the headlines at two. the foreign secretary insists russia still has to think hard about it's support for president assad — as g7 foreign ministers fail to reach agreement on targeted sanctions. they have a choice now, because he's been exposed as a user of gas and chemical weapons. they have a choice of sticking with him, like glue, or deciding to work with the rest of the world towards a new political solution. united airlines apologises as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage. new figures show 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every day in england last year — the uk care association says the system is close to collapse. fighting to keep their sick baby alive, the parents of baby charlie guard will hear whether they can

ta ke guard will hear whether they can take their eight month old son to america for experimental treatment against the wishes of british doctors. a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england, that could help save thousands from lifelong disability. the queen and the duke of edinburgh try their hand at zoo keeping as they feed banana thats to an elephant at whip snaid zoo. —— whipsnade. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. g7 foreign ministers have failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions against russia and syria, at a meeting in italy. the foreign secretary, boris johnson had pushed for sanctions on senior russian and syrian figures — following syria's suspected chemical weapons attack which killed more than 70 people.

ministers were trying to agree a common position on the syrian conflict before the us secretary of state flies to russia to try to persuade it to abandon its allegiance to bashar al—assad. our diplomatic coreespondent james robbins reports from lucca. the g7 foreign ministers meeting ended without any agreement, to a public endorsement of possible future targeted sanctions, aimed at seniorfigures in russia's and syria's armed forces. borings boris had hoped for some form of support but the final communique doesn't mention sanctions and i spoke to the foreign secretary he rejected any suggestion of a defeat. what we have agreed is that we are going to put forward a resolution in the un security council on the chemical weapons attack, we also want to see now the results of the investigation

by the opcw, whose job it is to establish what happened. it was a very wide measure of agreement last night, that you know, notjust the syrian generals, but if we could show complicity by those russian officers who are helping the syrian military operation, then they should also be sanctionable as well. the syrians are never going to allow a proper investigation. the bigger picture is that we are moving now into a picture is that we are moving now intoa an picture is that we are moving now into a an environment where i think the russians have to make a choice, they basically change the game in syria a couple of years ago, when they came in and saved assad, and it turns out that the guy they have savedis turns out that the guy they have saved is a man who has no compunction about poisoning and murdering his own people which weapons that should have been banned 100 years ago. they have a choice of

sticking with him like glue or deciding to work with the rest of the world towards a new political solution. this is further evidence of western failure in syria, isn't it and the triumph of russian might? 0n the contrary what you have had in the last week, and it was, i think, the last week, and it was, i think, the saudi foreign minister who said, and he spoke for many people round the table, he said america is back. and thank goodness we have american leadership again. and what we meant by that was that the united states had finally shown, after five years of doing nothing, after the tragedy when we ignored what happened, the united states responded to the use of chemical weapons with force. let's go to moscow now — and our correspondent, barbara plett—usher is there for us. the us secretary of state just

arriving there, around about now, we know russia has been talking about relations being very poor, what will happen from here on in, do we think barbara? well, happen from here on in, do we think barbara ? well, as happen from here on in, do we think barbara? well, as james was reporting there mr tillerson comes with a unified message from the g7 as well as middle eastern allies who attends, they they are denounces russia's support for bashar al—assad, and asking the russians to pull back from him or think about realigning themselves away from supporting the syrian regime, so that will be one of mr tillerson‘s message and he has been very strong and continued criticism about russia's role in the chemical weapons attack, in the sense that the russians he said were guaranteers or guarantors of the syrian chemical weapons disarmament and they failed, he said, yonny hernandez if it is incompetence, i wa nt to hernandez if it is incompetence, i want to find out more, he has kept up want to find out more, he has kept up the harsh rhetoric and i think the g7 western and middle eastern countries are hoping that this chemical weapons attack will provide

this chance too really press russia 01’ this chance too really press russia or assad. in terms of the russians themselves, that kind of approach doesn't normally work with vladimir putin. he doesn't normally respond well to threats, he has been speaking a few minutes ago, and he has said, we will tolerate criticism of our role in syria, but we hope that it becomes more positive, at some point, so it it sounds for the moment he is planning to hold his ground, but he also again called for an international investigation into the chemical weapons attack, to determine what exactly happened and who was responsible, and it seems as if that is now also something that the g7 is calling for, there was that failure to get targeted sanctions agreed on, instead they will look more closely at the events and perhaps on that, the fact that both sides are now talking about an investigation, perhapses both sides are now talking about an investigation, perha pses on both sides are now talking about an investigation, perhapses on that there can be common ground. thank you barbara. 0ur political correspondent norman smith is at westminster for us. difficult to see how this is

anything other than a defeat for borisjohnson. anything other than a defeat for boris johnson. well, he has been trying to sort of point to some of the up sides from the meeting, namely stressing that the west has agreed that president assad must go, that america is now involved, but, yes, i think on the key plank of boris johnson's approach, which yes, i think on the key plank of borisjohnson's approach, which was to press for additional sanctions, on moscow, those have been ineffect rejected, albeit they have not been com pletely rejected, albeit they have not been completely ta ken off rejected, albeit they have not been completely taken off the table but in the real world it seems they are unlikely to happen any time soon, if at all, because they cannot happen until after an investigation has taken place until after an investigation has ta ken place into until after an investigation has taken place into the chemical weapons attack, it is highly questionable whether syria will allow that sort of investigation, and even if that investigation were to ta ke and even if that investigation were to take place, how long it would take, whether it would be able to establish who was to blame, never mind whether there was any russian involvement and complicity and behind it i think is the simple fact

that the other g7 countries simply do not buy borisjohnson's argument that we feed to crank up the pressure on moscow, that we feed to crank up the pressure on moscow, by additional sanctions. bear in mind, these were fairly limited additional sanctions, we are not talking about broader economic sanction, we are simply talking about possible travel ban, asset freezes on some figures in the russian and syrian military, who probably don't travel to the west. but even then it wasn't possible to get agreement and i am struck by a couple of things which borisjohnson said in his interview, you know, he has now conceded that there should be an investigation into the chemical weapons attack. yesterday, he was saying in the interview he did with my colleaguejames robbins was saying it was conclusive there was saying it was conclusive there was overwhelming evidence of a chemical weapons attack. now he is having to concede, maybe there should be some sort of inquiry, and the other thing i am struck by, is

he also seems to be backing away to some extent from the idea of russian complicity, saying that there is no evidence of russian involvement. now that slightly is at odds with the american approach, where the americans have consistently said they are convinced that the russian we re they are convinced that the russian were involved and they point to the fa ct a were involved and they point to the fact a russian drone was seen over the hospital that was subsequently bombed where the victims were taken to. vladimir putin says the us strike on syria reminds him of the wmd claims in iraq, he also says he will tolerate criticism. there are some who might see him as once again, perhaps, running rings round those who oppose him?|j again, perhaps, running rings round those who oppose him? i mean, i think that is the danger, and the very fa ct think that is the danger, and the very fact that vladimir putin is citing iraq, wmd, the dodgy dossier, suggests to me this is not in, a man in the market to back down, and everything we have seen with regard to president putin and president assad, is he has invested so much

politically and militarily in president assad, the idea he is going to back off any time soon seems to me optimistic and in fact borisjohnson, in the interview he did today, i thought rather alluded to that, saying in terms we have been here before, this is not going to be easy. understatement of the year, surely, because all we have learned so far is this is a man who does not like to lose face and certainly does not like to back down when he feels russian national prestige is at stake. thank you very much. united airlines has begun an investigation, after footage emerged of a passenger being forcibly removed from one of its planes. the airline had asked for passengers who were prepared to leave the over—booked flight in exchange for payment, but not enough people had volunteered. the video shows a man being pulled from his seat and dragged down the plane's aisle. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. the world's leading airline. flyer—friendly.

you couldn't have a bigger contrast if you tried. the flyer—friendly airline dragging a man, dazed, down the aisle, seemingly with a cut face. oh, my god! look what he did to him. his fellow passengers, clearly angry. all because he wouldn't volunteer to get off the overbooked plane to make room for a united airlines staff member. minutes later, he manages to run, pleading, down the aisle. i have to go home. there was another officer who came on, and then the other man you saw in the video, the man with the hat and the jeans, he had a badge. but it is probably helpful to say who you are as an authority figure before you start yanking people out of seats. he didn't do that. in high outrage, the global

backlash growing over this video. risking more bad headlines around the world, the airline boss seems to be blaming the passenger. in an e—mail, he says: it is common to overbook planes to allow for passengers that don't turn up. volunteers are offered money to catch the next flight. it sounds really brutal, they way that this guy was treated, and of course the whole idea of overbooking might sound brutal to some people. but ultimately, an airline ticket is only a vague promise to get you from a to b at the time of the airline's choosing. if they want your seat back, they will take it. bad news spreads fast on social media. look at these posts piling into united airlines.

today, when everybody has got a smartphone, i think that a brand, which is in the public view, even if it's only a couple of people, can actually explode into a twitter incident around the world. they have to be very cautious about what they are doing in terms of perceptions. this man was not a security threat. he says he was a doctor trying to get home to treat patients. the airline says it is trying to contact him. richard westcott, bbc news. more than 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every day in england last year, according to new figures. care providers say that growing staff shortages mean vulnerable people are receiving poorer levels of care, and the uk care association claims the system is close to collapse. the government says an extra £2 billion is being invested in social care. carla fowler reports. the start of the morning shift at st cecilia's nursing home in scarborough. it is a mid—sized, 42—bed home and it is full. call bells ring constantly.

conditions range from dementia to stroke survivors and those needing end—of—life care. it is a constant battle for health care assistants to meet everyone's needs quickly. there should also be two nurses on shift today, but sue gregory is on her own. what's the matter, winnie? what's the matter? i feel dry. i think the hardest thing is keeping the consistency, because it does have a knock—on effect if you are having a great turnover of staff. it doesn't make for a happy home. 1.3 million people working adult social care, 60% left social care completely. it is high pressure, demanding and stressful work. most care workers are paid just above the minimum wage. the can't always get

to everyone on time. it's upsetting and disheartening when you find out that people get more stacking shelves when you are looking after people for 24 hours a day. only two carers are on shift overnight. tonight, an agency nurse has had to be drafted in. is this the cupboard for medication? she is the clinical lead in a home she has never set foot in before. 0n the 12—hour night shift, the bedridden need moving at least once every two hours. this woman is from portugal. we still have this washing, laundry, washing, drying, and start putting people in bed. so if we get late now, we finish really late. it's not good for them as well. she has worked here for a year. there are concerns that carers

like her will become increasingly scarce as brexit progresses. every resident here is somebody‘s mother, father, but often those closest to them are the workers who care. earlier, our social affaris correspondent, alison holt told us about the extent of the pressure the social care system is under. well, i think it puts cold hard numbers on a problem that those providing care both home care and residential care have been warning us residential care have been warning us about for some time, that is the the real difficulty they face recruiting and retaining staff. in the end, this sector is all about people. if you want a kind compassionate care system, you need to be able to recruit good staff, and then keep them. the annual turn over rate of staff in this sector is 2796. over rate of staff in this sector is 27%. now that is nearly double most other, the average for most other

professions, there are two clear effects, one is it is miserable if you are the person getting the care, because you are asking them to do intimate things like help you go to the toilet. help you dress and you wa nt to the toilet. help you dress and you want to know that person, you want to build a relationship. and for the ca re to build a relationship. and for the care provider, they are constantly having to find new staff and train them. that is an expensive business ina them. that is an expensive business in a sector where money is tight. i was speaking to one care provider who told me how they had had a big recruitment drive, spent £28,000 on it and had got precisely five applicants. it underlines the difficulty. when they do train people, in the hope it will keep them, they also find that they are tempted away for instance to the nhs, where pay and hours are better. these are the headlines. g7 leaders meeting in italy reject a british plan for sanctions against russia and syria as the us secretary of

state flies into moscow. united airlines say employees followed established procedures as footage emerges of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a plane. new figures show 900 adult social ca re new figures show 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every day in england. the uk care association says the system is close to collapse. in sport the former arsenal striker ian wright says arsene wenger has lost the dressing room and another former playerjohn hartson thinks the time has come for the frenchman to leave the club. they lost to crystal palace 3—0 and are seven points adrift of the champions league places. it is the fist of the champions league quarterfinals tonight. barcelona are in italy for their first leg againstjuventus. leicester face atletico madrid. the british number one has signed up for the women's tie—break tens event in madrid. it will be sharapova's

second tournament back after an 18 month doping ban. a full month doping ban. afullup month doping ban. a full up caught in the next 15 minutes. —— update. thousands of stroke patients in england could benefit from a new programme to train more doctors in a complex procedure which can save lives and help reduce disability. it involves doctors catching and removing a clot which is causing the stroke — to help restore the flow of blood to the brain. 0ur health correspondent, jane dreaper, explains. back on herfeet, margaret had a stroke just three weeks ago at the age of 50 — but she's benefited from a revolutionary treatment. i was very, very lucky, because i probably should have come out more severe. you know, i could have been paralysed and taken months and months of therapy and everything else, rehab. but i was very lucky. margret‘s doctors at this london hospital have led the way in trying the new procedure. it's called thrombectomy and has a much higher success rate than conventional treatments using clot—busting drugs.

patients can be completely weak down one side and not have any speech, and as soon as you take the clot out, they can start talking to you and sometimes moving immediately. other times, it takes several hours or by the end of the evening or the next day, they can have recovered a lot of function. so, it can have a massive impact. with thrombectomy, doctors use this incredibly delicate piece of wire to fish the clot out of a patient‘s brain. they sometimes use another piece of wire, like this one, to suck it out. 8,000 patients across england will benefit from this treatment every year once the program is rolled out. not all patients will have the treatment, as some strokes are caused by a bleed rather than a clot, and it will take time to train the doctors and nurses needed to expand services, but nhs england says it's making this investment because patients recover their health so quickly. and we'll be speaking to the man in that report —

drjeremy madigan — at 2.30 this afternoon here on the bbc news channel. date news in from the high court. ajudge has just ruled that doctors are entitled to withdraw life—saving treatment, life—support treatment i am sorry, from that very ill baby, charlie guard. this is against his pa rents charlie guard. this is against his parents wishes. a high courtjudge has just reel ruled that doctors can withdraw life—support treatment from eight month old charlie gard. a heartbreaking case. specialists said it was time to stop providing the support for charlie, doctors say charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, and has suffered brain damage should be moved to a

palliative care regime. his parents though, disagreed and they had gone to the website and launched a crowdfunding appeal which raised more than £1.2 million which was to pay for experimental treatment in the us. more than 80,000 people pledging money towards that. the judge mrsjustice pledging money towards that. the judge mrs justice francis pledging money towards that. the judge mrsjustice francis heard that charlie has a form of disease which causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage. born with a form of mitochondrial disease, but doctors say have been arguing that the little boy should be moved to a palliative care regime, and the judge at the high court has just agreed with the medics in this case. specialists at great or monday street hospital for children in london, had been arguing it was time to end the life—support for this

little boy and the high court has ruled with the doctors in this instance. we will have more from the high court, in the coming minutes and after half past as well, to tell you that we will be talking to a medical specialist for their view on this extremely difficult situation. we will return to that. helena lee is inside the court room and will be bringing us reaction after that decision. very shortly. as we are hearing doctors being told they can now withdraw life—support treatment, from charlie gard. we will be back to the high court shortly. we will be back to the high court shortly. a huge fire has destroyed a camp housing about 1,500 migrants at dunkirk in northern france. according to an official, the fire started during a dispute between afghans and kurds. at least ten people were hurt. let us find out more from our

correspondent gavin lee who is there. and everyone what we can see behind you tells part of the story. explain more about what we think has been going on here gavin? well, this is just part of the. cam jane, we will show you round, see some of the damage but it was two clock in the morning, i spoke to some of the migrants who were here, the last ones to leave said fighting broke out between some of the a afghanistan and moroccan men over a game of football, it was trivial but there was pressure because of overcrowding that it spilled over the violence, these were some of the shacks up to nine people, ten people we re shacks up to nine people, ten people were staying in according to aid agencies, right further down where the sign says is follow your dreams and beyond, we think according to the police about 50% of the site has been destroyed, this section here was the afghan section, i spoke to

the last three people as they left a short while ago, they were ushered away by the police, they said their belongings, their documents have been burned. i will make asylum claims difficult but it is other side, on the roadside the lorries people tried to stowaway to get to the uk, 1500 people were here, the french authorities have said they had been trying to close it as soon as possible, aid agencies said it was a matter of time before this place closed because of the overcrowding, sixth months ago calais closed. people were coming here, about 1,000 people six months ago. 1500 now. in the distance there isa ago. 1500 now. in the distance there is a kitchen where 500 afghan men had taken to sleeping in, so aid agency, the migrants say this was a huge problem and now for the short—term many have been taken away, they have got to emergency sports halls. 900 people. i have spoken to a few of 600 people who have disappeared. some said they will set up makeshift shelter, they

will set up makeshift shelter, they will keep trying to get the uk, they are not moving from here. thank you for now, more from you later in the afternoon. gavin lee in dunkirk. let us return to that breaking news. helena lee is outside the high court. a heartbreaking case and a decision, just tell us what has happened. well, that is right simon. upsetting scenes at the family division court here at the high court in the last few moment, just to remind you of the background to this case, eight month old charlie gard was admitted to great 0rmond street hospital in october last year, suffering from an extremely rare form of what is called mid condram depletion syndrome. —— mitochondrial. that means his muscles aren't working as they should be, it's a progressive disease, and there is no cure for it. now, the high court, great 0rmond street hospital brought a case forward, and they said that it

was time for charlie's ventilation to be stopped, for them to stop his life—support treatment, and for him to move on to more palliative care treatment. his parents, though, have opposed that and they were here in court to hear the judgment from the judge, mrjustice francis in the last few minutes, he ruled in favour of great 0rmond street hospital. he said that it is lawful for great 0rmond street hospital to now withdraw the ventilation withdraw life—support, for charlie and move him on to palliative care. in a statement, with he read out to the court, in front judgment from statement, with he read out to the court, in frontjudgment from the judge, mrjustice francis in the last few minutes, he ruled in favour of great 0rmond street hospital. he said that it is lawful for great 0rmond street hospital to now withdraw the ventilation withdraw life—support, for charlie and move him on to palliative care. in a statement, with he read out to the court, in front of charlie's pa rents, court, in front of charlie's parents, he said "it is with the heaviest of hearts, but with com plete heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction for charlie's best interest, that i find it is in charlie's best interests and rule that great 0rmond street hospital may lawfully withdraw all treatment,

save for palliative care, to permit charlie to die with dignity." he went on to praise charlie's parents, for their dedication to their son, who has been in intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital, he has been receiving 2a hours care. now when thatjudgment been receiving 2a hours care. now when that judgment was been receiving 2a hours care. now when thatjudgment was read out by justice francis, before it was read out, charlie's father had his hands over his face, he was shaking and visibly very upset. when the judge read out that judgment, visibly very upset. when the judge read out thatjudgment, saying that the life—support treatment could be withdrawn from who has been in intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital, he has been receiving 2a hours care. now when thatjudgment was receiving 2a hours care. now when that judgment was read receiving 2a hours care. now when thatjudgment was read out by justice francis, before it was read out, charlie's father had his hands over his face, he was shaking and visibly very upset. when the judge read out that judgment, visibly very upset. when the judge read out thatjudgment, saying that the life—support treatment could be withdrawn from charlie, he who has beenin withdrawn from charlie, he who has been in intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital, he has been receiving 2a hours care. now when thatjudgment was receiving 2a hours care. now when that judgment was read receiving 2a hours care. now when thatjudgment was read out by justice francis, before it was read out, charlie's father had his hands over his face, he was shaking and visibly very upset. when the judge read out that judgment, visibly very upset. when the judge read out thatjudgment, saying that the life—support treatment could be withdrawn from charlie, he shouted out "no" in court and both he and

his partner charlie's mother broke down in tears, so, very difficult and emotional time, and difficult to understand what his parents will be going through right now, but great 0rmond street hospital now can lawfully withdraw that life—support treatment for charlie gard and move him on to palliative care. treatment for charlie gard and move him on to palliative carelj treatment for charlie gard and move him on to palliative care. i don't know even know if an appeal that is something that is an option to pa rents, something that is an option to parents, but without treatment, how long does charlie have? that is not something that has been talked about in court, it is not clear how long he may have. what the parents wanted for charlie was to take him to america, to give him a form of treatment there, a form of therapy, there was a doctor in america who said that he would accept charlie to go there, for this type of therapy, but the complexity of charlie's syndrome drop, what he has, it is so complex it is believed only 16 people in the world have been diagnosed with this type of syndrome and also charlie, in particular, has and also charlie, in particular, has a different type to those other 16, so the complexity of that, there hasn't been any research, it has not been tried out on a human before, and so this therapy that was being suggested by this doctor, that has been rejected by great 0rmond street hospital doctors and also the judge

here this afternoon. thank you very much. let's talk about the difficulties and sensitivities in all of this. professorjohn harris is professor of bioethics at the university of manchester. desperately distressing for the family of course, but in ethical terms, what is the judge trying to way up here when parents fundamentally disagree with the medical professionals? normally there is a presumption that the pa rents of there is a presumption that the parents of the best custodian of the interests of the child, but when there is reason to doubt that as the court must have felt in this case, it is the court's job to protect the best interests of the child, and they must have thought in this case that his interests would not be served by an experimental procedure which i understand was not expected to be therapeutic but simply to

prolong life, and that in all the circumstances, i assume they thought that withdrawing treatment was the best option for the child. and as pa rt best option for the child. and as part of the process of reaching that decision, the court presumably hears from a wide range of medical experts, and i am trying to use the word advisedly, because we have already heard how this particular condition is so extraordinarily rare, andi condition is so extraordinarily rare, and i assume that in itself presents an added layer of problems? yes, and the fact that the alternative the parents wanted was an experimental procedure not previously tried in human beings, so very problematic, i would imagine. they would also have wanted to take into account whether charlie's continued existence was painful or distressing to him, and whether on balance it was better that he not be subjected to a continued existence

with a very unknown outcome at the end of it. so his condition, his well—being as it is at the moment is a key factor in this, the fact that he will never get better, he will only get worse with this condition. i think that some people watching might think, ultimately, they are the parents and if they have the desire and the will to take him to the us, they have the finances to do so, why can't they get on a plane and pursue that course of action? i'm sure they took that into account, and the only reason why they can't must have been that the court took the view that it was not in the trial‘s interests for that to happen. it is possible for me existence to be a burden rather than a benefit to an individual, and we are very familiar with that throughout medicine. i think that must be the judgment that has been

made here. i can't see another legitimate basis for the court deciding as they have. and do you have a sense of how many cases similarto have a sense of how many cases similar to this have a sense of how many cases similarto this in have a sense of how many cases similar to this in a year a court will hear? this is a specific example because it is such a rare disease, but medical ethics are debated all the time. they are, but this is an almost unique case, i can't think of another case like this that i have heard of the last few years. fundamentally it is the well—being of the child that is at the heart of this? it is, and the view is that the parents are not necessarily the bestjudges of view is that the parents are not necessarily the best judges of that. for understandable reasons. professorjohn harris from the university of manchester, thank you for your time this afternoon. you are watching bbc news, coming up to 25 minutes to three. it is time for the sport with 0lly foster. good afternoon.

arsene wenger said it would be inconvenient to talk about himself, but everyone else seems to be after their biggest league defeat of the season. they went down 3—0 at crystal palace and still lie seven points off the top four. the gunners have never failed to finish outside the champions league places under wenger in 20 seasons. former arsenal striker ian wright criticised the players last night on social media, questioning their commitment and also claiming that wenger had lost the dressing room. another former player says that the frenchman's time is up. i worked under arsene wenger, and i have always been in the camp of he is great, he has done fantastic, the champions league qualification and the money that he brings to the club, but i just the money that he brings to the club, but ijust think now, it is time for him to go, i really do, and it hurts me to say that, because i like arsene wenger, and whenever i see him we have conversations, and i

played under arsene. you would call la st played under arsene. you would call last night's performance and inept performance. it's the first of the champions league quarterfinals this week. leicester are off to madrid for their first leg tomorrow against atletico, tonight borussia dortmund face manchester city's victors monaco, and barcelona are in italy to face juventus. they had a wobble in la liga over the weekend, losing at malaga, but their strike force of messi, neymar and suarez will surely test one of the the meanest defences in club football, the bbc of barzagli, bonucci and chiellini. juve boast higuain and dybala as their attacking threat so it should be a good old match, that one. liverpool ladies have signed a couple of players, the england internationals laura coombs and jess clarke. coombs has made her loan deal from chelsea permanent and clarke joins them from notts county ladies to bolster their attacking options ahead of the upcoming women's spring series that starts

later this month. british cycling has given an update on the work it's doing to improve the culture within the organisation. in response to an independent investigation into bullying and discrimination it is developing a new code of conduct as well as changing management structures. it has been going on for about a year, and british cycling leads to an action plan and needs to move forward and make improvements. it all points to looking really good, so it is good for an organisation to look to improve the procedures as they go along. i think we can draw a line under it. johanna konta could face maria sharpova next month. the british number one has signed up for the inaugral women's tie—break—tens event in madrid. the tournament begins with a round—robin stage and all matches comprise a single tie—break to ten points. it will be sharapova's second tournament back after a doping ban. seven more russian athletes

including two champions have been cleared to play this summer. allowing them to take part in the next championships in london later this year. highjumper maria kuchina and sprint hurdler sergey shubenkov won russia's only two gold medals in beijing and would have been among the favourites to do so at the olympics in rio last year. they have been allowed to compete after being individually vetted. green is most probably sergio garcia's favourite colour now. he claimed the much coveted green jacket on sunday when he won the masters, his first major title and in honour of his augusta triumph, the empire state building was bathed in green light last night as garcia spent the evening on top of the skyscraper with his fiance angela. it's a week he'll never forget. at his 74th attempt, his first major

title. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you, 0lly. more now on the roll—out of a new programme by the nhs to train more doctors in a complex procedure which can save lives and help reduce disability in thousands of stroke patients in england. let's speak to drjeremy madigan, a consultant neuroradiologist at st george's hospital in south west london, which is the only hospital in the uk which offers a thrombectomy seven days a week. thank you forjoining us. the first question is, what is a thrombectomy? it isa question is, what is a thrombectomy? it is a treatment for acute stroke where the patient has a blockage, one of the large arteries supplying the brain, the cause of the blockage is usually a piece of clot, so the procedures to remove it physically by accessing the artery at the top of the leg, putting in a little tube and threading it all the way up through the body into the head and either sucking the plot out using a suction tube or sometimes using a

stem which is a metal wire tube or basket to try to hook it. this is a good news story, a process that works at your hospital and you want to roll it out further, but there is a time pressure. harmony hours have you got before it becomes not possible? it is variable depending on the patient, but we need the vessel to be open before six hours. so speed is important, every a&e department around the country has to have someone who knows how to do this? realistically it will only be performed in neuroscience centres where we currently have neurosurgical techniques and well—established stroke pathways as well, so for example in london we have a unit, so it is in that setup that we have the expertise to be able to do the procedure, so the

expectation is not that it would be donein expectation is not that it would be done in every hospital, but that patient may be seen and transferred toa patient may be seen and transferred to a centre like st george is to have this treatment. i notice the smile, i have underestimated just how complicated this procedure is, haven't i? it is not necessarily just that, although it does take some training. also the costs of setting up a service like this in terms of the staff and the equipment is not inconsiderable, and i imagine it wouldn't be economically viable to set up every centre to do that. and what is it about this process thatis and what is it about this process that is so much better in terms of prognosis than the traditional methods of drugs to break the plot? it really comes down to being able to open up the vessel, so clot austin drugs are effective for some drugs but not for those where you have a large blockage of a big vessel, so the drug can't get access to much of the clot, it comes up

against the face of the clot and can't act well, so whereas in the past the clot drug might open the vessel up upto 30% of the time depending on where it was, this will open the vessel up 8290% of the time, sometimes even higher. —— 80-90% of the time, sometimes even higher. —— 80—90% of the time, sometimes higher. every time we talk about strokes, the importance of the speed of treatment is underlined, so what should people look out for, and immediately react to? people have probably seen the fast campaigns on the telly. it is the sudden onset of neurological systems, and that is usually weakness down one side of the body, either a problem with speech, understanding or getting words out, sometimes with the loss of one half of the vision or one side of the world. so a sudden onset

of neurological symptoms should make a person or their loved one think, could they be having a stroke. dr jeremy wright —— madigan, thank you very much. doctors in the united states are warning that a new commission set up by president trump to investigate claims that vaccines can injure children's health, could lead to a fall in their take—up. vaccines save millions of lives around the world every year — and vaccination rates in the us remain high overall. 0ur global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports from vashon island in washington state — which has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. your attention please... welcome to vashon island, a few miles off the seattle coast. it's a small, affluent community that embraces natural, clean living. these children's parents want the absolute best for them. like any medication, vaccines can cause mild and in very

rare cases serious side—effects. but the scientific consensus on them is clear — they are safe, effective and save lives. these mums however are still unconvinced. we live in a society that values profit over public health. and so we really have to do our own research to find out how safe they are. there was a huge amount of evidence that it was harmful, even if they weren't ways we could scientifically prove it, it was just talking from one mother to another. here on vashon island like many other parts of the united states parents can opt out of vaccinating their children for personal reasons. but the issue has caused deep divides in this tight—knit community. four—year—old twins lilani and scarlet are getting right up to date with their vaccinations today. there has never been any doubt that that is the right thing to do. it may be painful but these shots protect against deadly

diseases including measles, which before vaccines used to kill hundreds of children every year in the us. whooping cough is also a major concern. if we don't immunise enough of the children in the school, then on a fairly regular basis whooping cough epidemics can come through and grow in the school, and the most dangerous part is those infections can be taken home and little babies can be infected and that can be fatal. this is the man who wants to chair a vaccine safety committee for the trump administration. he completely dismisses the scientific consensus on vaccines. i don't believe government officials, i don't believe. i have to be sceptical and we all ought to be sceptical. the president's own scientifically unfounded comments in the past have also caused alarm. the beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very

sick, now is autistic. he appealed to emotion, he appealed to fear. we know vaccines don't cause autism and we are frightened statements like this could deter families from getting vaccines. back at the clinic, lilani and scarlet are getting over their injections. but for their parents the greater good for the health of the island is worth their tears. tulip mazumdar, bbc news, vashon island. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first let's take you to moscow, and that is the plane that has brought rex tillerson to russia for talks with russia's foreign minister just days after the russians

denounced the us missile strike on a syrian air base as illegal. and there is rex tillerson coming down there is rex tillerson coming down the steps for what will prove to be a difficult meeting, having failed to get the backing of all g7 members in italy to plans for further sanctions against russia, a uk— us backed plan. the g7 meeting in italy has recently ended with no agreement on sanctions, as we have been reporting here this afternoon, britain in bloom ticker wanted targeted sanctions, but there are no fresh sanctions so now we wait to see what the us secretary of state can say and does say to vladimir putin and others. we will have more from moscow over the course of the afternoon. still in a moment we will have the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. as we have been hearing,.

g7 leaders meeting in italy reject a british plan for sanctions against russia and syria as the us secretary of state flies to moscow. united airlines says employees followed "established procedures" as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage. new figures show 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every day in england last year. the uk care association says the system is close to collapse. hello. in the business news: troubled japanese tech firm toshiba has reported a massive loss having missed two deadlines to publish their results. it now faces being broken up and sold off in parts. in a statement, toshiba has warned its future is now in doubt. uk inflation remained at 2.3% in march, that's the highest level since september 2013 but is unchanged

on the month before. the measure of the cost of living shows that prices are still rising above the bank of england's target of 2%. jd sports has reported a 55% rise in pre—tax profits, its biggest increase in eight years. like—for—like sales were up 10%. the firm says the results come despite rising inflation — it also warns of ‘uncertainties ahead' as britain prepares to leave the eu. now, let's turn our attention to the footage that has rocked the airline world and provoked an outcry on social media. the disturbing video shows a man being violently removed from a united airlines flight in chicago. the airline has tweeted an apology for what happened and says it is investigating. but it created a public—relations nightmare for the firm as the videos of the incident spread. joining us now from the floor of the new york stock exchange is michelle fleury. the share prices are listed, what impact has this had on the united share price? before the

market opened, it was down as much as 6%, now it is down just over 3%. this is the ongoing fallout from that incident, the backlash from customers, from investors who are worried about what impact this could have on competition going forward, whether or not united response by essentially backing away from overbooking flights, if that could dent buffered ability going forward, thatis dent buffered ability going forward, that is the concern among investors. right nowjust that is the concern among investors. right now just behind that is the concern among investors. right nowjust behind me there is a stock listing of an airline from brazil, so it seems an airline is very much in focus here at the stock exchange today. and it is all numbers, figures, it seems it should be an emotional, but the markets are emotional. has this incident provoked any emotive response? what the people feel about it? many people have the same reaction when

they see the video of that amount of force being used on a customer who just want to get off the plane but hadn't been misbehaving in terms of it wasn't bad behaviour that led to him being pulled off the plane. that has been a common reaction when you speak to people. but the question, once you remove the heart's response to this is what will it do going forward , to this is what will it do going forward, and for investors, that is the key thing, that is what will determine how long—term the impact is on united's share price. and let's move onto president trump. today he is going to meet 20 chief executive is to get support for his $1 trillion infrastructure programme and tax reforms. is there the market thatis and tax reforms. is there the market that is not going to be able to push his reforms through as quickly as they had hoped ? his reforms through as quickly as they had hoped? if you think back to they had hoped? if you think back to the morning after the election, even the morning after the election, even

the night of the election, the market reaction was pretty swift and you saw this steady rise on the major indexes in america since then, people calling it the trump rally. then there were doubts after health ca re reform then there were doubts after health care reform or health care repeal failed to pass, people started to wonder if this could spell trouble for future tax reform and getting things done on infrastructure. and ever since then, you have seen a little more hesitancy, i wouldn't say there has been a retreat on the markets, but just a say there has been a retreat on the markets, butjust a bit more concern watching closely. the ceos from elon musk of tyres le, mary barron of general motors, you have ceos gathering in the white house for these brainstorming sessions to figure out. but again, donald trump, the white house will still need congress to get this through legislatively speaking, and around

that there is still a question. michelle fleury on the floor of the stock exchange, thank you very much indeed for your time. the japanese company, toshiba, has posted financial results and they make pretty grim reading. the company lost £3.8 billion. we've been waiting for these numbers — they've been postponed twice. the firm has lost huge amounts of money from its business interests in the us. over the years, japan has produced some of the world's best known brands, but some of the country's corporate giants have found themselves in troubled waters in recent years. s0 what went wrong? the bbc‘s rupert—wingfield hayes has been to investigate. these were the greatest brands in consumer goods for decades. toshiba, panasonic, sony, hitachi. so how did they end up here? first of all, the chinese and korean came along and they could make these

things just as well, but much cheaper. perhaps more importantly, these japanese companies lost their mojo. the country that invented the walkman did not go on to invent the smartphone. inside a vast exhibition hall, more than 3,000 new recruits are being inducted into one of japan's big corporations. a lot of these young people can expect to spend the whole of their career in this one company. it will become their second home and they expect to work hard, long hours and wait their turn for promotion. it is a model that has worked well forjapan in the past, but it has real problems. in this rigid corporate hierarchy, promotion is based on age, not talent. it is a culture that is resistant to change and bad at producing new ideas. toshiba is not alone.

other famous japanese names have been through deep crisis. last year, sharp was sold to a taiwanese company. now toshiba will be broken up, its best bits sold off to the highest bidder. in other business news: drivers saw their car insurance premiums rise by an average of £110 in the last year, according to the comparison site confused.com. more expensive repairs and recent government changes to injury pay—outs pushed up annual costs by 16%. average house prices in the uk increased by 5.8% in the year to february, according to official figures from the office for national statistics . london continues to be the region with the highest average house price at £105,000. the lowest average price continues to be in the north east. and heathrow airport has reported the biggest monthly growth in cargo trade in more than five years. and passenger numbers are up, too.

up 5% in march with a record 6.16 million people travelling through through the airport — the growth in passengers is from asia, latin america and the middle east. is let's take a quick look and see how the markets have been doing. there is not a huge amount of trade going on, kind of as a proliant to the long easter weekend, when a lot of the markets will be shut. jd sports with strong figures, their price was up 8.8%, now it is 9.2%, so investors liking those figures, and the pound sterling, not a lot of figures on the currency markets, inflation figures holding steady in the uk and no extra pressure on the bank of england to do anything to interest rates. that's all the business news. let's just bring you more on the case at the high court where the judges havejust

case at the high court where the judges have just found that doctors can withdraw life support from the baby with the rare genetic condition against the wishes of his parents. eight—month—old charlie gard has irreversible brain damage and should be removed to palliative care, the court decided. his parents wanted to ta ke court decided. his parents wanted to take him to the united states for a treatment trial and have been described as devastated. according to their lawyer, there are struggling to understand why the judge had not least given charlie the chance of treatment. this was after a crowdfunding appeal had got more than £1 million towards this experimental treatment in the united states, but the judge says it is in the baby's states, but the judge says it is in the ba by‘s interest states, but the judge says it is in the baby's interest to switch him over to palliative care so that he could die with dignity. thejudge, mrjustice francis, said he made the decision with the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction

that it was the correct decision for the child. we will get more reaction from the high court, our reporter helen lee is covering that most distressing case of charlie gard. more later. we will just we willjust pause and catch up with the weather prospects which come from chris fawkes. hello, the weather is not doing too badly outside, quite a bit of sunshine outside, and our weather watchers send these pictures from earlier in the day, that is clear skies above london, but a different story further north where you can see the cloud moving in across the northern half of the uk. in berwick—upon—tweed, the sky looks more like this. to take us through the rest of this afternoon and into the rest of this afternoon and into the evening, we should keep the sunshine across england and wales,

the cloud should melt away and temperatures not doing too badly, 15 degrees or so this is what it will look like at six o'clock. perhaps the skies will brighten a bit in northern england, northern ireland seeing some sunshine at the moment, so things continuing to chirrup, but this weather front has been there all day, and more wet and breezy weather to come from north—west scotla nd weather to come from north—west scotland through the rest of this afternoon, and the rain will continue to have the same sorts of affects overnight. the rain will come through to northern ireland overnight, and don't weather eventually reaching cumbria and lancashire. to the south, clear skies again, cold again in the countryside, there could be a little frost in countryside areas. 0n wednesday the fund continues to move a little further southwards, and by the time the rain arrives towards the time the rain arrives towards the midlands, it will be petering out, so the odd spot possible, but many southern and eastern areas of the country should stay dry, a few

showers possible, temperatures 10—16 degrees. friday looks quieter, probably a little cloud around through some areas, and temperatures edging down a little bit as well, 10-14 , 14 in the edging down a little bit as well, 10—14 , 14 in the london area, and then looking over the easter break, low pressure is close by, so there will be some weather fronts around, but the weekend is not entirely a write—off but we will see some passing showers. sunny spells and showers summing up the weather over the next few days. the only real changes that we could well see a weather system bringing more persistent rain in across northern ireland during the second half of sunday, so as i say, reasonable weather coming up as we head into the easter break, sunshine and showers, but some showers could turn out to be quite heavy, particularly across northern parts of the country. and that is your latest weather. this is bbc news.

the headlines at 3pm. the parents of a seriously ill baby say they are devastated after a high courtjudge rules doctors can withdraw life support. the foreign secretary insists russia still has to think hard about its support for president assad as g7 foreign ministers fail to reach agreement on targeted sanctions. they have a choice now because he has been exposed as a user of gas and chemical weapons. they have a choice of sticking with him like glue or deciding to work with the rest of the world towards a new political solution. 0h political solution. oh my god, look what you did to him. united airlines says employees followed "established procedures" as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage. new figures show 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every