meanwhile back in the us and the new york times says president trump's abandoned the changes he planned to make to rules on who can buy guns — it describes him as having knuckled under pressure from the nra gun lobby. buzzfeed pays tribute to designer hubert de givenchy who's death at the weekend was announced on monday — it shows some of his iconic fashion items including audrey hepburn‘s little black dress. and usa today among some of the media going meghan markle mad — it reports prince harry's bride—to—be has made herfirst official appearance with the queen. so let's begin. back with me is the wall street journal's nina trentmann. she has been in the green room looking at these and the other stories. good to see you again nina. as are mentioned, all the papers have got this from the on the first

page in the uk. obviously, theresa may made her statement in parliament. we had till tonight for russia to come forward with its explanation, ever does. russia has said yesterday that it was a political circus presented in the house of parliament yesterday. so it remains to be seen if they are coming up with something and if they will say something. theresa may has said there could be conclusions and consequences if there is no viable and sell for why this attack happened. i've seen that this was direct action of the russian state or that the russian state is in control of some of the nerve agent used in the attack. it remains to be seen what kind of answer politicians, with two potentially tighten regulation around russian versus that is the question. what

will be reprise will be if does not come forward with some sort of explanation to satisfy british apologies on what has been going on here. there are a lot of questions about what those could be. current legislation allows seizure of assets if there are human rights violation s if there are human rights violation s involved. the financial time also point out that they would not pull out of the world cup, which is taking place in the summer. that is on the front page of the daily mail. what should we do about the world cup? we laugh, but it is a big issue. they are hosting it injune. this is all going on. and they have an election in russia and we already know that the financial sanctions imposed following its annexation of crimea has caused a lot of economic

hardship, especially on those close to vladimir putin and his close circle of, not friends as it were, but political allies, or whatever. it is interesting. the timing. it has. it has. it will be meaningful. because it is also raising the external pressure on vladimir putin to, with an explanation. based on what we are seen in the past, the expectation is that there will also be an answer by russia saying this is just be an answer by russia saying this isjust foreign is just foreign allegations, and we had nothing to do it. —— too. we have seen this in cases past. this is one of the reason is back for which people asking for tougher sanctions. —— one of the reasons for which. all right. we will watch that space. as we mentioned, we had till midnight tonight in the uk. so let's go to the nigerian paper the nation.

this is rex tillerson concluding his tour of africa. he went to nigeria, met with president grumari, and promising help in the search for the girls abducted by boko haram. —— buhari. yes, he said that they were offering equipment and personnel for l'i'i'ifi s’t’ti 2% which. could ———.— ,, .—. — "i "ii-e _ j“ $ girls and then recapture them. these girls and then recapture them. interestingly enough, rex tillerson also talked about chinese lines to african governments had warned of those. not so much they don't take the money, but look at the conditions under which it is being offered, which was interesting, given that chinese companies have invested a lot in africa. and the chinese themselves have been investing for years... the government has been saying we will give your loan, but you need to give

us give your loan, but you need to give usa give your loan, but you need to give us a stake in certain critical assets. the us has withdrawn a lot from africa. it is now in a situation where you see a lot of acting governments associated with china and along with the us culture is concerning to washington. there has been a huge shift that, where for decades they have been investing heavily in africa, china, in all their resources. this has been very strategic. the us has not been as active, which is interesting. interesting how that has shifted. we go to donald trump. and donald trump concedes to the nra, abandoning his gun—control promises. we know that the new york times is not a supporter of the trump administration, the they seeing a? they are talking about donald trump ‘s plans on how to deal with the gun issue in the us, following that florida, i think every 14, shooting,

and at school. he was saying that he would be supportive of trade introduce legislation which would limit the age at which people can buy rifles and also have more background checks and controls. yesterday each region that there was not much political support, to put it mildly. and added that his administration will watch court rulings before taking action, which was then interpreted as a way of backing down. he was then saying that he would support a plan to train teachers how to deal with guns, and also to equip teachers with guns. at a time of the foreigner shooting, there was such momentum bind the social media campaign. —— at the time of the florida shooting. u of a says that maybe the sun we might see some sort of shift, some sudden change in the laws. in florida, they have made

changes on some purchases now needing to be over to do in years old. so there have been some changes, but not the shift that were hoping for. in the end, that has been the story of gun—control in the us for the past — at don't know how many decades. but a time there was some sort shooting or gun owner going out of control, people were saying we should respect and limiters, and it has not happened. —— restrict and limited. ok, but that's changed tack completely and look at buzzfeed. they pay tribute to hubert de givenchy. the little black dress worn by audrey hepburn in breakfast at tiffany's, you can see it there. so many images of the gorgeous clothes that he designed for all sorts of famous people, including, of course, jackie

kennedy, the former first lady. yes. i've been browsing through these, and was struck by how classic and timeless these were. so quite a fan. but that was interesting, which didn't know, that he was one of the first big designers that had black models on the catwalk. he was grand prix here many ways. we will look at some of the — dorigo, there is a beautiful black dress bought by audrey hepburn. some have said that he made his name in his professional relationship with her. —— there we go. relationship with her. —— there we 90- -- relationship with her. —— there we go. —— he was groundbreaking in many ways. just really, yes, as we say, a lot of images there. lots of tributes to givenchy. and finally, meghan markle in usa today. looking

at what she was wearing when she had her first official outing with the royal family at westminster abbey. yes. maybe gave on. obviously also a big day for the media following every croisette she is taking before her wedding in may. yes. it looks as if she mastered that. so... it is going from strength to strength for meghan markle and prince harry. their wedding is coming up in may. lots to do. nina, thank you for coming in. good to have you on the breathing. and forgive your company. stay with us on the bbc as we are back at the top of the hour with the news. “— —— the briefing. good morning. for many of us it was a gloomy start to our working week, wasn't it? in fact this weather watcher picture from les sums it up quite nicely, plenty of puddles lying

on the gardens after yesterday's rain but it's clearing away as we speak. this little ridge of high pressure is building and with light winds temperatures are falling away in the far north of scotland. a chilly start on tuesday morning but we should have decent spells of sunshine and in fact it's probably going to be the best of the dry days through this week. the best sunshine the further west you are, northern ireland, scotland, wales and south—west england, but eventually we will see that cloud breaking up, perhaps the exception of north sea facing coasts. temperatures will respond with the sunshine, highs around 7—11. with the light winds and sunshine, it will feel much better. however, low pressure will sit out to the west, not only for wednesday but the rest of the working week in actualfact. spiralling around that low is a series of frontal systems. the good news is it's driving in a south—westerly wind so milder air spills across the country, the bad news is circulating around that my will be weather fronts bringing rain at times. not for all of us.

perhaps on wednesday it will be in the south—west, eventually into ireland and also wales and south—west scotland but central and eastern areas will see decent spells of sunshine and temperatures will respond. it will be windy at times and it will see some wet weather spiralling around that low pressure, almost like a catherine wheel, driving up some rain at times. chiefly affecting the south—west, eventually moving into northern ireland and into wales. but for much of the eastern areas, we'll see dry, bright weather. temperatures responding with the sunshine and the southerly wind, highs of up to 14 degrees. a similar kind of story actually on thursday. another front brings rain into northern ireland, wales, the midlands and eventually into the south—east, but much of eastern england, along with scotland, will see some dry, sunny weather, and with that wind direction, it's still going to feel reasonably warm, highs of 7—14 degrees. so if you get the sunshine with those temperatures responding, it could — dare i say it — feel almost springlike at times. but don't get used to it because it looks as though by the weekend we'll see quite a dramatic contrast in the weather,

as the wind direction changes its going to get cold again. that is because we start to see another area of high pressure dominating across scandinavia. the winds clockwise around that high, a cold easterly set to return. it looks as if it will turn much colder as we move into the weekend, and any moisture coming in off the north sea could again fall as snow. so it's certainly something that we're going to have to keep a close eye on. i wouldn't be surprised into the weekend as we start to see a return to snow on the roads. take care. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. britain's ultimatum to russia — explain your role in the salisbury spy attack or face the consequences. the kremlin has until midnight to spell out what happened or theresa may says she'll take action. it comes as tests conclude the former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a military grade nerve agent made only in russia.

good morning, it's tuesday the 13th of march. also this morning: the chancellor prepares to unveil his spring statement.