this is bbc news. the headlines at 5: the us is preparing new sanctions against russia because of moscow's support from syria. voices from inside the devastation in syria — the bbc hears from a mother and daughter who survived the suspected chemical attack in eastern ghouta a week ago. three doctors came, one carried me and up with carried my sis fer and ran. they poured water on us. 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 — a moment of history in the commonwealth games. england have done it! england beat

australia in the final second of the match, securing their first netball commonwealth games gold medal. good afternoon. the us ambassador to the united nations said the united states is preparing further sanctions on russia. the new sanctions will relate to

chemical weapons use. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said he would only consider involvement in syria if it had the backing of the un. meanwhile the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, said no further military action is planned. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. british forces in action. four tornado aircraft took part in bombing raids on chemical production and 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 wants 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's a lot of opposition parties calling for a vote. the snp calling for an emergency debate which would force a vote. that would be 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 called for a vote and they are particularly unhappy, jeremy corbyn is unhappy about what he calls the dubious legal nature of the justification for these strikes that theresa may launched in western syria. particularly by choosing humanitarian grounds, he says that is still a legally dubious area. he said he'd only countenance 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 wants more certainty about whether 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 for two or 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's quite right that the prime minister, the cabinet, should have that flexibility to be able to make these decisions. that's right. there has been a convention, unenforceable, if you like, that the prime minister would bring these decisions to parliament. but in this case, she clearly has not done that, labour want to stop that and introduce what is called a war powers act. according to the press release at midday today, they want to enshrine in law that the government must get pa rliament‘s approval before committing to action. calls for a war powers act have been called after interventions in afghanistan, libya and iraq. stronger than this 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 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. butjeremy corbyn is adamant theresa may should have recalled parliament and, if not, she should have held a vote before doing anything tomorrow when everybody returns.

and he seems to think that that's the way the public mood is going. and some of the early polling 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's been here for 38 years and 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 on here that 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 large 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... 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. now let's return to syria and news

that the united states is preparing more sanctions this time against russia over its continuing support of the syrian president bashar al—assad. we arejoined by barbara plett ussher in washington. what are they suggesting they do here? well this was mentioned by the un embar doss and she didn't give —— ambassador. she said they would be announced on monday and they would be against russian companies with ties to bashar al—assad and the use of chemical weapons. she put it in the context of what the administration has been saying that russia has been complicit in the chemical weapons attack, because it is the ally of syria and it had guaranteed in 2013 that when there was a decision to get rid of the

chemical weaponsing it was a guarantorfor chemical weaponsing it was a guarantor for that happening and thatis guarantor for that happening and that is one reason why the military option was chosen, because there had been cumulative chemical weapons attacks. she said because diplomatic options had been exhausted at the security council. six times she said they would tried to pass a resolution and russia had blocked it each time. she said it was time for military action. and she noted the us has been taking tougher action against russia, including a round of sanctions against those within vladimir putin's inner circle for a variety of reasons. but support for syria was one of them. relations not just between britain and russia, but america and russia are at a low ebb,

is there a sign that the united states and russia want to pull back from that? nicky hayley said he would like to have better relations with russia. and president trump, even when he castigates russia, he says the same thing. she said we will not put up with bad behaviour in order to do that. however, the way that russia and the us, the way they related to each other in terms of this recent attack, in syria, the fa ct of this recent attack, in syria, the fact that the americans were very careful not to hit russian targets, the fact there was some kind of communication going on even if not perhaps directly about the strikes and the fact some russian officials have expressed a desire to have talks and a relief that the strikes we re talks and a relief that the strikes were not worse, does show that there is at least on both sides a wish not to escalate things over syria, which is where the point, the point where the tensions have happening in a lot of other areas, this is the point in

syria where they could explode. that goes against what president trump said when he said america's ready to launch more attacks if there is another chemical chemical weapons attack. do you think they still have that option on the table? yes, i meani that option on the table? yes, i mean i think the way they have presented these strikes, the three western countries, is that it is a message to president assad. therefore if he uses the chemical weaponsing chemical weapons again he has to be open to another strike. that has been the message and nicky hayley was asked and said does that mean every time president assad uses a chemical weapon there would be a strike. she said, i can't say that, but it depend on what president assad does. but framing it in the

context that this is about his use of chemical weapons. it was pointed out that many more people have died in the syrian civil war than those killed by chemical weapons. the a nswer of killed by chemical weapons. the answer of the three countries is they don't want to get drawn into this civil war, which is what action on that score would entail. if they can separate the use of chemical weapons and say it is an international violation and something we have all signed up to, then they feel in a measured way never an agent to respond. but when never an agent to respond. but when never know what is the consequences will be. thank you. the headlines. the united states is preparing new

sanctions on russia for support of syria. 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. 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. on the line is paul best from the inn south wales fire service. what is the latest situation there? some of those pictures that we have been seeing look increasingly alarming. yes, some good news from recently the fire has been downgraded. the conditions are easing and improving for firefighters. they have conditions are easing and improving forfirefighters. they have been able to do some back burning operations through the night tonight. that is good news to try to slow the progression of the fire. how many residents have been affected, have they been asked for forced to leave the area? no, during

the height of fire we have been getting people the advice to stay in their homes, to protect themselves from the heat of the fire. there haven't been any forced evacuations, but some people have chose on the leave themselves. this is this does happen regularly. what challenges do you face? yes as you can imagine it is very hot and the fire over the last few days has been fanned by some very strong last few days has been fanned by some very strong winds. so we have had 500 firefighters actively fighting that fire over the last couple of days to try to bring it under control. but the weather is certainly a challenge and it the land that it is burning also presents quite a few challenges. some are saying that this is becoming a more regular occurrence. do you think that is the case and if

so do you think that is the case and if so what is to blame? it is hard to say whether it is becoming the norm, i haven't been to any fires this late in our traditional fire season. we have had a significant long spell of dry weather and that has seen the area dry out. coupled with strong winds, we have seen that fire fan and makea winds, we have seen that fire fan and make a run, as it has over the last few days. we will leave it there thank you, paul best. 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. 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. our correspondent has been talking to one participant. we are at the electric ballroom, where the people's vote has been launched, a campaign to get the public to have the final say on any brexit deal that comes to pass. one of the speakers on the stage was the conservative mp anna soubry. some would say that it's too late, it's time to get behind david davis and the people who want to see this happen and make sure that we get the best deal possible. of course, we wa nt best deal possible. of course, we want the best deal possible. but it is not a done deal. if you look at what the government said and theresa may has been honest about it, even

if she gets the best deal, which ever way you cut it, we will not be as prosperous as a nation in the future. i don't know any time where a government has said, we are going into a set of negotiations on the basis that when we come out, even at the highest level we will not be as well off as we are today. people are fed up, i understand. but their also frightened and nervous and they have a right to a say on the future of our country, this deal, which will affect 65 million people and generations to come. it is important we get it right and it is important we get it right and it is important we have a people's vote. some would say the say was on 23rd june in 2016 and the country's divided and this will only make that division wider. what happened was parliament said that they would have a referendum and have the people making the

decisions. and now i'm saying since then that has been taken away from then that has been taken away from the people. and it has government and parliament having to fight to even have a final say. we say, let the people speak on the day. almost every day we know more about the realities of brexit. we know we are going to be worse off. we know we're not giving £350 million for the nhs and we know that there is every chance we will be threatening peace in northern ireland. no one wants the reinstatement of that hard border and nobody can come up with an answer to how we avoid that. and many people say in that instant, why are we leaving an institution that has delivered prosperity and peace. we were the sick man of europe and the fastest growing country economy. . . the fastest growing country economy... interrupted by these great peoplest people. we were the

fastest growing economy in the world. now we are among the slowest growing economies of world. that is why we need a vote. if we did get a vote and the people said no, that makes it even more difficult. no, the questions are to be determined by parliament. let's be clear, it can only be right that the people, 65 million people's lives and future generations to come, the biggest decision we have made since the second world war, we need to get it right. the people have a vote in the referendum, they have a right to a vote on the deal. that is what we say. the conservative mp anna soubry there. 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 service is getting under way 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, nick holtam is hosting the "service of cleansing and celebration" at st thomas's church, close to where sergei skripal and his daughter were found. after the service the area where the skripals were found was cleansed. after the service the area where the skripals were found was cleansedlj symbolically skripals were found was cleansed.” symbolically cleanse our city! the

bishop praised the city following the attack. our correspondent spoke to him before the service. the service will be conducted by the right right rev nicholas halton. who are you reconciling with? we want too thank the community and to have an opportunity to gather together and reclaim the city. it has a numberof and reclaim the city. it has a number of functions, it is about saying salisbury is open in business and we are wanting new life in this easter season and to reclaim the new life that is given us. it was only about 200 metres from here that sergei skripal and his daughter were found on a park bench, suffering from what appears to be a nerve agent, that must have been a

shocking event for a city like this. how have locals reacted? it is traumatic. it has been terrible for the people directly affected, but it has had an impact onjust about everybody. for some it has had an impact ina everybody. for some it has had an impact in a variety of ways — on business and on people's well being and caused people to be anxious, there is a loss of trust in one another and it has now gone global. that is quite tricky to know what is the relationship between salisbury and the world. what that is relationship? it is the connection between local and global and the accepts that something which happened, that started here has had impacted beyond here. we live in a connected world and we need to learn to live peacefully together. we want to live peacefully together. we want to pray for peace. you made some comments about the political, the

geopolitical situation, you said the expelling of diplomats where russia and britain expelled diplomats, you said that wasn't good news. tell me more about that. we have got to get beyond these immediate reactions to something that is deeper and more long lasting and will build for peace in our world. we have got to think hard to pray hard and to work for peace and find our way beyond the present crisis. there are still parts of city that are cordoned off, waiting to be decontaminated, can salisbury ever come back and be the way it was after this? of course salisbury will come back. we need to just keep working through with the emergency services to get ourselves toa emergency services to get ourselves to a conclusion, so 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. in a moment the tea—time bulletin, now the weather. the warmest weather of the year so farjust around the warmest weather of the year so far just around the the warmest weather of the year so farjust around the corner. it will get warmer towards the middle to end of the week. temperatures could hit 25 degrees around the london area, fairly widely we will see temperatures into the high teens, low 20s at the very least later this week. today we have seen a favourite of sunshine across scotland, a bit of sunshine across scotland, a bit of snow on the hell is perhaps not lasting too much longer, giving those temperatures rising. further south and west we have seen rain at times working in, and that was the scene in devon earlier today. the radar picks up this rain, it is coming along in bands, notjust one area, which are working their way across england, wales and northern ireland, getting into scotland as well. that rain will continue to

push northwards, likely to continue to be on and off rain with some clear spells in between for a time. late in the night, it should become drier and clear across more southern areas of england. temperatures between five and nine overnight, and monday, there will be some sunshine around across england and wales but still quite a bit of cloud in the sky, some will be quite high. it will make the sunshine rather hazy at times, clouding over to northern ireland and western scotland through the afternoon, the wind is picking up the afternoon, the wind is picking up in northern ireland, outbreaks of brain will eventually begin to work their way in. as we go through monday night into tuesday, the rain will be really heavy at times, particularly across the hills, the kristen hills getting gale force winds, those pushing the rain onto the mountains. areas like argyle, stirlingshire, into parts of dumfries and cumbria, 50 millimetres of rain so so some localised surface water issues with that could be seen. temperatures similar to those of today across many areas, but it is beginning to warm up across parts

of eastern england, a sign of things to come. towards wednesday, high pressure builds from across the and we started ringing —— drag in some warmer air. quite evident cloud to start further north than scotland and northern ireland, temperatures coming up quite nicely, highs of 23 in the london area and 17 in edinburgh, not feeling bad at all. thursday should be more in the way of sunshine to go around, and it will feel warmer as well. temperatures expected to peak at 25 celsius, easily the warmest day of the year so far. the government says it has no plans forfurther air strikes — amid deep divisions with opposition parties over syria amid deep divisions no deaths have been reported but the action over syria's chemical weapons — at this stage — is contentious. ican i can only countenance involvement in syria if there is a un authority

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the labour leader, jeremy corbyn has questioned the government's decision to launch air strikes on syria — saying he would only consider taking military action with the backing of the united nations. the strikes by britain, the united states and france targeted suspected chemical weapons sites — today the foreign secretary borisjohnson said no further action was planned. but he said if the assad regime used chemical weapons again, the government would "study the options". here's our political correspondent ben wright. british jets have already fired their missiles at syrian targets. but the political argument

continues. the government says the purpose of yesterday's air strike was clear, to show the use of chemical weapons whether in salisbury or syria could never be accepted. there is no proposal on the table at the moment for further attacks, because, so far, thank heavens, the assad regime hasn't been so foolish as to laud another chemical weapons attack. he said there would be no slide into this or meddling into the civilian war. and showing how low the relationship with russia has sunk, borisjohnson rubbished recent suggestions by russia. to say that the uk was involved in salisbury. which is offensive. or that we were somehow involved in douma, which is absolutely demented. jeremy corbyn is at odds with the government. opposed to military action in syria without un backing.” opposed to military action in syria without un backing. 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 that will stop. both sides have either vetoed or threatened to do that, they're obviously hasn't been an agreement. russia has repeatedly used it un veto to block sanctions and chemical weapons investigations during the civil war in syria. jeremy corbyn said weapons inspectors should be allowed to do their work. confront resident assad was that evidence. confront any other group that may be... i am saying maybe, involved, i don't know. then say they must now come in and remove and destroy those weapons. on the legality of this, on the need for a parliamentary vote, the need for a parliamentary vote, the labour leadership strongly disagrees with the government. a row which will be played out in the house of commons tomorrow when theresa may makes a statement to mps. the government does have the power to launch military action without having the consent of mps

first, but bush opposition parties —— but opposition parties say that theresa may mustn't sidestep parliament. labour want to clarify parliament's sidestep parliament. labour want to clarify pa rliament‘s role sidestep parliament. labour want to clarify parliament's role in sending british forces into combat. the snp also says convention has been ignored. not many good things came out of the iraq war to barkok. but one of the things that it was a practice of parliament organising military action. —— iraq war debacle. smp is pushing for a symbolic vote tomorrow. theresa may is likely to face tough questions from all sides about her long—term strategy for syria. —— the snp. the united states says its preparing new sanctions against russia over its support for syria. the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said they would affect companies dealing with chemical weapons equipment. president putin has warned that any further western missile strikes against syria would cause international chaos. here's our middle east

editorjeremy bowen. in editor jeremy bowen. damascus, in editorjeremy bowen. damascus, journalists were allowed in damascus, journalists were allowed to see one of the targets. the syrian deny it was a complex used to develop biological and chemical weapons. in the end the operation was a limited attack, a punishment, and a message that the west will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons. powerful hardware was used. this was an american b—1 bomber loading up at its base in the us. no wonder there were fears the raids could make syria's or even worse and risk a confrontation with russia and iran. the syrian regime's main allies. but their targets were chosen to avoid hitting them. this was a periscope view of a missile being fired from a us submarine. this week and's winners included those against escalating the war. the americans want nothing to delay

the pull—out of us troops, who have beenin the pull—out of us troops, who have been in northern syria fighting jihadists extremists. president assad's regime wasn't hit, either. his conclusion will be that the us, france, and britain, for all of their power, are not prepared to touch him. no wonder he looked relaxed meeting russian politicians in damascus. this family were caught up in damascus. this family were caught up in the attack a week ago in douma. the accounts of what happened seemed to corroborate reports it was a chemical attack. the bbc managed to track them down to the relative safety of a camp in northern syria. translation: i saw white smoke like fog. our legs started to get a week. we started to lose the nerves in our legs. had shortness of breath and burning in the nose and chest. there was no oxygen. and we were fighting death to go upstairs and reach the

higherfloors. death to go upstairs and reach the higher floors. people were dying. suddenly the civil defence came. they put us on the ground and poured water on us. then they took us to the medical centre, sprayed us, gave us the medical centre, sprayed us, gave us injections. i was fainting. my heart was a king. when we went to sleep we were covered in dust from the shelling. we went back down to the shelling. we went back down to the basement and saw how they were bringing the martyrs. instead of breathing air we breathe and the smell of blood. in douma the russian military brought in heavy equipment to start clearing rubble. another chemical attack might change things, but after the western rhetoric and raids this looks like business as usual. jeremy bowen, bbc news. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in beirut this evening — have the air strikes had an effect on the syrian regime? have the air strikes had an effect there

have the air strikes had an effect has been defiant streets there has been defiant seems on the streets of damascus. they have been charting against the western failure. the president himself said the missile strikes have only strengthened his determination to crush his opponents. almost on cue, just hours after those missile strikes from the syrian army announced it was in full control of the last rebel enclave on the edge of damascus, which includes the area where that suspected chemical attack took place a little more than a week ago. with all of the discussion and debate is now about what happens nextin debate is now about what happens next in syria, it is clear that on the ground the syrian military, backed by its russian and iranian allies, will focus north on the last province, which is still held by the rebels. idlib, largely controlled by hardline islamist rebels. idlib, largely controlled by ha rdline islamist including rebels. idlib, largely controlled by hardline islamist including fighters linked with al-qaeda. there is an expectation of a more brutal battle, which, in syria, means a great humanitarian disaster.

thanks very much. the founder and chief executive of the world's largest advertising group wpp, sir martin sorrell, has resigned — less than a fortnight after it announced he was being investigated for misconduct. announced he was being he leaves wpp after 33 years in the job. sir martin denies any wrongdoing as our business editor simonjack explains. as our business editor advertisers want you to remember the products they are selling, not the name of the company that made the adverts. many of the biggest advertising agencies, and pr firms, are owned by an even bigger one. it is called wpp and has been run since 1985 by sir martin sorrell. he gobbled up dozens of businesses over the years creating a £15 billion global giant. a big figure on the world business stage... if the eu does not give on that... he was happy to give his opinion. after 33

yea rs happy to give his opinion. after 33 years at the top he stepped down with immediate effect after accusations he may have mr used the funds of wpp. he denies this claim. more advertisers are going direct to google and facebook, rather than via wpp agencies. the company has lost a third of its value, prompting this goodbye statement: his critics say he was overpaid and ran the company like his own private fiefdom, when in fact he earned less than 2%. some shareholders told the bbc it was time for a change. for many in the world of advertising sir martin sorrell was more of a money man band an ad man, treating it like a professional service rather than a creative industry. —— more of a moneyman van and adman. but british business has lost a true giant. simonjack, bbc

business has lost a true giant. simon jack, bbc news. a group of mps, peers, business leaders and celebrities came together today to launch a campaign to give the public a vote on the final brexit deal. a campaign to give the public a vote those backing the people's vote campaign — which launched at an event in london this afternoon — say it's not a re—run of the referendum and the public must be given the change to either accept or reject britain's brexit deal. police have launched a murder investigation after a man was shot dead in birmingham. investigation after a man a 20—year—old man was pronounced dead at the scene in the bordesley area of the city just after midnight. two teenagers have been arrested after a car hit five people in a street on canvey island in essex. police say the bmw involved was stolen and a 17 and an 18 year—old are being questioned about causing serious injury while driving and under the influence of drink or drugs. one person is in a critical condition in hospital, and another has potentially life—changing injuries. now with all the sport — here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. here's lizzie greenwood hughes manchester

here's lizzie greenwood hughes city are minutes a from manchester city are minutes away from being crowned premier league champions because their nearest rivals, manchester united, are on the verge of losing to west brom. if it stays like this at old trafford manchester city will be guaranteed the title with five games remaining. rodriguez has scored the only goal so farfor rodriguez has scored the only goal so far for west rodriguez has scored the only goal so farfor west brom rodriguez has scored the only goal so far for west brom who was still firmly rooted to the bottom of the table. meanwhile, in the early kick—off, newcastle guaranteed pretty much to stay up after beating arsenal. celtic are on for the trouble again after beating rangers to a place in the scottish cup final. they come to be won 4—0 against their old firm rivals who had a player sent off. celtic are bidding to get all three domestic trophies for a second year ina domestic trophies for a second year in a row. chelsea will play arsenal in the women's fa cup final. fran kirby scored both goals in chelsea's 2—0 semifinal win over manchester city

today. the final is on the 5th of may at wembley. the commonwealth games has come to a close and it has been a huge success for the home teams. england finished second in the medal table, including getting gold against australia in the netball. in scotland and wales had their best commonwealth games ever. this report from the gold coast... when it came to its finest moment, england saved the best until last. with one second left, needing a goal to beat the dominant force of world netball, helen has behaved just one shot. cheering —— helen had just one shot. cheering -- helen hadjust one shot. it's a dream. we've not beaten them once in the whole cycle of being here. to beat them at that time is stupendous. but there are some for whom today didn't go as planned. commentator: he's in a bad way... studio: scotland's callum hawkins was leading the marathon but with one mile to go the heat tickets

toll. he is now ok but it meant michael shelley from australia took the gold. yet another example of the host country's stranglehold on the medal table. this wildlife century has been a big hit during the games for the quintessential australian experience. another thing we have seen typically is australia dominating everything. when it comes to the medal table they are top of the tree. it's been australia's games! 198 medals represent australia's best games since 2006. for wales and scotland, their athletes also stepped up. two medals now for scotland. gold coast is their best away games in history. northern ireland beating the pommel horse olympic champion was part of a trend for england with some big names who did not quite deliver. but the games have produced new 5.1.7; ;:;q._.;;q :;.. 0:1; 73:35: for 5.1.7; 1:;;;;;; 1;.. 1.111; 1;;;1g;1: for “‘,"‘“"‘=“ who ' ~

any before, affirming the won any before, affirming the organisers' claims that they are more relevant than ever. the largest para sports programme we've ever had. these games have taken it to another level. as the baton was passed to the next city it seemed down to touch to give a retired athlete more prominence than those who had lit up the last 11 days. but when it comes to the sport birmingham does have a lot to live up birmingham does have a lot to live up to... lewis hamilton admits it'll be tough to retain his world title after another win this week in formula 1. he was given fourth place in a chinese grand prix where daniel riccardo made the most of his superior pit ‘red ‘nii’i' mm bull. hamilton is now nine points behind ;5§§51.§; ” w " ' ' bull. hamilton is now nine points behind sisaif'an vettel. 77 " ' ' behind sebastian vettel. that's the sport from me, plenty more on the bbc website where you

can also find outjust how manchester city have been crowned premier league champions. manchester united have lost to west brom. the title belongs to manchester city. back to you. we are back with the late back to you. news at ten o'clock — now on bbc1 its time for the news where you are — goodbye. now on bbc1 its time for the news hello. this is bbc news. let's return to syria — and jeremy corbyn's call for a debate and vote in parliament on theresa may's decision to order missile strikes without consulting mps. the labour leader said the prime minister "could easily" have delayed the decision until tomorrow when mps return. earlier, my colleague ben brown spoke to sir mark lyall grant, who was the uk's ambassador to the united nations in 2013 when the commons voted against military action in syria. he said it was right that the uk took part in the air strikes, without parliament being consulted. frankly, this convention is a very recent convention and is a constraint that many of our allies, including france and the united states, don't face.

the reality is that the situation in crises like these move quickly and decisions need to be made quickly and it's very rare that all the information available to the government when coming to a decision will be able to be put into the public domain. so i think parliament certainly should hold the government to account for its executive decisions, but i do think parliament is the right body to take those executive decisions that naturally fall to the prime minister and her cabinet. but i don't think parliament is the right body to take those executive decisions that naturally fall to the prime minister and her cabinet. was the prime minister under pressure because france also wanted to carry out military intervention and he is close with the united states on this? we might have been slightly isolated if we hadn'tjoined in the military action, more distant from the united states? there may be an element of that. the united states was supportive over the poisoning of the skripals, but there is a wider point here that is more significant and that is that the rules—based

international order is very important for countries like the united kingdom. more important arguably for us and france and other european countries than the united states. we rely on that for our prosperity and security. it's right that we should participate in defence of that order and using chemical weapons is a direct violation of that international order, so it's right that the british government should play a role in defending it. are these missile strikes too late? it's been said that there were 50 chemical weapon strikes at least in syria, maybe 200. this is a response to one. what really is the point? it is important to draw a line in the sand on this. this was a particularly egregious chemical attack. there was clear evidence it was the assad regime so it was right to respond, but you are right, this will not change the dynamic on the ground.

it will not change the outcome of the syrian war and that's why i was disappointed in 2013 when parliament did vote against military action because don't forget, that was two years before russia entered the conflict at all and military strikes then might have fundamentally changed the dynamic on the ground. so in a way, that was the time? that was a time and it could have saved hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties in syria. that is not the case now and this was a limited objective, which was a focus on chemical weapons only. people will say why this response on chemical weapons because assad has been doing all sorts of horrific things to civilians in terms of conventional weapons for years, killing as you said, hundreds of thousands.

use of chemical weapons is a strong international taboo. they have not been used in widespread terms since the first world war, but they were used in the second world war and in the iran—iraq war and in smaller cases in syria, but given that every country practically in the world has signed up to the chemical weapons convention, it's an unpleasant way of killing people and i think it is right that we should reenforce that international taboo that everyone has agreed to. sir mark lyall grant. some breaking news from the premier league. manchester city have been crowned champions, because united suffered a surprise defeat at home to west bromwich albion. united had to west bromwich albion. united had to at least draw that much to keep it mathematically possible that they

could have caught manchester city. that hasn't happened, so with five games to go, manchester city have been crowned champions of the premier league, theirfirst been crowned champions of the premier league, their first league title since 2014, and the first under coach pep guardiola. the claim not to have in watching the match, playing golf, so we will have to wait to hear from playing golf, so we will have to wait to hearfrom him. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. it will turn warmer later this week, we could see highs getting up to 25 celsius around london and the south—east. much warmer weather than we have seen of late. the radar picture shows bands of rain working northwards across england, wales, northern ireland, and they will continue northwards overnight, working into scotland, so pulses of rain on and off through the night. further south the rain eases off and we should get some clear spells,

temperatures overnight between five and 9 degrees. monday should be a reasonable start to the day across england and wales, morning cloud and rain clearing away for a time, however we will get the wind picking up however we will get the wind picking up on northern ireland, blowing more clouding, outbreaks of rain set to working during the evening and ten increasingly heavy. temperatures similarto increasingly heavy. temperatures similar to today, highs of 12 and 15 degrees. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6: the us is preparing new sanctions on russia over moscow's support of syria, following yesterday's joint air strikes. voices from inside the devastation in syria — the bbc hears from a mother and daughter who survived the suspected chemical attack in eastern ghouta a week ago. translation: three doctors came, one carried me and the other carried my sister and ran. they took us to the

first medical point, put us on the ground and poured water on us. hundreds of australian firefghters are tackling a huge 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 — a moment of history in the commonwealth games.