today at 5pm, yulia skripal, one of the victims of the salisbury nerve agent attack, has left hospital. it's understood she's been moved to a secure location. herfather, sergei, a former russian spy, may also be discharged from hospital soon. both patients have responded exceptionally well to treatment we've been providing. but equally, both patients are at different stages in their recovery. russia says if the skripals are resettled in britain it would amount to abduction. we'll be talking to our security correspondent frank gardner. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: in the last hour, theresa may has spoken to president trump to discuss their response to the suspected chemical attack in syria. some of the key players behind the good friday agreement gather in belfast to mark the 20th anniversary of the milestone deal that helped end the troubles in northern ireland. this was not by people of different

parties, different persuasions and not one damn time, as nearly as i can help, and the whole process did anyone ever suggest that democracy itself should be abandoned. a coroner rules that failings by care agencies didn't contribute to the death of the murdered six—year—old ellie butler. facebook founder mark zuckerburg goes to the us congress to testify about the mass harvesting of peoples‘ data. and who's on the guest list for harry and meghan‘s wedding? not the prime minister or the leader of the opposition, but hundreds of people who've served the community. it's 5pm, our top story. yulia skripal, poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury last month, has left hospital.

it's understood she's been moved to a secure location. herfather, sergei, the former russian spy was also targeted, is still in hospital but his condition is improving and doctors say he too should be discharged ‘in due course'. they say both patients have responded ‘exceptionally well‘ to treatment. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in salisbury. it has been an extremely difficult five weeks for skripal, and we understand she was released last night, the hospital said also that she will need ongoing medical treatment. it was also good news for her father who is said to be treatment. it was also good news for herfather who is said to be making rapid progress. the prime minister welcomed this entry is a may said this was good news all around but the russians have again criticised the russians have again criticised the british authorities for denying

them access to yulia skripal for yulia skripal it has been a life—changing five weeks. visiting from her home in russia, attacked by a nerve agent in salisbury, and left unconscious in hospital. today, after encouraging reports about her being able to talk, came news that many had never expected would happen. we have now discharged yulia skripal from the salisbury hospital, yulia has asked for privacy from the media and i would like to reiterate her request. i also want to take this opportunity to wish yulia skripal well. this is not the end of her treatment but marks a significant milestone. her father has also made good progress. on friday, i announced that he was no longer in a critical condition. although he is recovering more slowly than yulia skripal, we hope that he too will be able to leave hospital and do course. it was on march the 4th that yulia skripal and her father sergiy left his home in salisbury. his front door would later be found to have the biggest concentration

of nerve agent on it. some three hours later, the two of them were found convulsing on a bench in salisbury city centre. when nerve agent was implicated, and russia put forward as front and centre of the government suspects, it was a catalyst to a month—long row. well obviously i welcome the fact that yulia skripal has been discharged from hospital and i wish her the best for her continuing recovery. and i would like to say a huge thank you to all the staff at the hospital in salisbury who have looked after her and her father so well. the russians have denied any involvement in the case, calling it a fake story. in one tweet, their embassy in london says we congratulate yulia skripal on her recovery, yet we need urgent proof that what is being done to her is done on her own free will. another tweet shortly afterwards read secret resettlement of mr and miss skripal barred from any contact with their family will be seen as an abduction or at least as their forced isolation. they have already said

they would like to talk to her as she is a russian citizen but it is not clear where she has been taken so it is unlikely they will get immediate access. her father, sergei is also expected to leave hospital in due course and it is likely he will also be taken to a secure location to continue his recovery and for both of them to make long—term plans for their futures. the bbc does understand that yulia skripal has been taken to a secure location, but we are not being told where for obvious reach presents and we also understand she might be questioned by police and other agencies as part of her recovery but the priority for her will be the recuperation and also to be reunited with her father, who recuperation and also to be reunited with herfather, who we recuperation and also to be reunited with her father, who we were told again today is making good progress

and he could also be released in due course. thank you very much indeed. our security correspondent frank gardner is here. very good news really, almost unexpectedly good news after suffering the attack and he is also making a good recovery they say? date both suffered a near death experience and the original problem is once it was discovered that it was a nerve agent was grim for him because he was receiving a larger dose and they did not expect him to recite that they had amazing treatment which has been a concentration of expertise around this, not only the salisbury district hospital where they are treated better in terms of the investigation, who have pulled other people in on the case and top chemical experts in the police and military and a lot of people have been working on this. of course this now poses a difficult to format a question

because russia quite rightly says that she is a russian citizen and we do not yet know what yulia skripal has said because she has not given anything other than a statement saying that she has recovered consciousness and is getting better and has not spoken to the cameras yet. but there was some suggestion, some suggestion that she might have given a statement today. she may in the next few days give a statement andi the next few days give a statement and i think really, we need to see her so questions can be put to her because at the moment, it allows russia to say she is being held against her will. imagine if this was the other way around, if a british citizen was carted off to siberia, i would think that britain would probably want access to them so would probably want access to them so it is murky at the moment. the russian embassy are saying that if she and her father are secretly resettled in this country, it would

be an abduction and that is an extraordinary claim. it depends on who is saying it and what the real thing is. ivery who is saying it and what the real thing is. i very much doubt that sergiy who is a double agent and is a traitor in the eyes of most russian people, he betrayed russian agents to mis six and he will not wa nt to agents to mis six and he will not want to go to russia and she came to russia on march the 3rd to visit her father. will she or will she not wa nt to father. will she or will she not want to go back to russia? we don‘t yet know for certain. will she be safe going back there? she may not choose to believe the british narrative which is possible. other nations have, whatever has been shown to them has obviously convinced them and it is not out of the public domain. we do not know what this convincing intelligence was that was shared that allowed all these countries to expel 150 russian diplomats. thank you very much indeed. theresa may has spoken to donald trump this afternoon

to discuss their response to the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. the prime minister has also been chairing a meeting of the national security council, that meeting ended about half an hour ago. inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog say they will shortly be sending a fact finding team to douma. yesterday president trump promised "quick and forceful action" against the assad regime in damascus and today mrs may condemned the attack that left dozens dead, including women and children. this attack that took place in douma is a barbaric attack. obviously we are working urgently with our allies and partners to assess what has happened on the ground. if this is the responsibility of assad‘s regime in syria, then it is another example of the brutality, and brazen disregard for their people that they show. theresa may speaking a little

earlier on today. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in downing street. we know that she has spoken to donald trump, do we know the context of their discussion? we do not. as you say we understand the prime minister and president trump spoke this afternoon on the telephone about the response to the alleged chemical attack in syria over the weekend. she also spoke to emmanuel macron of france and again we do not know the substance as yet of what the two leaders discussed. the prime minister chaired a meeting of the national security council this afternoon with other senior cabinet ministers and military advisers of the government and i think we can safely assume that the response to what happened in syria at the weekend will be the main topic of discussion there. but as you heard theresa may saying in the clip just now, the government‘s position remains that an investigation should

ta ke remains that an investigation should take place and those responsible should be held to account. the president the united states set out a timetable for what he called a forceful response that the united states it seems will lead. we do not know whether the british government intends to be a part of that and if it does, what part it intends to play. or the moment, thank you very much indeed. let‘s get the perspective from washington. our correspondent barbara plett—usher is in washington. we gather that trump has abandoned a trip to latin america do deal with a crisis in syria and has spoken on a forceful response. when will we get more of an idea of what that might be? if we take them at his word we will get another sense of it and 24-48 will get another sense of it and 24—48 hours, which he said yesterday was the timetable for making a

decision and he also said it will be a forceful response and military action is expected in the fact that he cancelled his planned trip to latin america where the summit suggest it could be a larger military operations in the strength that he authorised last year in response to a chemical weapons attack. perhaps more locations might be targeted. it also looks as if the administration is trying to organise administration is trying to organise a multinational response and not a unilateral one. we know the french president emmanuel macron has been tough on this issue and has said many times in recent weeks that france was prepared to launch a military strike in response to a chemical weapons attack and possibly that might include written. we do not know yet if that is the case and possibly the persian gulf allies for america, and all that is being discussed at the moment. there will bea discussed at the moment. there will be a vote in the un security council

this afternoon or a few hours‘ time ona us this afternoon or a few hours‘ time on a us draft resolution which will call for an inquiry on the perpetrator who carried out the chemical weapons attack. russia is not happy with that and they will be circling their own draft with regards to an inquiry. i think it is pretty fair to say that there won‘t actually be a successful resolution to this issue at the un, so it might set the stage, that vote for a military attack but i do not expect any decision announced before that vote has ta ken any decision announced before that vote has taken place. thank you very much indeed. a coroner has ruled that care agencies did not contribute to the death of a six—year—old girl, who was murdered by her father in 2013. ellie butler died less than a year after she‘d returned to herfamily home at south london, on the orders of a judge. her grandfather said he was disappointed that the agencies involved were not going to be held accountable. june kelly reports. from the start ellie was not safe in

her father‘s arms. when she was weeks old, her father was accused shaking her so hard she was treated herfor shaking her so hard she was treated her for bleeding shaking her so hard she was treated herfor bleeding on shaking her so hard she was treated her for bleeding on the shaking her so hard she was treated herfor bleeding on the brain and back of her eyes, she recovered. other was jailed and then freed on appeal. a few years on, his vicious temper was picked up in an accidentally recorded phone call. don‘t ask me to do what you didn‘t bleep do and then sort it out. month later ellie was that. this case goes back nearly a decade. in march 2009, butler was sentenced for salt orr assaulting his daughter when she was six weeks old, a conviction which was later overturned. in october

2012, the courts returned ellie to her parents and stressed that butler had been cleared of any wrongdoing. four years later, butler was found guilty of killing his daughter. he was jailed for 23 years. in march of this year, the inquest into ellie‘s death opened. it examined the process by which she was handed back to her parents. her mother, jenny grey, here turning her camera phone ona grey, here turning her camera phone on a camera crew also stood trial during ellie‘s death. she was convicted of child cruelty. after ben butler‘s first conviction for attacking ellie, she was placed in the care of her maternal grandparents who looked after her for most of her short life. knowing butler‘s capacity for violence, they battled unsuccessfully to keep their granddaughter. and in the months before her death, they grew alarmed by her appearance. she had bruises on herface by her appearance. she had bruises on her face and by her appearance. she had bruises on herface and down by her appearance. she had bruises on her face and down there. by her appearance. she had bruises on herface and down there. but

by her appearance. she had bruises on her face and down there. but she had face paint on. the face paint they believed had been applied deliberately to hide her bruising. she had lost about a stone. her eyes we re she had lost about a stone. her eyes were beginning to sink in. her hair was all... it looked like it had not been combed. it looked as if she had been combed. it looked as if she had been dragged through a hedge row. his wife died two years ago as the criminal trial got under way and he remembers the last time they saw their granddaughter. she said nanny when can i come back home to live with you? granddad, when can i come back come to live with you? and she kept going like that, i love you, nana. i love you, nana. her grandfather says that ellie was placed at fatal risk by being returned to her parents. he wants lessons to be learned from her death, to protect other children and future. just 5:15pm. this is bbc news at 5pm, the headlines: one of the victims of the salisbury

nerve agent attack has left hospital. the former russian spy, her father, may also hospital. the former russian spy, herfather, may also be hospital. the former russian spy, her father, may also be discharged soon. theresa may has spoken to president trump to discuss the response to the suspected chemical attack in syria some of the key players behind the friday agreement have gathered in belfast to mark the 20th anniversary of the milestone deal that help deal with the troubles in northern ireland. in sport we are only a few hours away from finding out which british clu b away from finding out which british club reaches the champions league semifinals. manchester city, have it all to do against liverpool and head into the second leg of their quarterfinals 3—0 down. england‘s women were down to ten players but two goals give them a 2—0 when. the last of the swimming finals at the commonwealth games sought nine gold

for australia and one for england as they maintained the 50 metres freestyle title. i will be back with all of those in the next few minutes. tony blair and the former us president, bill clinton, are among a number of international figures gathering in belfast today to mark the twentieth anniversary of the good friday agreement, the peace deal which helped to bring an end to the troubles in northern ireland. it comes at a time of political uncertainty at stormont, where power—sharing collapsed last year. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. for three decades, in the late 20th century, violence was the normality in this part of the united kingdom. but 20 years ago today, politicians struck a once unthinkable peace deal. the two governments and political parties of nor letter have reached an agreement. it did not

stop the bloodshed completely but it was a huge step to ending the conflict. police have been used to being underfire conflict. police have been used to being under fire in conflict. police have been used to being underfire in this conflict. police have been used to being under fire in this former officer have wrote a book about his colleague‘s stories and remembers how the troubles somehow became routine. i was shocked at five times during the course of work and attended my own murders. the whole idea behind the agreement was the police force would not have to go through that again. one of the most controversial aspects of the agreement was that republican promilitary members were released from gel and many victims were angered by pictures like these. but former prisoners say their support former prisoners say their support for the deal was important. for my community‘s perspective and it was a good thing to do. the release of the prisoners. and when we have a look

at what the contribution was made, we not only supported the good friday agreement, we proactively promoted the good friday agreement. the