hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the british parliament has voted to hold a general election on june 8th. the ayes to the right, 522. the noes to the left, 13. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. already theresa may is making this election about brexit. it is about strengthening our hand in the negotiations that lie ahead, sticking to our plan for stronger britain. we will report from westminster. in france, two of the leading candidates for the presidency are holding rallies. it's four days to go until the first round. bill o'reilly has been dropped by fox news. he was the most—watched cable news anchor in the united states. we'll be live in washington. donald trump has ordered a review of the iran nuclear deal. even though iran is meeting all its commitments. and the trump administration admit that. we'll be live in washington with our state department correspondent. plus we'll get into why the us naval strike group wasn't going towards the korean peninsula

when donald trump said it was. the uk election will be onjune 8th. parliament approved this earlier. theresa may spoke after the vote, firmly placing her decision in the context of brexit negotiations. and that's what this election is about. it's about providing the strong and stable leadership this country needs to take britain through brexit and beyond. it's about strengthening our hand in the negotiations that lie ahead, and it's about sticking to our plan for stronger britain that will enable us to secure that more stable and

secure future for this country and ta ke secure future for this country and take the right long—term decisions for the future. the opposition labour party voted for the election. here's its leaderjeremy corbyn. we welcome the opportunity the general election. because it gives the british public the chance to vote for labour government that will put the interests of the majority first. the prime minister says she's only recently and reluctantly decided to go for a snap election. just four weeks ago her spokesperson said, i quote, there isn't going to be an early general election. how can any voter trust what the prime minister says? labour have made it clear they will not fight this election on brexit. but for the prime minister, it is all about it. many people are going to want a lot more detail on what kind of brexit she's aiming for.

see this bbc interview from earlier as an example. this was on the today programme. when people voted to leave the european union they voted to end free movement. i have been very clear, people want control of our borders. they voted for us to have control of law so we are not subject to the european court ofjustice. control of law so we are not subject to the european court ofjusticem your there will be a guarantee that they will be clearer both of those things as soon as brexit happens, in 2020 you will have absolute clarity? we will ensure we negotiate the best possible deal with the european union, a deal covering the various issues that people are really concerned about in terms of ensuring control of our borders, our laws, oui’ control of our borders, our laws, our money. rob watson is in westminster, and explained theresa may's position. absolutely she will make this election about brexit, she will say to the british people, who do you

trust to get britain a good deal, me 01’ trust to get britain a good deal, me or the leader of the opposition labour party, jeremy corbyn, who the polls suggest is disastrously unpopular. i think it's worth pointing out that she has already made pretty clear that she is in favour of a heart brexit, by which i mean she does not want britain to somehow still be in the european union in any way part of that political project. she has called the selection two reasons, i think. the first is a no—brainer, she has called it because she think she will win and win big because labour is big. but also because she understands that these negotiations with the eu will not be easy and whatever her vision there will have to be compromises. perhaps better to make them after you have won a thumping majority. this is a statement released by tony blair earlier. he says... it was interesting to talk to rob

about that issue and whether some politicians might campaign for parties other than their own. we a lwa ys parties other than their own. we always pay attention whenever tony blair write something, he is quite a figure in british politics and on the world scene. here is the deal, british politics is immensely tribal. that is not to say there are not people in the conservative party who voted remain, most of the conservative party's who voted remain, most of the conservative pa rty‘s mps who voted remain, most of the conservative party's mps voted remain, but the idea that there will be cross—party co—operation on somehow opposing brexit or softening it, ijust don't somehow opposing brexit or softening it, i just don't think that is the weight british politics works. in the end, people will say i'm conservative, i'm labour, i'm liberal democrat or whatever, the

very partisan system will continue. in recent years every election has had live tv debates featuring the party leaders. already the bbc and itv have indicated they want to continue that — but theresa may made it clear yesterday she won't be taking part. here's a response from jonathan munro, bbc‘s head of news—gathering. .. it is becoming an issue for the tories to respond to, with theresa may saying she does not want to take part. here is rob's analysis. it tells you a lot about theresa may that she likes very much to be in control. it also tells you that, as the frontrunner, she is thinking to herself why on earth would i agreed toa herself why on earth would i agreed

to a debate when i am miles or calamitous ahead of jeremy to a debate when i am miles or calamitous ahead ofjeremy corbyn, the only other plausible person to be prime minister? —— miles or kilometres ahead. she is thinking, i do want to do this. how big stink will it be? television debates have become part of british political life, but throwing this thought out there, david cameron refuse to have a whole of head—to—head debates in the last general election. she is thinking, well, that will be my position. whether it holds and whether there is a lot of pressure from the media and social media, who knows? with the uk election, the turkey referendum and the tensions with north korea it's easy to lose sight of what's happening in france. but we all need to sit up and take note — we now have four candidates all within the margin of error in the polls. that means there's a possibility that the far right marine le pen and the far leftjean—luc m lenchon could make the second round. both want to take france out of the eu. it's not the most likely outcome,

but it's a possible outcome. and one that is unthinkable for the eu. the fifth candidate here represents the socialists — but they appear out of the race. so it's those two, plus francois fillon for the republicans, and emmanuel macron, who's a centrist. the first round is this weekend. the candidates are pushing hard for votes. today marine le pen is holding a rally in marseille, emmanuel macron is in nantes. he was born in amien — and that's a crucial area. here are some voters there. there is a strong signal coming from the people that maybe it is time for change the french system. the people that maybe it is time for change the french systemlj the people that maybe it is time for change the french system. i don't wa nt change the french system. i don't want to vote for fillon but i might

have to. even in the first round? yes, in order for the have to. even in the first round? yes, in orderforthe pen have to. even in the first round? yes, in order for the pen not to be able to win. translation: i tend towards the left. i will not give the game dann name because i have not made a definite choice, but it will be on the left. translation: i will be on the left. translation: i will say it openly, it is a manual macron because he is young, dynamic and has new ideas. —— it is emmanuel macron. it gives a pitiful image of france between feeds, president saddam stand the real action because they know they have achieved nothing and former ministers trying their luck. it is quite pathetic. yes, i have made my choice. i will vote jean—luc melenchon. have made my choice. i will vote jean-luc melenchon. marine le pen is smiling, photographers on stage lots of flags. hugh schofield is there. i

don't know if he can hear me. welcome to outside source. tell us about the rally? you get the atmosphere, she has got all the faithful up on stage. marseille is a front heartland of the front national. the crowd loved it, they we re national. the crowd loved it, they were booing and stamping their feet when various bogies were mentioned. i don't know if i am allowed to talk over this, it might be considered disrespectful. but it has been a great reception, it has ended with this ringing indication of france and its great past. then calling for the french to turn out en masse, thatis the french to turn out en masse, that is the key point, she wants all the waverers, people who might think it is in the bag, to turn out because it is not in the bag, she

leads everyone out on sunday. unless we missed the point, she is arguing for a strong front is above all else? it is all about identity. -- a strong fronts above all else? identity and immigration are the main things, how the other candidates have pretended immigration is not an issue. she was prepared to say the on sable about expelling illegal immigrants, as they are called, about expelling anyone under the radar of the intelligence services. she was the one who can protect france and keep this identity. she said she was afraid of the france which would become a place of passage, where the only forbidden identity was the french identity. that got everyone on their feet. those is an quite serious fireworks behind you?!

sorry? are those in quite serious fireworks behind you ? sorry? are those in quite serious fireworks behind you? what is going on? she has beenjoined on fireworks behind you? what is going on? she has been joined on the stage by...i on? she has been joined on the stage by... ican on? she has been joined on the stage by... i can see the other french mp to her left, i recognise various people. one of her relatives is just on the left of the podium, a couple of others i recognise. these will be local politicians and local marseille bigwigs who have turned out. see you sunday, she says at the end. they have all these flyers, —— all these flares going off in dramatic fashion. a very dramatic end to the last rally of her campaign. there are four more days to go but this is the last big rally and she has come to marseille to deliver its because this is the

heartland, this is wherejohn marini is to come, and the crowd loved him, they love her as well. thank you very much indeed. we time that well. there he was at the end of the marine le pen rally in marseille, in full swing. still to come... a fascinating story. donald trump spent last week warning a us armada was on it was to the korean peninsula. the problem was that it was not. we will speak to our state department correspondent. no trains are running in or out of euston station after a fire at the side of the track in north london led to a power cut. virgin trains, london midlands and london overground services are affected. richard wescott has the story. thousands have turned up, no one knows what is going on, very few have heard the news in advance, that

is why they are turning up, they are met by closed doors. how often do you see one of the big u —— busiest stations in the country completely closed? everyone stations in the country completely closed ? everyone is stations in the country completely closed? everyone is wondering what to do next, making phone calls, may be trying to get people to drive down to pick them up, looking for alternative routes. network rail engineers are working on it, they have to replace about 100 metres of powerful electrical cable, which is not easy, check it to make sure it is safe. they will work through the night and they hope to get the station open for the morning. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... britain's parliament has overwhelmingly backed prime minister theresa may's call for an early general election. it will happen onjune the 8th. some of the main stories from bbc world

service... uganda says it has stopped hunting for the rebel leaderjoseph kony in the central african republic. it says kony and his lord's resistance army no longer threaten uganda. kony came to global prominence when a video made by us—based activists calling for his capture went viral five years ago. bbc hindi reports that that several senior figures in india's governing party, the bjp, will face charges of criminal conspiracy. this relates to the demolition of the babri mosque in uttar pradesh in 1992. around 2000 people died in the violence that followed. and thousands of you have been looking at these pictures of an iceberg in newfoundland. hundreds more are reported in the atlantic and could be passing soon. you can see the pictures in the most red list on the bbc news website. we've just had this into the newsroom. this is from afp, all the agencies

had it. fox news severed its relationship with bill o'reilly on wednesday, dumping the most—watched cable news anchor in the united states — that's after claims he sexually harassed female colleagues. anthony zurcher is in washington. i guess it is a measure of bill o'reilly‘s importance that we are even talking about this. there are not many cable hosts who would beat international news? he essentially defined the genre, he has been the top—rated cable news and talk show host for about 16 years. he is a giant on fox news, the face of fox news, really. the fact he has been effectively forced out because of sexual harassment allegations is an earthquake as far as cable news goes in washington, dc and even in conservative circles. was a real power player, he had a sit down interview with donald trump at half—time of the super bowljust a

few months ago. the fact he has been remove doubt is truly remarkable. we know donald trump watches fox news, fox news more broglie is very important to conservatives in the uk. is it a network in crisis? it is definitely adrift. several major faces have departed, first of all the creator of fox news because of his own sexual harassment scandal lastjuly. his own sexual harassment scandal last july. megan his own sexual harassment scandal lastjuly. megan kelly, who had her own talk show, she left for another cable news network. there is a changing of the guard, it seems. tucker carlson will be taking over this brain hpm spot—on fox news. they have had trouble defining themselves in the donald trump era. initially they had problems with him and there was a little bit of back and there was a little bit of back and forth when he was running for president and many within fox news we re president and many within fox news were not big fans, but they have

tried to make peace with him but i think they have not been able to define themselves against barack obama in criticising now the republicans are running this town. the fact that bill o'reilly is leaving fox does not mean that he or fox a cce pt leaving fox does not mean that he or fox accept the allegations are true? the press release sent out was pretty short and just said they had agreed to part ways, bill o'reilly has been on an implant vacation in europe and italy for the past week. advertisers have been pulling support for his television programme, there have been protests outside of fox news and there are allegations that may be fox and 21st century fox had decided to do this because they are trying to buy the sky network in europe and need to look like they are dealing with sexual harassment allegations that have been swirling around their network for months. it is a definite

surprise. thank you, we will speak to you later in the right, —— later in the night, i'm sure. the un's top court has rejected ukraine's demand for emergency measures against russia. ukraine argued this is justified for two reasons ? one, because of russian support for rebels in eastern ukraine and, two, because of the treatment of minorities in crimea which russia annexed in 2014. olga ivshina is in moscow for us. she explained more about the ruling. yes, the ruling consisted of two parts, the first relates to eastern ukraine. let me remind you that ukraine. let me remind you that ukraine accused russia of sponsoring terrorists by supplying finances and arms to pro—russian rebels in eastern ukraine. ukraine claims that russia shelled and bombed civilians

and downed the mh17 jet in 2014. but the interim decision by the court says that ukraine failed to provide enough... failed to provide sufficient evidence. the decision on thatis sufficient evidence. the decision on that is negative. that is eastern ukraine, what about crimea? this pa rt ukraine, what about crimea? this part was successful for ukraine. the court ruled that russia must protect the rights of crimean tartars must provide opportunities for them to be represented in different institutions and must help them to retain their own ruling by the police. secondly court said russia must provide opportunities for crimean is to be educated in the ukrainian language. is very important for ukraine and ukraine's president, who said it is a very important day in the history of the ukraine and this interim decision is

very important for ukraine and would make the moscow kremlin not that happy. that is the ukrainian reaction, what about the russian reaction? there has been no reaction from major russian figures. while the ring was going on, russia underlined a couple of times that ukraine has not provided any evidence and denied any sufficient involvement in conflict in eastern ukraine and said that the situation in crimea is stable and the crimean tartars as well as other ethnic minorities and their ethnicities in crimea have ways of being represented. it is very interesting that there has been no major reaction from russian officials. it shows how sensitive the topic is for moscow and how they need time to formulate their answer. on the other hand, russian state tv

reports... it is interesting but they have picked up their eastern ukrainian line, saying ukraine has failed to provide evidence but playing down the ruling crimea. us vice—president mike pence is injapan. and he's been looking at ease concerns companies there have about donald trump's enthusiasm for protectionism. here's what mr pence said earlier. ever since president trump's election japanese businesses ever since president trump's electionjapanese businesses have dramatically increased their commitment to the american economy, we are grateful. last december, one bank announced a $50 billion investment in the united states, creating 50,000 new american jobs. injanuary, creating 50,000 new american jobs. in january, toyota creating 50,000 new american jobs. injanuary, toyota unveiled a $10 billion investment in america and just last week dedicated more than $1.3 billion to a plant in the state of kentucky. michelle fleury is in new york. that

clip sounds rosy but you put donald trump ‘s trick next to it and it sounds like an awkward fit? looking back to january, in a tweet donald trump is very critical of one japan's big companies, the car—maker toyota, criticising it for plans to build a plant outside of the united states to sell cars in the us. since then the company has said it is investing billions of dollars in the country, it has upped its input of funds into a plant in content key and what you are seeing is the trump administration trying to push japanese companies into helping him deliver on his promise, to create jobs in america and to get countries abroad to buy more american products. have the rules of the game forjapanese companies radically changed from when they operated under the obama operation? what you

had seen at this point if you had to pull out the difference between the two administrations is that this president is clearly happy to use his position as a bully to pressure companies. that will have caused alarm in the japanese business community, and at government level. we saw shinzo abe was the first foreign leader to meet with president trump. they had that they miss dinnerand president trump. they had that they miss dinner and set up during a later meeting in washington the seeds of this economic summit. because trump has withdrawn from the trade treaty with the broader asia region he and his administration have focused on these bilateral trade deals, in other words and a trade deals, in other words and a trade deals, in other words and a trade deal between japan trade deals, in other words and a trade deal betweenjapan and the united states. you are seeing a key change. whether it will bear fruit, it is too early to tell, but the commerce secretary is keen and

hopeful that progress can be made. thank you. the us investment bank morgan stanley saw its profits hump by 74% for the quarter of this year. —— its profits jump. —— its profitsjump. it is not the only bank to see profits surging. samira hussain in new york can explain what's happening. this is the last of the six big banks to report earnings, by and large they have all been pretty solid, coming in above investor expectations. all except one, goldman sachs, the big rival to morgan stanley. their earnings came out yesterday and they were pretty dismal. you only saw about a 1% increase in terms of trading, which is really surprising given how much other trading desks at other banks have done in this last quarter. i will be back in a few minutes with the second half of the programme.

time to look at the weather headlines elsewhere across the world. it is not unusual to talk about the severe thunderstorms in the united states at this time of year, but we look like we will see the next 34—macro days with those warnings continuing. nasty storms through wednesday night and thursday across central and southern plains of the midwest heading towards the great lakes. i am talking about damaging winds and hail and the risk of tornado, which continues into thursday. to the north and west of that it is chilliest with some snow over the sierra nevada, largely dry across florida with strong winds. the outlook here is mostly dry and the winds are fanning the already rife wildfires. elsewhere we have the risk of intense storms. the heat is causing concern for many northern and eastern states of india. temperatures have been over 10

degrees above average in recent days and will fully taper off. warnings continue here and into pakistan coming heat wave warnings further east but look at the intensity of the storms. we could see tornadoes over north—east india and bangladesh. that is not unusual at this part of the world, lightning storms will cause a big problem. temperatures in new delhi are only slowly tapering off into the weekend. in europe, is an interesting contrasts. we have had temperatures well above average in iberia, into the 30s. the cold air is with us through thursday and friday. temperatures overnight into friday are widely below freezing and the cold areas to surround the area of low pressure with tightly packed isobars, so some bitter winds and set dellacqua temperatures significantly below average. 20, 30 or 40 centimetres of snow fall in areas where we don't normally see it, particularly higher ground

across the alps and the balkans. that will be an issue. disruptive snowfall is forecast through thursday across the balkans particularly. it is notjust snowfall but heavy rain at lower levels, and the temperatures are barely four degrees in sarajevo and six in bucharest. you will have to be on the coast to see double figures. further east, heavy share with them thunderstorms, by friday the deep area of low pressure with the deep area of low pressure with the attendant strong winds and heavy rains make their way across the black sea resorts. chao li air follows black sea resorts. chao li airfollows behind, barely 9 degrees in bucharestjune because of friday. —— chilly air. the drop in temperature is getting right the way down into greece and athens. tomasz will have more on the uk outlook in half an hour. this is outside source. these are some of the main stories. first of all, the british parliament has

voted to hold a general election on june the 8th. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. theresa may is making the election about dexit. jeremy corbyn is asking if she can be trusted on anything. donald trump has ordered a review of the iran nuclear deal. even though iran is meeting all its commitments. we'll be live in washington with our state department. plus, a week ago donald trump boasted of sending an armada to the korean peninsula.