this is bbc news. the headlines at three: labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he would sanction operations in syria only if they had the un's approval. there has to be a process where the objective is to bring about peace, to bring about resolution to conflict, to bring about a political solution. hundreds of australian firefghters are tackling a large bushfire threatening homes in the suburbs of sydney. the chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, is stepping down. also coming up: jubilation at the commonwealth games. england beat australia in the netball, to secure the greatest result in their history and win their first commonwealth gold medal. and at 15:30: click visits a farm where robots drive tractors, manage a field and harvest crops. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said he would only consider involvement in syria if it had the backing of the un. it follows yesterday's missile strikes by the us, france and the uk on suspected chemical weapons sites. meanwhile, the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, said no further military action is planned, but that the government would "study the options" if syria used chemical weapons again. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. british forces in action. four tornado aircraft took part in bombing raids on chemical storage facilities in syria yesterday. and today, the government was clear — this was about sending a signal that the use of chemical weapons,

whether in salisbury or in syria, wouldn't be tolerated. it wasn't about changing the course of the conflict in the middle east. though the foreign secretary didn't absolutely rule out further action. there is no proposal on the table at the moment for further attacks because so far, thank heavens, the assad regime has not been so foolish as to launch another chemical weapons attack. if we say that we are limiting our action to chemical weapons, our particular desire to reinforce that prohibition, which is what this is all about, then yes, of course it follows that the rest of the syrian war must proceed as it will. his justification for the action was in part that chemical weapons had been used here in britain too, and he was dismissive of russian suggestions that the uk could be behind the salisbury poisoning or had faked the syrian attack. it is plainly an utterly preposterous and deranged suggestion. the labour leader opposed the air strikes and has called for renewed diplomacy to bring about a ceasefire.

i can only countenance involvement in syria if there is a un authority behind it. the russians vetoed un resolutions on this six times now. there is no reason to think they will stop. both sides have either vetoed, or threatened to veto. there obviously has not been agreement. so, what would he do if he had incontrovertible evidence the assad regime had used chemical weapons? confront assad with that evidence, confront any other group that may be fingered because of that — maybe, i'm saying maybe, i don't know. and then say they must now come in and remove and destroy those weapons. political disagreements aren't limited to whether the syrian airstrikes should have taken place. even some mps who backed the military action are deeply unhappy that it took place without a prior vote in parliament. the prime minister will address mps tomorrow, but there are now calls for the law to be changed so that any action in future would have to be approved not

just by the cabinet, but by parliament. labour want a new war powers act to give mps a say. the snp is calling for an emergency debate. if there is to be any further change to the role of uk forces in syria, any change to that, or further change to that should be sanctioned by a parliamentary vote. the prime minister will hope this action doesn't have to be repeated, but even some of her own mps will want greater scrutiny of her decisions. well, a little earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, mark lobel, and asked him what the chances were of a parliamentary vote taking place. there is a lot of opposition parties calling for a vote. the snp calling foran calling for a vote. the snp calling for an emergency debate which would force a vote. a protest vote at the very least, it would not bind the government but it would expose divisions between some of the mps and their leader. labour has also cold for a vote and they are

particularly unhappy, jeremy corbyn is unhappy about what he calls the dubious legal nature of the justification for the strikes that theresa may launched in western syria. particularly by choosing humanitarian grounds, he says that is still legally dubious area. he says he had only countenanced involvement in syria if there was a un authority behind it and some conservatives have said, jeremy corbyn knows that russia would veto that so he has ignored what is going on on the ground in syria, they say. lib dems leader vince cable seems less fussed about the legality, he wa nts less fussed about the legality, he wants more certainty about weather this was a one—off strike or part of a sustained campaign. theresa may is coming to the commons to make a statement and is likely to be on herfeet to make a statement and is likely to be on her feet for three hours taking questions from mps, that clearly won't be enough for some, but there is the issue here of who can make these very important decisions. some will say it is quite right that the prime minister, the

cabinet, should have that flexibility to be able to make these decisions. that is right. there has been a convention, unenforceable, if you like, that the prime minister would bring these decisions to parliament. in this case, she clearly has not done that, labour want to stop that and introduce what is cold a war powers act. according to the bread release —— press release at midday today, they want to enshrine in law that the moss —— government must get parliament approval before committing to parliamentary action. calls for a war powers act have cold after interventions of —— in afghanistan, libya and iraq full sandman stronger than this unenforceable act. tentative plans we re unenforceable act. tentative plans were dropped two years ago by the then defence secretary michael fallon and prime minister david cameron. they said they did not want to be artificially constrained in action to keep this country safe, but if this were to go ahead, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry reassured people that the prime minister was to be kidnapped oi’ prime minister was to be kidnapped or the country was invaded, you

could just get on and respond. on a practical note, could we have recalled parliament in this instance? i spoke to one labour and conservative mp this morning both in support of the strikes and they said no, because of where everybody was spread around the globe, the mps could not have got back in time to match french and american deadlines, leaving britain looking isolated and weak. and borisjohnson told cnn today the reason they did not get parliamentary approval was because they wanted to focus on the speed and efficiency of the operation. jeremy corbyn is adamant theresa may should have recalled parliament and if not, she should have held a vote before doing anything tomorrow when everybody returned. and he seems to think that that is the way the public mood is going. and some of the early pulling supports his view. well, the syrian government denies having used chemical weapons, and has insisted it is not breaking any international laws which prohibit their use. so just what do they say the us, french and british

missions targeted? seth done, from cbs news, went to see one of the damaged sites, in damascus, and sent this report. one of the targets of those air strikes was still smouldering late this afternoon. the us military says the barza complex, in damascus, was a centre for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weapons. your office was there? yes, where you see the smoke, this scientist syed told us. he has been here for 38 years. he said he cried when he saw this place today. his life's work destroyed. were chemical weapons being developed here? that's totally incorrect, he said. the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons visited here and did not report anything wrong with this place. syrians are adamant this was not a place to develop chemical weapons but, rather, a place of learning — a research institution, where they developed things

like pharmaceuticals. what's clear now is that it's gone. this is what you were producing there? syed told us these air strikes took his livelihood. this is a big institution. isn't it possible that there were things going you didn't know about? no, never, he told us. last year's report from the opcw about the barza facility noted that the syrians delayed a scheduled visit due to security concerns. but ultimately, chemical weapons investigators did not find any red flags. but the pentagon says destroying that facility will set syria's chemical weapons programme back several years. the founder and head of the world's largest advertising agency — wpp — sir martin sorrell, has resigned, less than a fortnight after the company announced he was being investigated for misconduct. he leaves wpp after 33 years in the job. sir martin denies any wrongdoing. joe lynam has more.

you might not know the agencies behind them, but you will know many of the adverts that they come up with. wpp owns many of the largest advertising and public relations groups in the world, and this is the man who created the £15 billion behemoth. sir martin sorrell took a company called wire and plastic products, which made supermarket baskets, into a major entity in 112 countries. but now, a 33—year glittering career is coming to an end, amid recent accusations that he may have misused wpp funds. although sir martin has strenuously denied any wrongdoing, he said it would be in the best interests of the business if he stepped down now. this resignation is a lot more than the use of company funds. many believe that wpp is simply not growing like it used to. tech giants such as facebook and google are placing ads directly with consumers and bypassing

the advertising agencies controlled by wpp, whose share price has fallen by a third over the past year, and many believe that sir martin has lost his midas touch. sirmartin said... "the current disruption we are experiencing is simply putting too much unnecessary pressure on the business. that is why i have decided that in the interests of our clients, shareholders and all other stakeholders, it is best for me to step aside." sir martin will be disappointed that having run wpp for a third of a century, he didn't really get to choose when to step down. joe lynam, bbc news. two teenagers have been arrested after five people were struck by a car in essex yesterday afternoon. three people remain in hospital following the incident in canvey island. a 17—year—old boy and an 18—year—old man, both from the area, are being questioned by essex police this afternoon, on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. police have launched a murder investigation after a man was shot dead in birmingham.

officers were called to a shooting in the bordesley area of the city at just after midnight. a 20—year—old man was pronounced dead at the scene. police are appealing for information from the public a man has died, and a woman is in a critical condition, after the vehicle they were in collided with a car, during a police pursuit on the outskirts of stoke—on—trent. the pair were being followed by officers on the a50, near longton, after their vehicle failed to stop. they collided with a car on the eastbound carriageway at around 6:15 this morning. staffordshire police have referred the incident to the independent office for police conduct, which is routine when somebody dies during an operation. a bushfire is burning out of control near sydney — with the flames now threatening some streets around 20 miles from the city centre. hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes, and australian police say they suspect the blaze may have been started deliberately.

phil mercer reports. strong winds have pushed the flames towards suburban streets, about 35 kilometres from the centre of sydney. as the blaze approached, many residents left, while others stayed to join a huge firefighting effort. authorities said the fast—moving outbreak was aggressive and unpredictable. while 500 firefighters confronted the inferno on the ground, they were supported in the skies by more than a dozen aircraft. very warm autumn weather and a lack of rain have turned bushland on sydney's outer fringes into a tinderbox. we have to deal with the worst that mother nature can throw at us. and the worse australians are presented with by nature, the better it brings out the australian spirit. conditions in the fire zone are reported to be easing. but crews will again be working through the night

to try to contain the blaze. south—eastern australia is one of the world's most fire—prone regions. most outbreaks are sparked by lightning, or accidentally, by power lines. sometimes, more sinister hands are to blame. australian police believe this monstrous fire in south—western sydney may have been lit on purpose. experts say that australia's annual bushfire season is starting earlier and ending later. they believe that climate change is making the threat worse. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. hundreds of thousands of people have protested in barcelona to demand the release of politicians jailed over catalonia's bid for independence from spain. tensions have been running high in catalonia since december‘s elections. the former catalan president, carles puigdemont, was recently freed on bail after being held in a german prison. spanish authorities wanted to extradite him to face charges of sedition and rebellion. the headlines on bbc news:

labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he would sanction operations in syria only if they had the un's approval. hundreds of australian firefghters are tackling a large bushfire threatening homes in the suburbs of sydney. the chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, is stepping down. in sport, england stun australia to wind the commonwealth games netball title, on the gold coast. chris and gabby adcock were the winners of the badminton next balls final. newcastle a re on badminton next balls final. newcastle are on the verge beating arsenal in the premier league, matt ritchie put them ahead at st james's park, it is 2—1 with one minute of normal time to play. celtic are 2—0 up in their scottish

cup semifinal against rangers, it is almost half—time at hampden park and the winner faces motherwell in the final. daniel riccardo winds chaotic chinese grand prix for red bull, lewis hamilton was fifth, but narrows the gap on sebastian vettel to nine points in the daniels —— in the drivers‘ championship. more sport in one hour, join us then. a service is being held in salisbury this afternoon, with the purpose of symbolically reclaiming the city for the common good, after the nerve agent attack last month. the bishop of salisbury is hosting the "service of cleansing and celebration". john mcmanus spoke to the bishop, ahead of the service. the service will be conducted by the right reverend nicholas hoult, the bishop of salisbury, who joins us 110w. bishop of salisbury, who joins us now. this is a service of reconciliation but who you reconcile in with? it is a service in which we

wa nt in with? it is a service in which we want to thank the community that have really carried salisbury through this and to have an opportunity to gather together and to reclaim the city. and so it has a numberof to reclaim the city. and so it has a number of functions but it is about saying salisbury is open, and business, want a number of functions but it is about saying salisbury is open, and business, wanting new life in this easter season. we're wanting to reclaim the new life it has given us. to reclaim the new life it has given us. it was only about 200 metres from here that sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were found on a park bench right by the river, suffering from what appears to be bhullar facts of suffering from what appears to be bhullarfacts of a suffering from what appears to be bhullar facts of a nerve agent. that must have been profoundly shocking event for a city like this, how have locals reacted ? event for a city like this, how have locals reacted? it has been traumatic and terrible for those directly affected and it has had an impact onjust directly affected and it has had an impact on just about everybody here. for some, it has been very dramatic and had an impact in a variety of ways, and business, on mental health and well— being, it ways, and business, on mental health and well—being, it has caused people to be anxious, there is a loss of trust in one another and now it has gone global. that is quite tricky to

know, what is the relationship between salisbury and this very uneasy world in which we now live? and what is that relationship? it is the connection between local and global and the sense in which something that started here has had an impact way beyond here, that we live in a connected world and we need to learn to live peacefully together. and i think that is another thing we want out of today's service. we want to pray for peace in ourworld. service. we want to pray for peace in our world. in your easter sermon, jdid make in our world. in your easter sermon, j did make comments about the political, the geopolitical situation, you said the expelling of diplomats were russia expels diplomatic and britain expelled diplomats from the russian embassy in london, you said that was not good news, can you tell me more? we have got to get beyond these immediate reactions to something which is much deeper and much more long lasting and which will build for peace in our world. so we have got to think hard, to pray hard and to work for peace and justice, we have got to find a way beyond the

present crises. when you walk around salisbury now, there are still parts of the city cordoned off waiting to be decontaminated. like the st thomas‘ restaurant, the park bench weather skripals were found, other areas. can salisbury combat and be the way it was after this? of course salisbury will come back and we now need tojust salisbury will come back and we now need to just patiently salisbury will come back and we now need tojust patiently keep salisbury will come back and we now need to just patiently keep working through with the emergency services to get ourselves to a conclusion so that we can start to live again in the city not just as that we can start to live again in the city notjust as it that we can start to live again in the city not just as it was, that we can start to live again in the city notjust as it was, it is different. and i think this is a great opportunity for salisbury to think again about what sort of city we are and how we belong together with one another and what we want to be. mps, celebrities and business leaders have launched a campaign calling for a public vote on the final brexit deal between the uk and the european union. the people‘s vote drive aims to unite anti—brexit groups, with a rally being held in north london. let‘s speak to a labour peer and a former cabinet minister, lord adonis.

just explain what it is exactly you are trying to achieve. you are deliberately not saying this is a second referendum. this is about the final deal theresa may gets. theresa may is in brussels negotiating the brexit terms. our argument is those terms are going to be a lot worse than than what we have now. west for trade, economy, there is not the 350 million she promised for the nhs on —— every week, on the country, it is an excerpt bill already £39 billion. and there is a huge cloud grab it here in north london campaigning for the people to have a say on weather we do this brexit or weather we choose to stay which is better for oui’ choose to stay which is better for our economy, better for our society and instead, we can get on with the big problems facing the country, which is the state of the nhs,

opportunities for young people, sorting out the housing crisis, but not scapegoating europeans and turning our back on our international trading alliances. turning our back on our international trading alliancesm looks like there has been a big turnout in north london, in camden, thatis turnout in north london, in camden, that is probably not surprising. is there a wider shift in public opinion, that people are demanding the second vote? well, the evidence is that people want a say. let‘s be frank, it was a vote in the dark two yea rs frank, it was a vote in the dark two years ago, nobody had any idea what the consequences of brexit were going to be because there was no deal, we did not know what it would mean for trade, the economy, public finances. now people can see there isa finances. now people can see there is a massive bill attached, none of the advantages for the nhs, our trade is going to be worse off and therefore jobs will suffer, i think people are starting to say, we should have a say on this. it is the biggest decision this country will ta ke biggest decision this country will take in our generation, it should not just be decided

take in our generation, it should notjust be decided for us behind closed doors in westminster. that is why so many people are gathering here across parties. we have had the greens here, the tories, labour, the lib dems. across parties, people are saying, we want a say. and we want to look at this treaty and decide weather we are better off staying in the eu. you will have to persuade mps, presumably, to come onside with this campaign because she will have to amend bill in some way to get this to happen, is there any sign given that the labour front bench and conservative front bench are not in favour, is there any hope this could be achieved? well, this is an extremely situation. parliament will not decide on the treaty until october, november. and we don‘t know what the terms of that treaty are going to be. we know that problems about trade, the border in ireland, the money and the £39 billion exit fee we now have to face. once we a chilly see the terms of the in october and november and mps judge

it, my prediction is, in massive movement of parliamentary opinion towards the people and they will vote for the final say and it will be led by my party, the labour party, which is the people‘s party. we are all in favour of democracy andi we are all in favour of democracy and i think we will be spearheading and i think we will be spearheading a move towards a popular referendum which will be backed, i think, by public spirited people from all the other parties as well. and there is still time to do it before we crashed out of the european union in a mistaken way in the year‘s time and trash our jobs a mistaken way in the year‘s time and trash ourjobs and the future of our young people. we must leave it there, thank you forjoining us this afternoon. myanmar says it has re—patriated the first family of rohingya muslims, who fled violence in rakhine state. more than 700,000 people took refuge in neighbouring bangladesh, following a military operation which the un says was tantamount to ethnic cleansing. the burmese government says it has been responding to terrorist groups. rylee carlson reports.

the myanmar government says this is the first rohingya family to cross back over the border from bangladesh into rakhine state. the un has not confirmed their story but, here, they are met by immigration officers who check their papers and begin their voluntary repatriation. in this reception centre, they‘re fingerprinted, their photos are taken and they are given a medical checkup. at the end, they are also given a national verification card, a small piece of id that many rohingya are refusing because their citizenship is still in question. hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims fled this area into neighbouring bangladesh. the united nations has called

the reported killings, rapes and arson ‘ethnic cleansing‘, a claim the country denies, calling it instead a ‘legitimate counterinsurgency operation‘. last week, myanmar‘s minister of social welfare and resettlement visited a camp in cox‘s bazar, where he was met with rohingya refugees concerned about their status and persecution if they returned home. the most important thing is to start the repatriation process as soon as possible. so, we‘ve got to overcome all the difficulties. do they say that they want citizenship? yeah, yeah, we are trying to have the citizenship. they have that pledge. for now, it‘s up to the families to decide if that pledge is enough. the commonwealth games has come to a close, with england‘s netball team scoring a dramatic last—minute

victory to secure gold. they beat hosts australia by 52 points to 51. it‘s the first time a team other than australia or new zealand has won the netball at the games. tim hague has the very latest. never before had england reached the commonwealth games netball final. never before had they won any more than a bronze. and yet, with another last—gasp goal, england‘s roses bloomed at the buzzer. commentator: england have done it! they have made history. they have snatched the gold medal from australia. quite simply, the greatest result in their history, and a win to rewrite the record books. it's my dream come true. the girls have worked so hard over the last international phase, they've put in there, they were against the world number one. they're renowned. we've not beaten them once in the whole cycle i've been here. to beat them at that time wasjust stupendous and i'm really proud, i'm really, really proud.

imagine, too, how proud the adcocks are today. the husband and wife combination of chris and gabby, the reigning champions, defending their title in the mixed badminton by beating team—mates marcus ellis and lauren smith. but it hasn‘t been alljoy for the home nations down under. take this, for example. scotland‘s callum hawkins leading the marathon, with only a mile to go, only for exhaustion to cruelly rob him of victory in the 30—degree heat. the fact it took several minutes for medical help to arrive has led to criticism of the organisers. another scotsman, robbie simpson, was able to make the podium, though. he battled through to bronze in the searing temperatures. and that‘s it, the final day of the commonwealth games over. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away, but it‘s been a home from home for the home nations. tim hague, bbc news. time foran

time for an update on the weather now. chris fawkes. it will be easily the warmest weather we have seen this year. how warm? temperatures towards wednesday and thursday picking up with highs of 25 degrees around london. the rain will continue north working into scotland. so pulse is afraid on and off through the night. further south, the rain eases off and we should get clear spells by the end of the night. temperatures between five and 9 degrees. monday should be reasonable across england and wales, the cloud and rain clearing away from northern ireland and scotland for a from northern ireland and scotland fora time, from northern ireland and scotland for a time, but we will get wind is picking up in northern ireland and baltimore cloud and outbreaks of framework indian during the evening and increasingly heavy. temperatures similarto

and increasingly heavy. temperatures similar to today, i and increasingly heavy. temperatures similarto today, i is and increasingly heavy. temperatures similar to today, i is between 12 and 15 degrees. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. jeremy corbyn has said he would sanction operations in syria, only if they had the un‘s approval. the conservatives have pointed out that russia would inevitably veto such action.