today at 5pm... theresa may takes the conservative campaign into labour's traditional heartlands in south wales. the prime minister urges welsh voters to drop what she calls tribal politics and to back the conservatives ahead of the brexit talks. a vote for any other party would be a vote for a weak and failing jeremy corbyn, propped up by a coalition of chaos which would risk our national future. we'll have the latest on the prime minister's visit. and we'll be talking to the first minister of wales, labour's ca rwyn jones. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... on brexit, labour spells out its policy guaranteeing the rights of eu citizens living in the uk if labour wins power. the liberal democrat leader tim farron answers questions about his attitude towards homosexuality. i don't believe gay sex is a sin. i take the view that as a political leader, myjob is not to pontificate

on theological matters. sir elton john cancels a number of us shows. he's recovering from a potentially deadly bacterial infection. ivanka trump takes to the international stage, defending herfather‘s record on women's rights at a summit in berlin. and, ten years after natascha kampusch fled to freedom, we talk to the austrian woman who spent over eight years in captivity as a schoolgirl. it's 5pm. our main story is that theresa may has taken her conservative campaign to the heart of south wales, one of labour's traditional strongholds, and she's urged welsh voters to drop what she calls the tribal politics of the past and to back the conservatives ahead of the brexit process.

it's the prime minister's first visit to wales since she called the election, and she claimed that an alliance between labour and plaid cymru could undermine the brexit negotiations. we'll be talking to the first minister, labour's ca rwyn jones, a little later. but first, for the latest on theresa may's visit let's join our chief political correspondent vicki young, in bridgend. i think partly the message today from theresa may is that there will be known no—go areas for the conservatives. she's been in newport today, then she came here to make a speech in bridgend. they are not particularly huge labour majorities, but she has made several visits to wales, and that is an indication that the tories think this could be fertile territory for them. that is partly because wales voted to leave the eu, and she is making brexit

central to her campaign. there was a sizeable ukip vote in wales two yea rs sizeable ukip vote in wales two years ago at the general election. 14-1596. years ago at the general election. ia-15%. the years ago at the general election. 14—15%. the tories are confident they can draw many of those ukip supporters over to them. the message today from theresa may very much saying to labour voters, turn your back on the past, labour have taken you for granted, it's time to think about a different party. we want to get votes and support here in wales because that will strengthen my hand in the brexit negotiation. applause and every single vote for me and the local conservative candidate will be a vote for a stronger wales, for a stronger united kingdom, and, as i say, will strengthen my hand in those important brexit negotiations. and a vote for any other party would be a vote for a weak and failing jeremy corbyn, propped up by a coalition of chaos which would risk our national future. but theresa may wasn't just talking

about brexit. she i think during this campaign will broaden her message. she wants to talk to ordinary working families and try to appeal to people who voted conservative i think back in the 19805. conservative i think back in the 1980s. she hopes with a message may be about low taxation, although she is underfire be about low taxation, although she is under fire from some about watches going to do about that, —— about what she is going to do about that. a promise made by david cameron was not to put up vat. she said her desire is to be a low tax party. it is interesting that in wales, where the tories haven't finished with the largest number of seats since the 1850s in a general election, she was having to one has a port is about being complacent. —— having to warn her supporters. what we see from other parties is that they want to undermine the task ahead.

they've shown that they're willing to do anything to disrupt the brexit negotiations to stop us from leading britain into the future. and, make no mistake, it could happen. remember, the opinion polls were wrong in the 2015 general election. they were wrong in the referendum last year. and jeremy corbyn himself has said he was a 200—1 outsider for the labour leadership in 2015, and look where that one went. so we must not be complacent, and i'm not complacent. i'm going to be out and about, and i'm going to be campaigning and working for every single vote. now, the conservatives know that a message aboutjeremy now, the conservatives know that a message about jeremy corbyn now, the conservatives know that a message aboutjeremy corbyn being propped up as prime minister by other parties doesn't really work if they are shown to be so far ahead in they are shown to be so far ahead in the opinion polls. but everyone knows there's an awful long way to go in this general election. and certainly in wales, where the tories of course historically haven't done terribly well, they are not going to

be complacent. thank you, vicki youngin be complacent. thank you, vicki young in bridgend, where the prime minister was speaking a short while ago. let's talk a little more about the challenges facing the parties in wales, where labour has been the biggest party for the past century, but there are some suggestions that labour's dominant position could be under pressure in this election. let's look at the performance of the parties in wales at the last election in 2015. labour took 25 seats. the conservatives took 11. plaid cymru took three and the liberal democrats took one. the tories made three games, by the way, a couple of years ago. is that likely to be the kind of picture that we are going to see injune when the election takes place? with me is professor roger scully of the wales governance centre at cardiff university. thank you forjoining us. i'm wondering first of all about the prime minister's visit today to bridgend of all places, the first minister's hometown. what does that tell us about the conservatives' on perceptions of their prospect in this campaign in wales?”

perceptions of their prospect in this campaign in wales? i think it tells us the conservatives think they can win seats, make rounds, you know, bridgend is a seat the conservatives have not won at westminster since 1983. the great margaret thatcher landslide of that year. we had a poll published in wales yesterday showing the conservatives ten points ahead of labour in wales. labour's ultimate heartland. bridgend is the sort of see that on the figures that poll suggested would go to the conservatives. actually probably quite comfortably. you mentioned that poll, we put all of the health warnings around poles, as we usually do. but it was significant because this poll has broken the pattern of all the previous polls that we have seen. tell me about its significance? there is a very long history of labour dominance in wales, going back pretty much a century. we haven't seen the conservatives leading labour in polls even in recent times in wales. but now they have made a big advance of the last few months. in particular we are seeing the

conservatives in wales or of votes from ukip supporters. ukip support appears to have collapsed over the last few months. if you look at the entrails of this poll, two thirds of the voters that supported ukip in wales two years ago in the general election are now backing the conservatives. we heard the prime minister's message earlier today, if you are a daily by supporter in wales, and we will be talking to ca rwyn wales, and we will be talking to carwyn jones a little wales, and we will be talking to carwynjones a little later —— if you are a labour supporter. what would be an law mind at this early stage, if you were a labour supporter? they are looking on the defensive and struggling to hold onto what they have. one of factors that seems to be seeing the labour party ebbing support of the conservatives is leadership. theresa may is the most popular politician in wales, according to this new poll. an astonishing thing for a conservative party leader to be the most popular politician in wales. and jeremy corbyn likes a long way behind. we are seeing quite a lot of traditional mainstream labour voters

not impressed by the leadership of corbyn, and some of them at least considering supporting the conservatives at this general election. we mentioned labour and the conservatives, you also mentioned ukip including a drift of support possibly towards the conservatives. what about plaid cymru and the lib dems? how do you read their levels of support? pretty much where they were two years ago. plaid cymru may be a point or two ahead of where they work this time before the 2014 election. unlike their sister party in scotland, they are not their sister party in scotland, they a re not really their sister party in scotland, they are not really making any significant ground. the lib dems too appear to be stagnant, at most regaining one or two seats at this general election. the big action seems to be the competition between the conservatives and labour. for the conservatives and labour. for the first time since the 1850s, the possibility of the conservatives actually winning a general election in wales, that would be a political shtick in —— a political earthquake in welsh politics. is labour has any chance of forming a government, that

big bank of welsh labour mps has been essential to the block at westminster. if there is any question of iraq, it feeds into the uk wide picture. if labour are if there is any question of that. it is almost impossible to see how they can win this general election without winning in wales. even in elections where they have been beaten badly, they have one mike majority of seats in wales. if they are losing in wales, it looks like a very different election notjust in wales but across britain. thank you, roger scully, professor of politics at cardiff university. i will be talking to carwynjones, labour's ca rwyn talking to carwynjones, labour's carwyn jones, the talking to carwynjones, labour's carwynjones, the first minister of wales. he will be joining carwynjones, the first minister of wales. he will bejoining us carwynjones, the first minister of wales. he will be joining us at about 5:15pm. i will put some of those points to him. labour has moved to offer more detail on its approach to the brexit process. the party says a labour government would scrap theresa may's brexit plans, and unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu residents living in the uk before the talks start. the shadow brexit secretary,

sir keir starmer, said labour wanted a deal which prioritised jobs and workers' rights. he also said migration rules had to change, and that the eu single market should be kept "on the table". our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. on an issue so key, labour has struggled to make its message clear. today, it set out its vision for brexit and promised it was different to the prime minister's. we do not accept that brexit has to mean whatever theresa may says it means. we do not accept that there has to be a reckless tory brexit. specifically, the party said a labour government would guarantee the rights of eu citizens living in the uk. it would legislate to keep things like employment rights and protections for consumers

and the environment. and it would scrap the current negotiating strategy, and instead focus on retaining the benefits of the single market and the customs union. the party said its focus would be on protecting jobs and the economy. and immigration should not be the only red line or overarching priority. freedom of movement has to go. and therefore it will have to change. but we must have immigration that works for our communities and our economy. and that means there has to be movement of people to come and work in this country. how that's managed will have to be resolved. but the last thing we want is for our businesses to go bankrupt. labour accepts the current terms of membership of the single market, which comes with the condition of free movement of people, must end, but suggests there could be a reformed membership of that

and the customs union, and says the tories were wrong to rule out options so early in the negotiations. but the conservatives appear unconcerned, saying their rivals' brexit message is still confused, chaotic — and, on trade, indistinct from theirs. we want to get access to the rest of the world's markets, but at the same time trying to maintain as much as possible, possibly all, of the current markets we have. they are trying to rebrand our argument of the last nine months. even though they have resisted it for the last nine months. theresa may continues to campaign in labour seats. later today in wales. confident her message, a clear commitment to brexit and strong leadership, can win over brexiteers and labour voters. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. the liberal democrat leader tim farron says he does not think gay sex is a sin, clarifying a question he had refused to answer several times so far during the election campaign. this is what he had to say exclusively to our political correspondent, eleanor garnier, a little earlier.

i don't believe gay sex is a sin. i take the view that as a political leader, though, myjob is not to pontificate on theological matters. this had become a talking point, an issue. in that case, if people have kind of got the wrong opinion of what i think about these issues, that's something that's right to correct. so, what's changed in the last 48 hours? you are now able to say you don't think gay sex is a sin, yet the last two years, you have very blatantly swerved the question? well, i'm quite careful about how i talk about my faith. i'm not... i mean, i don't bang on about it. i don't make a secret of it either. when i get asked kind of theological questions, which i don't think many other politicians do get asked, i kind of took the view that it would be better for me to say, well, look, this is a matter of theological nit—picking, let's talk about the politics. that's not really what you did say, though. you avoided answering a very specific question on is gay sex is a sin.

we know you have previously said that being in a gay relationship is not a sin, but you did specifically fail to answer the question on whether gay sex is a sin. so that's why it's really important that i answer it clearly today, and say it's not, and i don't feel it is. so you were either misleading people before, or you are misleading people now. which is it? so the answer to that is that i was asked a question early on, and i didn't want to get into a sort of series of questions of questions unpicking the, you know, the theology of the bible. isn't itjust that it is your christian belief and you didn't want to admit it? no, that's not the case. what i want is to make sure that we deal with something that's become an issue. so this is blatant electioneering? it's a sense of understanding that, you know, the question was asked of me one week ago. my view is, you know, i'm careful about how i speak about my faith. i'm somebody who makes no secret of it, but does not bang on about it either.

i don't think people want political party leaders telling them what is and isn't a sin. it sounds like you are going to maintain one view, a christian view, privately, and a separate, different view publicly when you are out and about campaigning. well, no, you asked me a question about what i felt about first of all people who are gay, and indeed also about gay sex. and i've said no, i do not feel that they are sinful. and i think that's something that it's important to say when people get the wrong idea of you. but in saying that, you're going against some key elements in the bible. so i think people's faith is private, and it's up them to decide how they make these interpretations. for me, separating faith from politics means that you shouldn't be having a running commentary on these things, and also shouldn't be trying to impose one's beliefs on others. tim farron, the lib dem leader, was talking to eleanor garnier little earlier. theresa may says every vote for the tories will "strengthen her

hand" in the brexit negotiations, as she campaigns in labour's heartlands in south wales. the shadow brexit secretary says labour would scrap theresa may's brexit plans and unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu residents if it wins power. the liberal democrat leader tim farron says he does not think gay sex is a sin, clarifying a question he had refused to answer several times so far. and in sport... england's women have been drawn in the same quarter final gi’oup been drawn in the same quarter final group is wales for the 2019 world cup. northern ireland and the republic of ireland are also together. england announced their 15 man squad for the champions trophy injune. eoin man squad for the champions trophy in june. eoin morgan man squad for the champions trophy injune. eoin morgan will captain the side, and ballmer mark wood is back from injury. mark selby raffles of five frames in a row against marco fu but he has since been

pegged back. the defending champion 110w pegged back. the defending champion now leads 5—2 at the crucible. i will have more on those stories just after 5:30pm. the french presidential candidates marine le pen and her rival emmanuel macron attended the ceremony in honour of xavierjugele. the police officer who was shot dead last week. ms le pen has temporarily stood down as leader of the far—right national front, to try to broaden her support, in the run up to the final round of voting on 7th may. that is one week on sunday. hugh schofield reports from paris. they were just faces among many others, because this was not a moment for campaigning. emmanuel macron and marine le pen were there as national figures to take part in the nation's tribute to police officer xavierjugele. after the coffin was brought into the courtyard of police headquarters, it was the officer's civil partner, etienne cardlels, who spoke first. translation: when the news came out that something serious had happened

on the champs—elysees, and that a police officer had lost their life, a little voice told me it was you. and it reminded me of that wise quote, you "will not have my hate". for president hollande, this is not his first ceremony to remember police officers killed by terrorism. the level of violence which police and gendarme had to face kept getting worse, he said. in xavierjugele, france had lost one of the bravest of its sons, an everyday hero. this morning's ceremony for xavierjugele and this small makeshift memorial on the champs—elysees on the spot where he died are a reminder of how terrorism and security are a central theme in these elections. marine le pen in particular is telling the country that with her tougher line on deportations, and sentencing, on immigration, then attacks like this would be much harder to carry out. she's the outsider in the race,

so marine le pen is coming out fighting, accusing emmanuel macron of not having the guts to defend the french. translation: i'm no longer president of the front national. i'm the candidate for the presidency. the candidate who hopes to gather everyone behind a vision of hope, prosperity and security. emmanuel macron is biding his time, but he knows that he can't leave his rival to make the running alone on so vital an issue as the terrorist threat. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. let's have a look at some of the other stories making the news today... unions say nestle is planning to move 300 jobs from the uk to poland because of brexit. the food giant says it's looking at reducing its workforce across four sites in york, newcastle, halifax and girvan. nestle says it hopes to cutjobs through voluntary redundancies. facebook have been criticised after a thai man live—streamed content of himself killing his daughter and then

taking his own life. facebook says it was an "appalling" incident and has removed the content. it comes after a man in the us murdered someone on the live—streaming service. olympic cycling champions jason and laura kenny have picked up their cbes during a ceremony at buckingham palace. jason kenny holds six olympic titles, while laura kenny has four. they have both been named in the latest great britain cycling squad ahead of the toyko olympics in 2020. laura kenny is pregnant with the couple's first child. sir eltonjohn‘s management team say he's recovering at home in the uk after spending two nights in intensive care with a serious bacterial infection. he's had to cancel several dates in las vegas and california, but will resume his latest tour in britain on the 3rd ofjune. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, reports. the 70—year—old is one of music's hardest—working acts, touring all over the world, and still giving energetic performances at what for many

would be retirement age. during the recent series of concerts in south america, he contracted what his medical team has called a potentially deadly bacterial infection, becoming ill on his way back to the uk. in a statement, sir elton‘s management said... sir elton himself added... # it's a little bit funny #.

the illness has meant that sir elton has had to cancel planned concerts in april and may in california and las vegas. he is expected to return to the concert stage injune in london. lizo mzimba, bbc news. more now on the election, and the visit to south wales by prime minister theresa may. one of the places she visited was bridgend, the home town of the first minister of wales, labour's ca rwyn jones, who joins us now. first minister, thank you for coming in. that afternoon to you. i'm just wondering, first of all, what are your thoughts on the challenge that faces labour in this campaign? look, there's a mountain to climb. we've seen what the polls are showing, but mountains are there to be conquered. what is absolutely essential is that we produced a manifesto that people

can understand and shows what labour would deliver in government. leadership has come up today in several guises. people's thoughts about the quality of leadership. do you see jeremy about the quality of leadership. do you seejeremy corbyn as a strength in this campaign to you?” you seejeremy corbyn as a strength in this campaign to you? i do, i think he has to prove himself to the wider electorate and he will understand that. appealing to your party is one thing, and appealing more widely is another. i understand that, as the leader of welsh labour i had to do that last year, we had challengers but we came through with the largest share of the vote. this doesn't happen by accident, it takes a lot of work and that is exactly what we will be putting in.|j a lot of work and that is exactly what we will be putting in. i note yesterday's poll is an opinion poll which needs to have health warnings, but it did give us a few pointers. on the pattern of voting that is suggesting, are you detecting in jewel hometown, are the conservatives doing well that —— are you detecting in bridgend, your

hometown? the prime minister was here forjust a hometown? the prime minister was here for just a few minutes hometown? the prime minister was here forjust a few minutes and then left. i don't know if she would find it on the map if she looks. we're not seeing much conservative activity in bridgend. we cannot be complacent. it has been many years, 1970 in fact, when labour won the majority of the vote in wales. we know that, and we know it is hugely important to produce a programme that appeals to be. white when she talks about ending tribal patterns of politics, do you think that is a valid claim she is making in welsh terms? i've heard this before, we heard this in the 80s and 90s, it was the same old message. you're not ending tribal politics if you are saying to people, don't vote for that party, but for my party! it is just carrying on tribal politics. at the end of the day, the tories have never done any good for wales. when there has been a conservative government, wales has not prospered. we will be telling people on the doorstep, times are better under

labour. under a labour government, you get a properly funded health service coming not a social care crisis, new schools are bolted. —— new schools being built. we offer people a better way of life. what did you make of the fact that in the prime minister's remarks she went straight in there and labour record on the health service in wales and help that up in her view as a way of saying, look, labour doesn't actually work? it is utterly lazy and old —fashioned as actually work? it is utterly lazy and old—fashioned as well. we know that health service in wales is funded at a hard so mike better level level tha n funded at a hard so mike better level level than it is in england. —— at level level than it is in england. ——ata level level than it is in england. —— at a far better level. why was it thatjunior doctors went on strike in england's they didn't in wales, thatis in england's they didn't in wales, that is because we work with our medical profession rather than attack them. whenever the body tries to attack something that is happening in another country, they are worried about their own record. brexit, she touched on her own record and said the potential for some kind of, as she put it,

alliance of corporation between labour and plaid cymru would undermine the brexit browsers. she said that was another reason to read conservative. you talk about your approach to brexit and whether she has a point there. the conservative party itself is very, very divided. i sit there in meetings, you have the flag—waving nationalists who wa nt to the flag—waving nationalists who want to leave the eu next week, i exaggerate, but not by much, and the more pragmatic and that understand the challenges that have to be faced. brexit is going to happen, there is no question of trying to stop it, it is a question of getting a sensible brexit that works for people here in the uk and in wales. weeks ago we produced our blueprint for the way forward. we've heard nothing really for the conservative government. the prime minister doesn't say very much. her way of leading things is to sit back, say nothing and then say a few things at the end, that's leadership. brexit is going to happen, we put forward

as government the way that brexit can be taken forward, in a way that will not damage the uk, will help to build the uk in the future. they haven't put the working in white full, and they need to do that to give people confidence. -- they have not put the working in whitehall. dear starmer has been saying that for example a labour government would unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk before the talks started. is that a message that you can agree with, and does that help labour's case? yes, nobody wants to see people who are currently living in the uk, eu citizens has the. nobody wants to see bridges is that is, and there many of them, living in the —— living in the eu having to return. we wa nt living in the eu having to return. we want to protect the rights of eu citizens and we expect that to be reciprocated from the eu, that is perfectly sensible. nobody is saying on the doorstep that they want to throw people out, and we are not going to do that. first minister, thank you. carwyn jones,

going to do that. first minister, thank you. carwynjones, first minister of wales, he is at westminster today. in the context of the campaigning. this is bbc news at 5pm. coming up... i'll be speaking to natascha kampusch, the austrian woman who spent eight and a years in captivity after being abducted on her way home from school in vienna. and why those of us over 50 should be using moderate exercise to keep our brains in good working order. now look at the weather forecast. it is cold out there, really quite wintry across the north of the uk with lying snow in the highlands of scotland. some places started off

with a decent note but showers have spread quite a long way south and some of them contain a mixture of sleet and snow. showers tend to fade away from the western side of the uk and when those skies clear there will be widespread frost developing. we still keep some wintry showers on the eastern coast of england spreading a little further inland through tomorrow. some of those could be heavy with some help and thunder. some good spells of sunshine across western areas. pretty much single figures across most of scotland and northern ireland but we will see temperatures rising a little bit by thursday. but with a fair rising a little bit by thursday. but withafairamount rising a little bit by thursday. but with a fair amount of cloud and some rain. this is bbc news at

five — the headlines. theresa may says every vote for the tories will "strengthen her hand" in the brexit negotiations, as she campaigns in labour's heartlands in south wales. a vote for any other party would be a vote for a weak and failing jeremy corbyn, propped up by a coalition of chaos which would risk our national future. the shadow brexit secretary says labour would scrap theresa may's brexit plans and unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk, if it wins power. the liberal democrat leader

tim farron says he does not think gay sex is a sin — clarifying a question he had refused to answer several times so far. a number of well known names including jeffrey archer and kevin keegan have settled phone hacking claims against the mirror group of newspapers. sport now, here's hugh ferris. england's women have been drawn in the same group as wales for the 2019 women's world cup qualifiers. northern ireland and the republic of ireland are also together in a group including norway and the netherlands. while scotland are in group 2 alongside switzerland. you can see the full draw on the bbc sport. that is twice now so we look forward

to playing against wales but we cannot underestimate the likes of russia. fast bowler mark wood has been recalled after a series of ankle injuries. he is in a good place and hopefully in the next month will get even more under his belt. cricket against ireland at a few games for durham. but he does bring that x—factor to the innings. and he has shown that in the past. we're lucky in that regard to have the quality of bowler. he might be about to fight in what's being called the biggest live event in boxing history, but anthonyjoshua says he's still the same guy he was as a teenager. 90,000 are expected at wembley for his heavyweight unification fight against wladimir klitschko on saturday night. for which the ibf champion will earn around £10 million.

but he's told the bbc he hasn't changed since even before he became famous for winning olympic gold in 2012. i saw pictures of myself in 2011 and i'm living in the same flat as i did then. it has been a long time. but so far the simple life has worked. where we grew up everyone was about making money, but being low—key and understated. probably did not want to get your house burgled! i think from who i am when i was 17 is who i am today. so not much has changed. kyle edmund has been knocked out of the second round of the barcelona open. the british number two was beaten in straight sets by the world number nine austria's dominic thiem. he lost 6—1 6—4. thiem will play british number 3 dan evans or mischa zverev in the next round.

adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapest. the olympic 100m breaststroke champion gained a spot in the squad automatically by winning his event at the british championships last week. olympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie o'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. ronnie o'sullivan has had to battle back from behind to keep his world snooker quarter final level after one session against china's ding junhui. ding took the first 3 frames before o'sullivan won the next three to get back to all square. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. but the five time champion hit back once more to take the last frame to make it 4—all. john higgins leads kyren wilson 5—3 in the other last 8 match that was underway this morning. it's the first to 13. meanwhile reigning champion mark selby is currently playing marco fu in their quarter—final. he responded with a couple of frames

but mark selby has ended the session with a 6—2 lead. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. the founder of wikipedia is launching an online news service to help combat fake news. jimmy wales says that wikitribune will use both professional journalists and what he's described as ‘community contributors‘ to produce fact—checked articles. the site will be free to use — but will accept donations from supporters. our media editor amol rajan reports. fake news has gone global. whether deliberate distortions dressed up as real news or clandestine political advertising that targets you on social media, voters in america, germany and france have been hit. the question now is — could this new form of campaigning online be coming to britain ahead of the general election? if political messages are broadcast during an election campaign,

they are subject to regulation. but what about messages that are published online? i rang up the law commission. they said to try the electoral commission. i rang up the electoral commission. they said, "that certainly would not be us." i rang the advertising standards agency and ofcom too. they both said it falls outside of their remit. the question remains — who polices this stuff? wikitribune is a new site with a new model for the news... perhaps this website is one answer. wikitribune will ask for monthly subscriptions from a community of users who help to verify and shape online news themselves. it was launched this morning by the founder of wikipedia, jimmy wales. he argues that we need a sharp press at all layers of society. the rise of hateful politics, i think, is a direct result of this lack of quality in terms of giving people facts. if big internet companies won't take responsibility for what appears

on their platforms and regulation has not kept pace with technology, it may fall to us to police fake news ourselves. amol rajan, bbc news. president trump's daughter, ivanka, has been meeting the german chancellor angela merkel in berlin on herfirst international trip since being given an official position in the trump administration. she's recognised as an influential adviser to her father, but there's been criticism in the us about the nature of her role in the white house — as our correspondent richard galpin reports. ivanka trump, on the left, taking the stage in berlin for a women's summit. alongside her, globalfigures including the german chancellor, angela merkel. for the daughter of the us president, these are unprecedented steps. an official foreign visit and this is before the president himself has made his first trip abroad. she was asked in what capacity she

had come to germany but would not be pinned down. i am rather unfamiliar with this role as well, it has been a little under 100 days but it has just been a remarkable, incredible journey. first daughter ivanka trump takes to the world stage, making her first big international trip... back in the us, all of this is headline news. already an influential adviser to herfather with her own office in the white house, ivanka trump now seems to be working to improve relations between the us and germany. when donald trump met the german leader angela merkel in washington last month, it did not appear to go well. but at one of the meetings, ivanka trump was placed next to the chancellor,

they seemed to strike up a relationship, leading to the invitation to attend the summit in berlin. i definitely think that for angela merkel, it is a diplomatic move, very strategic, going via ivanka trump to improve relationships with the us. while that benefits angela merkel, it also pushes ivanka trump even more into the limelight, raising further questions about the role of the president's family in the white house. richard galpin, bbc news. tensions have increased on the korean peninsula — as the north carried out a massive artillery exercise to mark the anniversary of the founding of its armed forces. in the south — a us submarine has docked — adding to the build up of forces there. envoys from south korea, the us and japan are holding talks in tokyo. our correspondent wyre davies has the latest. an american submarine glides

into the port of busan. it has been called a routine visit. but as tensions rise in the korean peninsula the sub is being joined by a much larger group of warships, led by the aircraft carrier carl vinson. it's the latest in a series of developments that shows how seriously washington is taking north korea's expanding nuclear programme. this is donald trump's toughest foreign policy challenge by far. his predecessors strategic patience with pyongyang clearly over. mrtrump is demanding tougher un action or else. the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. this is a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about it or not. in a rare move, he has summoned all 100 members of the senate

for a special white house briefing on korea. the question is, what comes next? as it marks the 85th anniversary of the founding of its army, the north korean regime has reacted with furious words, if not yet actions, to the us naval manoeuvres and a special security council meeting on the region. the foreign ministry's response was almost blood curdling. translation: now that the us has pulled out its sword to kill us, we will also pull out our grand sword ofjustice and fight until the end and we will kill the us imperialists with our strong and revolutionary power. our nuclear forces stand at the core. the rhetoric and the images are alarming, but while there are concerns north korea maybe planning for missile tests, observers in the south say no unusual developments have been detected. china, the north‘s only major ally, has urged the us not to act without un approval and called

on both sides to show restraint. trying to second—guess two very different, but two unpredictable leaders in kim jong—un and donald trump is not proving easy. mps are urging the government to do more to ensure that all new—build homes are suitable for people with disabilities. the women and equalities committee says more than 90 per cent of homes in england are inaccessible to someone who has a disability — often because of stairs, narrow doorways or lack of a bathroom on the ground floor. our disability affairs correspondent nikki fox reports. this is my front door. carlene has never lived in a house that's fully accessible. and even after i've negotiated this door, there's another one to get through. born with cerebral palsy, she is able to live independently with the right setup. i'd love to cook my own meals and use my oven, but i can't.

but some of the features in her home make it impossible for her to look after herself. the biggest issue is my kitchen, that is completely inaccessible to me. and i have to rely on support, external support. and i've been on the accessible housing register for ten years. and as to this day, i've still not seen a fully accessible property. the report states that only 7% of all homes in england have a basic level of accessibility. but it doesn'tjust look at housing. it looks at other challenges disabled people face, and calls for an investigation into how the equality act is being used from the early stages of any development. when it comes to planning our offices, our homes and our built environment, disability still seems to be an add—on — not critical and not part of the planning mechanisms. the goverment‘s current policy states that it is up to councils

to decide how many homes should be built with higher standards of accessibility. but with an estimated 300,000 disabled people in unsuitable homes, the committee is calling for better legislation on a national level. nikki fox, bbc news. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. theresa may says every vote for the tories will "strengthen her hand" in the brexit negotiations, as she campaigns in labour's heartlands in south wales. the shadow brexit secretary says labour would scrap the prime minister's brexit plans and unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk, if it wins power. the liberal democrat leader tim farron says he does not think gay sex is a sin — clarifying a question he had refused to answer several times so far during the election campaign. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london and frankfurt ended the day.

and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. ten years ago — the name natascha kampusch featured in headlines around the world when the story of her abduction was made public. natascha was just 10—years—old when she was snatched off the street in vienna on her way home from school. her abductor held her captive in his basement for eight and a half years, until natascha managed to escape. she's now 29 — and she's just written her second book talking about the struggles she has faced — and still faces — and the good causes that she's embraced in the years since her escape. in a moment we will be speaking to natascha — but first let's remind ourselves of how her story emerged and shocked the world.

still kept from public gaze after eight years as a captive, the 18—year—old has been reunited with her parents. natascha kampusch was only ten when they last saw her. she disappeared on her way to school in 1998, causing national anguish in austria. natascha was found wandering about in a vienna suburb, looking very pale, but apparently in good health. for natascha's father it's been overwhelming. after years of searching, these were her first words to him when they were reunited. translation: papa, i love you. that's what she kept saying. this is where natascha was held captive during those eight lost years. in a tiny basement below the garage. she watched television, did chores inside the house, until for the first time, she managed to slip out and outrun her ca ptor.

and this is the kidnapper. wolfang priklopil. once he realised his crime had been revealed, last night he threw himself under a train in vienna. with me is natascha. that was a report that we broadcast at the time. thank you for coming in. the book is called ten years of freedom. why did you write the book, what does the book mean to you? the book is a kind of catharsis. it is putting the burden of the last ten years away. it is like being free and really myself. the burden of the last ten years, a very strong phrase. you then say ten years of

freedom. what kind of freedom has it been, how would you describe that freedom? it was not freedom, it was more like a cage, like a golden cage. it was like being free, being now in the community with other people, but there were so many people, but there were so many people against me. they did not believe what i said. and so it was not easy to cope with that. and also not easy to cope with that. and also not with the media and the newspapers and tv interpretation of the case. i will ask you more about that in a moment because one of the many strong statements you make in the book is this. picking up on what you just said, i would like for someone to at least try to grapple with the concept that there is such a thing as an internal and external

prison. my external prison was in place from the beginning while my internal prison was constructed over the ensuing years. can you explain a bit more about that so the viewers at home can understand what you mean by the prison that was still there even after you were free. yes, it was... i was shocked about the situation, i was shocked about being free because it was so amazing. it was like being in a race or something, being in a film, in a movie. and then the reaction of the community was so different. it was not what i imagined. tell us what you had imagined and how was it different? i thought everything

would be ok. everyone would be polite and opposite to the kidnapper but it was not. and so it was like they did not believe me, they made some theories, conspiracy theories. would you talk about in the book, again about the things that people said and the things that people made up. the lies that people told, really. just explain a little more because there will be people watching and thinking that once you are freed people would just celebrate and say that is great and would welcome you and be nice to you. so why do people react in a way that they did, do you think?” you. so why do people react in a way that they did, do you think? i do not know, at first it was like that.

everything, everyone was happy with the situation. everything was nice andi the situation. everything was nice and i felt very comfortable to be backin and i felt very comfortable to be back in the community, to be back in my life, my own identity and with my pa rents my life, my own identity and with my parents and everything. and then it turned, it moved to a special kind of mood. what changed, what was the moment that it turned?” of mood. what changed, what was the moment that it turned? i think it was when people realised that i had this, you know, this short day with him at the mountains. on a visit. yes, ona him at the mountains. on a visit. yes, on a visit. and they thought this was a good experience. but it

was not, it was his idea to go skiing. and so it was very horrible to me and there was no possibility to me and there was no possibility to escape. i spoke to a woman and she did not understand what i said because she was from holland or denmark. so you attempted to talk someone. yes. but it was not a success. sadly. time and again in the book you talk about people not understanding the fact that may be a few times you did have a chance to go somewhere. even talk about a dreadful experience where he pushed you out of the door and said, go. but you do not feel that you can. do you think ten years on that people have a better understanding of that,

that they can understand what, that you were in effect imprisoned?” think so because of my first book. it was so important to have the first book. and it is also important to have the second book because that isa to have the second book because that is a kind of finalisation of the whole trauma. towards the back where you have a very comprehensive chronology, you go through the events in order and it is shocking to read. several times you talk about your parents and especially your mother and the fact that people have accused her of the most dreadful things. how have you tried to come to terms with that and what are your thoughts on the way that parts of the press and the media behaved after you were freed up what are your thoughts now on that?

behaved after you were freed up what are your thoughts now on that7m was unacceptable. and i was not the only victim in this case. it was also my whole family and also other person. and they were being accused of somehow being involved. in the crime that took place, which of course was completely wrong and unfair. so again, ten years later, are you in a better place on that or do you still feel very angry and upset about it? no, i'm actually free and i think i'm looking forward to the future and looking forward to my projects and to my goals. to the future and looking forward to my projects and to my goalsm to the future and looking forward to my projects and to my goals. it is wonderful that you can say that. so again that viewers understand when you say projects, what kind of things interest you?”

you say projects, what kind of things interest you? i think it is very important to do something for people, for poor people or for discriminated people and for women. so there is a lot to do. natascha, wonderful to talk to you and congratulations on the book. we are just going to show that once again. that is natascha kampusch, called ten yea rs that is natascha kampusch, called ten years of freedom and it is a very powerful read. i'm pleased to say we have been able to discuss some of the themes today. thank you very much for coming in. time for a look at the weather with jay wynne. good evening. it is pretty cold out there, not too bad in the sunshine but in those showers very cold indeed. we have at some wintry showers today especially in the highlands of scotland. just down the

road from staffordshire we have some rain showers as you can see. so a real mixture out there. shower clouds developing quite widely and moving south on that cold wind. so another cold night tonight, a frost developing quite widely and with those wintry showers, out there at the moment quite a rash of showers, a mixture of rain at low levels, sleet and snow over higher ground. but the showers fade from the western side of the uk. here the winds are a bit lighter and with clear skies we will see a widespread frost developing. good few degrees below freezing in some rural spots. into the morning and it is cold and frosty but a bright start for much of cornwall, most places dry and bright with some sunshine. more claret through the midlands and eastern england and showers

initially around the coastal areas. heading into the north west of england, northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland, a cold start day with some sunshine. any early showers will be mostly of rain. central and eastern areas seeing more showers through the day, some of those heady. the further west you are the showers are fewer and further between. feeling better with not so much wind during the day. but pretty close to single figures across pretty close to single figures a cross m ost pretty close to single figures across most of scotland and northern ireland. going through the evening, still some showers around for the eastern side of england but they become fewer and further between. and on thursday it is an area of cloud and rain that move south, but thatis cloud and rain that move south, but that is the warm front and will bring some slightly less cold air with it. temperatures jumping bring some slightly less cold air with it. temperaturesjumping up by a good two or three degrees in

scotla nd a good two or three degrees in scotland and northern ireland. and to go with that a fair amount of cloud and outbreaks of rain as well. but the rain is not especially happy. but it is temperatures in glasgow and belfast back up to around 11 or 12 degrees. that is it for now. goodbye. tonight at six — theresa may takes the tory campaign to wales. challenging labour in its heartland — the prime minister says she wants a mandate from the whole of the uk. we want to get votes and support here in wales because that will strengthen my hand in the brexit negotiations. also tonight — labour spells out its approach on brexit. it says labour would work harder to stay in the eu's harder to stay in the eu's trading system and attacks the government's approach. if theresa may gets another five years in power, shall take it as a green light to sideline parliament, ignore opposition and drive through a reckless tory brexit. ivanka trump takes centre stage with some of the world's

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