usain bolt remains the face of athletics. arriving at a major championships as a spectator, for the first time in a long time. his message to those in line to take his title was clear. this is your time, you know what i mean? the sport needs somebody else to really step up needs somebody else to really step up and to be that person, so it's a wide—open playing field. up and to be that person, so it's a wide-open playing field. and bolt was in position to see if anyone would rise up in one of his old races, the 200 metres. could that man big zharnel hughes, the english sprinter had to holding one of the games' most dramatic finishes to ci’oss games' most dramatic finishes to cross the line first, but was disqualified for stepping out of his lane. in the women's race, bolt‘s compatriot elaine thompson came up short. deena rather —— dina asher—smith was dead. eilidh doyle, silver medallist at home games four yea rs silver medallist at home games four years ago couldn't go one better. 15th championship medal for years ago couldn't go one better. 15th championship medalfor eilidh doyle and another one for scotland.

sophie hahn has a habit of collecting medals as well. the t 38 paralympic champion and world now commonwealth champion two. i'm so, so commonwealth champion two. i'm so, so happy. i've always wanted the commonwealth title. to come to australia to collect it, wow. olivia breen finished third in that race, her bronze helping wales equal their best ever medal hall for an overseas games. earlier in the day first commonwealth gold in women's mountain biking for england they took silver as well. annie last leading home evie richards for an england 1—2—macro. leading home evie richards for an england 1-2-macro. we've not been up there in the racing for the last few yea rs there in the racing for the last few years and to have two of the others at the front of the races so good. i'm really pleased for her as well. shona macintosh kept up a family tradition of winning shooting medals. her mother shirley won gold in 1994. medals. her mother shirley won gold “119911. her medals. her mother shirley won gold in 1994. her sisterjennifer, eight

yea rs in 1994. her sisterjennifer, eight years ago in delhi. now shown ads are bronze to the macintosh trophy cabinet. england's jack ma was diving for more honours. another goal, a third medal of these games for him —— jacques goal, a third medal of these games for him ——jacques blaauw goal, a third medal of these games for him —— jacques blaauw will stop looking at home on top of the podium. alex gulrajani, bbc news. a former soldier will become the first amputee jockey to ride over grand national fences at aintree later today. guy disney, who lost part of his right leg in afghanistan, will ride gallery exhibition in the foxhunters' chase. last year the 35—year—old became the first amputee jockey to win at a professional racecourse in the uk, with victory at sandown. time for a look at the weather. there is some warmth and sunshine in its forecast but some others will have to remain patient. a lot of cloud, misty and murky conditions in eastern counties, poor visibility.

there was also some sunshine, scotla nd there was also some sunshine, scotland doing very well this afternoon. a bit more cloud creeping into the southern uplands and up towards the central belt. the reason we have the cloud, we're holding the moist easterly flow. the wind stream will tend to get cut off as we go into the weekend. heavy rain from the near continent will head up towards. the satellite picture tells the story well. plenty of sunshine for scotland, northern ireland, cumbria, western wales and south—west england, although we could catch one or two showers in the afternoon. some patchy rain in the afternoon. some patchy rain in the midlands and in the north. elsewhere, cloudy. 6—7dc in the northern coast, 16 or 17 further west and the rest of the sunshine. this evening, in the south—east, the area of rain pushes up from the continent, it could be heavy and thundery as it moves into east anglia, through the midlands, towards northern england and southern scotland. most of us will keep a lot of cloud overnight. temperatures on a par with last

night, 4—8. much of the country getting off to upgrade, gloomy, misty and murky start. further outbreaks of rain from northern england working into scotland. just about missing northern ireland. later in the day sunshine comes through for southern coastal counties. temperatures for the end of the week 13—14dc, still the cool feel further north. not for much longer because through the weekend there are some changes. it will turn warmerfor there are some changes. it will turn warmer for all others. there will be spelt of sunshine, particularly where it's been cloudy for much of the week. quite breezy, but heavy showers on sunday. this is how saturday looks. a reasonable day for much of the country, aside from a few passing showers most of us are going to be dry. look, we can see some sunshine again. there will be some sunshine again. there will be some cloud but temperatures responding in the sunshine. all others in the teens, widely14—18dc. a bit coolerfor others in the teens, widely14—18dc. a bit cooler for the others in the teens, widely14—18dc. a bit coolerfor the northern isles of scotland. on sunday, keeping an eye on the area of low pressure to

the west, it doesn't move very far because we have high pressure to the east blocking it, but it will strengthen the wind in northern ireland later in the weekend and western parts of the country, some heavy showers around but the wind strea m heavy showers around but the wind stream is our friend as we go into next week and start to draw some much warmer air across all of the country. temperatures on tuesday and wednesday getting into the low 20s celsius. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the us military prepares for possible action in syria, as the cabinet here prepares to meet to discuss any uk involvement. 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. have a good afternoon. good afternoon a lock at the day's sport here on bbc news, it another

good day forjack laugher, he has w011 good day forjack laugher, he has won his second gold of the commonwealth games in the three metre springboard diving. he had already won the one metre title and he will go for another in the three metre synchro with chris mears. iam metre synchro with chris mears. i am really proud to come out here outdoors at night, and really nail a competition, get a fantastic score, to get my first three metre commonwealth title. the one that means the most to me. fantastic list. i am means the most to me. fantastic list. iam happy means the most to me. fantastic list. i am happy with how me and my coach have made sure we came back to nail it this evening. there were contrasting emotions for england sprinter hugh, he was disqualified after finishing first in the men's 200 meet earthquake the crowd witnessed what was one of the race's of the games as hugh seemed to have pipped his rival in a photo

finish. officials rule he had stepped out of of his lane. his arm came across as well. disqualification allowed lyon reed to ta ke disqualification allowed lyon reed to take the bronze. the last few minutes carl langford has run a personal best to win a silver medal in the 800 metre, on. hang on. eilidh doyle said she was delighted to win silver in the women's 400 metres hurdles. it is the third commonwealth games in a row she has taken silver. there were three bro nzes for taken silver. there were three bronzes for britain in the track and field events. sophie hahn has completed a clean sweep of titles in the t38100 metres she was already the paralympic world

and european champion, and now she has added commonwealth gold to her collection. olivia breen took bronze for wales i have wanted to collect the title, it is wild. you would have been itching to get on this track. yes, and the warm up, i was like i need to get here, i need to soak up the atmosphere, i am so happy i'm here. there was a one-two as england won their first commonwealth games medals in mountain biking. richards had been leading until she was overtaken round the nine kilometre mark, she finished 48 seconds behind to win the silver. away from the commonwealth games, juventus keeper buffon has laid into the english referee michael oliver saying he has a bag of rubbish for a heart. buffon was sent off in the quarterfinal defeat to real madrid last night. he saw red for

complaining about oliver's decision to award an injury time penalty to real madrid. that is afterjuventus scored three goals to level the tie. cristiano ronaldo stepped up to despatch the penalty and take madrid through to the last four. cricket and england's women's hopes ofa cricket and england's women's hopes of a one day series win in india we re of a one day series win in india were dashed in nag for. the skipper opted to watt first after winning the toss. her side were all out for 201. in reply india's captain hit 74 not out as india won by eight wickets to take the series 1—1. that is all the sport for now, we will be backin is all the sport for now, we will be back in the next hour. let's get more now on our main story. theresa may has summoned ministers to an emergency cabinet meeting this afternoon to discuss the uk's response to the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. ministers are expected to back her call tojoin military action threatened by the united states and its allies. however, the prime minister is reported to be ready to take action

without pa rliament‘s approval. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has condemned the suspected chemical weapons attack, but has criticised the idea of taking military action. what happened in syria is disgraceful, any use of chemical weapons by anybody against anybody else is clearly illegal, as well as immoral and wrong. united nations has a duty and a function to ensure there is a proper investigation undertaken as the inspectors are in douma doing just that. and when we have the results of that, then decide what action to take. but, just to say this, hundreds of thousands have died and lost their lives in syria. millions are been forced into refuge, many are living in terrible poverty and desperation,

there has to be a political solution, russia, america, the european union, all the neighbouring countries, iran, saudi arabia, have got to be involved in ensuring there isa got to be involved in ensuring there is a real ceasefire and a political process that does give hope to the people of syria in the future. more bombing, more killing, more warwill not save life. it will take more lives and spawn the war elsewhere. parliament must be consulted on this, surely the lessons of iraq, the lessons that came there from the chilcot report have got to be, there has to be a proper process of consultation, we elect parliament, we elect members of parliament, they should have a voice in this. the cabinet on its own should not be making this decision. the cabinet on its own should not be making this decision. the brexit secretary, david davis, says the unfolding situation in syria is a delicate one. the situation in syria is horrific,

the use of chemical weapons is something that the world has to prevent, we of all the countries in the world after the skripal affair, perhaps the most immediate knowledge of it, other than the syrians themselves, but also we have, it's a very delicate circumstance and we have to make this judgment on very careful, very deliberate, very well thought through basis, knowing what we are trying to achieve and how strong the evidence is. to achieve and how strong the evidence is. the leader of the liberal democrats, vince cable, says any military action must be backed by parliament. parliament can and should be recalled immediately, and a vote held on this issue. the position is a very dangerous one, because of russian involvement, also because we have a very erratic president of the

united states, i don't rule out the fa ct i united states, i don't rule out the fact i and the liberal democrats might support the government if a case is made but it has to be made when we supported interveen venion backin when we supported interveen venion back in 2013 parliament declined to support it, so the mandate has to be secured. support it, so the mandate has to be secured. coming up later you can put any of your questions that you have about this current situation to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, so any questions about what could potentially be military action in syria, what it might achieve, what is the us and the uk thinking about all of this, any questions of that nature you can send them to paul just after 2.30 to answer as many questions as possible of yours. is number is on the screen. a baby has been born in china to a surrogate mother four years after his parents died

in a car crash. chinese media reported the couple, who died in 2013, had frozen several embryos hoping to have a child through ivf. after the accident, their parents fought a protracted legal battle to be allowed to use the embryos. the boy was born in december to a woman from laos. rebecca jones spoke to our asia pacific editor, michael bristow, earlier about this remarkable story. the story be dan in 2013 when the couple unfortunately died in a car crash, leaving these frozen embryo, the grandparents still wanted the grandchild because their line would have ended there, because these people who died were their only children, and so there was a long battle in the courts, first of all, to get control of the embryo, then to get control of the embryo, then to find a surrogate mother willing

to find a surrogate mother willing to carry the child, that mother was found in laos, is travelling to china, had the baby in a chinese hospital. the battlers didn't end there. they had to have where dna test to prove they were related to the child before it was finally handed over to them, a story about the determination of four grand pant pa rents the determination of four grand pant parents who wanted to have a grandchild. you say the baby is with the grandparent, that is what is going to happen to him, he will be raised by them? initially, yes. they said that, i am not going to tell the child in the initial stages, that their parent, its parents are dead, that is something they will come to later on, but, in china it is very difficult, the legal situation is not always clear of who will be responsible for the child in the future testify unclear in getting this child or the embryos in the first place and getting the

right to take them out of the country and find a surrogate, so, a real legal and personal battle on behalf of these grandparents. this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news. theresa may summons her cabinet to discuss options for military action against syria following the alleged gas attack in douma last weekend. the international chemical weapons watchdog acks the government's findings into the chemical used in the salisbury attack. ministers said they had fallen ill after being attacked with a soviet—era nerve agent. sir cliff richard arrives at the high court as his case against the bbc for a breach of privacy and data protection gets under way. in the business news... the company that own british airways — iag —

says it's thinking about trying to buy the low—cost airline norwegian air shuttle. ba is facing increasing competition from budget airlines. more pain for the high street. carpetright says it is closing 92 shop and cutting 300 jobs. meanwhile, mothercare has seen a fall in the amount of stuff its selling us — and wh smith saw a decline in the amount of money it's making. edf is raising the cost of electricity by almost 3%. this comes just days after british gas raised its prices. edf's move doesn't affect gas though — those prices stay the same. the company that owns ba might try to buy the lowcost airline norwegian. ba is facing a lot of competition from low cost airlines. and this could be a way of helping to protect its market share. no talks have taken place yet — but news about this has sent norwegian's shares soaring. joining us now is the travel expert simon calder.

how much pressure is ba under? how much pressure is ba undefim has been really obsessing about norwegian, in quite an interesting way, just yesterday they said we would introduce new fare, prepared not to check in a bag and take whatever seat is assigned to you you will save £100 on a round trip, that is aimed at norwegian, which has grown from a tiny airline, founded in 1993 to become the third largest low cost airline in europe and unlike its two giant rifles, easyjet and riern air what it is trying to do is fly long—haul so they have a growing network in gatwick, partly in direct competition with british airways. ba of course has some previous buying up rivals, british

caledonian, dan air and previous buying up rivals, british caledonian, dan airand more recently bmi have been bought up by ba. what would a deal where by ba ta kes ba. what would a deal where by ba takes over, what would that mean for people like you and me. in reduction in competition is not a great thing for the traveller and you would expect on the routes where they are heading head—to—head for there to be rather higherfares heading head—to—head for there to be rather higher fares and fewer choice, it might affect some of to routes running from red borough across to north america for instance using smaller twinjet, ba might say we are not going to do that, that is competing with our sister airline aer lingus, competition is so intense, in aviation, that if somebody thought those ruths routes we re somebody thought those ruths routes were worth saying, they would come simon, we will hear more about think

am sure. thanks forjoining us. thanks forjoining us. it's a tough time to be a retailer on the uk high street — we've heard from some of the biggest names, today. first, carpetright is closing 92 stores and cutting 300 jobs as part of a plan turn change the way it operates. mothercare had bad news on sales — those fell by almost 3% over the last 12 weeks. that's despite sales online going up more than 7%. profits at wh smith went down by around 1% — to £82 million. sales at its regulr shops fell by 5%. but interestingly sales rose by 7%. here to tell us what is going on is — catherine shuttleworth, ceo of the retail and shopper marketing agency savvy retail so why is it so difficult? tough time

on higher ticket item, we are spending less money, the housing market has slowed and we are choosing not to replace things in the home, so that why carpetright are having a tough time. they have too many store, mothercare, very much struck really by the move to online shopping, as they have said, 49% of sales are all online, good news for them because their online offers seem to be chiming better with customers. and wh smith, doing really well in travel retail, but where the choice is tougher, their profits are starting to suffer, so it isa profits are starting to suffer, so it is a mixture of things but it a lot to do with the way with are spending money as shoppers and we are being more cautious. i would be interested in the rise and rise of online, is there a limit to how much we will switch to online shopping? it appears not we awe with tesco their biggest growth is online and

asos posted spectacular results so it would appear not to be the case. retailers are having to rethink their models and decide how online is going to fit and how they will make it work. can they fight back by offering a more bespoke, a more tailored experience to the shower? they can. i think it is an easier thing to say offer better service a lot of the retailers offer a great service, it is about making sure they make them the right space and shape because as carpetright have shown they have too many stores and they need to cut down that space and think about what the difference is the in the offers. there will be a big peninsula its for online retailing, so we need to have both, but they have to rethink their model to get it right. thank you. the markets. subdued trading on the

ftse, a bit of nervousness about the possibility of a trade war between the us and china and concerned about the us and china and concerned about the international tensions over syria, a lot of attention on mothercare, up syria, a lot of attention on motherca re, up slightly, syria, a lot of attention on mothercare, up slightly, despite a fall in sale,ment donel —— done elm seeing a positive reaction after strong a team of scientists has been trekking through one of the most remote places on earth, to find new — previously undiscovered — species of animals and plants. in what's being called a "landmark expedition", they were granted rare access to the brazilian amazon. the bbc‘s jaw felletjoined them as they explored brazil's highest mountain. brazil's pico da neblina, meaning "peak of mists". true to its name, it is shrouded in clouds, hidden from view. sitting deep in the remote amazon, the national park stretches across densejungle. we follow four professors

and biologists from the university of sao paulo, a world—leading institute in zoology. it is a mission of discovery. they are here to find new animal and plant species, to find life that may be under threat from deforestation and climate change. this is the first expedition to an area that is absolutely unexplored in the amazon. miguel trefaut rodrigues is heading the exposition, made possible with the help of indigenous guides and the brazilian army. this is one of the most important parts of the amazon today to get genetic material. the amazon is home to 10% of the earth's known species. it is thought a new animal or plant is discovered every two days. 0h, here. this is an explosive—breeding frog.

there are at least 18 species under this name. that look exactly the same. yes. could this frog be a new species? yeah, sure. so we might have found a new species. the mountain has taken the army months of careful planning. we are 2,000 metres up, 1,000 metres away from the mountain's highest peak. on arrival, creatures begin wandering close to the scientists' tent. we don't know what it is. it's very different from what we know. we have a guess for the family — hylidae. seems to be a tree frog. what's very interesting about this guy is his eyes. check it out. there is this weird iridescence, in kind of like orange and green. what was your reaction when you saw it?

so it was totally unexpected. hopefully we're going to have a better idea if this is a known species, or if this is something completely new. the scientists are racing against the clock to find out if life up here can survive rising temperatures. time for a look at the weather. sigh mervyn king coy will be here later. i can promise you he will be here. do with that information as you will. let us catch up with the weather now. there will be some warmth but we will have to be patient because a lot of the country is under this blanket of cloud. for eastern counties we still have mist, fog, poor visibility. eastern counties we still have mist, fog, poorvisibility. however, there is some sunshine around and scotland has been doing very well through

this morning, coming to see some sunshine, a bit more cloud pushing into the southern uplands and up to the central belt. the reason we have that cloud, is we are hanging on to this moist easterly airflow, but that wind stream will tend to get cut off. keeping an eye on heavy rain, that will head our way through this evening and overnight. a good deal of sunshine for scotland. the fringes of northern ireland, western wales, south—west england although here we could catch one or two showers and we still have outbreaks of rain in the west midlands up to northern england. under the cloud a cool feel. up to 14, maybe 16 celsius in the best of the the is. through this enipping we see rain pushing up from france and moving into east anglia, up to northern england and southern scotland later in the night. most of us will see a fairly cloudy night. temperatures on a par with last night. but much of the country getting off to a grey

gloomy start, wet for northern england. southern scotland. not so much getting across the northern ireland, behind the rain dry if cloudy conditions but some sunshine for coastal county, helping temperatures to 13 or 14, still though on the cool side further north under the cloud. but there will be some changes, for all of us things start to turn warmer, the breeze starts to pick up, particularly in the west and we will see showers especially on sunday and some of those could be heavy. for saturday, much of the country a reasonable day, look, we can see some sunshine, we have to had much, there will be cloud coming and going, maybe a passing shower, most will have a dry day, temperatures responding nicely in that sunshine, into the teens for all of us and widely between 14 and 18. as we go through sunday, let us keep an eye on this area of low pressure, not going anywhere fast. it will be strengthening the wind across

western areas later in the weekend and pushing some heavy showers across, so a chance we could see heavy showers round on sunday, but, that wind stream is in our favour because as we go into next week it pushes warmer air across the country. temperatures are on hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. warships are on the move towards syria — as president trump appears to row back, saying a us strike might be "very soon — or not so soon at all." translation: president assad tells syrian television that any action on the country will only destabilise the region. theresa may summons her cabinet to discuss the situation — asjeremy corbyn says she must get backing from parliament. more bombing and more killing and more war will not save life. we will just take more lives and spawn the war elsewhere. the international chemical weapons watchdog backs

the british government — confirming sergei and yulia skripal were poisoned in salisbury with a military grade nerve agent. lawyers for sir cliff richard tell the high court the bbc‘s