isa might have been sarin and this is a question of, how much damage has this done and how quickly hasn't happened? this done and how quickly hasn't happened 7 also, this done and how quickly hasn't happened? also, who has perpetrated these crimes? there are not going to be that many people who have access to this time of material. probably only a handful of states that could potentially have access to this sort of chemical weapons and of course, everybody is going to be thinking, it has to be russia, given what we know about this particular agent was my background. also, the fact that vladimir putin was on record at the time saying those who had been involved in this would eventually kicked the bucket. in terms of the seriousness of the story, it is ramping up. not only because we now know what caused it but also because there is a british individual who has been caught up in this. does the fax... it is appalling what has happened to sergei skripal and his daughter but the fact that a british officer has been injured in all of this, does not raise the stakes even

more? i think it really does, already horrific but this has echoes of yvonne fletcher, the police officer caught up in the libyan embassy. what is so horrifying, yes, this is so incongruous, i nerve agent in the middle of salisbury does not make sense and what we will see, we saw borisjohnson yesterday coming out quite robustly and calling russia and maligned state. there is going to be more pressure for the government to do more than just too tough talk, particularly as isa just too tough talk, particularly as is a british police officer a coma. if it is conclusively prove that perhaps russia was involved and the daily telegraph says police man poisoned by nerve agent, the use of this rare chemical poison rarely —— really does put pressure on britain, if it is proved the russians were involved, to do something robust and move beyond words. exactly,

interesting to note that in fact borisjohnson has not moved beyond merely what he said yesterday, which is talking about, if this is proven, this is going to be a robust response. . . this is going to be a robust response... the only other information we have tonight is that kensington palace has said the duke of cambridge had no plans to attend this year's world cup in russia. because this was one of the things that boris said yesterday, but potentially, if it was found to be that russia had been involved in this incident, then diplomats and dignitaries would not go to the games and this has been confirmed. you are right, words are not going to be enough. already there has been some talk from labour about what sanctions would be imposed and that is indeed what happened after the murder of alexander litvinenko, and this case resemblance similar resemblances to. some argue that the

sanctions locker is empty. there are sanctions locker is empty. there are sanctions on russia over ukraine and crimea, sanctions over alexander litvinenko, one wonders if the british have to go after those russians who are here, funnelling money into this country? in mayfair and knightsbridge or whatever. is that the kind of response that is perhaps needed ? that the kind of response that is perhaps needed? it is potentially. i don't know if you saw the recent series, mafia, but the amount of money in london, russian money, is a real factor in this case. i also note in the telegraph, they say that the former agent, christopher steele, who compiled a dossier on trump, he had links to sergei skripal, so it is caught up in everything. vladimir putin, after alexander litvinenko, some spies we re alexander litvinenko, some spies were expelled but the ambassador was not and the links were not severed and it is hellfire we have pushed

this, which was not enough. we can i'iow this, which was not enough. we can now see potentially that if this is indeed russia, what he can get away with. nothing has been proved but if it was proved that the kremlin was involved, public pressure, given a british police ban has been caught up in this, could get very powerful. it did take a very long time for that link between alexander litvinenko, even though it is similar, you think, who else could it be? why would the north koreans be going after a russian spy? but it took years for the enquiry to come back and actually point a finger at somebody with close links.|j interviewed chris bryant on the commons foreign affairs committee and he said that the city because it took so long to start the enquiry in the first place. staying with the daily telegraph... the battle to raise cash holding back female entrepreneurs. in relation to international women's day? that is

tomorrow. i did a speech today at roehampton university, there was a conference and it was fantastic that asa conference and it was fantastic that as a woman in my 405, i can hear a5 a woman in my 405, i can hear women in their 205 talking about hara55ment women in their 205 talking about harassment and empowerment, very positive. and this story in the telegraph tomorrow is quite di5piriting, that there is this... female entrepreneurship should be a great thing that the government get5 behind but there is this funding gap preventing women from launching their own businesses and actually not all women have children but i know a lot of them have set up their own businesses because they have children and they want to juggle working from home. it is incredibly difficult to do that without money. without backing. we are in 2018 and beget 5torie5 without backing. we are in 2018 and beget stories like this, pretty pathetic? it is and the other thing we see, we talk about the glass ceiling being about women getting

the vote and representation, but there are also issues around the gender pay gap, which is pervasive and in pretty much every walk of life you will find that women doing the same job as a man earns substantially less. it is disappointing but also it is very good that in this day and age we can see attention raised for these issues and the daily telegraph with the big strapline and dodging this. international women's day is to be something that was quite underground, just a few of us getting together to celebrate but nothing that would be a national day of celibacy. the financial times. nothing that would be a national day of celibacy. the financialtimes. -- national day of celebration. the saudi prince has been visiting the queen. speaking to theresa may. on a three—day visit, he is reforming the saudi royalfamily three—day visit, he is reforming the saudi royal family and three—day visit, he is reforming the saudi royalfamily and we keep getting told this and jeremy corbyn raise the issue that he is visiting and prime minister's questions today and prime minister's questions today and he put the two together with

international women's day, asking why there5a may is hosting a member of the saudi royal family with such a terrible record on an'5 writes and there5a may said, thinkjeremy corbyn i5 man5plaining jimmy! there5a may said, thinkjeremy corbyn i5 man5plainingjimmy! the timing is quite odd. britain needs to talk to this reforming per5on, timing is quite odd. britain needs to talk to this reforming person, he play5 to talk to this reforming person, he plays a crucial role in the region. doe5 plays a crucial role in the region. does it have to be on international women's day? when the saudis has 5uch women's day? when the saudis has such a terrible record. this individual has started to make some of the reforms that have not been made ever. women are able to drive, it is worth remembering that at the moment they cannot drive or go to foot ball moment they cannot drive or go to football matches and he has been a reforming voice for that. you are right, it is bad timing and it is interesting thatjeremy right, it is bad timing and it is interesting that jeremy corbyn picked this up when addressing the

conservative party's second female major. and labour still don't have any. the guardian. suspected victim5. .. any. the guardian. suspected victim5... facing the tag? any. the guardian. suspected victims... facing the tag? the prime minister has promised action around dome5tic minister has promised action around domestic abuse and this is the first sign of what we will see coming forward and they are talking about dome5tic forward and they are talking about domestic abuse 5u5pect5 being banned from contacting victim5, drinking alcohol or taking drugs and facing the prospect of being tied to monitor their movements. a5 the prospect of being tied to monitor their movements. as we said before coming on air, it seems almost unbelievable that this is not something that would have been considered before. given the fact that, certainly, i can talk from personal experience, having spoken to friends, the number of friends i know who maybe do not talk about it but have experienced domestic violence. and yet it is still one of those big taboo is and people don't seem to talk about this and not much action 5eem5 seem to talk about this and not much action seems to happen. the fact is,

there are a phenomenal number of women who do lo5e there are a phenomenal number of women who do lose their lives at the hands of the partners and i say women, it doesn't have to be exclusively, but it is predominantly women. quickly, running out of time... so much fun! 0nto the times. fears of a global trade war as donald trump 5tand5 his ground, determined to have higher tariffs on steel and aluminium imports? yes and trump is as protectionist president we have seen for years in the us and he is turning his fire on brussels, which must delight the brexiteers here but not great for britain's chances of a good trade deal and donald trump has just lost his chief economic adviser, gary cohn, a proponent of free trade in the white house, and trump 5eem5 proponent of free trade in the white house, and trump seems to be able to carry on surviving these things and can carry on ramping the pressure up on this. yesterday i saw he was claiming credit for the flaw in the

relations between north and south korea! he said that as a joke! did he? yes, he said, nobody got that! threatening 20 that % on imported steel and tim % on aluminium is very heavy. —— 25%. steel and tim % on aluminium is very heavy. -- 25%. and 1096. and eu said heavy. -- 2596. and 1096. and eu said they will retaliate. finally, ending they will retaliate. finally, ending the programme with mr trump in cartoon form. this is a cartoon on the front of the daily telegraph. a unique take on the latest situation. it says it was andy warhol who said in the future, everyone will work at the white house for 15 minutes. he has lost gary cohn, his chief economic adviser, and so many others a5 economic adviser, and so many others asa economic adviser, and so many others as a result of the russian investigation and all of that has caught up various people, including

his former communications director, caroline, not looking good ? his former communications director, caroline, not looking good? this is quite an amusing take on this. the statistics are amazing, he has lost 40% of his staff in one years since taking over as president. if we saw that turnover in british politics, and we think we have had a turbulent yearin and we think we have had a turbulent year in terms of british politics, having lost three cabinet ministers... you can imagine the kind of response you would get here! some of the other scandals engulfing him, back to this pawn storm. stormy! we have had this moment in westminster with harassment and abuse are three cabinet ministers disappearing for things which are much less than what he has been accused of. and he still survives. the allegation is that there is a nondisclosure agreement with this young lady, stormy daniels, that he did not sign? yes. how is invalid if

one of the signatories —— signatories did not sign? she deserves credit for taking on this man. we will leave it there. thank you both for so much. good to see you both for so much. good to see you both. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/paper5. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, caroline and jane. goodbye. there is still in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning, nothing on the scale of what we had last week but faces in the midlands, when the snow has just about melted away, could get a top up through the coming hours. courtesy of this feature, you can see this on the satellite, this lump of cloud is basically where we have got showers

joining together into a more organised area of wet weather, there will be some rain but also some snow, particularly but not exclusively over higher ground. the biggest snowfalls might come over the higher ground of wales, up to ten centimetres acro55 mid and north wales. then moving into parts of the north midlands and the peak district and into northern england. here it might be that even at low levels we see some centimetres of snow. quite windy for the south and relatively speaking, mild. north and west, showers for northern ireland and west of scotland and the temperatures below freezing there is a risk for some ice. that's no could cause issues during the rush hour tomorrow, acro55 cause issues during the rush hour tomorrow, across wales, the midlands and northern england. bbc local radio will keep you up—to—date. the biggest snowfalls over higher ground and there could be a slight accumulations at lower levels for a time. all that will clear away to the east and we are left by thursday

afternoon with a lot of dry weather, good 5pell5 of sunshine to be had and a few showers drifting from the west and temperatures relatively respectable for the time of year. 7 degrees in aberdeen, 10 degrees in london. friday could have mi5t patches early and then a decent at a dry weather with 5pell5 of sunshine and showers for the north—west, still and showers for the north—west, 5till wintry over higher ground and then you can see the south, rain pushing acro55 then you can see the south, rain pushing across the channel islands into southern england and perhaps the midlands and wales by the end of friday and with that, milder air. those are the themes for the weekend, rain pushing northwards on this frontal system and no pressure to the west and assad or south—westerly wind. that will drag increasingly mild air in our direction. in part5 increasingly mild air in our direction. in parts of the south we could get temperatures up to 13 or 14 degrees. pretty mild for the weekend but with that we will see some outbreaks of rain at times. that's all from me. this is bbc news.

the headlines at 11pm: police have revealed that a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in an attempted murder with a nerve agent. ican i can also confirm that we believe the people originally who became u nwell targeted the people originally who became unwell targeted specifically. a teenager has gone on trial, accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train last september. the saudi crown prince has been holding talks and trade in downing street. but there have been some street protests, against the kingdom's human rights record. and on newsnight, we now know it was a nerve agent — a chemical weapon — that was used on the streets of wiltshire. we'll get the latest reaction. also, is president trump threatening a new world war — a trade war?