this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: president trump is insisting that he still intends to build a wall along the us border with mexico, though he's indicated he's prepared to wait before seeking federal funds to do it. democrats in congress are blocking his request forfederal funds. the us military has begun installing parts of an advanced missile defence system — known as thaad — at a site in south korea, amid high tension over north korea's missile and nuclear programmes. hundreds of local residents protested and some clashed with police as a convoy of vehicles arrived. now it is time for our newspaper review. what's making headlines around the world 7 on the front page of today's new york times, a look at north korea's nuclear missile capabilities. according to experts and classified

intelligence reports, the country is capable of producing a nuclear bomb every six to seven weeks. pictures of the recently appointed presidential advisor, ivanka trump, along with christine lagarde and angela merkel at the w20 summit, cover the front pages of most of the european papers today. the independent headlines the fact that miss trump was booed on stage. according to the guardian financial, world stock markets have surged to new highs. the markets peaked thanks to optimism about the outcome of the french presidential election and a boost in us tech shares. flying cars have made the front page of city am today. mine and working! —— aren't. the ride hailing app uber, says it's working with nasa

and the federal aviation administration, and plans to demonstrate a network of flying cars within just three years. and finally, babies in bags! these images on the front page of the metro, might look like the stuff of science fiction, but these synthetic wombs tested on lambs could potentially save the lives of prematurely born babies. joining us is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. good morning. nice to see you. starting with north korea and the new york times, explaining what may be driving donald trump's new urgency, this desire to try and solve the problem, worries about their nuclear capabilities? bizarrely enough, i was in korea last week. i briefly stepped into north korea. not too far in, i hope?

no. the american troops there were relatively relaxed. those who won't relaxed whether south koreans. the south korean media and i think anybody who was there at the time, your correspondence reporting, they are deeply irritated about donald trump's actions. he has said there was an armada coming to safeguard you, then there wasn't, now we are hearing this morning that there are missiles coming to stoke the tension further. people there want the us to call it? -- cool. yes, the chinese also want that. they have seen this regime do this time and time again, up regime do this time and time again, up and lower the anti. they see it asa up and lower the anti. they see it as a sort of musical dance. what donald trump is doing with his

actions is stoking this —— ante. donald trump is doing with his actions is stoking this -- ante. so, should the world sit back and let them continue doing what they are doing? i think what the south koreans are concerned about here is... they are only about 30 miles away from the border! and they want to see some different rhetoric from donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump administration was saying, nothing has worked in the past. the situation five years ago is not the situation now, because this capability seems to be gathering pace. there is no doubt about that and the chinese are now really concerned. it is china, more than america, that will snuff out north korea. talking about it on the

trump, she was —— ivanka trump, she was booed onstage, more so that her father was booed onstage and she was supporting him? yes, angela merkel... we supporting him? yes, angela merkel. .. we have supporting him? yes, angela merkel... we have seen this with kushner as well. the children and siblings of trump are tempering a lot of the rhetoric. there were lots of soccer mums that voted for trump, they are hearing a different kind of story. i think we need to step out of the bubble when we see these kind of the bubble when we see these kind of reactions. the global elite looking very uncomfortable about

ivanka, but they keep getting it wrong. she said, she has certainly heard the criticism from the media, but it is notjust from the media. it's all out there, isn't it? calling them in bos? you can't spin it any other way. i am the last person to spin anything for donald trump. but i would spin a bit for her, because i think she is tempering him and we have to hang onto that. is interesting, the likes of angela merkel and possibly other leaders around... if they can cosy up leaders around... if they can cosy up to ivanka trump, then perhaps thatis up to ivanka trump, then perhaps that is a big boost for them. angela merkel invited ivanka, she wanted to give her that platform. that is

quite significant. it is quite odd. she is the first daughter, it is a formal position but she is an unelected official. she is only there because of who her father is. the way she is carrying herself... you can see, to some extent, the role of the first lady operating as well, in a way. it becomes a public role. she is very much in a public role. she is very much in a public role. i think she is carrying it out with some aplomb. the stock markets, off the back of the french elections. i think the markets are a little bit ahead of themselves, counting chickens before they hatch. iam going counting chickens before they hatch. i am going to be writing some words for one of the financial pages for tomorrow. looking at the establishment's smugness on the reaction to sunday's result, it

reminds me of... it reminds me of fully of grexit and trump. the day before racks that don't make brexit and trump, everybody thought the opposite things would happen —— brexit. these experts are telling me that my vote doesn't count. that is essentially what is happening. i think the gap is too big in france. also the french polling seems to be better than the british polling. it is properly emmanuel macron, but... ijust want is properly emmanuel macron, but... i just want you to answer in is properly emmanuel macron, but... ijust want you to answer in one word, flying taxis by 2020, do you believe it? spin. this is fascinating, artificial womb is being tested on lands that could

potentially help premature babies. being tested on lands that could potentially help premature babiesli think this is a really fantastic story. medical advances right now, some people would have called them orwellian 15 years ago. this is a fascinating idea. you have real evidence that premature children have much lower life chances than children who go the full term. i don't regard this as being frankenstein like, i think this has fantastic medical potential. frankenstein like, i think this has fantastic medical potentialm frankenstein like, i think this has fantastic medical potential. it was lovely to see you, have a great day. hi there. it felt pretty chilly at times yesterday, didn't it? in the highlands of scotland. not bad going for late april. you can see the snow cover here at kincraig in the highlands. and we even had a dusting of snow further south,

as far south as staffordshire, up in the north—west midlands. those showers have been feeding in, then, on a brisk north—easterly wind, but over more recent hours, we've seen those showers tending to become confined more to coastal districts, northern scotland, around the eastern side of england, western wales, and cornwall as well. but, as we go through the day today, we are going to see a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. plenty of these thunderclouds will be developing as the day goes by, particularly across eastern stretches of england. and it is going to be a chilly start to the morning. there should be plenty of sunshine around, yes, but showers from the word go near to the east coast of england, and tending to move inland pretty quickly as the day goes by. there will be some pockets of frost also around, across parts of the midlands, maybe south—west england and wales, but soon melting away, with plenty of blue sky and sunshine here. those winds continue to feed in the showers to the east coast of england, one or two for northern ireland, and showers continuing to feed in across scotland. there will continue to be some snow up in the hills of scotland, above around 100—200 metres elevation, in the morning.

so some wintriness here, perhaps a little bit of iciness around as well, and perhaps a bit of sleet in some of the heaviest showers during the morning across the eastern counties of england, and maybe a dusting of snow for the north york moors. aside from that, though, i think it's going to be heavy rain showers that we see developing through the afternoon, and spilling inland across the midlands, covering much of east anglia, south—east england, where the showers will be particularly heavy, some hail and thunder mixed in. another coolish—feeling day, temperatures 9—12 degrees. colder, though, as those showers move through. the temperatures will drop away for a time. now, looking at wednesday night, things will begin to turn a little bit less cold across northern and western areas, as cloudier weather spills in, bringing some spots of rain with it. but further south, with any lengthy clear spells, we could well see a frost developing. and it could be quite a damaging frost, the lowest temperatures perhaps getting down to maybe about —3 degrees or so. so it will be a cold start to thursday morning. and, as this streak of cloud comes in, bringing some less—cold air with it, it probably won't feel a whole lot different across southern counties because, although the air is less cold,

we lose the sunshine. so cloudier weather, probably not feeling too great underneath those leaden skies. temperatures ii or 12 degrees, some spots of rain arriving through the afternoon. brighter conditions for the north and west. by friday, we will still have a few showers knocking around. most of them will be near to the east coast of england. sunny spells elsewhere. temperatures recovering, highs of 15 degrees in london. that's your weather. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. labour promises higher pay rises for nhs staff in england. they'd abolish the pay cap and bring

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