theresa may and jeremy corbyn have been facing questions from voters in the final televised debate before next week's general election. mrs may stressed that she was the best person to lead brexit negotiations and mr corbyn promised a left—wing alternative to the government's planned spending cuts. the white house has defended donald trump's decision to pull the us out of the paris climate agreement. administration officials say it's now up to other world leaders to decide whether to sit down and negotiate a new deal. however, china, india and the eu have recommitted to the original agreement. the new leader of the biggest party in ireland's coalition government, fine gael, is leo varadkar, the son of an indian immigrant who is ireland's first openly gay minister. aged 38, he is set to become ireland's youngest prime minister in a few weeks‘ time. now let's take a brief look at some of this morning's front pages. we start with the mirror which leads with the conservative candidate for south thanet, craig mackinlay, being charged with breaking

electoral law. the tories have said the allegations are unfounded. the election is also the main story on the express, with snp leader nicola sturgeon saying she'd be willing to enter coalition talks with labour, if the result is inconclusive. the mail cites research, which suggests statins can dramatically cut the risk of dying from breast cancer. theresa may has vowed to consult businesses at every step of the brexit negotiations, in an interview with the financial times. the i leads with the charge of alleged overspending faced by conservative candidate for south thanet craig mackinlay. the telegraph says defence secretary michael fallon has pledged high earners won't face an income tax increase, if the conservatives remain in power after the election. and the guardian says labour has accused the tories of using fake news ads to attackjeremy corbyn. now on bbc news it's time

for witness with tanya beckett. hello, and welcome to witness, with me, tanya beckett, here at the british library in london. we've got another five people who have experienced extraordinary moments in history. this month on the programme, a french artist recalls the protests in paris in may, 1968. the son of a famous british sailor remembers his pioneering solo voyage around the world. and we get a personal account of the launch of the world's most

famous photo agency. first, we are going back to 1939, when a ship with jewish refugees on—boa rd going back to 1939, when a ship with jewish refugees on—board fleeing from the nazis was refused entry by us authorities. and forced to return to europe. gellibrand stills on board. ——joa to europe. gellibrand stills on board. —— joa granston. prejudice againstjews started virtually immediately after hitler came to power. it became clear even toa came to power. it became clear even to a five—year olds that i am a nobody. my my father and my grandfather were planning, where could we go? and one

of the few countries that took you, albeit for money, was cuba. jews from all parts of the reich liquidating their properties, kim little generations, and drift into hamburg... cuba was a stepping stone to get us come at two get us to the united states. the voyage was, to me, a two—week delight. i remember, still to this day, drinking fizzy lemonade, all the things i shouldn't have done. the treatment on board the ship, and what was happening in germany, was a huge, huge contrast. when we got to havana, immigration

and customs came aboard and they we re very and customs came aboard and they were very pleasant, very nice, but i learnt my first and only word of spanish, which was manana. everything was "tomorrow". we left havana after five days. captain showed sailed up and down the florida coast fairly certain that bruce billson would relent and let the ship come into an american port. —— certain that result would relent. —— roosevelt. all to no avail. roosevelt was standing for re—election. rather than have his political enemies say, you let another 900 jews in, decided, keep them out, let somebody else worry. we were going back to germany, where there was no hope whatsoever for the jewish people. my father didn't hide

his emotions very easily. and more than once, he cried. it became known that four countries were prepared to ta ke that four countries were prepared to take us, and this was the netherlands, belgium, france, and the united kingdom. the sad thing is that those people who made it to france, the netherlands, belgium, those who were still there wants the nazis conquered them, they were the first of the arrested, because they we re first of the arrested, because they were german jews. —— first of the arrested, because they were germanjews. —— once the nazis conquered them. lucky is a word i

use many times. if my father and i had not come to the united kingdom in1939, i had not come to the united kingdom in 1939, i wouldn't be here now. gerald branson at his home in london. next, to post—warjapan, where a musician developed a revolutionary method to teaching violin to very young children. it would later take off around the world. our next witnesses are two brothers, who were two of his first pupils. vads here is that from the age of three, japanese children can be taught to play simple tunes by ear. as the japanese teacher shinichi suzuki himself says, they learn to speak with the violin at the same time they learn to speak their mother tongue. still playing violin decades later. now, we are going back to 1967 and

the moment a british sailor called frances chichester completed an epic solo trip around the world. his son, giles chichester, was in the huge crowds that had gathered to give him a hero ‘s welcome when he returned to plymouth harbour. this was the scene at plymouth as a quarter million people had their long wait rewarded by the privilege of being the first to observe, from the shore, the approach of gypsy mok. a fleet of welcoming boats went out to meet him. people said he was too old and his boat was too big to him. he would never manage. well, of course that was a red rag to a bull. it made him even more determined to go on and do it. that fleet ensures him a proud place in the company of the greatest of maritime history. my father was in his mid— 60s when he planned this voyage. in a way, the

history of this goes back to when he did he is flying in the 1930s. he had this sense of adventure. so flash forward to the 60s, when he took up sailing. he made certain that all the saucy needed for the next 100 days were properly stowed away. —— stores. next 100 days were properly stowed away. -- stores. gypsy moth for was away. -- stores. gypsy moth for was a very narrow boat. no fridge, no mod cons like that. he navigated, this is critical, using a sextant. today people use satellite navigation. that is a big, big difference. from the cape of good hope he will follow the route of the bishops to australia, turning around cape horn. —— the clipper ships. bishops to australia, turning around cape horn. -- the clipper ships. on the way out he was determined to celebrate his birthday. he was going to have his 65th birthday en route. and in order to do that, he took his green smoking jacket, which was made to him in the 1930s. he obviously

took some champagne to celebrate. he was a very congenial fellow, actually. he enjoyed company. people may imagine somebody who goes single—handedly solitary and antisocial. far from it. single—handedly solitary and antisocial. farfrom it. probably the biggest crisis point was in the southern indian ocean in the roaring 40s. southern indian ocean in the roaring 405. it southern indian ocean in the roaring 40s. it was gloom all round, when he radioed that this altar had broke, he was giving up. but he slapped on it, he devised his own temporary self steering device. —— slapped on it. and that saved the day. he made only one stop in the circumnavigation, in sydney, to mirror the root of the clippers. but within the first few hours, leaving sydney, he hit the tail end of a hurricane. and the boat was knocked over, so that he went way over the horizontal. he survived that, and he

was fascinated, measuring this after the fact, by seeing the angle at which knives from the galley draws had stuck in the ballkid on the opposite side. chichester had circumnavigated the globe. more than that, he had accomplished the stupendous foot feat alone. the voyage around the world was just over 29,000 miles. it took him 226 days sailing time. perhaps this son assuming man would have preferred a private welcome. but deeds such as his demanded a hero's reception. he was a little pottery when he got in, so was a little pottery when he got in, soi was a little pottery when he got in, so i did the celebrating for the family. i confess i stayed up all night, partying and drinking and having a good time. with sir francis drake's soared, the queen was to dub the sailor as knight commander of the sailor as knight commander of the british empire. they decided to have a public investiture, which is an extremely rare event. this was a bit of a surprise. my father more or

less took it in his stride. the whole thing was the most wonderful adventure. giles chichester talking to us from his family home in london. remember, you can watch witness every month on our website. now, to one of the key moments of recent history in france. in may, 1968, revolution was in the air. students and workers took to the streets to demand change. witness has met an artist who joined demand change. witness has met an artist whojoined in demand change. witness has met an artist who joined in the protest. the worst street fighting in the capital since liberation in 19114. stu d e nts capital since liberation in 19114. students and police clashed following extremist political action

against the war in vietnam's. —— vietnam. it was 1968. too many people were out in the same moment. there was a factory strike and universities were a stroke. everybody decided to go into the street. it was 6pm at night on the 13th of may. workers and students we re 13th of may. workers and students were together. leaders from the sorbonne were meeting with leaders of workers organisations to plan their next move. we've were fighting

for our rights and for better lives. me and my friend decided to go back and try to get involved in making posters for the movement. the first thing we did was to organise paints and brushes and paperfor all the people coming down. the area became very famous and people wanted to posters to stick on the wall. myjob was to work and get the posters out

and on the wall. contact factories. we had meetings so we could decide which were good and which word. and a ready had to say something about it. we worked like the workers. we could make 2000 posters, or maybe one big poster. factories, universities, and unions, were now coming together. the government was trained to separate the people. we thought that was the end of the society. instead of that, a new people, new students and workers

came out and could work together. we stay in the french capital for our far north film. in may, 1947, some of the world's most famous photographers got together in paris to form magnum photos. —— final film. magnum was a committee of spirits. icq is a group of lunatics.

very passionate. —— i think it was. it was set up in 1947 by a few dealers photographers who suddenly found the world changed, but wanted to continue operating in the old way and were willing to take risks. that's me. in january, and were willing to take risks. that's me. injanuary, 1950, i a nswered that's me. injanuary, 1950, i answered this advertisement, and i think it was for a secretary research international, or something like that. the active and dynamic party of the group was, who was already famous from the civil war. —— of the group was robert carper. and his long—time friend, jim, was

an actor in paris in the 1930s. and also in the spanish steel wall. —— civil war. and that group was joined by george roger, who was a nonconformist adventurer. i think they change photography in different ways. when you look at robert carper‘s wall pictures, he was more concerned with the pictures of suffering than any glory from the

war. “— suffering than any glory from the war. —— robert capa. i remember another picture of the independence of indonesia. and robert capa's pictures from palestine... they didn't want to be told what to do. that was more important to them than having a nice fat salary. this was from a big magnum show. it was a cooperative at a family atmosphere. everybody was very affectionate. when robert capa and chim came in from paris, they brought perfume and elegant things. there was never any idea of you being the boss, or the secretary. a christmas parties, capa

would come and dance with the bookkeeper. i don't know whether i was more enchanted with the personalities of the photographers than with the photographs. and magnum photos is still going strong today. that is it from witness for this month will stop next month, will be at the british library going through five moments of history. but from me, for now, thank you for joining us. goodbye. hello.

we'll do the easy bit first and then i'll give you the forecast, which is probably the bit you're after, anyway. a mixture of sunny spells and showers. friday was notjust as straightforward. you'll see why go back to friday in a moment. it started well enough, then it started to look more threatening. that is probably because many of you were getting tied up with the weather front, which had fresh air on its western flank, but ahead of it, warm, moist, muggy air, which turned into thunderstorms in parts of east anglia and the south—east, which is why some of you and your day looking more like that. yes, there were some localised flooding, due to be heavy downpours. and that muggy air is still there to be had, as we start saturday across this south—eastern quarter. the remnants of the old weather front still producing some rain across north—eastern parts of england. and it's out through the west that we see the finest conditions of the day.

one or two showers to start the day across the western—facing coasts and hills. and they're there, too, through the western side of scotland. but it is out towards the east that we saw that overhang of cloud, the remnants of friday's weather, if you like. still enough about the cloud to create murky conditions east of the pennines and on the eastern side of scotland, too. let's get you on through the day, and see how things will shape up. i know there are a lot of shows and weddings planned for tomorrow. as we get through the day, the bulk of the showers will be found across central and northern parts of scotland, through, northern ireland, too, and fewer showers, but still there to be had, across the western side of england and wales. that murk will just drift up the eastern shores and eventually, i think, the eastern side of england will improve as the bulk of that cloud and showery rain comes to lie there across the eastern side of scotland. so that's saturday.

0n into sunday, and i think it will be a quiet start for central later on, i think we will see more showery rain in the south—west and into parts of wales, perhaps. and a slightly fresher feel through the day. this is monday. look at this. not one, two, but three areas of low pressure. this being the real driver of the weather. they could bring 50 millimetres of rain to you. so watch out for that dry start. it won't last like that across england and wales. in some of the gusts of wind easily in excess of 50 miles an hour. here we are as far ahead as tuesday. and a slightly simplified area of low pressure still providing a really showery regime across all parts of the british isles. and a coolerfeel, too, given that the wind is somewhere between the west and the north—west. hello and welcome to bbc news. the british prime minister, theresa may, and the opposition labour party leader, jeremy corbyn, have been facing questions from voters in the final televised debate before next week's general election. they were questioned separately by members of the studio audience after mrs may refused to debate directly with other party leaders. she stressed that she was the best

person to lead brexit negotiations and faced tough questions on austerity. it would have been easy. i could have said that i am prime minister, there are still a couple of years, why not just a there are still a couple of years, why notjust a end