hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and mega munchetty. a late—night call between president trump and theresa may. they agree the use of chemical weapons won't go unchallenged. moscow warns that any military action risks starting a war between russia and the united states. good morning, it is friday 13 april. also this morning: a new alcohol warning. just one drink a day could shorten your life. the bank of gran and grandad. nearly a third of those planning to retire are still supporting their children and grandchildren financially. why, and could it affect their own retirement plans? good morning from the gold coast. and the main headline here today is that it is gold for tom daley and dan goodfellow.

it was touch and go whether daley would even be able to dive, but the pair won the 10m synchro event, with silver going to their england team—mates matthew dixon and noah williams. and nick has the weather. good morning. it is grey and gloomy again today, the chance of rain in some places. it does warm up at the weekend though it is still not perfect. next week it is turning drier, sunnier and much warmerfor a time. it is the weather forecast you wa nt to time. it is the weather forecast you want to hear, coming up. good morning. first, our main story: theresa may and donald trump have vowed that the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria will not go unchallenged. the two leaders spoke by phone last night and agreed to work closely on an international response. the white house said no final decision had been taken, but russia has responded by refusing to rule out war with the united states. andrew plant reports. with warships and aircraft carriers

seemingly on standby, the world is watching. late—night phone calls between leaders, national security meetings, but still no decision yet on military intervention in syria. a suspected attack using chlorine in the syrian town of douma last weekend brought international condemnation. donald trump tweeted on tuesday that missiles were coming, but by thursday said military action was still under discussion. we're looking very, very seriously, very closely at that whole situation, and we'll see what happens, folks, we'll see what happens. it's too bad that the world puts us in a situation like that. ina in a conversation with president trump, britain's prime minister agreed the use of chemical weapons could not go unchallenged, and president macron says the french government has proof that the syrian government has proof that the syrian government was behind the chlorine attacked. so what form might the retaliation take, and what could be

the targets? it is thought they could be three sites being used to produce chemical weapons. two near damascus. russia's ambassador to the un has urged the us to refrain from military action, saying he couldn't rule out war between washington and moscow. in the high—stakes stand—off between russia and the us, the next move will have to come from the us, france and the uk. our political correspondent iain waton is in westminster for us. iain, is uk military involvement still looking likely? the conversation yesterday was very much about whether or not military action would be put up as an option, and of course there was approval. now the discussions really began. that's right. what has really changed since this time yesterday as cabinet endorsement for the prime minister's position. all of those present took part and they unanimously agreed that the assad

regime was highly likely to be behind the chemical weapons attack. they also said that cannot go unchallenged. in other words, theresa may has the green light to ta ke theresa may has the green light to take military action. we don't know what form that will take, after she spoke to donald trump last night, and we also don't know the timescale for this. that is crucial for her politically, and there is a growing climate for mps to have a say a ahead of any military action when they resume next week. they will be huge pressure for a proper debate in parliament. certainly the opposition leader, jeremy corbyn, is calling for that, but what he is all also calling for is his own intelligence briefing. he will have to be convinced that the assad regime really is behind this. so she is facing challenges on various fronts, but to some extent events are out of her control, because she does want to be involved in an action alongside america and france, but ultimately the timing will be

decided not in britain and downing street but by donald trump and the white house. having one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, according to a major new study. researchers looked into the health of more than 500,000 drinkers around the world and found drinking more than five pints or beer or glasses of wine a week shortened life expectancy. that is one drink fewer than the current department of health guidelines. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. a glass of wine or a pint of beer is how many people like to relax after a long, stressful day. but new research says regularly drinking more than the recommended amount of alcohol could take years off your life. researchers compared the health and drinking habits of around 600,000 drinkers in 19 countries around the world. they concluded that people should not have more than five pints of beer or five 175 millilitre

glasses of wine each week. drinking more than that was linked to lower life expectancy. having ten or more drinks could take one to two years off your life, while having 18 drinks or more could take four to five years off. the british heart foundation, which part—funded the study, says drinking too much can lead to serious health problems. we mustn't forget that drinking too much also has an effect on your risk for cancer and other diseases, like liver disease. so it's not only your heart health that you need to think about, but it's your overall risk of dying that is increased. so the take—home message for people is, if you think you're drinking too much at the moment, you need to start thinking about drinking less. since 2016, people in britain have been recommended to have no more than a0 units of alcohol each week — around six drinks. the british heart foundation says the results are a sobering wake—up call for countries with much higher

limits, and warns that many people in the uk drink a lot more than the recommended amount. charlotte gallagaher, bbc news. hundreds of people protested outside a hospital in liverpool last night to support the parents of alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a right—to—life battle. the family wants to take him to rome for treatment, despite a high court ruling allowing the hospital to turn off his life support. gill dummigan reports. the family have told me that they have an ambulance on standby, a private ambulance. they have a private ambulance. they have a private jet, they also private ambulance. they have a privatejet, they also have private ambulance. they have a private jet, they also have their own installation kit. they say that the court order ends when they remove the ventilation from him, at that point they will take over and fly him to rome. the hospital saying they won't allow that to happen. the area is also heavily policed, but speaking tonight, thom evans said he was confident they will succeed. there is no court order to say that alfie has to stay in southport right

now. we will take full responsibility and taken to our transportation down there with full agreement, with doctors who have full duty of care. and they are not allowing us, so we are hoping that my solicitor will get us out. alfie evansis my solicitor will get us out. alfie evans is 23 months old. most of his life he has been in here suffering from this cruel disease which has relentlessly attacked his brain. doctors here say it is cruel and inhumane to treat him any further. the family disagree. they say they will not give up until they remove alfie from the hospital. the royal college of emergency medicine says a chronic shortage of nurses has left some hospitals closing down wards despite rising patient demand. research by the labour party suggests the number of beds in wards which have been put out of service at some trusts in england has tripled over four years. the department of health said that trusts control the number of beds to meet high demand at peak periods. the shadow health secretary accused the government of incompetence. former fbi directorjames comey has compared president trump to a mafia boss. in a new book written after he was fired last year, mr comey accuses the president of being unethical, untethered to truth, and driven by a need

for personal loyalty. he also claims the president wanted the fbi to prove lewd allegations against him were untrue. new rules are to be introduced to limit the amount that lawyers can claim if holidaymakers say they have fallen ill on package holidays. the travel industry says the number of claims has risen in recent years despite illness in resorts declining. jon ironmonger reports. as scams go, it is simple. take an overseas package holiday, fake and illness, and claimed thousands of pounds in damages from your tour operator. it has been dubbed the new whiplash, and since the vast majority of holiday sickness claims go unchallenged, british tourists have been cashing in. tour operators say it could drive up the price of holidays, leaving some, like thomas

cook, to fight back. in 2016, deborah and paul were jailed after seeking damages for £20,000 from the operator, claiming a severe gastric illness. dozens of companies are thought to be driving the scam, touting the business in european resorts and passing clients onto lawyers. the new rules announced today could ring the racket to a halt. legal companies and claims management companies have been able to pretty much charge whatever they like for the legal costs to travel companies bought pursuing these claims. so it means that if a claim is putting they can ramp costs up of thousands of pounds to pursue a single case. what the government has announced today is that they are capping the amount that can be charged, so it makes it less lucrative for those companies to pursue fake claims. ministers insist they are taking on britain's claim culture, but the law society has raised doubts about the change, saying it mustn't undermine genuine cases. employers are falsely listing jobs in cafes and fast food outlets as apprenticeships in order to

benefit from government subsidies. the think tank reform warns that up to 40% of new apprenticeships are mislabelled. the government insists that its policies are helping to turn more apprenticeships into real, paid jobs lasting at least 12 months. how flexible are you feeling this morning? not as flexible as our next guest. if only he was our guests. and we just had to bring you these gorilla pictures on a friday morning. you know when you see people try to get animals to do something, well this guyjust get animals to do something, well this guy just thought this is get animals to do something, well this guyjust thought this is easy. this is bolingo, who has stunned his keepers at florida zoo by learning to do a handstand. specialists at busch gardens zoo say the activity enhances the ape's wellbeing. it is interesting, because i have

seen gorillas at the zoo and there are seen gorillas at the zoo and there a re often seen gorillas at the zoo and there are often signs up saying don't look them in the higher, and you would think you are not meant to do that. that gorilla looked like he was having fun. don't try that at home, 01’ having fun. don't try that at home, or at the zoo. let's see what acrobatics mike has for us this morning. he is on the gold coast in australia covering the commonwealth games. iam australia covering the commonwealth games. i am sure you didn't get to see that gorilla, but it would have given you a run for your money. i have had a little look, and i would do a handstand, but i am not on the beach, but on a balcony, so no acrobatics at the moment. i thought i would give you a look away from the beach, inland. i will talk you through some of the sites. someone who can do far more than a handstand is tom daley and dan goodfellow. tom daley and dan goodfellow have won gold in the 10m synchro diving. the pair only practised their dives two days ago, and daley said the win meant an awful lot considering he thought he may have to pull out

of this event, as well as the individual. their england team—mates matthew dixon and noah williams took silver. laura halford has won silver for wales in the rythmic gymnastics. that is their 26th medal, giving wales a record overseas tally at a commonwealth games. away from the games, arsenal are through to the semi—finals of the europa league after drawing 2—2 with cska moscow. they made hard work of it, coming back from 2—0 down to win the tie 6—3. former world heavyweight champion tyson fury has announced his return to boxing. he say‘s he will bring flare and flame to the ring against an as—yet—unnamed opponent in manchester this june. from my perch up here i am 32 stories up. looking over the edge makes me feel queasy, but if we look over to the hinterland, you can see the mountains. for the first time in a few days we have a really clear view of the hinterland. this is

where the rainforests are, they filmed i am a celebrity, get me out of here. this is where the hollywood of australia is, and for these games, this is where the squash, the table tennis and the boxing is played. you can see all the water around here. so many rivers inland on the gold coast. more waterways than venice. we have our own sporting challenge, and at 6:30am we're interviewing the 100m gold—medallist. so we have to leave you. we will pack up the camera and head down to the beach. thank you for the look around at that beautiful vista, and this is where mike will be later this morning. that is where he will be broadcasting a little later. we are not jealous because look broadcasting a little later. we are notjealous because look what broadcasting a little later. we are not jealous because look what we have in salford. he has rainforests, we have rain.

here is nick with a look at this morning's weather. the promise is it gets better in a few days, i know i moan about the weather and when it rains, most of us are weather and when it rains, most of us are sick of it, we just feel soggy. us are sick of it, we just feel soggy. it's got a long way to go, long way to go to reach the gold coast, 28 at the moment there, plenty of sunshine but here we have the great and the gloom and six degrees. quite a week of it but next week, high teens and low 20s and in some spots warmer than that, that's where things are going next week and that's what we are looking forward to but another day of the grey and gloom today, plenty of cloud around, outbreaks of rain to begin with, not everywhere, though, as we look at the radar over the past few hours, this area of rain is snaking north—west. dry parts of western scotla nd north—west. dry parts of western scotland at the moment likely to see outbreaks moving in, maybe the east of northern ireland where if you have the rain affecting parts of

england and wales it will turn drier into the afternoon. but we go deeper into the afternoon. but we go deeper into the afternoon. but we go deeper into the day and what we're looking at is loads of cloud around, misty and murky and the area of rain heads to the northern isles. it tries to brighten up in parts of south wales and south—west england and maybe the odd shower developing later in the day. temperatures higher for some compare it to the last few days but disappointing and still quite chilly in north sea coasts. the hint of more widely seeing sunny spells developing in southern parts before sunset, and then tonight you can see the land, breaks in the cloud here and there with patchy mist and fog developing, mainly dry overnight and temperatures are holding up, so no worries about frost. on the weekend, certain improvements. with the wind picking up in western parts and there still will be somewhat weather

around. probably most widely saturday is the better day of the weekend. variable cloud but some bright or sunny spells dotted about just about everywhere and actually most just about everywhere and actually m ost pla ces just about everywhere and actually most places are looking dry. the chance of the odd shower and more especially affecting parts of south wales, southern england through the afternoon and into the evening. the odd one could be heavy. look at the temperatures, mid—teens or other teams ina temperatures, mid—teens or other teams in a few spots and then on sunday we have low close by —— upper teens. in western parts we could see the wind picking up and this weather front is close as well. we take a step backward on sunday, more cloud around, the greater chance of seeing rain with western england, northern ireland, western scotland and a few showers developing elsewhere, more in the way of breeze and temperatures not where they were on saturday given that we are more likely to see sunshine. all highs next week, high pressure building to the east of drawing up there from the east of drawing up there from

the south, taking a while to clear things up in northern ireland and western scotland but for most, sunshine breaking out and we could see temperatures as high as 2a next week. promises, promises, nick, thanks very much, see you later! let's take a look at today's papers. good morning, ben e. syria on the front pages, the only story, us strikes against assad expected in days according to the times. britain willjoin action and the cabinet has backed theresa may and we are reporting of a phone call between theresa may and donald trump overnight, confirming they will not put up with more attacks in syria. the daily mail go with the same story, missiles at the ready, theresa may gets the green light from the cabinet. a picture there of cliff richard, saying a prayer as he ta kes cliff richard, saying a prayer as he takes on the bbc in court and that story is on some of the other front pages. how often do you see two

headlines exactly the same on the tabloid squirrel exactly the same! cliff richard, the bbc ruined my life. —— tabloids. exactly the same. he is suing over the footage of the raid by police after the sex claim. the daily express has a picture of cliff richard arriving in court yesterday and they have what they're calling an exclusive, they say the obesity crisis is partly to be blamed on the advice the nhs has been giving on what what we should been giving on what what we should be eating, especially regarding carbohydrates, saying the advice is wrong and misleading. —— on what we should. the daily telegraph, this is whenjeremy should. the daily telegraph, this is when jeremy hunt set should. the daily telegraph, this is whenjeremy hunt set up a company to buy seven luxury flats, breaking the rules over money laundering. and

this rather magnificent lion is alongside thomas chipperfield, who isa alongside thomas chipperfield, who is a 28—year—old member of a circus family and he has been denied a licence by defra as the operator of a travelling circus. i don't know the lion's name, beautiful, but we don't know his name. the last of the lion tamer is has been banned. ben? talking about airlines, yesterday news coming in that iag, the company that owns british airways, is considering a takeover offer for its low—cost offering. they go over the atlantic. you may remember the battle in the 70s with freddie laker and the transatlantic routes, they are saying this could be the same as ba, and willie walsh, the chief executive, trying to take over norwegian, saying it will leave a profit with its success if they have

a stake or it would have believed profit if it goes bust. iag lining up profit if it goes bust. iag lining upa bid profit if it goes bust. iag lining up a bid for norwegian. are they introducing sits where if you choose not to choose where you're sitting, ta ke not to choose where you're sitting, take a small piece of hand luggage on... new ticket types. they have said they will keep the traditional stuff you have now but you can go for a cheaper ticket if you have just hand luggage. and that is on long haul? yes, already on shorthaul but they are going to open it up they said. they say they're going to give the option. interesting, tailor—made choices. give the option. interesting, tailor-made choices. there's a danger, lots of critics say it is a race to the bottom because low—cost airlines are doing that and you have to pay for add—ons and you get penalised for putting a bag in the hold. but the big airlines say they simply to give you choice. one word, i know you've got more stuff, paris is suing the likes of airbnb for a0 million euros a day because it is

fed up of landlords in big cities buying apartments, quoting a shortage of housing for local people and renting them out on site. airbnb and renting them out on site. airbnb and similar websites aren't doing enough to clamp down on that. who's a better driver, a man or a woman? i'm not getting into that! this is statistically based. women are the best riders. it is something that's been an argument that's raged, but dvla figures showed women are better because they have fewer penalty points —— best drivers. there you 90, points —— best drivers. there you go, ben, happy to drive you around. pick me ups at aam? in the morning, no, no, no, ithought we pick me ups at aam? in the morning, no, no, no, i thought we were going foran no, no, no, i thought we were going for an early night out! you have the option of not having anyone at all driving you. —— pick me ups at four a.m.? they used to be something you'd only see in a science—fiction film but driverless cars are fast becoming a reality. this is despite safety concerns

following a fatal crash involving uber‘s test car last month. our transport correspondent, victoria fritz, has been to germany to test the latest developments in self—driving technology. gone are the days you have to raise your hand to hail a cab. a few years ago this was the stuff of science fiction. but the wait for a self driving future is almost over. there we go, and we're off. now, although we go, and we're off. now, although we have an engineer with us today, as you can see, he's not in the driving seat. this car is completely driverless. it means that me, i can sit back in the car, camera lacks, i can check my e—mails. in fact, i do know driving at all. autonomous cars perceive the world through a series of sensors. cameras zero markings, radar measures distance and speed. raider sends ours called wide of provide the finer detail. all three combined to provide a real—time 3—d map of the surrounding area. the

electronic, which you can see, and the software. this is the man whose driving bmw's ambitions. the manufacturer spent over £1 billion on electronic and autonomous technology last year. we are testing most of the activities in a computer. if you're already with the computer. if you're already with the computer and the assimilation we're going to the streets in china as well as in israel and in the us. tech giants are also looking to carve off a slice of the pipe, but after the fatal uber and tesla crashes last month, there are questions about whether this fast race is a safe one. there are two development raises going on with autonomous cars, self driving cars, one on them is the way the manufacturers have been doing it, which is very incremental, step—by—step, slowly, safety first. the other is the west coast us way, the silicon valley way, which is testing on public roads with people.

every major manufacturer is eager to rebrand itself as a transport service provider and not just rebrand itself as a transport service provider and notjust a maker of cars. here in munich, cars have been getting smarter for years. they've been making cars here since 1973 and about ten years ago they started to add cameras and sensors to the mass—market models. the very first autonomous vehicles, the prototypes, well, they were born here. and in 2021, the first fully electric autonomous vehicles will roll off this production line. we are edging closer to a driverless future, but the question is whether the public is prepared to take its hands off the wheel. victoria fritz, bbc news, munich. it is fascinating, isn't it? there will always be the trust issue about d riverless will always be the trust issue about driverless cars. would you rather have me driving or no driver? are we going on a road trip? from mobile phones and online maps to the signal bringing this programme to your tv, satellite technology is so much

a part of our daily lives many of us rarely think about it, but could it be doing even more? john is at goonhilly earth station in cornwall this morning. some people have been coming up with really interesting ideas about how to use satellite technology. john connor some really fascinating ideas. good morning. ——john, some really fascinating ideas. indeed. this morning we're talking about the next generation of space engineers, entrepreneurs, people coming up with ideas about what these satellites can do and goonhilly on the lizard peninsula in cornwall. listening to that feature on driverless cars, they will be governed by gps, global positioning satellites. everyone has a smart phone these days so we use satellite technology very often when we're not even realising it. the great thing that's happened in recent yea rs

great thing that's happened in recent years is the democratisation of space. there are lots of small satellites, cube satellites, only really about that big that are in lower earth orbit and the voltages they fly around quickly and gather lots of data cheaply to be downloaded onto earth. the space agency has launched a competition for young people between 11 and 22 to come up with ideas about how satellites can benefit life on earth in future. we will meet some of them later and we will bring you some sunny pictures from pall mall as well after the news, travel and weather where you will watch —— from cornwall. -- where you're watching. good morning from bbc london news, i'm good morning from bbc london news, i' m charlotte good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. police have released images of two people they'd like to speak to after discovering a cannabis farm in waltham cross. officers were called toa waltham cross. officers were called to a fire at a property in the high street and they discovered the plants. police say they might have

information that could assist with the investigation. commuters are facing a reduced service on parts of one of the busiest lines in london this morning because of a strike by drivers. members of the aslef union based at the district line's acton town depot will walk out for 2a hours. it's in dispute over the treatment of a driver who's been reassigned to a station staff job following driver who's been reassigned to a station staffjob following a number of safety incidents. transport for london say there will be delays to journeys throughout the day. the old vic theatre in london is gearing up for its 200 year anniversary. the theatre first opened on the 11th of may, 1818 at a cost of £12,000. the theatre will host a series of special events next month to mark the anniversary. it has seen a host of stars come through its doors over the years, including dame judy dench. i learned everything i know really from being here, and it is very,

very, very special. let's have a look at the travel situation now and there is a reduced service on the district line this morning because of the strike action i mentioned earlier. onto the trains and southern have a replacement bus service running northbound between horsham and dorking because of a land slip. onto the roads, and the aids in is slow—moving westbound between dagenham and barking causing normal delays. in bromley the high street is closed both ways between armfield road and masons hill after a fire armfield road and masons hill after afire in armfield road and masons hill after a fire in a building near to bromley south station. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. for much of the day today it will feel like a repeat performance of what we had yesterday so misty, grey, damp and drizzly through the day but a lot of dry weather around too and then, it's a big but, we could see things brighten up by the evening rush—hour with perhaps a bit of late sunshine around. early rain to clearfor

northern home counties but otherwise we're looking at a mostly dry day with a bit of drizzle falling from the thickness of the cloud. the wind slowly swinging round to more of a southerly, a light breeze today with the southerly wind breaking up the cloud by the evening. until then temperatures between ten and 12. cloudy for much of the day, but by the time we get to the evening rush—hour, five or 6pm, still a couple of hours of daylight left and we should start to see the late brightness developing with late sunshine and then the cloud gathering again overnight. still clear spells around, lows of around five or six into tomorrow morning. the stage is set nicely for the weekend when there will be more sunshine around on saturday, always the chance of a few showers, temperatures rising and sunday, the cloudier looking day of the weekend, temperatures rising into the low 20s by the time we get into next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london news room in half an hour. but now it's back to naga and john. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast,

withjon kay and naga munchetty. it is 6:30am on friday 13 april. we will have the latest news and sport injust a moment. but coming up later in the programme: as the international community considers military action against the syrian regime, we will hear from refugees watching events unfold from the uk. rediscovering our lost tv gems. we meet the man launching a hunt for the iconic television moments that may be languishing in your attic. my my hands went all hot and tenderly, and suddenly these beams of light came flying out of my palms, like a lightning storm —— tingly. and, not content with her singing, dancing and judging success, alesha dixon has now turned her hand to writing. she willjoin us to talk about her new children's book, and the return of britain's got talent. all that still to come.

but now, a summary of this morning's main news: theresa may and donald trump have vowed that the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria will not go unchallenged. the two leaders spoke by phone last night and agreed to work closely on an international response. the white house said no final decision had been taken, but russia has responded by refusing to rule out war with the united states. having one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, according to a major new study. researchers looked into the health of more than 500,000 drinkers around the world and found drinking more than five pints or beer or glasses of wine a week shortened life expectancy. that is one drink fewer than the current department of health guidelines. hundreds of people protested outside a hospital in liverpool last night to support the parents of alfie evans, the toddler

at the centre of a right—to—life battle. the family wants to take him to rome for treatment, despite a high court ruling allowing the hospital to turn off his life support. there's no court order to say that alfie has to stay in southport right now. we'll take full responsibility and take him to our transportation down there, with full agreement, with doctors who have full duty of care. and they're not allowing us, so we're hoping that my solicitor will get us out. new rules are to be introduced to limit the amount that lawyers can claim if holidaymakers say they have fallen ill on package holidays. ministers want to close a legal loophole which they say has led to a rise in alleged cases, some of which have turned out to be fraudulent. industry experts have welcomed the change, but the law society says the new rules musn't undermine genuine cases. he dresses in black, drives at breakneck speed, and is normally more interested in he penguin than the pelican crossing.

but newly discovered archive footage has shown batman to be an advocate for road safety. look right, look left, look right again, and then only if the road is clear, walk quickly across. this film of adam west promoting the green cross code in london was thought to have been lost, but it turned up on an internet auction site. it is being shown as part of a campaign to encourage people to check their old film reels and video cassettes for lost tv treasures. maybe he was the precursor of the green cross man. and from one action man superhero to another. mike has been dashing all over the place, giving commonwealth athletes a run for their money. you have come up from that balcony. well done. have

we made it?. at all. the beautiful sea to my right, and you don't feel sorry for me at all, and understandably. the big news of this morning, tom daley along with dan goodfellow have gold medals at these games after all. james burford reports. the dive that wins you are commonwealth gold medal. they teamed up commonwealth gold medal. they teamed upfor commonwealth gold medal. they teamed up for bronze at the rio olympics in 2016, but today was all about the top prize for tom daley and dan goodfellow. it has been spinning, somersaulting few days on the gold coast after tom daley feared he may not be able to compete at all with a hip injury. that wasn't the only podium, as matt dixon and williams claimed a silver. the group is

making waves. it is the commonwealth games, and! making waves. it is the commonwealth games, and i didn't know if i would be able to compete. so this medal means a whole lot to me. i know i have won medals in the past, and it has been such a smooth journey to get to those other competitions, whereas it has been a really rough and rocky ride for me to get to this competition, to be able to compete. the next gold came on the greens. scotland's four men's team includes alex marshall, whose performance against australia means he earns a fifth commonwealth gold, becoming the most successful athlete in the games' history. and scotland were not done there. clarejohnson also bawling her weight to a bronze. eyes on the prize, katarina johnson—thompson is literally running towards the heptathlon medal. leaps and bounds ahead of the field in the long jump. the most co mforta ble field in the long jump. the most comfortable of cushions going into the javelin, where she only needed

one the rd to put herself within one event of another title. point made, strolling the gold. laura halford's silver in the hoop final was a historic one for wales. it is now the highest medal tally at an overseas games. and how will she celebrate? well, she says she is going to have some pizza. scotland's seonaid mcintosh also want a slice of the action. fresh from picking up one bronze, she added another in the 50 metre rifle three editions event. with the potential of yet more medals to come, it already is a gold coast today. now, there are a few stories to bring you back home, and arsenal are through to their first european semi—final for nine years. they had to come from 2—0 down against cska moscow in russia. arsene wenger admitted they were in trouble in the first half, but late goals from danny wellbeck and aaron ramsey gave them a 6—3 victory overall. former soldier guy disney has become the first amputee jockey to ride

over the grand national fences at aintree. he said it was very special, afterfinishing eighth in the foxhunter chase on gallery exhibition. disney lost his leg in service in afghanistan, and rides with a prosthetic lower limb. iamjoined by i am joined by a fantastic athlete, sophie han, congratulations on your gold. i couldn't be happier to finish there. —— hahn. gold. i couldn't be happier to finish there. -- hahn. you had time to enjoy those last few yards, because you knew you had won it. and the next meet really spurred me on, andi the next meet really spurred me on, and i had a partner next to me and

to cross the line first, i couldn't be happier, really. what were your thoughts when you cross the line, and then on the podium, here in the national anthem for england? and then on the podium, here in the national anthem for england ?m and then on the podium, here in the national anthem for england? it was a huge honour, mixed emotions, but relief. to complete this and get the gold was absolutely fantastic. because we just enjoy your glory, we don't see the hard work, early mornings, all the training. and watching the london 2012 paralympics inspired you to take up the sport at the age of 15. that's correct, so watching london 2012, with the likes ofjessica ennis—hill, it has been a rollercoaster, really. were you a natural, when you got started? so after the games there was a talent scout, and from their coach, and from there it has been history. were you always fast? on the beach, did you always fast? on the beach, did you beat your family? yes, i used to chase my brothers around the garden, really. that is why you are

commonwealth tampion x back so what have these games be like for you? you have been the paralympics and world championships. how special and unique would you say the commonwealth games are? unique would you say the commonwealth games are ?|j unique would you say the commonwealth games are? i think the commonwealth games are? i think the commonwealth games are fantastic. it is fantastic that para athlete and able—bodied are all in one team, and it has been a fantasticjourney. i have loved every minute of it, really. has been fun competing against the other home teams, wales, ireland and scotland ? against the other home teams, wales, ireland and scotland? it is always fun to compete against the home teams, and australia. and this is the biggest ever programme of para sports. i think it is fantastic that para sports are included, and hopefully birmingham we will have more para. so it has been a great games, really. i won't more para. so it has been a great games, really. iwon't challenge more para. so it has been a great games, really. i won't challenge you to raise up the beach, i know i would be humiliated. so we willjust go from walk. but let's show your

medal to the people at home. gleaming in the sun on a golden sands of broadbeach. and we will have more gold—medal winners later for you on breakfast. we are just going to revel in the success. it is fantastic, isn't it, mike. what were you going to say? i was going to say, the other thing i haven't mentioned yet, speaking of wales, it is now their best away from home commonwealth games ever. i will tell you why at 7:30 a.m., because of a medal which has happened this morning already. and we are looking forward to hearing that. here is nick with a look at this morning's weather. we promised it will get better, but maybe not quite yet. maybe not even this weekend, although it holds off a little bit. next week we will see sunshine, and the highest temperatures of the springs so far as we reach into the low or possibly mid 20s in a few spots. today plenty of cloud around. it is misty, murky, grey and damp. taking a look at the

radar picture, notjust a bit of drizzle but proper rain falling for some of us. this is what has been happening over the past few hours. all of this is edging its way north—west was. some of us have had a decent week in north—west scotland may see rain coming along later but where it rains in the parts of england and wales, that will clear away. noticed a lot of cloud still with us. another area of rain heading into the northern isles. we may see an isolated shower popping up may see an isolated shower popping up towards south—west england and south wales later, although here we are more likely to see a few bright or sunny spells coming through the cloud. temperatures for most of us disappointing, but a little bit higherfor some in disappointing, but a little bit higher for some in parts disappointing, but a little bit higherfor some in parts of the midlands compared with the past few days. mostly around eight to 12 degrees along north sea coast. here things improve a bit over the weekend. late sunshine across southern parts of the uk, clear spells developing into the night, and some of the cloud raking up through the night. temperatures not going down too far. mist and fog

developing, meaning a slow start in the morning where you have some of that. let's take a look at the headlines for the weekend. our temperatures are beginning to go up for the weekend, not to the heady heights of next week, but heating up a bit. some sunshine around, more on saturday and sunday. it turns easier in western parts, and still a bit of wet weather to be had at times. saturday looks mainly dry, the better day of the weekend to come. some bright and sunny spells coming through. a few showers starting to track up towards southern areas later in the day. parts of southern england, maybe south wales, the odd heavy one. let's focus on the temperatures, helped by a bit of sunshine on north sea coast is, really quite a cold week. part two of the weekend, low pressure to the west of us. feeding a weather front our way, and the arrows indicating the winds picking up as well. a windy picture across western parts, with cloud and outbreaks of rain. wales, western england and northern

ireland, the chance of a few showers elsewhere, but many eastern parts will stay dry. more cloud around on sunday so harder to find that sunshine. it will not feel quite as warm as it did on saturday, where more of us did see the sunshine. in the next week it is quite windy at times towards northern ireland in western scotland. during the first pa rt western scotland. during the first part of the week, still a bit of rain to be had but elsewhere, from midweek, we will see the sun coming out. the warmer colours coming away from the south and temperatures getting into the high teens and low 20s. getting into the high teens and low 205. i getting into the high teens and low 20s. i know it seems a long way off yet, but it is next week, and it is coming. honours? really? truly? one—day? coming. honours? really? truly? one-day? are you doubting nick's word? i hope it lives up to expectations. we have heard of bank of mum and dad, and now there is the bank of grandma and grandad. what is difficult at the moment is we say

how intergenerational spending support is needed, but putting a figure on this, figuring out how much they are helping people get into the housing ladder or younger people moving on, when salaries are not matching property expectations. all sorts of things. the prudential has finally put a number on it. the big question is what impact will it have on their own finances. because they have budgeted for their own retirement. we've talked about the bank of mum and dad before, but this time it's the bank of gran and grandad. if you've got kids or grandkids, you'll know this feeling. forking out money to pay for the family for all sorts of stuff, like spending money, a holiday or cash towards a deposit on flat. the prudential says that adds up to about £a,300 a year. mike bath is a father of three and grandfather of nine in manchester. he says he's happy to help out. u nfortu nately all unfortunately all my children have been able to come you know, send for

themselves in various ways —— fortu nately. themselves in various ways —— fortunately. they haven't come to us, sort of, begging. but at times gone on with the need to help them with their housing costs, getting them into houses initially and helping them along the way. be it things to do with extending their houses, holidays now and again we've chipped in. when we plan for our retirement we didn't think we'd have to put money aside for the kids. but actually having said all that i think the pension has turned out to be better than expected but the pull on the pension from the rest of the family has been greater, so it sort of evens out a bit. daniela silcock is from the pensions policy institute and joins us now. good morning, daniela. in the case of marquee has said he is happy to help out but not everyone can afford it, can be? cash mark the. there's lots of pressures facing pensioners and there's different reasons why hash mark the. there is more likely

to be intergenerational families hash mark the. there is more likely to be intergenerationalfamilies who have their own parents to support as well as children and grandchildren —— mark he. they can't necessarily get a job or get on the housing ladder, university debts have accumulated and lots of these trends are happening quickly. looking at home ownership among 25—3a —year—olds, that has dropped 18% in the last seven years so there's quite a quick economic decline and lots of people are struggling. while it might be not necessarily as affordable for people, you don't wa nt to affordable for people, you don't want to see your parents and grandchildren and children suffering so there's lots of pressure to help. it means there's a certain expectation on older people to help out whether they can afford it or not, asking for them to put their hands in their pockets. it's hard to say. the question everyone is asking is this fair but i'm not sure it's

about that, we want to step away from intergenerational sharing and to make sure we're all individually responsible, that's not the sizer rate how families work but it's important to recognise income for pensioners will decline over the next two years —— that's not necessarily. it will peak around the 20205 necessarily. it will peak around the 2020s and then degraded. the provision of defined benefit schemes in the private sector is declining —— degrade. —— private sectors. this is likely to start declining after the 20205, state pension income is going down and added to this people are able to access pension savings more freely than they used to so it will be easier if people feel financial pressure from other family members for people to dip into savings. so in some way we're seeing a bit ofa savings. so in some way we're seeing a bit of a perfect storm. is it fair... we often look at the older generation and say they're so well off and they don't have the pressure

is the younger generation have, they have the houses and goldplated pensions, is that a fair assessment? not really. there's a small group of people who are in their 605 and 70s who are quite wealthy, but one of those reasons is there much more likely to be in work. lots of that income comes from earnings, which people of older generations didn't have because they didn't work as long. on the whole the majority of pensioners, particularly those over 80 or 90, are more likely to be in poverty. a word on what it means for their own pensions savings, if they are not forking out £a300 a year, that will have a big dent on their own pension savings? it's difficult to know how much you will need to live because it depends on how long you're going to live. people tend to underestimate their life expectancy so dipping in early to your pension savings could mean you feel deprived later on in retirement. a worrying sign but nonetheless helpful advice

for people facing those pressures. danielle, thanks very much. we ask you for comments online and helen says we are happy to help until we're gone, it's the circle of life. stephen is more sceptical, people are lucky to have the support that we give them but does it make the younger generation lazy? —— danielle. keep your comments coming in. not miss the younger generation spends the money wisely. indeed. the space industry is the fastest—growing sector of the uk economy, with more than a0% of the world's small satellites built here. now the next generation of tech entrepreneurs are looking to the skies to consider what the satellites of the future could do for us. john maguire is at goonhilly earth station in cornwall. you are looking at what ideas are coming up? yes. this place here has been right

at the forefront of britain's position in space if you like since the 19605, transatlantic pictures, they monitored the apollo space... moon landings at the end of the 60s, band aid, all kinds of things like that and it looks to the future. the huge dish is merlin and that will be refurbished and will be monitoring future lunar missions. this place plays a part in the past, the present and now the future because today we will meet some uk space agency competition winners, young competition winners, who been having a think about what can happen next. what can satellites do to improve life on earth? rescue, rescue, rescue, go, go, go! surf lifesaving is a vital skill on the north cornwall coast. and when the north cornwall coast. and when the club here at porth town is in training, there are a lot of children to keep an eye on. a written register and wristbands with numbers on is the current low—tech

system. we lifeguard here on a big beach, as you can see, and tracking where the children are is one of our biggest challenges. so when a group of school friends decided to enter the competition run by the uk space agency they came up with an idea to use satellites to help surfers. personally if i see a server or a swimmer they could be wearing a band a bit like this, which emits a radio wave which can be intercepted by a low orbit satellite, which would then transmit the location of the surfer or then transmit the location of the surferor swimmer then transmit the location of the surfer or swimmer to the lifeguard truck so they could see exactly where the person is in the seed. the aim of the competition is for youngsters aged from 11 to 22 to come up with ideas for new uses for satellites. it was mainly because we live in cornwall so base on the beach the issues we see more often and are more common around us. they had to demonstrate the system could be viable. we just had to make sure

we stuck to competition guidelines, so we stuck to competition guidelines, so with the cost and effectiveness and how it would work. the girls won the group category with their idea and are now taking surf safe as they call it to the next level. we have chances to meet people who are experts in this field, which is really exciting. yeah. and we actually get to talk to people who know what they're doing, see how we can develop this. yeah, matt,, can develop this. yeah, matt, , el—maghrabi can develop this. yeah, matt,, el—maghrabi couple of servers of the rocks in this woman paul. r&r like beach lifeguards deal with around 10,000 incidents a year and think this idea could prove very effective. if someone is missing the vital thing is bid, the thing is to get to them quickly and if you've got a big area to search that's obviously a difficult thing to do and ifa obviously a difficult thing to do and if a product like this could ta ke and if a product like this could take the search out of search and rescue, i think we're onto a real

winner. it's proved to be a winning concept so far and won the girls hope could become a reality and a lifesaver. back at goonhilly emily is with me from the uk space agency. you have been very impressed with the quality of the entries? very. we had lots of entries this year from individuals and the quality was phenomenal, not just in what they produce but the different ideas they came up with, ranging from health ideas, environmental ideas, safety ideas and looking at planning differently. a real inspiration. the serves saving device the girls were talking about in the film we hope mike day one day become a reality. this is something the uk's space agency has funded, what is this? we supported a small entrepreneur to come up with this and it is a bicycle bell but on in the lights on the top would give

you directions, it would tell you where to go and not only that but when you ring the bell it will tell you there is danger and therefore the cycling route will be amended so they have the safest routes possible. emily, thanks very much. we will take you to the control centre at goonhilly. we have some of the competition winners. good morning, everybody ok? a bit quiet because it is so early. good morning. we talked about the democratisation of space and being more accessible, for young people and normal people, tell us about this gizmo. outside you been talking about merlin, our biggest antenna, that allows us to communicate with the moon and mars but with a very simple little dongle like this, an sdr dongle, software defined radio dongle, £10, on amazon, into your computer, little antenna and you can get signals from space, amazing. that's what the girls are doing,

monitoring. as satellites go past, you can even keep an eye on the space station? indeed, you need a bigger antenna than this, but if the astronauts on the space station are doing a spacewalk then you can listen to their conversations. the sky's the limit and beyond. nice to see you here this morning. we will hear from see you here this morning. we will hearfrom some of see you here this morning. we will hear from some of the other competition winners later in the morning but you were talking about the next generation and the younger generation before you came to us, as you can tell, the earth seems to be in safe hands and space too. john, while you are filming them they are filming you. look behind. ifi had known i would have got all embarrassed and charlie. you look marvellous, your hair looks fine. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. police have released images of two people they would like to speak to after discovering a cannabis farm

in waltham cross. officers were called to a fire at a property in the high street where they discovered the plants. police say they might have information which could assist with the investigation. police say they might have information which could assist with the investigation. commuters are facing a reduced service on the district line this morning because of a strike by drivers. members of the aslef union, based at the acton town depot, will walk out for 2a hours. it's in a dispute over the treatment of a driver who has been reassigned to a station staffjob following a number of safety incidents. transport for london say there will be delays to journeys throughout the day. the old vic theatre in london is gearing up for it's 200—year anniversary. the theatre first opened on the 11th may, 1818 at a cost of £12,000. the theatre will host a series of special events next month to mark the anniversary. it's seen a host of stars come through its doors over the years, including damejudi dench. i learned everything i know really from being here, and it is very, very, very special.

let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a reduced service on the district line because of the strike action i mentioned earlier. also i mentioned earlier. minor delays on the overgrour on the trains, southern trains have a replacement bus service running northbound between horsham and dorking because of a landslip. on the roads, the a13 is slow moving westbound between dagenham and barking causing the usual delays. and in bromley, the high street is closed both ways between elmfield road and masons hill after a fire in a building near to bromley south station. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. in new cross on the aid to the bus lane is close to southbound at hutcheon park road for water main works ——. —— a2 mac. —— a2.

let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. for much of the day today it will feel like a repeat performance of what we had yesterday, so misty, grey, damp and drizzly through the day but a lot of dry weather around too and then, it's a big but, we could see things brighten up by the evening rush—hour with perhaps a bit of late sunshine around. some early rain to clear for northern home counties but otherwise we're looking at a mostly dry day with a bit of drizzle falling from the thickness of the cloud. the wind is slowly swinging round to more of a southerly, a light breeze really today with the southerly wind breaking up the cloud by the evening. until then, temperatures between ten and 12. cloudy for much of the day, but by the time we get to the evening rush—hour, 5pm or 6pm, still a couple of hours of daylight left and we should start to see the late brightness developing with late sunshine and then the cloud re—gathering overnight. still clear spells around, lows of around five or six into tomorrow morning. the stage is set nicely for the weekend when there will be more sunshine around on saturday, always the chance of a few showers, temperatures rising and sunday,

the cloudier looking day of the weekend, temperatures rising into the low 20s by the time we get into next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to naga and john. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. a late—night call between president trump and theresa may. they agree the use of chemical weapons in syria won't go unchallenged. moscow warns that any military action risks starting a war between russia and the united states. good morning, it is friday 13 april. also this morning: a new alcohol warning — just one drink a day could shorten your life. glitz, glamour and video games.

last night was a big night for the video games industry in the uk. i will be talking about the winners of the bafta game awards, good morning from the gold coast. and the main headline here today is that it is gold for tom daley and dan goodfellow. it was touch and go whether daley would even be able to dive, but the pair won the 10m synchro event, with silver going to their england team—mates matthew dixon and noah williams. we will have tom and dan on the beach for you. all around us is that deadly danger, traffic! and lost and now found — the footage of batman star adam west. but what other tv treasures could be rediscovered ? and nick has the weather. and we are trying to rediscover the sunshine. grey, gloomy and damp for many of us. a little bit over the

weekend. next week it is turning dry, sunny and much warmerfor a time. it is a forecast which will hopefully give you a friday feeling, evenif hopefully give you a friday feeling, even if today's weather will not. good morning. first, our main story: theresa may and donald trump have vowed that the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria will not go unchallenged. the two leaders spoke by phone last night and agreed to work closely on an international response. the white house said no final decision had been taken, but russia has responded by refusing to rule out war with the united states. andrew plant reports. with warships and aircraft carriers seemingly on standby, the world is watching. late—night phone calls between leaders, national security meetings, but still no decision yet on military intervention in syria. a suspected attack using chlorine in the syrian town of douma last weekend brought international condemnation. donald trump tweeted on tuesday that missiles would be coming,

but by last night said military action was still under discussion. we're looking very, very seriously, very closely, at that whole situation. and we'll see what happens, folks, we'll see what happens. it's too bad that the world puts us in a situation like that. in a conversation with president trump, britain's prime minister agreed the use of chemical weapons could not go unchallenged, and president macron has said france has proof that the syrian government was behind the chlorine attack. so what form could the military action take, and what could be the targets? it is thought there could be three sites being used to produce chemical weapons. one at masyaf, near the town of hama, and two near damascus. russia's ambassador to the un has urged the us to refrain from military action, saying he couldn't rule out war between washington and moscow. in a high—stakes stand—off between russia and the us,

the next move will have to come from the us, france and the uk. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminsterfor us. it is good to see you. so this time yesterday we were thinking, ok, so theresa may has to present hierarchy meant to her cabinet. there will be conversations, but where will we go next? are we in a pause, or on the edge? i think more on the edge. there is a bit of a hate this morning, but very quickly the cabinet, all 22 members who attended yesterday, were unanimous in backing the prime minister's position, that the prime minister's position, that the assad regime was highly likely to be behind the chemical attack, and future action needed to be taken to deter future attacks. certainly the prime minister politically feels she has the cover to go ahead before mps come back to westminster next week, without the explicit approval. the question, though, is what will

happen in terms of the timing. jeremy corbyn, the labour leader, is calling for a parliamentary vote and was criticising the prime minister this morning for awaiting her instructions from the american president. now, she wants to have a co—ordinated response with america and france, but the timing is not in her hands. it will be to some extent decided by the american president, by the light house, and not here at in downing street. and —— light house. —— white house. in downing street. and —— light house. -- white house. and we will be following events. having one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, according to a major new study. researchers looked into the health of more than 500,000 drinkers around the world and found drinking more than five pints or beer or glasses of wine a week shortened life expectancy. that is one drink less than the current department of health guidelines. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. a glass of wine or a pint of beer is how many people like to relax

after a long, stressful day. but new research says regularly drinking more than the recommended amount of alcohol could take years off your life. researchers compared the health and drinking habits of around 600,000 drinkers in 19 countries around the world. they concluded that people should not have more than five pints of beer or five 175 millilitre glasses of wine each week. drinking more than that was linked to lower life expectancy. having ten or more drinks could take one to two years off your life, while having 18 drinks or more could take four to five years off. the british heart foundation, which part—funded the study, says drinking too much can lead to serious health problems. we mustn't forget that drinking too much also has an effect on your risk for cancer and other diseases, like liver disease. so it's not only your heart health that you need to think about, but it's your overall risk of dying that is increased.

so the take—home message for people is, if you think you're drinking too much at the moment, you need to start thinking about drinking less. since 2016, people in britain have been advised to have no more than 1a units of alcohol each week — around six drinks. the british heart foundation says the results are a sobering wake—up call for countries with much higher limits, and warns that many people in the uk drink a lot more than the recommended amount. charlotte gallagaher, bbc news. hundreds of people protested outside a hospital in liverpool last night to support the parents of alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a right—to—life battle. alfie has an undiagnosed brain disorder, and doctors say there is no hope of recovery. his family say they want to take him to rome for treatment, despite a high court ruling allowing the hospital to switch off his life support. there's no court order to say that alfie has to stay

in southport right now. the truth of the matter is me and kate hold full responsibility, and we'll take him to our transportation down there, with full agreement, with doctors who have full duty of care. and they're not allowing us, so we're hoping that my solicitor will get us out. former fbi directorjames comey has compared president trump to a mafia boss. in a new book written after he was fired last year, mr comey accuses the president of being unethical, untethered to truth, and driven by a need for personal loyalty. he also claims the president wanted the fbi to prove lewd allegations against him were untrue. new rules are to be introduced to limit the amount that lawyers can claim if holidaymakers say they have fallen ill on package holidays. ministers want to close a legal loophole which they say has led to a rise in alleged cases, some of which have turned out to be fraudulent. industry experts have welcomed the change, but the law society says

the new rules musn't undermine genuine cases. employers are falsely listing jobs in cafes and fast food outlets as apprenticeships in order to benefit from government subsidies. the think tank reform warns that up to a0% of new apprenticeships are mislabelled. the government insists that its policies are helping to turn more apprenticeships into real, paid jobs lasting at least 12 months. and if you are waking up with a friday feeling and a spring in your step, you are not the only one. and we just had to bring you these gorilla pictures on a friday morning. this is bolingo, who has stunned his keepers at florida zoo by learning to do a handstand. specialists at busch gardens zoo say the activity enhances the ape's wellbeing. theresa may and her cabinet have agreed on the need to take action

after a suspected chemical attack in syria. but the prime minister now faces a dilemma — should she give parliament a a vote on military action, or go ahead without seeking westminster approval. the conservative mp and former army officerjohnny mercer backs immediate action. liberal democrat sir ed davey wants mps to debate it first. they both join us from westminster. thank you for being there today. if we could start with you, you think the prime minister should just do what she wants, without parliament backing. i don't think she should do what she wants without any scrutiny, or clearly without looking at the evidence, there is nothing cavalier about this. at the issue is that when it comes to making decisions like this around foreign policy, she will look at a whole matrix of evidence which will never be presented to the house of commons, and then mps will make that debate

based on half the picture. so you are not actually going to get a true outcome. i don't agree with no scrutiny whatsoever, that would be foolish. that convention being a relatively new development, that parliament has a vote in some recent conflicts. surely, as johnny parliament has a vote in some recent conflicts. surely, asjohnny mercer was saying, the prime minister will have the data in front of her and will know what to do. why shouldn't she take that decision? well, i think there is no military reason foran think there is no military reason for an attack without parliament debating this. there is no surprise. let's face it, president trump has already tweeted the attack will take place. there is no need to defend the uk from immediate attack. therefore we can be considered about this. and given the issues around russia, for example, i think parliament should see the evidence. last time we had a full debate about an attack on syria, i voted for an

attack, back in 2013. i was then a member of the national security council. i had seen the evidence, i i thought the debate was proper. the debate went the wrong way, in my view, but that doesn't mean we should debate it. it is essential parliament has a debate in this and is presented with the evidence by the prime minister. hasn't iraq change things, notjust in terms of parliament getting the vote, not scepticism among people about intelligence and information. isn't that why it needs more parliamentary scrutiny this time? the prism of iraq has unafraid changed everything in this debate. and rightly so, because some of the mistakes we made going into that were clearly catastrophic. i just don't going into that were clearly catastrophic. ijust don't believe that if you are looking at the intelligence, you are going to get a number of different views, some of which will never be made public, because you will collect them, because you will collect them, because you will burn assets, because you will burn assets,

because you will make the country less safe. the prime minister sees that entire suite of evidence. and parliament should have a voice and a say in that, but the idea it is binding, based on not seeing the full picture of what is going on, i don't think is right. but the prime minister needs to come out and advocate as to what she wants to do, whether she is going to do something or not. i don't have a problem with that, and scrutiny, and clearly all of these things are good things. but when it comes to inhibiting her freedom of movement to make decisions on things like this, i don't think she should be constrained by coming back to parliament. jeremy corbyn has made it clear that he is extremely anxious about military action. he says it risks escalating an already devastating crisis. a lot of people will support that view, given recent experience, that this isjust will support that view, given recent experience, that this is just not the time or the place for the uk to be getting involved in military action. i think that is even more reason for a parliamentary debate. if we are going to take the country with us and unite the country, unite

parliament, you do that through a parliamentary approach. you mentioned iraq. ivoted parliamentary approach. you mentioned iraq. i voted against the war in iraq, because the evidence was not strong. i think the parliamentary debate should have pulled that evidence apart and the liberal democrat i voted against that. i think in this case the evidence is much clearer. we have seen it on our tv screens. we have seen it on our tv screens. we have seen it on our tv screens. we have seen it before. the evidence that assad has attacked his own people with chemical weapons is overwhelming, it seems to me. i would like that absolutely confirmed. i would like to debate theissue confirmed. i would like to debate the issue of how we avoid a conflagration, and seeing conflict with russia, which would be an appalling outcome. we have to think those through, and that is even more reason for a considered approach, where mps reason for a considered approach, where mp5 of all parties are involved. and let's remember, the prime minister does not have a conservative majority in the house of commons. i think as a minority government, a minority could prime minister, it is absolutely incumbent

on her to put the case to parliament to allow mps to come together and have that vote. the other thing that jeremy corbyn has been saying is that theresa may looks very weak in all of this, that she has not decided that she will go to parliament, and she looks like she is waiting for a call from donald trump, waiting for the white house to tell her what to do. jeremy corbyn is going to come on whichever side of the debate is against the government, is he? i don't know what it would take for him to think that military force is required in some insta nces. military force is required in some instances. i think he is still under the impression that these operations should not happen. it is clearly around protecting life, and people like me who think we should stand up and say chemical weapons use is not a cce pta ble and say chemical weapons use is not acceptable in 2018 suddenly become isolated voices, because of this swathe of opinion that says don't trust the evidence, we should never become involved, and so on. i don't

think that is britain in 2018. if you speak to people on the doors in plymouth, or wherever it may be, people understand this is a difficult conflict and you will not get a clean result whatever you do from this. but we have to stand up and say chemical weapons used against children from an individual like assad is not acceptable in 2018, and some sort of action must be coming from that. i was pleased to see the cabinet agreed that yesterday. thank you very much indeed. we have been promised some sunshine, it looked a bit dull and grey in westminster and a bit dull and grey in cornwall where we are this morning as well, in salford as well, but the sun is coming out. here is nick with a look at this morning's weather. i'm not saying it's imminent, you will have to wait longer for it yet but the sun is in the forecast and the end of the forecast is where things look good so stick around for a couple of minutes, well worth watching, even if we have to deal with the rubbish first of all. again

it's a bit rubbish today, lots of cloud around, damp in places, a bit of rain to be had and temperatures are none too special for the time of year. this is the radar, let's look at the rainfall overnight and the past few hours, a strip of rain edging further north—west and some in western scotland will see more of that through the day, fringing into the far north—east of northern ireland. another spell of rain in the north sea will track across the northern isles later in the day. where we clear the rain in parts of wales and northern england, the cloud stays on, misty and murky. brighter later, a late day shower in south—west wales and northern england. the same disappointing temperatures particularly along north sea coasts. tonight, there's your late sunny spells coming through for some across southern parts. the rain we have affecting northern scotland will clear. variable cloud, clear spells

overnight. perhaps issues with poor visibility so patchy mist and fog around and the temperatures aren't going around too far, but then they didn't go up very far in the day. let's have a look at the weekend and these are the headlines, warming up a bit this weekend. some sunshine around at times, the wind picking up in western parts and the chance of showers, wet weather at times likely over the weekend. saturday the driest and brightest day of the weekend. still a fair amount of cloud around but some sunny spells here and there, most places looking bright but as the day goes on some heavy showers will develop in southern parts of england and south wales. look at these temperatures, higher than they've been, and quite a transformation on the north sea coasts, which have been stuck in single figures, to get double figures for a change. going into sunday, we're watching this area of low pressure to the west feeding in this weather front closer without brea ks this weather front closer without breaks of rain to western parts and a strengthening wind. if anything,

on sunday then lower your expectations, we take a step backwards, rain at times in western scotla nd backwards, rain at times in western scotland and northern ireland and western england, and your temperatures may be knocked back a bit compared to where they have been. the weight is worthwhile into next week when we see the warmth coming our way on a southerly breeze, widespread sunshine for midweek and the warmest weather since last october. wait for it, here's the number, wait for it, 2a possible somewhere next week. not as if you're hedging your bets, 2a somewhere next week! not as if you're hedging your bets, 24 somewhere next week! i've given you an actual number. is that fahrenheit or celsius? you tease. we are happy with the orange, it is great! the sense of relief in here and across the country is palpable! let's get an update on the business news now. ben's talking about airlines and airbnb today. you look worried. i think we should

screen shot that metaphor and we him to that. a lot of people jetting to somewhere warmer right now. good morning. the firm that owns british airways could make a takeover bid for rival airline norwegian. it's been quietly buying shares in the budget airline and reports say they could now make a formal bid. norwegian has eaten into ba's market for routes between the uk and america. paris says it wants to fine airbnb and other online accommodation sites for breaching rules on licencing. the authorities say the firms aren't doing enough to prevent landlords buying flats and houses just to rent out. they say that's damaging neighbourhoods and denting profits for hotels. and we've talked about bank of mum and dad, now there's bank of gran and grandad. the prudential says grandparents are forking out more than £a,000 a year to help their children and grandchildren afford household bills, holidays or deposits on flats. there are fears it could affect their own pension savings

for later life. in about half an hour we will talk about computer games. it was the big glamorous evening last night, the ba fta glamorous evening last night, the bafta awards for video games, we will talk about who won what and why because it's a huge business but one that might not get the recognition that might not get the recognition that the films and tv does. lots of older generations don't understand it. the budgets, merchandising, sales around the world. if you get a hidden video game you are made, on a par with some films. we'll talk about that in half an hour. the games baftas are bigger than the movie and television ones. talk about that with you later on! thanks very much. dad's army, doctor who, top of the pops, they're among the crown jewels of british television. so it's hard to fathom how some of their early episodes were allowed to disappear either because they were never recorded in the first place or the tapes

were simply lost from the archives. now a group of tv historians are appealing for us to check cupboards, lofts and sheds for old recordings. before we speak to one of them, let's have a look at some of the telly treasure they have already discovered. fellow, citizens. i'm taking a holiday from crime—fighting in gotham city. no rest from danger, though, because all around us is that deadly, daily danger, traffic! at the call, stop. look right, look left, look right again. if all's clear, walk quickly across the. one of these celebrities is sitting in a secret square and the contestant that picks it first could get to see the little mermaid. which celebrity is it? is it lionel blair. they

wanted to take him to the oxbridge hospital to the casualty department. i don't know but i think it's likely they want to admit him. thanks very much, there we are, to all of you watching this evening, thanks very much on their behalf too. all the nabi. thanks very much. here's our latest ones. it's called don't do it, baby. shall we dance along to that? chris page is one of the tv historians behind this campaign. hejoins us now. can we start talking about the adam west batman video, road safety video, you found that. tell us how? i bought it on ebay on christmas day, when most people are cooking the turkey will doing other things, i was browsing and saw a real of 35mm adverts for sale and thought i would had a look. when we started going through it afterwards we

realise that it was, adam west as batman. we can see it against pit is brilliant. iadmire the brilliant. i admire the way you british children get rid of this danger by using the safety code. before crossing the road you stop at the curb, look right, look left, look right again and then only if the road is clear, walk quickly across. now, children, how does it go? at the curb, stop. look right, look left, look right again. if all's clear, walk quickly across. if you're walking to school this morning then remember that's how you do it, hold batman's hand. or mum and dad. that was the precursor to the green cross code man i guess but back then they used batman. when i first saw it i thought it might be american because using the term curb, i thought i've never heard of that and i had to go online and do

some research and in may, 1967 adam west ca m e some research and in may, 1967 adam west came over and made that film for the government, the central office of information, and the day before... that's before the green cross code man. and bob monkhouse's attic had some stuff? we were lucky, kaleidoscope stored the bob monkhouse collection, his daughter, abigail, asked us to look after it when he died and most of his film was in the attic and i went up to get the film and i noticed a plastic bag on a sainsbury is one i think, out on the rafters of the actual house so i crawled along the rafter to get it thinking, well, who knows what it is and there was some old philips 1500 tapes inside and one was lenny henry's first—ever appearance on new faces. did you tell lenny henry, what did he think? he was bowled over when i showed him at bafta. the saddest part was he

said his mum wanted to see it again and that's the beauty of finding lost footage, you can reunited with people who appreciate and remember it, it brings back memories and makes people really happy. of course someone like bob monkhouse would have tapes and reels in his attic but i'm not going to have stuff like that in my attic or my shared, and my? will most of us have material thatis my? will most of us have material that is interesting? -- my shared. film prince of doctor who have turned up in the basement of a mormon church 20 years ago —— film prints —— shed. every time someone says you're never going to find that, that will never turn up, six months later someone will contact you and say, i've come across something at a car boot sale and my mum has died and she used to work at the bbc and i'm in her attic and she's got these old photographs and scripts. probably100,000

she's got these old photographs and scripts. probably 100,000 people have worked in the media over the yea rs have worked in the media over the years who have now retired and left, if one thing was kept by each of them there would be 100,000 things. what is the one thing you would like to find? that is really hard for me. i love the tv series public eye probably. thank very much, check out your attic. have a look in your attic and you might have something remarkable. a classic edition of brea kfast remarkable. a classic edition of breakfast from years on by. who knows! —— years gone by. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. police have released images of two people they would like to speak to after discovering a cannabis farm in waltham cross. officers were called to a fire at a property in the high street where they discovered the plants. police say they might have information which could assist with the investigation.

commuters are facing a reduced service on the district line this morning because of a strike by drivers. members of the aslef union will walk out for 2a hours. it's in a dispute over the treatment of a driver who has been reassigned to a station staffjob following a number of safety incidents. transport for london say there will be delays to journeys throughout the day. the old vic theatre in london is gearing up for it's 200—year anniversary. the theatre first opened on the 11th may, 1818 at a cost of £1,2000. the theatre will host a series of special events next month to mark the anniversary. it's seen a host of stars come through its doors over the years, including damejudi dench. i learned everything i know really from being here, and it is very, very, very special. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a reduced service on the district line because of the strike action i mentioned earlier. and there are minor delays on the overground.

on the trains, southern trains have a replacement bus service running northbound between horsham and dorking because of a landslip. on the roads, the a13 is slow moving westbound between dagenham and barking causing the usual delays. in the usual delays. wapping the highway is slow westbound in wapping the highway is slow westbound between limehouse and tower bridge near barking. in bromley, the high street is closed both ways between elmfield road and masons hill after a fire in a building near to bromley south station. in shoreditch there's a lane closed on the a10 southbound near hackney road for gasworks. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. for much of the day today it will feel like a repeat performance of what we had yesterday, so misty, grey, damp and drizzly through the day but a lot of dry weather around too and then, it's a big but, we could see things brighten up by the evening rush—hour with perhaps a bit of late sunshine around. some early rain to clear for northern home counties but otherwise we're looking at a mostly dry day with a bit of drizzle falling from the thickness of the cloud.

the wind is slowly swinging round to more of a southerly, a light breeze really today with the southerly wind breaking up the cloud by the evening. until then, temperatures between ten and 12. cloudy for much of the day, but by the time we get to the evening rush—hour, 5pm or 6pm, still a couple of hours of daylight left and we should start to see the late brightness developing with late sunshine and then the cloud re—gathering overnight. still clear spells around, lows of around five or six into tomorrow morning. the stage is set nicely for the weekend when there will be more sunshine around on saturday, always the chance of a few showers, temperatures rising and sunday, the cloudier looking day of the weekend, temperatures rising into the low 20s by the time we get into next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to naga and john. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty.

here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: theresa may and donald trump have vowed that the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria will not go unchallenged. the two leaders spoke by phone last night and agreed to work closely on an international response. but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has accused the government of waiting for instructions from the us, and warned that military intervention risks escalating the conflict. having one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, according to a major new study. researchers looked into the health of more than 500,000 drinkers around the world and found drinking more than five pints of beer or glasses of wine a week shortened life expectancy. that is one drink less than the current department of health guidelines. hundreds of people protested outside a hospital in liverpool last night

to support the parents of alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a right—to—life battle. alfie has an undiagnosed brain disorder, and doctors say there is no hope of recovery. his family say they want to take him to rome for treatment, despite a high court ruling allowing the hospital to switch off his life support. new rules are to be introduced to limit the amount that lawyers can claim if holidaymakers say they have fallen ill on package holidays. ministers want to close a legal loophole which they say has led to a rise in alleged cases, some of which have turned out to be fraudulent. industry experts have welcomed the change, but the law society says the new rules musn't undermine genuine cases. we have had a good little hall of medals. it is raining medals! mike is in australia, on the gold coast, with all the news. you promised us... are you taking on the sites?

you are sitting right in. a very importantjob. you are sitting right in. a very important job. these are you are sitting right in. a very importantjob. these are the real deal. we have to keep our eyes on the pacific ocean from 6am until 6pm, because these seas are potentially dangerous. great to surf or swim potentially dangerous. great to surf orswim in, but potentially dangerous. great to surf or swim in, but you potentially dangerous. great to surf orswim in, but you must potentially dangerous. great to surf or swim in, but you must be between the flags, and josh is off to do his bit. calling someone back from those big waves. there we go. and gary, you must be proud of the australian success so far. we you must be proud of the australian success so far. we are you must be proud of the australian success so far. we are doing pretty well. it is pretty much dominating the english, aren't we?” well. it is pretty much dominating the english, aren't we? i won't mention the cricket. history for wales, and tom daley was able to compete after all in the 10m synchro diving, winning gold with dan goodfellow. james burford reports.

the dive that wins you a commonwealth gold medal. they teamed up for bronze at the rio olympics in 2016, but today was all about the top prize for tom daley and dan goodfellow. it has been spinning, somersaulting few days on the gold coast, after daley feared he may not be able to compete at all, with a hip injury. that wasn't the only podium, as matt dixon and noah williams claimed a silver. the group is making waves. it's the commonwealth games, and i didn't know if i'd be able to compete, so this medal means a whole lot to me. i know i've won medals in the past, and it's been such a smooth journey to get to those other competitions. whereas it's been a really rough and rocky ride for me to get to this competition, to be able to compete. the next gold came on the greens. scotland's men's team includes alex marshall, whose performance against australia means he earns a fifth commonwealth gold, becoming the most successful athlete in the games‘ history. and scotland were not done there — clairejohnston and lesley doig also bowling their way to a bronze.

eyes on the prize, katarina johnson—thompson is literally running towards the heptathlon medal — leaps and bounds ahead of the field in the long jump. the most comfortable of cushions going into the javelin, where she only needed one throw to put herself within one event of another title. point made, strolling to gold. laura halford's silver in the hoop final was a historic one for wales. it is now the highest medal tally at an overseas games. and how will she celebrate? well, she says she is going to have some pizza. scotland's seonaid mcintosh also wants a slice of the action. fresh from picking up one bronze, she added another in the 50m rifle three positions event. with the potential of yet more medals to come, it already is a gold coast today.

and josh has made sure the sea is safe, and plenty more stories to ta ke safe, and plenty more stories to take you through. arsenal are through to their first european semi—final for nine years. they had to come from 2—0 down against cska moscow in russia. arsene wenger admitted they were in trouble in the first half, but late goals from danny wellbeck and aaron ramsey gave them a 6—3 victory overall. lewis hamilton has set the fastest time on every lap he did. tyson fury will be back in the boxing ring this summer. he hasn't fought since beating wladimir klitschko to become world heavyweight champion in november 2015 because of a doping ban.

he will fight in manchester injune, but we don't know yet who he will be up against. here at the commonwealth games, we have seen some pretty incredible performances, not least from tom daley and dan goodfellow earlier this morning. they will be with us on the beach at 8:30 a.m.. but where there is success, there is also failure. things don't always go to plan when it comes to diving into water, as i should know! so spare a thought for new zealand's elizabeth cui, who got her dive badly, badly wrong in the preliminary round of the women's 1m springboard. so yes, hopefully she does a lot better. she is famous around the world, so i am sure that won't dent her confidence, but it can happen to anyone in the diving. and i should know! i was going to say, it reminds me of somebody... never mind, you

made very clear that although... say ain? made very clear that although... say again? i am not going to bother, i think you are busy down there. again? i am not going to bother, i think you are busy down therelj think you are busy down there.” will go and have a look what is happening. i won't go too near the water, don't worry. i think he has spotted someone far out. a couple of surfers, i think they have just gone out a bit too far. so he will get them in. all sorted. so pleased you are there for them, mike. we feel much safer now, mike. after his mishap earlier in the week, everywhere he goes he has two lifeguards with him to make sure he is totally safe. you can search for that online, mike in the water. as mike told us, england's katarina johnson—thompson is leading the hepthlon with just one event to go — the 800 metres. toni minichiello knows a thing or two about that event,

having coached jessica ennis—hill to glory at the olympics and the world and european championships. he is here now. how are you finding it? it is a bit awkward, with the time differences, and doing it for the bbc. i wasn't quite sure it was friday. we were looking at the tally, have they lived up to expectations? australia has in of england 92, scotland 39, we're not doing badly.” has in of england 92, scotland 39, we're not doing badly. i think there has been a mix. someone like our hammer thrower having a bronze, we have seen some great performances from people in that sense. and so a bit of a mix. some of the names we thought would do well probably haven't done quite as well as we thought they would, unfortunately. let's look at the name katarina johnson—thompson. can she do it?

yes, she is by far the best placed in the event, so i don't see it in a problem. you have bitten your lip nervously while saying that.” problem. you have bitten your lip nervously while saying that. i will tell you why, because i have backed two or three people to win medals, and unfortunately they did not. some of those that i thought would have won medals here... i am always a bit... it is not that bad, because one i suggested would win did so. you are probably sick of this question, but people always compare katarina johnson—thompson to jessica ennis—hill. having coached jess, and scene where she was at various stages, does katarina match—up to expectations? katarina was a much betterjunior. i expectations? katarina was a much better junior. i thinkjessica expectations? katarina was a much betterjunior. ithinkjessica made a better transition, whereas katarina went as a junior to the

olympic games in 2012. so they are different sizes, they are strong in different sizes, they are strong in different places. katarina a very good high jumper and sprinter, jessica a bit more steady on throwing, an exceptional hurdler. you put together your score over those seven events in a slightly different fashion. how do they compare as personalities? that is difficult, because i knowjessica very well and i don't know katarina as well. i thinkjessica was one of those people who could quite easily when things went badly let it wash over her and moved to the next event. she had that ability to just let go. katarina sometimes, i think, carries the burden from event to event. but when you see her smile you see the confidence. i think that is the big thing. if in doubt, smile, and you would be surprised how effective it is. another one is the 100 metres hurdle finalist. you

will be watching that very closely. explain to me how it works in terms of the coach and athlete relationship. often with big events you see coaches out there with their athletes, and you are obviously not out there today. is that normal?m depends on a couple of things. one is purely financial. when an athlete isn't funded, you have the paper that yourself. when you say not funded, what do you mean? she is not lottery funded, there are no pots of money she can use for her coach. she gets a little bit of funding from british athletics, but that is specific to her. so as a coach you would have to take time off work and things like that. so the biggest names have their coaches with them, do they? i think where they are funded it works magnificently and

did will cover the expense for coaches to be out there. with australia you had a holding camp of two weeks and a week at the championships. you have to be in australia for three weeks. and that is an expensive place to be. so are you constantly on the phone? are you facetiming one another? e-mail, whatsapp... she facetiming one another? e-mail, whatsapp. .. she ran facetiming one another? e-mail, whatsapp... she ran her heat and then called me at four a.m.. so she is on at 110 p.m.. i would leave her alone, there are ten staff who can look after her. we had our conversation yesterday. for alicia, it was a magnificent achievement to make the finals. to get a second run, ijust said you have nothing to lose. go for it and see how you get on and learn from the experience. lose. go for it and see how you get on and learn from the experiencem is strange because that coach and

athlete relationship is so specific. enjoy it, that is the best advice. and if you do speak to her, give her al best. —— our best. marvellous looking down at the gold coast, and we will have it in just a few days, nick has promised us. here is nick with a look at this morning's weather. to think we're going from this to this, the warmest weather is on the way next week. a big transformation, will take time but today it is grey and dampfor will take time but today it is grey and damp for many, bit of rain on the radar picture over the past few hours. a wet night for some. these outbreaks are going north—west buds. pushing away from england and wales where it's raining, but reining in scotla nd where it's raining, but reining in scotland for a time on and off through the day. fringing the east of northern ireland —— north and

west. even where you clear the rain you will keep a lot of cloud around, misty and murky, brighter later in south—west england and wales but a late day shower and for most temperatures eight or 12, just a few spots getting to 13 or 1a, still very chilly along some north sea coasts from the humber northwoods. tonight, late day sunshine in southern areas, some clear spells developing with patchy mist and fog, clearing the rain from northern scotla nd clearing the rain from northern scotland with most places dry and temperatures not going down too far. how is the weekend looking? small steps before it warms up next week. warmer this weekend helped of course when you get to see some sunshine and there will be some sunny spells on offer. the wind picks up especially in western areas and there's the chance of wet weather over the weekend. day by day, this is saturday, probably the driest and brightest day of the two. a lot of dry weather around and a fair amount of cloud but some sunny spells to be

had. notice showers heading into southern england and south wales by the end of the day but the temperatures going up and where you will notice that the most is the north sea coasts, an entire week stuck in single figures, they will be edging up. low pressure is sitting to the rest of us on sunday as they weather front pushes ahead of that with the wind is picking up and because of that there will be more cloud. in the west, outbreaks of rain, wales, western england, northern ireland, western scotland with some showers, the east will be driest but cloudy here compared to saturday and temperatures may be knocked back a bit in the south. only small steps this weekend before next week where we will see high pressure building in, initially wet and windy weather in parts of northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland but on wednesday widespread warmth, temperatures into the high teens and low 20s widely. some cynical people say you only ever

talk about it being a heat wave is it's the south of england or the south—east, but somewhere in england will get to 2a but most places will be in the high teens and low twenties. spring is about to spring. you promised it, nick, you promised it. funnily enough last time i was here i talked about the beast from the east, that's how long ago it was, nice to bring you something warmer. it is nice to hear it as well, nick, really lovely. it is coming! it was the biggest night of the year for the computer games industry last night. ben's looking at why it's such big business. the stars of those, if you get a good game and get a great idea and sell it around the world, big business and if you do well you become a celebrity in that world but now it's going more mainstream. computer games are a massive industry. one that the uk is particularly good at.

we've got the designers, the coders, the games studios and we sell the games around the world. and the sector is big business, it's worth over £1 billion a year to the economy, employing around 33,000. a lot of those jobs are highly skilled and about 80% of staff working for games studios are qualified to degree level. elle osili—wood is a video gaming presenter and joins us now. nice to see you. we talk about the fa ct nice to see you. we talk about the fact it doesn't have the profile of something like the film baftas or maybe the tv baftas, but this is really big business. absolutely, we don't have the profile of films and tv, which we think of as big business, but this week alone we had grand theft auto, a game most people know, and the last one that was released a long time ago, 2013, a long time in gaming, it made $6

billion in profit so it went past the highest grossing film of all time, avatar, a measly $2.7 billion, and starwars, $3 time, avatar, a measly $2.7 billion, and star wars, $3 billion in their lifetime in the entire franchise. but a game released in 2013 made $6 billion and it was made by rockstar, a company based in scotland and. why are we so good at it in the uk? we are we so good at it in the uk? we are the fifth biggest gaming industry, which is pretty impressive given our size but we are very creative. there's a couple of archetypes of games, shooting, platform, but we do very creative games, beautiful, artistic design, that's what we do well and what we are well known for. that's what the awards is recognising, the creativity and artistry. you touched on the shooting games, lots of

pa rents on the shooting games, lots of parents watching will say great, the kids can play the games and it keeps them occupied, but there are concerns about violence and addictiveness. there's one called fortnight that went off—line for a day and caused problems because the kids couldn't play it. it's always a worry and it gets brought up a lot, are the video game is going to make my kids violent and are they addictive? but there's been studies showing they are no more addictive than television and film, you hear about it because it's an industry people don't understand and they are frightened of anything with guns in. in the same way you would let your child read a book with violence or watch a film with guns, it has no more effect than any other entertainment medium that features violence. what next, we have seen the phenomenal growth, technology has allowed it to happen, where does it go next? we're doing well, a real growth industry and one that employs so many people? the sports is where

gaming is going, it has become incredibly mainstream in the last couple of years and we do very well. —— e—sports. we didn't have many players a few years ago and now we have players competing in really big leagues, playing call ofjudy professionally, i wish i could do it, but that's where it's going, it's a huge industry. there's a streaming platform, twitch, it had more viewers than cnn and ms, msnbc combined. we are all in the wrong job! —— and mns —— and msnbc. more from me later in avatar form. that is one big fast—growing business but we have another one. satellites, who knew what they could do? john maguire is at goonhilly earth station in cornwall. it is all about the satellites. good

morning. good morning. we are at goonhilly station on the lizard peninsula in cornwall, it's notjust about what satellites can do now but in the future, the opportunities that space has and the uk space agency launched a competition for young people to inspire the next generation of space scientists, asking them how can satellite technology further enhance and help our life down here on earth? rescue, rescue, rescue. go, go, go! surf lifesaving is a vital skill on the north cornwall coast. and when the club here at porthtowan is in training, there are a lot of children to keep an eye on. a written register and wristbands with numbers on is the current low—tech system. we lifeguard here on a big beach, as you can see, and tracking where the children are is one of our biggest challenges. so when a group of school friends decided to enter the satellife competition run by the uk space agency they came up with an idea to use satellites to help surfers. a person in the sea,

either surfer or a swimmer, could be wearing a band a bit like this, which emits a radio wave which can be intercepted by a low orbit satellite, which would then transmit the location of the surfer or swimmer to the lifeguard truck so they could see exactly where the person is in the sea. the aim of the competition is for youngsters aged from 11 to 22 to come up with ideas for new uses for satellites. it was mainly because we live in cornwall so based on the beach, it was the issues we see more often and we see that are more common around us. they had to demonstrate the system could be viable. we just had to make sure we stuck to competition guidelines, so with the cost and effectiveness and how it would work. the girls won the group category with their idea and are now taking surf safe, as they call it, to the next level. we have chances to meet people who are experts in this field, which is really exciting.

yeah. and actually get to talk to people who know what they're doing, see how we can develop this. radio: vehicle sandbank. vehicle, go ahead, over. yeah, matt, got couple of surfers off the rocks in the pool. rnli beach lifeguards deal with around 10,000 incidents a year and think this idea could prove very effective. if somebody‘s missing the vital thing is speed, to get to them quickly and if you've got a big area to search that's obviously a difficult thing to do. and if a product like this could take the search out of search and rescue, i think we're onto a real winner. it's proved to be a winning concept so far and one the girls hope could become a reality and a lifesaver. we're at the control centre here at

the... a control tower really, they've gone very quiet all of a sudden. the competition winners from the uk space agency. mle, good morning, why have you launched the competition? what we need to do is inspire the engineers and scientists of the future and that is what the government industrial strategy supports, and this is all about getting people to realise how much we use satellites daily without thinking and how important they are to everything we do, from turning on your kettle to listening to the radio, weather forecasting, the quality of the satellites. and the quality of the satellites. and the quality of the entries gets better each year? it does, the innovation and variety of entries were fantastic this year. we've covered environmental things to safety devices to helping people in an emergency. fantastic to see people thinking so broadly. pew or innovation. dylan, you are one of the winners, hold your board up a

bit, we won't expect you to read this at home, but what was your idea? use a spectrograph to measure leds across the globe —— pew or innovation. we can hone in on areas that need more leds. the idea to promote more use of leds around the planet, you can see from some of your imagery, pictures taken from space, the types of patterns we can see. congratulations, what did you think about winning? overwhelmed, such a great opportunity and really happy. one quick chat with these guys, happy. one quick chat with these guys, with ella and maddie and eleanor. what is your idea? guys, with ella and maddie and eleanor. what is your idea7m guys, with ella and maddie and eleanor. what is your idea? it is a tracker that helps vulnerable people with certain illnesses to get help quickly using gps. what was it like to win? amazing, we couldn't believe the news, brilliant news to receive and we are so excited we can finally

get the chance to develop our idea properly. with this make a difference if it came to fruition, what would it do? we hope so, we wa nt what would it do? we hope so, we want to help vulnerable people and people who could be affected. thanks very much for helping us. give yourself a round of applause, the satellite clock is telling us we are well out of time. thanks very much from goonhilly. glorious down on the south coast and all so glorious on the gold coast. look at this, we're waking up this morning but there the sun is setting. the sun sets there and the sunrises here. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. police have released images of two people they would like to speak to after discovering a cannabis farm in waltham cross. officers were called to a fire at a property in the high street, where they discovered the plants.

police say they might have information which could assist with the investigation. commuters are facing a reduced service on the district line this morning, because of a strike by drivers. members of the aslef union will walk out for 2a hours. it is in a dispute over the treatment of a driver who has been reassigned to a station staff job following a number of safety incidents. transport for london say there will be delays to journeys throughout the day. the old vic theatre in london is gearing up for its 200—year anniversary. the theatre first opened on 11 may 1818 at a cost of £12,000. it will host a series of special events next month to mark the anniversary, and has seen a host of stars come through its doors over the years, including dame judi dench. i learned everything i know really from being here, and it is very, very, very special. let's have a look at the travel situation now.

there's a reduced service on the district line because of the strike action i mentioned earlier. and there are minor delays on the overground. on the trains, southern trains have a replacement bus service running northbound between horsham and dorking because of a landslip. on the roads, in wapping, the highway is slow westbound between limehouse and tower bridge and barking. in bromley, the high street is closed both ways between elmfield road and masons hill after a fire in a building near to bromley south station. and in shoreditch, there's a lane closed on the a10 southbound at hackney road for gas main works. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. for much of the day today it will feel like a repeat performance of what we had yesterday, so misty, grey, damp and drizzly through the day but a lot of dry weather around too and then, it's a big but, we could see things brighten up by the evening rush—hour with perhaps a bit of late sunshine around. some early rain to clear for northern home counties but otherwise we're looking

at a mostly dry day with a bit of drizzle falling from the thickness of the cloud. the wind is slowly swinging round to more of a southerly, a light breeze really today with the southerly wind breaking up the cloud by the evening. until then, temperatures between ten and 12. cloudy for much of the day, but by the time we get to the evening rush—hour, 5pm or 6pm, still a couple of hours of daylight left and we should start to see the late brightness developing with late sunshine and then the cloud re—gathering overnight. still clear spells around, lows of around five or six into tomorrow morning. the stage is set nicely for the weekend when there will be more sunshine around on saturday, always the chance of a few showers, temperatures rising and sunday, the cloudier looking day of the weekend, temperatures rising into the low 20s by the time we get into next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to naga and john. bye for now. hello this is breakfast,

withjon kay and naga munchetty. a late night call between president trump and theresa may. they agree the use of chemical weapons in syria won't go unchallenged. moscow warns that any military action risks starting a war between russia and the united states. good morning, it's friday 13th april. also this morning. a new alcohol warning — just one drink a day could shorten your life. the bank of gran and grandad... grandparents are forking out more than £a000 a year to support their families. but why? and could it affect their own retirement plans? and good morning from the gold coast. the main headline is tom

daley and dan goodfellow winning gold in the diving. it was touch and go whether daley would even be able to dive but the pair won the 10—metre synchro event, with silver going to their england team—mates matthew dixon and noah williams. i'll bejoined on i'll be joined on the i'll bejoined on the beach by tom and dan at half past eight, don't miss it. and former strictly champion alesha dixon tells us why she's following in the footsteps of her fellow britain's got talent judge david walliams and writing a book. and nick has the weather. sunshine on the way? the weather is about to get its spring groove on, dry and warm and sunny next week, the forecast that you want to hear, on its way. thank you nick.

first, our main story. theresa may and donald trump have vowed that the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria will "not go unchallenged". the two leaders spoke by phone last night and agreed to work closely on an international response. the white house said no final decision had been taken but russia has responded by refusing to rule out war with the united states. andrew plant reports. with warships and aircraft carriers seemingly on standby, the world is watching. late—night phone calls between leaders, national security meetings, but still no decision yet on military intervention in syria. a suspected attack using chlorine in the syrian town of douma last weekend brought international condemnation. donald trump tweeted on tuesday that missiles would be coming, but by last night said military action was still under discussion. we're looking very, very seriously, very closely, at that whole situation. and we'll see what happens, folks, we'll see what happens. it's too bad that the world puts us in a position like that. in a conversation with president trump, britain's prime minister agreed the use of chemical weapons could not go unchallenged,

and president macron has said france has proof that the syrian government was behind the chlorine attack. so what form could the military action take, and what might be the targets? it is thought there could be three sites being used to produce chemical weapons. one at masyaf, near the town of hama, and two near damascus. at dummar and barzeh. russia's ambassador to the un has urged the us to refrain from military action, saying he couldn't rule out war between washington and moscow. in a high—stakes stand—off between russia and the us, the next move will have to come from the us, france and the uk. andrew plan to bbc news. the next move. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminsterfor us. theresa may has the backing of her

cabinet. they believe action should be taken to prevent future attacks, she believes that action should be taken against city without a parliamentary vote. but watch is not in control of the timing of that action. as we said she spoke to president trump last night, they haven't yet decided on the form of military attack to degrade presents the back president assad's capacity of carrying out chemical attacks. i think pressure for a parliamentary vote on the issue will grow, jeremy corbyn has suggested she is taking instruction from the american president rather than from her own party, sir vince cable has called for a recall but i think it seems she would be willing to take part in coordinated action with america and france before monday when parliament resumes. and she will believe she

has not only got the political backing of her cabinet but and is the right thing to do. thank you, iain. having one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life according to a major new study. researchers looked into the health of more than half a million drinkers around the world and found drinking more than five pints of beer, or glasses of wine, a week shortened life expectancy. that is one drink less than the current department of health guidelines. our health correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. a glass of wine or a pint of beer is how many people like to relax after a long, stressful day. but new research says regularly drinking more than the recommended amount of alcohol could take years off your life. researchers compared the health and drinking habits of around 600,000 drinkers in 19 countries across the world. they concluded that people shouldn't have more than five pints of beer or five 175 millilitre glasses of wine each week. drinking more than that was linked

to lower life expectancy. having ten or more drinks could take one to two years off your life, while having 18 drinks or more could take four to five years off. the british heart foundation, which part—funded the study, says drinking too much can lead to serious health problems. we mustn't forget that drinking too much also has an effect on your risk for cancer and other diseases, like liver disease. so it's not only your heart health that you need to think about, but it's — your overall risk of dying is increased. so the take—home message for people is, if you think you're drinking too much at the moment, you need to start thinking about drinking less. since 2016, people in britain have been advised to have no more than 1a units of alcohol each week — around six drinks. the british heart foundation says the results are a sobering wake—up call for countries with much higher limits, and warns that many people in the uk drink a lot more than the recommended amount. charlotte gallagaher, bbc news.

hundreds of people protested outside a hospital in liverpool overnight, to support the parents of alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a right—to—life battle. alfie has an undiagnosed brain disorder and doctors say there's no hope of recovery. his family wants to take him to rome for treatment, despite a high court ruling allowing the hospital to switch off his life support. there's no court order to say that alfie has to stay in southport right now. the truth of the matter is me and kate hold full responsibility, and we'll take him to our transportation down there, with full agreement, with doctors who have full duty of care. and they're not allowing us, so we're hoping that my solicitor will get us out. former fbi director james comey has compared president trump to a mafia boss. in a new book — written after he was fired last year — mr comey accuses the president of being "unethical", "un—tethered to truth" and driven by a need for "personal loyalty". he also claims the president wanted

the fbi to prove lewd allegations against him were untrue. new rules are to be introduced to limit the amount that lawyers can claim if holidaymakers say they've fallen ill on package holidays. ministers say they want to close a legal loophole which they say has led to a rise in alleged cases — some of which have turned out to be fraudulent. industry experts have welcomed the change, but the law society says the new rules musn't undermine genuine cases. some fabulous pictures to bring you this morning. if you are feeling energetic this morning, take a few hints from this character. this is bolingo, who's stunned his keepers at florida zoo —— he is the one on the left! by learning to do a handstand. his keepers try to keep them active.

specialists at busch gardens zoo say the activity enhances the ape's well—being. when you are at the zoo there are a lwa ys when you are at the zoo there are always notices saying, don't look the gorillas in the eye but that one looks like an extrovert. i think you should leave it to the keepers, don't do it at the zoo today. it's ten minutes past eight and will have a weather update in about five minutes. in 2013, then prime minister david cameron told mps that syrian president bashar al—assad had crossed a red line after using chemical weapons. half a decade later, politicians are once again debating whether or not to intervene after another suspected chemical attack. our next guests were both in syria when david cameron made that speech. they fled the country in 2015. yasser al—jassem and mohammed zain alfaisal join us now. good morning. thank you so much for

coming in. you left cilia in... 201a. coming in. you left cilia in... 2014. with your family? no, alone. i came from turkey to libya and then to italy and france, and i came to the uk. i am to italy and france, and i came to the uk. iam here to italy and france, and i came to the uk. i am here since 201a and since 2050 and i didn't see my family at all. yasser you have had a similar story, you came over in 2015. alone yes and then i reunited with my family. your family are here, your wife and daughter. once again we sit here watching pictures and hearing claims, and hearing politicians debating about how the rest of the world should react. yasser, what do you think of what

you have seen this week? very bad. we need the uk and the us to help syrian civilians because since 2011 syrian civilians because since 2011 syrian civilians because since 2011 syrian civilians suffering from the regime, from russia, from the iran. we need to stop this war. but how do we do that? that is the isn't it? on a practical level, how involved should the uk gets —— that is the question. since 2011 assad and iran and russia crossed the red line many times. and the international community let assad use his chemical weapons many times. now i think there is no political solution in syria. if you want to ask any silly,

he will say no political solution. you know someone in douma who has moved. what do they say is happening? it has been besieged since 2013. the point is, the opposition cannot make chemical weapons, and the besieged, 0k? of course the regime uses chemical weapons on the civilian people in syria. this is being disputed by people who say that we need proof, yasser. you are still in touch with people in syria, family members, what do they say when it comes to proof of chemical weapons in syria? what are they hearing and seeing and being told? it's notjust chemical

weapons, four years the people have suffered from every kind of weapons, bombed by the said regime, it is this attack, reports of this attack that have prompted this latest wave. this is the 1ath time that assad has used chemical weapons. they don't have enough medical means and they are besieged, and chemical weapons are besieged, and chemical weapons are used. it is horrible.” are besieged, and chemical weapons are used. it is horrible. i can't imagine it. have people told you they have seen the evidence?” imagine it. have people told you they have seen the evidence? i don't have anyone in douma but in other places, i don't know how to describe it. the people see their family members can't breathe. they don't

have any medicine to give them. they just put some water, they give them fresh air, and this is the result of chemical weapons. you still have family and friends there. if there is military action that takes things to another level. jeremy corbyn warned this morning about an escalating even more dangerous situation. you would fear for them, i guess, if bombs drop and the conflict increases? of course, but we need a special army to go to syria. more than 90% in syria support a strike on the regime, but we need a good solution by taking assad to international crime, because he did many bad things such as killed about half a million. about 1a million now are

without syria. this is terrible. the worst place in the world, syria. for example, of the us and france, also the uk, if they don't do anything they will see more refugees, they will see more bad things. some people worry the alternative could be worse? i still connect with my friends and family in syria and all of them say no political solution, we need to remove assad from syria. we need to take him to international crime, because he did many things. mohammed and yasser, thank you very much. we wish your family and friends who are still in syria very well. it is coming up to 17 minutes past eight. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather.

and the weekend. good morning, there is talk of things warming up next week. but for today, it seems like this for many of us to begin with. cloudy out there, quite wet this overnight with outbreaks of rape are parts of england and wales and spreading further north, parts of scotland and northern ireland, particularly the easternmost post of northern ireland, spreading more into western parts. smoke breaks of rain to be found while easing in england and wales, a spell of rain moving from the north sea across the northern isles later. even when you see the rain let up you will have a good deal of clouds again, those temperatures held down. around eight to 12 degrees for many, chile on the north sea coasts. break teaming up later. there could be a late showing up. they fume all sunny spells before sunset. overnight tonight, some breaks in the cloud more widely, some patchy listed for

developing. the temperature does not go downtown been far, but it did not go downtown been far, but it did not 9° up go downtown been far, but it did not go up very fast today. there are small improvements over the weekend, a bit brighter and warmer. the wind picks up in western parts and there will still be some wet weather, more especially by sunday. day by day, here is how saturday is looking. some sunny spells but if you start with sunshine, the cloud will build. if you start cloudy, sunny spells will come through. most places with the exception of the odd shadow will be dry, but a few heavy showers across southern england and south wales. notice these temperatures, they are higher than they have been, more especially on the north sea coasts where we lose the onshore wind. significantly warmer for some on saturday. on sunday, low pressure in the atlantic feeding a weather front closer to us. more arrows here. a

stronger winds. a more windy day, particularly in the west. some outbreaks of rain and wales, western england, northern ireland into western scotland. many eastern parts will be dry, there was still a chance of a shower. it is more cloud around of anything. by it is more cloud around of anything. by sunday, taking a backwards once again. temperatures might be dented again. temperatures might be dented a little bit by the cloud. next week, as high pressure builds and we are drawing in warmer air from the south after initially being wet and windy for parts of northern ireland and northern scotland at the beginning of the week, may tweak things turn drier, sunnier and warmer. high teens and low 20s widely for the warmest weather of the spring so far, some of you might get up to 2a degrees. we have not seen that sort of thing since last october.m degrees. we have not seen that sort of thing since last october. it must be quite nice as wanting to hear from you this morning! normally i am the last person you want anywhere near you! now you are all over me!

how long a warm snap are we talking about? you wanting me to say when it is going to end?! i want reassurance we are not talking about a couple of hours tuesday afternoon. this is summer, yes? a couple of days. the those just getting the 2a was enough. ben's talking about airlines, airbnb and generous grandparents today. looking at that forecast, you might wa nt to looking at that forecast, you might want to jet off somewhere! the firm that owns british airways could make a takeover bid for rival airline norwegian. it's been quietly buying shares in the budget airline — and reports say they could now make a formal bid. norwegian has eaten into ba's market for routes between the uk and america. that is by cutting prices. let me move that. paris says it wants to fine aianb and other online accommodation sites for breaching rules on licencing.

the authorities say the firms aren't doing enough to prevent landlords buying flats and houses just to rent out. they say that's damaging neighbourhoods and denting profits for hotels. and we've talked about bank of mum and dad, now there's bank of gran and grandad. the prudential says grandparents are forking out more than £a,000 a year to help their children and grandchildren afford household bills, holidays or deposits on flats. there are fears it could affect their own pension savings for later life. and before i go.... we've just had news that the london stock exchange has appointed its new boss. he's called david schwimmer. no, he's not the guy who played ross from friends — but a former goldman sachs banker. but already it's sparked a whole wave of social media response. some suggesting he has friends in high places. and he'll hope it's the one where the shares went up.

there are loads of good social media reactions up. david schwimmer is the new boss of the london stock exchange. his welcome which is sad to be the friends theme tune, they will have to find him a chandler and a fares. don't you think he has heard all that before and will roll his eyes? do you think the bosses of the london stock exchange will be like it's not the friends guy?! we know we should have interviewed him! thank you, the real, only ben thompson! they used to be something you'd only see in a science—fiction film but driverless cars are fast becoming a reality. but would you trust what? there was the fateful uber test. our transport correspondent victoria fritz has been to germany

to test the latest developments in self—driving technology. gone are the days you have to raise your hand to hail a cab. a few years ago this was the stuff of science fiction. but the wait for a self—driving future is almost over. there we go, and we're off. now, although we have an engineer with us today, as you can see, he's not in the driving seat. this car is completely driverless. it means that me, i can sit back in the car, i can relax, i can check my e—mails. in fact, i do no driving at all. autonomous cars perceive the world through a series of sensors. cameras see road markings, radar measures distance and speed. lasor sensors called lidar provide the fine detail. all three are combined to create a real—time 3—d map of the surrounding area. the electronic, which you can see, and the software. this is the man who's driving bmw's ambitions. the manufacturer spent over £1 billion on electronic

and autonomous technology last year. we are testing most of the activities in a computer. if you're ready with the computer and simulation, we're going to the streets in china as well as israel and in the us. tech giants are also looking to carve off a slice of the pie, but after the fatal uber and tesla crashes last month, there are questions about whether this fast race is a safe one. there are two development races going on with autonomous cars, self—driving cars. one on them is the way the manufacturers have been doing it, which is very incremental, step—by—step, slowly, safety first. the other is the west coast us way, the silicon valley way, which is testing on public roads with people. every major manufacturer is eager to rebrand itself as a transport service provider, and notjust a maker of cars. here in munich, cars have been getting smarter for years.

they've been making cars here since 1973, and about ten years ago they started to add cameras and sensors to the mass—market models. the very first autonomous vehicles, the prototypes, well, they were born here. and in 2021, the first fully electric autonomous vehicles will roll off this production line. we are edging closer to a driverless future, but the question is whether the public is prepared to take its hands off the wheel. victoria fritz, bbc news, munich. a lot has changed. how about we look back? remember this? luke wright, look left, look right again and only if the road is clear, walk quickly across. this was adam west of batman fame promoting the green cross code in london. the footage was thought

to be lost but it turned upon an internet auction. we are asking if you have some old film in places like the attic? archive group wants to know your tv treasures you might have found in the attic. they put out an appeal earlier and i was sceptical whether people would have reels of film in the attic but cathy has been in touch. she says her dad worked for bbc all his life, starting in 19a1. he worked at kingswood warren in the research development office. she says sadly he died last year but she has lots of old footage paperwork to pass on to the bbc. sue has some old reels of war of the worlds. neal has a copy of the steve wright in the afternoon show. he will pass that on. lots of you getting in touch. maybe we will get to see some of that. now the news and weather and travel where you are. another disappointing day

weather—wise but the good news is, this weekend, things drastically improve. through today we have rain this morning, that will clear away into the afternoon which will stay mainly cloudy, you can see the rain as it spreads north and west, there could still be showers around the west of scotland, into north wales, still some rain affecting scotland, further south some bright spells developing in south wales and south—west england but temperatures here could reach 16 celsius, in the sunshine elsewhere, ten or 12 degrees, north sea coasts: a game. seven to 9 degrees. overnight rain continuing in the far north of

scotland, more green on the map, we haven't seen that for some time, temperature is not falling too far down, about six or 7 degrees. in the week ended will be drier or brighter with temperatures reaching the mid to high teens but the weather should be wet and windy moving into western areas on sunday. there will be brighter weather on saturday, good spells of sunshine coming through, and try story for the majority, there could be showers cropping up across scotland, maybe some showers in the south east, a massive improvement in aberdeenshire, 1a degrees on saturday, 17 or 18 further south. into sunday, we still have southerly wind bringing in warmerair have southerly wind bringing in warmer air that this big area of low pressure will move in from the west and should turn things quite windy

in the west, bringing showers, over the weekend there won't be wall—to—wall sunshine especially on sunday where it will be cloudy with that wet weather in the west but it should still feel warm. this is business live from bbc news with jamie robertson and maryam moshiri. the us president once called it a disaster, but now he's considering rejoining the trans—pacific trade deal. live from london, that's our top story on friday 13th april. president trump abandoned the tra ns—pacific partnership on his first day in office, but now he's opened the door to renegotiation. also in the programme.

a change of gear for volkswagen! the german car giant hopes to put the diesel emissions scandal behind it as it appoints a new ceo.