist in charge says he is worried. it seems likely between this event

and last event roughly 50% of coral will have died in a period of less than 18 months. that binding measure is a huge blow to the reef. what is happening to the great barrier reef is shocking to scientists. this gives you an idea of what is at stake. this is healthy coral, on the right coral that's turned white, and is at risk of dying. healthy coral provides energy from algae, but if the water is too warm, the algae is expelled. last year, scientists found the northern third was most badly hit. that is where the waters are usually warmest. this time, the central section has suffered worst, and usually the waters there are cooler so it's surprising.

being bleached two years running makes it harder for coral to recover. it can take at least a decade. some corals are weaker, and scientists are trying to find out which ones may recover. it can bleach but it does not necessarily die. if a coral bleaches year after year, that is going to reduce its ability to recover. so, two years in a row is worrying. the reef faces all kinds of threats, from pollution to industrial development. but on top of that, there is climate change. bringing higher temperatures, that makes bleaching more likely. time for a look at the weather now — here's matt taylor. hello. fine end to monday across most parts of the uk but turning quite