sharapova's wanted here by the organisers, given a wildcard to compete. her comeback is being encouraged. sharapova was asked by the bbc if she thinks that sends out the wrong message. well, i am being offered wildcards from the tournament directors and i am accepting them to be able to compete in the draw. i am coming with no ranking and i am not getting a wildcard to receive a trophy or a golden platter. i have to get through the matches and i still have to win them and that is myjob. whatever opponents may think of her, sharapova plays again in stuttgart today. her desire this summer is to return to where it all really began, wimbledon. time for a look at the weather. its milder, but something —— it's

chilly out there, but something milderfor chilly out there, but something milder for the chilly out there, but something milderfor the weekend. chilly out there, but something milder for the weekend. one of our weather watchers captured its in the last hour, across the channel islands. you can see the clear skies on the recent satellite imagery. some good breaks, southern scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, but then a claudio zone. it's from that thick cloud, or two brighter breaks but a few showers around as well. the showers across north—east england, towards east anglia, could get that bit heavier this afternoon. the breeze is adding to the chill, just seven celsius across parts of norfolk. even uk wide, where you have the sunshine or not, you have temperatures around 11-12. a not, you have temperatures around 11—12. a cool end to the day. the showers will drift southwards to make. clear skies follow on in its wake. that means across parts of rural eastern scotland, northern england, particularly on the hills, there could be a touch of frost. to there could be a touch of frost. to

the south and west, too much cloud. temperatures 4—7. a fairly cloudy day at times across parts of western scotland, wales and the south—west. the light shower. there will be a few breaks in the cloud. east is best for the sunniest spells. even across north sea coasts, fewer showers around, few and far between and fairly light. after the cool start it will start to feel bit warmer, temperatures for most in double figures by this stage, and few in the low teens. milder as we go into the bank holiday weekend. the breeze will pick up. there is some rain in the forecast. exactly who sees the rain is still open to uncertainty. it depends what happens on the southern flank of this weather front. you see low—pressure developed through saturday and sunday. ahead of it, the winds will strengthen and the rain will eventually start in. not too much rain on saturday, looking like a fine day for many. good long sunny spells. a few showers in the west.

temperatures creeping into the mid—teens for one or two. the breeze picks up into sunday but it looks like we will start on the heavy rain into south—west england, the channel islands and wales. sunny spells elsewhere, fairly blustery. cooler through eastern parts of scotland and the north—east of england. the rain looks like it will push northwards into bank holiday monday but it won't affect everyone. checkout the details on the bbc weather app. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. ireland have moved another significant step closer to receiving test status in cricket. the icc have been discussing allowing the country to compete in the longer form at a meeting in dubai today. patrick gearey can tell us more. it's been a long road

for ireland, hasn't it? certainly has. hidden in the dusty detail of that committee meeting in dubai, an important move for irish cricket and their bit to receive test status. in the past, if you wa nted test status. in the past, if you wanted to be regarded as a test playing nation, you had to bejudged by two other such nations. ireland feel that they meet the new criteria, with one or two tweaks. they are cautious that there bit would be accepted by the icc. they will now put at forward to a membership committee. irish cricket has made huge strides. it was considered as a band for in game, playing primarily in english county competition is. in 2007, they had

their big international breakthrough i beating pakistan. four years later, they beating. in the past, talented irish cricket is switched sides to play for england so they could play at the elite end of the sport. now this could be the beginning of all of that changing. we're weak news with interest. thank you. their arrival in manchester was supposed to herald a fight between them for the premier league title. but tonight, pep guardiola and jose mourinho meet with qualification for the champions league the potential prize on offer. but neither thinks the second league manchester derby of the season will settle the matter. every game now is important, but it will happen until the last game. we saw livers will —— liverpool lose at home. middlesbrough will be difficult for what they play, and all the other ones, crystal palace and west robert

—— west bromwich albion. if they'd finished second we finished fifth, that means nothing. if it is the other way around, that is everything. it is not about objectives and a fight for objectives. we want to try and play championship football and we still have doors open. boxing promoter eddie hearn has told the bbc that there's no guarantee of a rematch between anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitschko, regardless of the result of their heavyweight title fight this saturday. both had a workout that was open to fans last night, and they'll meet the media at the pre—fight press conference this afternoon. before 90,000 fans pack wembley stadium for the unification fight. but hearn says only demand

will determine whether the two men meet again. you can hear it on bbc 5 live. early stages of the first world snooker champoinship semifinal at the crucible. so let's show you some live pictures now. this is a repeat of the final from last year. monica o'sullivan was beaten in the last round. they are down to one table at the crucible, and mark selby trying to win his third title. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. britain'sjohanna konta is on court against anastasija sevastova. she has taken the first game, breaking her serve. let's return to the election now.

with six weeks to go, what do voters make of the campaign so far? our west of england political editor, paul barltrop, has been to gloucester for us. this is a very key seat indeed. during the labour years, from 1997 until 2010, gloucester was held by labour. down the road, so was stroud, and the forest of dean was taken in the 1997 landslide as well. since then, things have gone badly for labour, they lost the forest of dean a while ago, was stroud and gloucester in 2010 and failed to ta ke gloucester in 2010 and failed to take them back in 2015. jeremy corbyn knows that if he's gay to make it into downing street, you will have to make it into the hearts and minds of people of cluster. we have been talking to people, getting a flavour of what they think about the election. the biggest single sentiment we are hearing from people

is cynicism. peoplejust sentiment we are hearing from people is cynicism. people just put out that they are going to do one thing, but when they get into power, they don't do what they say. nothing impresses me, i don't know what to believe. one party is saying that if you vote for us, we will do this in schools or for the health service. i used to work for the health service, so used to work for the health service, so that is close to my heart. but i really don't know. as to the labour leader himself, we did come across a lot of labour voters here. rather mixed views as to what they make ofjeremy corbyn right now. one woman said she was not excited by him but would vote for labour. another traditional old—fashioned for labour. another traditional old —fashioned labour supporter for labour. another traditional old—fashioned labour supporter said he is what they need. but one woman said she had voted labour all her life, she would not be voting for them, she would vote for theresa may sibley because of jeremy them, she would vote for theresa may sibley because ofjeremy corbyn. at the moment, for labour, they have a lot of work to do if they are going

to win over voters in gloucester and others in the area. the charity commission is investigating concerns about 17 students' unions that campaign for a boycott of israel. support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement has been growing on british campuses. but critics accuse it of fuelling anti—semitism and attacks againstjewish students. john ironmonger has this exclusive report. devora khafi is now one of thousands ofjewish students in the uk who feels a connection with israel. a connection which she claims makes her a target for anti—semitism. if i ever express a viewpoint in class or on social media, i get comments, in public or in private, saying, you know, that's thejewish girl, and pointing behind my back and whispering. devora says she was attacked during an event at ucl which hosted an officer in the israel defence force. this one girl used her back and pushed me against the doors and i was screaming for her to get off me. my friend helped me get out of the crowd. i felt very claustrophobic and outside i had a panic attack

and i couldn't breathe, i felt like my chest was kind of tightening up. shouting the event in october was hijacked by students who claimed the speaker was complicit in human rights abuses against palestinians. it was moved to a secret location. but footage we've obtained shows protesters shouting "shame" atjewish students as they left the venue. shame on you! reported incidents of anti—semitism at university doubled last year, but we've heard claims that the bodies which are supposed to look after students could be part of the problem. students' unions in increasing numbers have been voting to adopt anti—israel policies under the banner of a global movement called bds. why are we allowing israel in the 21st century to get away with this crime? bds stands for boycott, divestment, sanctions. it means to pressure israel to end the occupation of palestinian lands. but some jewish students say it stokes up anger against them. when a students union accepts bds,

when the national union of students accepts bds, when you have your own professors signing petitions to boycott israel, you understand this is what is fuelling anti—semitism. in total, we found 17 students' unions who have endorsed bds, and they include some of the largest in the uk, like manchester and ucl. but are they doing anything wrong? since 2010, students' unions have become registered charities, and this means they now have a legal duty to act in the interest of their members. political campaigns must not become their focus, and they are not the publicly on issues that don't affect the welfare of their members as students. we raised these findings, and the charity commission has now confirmed it is examining... and that... the idea that somehow supporting

bds, supporting a boycott, an academic boycott, etc, is kind of a blanket boycott on individuals i think is very dangerous. it's not, it about saying, we don't want institutional links, economic links, political banks with institutions, governments, companies that are complicit in the attacks on rights. the subject of israel ignites and divide students, but should the bodies that look after them be allowed to take a side in the conflict? pet owners are being urged to think twice before buying certain breeds, because of concerns over selective breeding. the british veterinary association warns irresponsible breeding to create so—called "designer pets" should be banned. holly hamilton has been to see some of the animals concerned to find out more. from pugs to french bulldogs, britain has fallen for flat—faced breeds. we just can't get enough of them.

they're on instagram, tea towels and even beauty products. but why would somebody want pug lip balm? michelle began selling pug merchandise over a year ago inspired by her own pug, teddy. the breed is very popular at the moment. because of their personalities, their character, they're like little clowns. and, obviously, they're cute, as well. but, as their popularity rises, so too have concerns over health problems. high—five. good boy. while many like teddy are healthy, their flat faces developed through years of selective breeding means some suffer with a range of health problems from eye ulcers to severe breathing difficulties. and it seems the issue of subjective breeding isn't limited to dogs. with their famous owners like taylor swift and ed sheeran, the scottish fold cat with their unique flat ears has been growing in popularity. i think it's their look and the temperament. they have a lovely temperament.

dee has been breeding scottish folds for over ten years, even providing ed sheeran with his beloved cats. but the breed suffers with a genetic mutation that makes them prone to severe health problems, including arthritis. they do have a particular problem with the folding gene. it can cause stiffening of other cartilage within the body. it appears to be a progressive gene. so, you haven't got any way of knowing what's going to happen as they age. it's becoming such a problem that the british veterinary association says any further breeding of the scottish fold should be banned. these cats have serious health and welfare problems. they have uncurable chronic, painful conditions that they will develop and that's not fair on the cat, that's a real health and welfare problem, so we shouldn't be breeding cats that have a known problem. the issue of designer pets has become a growing concern for vets. just last month, the industry's leading journal declared it would no longer publish adverts featuring certain flat—faced dogs due to concerns

over their health. now it says they would be reviewing the use of the scottish fold cat. there is really something, you know, wrong, i suppose in the way that we, as a society, believe that it's right to breed animals for their looks. there is something that perhaps we should question about that. the government says there are no current plans to ban specific breeding of cats in the uk while breeders themselves argue there is simply not enough evidence. considering some of the problems these cats are more susceptible to, would you consider not breeding them ? if i had discovered there would have been a significant problem, i would have certainly stopped breeding them, but when you balance that against the number of other health issues that occur in other breeds, you could argue that for most pedigree breeds. whether they're bred to have a flat face or flat ears, the fad for designer pets isn't going anywhere. but potential owners have been asked to think about their health before their appearance.

polly hamilton, bbc news. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. but first the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson has suggested that britain could help america take further action against the syrian regime in the event of another chemical weapons attack. ministers from 27 european union countries are meeting today for final discussions about the eu's negotiating stance on brexit. there's been a rise in the number of crimes recorded by police in england and wales, with violent crimes increasing. in the business news: lloyds banking group has reported a rise in profits in the three months to the end of march, despite a "challenging" environment. it said pre—tax profits doubled from a year ago to £1.3 billion in the first quarter,

although last year's figure included a hefty one—off cost. germany's deutsche bank could move up to 4,000 jobs out of the uk as a result of brexit — nearly half its uk workforce. the possibility was raised by the firm's chief regulatory officer, and is the latest warning from a financial firm since the uk voted to leave the european union. and readers appear to be switching back to paper. numbers out today show the publishing industry has had a record year, with a surge in sales of physical books. children's books, non—fiction, and academicjournals all did well, while there was a drop in ebook sales. british parents are unintentionally steering daughters away from pursuing jobs in it, as technology careers are still viewed as being better suited to boys. becoming a doctor, a teacher or a

lawyer or among the top choices for pa rents, lawyer or among the top choices for parents, with fewer than one in ten wanting their child to become a tech entrepreneur. nominet came up with research, and we can speak to its head of it security, cath goulding. asa woman, as a woman, does this research are you? it really does. notjust as a woman in it, but as a digital economy. there is such a critical sort each of people in it, so the only look at half of the population seems silly. we really need to encourage more girls into the profession. that is the thing. when we talk aboutjobs involving it, we don'tjust mean jobs specifically only dedicated to that, like being a web designer, because almost all jobs that, like being a web designer, because almost alljobs these days required digital skills, don't they?

absolutely. there was a survey by the european commission that stated that 95% of professionaljobs need digital confidences. only after pa rents digital confidences. only after parents how highly they rated digital skills, only 15 or 20% of them thought they were useful skills. it was lower for girls was of the need to change the gender balance. we are notjust talking about the subject choices being taken at school, we're talking about extracurricular activities they might issue. that can also have an impact on this? yes. you don't necessarily have to have studied computer science at gcse or a level, you mightjust computer science at gcse or a level, you might just have computer science at gcse or a level, you mightjust have an interest in tech. it is about encouraging the use of tech. i am a parent and i know what a battle that is to take away from their ipad and things. you

can channel that into a positive thing, there are coding apps or after—school coding clubs. there are things available like the microbe it, the bbc supports that. there are other things like scratch which encourage coding. it is about looking at possibilities that a job in the it sector could do for their kids. lots of useful suggestions in their poor parents. edgein their poor parents. edge in there for parents. thank you. in other business news, south korean giant samsung has reported it's best quarterly for three years thanks to bumper sales of its memory chips and tvs. shares in the firm have climbed in recent months as rising expectations overcame last year's phone recall embarrassment and its vice—chairman going on trial for bribery. us carrier united airlines has announced big changes to the way

it deals with passengers, after video of a man being dragged from a plane caused international outrage. it will offer bumped passengers up to $10,000 in compensation and reduce overbooking. and the weak pound has boosted the number foreign tourists booking holidays in britain according to barclays. it's survey also showed the uk's small screen drama exports has also driven the trend, with 44% of chinese tourists interested in visiting the uk saying tv programmes had sparked their interest. a quick look at the markets. the pound did hit a seven month high against the dollar today, pushing above1.2 nine. the ftse 100

the ftse100 is down by 0.45%. i'll be back more in the next hour. nasa's cassini probe has re—established contact with earth after making the first of 22 planned dives through the narrow gap between the planet saturn and its spectacular rings. during the dives the probe loses radio contact as it travels with its big antenna dish pointing forwards like a shield, to provide some protection from orbiting rock and ice fragments. these are the latest images taken by the probe, during the dive. at their best resolution, pictures of the rings should be able to pick out features as small as 150m across. earlier we heard from professor andrew coates, who worked on the casino project —— on the cassini

project. it happened at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and we have to wait until this morning, around 8am uk time to know that the signal had come back again. remarkably, it did. without a contact again. remarkably, it did. without a co nta ct for again. remarkably, it did. without a contact for that reason, the antenna, the shield effectively that was shielding cassini from the dust particles, is the medication antenna with earth. that was pointed in such a way that it was protecting the spacecraft. it was also taking images and so on and taking all of the data which is now being sent back. one of the images shows a large swell of staff and this is a vortex in seven‘s atmosphere. that isa vortex in seven‘s atmosphere. that is a spectacular feature, it's actually a six sided hexagon, and one of the things that won was

expecting to see because it has been singing images before, but this is the closest ever view which we have had. you're beginning to see really a lot of detail in the atmospheric structure. this is just a lot of detail in the atmospheric structure. this isjust the a lot of detail in the atmospheric structure. this is just the first of the data which will be coming back, there is more detailed data which will be coming back as well stop the images are politically easy to understand, but comparing that and putting that into the understanding comparing the models is going to ta ke comparing the models is going to take some time. there will be more complicated data, so it will be possible to measure cassini's velocity to something like 20 mu. per second. that is amazing considering the rotary speed is actually about 30 kilometres per second. with that, it it will be possible to distinguish between the mass of saturn itself and the mass of the rings, and actually measure

the mass of the rings. it will also be possible to look at the interior structure of saturn, with gravity data add magnetometer data. it is a fantastic set of observations to be made. and cassini has been going for... i started working on it 28 yea rs for... i started working on it 28 years ago women propose the instrument and got the money, altered and so on and tested it. we got it to saturn and made some fantastic discoveries. we have more to look forward to "either of —— up to look forward to "either of —— up to the 15th of september. time for a look at the weather. quite a nice day out there for some. in ramsgate, it looks glorious, even with the cold air with us. the sunshine is tempering that feel somewhat. a different scene across north wales, some of us are not particularly impressed with the

view. grey skies overhead. it is those that have introducing the odd shower here and there. the channel islands are faring quite nicely. some good sunny breaks in other parts of england, but a lot of cloud through northern england, down through northern england, down through into the midlands and east anglia. let's look into the evening rush—hour, staying financial dry. the south coast after a lovely sunny day so far, it is cool in the breeze, and the cloud amounts will increase. more in the way of cloud further north, and the showers could be on the heavy side. maybe the odd from the fund as well. northern ireland, scattered showers, the same in the west of scotland. temperatures around the mid in parts of lothian. tonight, showers across eastern england will drift southwards, fragments in, and without too much rain in them. i

can't promise you too much rain for the garden. it will keep the temperature up here, but eastern scotla nd temperature up here, but eastern scotland and northern england and particularly the countryside and over the hills, some frost into friday morning. a fresh and crisp start with some sunshine. isolated showers on the north sea coasts in the morning, a brighter day than expected. towards the west, more cloud at times producing the odd shower. a dry day for the most part on friday, and starting to feel warmer. that continues into the bank holiday weekend. they will be more ofa holiday weekend. they will be more of a breeze to go with it, and some rain around. but the weekend is far from a wash—out, and we start off on a dry note. the question is around what happens to the weather front to the west. it is how quickly that works towards us. it will strengthen the breeze, picking up from the west on saturday. saturday is fine for many, with isolated showers. mostly

dry with some sunny spells, and the bridge is widely the double figures. always cooler to the east, the same on sunday, as the rain picks up further. lots of dry weather around to the north and east of the country. the rain does spread in, and it will move north as we head into bang, they monday. —— bank holiday monday. this is bbc news. the headlines: boris johnson indicates the government might be prepared to take military action in syria without seeking the consent of parliament. if the americans to us to ask again and they asked us to help, i think it would be very difficult to say no. we need to work through the un. we need to defend ourselves totally

to getting a political settlement in syria. the vice president of the european commission says the general election will have no effect on brexit negotiations. new figures show a big rise in violent crime in england and wales. how a simple eye test could lead to much earlier detection of glaucoma, a condition which causes irreversible sight loss.