this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11.00. theresa may meets caribbean leaders in london to reassure them that those who came to the uk as children from the commonwealth won't be deported. the squeeze on wage growth eases, as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. russia says chemical weapons inspectors will, tomorrow, be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in syria. a new report says up to a third of millennials may never own their own home. also, have scientists in portsmouth found a new way of tackling plastic waste? they've created a new enzyme which can digest a type of plastic used to make drinks bottles and other products. and it's notjust men who are from mars — a senior nasa engineer says the first person to set foot on the red planet should be a woman. good morning.

it's tuesday 17th april. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will seek to reassure caribbean leaders that the windrush generation — who came to britain between 19118 and 1971 — won't be deported due to paperwork issues. yesterday, the government apologised amid growing anger over revelations that thousands of people were being incorrectly identified as illegal immigrants. today, cabinet office minister david lidington said it was fair to ask why the government hadn't acted sooner, but that ministers were now working to support those affected. i think it's not unreasonable to say that. the home secretary apologised yesterday for the way this has been handled up till now. i think the really

important thing now is that we set in place arrangements so that people get a much better service in the future, which after all is what they're entitled to — these are people who are legally entitled to be here, in most cases have been working, paying taxes for all their adult lives. they are granted by an act of parliament the right to live lawfully in the united kingdom, so, actually, getting them through the paperwork and the record checking to have the formal documentation to prove that status is something we need to help them with, that's what we're doing. this morning, paulette wilson, who came to the uk aged ten, told the bbc of her experience when she was threatened with deportation. when i saw the illegal paper, ijust didn't understand it and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i was just walking around in a daze, thinking, "why am i illegal?" it was like a nightmare. it's like i was in a daze, a dream, walking around,

feeling sorry for myself and things like that. but being in that place, i saw a lot of people, i don't know if they were being released or being taken away, crying and things like that. it was not a nice thing to see. well, it's a good thing that they apologised, but what about all the other people that have been sent away before my case became big? what about them people that hasn't got nothing over there? what about people they sent away in the first place? what about them ? that was paulette wilson talking to us that was paulette wilson talking to usa that was paulette wilson talking to us a little earlier. we hope to talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, very shortly. he's in downing street. to the economy now,

and the squeeze on wage growth appears to be easing, as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. here to guide us through this morning's figures is our economics editor, kamal ahmed. a number of interesting headlines from all of this. just give us the background, the picture behind these figures. we have been in an income squeeze in the uk for about a year 110w. squeeze in the uk for about a year now. if you remember, after the referendum on brexit, the value of the pound fell quite sharply. that means that inflation, prices, rose because we import a lot of our food and fuel to this country. if we import those things, if the pound is weaker, the cost of those imports increases, meaning prices went up. at the same time, our earnings growth only went up very slowly, so that created this income squeezed where our wages that created this income squeezed where oui’ wages are that created this income squeezed where our wages are not going up as fast as prices. very unusual situation for people to find themselves in. slightly poorer at themselves in. slightly poorer at the end of the year than they were

at the beginning. today we've had some betterfigures on incomes. in comes at the moment are rising at around 2.8% per year. inflation for february was 2.7%. inflation on prices. on that measure, it is correct that the income squeeze is coming to an end but we need to be careful. if we take a three—month picture, which is much more robust, looking at three months of figures is better than one month, the squeeze is still will us. over a three—month period inflation has been 2.9%, so 2.8% of wage increase means there's a slight squeeze. the big point is, over the last decade, many people have hardly seen their incomes change, whether they work in the private sector, and particularly if they work in the public sector or are on benefits, which have also been squeezed. we need to see a much more sustained period of wages rising above inflation to start getting excited or to say this was

significant. yes, that's correct. we need to be cautious, but at least the trend is in the right direction, it back towards positive, which is very helpful for people. as you say, on thejobs market, thejobs numbers are strong, lots of people are in employment. the best thing for the economy is that people are working, that's good for their own kitchen table economy, as you might describe it, but i think we need to be slightly cautious on this end of the pay squeeze issue because, yes, month on month, it has ended, but as you say we need to see a sustained growth before people really start feeling it in their pockets. week so post brexit records sterling dollar rates overnight. how will all of this wage data influence that? the wage data is not quite as strong as expected, the pound is slightly weakened after that. i think the sterling issue is dollar weakness on

the one side, but also looking ahead to the possibility of an interest rate rise here next month. many people in the market, economists, think the governor of the bank of england and the monetary policy will raise rates in may and that tends to lead to a strengthening of the pound. i think a lot of it is about looking forward to that. as well as more positive news on those brexit negotiations than many other people thought they would be and our economy has performed better than many people predicted. i think that's been reflected in the strength of the pound. today's earning figures, although better and maybe not quite as strong as some people expected. thank you. let's return to the news that theresa may is meeting a number of leaders from the caribbean to assure them of the windrush generation will not be deported because of paperwork issue. our assistant political

editor is at downing street. norman, despite that apology in parliament yesterday, despite what various ministers have been saying, the government is still taking quite a hammering in terms of its response to this and how it's dealing with all of this is. you sense there in full catch—up mode, even by a man mould, to try to douse down the storm which has erupted. the storm has been brewing for some time. there has been concern for several weeks now about what's been going on with the so—called windrush generation and the need to produce endless documents to establish they have a right to remain in the uk. this morning, mrs may met the prime minister ofjamaica, this morning, mrs may met the prime minister of jamaica, telling him this morning, mrs may met the prime minister ofjamaica, telling him she valued the contribution the windrush generation have made, that's correct procedures would now be put in place to make sure they can be guaranteed their right to reside in the uk, but there are an awful lot of questions now being asked about how on earth

this could happen. questioneds also about the competence of the home office, with still no absolute clarity on whether anyone has actually been deported. yesterday the home secretary didn't seem to know if anyone had been deprived of their benefits or hospital treatments, how many people had been affected. today the clock that —— cabinet office minister said a relatively few number of people have largely been affected, but you got a sense of how winding and issued this is when mr holness was addressing the of heads government of short time ago, listen to the applause he gets when he raises the issue. as the case now stands, and as history will show, citizens from former colonies, particularly in the west indies, i grated to great britain, where they have significantly contributed to the building and enrichment of the country.

applause now, these persons are not able to claim their place as citizens. prime minister, we welcome your response and we look forward to a speedy implementation of your proposed solution. applause cheering it is only fair. yeah! it will lead to security, certainly for those who have been affected, and it is the kind of inclusive prosperity for which we stand as commonwealth people. applause now, at the moment, some of the

leaders and representatives of the caribbean community are actually arriving at number ten for talks with mrs may. initially they said they were not willing to hold the talks. when mrs holness found out, she countermanded that order. they have begun arriving. i was just speaking to the ambassador for barbados —— when mrs may find out. he was not blaming mrs may and seem satisfied with the changes that have been put in place but of course we face huge challenges ahead in terms of having to register all the eu migrants in britain by the end of the year. 3 million in the uk. there will now be massive pressure to make sure the sort of mistakes that appear to have happened with the windrush generation are not replicated when it comes to registering the 3 million or so eu migrants who want to remain in britain after brexit, but have to claim and go through the process of claiming so—called settled status. thank you very much. norman smith in

downing street. russia says that inspectors from the chemical weapons watchdog will be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in the syrian city of douma tomorrow. the team has been waiting in damascus since saturday. the us has expressed concern that russia might have tampered with the site. both russia and syria deny that any chemical weapons were used. seth doane from cbs news is one of the first western journalists to visit douma since the weekend. he was taken there by syrian government forces. from there, he has sent this report. this was rebel territory until two days ago. and today we made it to the very house where that suspected chemical attack took place. "all of a sudden, some gas spread around us," this neighbour recounted. "we couldn't breathe. it smelt like chlorine." syrian forces recaptured this area from rebels over the weekend. that means they now control this building, where this video was taken. this is your brother here?

this man's brother is seen in this activist video, lifeless and foaming at the mouth. in the kitchen, he told us how his brother has tried to wash off the chemicals. how did the chemicals get here? "the missile up there," he pointed, "on the roof." we asked him to take us to where the missile allegedly hit. he took took us here and pointed here. where we found a missile neatly resting. syria insists there was no chemical attack, while the us, france and uk blame syria. since those coalition air strikes, bashar al—assad's government has tried to show it was unaffected, today highlighting their military gains. this is exactly what the syrian government wants us to see. syrian forces here in douma and back in control. rebels had run this damascus suburb since 2012 and the intense campaign

to recapture it started in february with russia's help. this was apparently a bomb—making factory for rebels here in the heart of douma. you can see the makings of fins for mortars, mortars over here. take a look down here, you see this bin of what appears to be home—made grenades. the human toll of the fighting was evident in the main square this afternoon. hundreds of thousands of civilians have been living here, many without food for months. you can see the desperation here, people just hoping for some bread. we asked this mother of five why she didn't leave if the fighting had been so bad. "we tried more than once," she told us, "but the rebels wouldn't let us go." nine days have already passed since that suspected chemical attack, and if weapons experts do make it to that building, they could find a scene that may have been tampered

with, and eyewitness accounts that can be confusing and contradictory. seth doane, cbs news for bbc news, damascus. our middle east correspondent martin patience is in beirut. martin, hello. what's the latest you're hearing about the situation in douma and also about the movements of the syrian army, any operations they might be carrying out elsewhere in syria? so there's a couple of issues. one is on inspectors, which we understand the syrian government and russia have both... syrian government and russia have both. . . and syrian government and russia have both... and that is a shame, we've lost that line to martin in beirut. it may have come good. let's try again. martin, wejust lost you as you started to reply to my question. let's see if we can get back to

martin and we can try again hopefully to hear what you were about to say. what i was about to say is the inspectors we now understand will go in tomorrow but it really is a case of wait and see when it happens. they've been in damascus since saturday. the big question is, why have they not been allowed to the alleged site? according to one top us official, he suggested it's because perhaps the russians were tampering with it. that has been denied by most all. they have said security was an issue than they said it was not in order. it seems extraordinary you get international journalists it seems extraordinary you get internationaljournalists into it seems extraordinary you get international journalists into douma but the team everyone wants to go there including... well, i'm afraid we have lost that line to beirut again. we will have to leave that discussion with martin there but allow me to introduce chemical weapons expert hamish de bretton—gordon — a former commander of the uk's

chemical weapons defence regiment, now adviser to non—government organisations in syria. thank you forjoining us today. let's talk about the delay between the arrival of the inspectors in syria, the chemical weapons inspectors in syria, and them actually getting access to the releva nt site actually getting access to the relevant site in douma. what sort of impact will that have, in your opinion? it's certainly not helpful. we know that chlorine was definitely used and also a suggestion of nerve agent. both these chemical agents are very nonpersistent and will not hang around. also, as has been suggested in your reports, there is a chance site has been tampered with. one of the charities i support actually has the hospital in douma which treated all the casualties and i spoke to the doctors there very soon i spoke to the doctors there very soon after the attack to give them some advice. they have subsequently told me, and i spoke to some yesterday, that the number of their collea g u es yesterday, that the number of their colleagues have been taken into

damascus and debriefed by the syrians and have not returned. that russian police have been on the ground for the last four or five days. people feel very intimidated, they've been told not to speak to they've been told not to speak to the abc w. i've been told the site has been cleaned. the chances of the old pcw getting environmental evidence is not god. what they are after is samples from the dead and injured. if they can get that they should get the evidence they require. as we know already, both the american and french governments have received samples from the douma attack which tested positive for chlorine and nerve agent and i am hopeful the british government will have some, too. so hopefully there is some evidence around that the opcw can get access to. to what extent will their work be curtailed by any government minders who will

be watching them as they try to carry out the inspection? that's a really good point and of course the russians and the syrians will be very closely monitoring. they've said they can't get in there any earlier because of the difficult tactical situation on the ground and that's clearly not the case, as we've seen journalists have been that's clearly not the case, as we've seenjournalists have been in and out fairly regularly. the concern is that they will only be shown what the syrians want them to see and they won't have a broad remit or abroad ability to go elsewhere. but both syria and russia have signed the chemical weapons convention and in effect they should support fully the investigation of the opcw, who are the un inspectors. they should be given unfettered access and we are now nine or ten days, it's not going to help. as i said, there's a lot of evidence already out there from blood samples that have been taken. there is also a lot of intelligence which the us

and the uk and france used to mount this attack. whether those governments will feel that they can give that intelligence, because it may affect other things, who knows? when i've been speaking to people inside syria, and these are people, there is no doubt that the syrian regime were responsible for this and hopefully the opcw will get that evidence that can be presented to the un security council as soon as possible. what is your perspective on the strikes? a year ago, strikes we re on the strikes? a year ago, strikes were carried out against the assad regime in response to another attack of this nature. that didn't stop this attack from happening. so do you think the strikes that were carried out were right?|j you think the strikes that were carried out were right? i do. i think they were appropriate and proportionate. they struck at the heart of the chemical weapons programme that syria has been illegally developing since it signed

the chemical weapons convention. it destroyed its ability to make and makes these deadly nerve agents and also the training establishment and logistics applies. the attack a year ago, it took out a few aircraft. this was far more, hence it. the regime still has the ability to use chlorine, and we're now all looking at it lipped province where 2 million refugees are now entrapped and it is clear the syrians and russians intend to take that province. chemical warfare agents being used, the nerve agent sarin and mustard agent and the ex, is severely diminished and i think it isa severely diminished and i think it is a really good sign to the world where we see a chemical weapon proliferation because of the red line issues of seven years ago and we hope that that will now prevent the proliferation wider. i think it

was a good move and we need to strike again if they use chemical weapons against quite hamish, thank you very much. the government's decision to order air strikes against syria without first consulting parliament will be debated again by mps today. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said the bypassing of mps set a dangerous precedent. theresa may defended her decision in the commons yesterday, saying speed had been of the essence. our political correspondent alex forsyth has more. the uk's involvement in air strikes in syria has divided opinions — notjust drawing protests but debate, too. yesterday mps spent more than six hours discussing the military action. the prime minister was there throughout, answering more than 140 questions, defending her decision. let me be absolutely clear — we have acted because it is in our national interest to do so. it is in our national interest to prevent the further use

of chemical weapons in syria and to uphold and defend the global consensus that these weapons should not be used. but the labour leader said the strikes were legally questionable and could be counter—productive, arguing the focus should be on a political solution. this house was not only denied a vote, but did not even have the opportunity to question the government in advance on the legal and evidential basis for their participation in this action. despite the lengthy and late session, the debate was heated, with disagreement over whether mps should have had a say before the strikes were ordered. but as someone who supported military action against daesh in syria in the vote in december 2015, may i say gently to the prime minister that she should have come first to the house before committing our forces to action? the public well understand that when our forces need to act quickly and decisively and safely in concert with our allies, it must be right

to authorise strikes without giving notice. when the talking stopped at 11pm, there was no binding vote but plenty of strong feeling, and today the debate over these crucial principles will continue. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. an inquiry into abuses by undercover police has published the covert name used by the officer who spied on the stephen lawrence family campaign. the metropolitan police officer was gathering intelligence as scotland yard fought accusations of racism during the 1998 public inquiry into the murder. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, is here. good morning. what's the significance of the publication of this covert name? this is really interesting developments of the

undercover policing enquiry which is very long unconjugated piece of work. it's three years behind and it's trying to get to the bottom of allegations of abuses by undercover officers in a controversial unit in scotla nd officers in a controversial unit in scotland yard, among those allegations that women were tricked into sexual relationships. the key allegation which triggered the enquiry in the first place by the then home secretary theresa may was that there was a spy in the camp of the lawrence family right at the moment in 1998, 20 years ago, when the family were trying to pursue the metropolitan police through an enquiry into the murdered teenagers. the handling of the teenagers' murder by scotland yard. that's critical moment, this officer who we now know is called dave hagan, that his false name, his cover name, he was gathering intelligence about what was going on within the campaign and on the street. critically eat their backs of that intelligence to his scotland yard bossesin intelligence to his scotland yard bosses in the period just before the

enquiry reached its final stage. it at that point when scotland yard we re at that point when scotland yard were fighting this allegation of institutional racism. one keep use of intelligence he passed back was that the lawrence ‘s had secretly separated and it wasn't public knowledge. he got close to somebody who was providing information to him and that was passed back. the allegation has always been that this was used by scotland yard to effectively subvert the enquiry process. we've heard from the lawrences because of the anniversary of stephen's murder. has there been any response from the lawrences or anyone close to them? no response from the parents are so far. i think eve ryo ne from the parents are so far. i think everyone was trying to absorb what this information means because they've been fighting a long campaign to name notjust this officer, and all they have is the cover name of this officer, but also the officers who commanded this particular operation. they haven't

got very by that. but stephen ‘s friend who was with him on the night of his murder, it is widely believed he was one of the prime targets for this investigation. dwayne earlier told me that at last he has information and he's demanding that scotla nd information and he's demanding that scotland yard released any secret file which named him, which was produced by dave hagan because he says this is the start of a very long journey to work out how he was personally spied upon and how his attempt to get justice for personally spied upon and how his attempt to getjustice for his friend and the widerjustice campaigns in london was subverted by scotla nd campaigns in london was subverted by scotland yard. thank you for that update, dominik. the time is 11:27am. we'll bring you the weather forecast in a couple of minutes. scientists in portsmouth have engineered an enzyme which can digest a type of plastic used to make drinks bottles and other products, which could offer a new way of recycling. the enzyme works by breaking the plastic down. although so far it has only been found to work on the kind of material used in drinks bottles. researchers say it has opened a door to a new way of tackling plastic waste.

ben thompson is in didcot with more. welcome to this high—tech research facility here at didcot in oxfordshire. they're using this, what's known as eight synchrotron and they're what's known as eight synchrotron and they‘ re using what's known as eight synchrotron and they're using it to speed up that process that you mention. the enzyme that will break down plastic, like plastic bottles, into the two component parts. it could mean an a nswer to component parts. it could mean an answer to that rising tide of plastic pollution. come with me and let me introduce you to two of the people involved in the project. john is with me, he's one of the researchers behind this, and sian is a campaigner against plastic waste. john, explain to me how this works. an amazing breakthrough if you can do this on a commercial scale of getting rid of some of that plastic. it's really exciting. there's an enzyme that was discovered in a recycling dump, basically from a bacteria that eats plastic. we've

pulled the enzyme out and we've come here and we've been able to solve the atomic structure which allows us to see inside and how it works. this isa to see inside and how it works. this is a vast building, why would you need something like this? it's the size of wembley stadium and there are x—rays flying around the building. it allows us to see the details and the inner workings of what happening. the smaller the thing you need to see, the bigger the microscope. this is a microscope ona the microscope. this is a microscope on a huge scale, very exciting place to work, here. sian, you campaign against plastic waste and we know there's so much cluttering up our ocea ns there's so much cluttering up our oceans right now and the environment. you must be excited when you hear something like this, that there could be something that could break it down. very excited, and this is the kind of collaboration i think the world needs, showing that science can actually come up with some kind of solution, but we have to be realistic. this bottle right now is never going to be properly recycled. it will never become another bottle. unlike something like an aluminium

can that will become another camp, or can that will become another camp, ora can that will become another camp, or a glass bottle. plastic at the moment is only ever really down cycle. the other thing we need to bearin cycle. the other thing we need to bear in mind is what may happen in the future for plastic recycling in the future for plastic recycling in the future for plastic recycling in the future to truly recycling. right now on our planet we have 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste. i don't know how we'll ever fix that problem. how are we ever going to find that plastic disposal? it's in our oceans, soil, everywhere. we have to turn off the plastic tap. that's ourjob, to work with supermarkets, work with food and drink brands to help wean them off, wean us drink brands to help wean them off, wean us all of our plastic addiction so we can wean us all of our plastic addiction so we can turn off the plastic tap, a big turn, and have less plastic in the world. right now we are forecast to be world producing 1 billion tonnes of plastic every year from 2050. do we really need all that plastic? there are other materials, let's turn off the tap. good to see you both. thanks for explaining that. a step in the right direction,

clearly a lot more work still to be done. that enzyme could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in getting rid of some of that plastic. it's about reducing what we use and dealing with the problem of all that plastic that is currently cluttering up plastic that is currently cluttering up our planet. fascinating. thing warming up. the latest forecasts. they are indeed. temperatures rising from tomorrow on. even today, temperatures on the rise. it will be a fairly warm day, despite the fact we have fairly strong winds and rain. the scene at the moment in dudley. fabrics suffering from south—west england and wales, up into northern england, tending to break up in the afternoon, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. and in northern ireland. the south—east of england staying dry, even here, the sunshine made turn hazy. 20 in the south—east. further north,

temperatures around 12, 15, 16. tonight a few showers, but generally speaking, quite cloudy into wednesday morning, but through wednesday, notice as the cloud moves away towards the north, a fine entered the day for england and wales, still cloud and showers across scotland and northern ireland —— afine across scotland and northern ireland —— a fine end to the day. look at the temperatures. 2a in the south—east. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... the prime minister seeks to reassure caribbean leaders that the windrush generation will not be deported over paperwork issues. official data shows the pay squeeze drawing to a close, as the jobless rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. russia says chemical weapons inspectors in syria are to be given access to an alleged chemical attack site tomorrow.

president macron of france has urged europeans to resist rising authoritarianism at the launch of a debate aimed at re—engaging voters with the european union. he will have seen various caribbean leaders arriving in downing street to talk to theresa may —— you will have seen. they are going to talk about the windrush generation, the people wrongfully labelled in some cases as illegal immigrants because they did not have the appropriate paperwork from a0 years ago when they arrived from various caribbean countries. a spokesman for theresa may has been speaking, let me bring you up to date. a letter from the prime minister is being sent to 12 caribbean countries saying the uk

government regrets and the anxiety caused over the windrush migrants status. mrs may, according to the spokesman, saying there will be no deportations or detentions of windrush migrants as it is addressed. she recognises there is a problem, the home secretary has apologised, we are working to fix it, the latest lines from the prime minister via her spokesperson. time for sport now. a warning today to fa ns for sport now. a warning today to fans over the use of secondary ticketing websites for the world cup. which? has found hugely inflated prices that dictates that might not be valid. i have been speaking to the editor of consumer rights. i wish i could say it was the first event we have ever seen tickets at these prices, the

european championships, we have found tickets for sale at absurd costs, £11,200 for a found tickets for sale at absurd costs, £11,200 fora pair of found tickets for sale at absurd costs, £11,200 for a pair of tickets for england against tunisia, pushing my budget little bit. what is worrying is that if you have paid that sort of money for the tickets, fifa can avoid them, if they are found to have been bought not through the official routes. that is the huge risk people face buying tickets from these websites. fifa have explicitly laid out in the terms and conditions these, they will be voided. you get to the stadium, you could be stuck outside the stadium not getting in, ticket has been voided, the money you have spent, hotel, flights, accommodation, all out the window, you are stuck outside, not watching the game. five different ticketing websites, how are the tickets becoming available so widespread?

websites, how are the tickets becoming available so widespread7m isa becoming available so widespread7m is a huge industrial level touting, well reported issue, similarly people will buy tickets and then for any reason not be able to attend, so these sites are behaving in a way thatis these sites are behaving in a way that is within the realms of what you are allowed to do, you are allowed to list your tickets, but in this instance, the tickets are for sale in breach of the terms and conditions and they could be voided, the big issue we want to get across, they are taking a huge risk. stoke getting closer to playing in the championship mixes and after a draw at west ham. paul lambert‘s side now five points adrift of safety. it could have been a much better night for them. stoke fans dreaming of the great escape after peter crouch put them in front with 11 minutes to play. they could not hold on. a volley from the substitute andy carroll. a really important point for west ham, now seven clear of the relegation zone. kenny miller and lee wallace

suspended by rangers pending an investigation into an angry exchange with their manager, graeme murty. it allegedly happened following sunday's scottish cup semifinal defeat against celtic. four men have been summoned to court after england rugby union head coach eddiejones was verbally abused outside the train station in manchester following the defeat against scotland. british transport police said the man have been called to appear in court in manchester on the 16th of may to answer a public order offence. one ofjump offence. one of jump racing's offence. one ofjump racing's most popular horses has been retired today, he won nine races including twice at the cheltenham festival where he won that king george stakes in 2015. the world number 51 aggressively confronted the umpire in a match at the monte carlo masters, he

disagreed with the call, the american was trailing and he saw red when the serve was called in. american was trailing and he saw red when the serve was called inlj could not see a mark. there was a mark bright here. just calm down. -- there was a mark right here. you are not showing me a mark. stop this. call your supervisor right now. what about that? donaldson eventually losing, video replays showed donaldson was in fact correct, but for car was not in place, he apologised to his opponent for his behaviour but he refused to shake the umpire's and —— but hawk—eye was not in place. definitely shades of mcenroe! the french president, emanuel macron, has been laying out his vision for the future of the european union in a speech to its parliament in strasbourg.

he said the bloc needs to have stronger "european sovereignty" to counter the ‘temptations' of authoritarianism. he said the union's member states needed to remember their history so they don't repeat past mistakes. translation: the choice is simple, i do not want to belong to a generation of sleepwalkers, i do not wa nt to generation of sleepwalkers, i do not want to belong the generation that has forgotten its own past and refuses to see the torments of its own presence. in the coming time, each of us will have to take responsibility, i want to belong to a generation that has decided to defend its democracy. for more, let's cross to strasbourg and to our correspondent adam fleming. to what extent was the setting up a vision for the eu that the uk will of course be exiting next year? really lofty stuff from the french president which we have come to expect from emmanuel macron, he made a veiled reference to brexit talking

about people who responded to the eu's problems by proposing a yellow brick road, i think that was about brexit. a very modest goal, reinvigorating the whole of european democracy, which he is going to do by launching a series of conventions for citizens starting today in the run—up to the european parliament elections next year, saying it was the only way the eu could reinvent itself to cope with authoritarianism and rising illiberalism in the continent. some policy in amongst the poetry, he talked about proposals that the new eu fund channelling money to communities we homing migrants, support behind a proposalfor homing migrants, support behind a proposal for the european commission for a temporary new tax on digital companies that could become permanent, a road map to big ambitious reforms of the eurozone, to be ready and signed off by the spring, and protecting european culture through reform of things like copyright law, from the very lofty to the not so lofty, quite a big ambitious wish list, he has to

convince countries north and south, less wealthy, and chancellor merkel of germany, he is heading to berlin with talks with her later this week. thank you. criminal defence solicitors may become extinct in parts of england and wales within five years, due to cuts to legal fees that have rendered the profession unprofitable, according to the law society. some areas of the uk now have just one or two duty solicitors on call. joining me now is richard miller, head of legal aid at the law society of england and wales. thank you very much forjoining me. a profession facing extinction, the justice system facing a cliff edge scenario, a couple of the descriptions, alarmist or accurate? i would say accurate, we have been concerned for years that not very many young lawyers are coming into criminal law, we now see from the latest a nalysis criminal law, we now see from the latest analysis that there are whole counties where there are no lawyers under 35 doing this type of work and

we re over under 35 doing this type of work and were over 60% of the lawyers are over 50. this is a stark warning that if we do not change course, do something to address this, we are going to face a crisis in the justice system in a very short time. what is the sum total, if you have a lack of justice, because what is the sum total, if you have a lack ofjustice, because there is a lack ofjustice, because there is a lack ofjustice, because there is a lack of solicitors to defend people, justice being at the very heart of a democratic society? we have a system in this country where evidence is gathered, analysed, challenged and tested and only after we are still satisfied after all of that that the defendant is guilty they then convicted sentenced, that ensures we have faith in the criminaljustice system in this country and the defence lawyers are a vital part of the process. tell us about what the causes are and what you think the solutions might be. the remuneration and the government pays for, defence work has not been increased since the late 1990s and it has been cut

on numerous occasions. young lawyers coming out of university with huge student debt, they are concluding there is no viable career path in criminal law for them anymore. and the solution, more money from the government? i think it is difficult to see any solution that does not involve more money. we would like to see the government conduct an independent evaluation of the sustainability of the system, let us have independent assessment as to what is required to make this work viable, rather than just the government every year cutting the fees further. the first step, only than the government will be willing to do that? at the moment, no, u nfortu nately. to do that? at the moment, no, unfortunately. the most recent announcement was just before

christmas, they cut the fees for the work yet again. any young lawyers looking and thinking, is there any prospect of a change in direction? the latest message from the government is a very firm no. i think we will be talking about this again. thank you very much, richard millerfrom the again. thank you very much, richard miller from the law society. up to a third of young people will never be able to afford to buy their own houses and will live in private rented accommodation all their lives. that's according to research for the resolution foundation think tank. victoria derbyshire has been talking to a woman in shared accommodation, the house builders federation and the resolution foundation, which says solving the problem requires multiple solutions. in the long term, it is about building more homes, but in the short term, we need to think about how the size and the make—up of the private rented sector is changing, more people retiring in future, but in the shorter term, we have a trebling of the number of families with children in the private rented sector, 1.8 million, it wasjust 600,015 years ago. it is not always appropriate for that stage of lies, insecure, many homes failed the decent homes standard —— it was

600,000, 15 years ago. we want reforms to make it more fit for purpose for families and retirement and more security and stability of rent. i will ask you in more detail of the reforms in the moment. bringing in charlotte, good morning, why do you say, 31, you will never be able to afford your own home? why do you say, 31, you will never be able to afford your own home7m my career, i choose to work on the charity sector, for a social enterprise, i work with young people, if the thing that got me out of bed in the morning was making money, perhaps i would be able to, but i want to do good in the world, and it does not pay me enough to be able to live and have my own home. i am in shared accommodation right now andl am in shared accommodation right now and i have been for the past few years. i do not have the opportunity to spend more of my pay cheque each month on rent to live by myself or get my own place. the idea of saving up get my own place. the idea of saving upfora get my own place. the idea of saving up for a deposit to buy a home is just not on the cards for you? not

in any way, shape or form. how do you feel about that? quite depressing. as a woman, the modern woman, i sort of think maybe at some point if i find a nice guy to date and maybe we move in together, maybe i have a chance, that is sad because i want to be independent and support myself, but to wait for a guy to do this, to help me, it makes me quite sad. david, from the house builders federation, any motivation for construction companies to build affordable homes? around 4096 of the homes, affordable homes, built each year are supplied by the private developers through cross subsidies and other means, things like shared ownership, social rented homes, and those kinds of properties, they are provided as a result of more private development is ongoing and we have

seen development is ongoing and we have seen private development increase, up seen private development increase, up 7a% in the last four years. sorry... generating many more affordable homes. 0k, what has gone up affordable homes. 0k, what has gone up by affordable homes. 0k, what has gone up by 7a%? affordable homes. 0k, what has gone up by 7496? housing supply is up 7496. what about affordable houses? affordable housing supply is also up but unfortunately most of the affordable housing provided is as a result of cross subsidy from the private sector, we would like more public investment from the government as well, that would help, we need many more homes of all types, and while the private sector is providing affordable housing as a result of the private developments they are producing, there is a lot of scope for the government to do more and for other providers to step m, more and for other providers to step in, housing associations as well. discussion deer on the rental generation. leading engineers at nasa have told the bbc that the first person to set

foot on mars should be a woman. nasa's top female scientists and astronauts have been speaking to bbc radio 5 live about their work, the barriers they face and their desires to see more women make history in space. they're aiming for a gender balanced workforce, but they say they can only achieve that if equal numbers of men and women train for science and technology careers. 5 live's anna foster reports. mission control in houston. they are monitoring the international space station. in this mock—up, astronauts train for the rigours of space. except you would be floating in, not walking. of course. we are on the ground, for starters. but for the women here, there is a new frontier. my director is a woman, my former division chief is a woman. we have female astronauts. we haven't put a woman on the moon yet and i think that perhaps the first person to step on mars should be a woman. for a long time now, nasa has tried hard to celebrate the achievements of its female engineers and scientists. 2018 marks a0 years since the first

women were picked to go into space, the total workforce here is now one third female, and in 2016, nasa selected its first—ever gender—balanced class of astronauts. but there's still one place that only men have ever set foot. one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. when i was selected as an astronaut in the year 2000, i thought that that might be a realistic possibility, that we would be the ones, the next to go to the moon, so it's unfortunate we weren't. it will happen. you know, there's a lot of politics and a lot of money is needed and all of this, and priorities, and so it is really hard to see it not go faster, but there is just a lot involved and eventually, it will happen. growing vegetables in space is a key challenge, and growing the female scientists of the future is too. 50,000 fewer women than men are

graduating with the qualifications they need to getjobs in this field. there certainly were aspects where i was challenged, you know. i wasn't as great in math as some of my colleagues, my handwriting is terrible, so there are things that are not my strengths, but i fell in love with plants and plants were my strength and i really learned and focused on that. scientists like this are at the forefront of overcoming interstellar barriers, but now they want to see the earthly issues of equality and opportunity overcome too. anna foster, bbc news. news coming to us from the department for the environment about the sergei and yulia skripal poisoning, they say the nerve agent used to poison sergei skripal and his daughter was delivered in a liquid form. you will remember there

was a concentration of it on the door of sergei skripal‘s home in salisbury. the department for the environment announcing the nerve agent was delivered in a liquid form. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live. theresa may promises no deportations or detentions of windrush generation residents will be immigration processes addressed. official data shows the pay squeeze drawing to a close, as the jobless rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. russia says chemical weapons inspectors will, tomorrow, be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in syria. theresa may meets caribbean leaders in downing street this morning, she has apologised to the leaders over the windrush generation immigration

controversy at the downing street meeting, following on from the apology in the house of commons yesterday from the home secretary, amber rudd, theresa may apologising to caribbean leaders in downing street today over the unnecessary stress and disruption to the lives of the windrush generation, some of whom have been threatened with deportation because they did not have paperwork dating back a0 years, in some cases, showing their status as settled. ajudge in new york has rejected an attempt by president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, to prevent prosecutors reading files seized at his offices and home last week. among those in court was the pornographic actress, stormy daniels, who says she was paid by mr cohen to keep quiet about an alleged sexual liaison with mr trump. our correspondent, nick bryant, reports from new york. at the federal court in manhattan, a

media circus, it was not only michael cohen, the president was not loyal, who walked through those doors, stormy daniels, who was paid on the eve of the election, allegedly to prevent her from talking about a sexual encounter she allegedly had with donald trump in 2006. my attorney and i are committed to making sure everyone finds out the truth and the facts of what happened and i give my word that we will not rest until it happens. what michael cohen was arguing was that material seized by federal investigators as part of the criminal investigation into his activities should not be seen by federal prosecutors because they are covered, in his mind, by attorney—client privilege. the federal prosecutors argued that attorney—client privilege does not apply ina attorney—client privilege does not apply in a criminal investigation. what thejudge has

apply in a criminal investigation. what the judge has decided apply in a criminal investigation. what thejudge has decided is apply in a criminal investigation. what the judge has decided is that michael cohen's team and president trump's team should be given copies of the documents seized, they can identify what they believe is covered by attorney—client privilege and then she will make a determination what the federal prosecutors can see. nick bryant reporting. vauxhall and its sister company have announced plans to scale down its franchise dealerships across the uk and europe. boxer was taken over across the uk and europe. boxer was ta ken over by across the uk and europe. boxer was taken over by the french group last year —— vauxhall. they say it is in response to changing consumer habits and fourand eight response to changing consumer habits and four and eight team doesn't drop in sales of new cars in the last few months. doreen lawrence, the mother of teenager stephen lawrence, has told bbc breakfast that she believes violent crime against young black men is still not being taken seriously enough. 00v) the metropolitan police, whose investigation into stephen's murder was heavily criticised, says it has made far reaching changes in its approach to race crime.

her comments come ahead of the 25th anniversary of her son's murder on sunday. do you think police take a crime less seriously if the victim is black? i would say, yes. when stephen was killed, his murder was not investigated as it should have done, and howa not investigated as it should have done, and how a lot of these cases have been investigated now, the mere fa ct have been investigated now, the mere fact they are separated into a different unit is not the same for young black men when they have been murdered, they do not take it seriously. doreen lawrence. the launch of nasa's planet—hunter known as tess has been postponed until tomorrow at the earliest. the telescope was due to leave cape canaveral in florida on a spacex falcon 9 rocket at around 11.30 last night. but it was called off three hours before lift—off. some curious pictures to show you. resurfacing roadworks which skirted around a parked car have been described

as an epic fail. the road in southport was completely resurfaced, apart from a section directly underneath this car. a resident said she returned from work to find the gap outside her house, and thinks the car belongs to a neighbour. sefton council said residents were warned well in advance of the resurfacing works. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, the weather. you have heard it is going to warm up over the next few days, but for the hero and now, quite cloudy, quite miserable in northern and western parts of the uk, this is in keswick, lovely weather for ducks. uk, this is in keswick, lovely weatherfor ducks. in the uk, this is in keswick, lovely weather for ducks. in the south—east of england, some sunny spells at the moment, temperatures could get up to 19,20. moment, temperatures could get up to 19, 20. this is what is to come on thursday, temperatures up to 26 in the even capital, in scotland and

northern ireland, 18, 19. until then, wet weather driven on by this area of low pressure, strong winds across the uk, especially in western areas, sunny across the uk, especially in western areas, sunny spells and showers for scotla nd areas, sunny spells and showers for scotland and northern ireland, sunshine in the south—east of england, it could turn hazy. at apm, the rain will continue on and off in south—west england, wales, north—western parts of england. sunny spells and showers for scotland. murray first, some sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant. temperatures in the mid teens. still quite windy, gales on the exposed western areas, and through the afternoon, temperatures in the south—east, 18, 19, perhaps 20. for many, temperatures typically 15, 17. still actually on the warm side. overnight, quite a bit of cloud and showers moving across

scotla nd cloud and showers moving across scotland and northern ireland. a little bit breezy with temperatures staying up at about ten to 12 degrees. it will start off quite cloudy on wednesday morning, just notice, as we get more darker greens, the cloud drifting away, still quite a bit of cloud for scotla nd still quite a bit of cloud for scotland and northern ireland, showers moving in, but temperatures, 16 to 20 degrees in northern areas, central and southern areas, 21—23. thursday, a bit of cloud around the irish sea coasts, cloud drifting into scotland, but elsewhere, dry and sunny and temperatures responding. 25, 26 in the south—east. manchester, 23. scotland, 17, up to 19. finally, some really warm weather on its way. bye— bye. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories

developing at midday. the government writes to 12 caribbean countries expressing regret for any anxiety caused over the the status of windrush immigrants in the uk. the home secretary apologised yesterday for the way this has been handled up until now. i think the really important thing now is we sat in place arrangements so that people get a much better service in the future, which after all is what they're entitled to. officials reveal the nerve agent used to poison sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal was delivered in liquid form. the squeeze on wage growth eases as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. russia says chemical weapons inspectors will tomorrow be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in syria. a new report says up to a third of millennials may never own their own home. also, have scientists in portsmouth found a new way of tackling plastic waste? they've created a new enzyme

which can digest a type of plastic used to make drinks bottles and other products. and it's notjust men who are from mars — a senior nasa engineer says the first person to set foot on the red planet should be a woman. good afternoon. it's tuesday 17th april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the prime minister has apologised to caribbean leaders and home office ministers have written to 12 caribbean countries expressing regret for any anxiety caused over the the status of windrush immigrants in the uk.

the government has also promised there will be no forced deportations or detentions while it attempts to sort out the issue. there's been growing anger over revelations that thousands of people were being incorrectly identified as illegal immigrants. today, cabinet office minister david lidington said it was fair to ask why the government hadn't acted sooner, but that ministers were now working to support those affected. i think it's not unreasonable to say that. the home secretary apologised yesterday for the way this has been handled up till now. i think the really important thing now is that we set in place arrangements so that people get a much better service in the future, which after all is what they're entitled to — these are people who are legally entitled to be here, in most cases have been working, paying taxes for all their adult lives. they are granted by an act of parliament the right to live lawfully in the united kingdom, so, actually, getting them through the paperwork and the record checking to have the formal documentation to prove that status is something we need to help them with, that's what we're doing. our assistant political editor

norman smith is at downing street. norman, that apology from theresa may herself to caribbean leaders, how far will that go, do you think, to draw some sort of line under the anger of all of this? well, it was striking, listening to some of those caribbean leaders arriving a short time ago, remarkably restrained. how dignified, i have to say, but i've no doubt they are utterly furious and what we've seen this morning looks like full—scale damage limitation by the government. they have got the fire hose out and are desperately trying to hose down the widespread furious across all political parties at the treatment of the windrush generation. we saw those heasley arranged meetings with caribbean leaders going on in downing street after officials had

originally said, no, you can't have a meeting. we've seen a letterfrom the immigration minister apologising for the anxiety caused. we've seen a pledge from number ten that there will be no deportations while these processes a re will be no deportations while these processes are gone through and in the last few minutes, heard that mrs may has herself apologised to caribbean leaders. just have a listen to a couple of them arriving in downing street a short time ago. first the high commissioner for barbados followed by the high commissionerfor barbados followed by the high commissioner for guyana. have you concerns about what you've heard? we are delighted that there is an opportunity to hear from the uk government and that the prime minister has offered us this opportunity to interact with the prime minister. surely this should never have happened in the first place. we are grateful we are here and we're looking forward to what she has to say to us. do you think the uk government has been too slow to act? not really. i think it has

moved very swiftly over the last few days and we are reasonably happy about progress that's been made. you're happy with the progress. do you know if there were any people that have been deported because of this? i'm not aware of any. no. the problem seems to be mainly with jamaica and barbados. i'm from guyana and i haven't come across any persons from a country that have been affected in that way. ok, what will you say to the prime minister about this? i thinkjamaica will do most of the talking, and barbados perhaps because they are affected more than anyone as far as i know. as of recently, very well. i wasn't here then. well, as you see, a fairly restrained response from caribbean leaders, although it was interesting, the jamaican prime minister, when he arrived at number

ten, was asked, what is your response, what is your message to the windrush generation? he said, we will get what is there. and also, at the conference just being held around the country from here —— corner from around the country from here —— cornerfrom here, when he spoke, he was really enthusiastically applauded when he talked about the contribution of the windrush generation to, in his words, enriching and building britain. i wouldn't be fooled by the fairly sort of dignified attitude of caribbean leaders. they clearly feel bruised by that. domestically, this matters hugely because questions are now being asked, how on earth could this have happened? and a number of fingers are being pointed at mrs may who, as home secretary, introduced a new regime in 2012 or 2013 with new immigration rules designed to tighten up the sort of checks which now seem tighten up the sort of checks which now seem to have proved so problematic for many of the windrush generation, and in particular she

told mps back then that she'd wanted told mps back then that she'd wanted to create a hostile environment for illegal immigrants, and her critics are saying this is the consequence of that environment. norman, thank you very much. in the last few minutes, it's been revealed that the nerve agent used to attack the former rusian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, in salisbury was last month was delivered in liquid form. that and another of details being announced for the department for environment. let's get more on this development from our correspondent in salisbury, duncan kennedy. duncan, what else can you tell us about the briefing in the last short while? yes, it's a briefing, off—camera briefing, with the department for the environment and also wiltshire council. two types of information have come out. one about the novichok agent and one about the clean—up operation that's just about to start. let me start with the novichok and pick up on your point.

for the first time, we've had confirmed now that the novichok was delivered in a liquid form. there was speculation before that it might have been a powder or a gel smeared onto sergei skripal al's front door, possibly the door handle, at his home on the edges of salisbury. now the experts have confirmed to us it was delivered in a liquid form. they've also told us that the novichok has not disappeared. it doesn't evaporate, doesn't disappear, and is still at the house and here in the city centre ready for that clean—up. it doesn't produce a vapour or a for that clean—up. it doesn't produce a vapour or a gas. for that clean—up. it doesn't produce a vapour or a gas. it is in liquid form. the primary site was mr sergei skripal‘s house but there was a secondary contamination on these other sites. it came in a liquid form. it has to be cleaned away with caustic agents. you can dial it in water but that doesn't quite get rid of it as it were. what they are going to do is move it with caustic agents wherever it is found. which

brings us onto the clean—up operation itself which will get under way in the next few days. you able to see behind me, which is where we come each time for these reports. this is the bench work sergei skripal and usually skripal alt were found on the ath of march. inafew alt were found on the ath of march. in a few days though put hoardings appear ready for the clean—up operation to begin which will involve nearly 200 members of the army and other elements of the mod. duncan, ifi army and other elements of the mod. duncan, if i can interrupt... on those points you've been making, given what you've said, how concerned should people in salisbury beat? —— people in salisbury beat, with all this detail about the novichok and it could take many months for it to be cleaned away? the message to come out of this meeting was that the risk remains

low. that is paramount to everything. i was going to come onto that. that's exactly the message from deaf and the wiltshire council. the public are not at risk. —— the message from defra. these areas will all be sealed off and it will be very carefully managed, this has come operation, this clean—up. to give you an example of where i am, this grass behind me and these cobblestones, these paving stones, will be removed as part of this clean—up operation. that was also confirmed this morning. everything thatis confirmed this morning. everything that is removed, all items will be incinerated. we heard earlier on there was a table in the temp —— in there was a table in the temp —— in the restaurant, that will be destroyed. anything tested which will have novichok and it will be taken away will have novichok and it will be ta ken away and will have novichok and it will be taken away and incinerated. it's not quite clear to us how you incinerate bricks and turf but the experts say

it is possible. new information to come out of this meeting, and you're quite right, for some of these sites, depending on the level of concentration of the nerve agent, it will take months to clear up. we asked the people involved, i we still going to be cleaning up by the end of the year? they couldn't confirm that but said that where those concentrations are at their highest, this operation will take months and they also said it will cost many millions of pounds. duncan, thank you very much for taking us through the details of that update. to the economy now, and the squeeze on wage growth appears to be easing as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. our economics editor kamal ahmed said workers in the uk had been suffering from an income squeeze for about a year now. if you remember, after the referendum on brexit, the value of the pound fell quite sharply. that means that inflation, prices, rose because we import a lot of our food and fuel to this country. if we

import those things, if the pound is weaker, the cost of those imports increases, meaning prices went up. at the same time, our earnings growth only went up very slowly, so that created this income squeeze where our wages are not going up as fast as prices. very unusual situation for people to find themselves in. slightly poorer at themselves in. slightly poorer at the end of the year than they were at the beginning. today we've had some betterfigures on incomes, so incomes at the moment are rising at around 2.8% per year. inflation forum february —— for february was 2.996. forum february —— for february was 2.9%. on that measure, it is correct that the income squeeze is coming to an end but we need to be careful. if we ta ke an end but we need to be careful. if we take every month picture, which is much more robust if you look at figures, looking at three months is better than one month, the squeeze is still with us. over a three—month period, inflation has been 2.9%, so 2.8% of wage increases means there's a slight squeeze. the big point is

that over the last decade, frankly, many people have hardly seen incomes change, whether they work in private sector and particularly if they work in the public sector or are on benefits, which have also been squeezed. we need to see a much more sustained period of wages rising above inflation to start getting excited or to say this is significant. by a long way. that's absolutely right. we need to be very cautious, but at least the trend is in the right direction, it's back towards positive, which is very helpful for people. on the jobs market, the jobs numbers helpful for people. on the jobs market, thejobs numbers are helpful for people. on the jobs market, the jobs numbers are strong, lots of people are in employment. the best thing, frankly, for the economy is that people are working, that's good for people's own kitchen table economy, as you might describe it. but i think we need to be slightly cautious on this end of the pay squeeze issue because, yes, month on month, it has ended, but as you say we need to see a sustained

growth before people really start feeling it in their pockets. we saw polls brexit record sterling dollar rates overnight. how will all of this wage data influence that? not quite... the wage data is not quite as strong as expected. the pound is slightly weakened after that. but i think the sterling issue is dollar wea kness think the sterling issue is dollar weakness on the one side, but also looking ahead to the possibility of an interest rate rise here next month. many people in the market, economists, think that the governor of the bank of england, the monetary policy committee, will raise rates in may. that tends to lead to a strengthening of the pound. a lot of it is about looking forward to that. as well as more positive news on those brexited negotiations than many people thought there would be and economy has performed better than many people predicted, and i think that's been reflected in the strength of the pound, but today's

earning figures, although better, they are maybe not quite as strong as some people expected. russia says that inspectors from the chemical weapons watchdog will be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in the syrian city of douma tomorrow. the team has been waiting in damascus since saturday. the us has expressed concern that russia might have tampered with the site. both russia and syria deny that any chemical weapons were used. seth doane from cbs news is one of the first western journalists to visit douma since the weekend. he was taken there by syrian government forces. from there, he has sent this report. this was rebel territory until two days ago. and today, we made it to the very house where the suspected chemical attack took place. "all of a sudden, some gas spread around us," this neighbour recounted. "we couldn't breathe, it smelt like chlorine." syrian forces recaptured this area from rebels over the weekend.

how did the chemicals get here? "the missile up there," he pointed on the roof. we asked him to take us to where the missile allegedly hit. he took took us here and pointed here. where we found a missile neatly resting. the human toll of the fighting was evident in the main square this afternoon. hundreds of thousands of civilians have been living here, many without food for months. you can see the desperation here, people just hoping for some bread. we asked this mother of five why she didn't leave, if the fighting had been so bad. "we tried more than once," she told us, "but the rebels wouldn't let us go." nine days have already passed since the suspected chemical attack, and if weapons experts do make it to that building, they could find a scene that may have been tampered with, and eyewitness accounts that can be confusing and contradictory. seth doane, cbs news for bbc news, damascus. we can speak tojerry smith,

who is the former head of field operations in syria for the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us. i was talking to a guest earlier about the difficulties for the inspectors. the number of days of course after the strikes, after the attack, and a number of days after they actually arrived in syria. what does this mean for their investigation in douma? pretty much every day that the inspectors are not on site there is the potential for evidence to be lost. as you mentioned, the scenes themselves are insecure, so people can go over them, crawl over them, move perhaps items or whatever. secondly, the agent itself might

degrade into the atmosphere, on like the novichok you mentioned degrade into the atmosphere, on like thfiééégjchc is vou mentioned and try to those accounts'"’ "7 777" 7" 7" 77 those accounts of 7 "7 777" 7" 7" 77 those accounts of the ’ ”w "’ w’ " corroborate those accounts of the attack and the events and potentially as well get hold of medical records, if any exist, of the victims and the deceased, as well. but there has been talk about the type of agent, and nerve agent

potentially used in combination. if that's the case, that is more different. the nerve agent could hang around for a bit longer and also victims may well have traces of the agent in their body that samples can be taken from. that is slightly different. it is very dependent on the agent used. you speak of the inspectors talking to witnesses, but in your experience, how difficult is it to get witness accounts, to find people who are prepared to speak to the inspectors, given, i presume, that those inspectors will be under the watchful eye of syrian government minders? well, yeah, this is the case and this is the issue of international investigations. it requires a mandate from all parties and there are stakeholders in this incident that don't want the truth to come out, whether it had been a staged event or a chemical attack. on either side, inspectors have to deal with the politics as much as they have to deal with the actual investigation itself. so, really, looking at lessons from all of this, and this is a difficult thing of

course to achieve, but it's about getting inspectors to locations as speedily and efficiently as possible without putting them in danger. but as this particular scenario demonstrates, that incredibly difficult. does that undermine the effectiveness of the work they do? well, potentially it does but that's the nature of international investigations. it's not world police. we are not deployed under un chapter seven where they go in, whatever the local authorities decide. you know, they have to go there with the acquiescence and agreement of the local authorities and they have to understand the risks and threats potentially to them and make sure that they are safe because if they're injured, obviously they can't do theirjob. as you said, it's an absolutely tightrope of a balance to undertake. jerry smith, thank you very much. we've been telling do a short while

ago about theresa may's apology to caribbean leaders who she's been meeting in downing street today. that's over the windrush generation situation. those people put in a very difficult position by virtue of the fact that they came over to the uk as windrush immigrants, but perhaps with the passage of time may not have had the necessary paperwork to prove their status here in the uk. we've just received this clip of the prime minister. the united kingdom has long—standing deeper ties with your countries and indeed with the region as a whole, spanning whole range of areas of activity, trade, development, security, culture, spirit, and we value, and i want to reiterate how much we value the contribution that has been made by commonwealth citizens who made their life here in the uk to the united kingdom. and i

particularly wa nt the uk to the united kingdom. and i particularly want to acknowledge that as we come together and celebrate the commonwealth and the ties between us and the connections between us. and particularly the windrush generation helped to build the country that we are today. and i wa nt to the country that we are today. and i want to dispel any impression that my government is in some sense clamping down on commonwealth citizens, particularly those in the caribbean that built a life here. i ta ke caribbean that built a life here. i take this issue very seriously. the home secretary apologised in the house of commons yesterday for any anxiety caused and i will apologise to you today because we are genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused. there you see the apology from the prime minister to caribbean leaders at that meeting in downing street. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: as theresa may meets caribbean leaders in london, ministers write to 12 countries expressing regret over the anxiety caused for windrush immigrants. the squeeze on wage growth eases as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975.

russia says chemical weapons inspectors will, tomorrow, be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in syria. the uk government is to challenge brexit legislation passed by the scottish and welsh devolved administrations. the supreme court will now be asked to rule on whether the legislation is constitutional and within the powers of the devolved legislatures. our scotland editor, sarah smith, is in glasgow. good afternoon. perhaps you could explain the detail of this, the background to all of this. absolutely. it's a very significant move because it's the first time the uk government has ever challenged in court the right of the scottish parliament and welsh assembly to pass its own laws. it's come about

because, as you said, those legislatures pass their own brexit legislation last month to prepare for leaving the eu. they did that because they are deeply unhappy with the uk government's eu withdrawal bill. what they are now asking is for the supreme court to decide whether or not it was within the constitutional power of those to pass thereon brexit legislation. it mightfind pass thereon brexit legislation. it might find doing a croissant like an arcane legal argument but it's part ofa arcane legal argument but it's part of a much bigger political battle. when we leave the eu, a whole lot of powers which currently reside in brussels over things like agriculture and the environment will return to the uk. a lot of them will be devolved to the scottish parliament and to the welsh assemblies. the uk government say they need to keep control of making laws in some areas over things like food labelling or animal welfare because they need to be common standards, the same rules and regulations across the whole of the uk. the scottish and welsh governments say it's all very well to agree common frameworks but they

need to be agreed, they cannot be imposed by westminster and that's what they're so angry about. there are talks going on to try to resolve this, although it is a fairly dramatic and significant move to ta ke dramatic and significant move to take this case to the supreme court, the three parties are all still talking. the uk, scottish and was government ‘s are still in negotiations trying to find a way through this because the —— before the eu withdrawal bill finally finishes its passage through westminster. when can we expect to hear the decision on this? how long might it take? it's maybe that this is resolved through negotiation before the supreme court rules on this. all the parties involved would like get amendments to the withdrawal bill that is currently in the house of lords sorted, all agreed on, before it finishes its passage through parliament, which will probably be in early may. we might get agreement soon but they've been talking about this for months in pretty intense negotiations. they haven't gone anywhere yet and the temperature has just gone up a notch

with this case being taken to the uk supreme court. thank you very much. sarah smith in glasgow. we're going to return to the windrush a story. the premise has apologised to caribbean leaders she's met in downing street today. we can hear now from the jamaican prime minister, andrew holness, speaking outside downing street. we as caribbean leaders, we have to accept that in good faith. ourjob is as members of the commonwealth, good partners, is to stand in oversight to ensure the commitments given are dealt with in good order and with speed. at half a century of contribution... thank you so much. what would you say to the windrush generation who have suffered as a result of what you call an unseen consequence? that is quite u nfortu nate, consequence? that is quite unfortunate, quite unfair. but i thinkjustice is going to be done.

that is in the process of being done. where you angry about it? thank you. thank you. the jamaican prime minister, andrew holness, speaking to the media outside downing street after that meeting with the prime minister in which she apologised to those leaders for the situation that the windrush generation here in the uk have found themselves in. just before we came to mr holness, he had said his message for the windrush families was, we'll get what's fair. i think we can bring you another clip of one of the leaders speaking a short while ago. this is timothy harris, the high commissioner for st while ago. this is timothy harris, the high commissionerfor st kitts and nevis. apologies, we don't actually have that clip for you. we are trying to get it for you and, yes, i'm told we can bring it to you now. sought to assure us from the

caribbean that the government would work expeditiously to resolve the problems that have developed in a way that maintains the dignity of our people and ensure that those who properly ought to have their immigration status regularised that there is no inconvenience to them. how do you feel about the way the government has dealt with it? what we can do is take the prime minister's word to have all high commissioner is here in london work with the government to ensure that information is being shared and that the words of the government will be matched with quick action. the information that we have suggests that they are doing a double of that

information and so they are not able to give any specific data with respect to that. they are doing research. did you ask for. .. we did say, those who have reported... sorry, deported, the situation ought to be revisited. the prime minister has accepted this. st kitts and nevis was satisfied we had an opportunity. it is regrettable that the circumstance which we now find ourselves in was allowed to get this far, but nonetheless we want to consecrate the future and hope these troubling issues that affected the migrant population would not surface again and that true dialogue and

true import with the parties resolution can be found. do you think mrs mae herself, which was home secretary, was to blame for this? she has reconciled with the general sentiment of the british public that what has happened to the migrant population, the drama, the uncertainty, that those things are reg retta ble uncertainty, that those things are regrettable and ought not to have happened. she has sought to reassure that she will do her very best to ensure that her officials in the home office and elsewhere move expeditiously towards a resolution. did you ask for, or will you get any compensation for those who lost out on work or benefits because of this? that matter had been put by the caribbean delegation and certainly

st kitts and nevis would want to see some of that happen. we are here to see what the investigations would reveal and we see this basically as a start of the dialogue, as evidence is uncovered that requires correction, we hope that the british government would be morally persuaded to do the right thing and to make good any injustice that persons would have suffered, including compensation where that is appropriate. thank you. timothy harris, the high commissionerfor st timothy harris, the high commissioner for st kitts and nevis, one of the commonwealth leaders meeting with theresa may earlier. let us take a look at the weather forecast now. sunshine and warmth going to break through the clouds, not quite there

yet, for some, still on the website and windy, particularly south—west england, wales, northern england, showers for scotland and northern ireland, warmer than yesterday, driest in the south—east with sunny spells. windy and western areas, but south—westerly, so keeping temperatures up. tomorrow, the wind will take it further north, so after a bright start to northern ireland, outbreaks of rain in the morning, in the afternoon, spreading across western parts of scotland, being confined to the highlands and islands by the end of the day. clear skies working north. we could see highs of 23, 20 —— 23, skies working north. we could see highs of 23, 20 -- 23, 2a skies working north. we could see highs of 23, 20 —— 23, 2a in the south—east. temperatures peaking on thursday in the south—east at 26. goodbye for now.

this is bbc newsroom live. our latest headlines... theresa may apologises to leaders of caribbean nations caused to people from the windrush generation by treatment from the uk immigrations system. i want to apologise today to you because we are genuinely sorry for any anxiety caused. new official data shows the pay squeeze drawing to a close, as the jobless rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. ten days after an alleged chemical attack, russia says chemical weapons inspectors in syria are to be given access to the site tomorrow. president macron of france has urged europeans to resist rising authoritarianism at the launch of a debate aimed at re—engaging voters with the european union. up to a third of young people

will never be able to afford to buy their own houses and will live in private rented accommodation all their lives. that's according to research for the resolution foundation think tank who say that a0% of millennials — those born between 1980 and 1996 — were living in rented housing by the age of 30. let's talk tojenny kovacs, who once owned her own home but is now in rented accommodation. and john stewart who is from the residential landlords association. thank you both forjoining me today. jenny, tell us about your situation. i lived through my life and i bought two properties and then because of personal circumstances, a marriage split, i was then in the predicament

where i no longer owned a home and i really feel for the millennial is because five years on, i am still looking at how to get back on the property ladder, i do not see how they have an opportunity to do so in their lifetime and it is sad. give usa their lifetime and it is sad. give us a sense of the efforts you have been making to try to get back on the property ladder. it is interesting because i live in an area of london which is not the cheapest, so you try to find cheaper rent, put money away, and it means you can sometimes inadvertently degrade your lifestyle to be able to put everything into a property, you speak to financial advisers, they tell you your income needs to be at a certain level, it is not the easiest of things to do. having already experienced owning a property, it is a difficult thing to think, is that that far in the distance for me? john, from the residential landlords association, i guess you would like people, based

on the members of your association and what they say, to start thinking more about renting as a long—term solution, rather than the desire to own the property. certainly the government at the moment remains committed to promoting homeownership but we have seen a great deal of growth in the private rented sector, now ove rta ke n growth in the private rented sector, now overtaken social housing is the second—largest tenure in the uk. our members look to provide safe secure and legal accommodation to those renting and people rent privately for a variety of reasons, some flexibility, for work or study, for other people, they can afford a better property renting than they can buy, but there are people for whom affordability is the key issue and they cannot get on the housing ladder and i think we need to begin to plan for the longer term for more people being in rented accommodation long—term and within the private

rented sector. does the private rental sector really give people enough security, especially if they are ata enough security, especially if they are at a point in their lives when they want to start a family? we have to be clear about some of the statistics in the private rented sector, only 10% of tenancies are ended by the landlord, most tenancies are ended by the tenants, the average tendency in the sector now lasts five quarters years, no landlord wants to get rid of a good tenant, they want to keep them long—term —— now lasts for years. they do not want void periods. they know the property is being looked after. what we need to do is remove some of the barriers to landlords offering longer term tenancies, for example, there are still mortgage conditions prohibiting tenancies of more than six, 12 months. many insurance clauses, leaseholders often prevented by the freeholder from offering longer term tenancies. i will try to come back to you, i

wa nt to i will try to come back to you, i want to go back tojenny i know in many european nations, long—term rentals a re many european nations, long—term rentals are much more the thing to do and a common way of life, have you pretty much accepted that is what you will be doing or do you still strive and desire to own a home again? i strive to own a home again but when you think about the millennial is affected by this, they go out and have a look at trying to get a mortgage, it almost seems like it is weighted more to the landlords to be able to buy or have more buy to be able to buy or have more buy to let properties than for the consumer, the person who wants the mortgage. it is served the landlords cannot rent out these properties for a long period of time, but what about the millennials, the people desperately trying to get on the housing ladder, maybe they have just finished university, student debt, they are trying to build their own home and future in a way in which they may have even been brought up

to aspire to own their own property? the cost of a mortgage or repayment against the cost of someone like this area in london, it is significantly... there is a gap, it isa significantly... there is a gap, it is a lot more expensive to rent than to get a mortgage. do you think the system is weighted towards private landlords? not at all. landlords will typically have to find a deposit of 30%, whereas for homeowners, it is between 5% and 10%. landlords face an additional 3% stamp duty if they are buying an additional property and we have to be careful... that gets passed on surely to the tenants of the landlords? obviously, where costs increase, some are passed on to the tenants, but landlords are aware of affordability and the key driver here preventing people from getting homeownership is both access to a mortgage and also wage stagnation,

as you touched on earlier, and incomes have not been rising by as much as property prices, and these are far bigger barriers to people buying property band, for example, the claim that private landlords are favoured in the housing market. the evidence is not a macro to assert that —— the evidence is not there to back up that assertion. thank you both for talking to us. an inquiry into abuses by undercover police has published the covert name used by the officer who spied on the stephen lawrence family campaign. the metropolitan police officer was gathering intelligence as scotland yard fought accusations of racism during the 1998 public inquiry into the murder. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani said the inquiry into undercover policing was proving to be a long and complicated piece of work. three years, trying to get to the bottom of the allegations of abuses by undercover officers in a controversial unit at scotland yard, among those

allegations that women were tricked into sexual relationships, but the key allegation which triggered the inquiry in the first place by the then home secretary, theresa may, was that there was a spy in the camp of the lawrence family right at the moment in ‘98, 20 years ago, when the family were trying to pursue the metropolitan police through an inquiry into the murder of the teenager, the handling of the teenager's murder by scotland yard. that critical moment, this officer who we now know was called dave hagan, his false name, his cover name, deployed into one of the campaign groups around doreen and neville lawrence, to gather intelligence about what was going on within the campaign and on the street, and critically, he fed back some of that intelligence to his scotland yard bosses in the period just before the inquiry reached its final stage. it was at that point when scotland yard were fighting this allegation of institutional racism, one really key piece

of intelligence he passed back, quite sensitive stuff, was that doreen and neville lawrence had, in this officer's view, secretly separated, and at the time that was not public knowledge and he clearly got close to somebody who was providing information to him and that was passed back and the allegation has always been this information was used by scotland yard to effectively subvert the inquiry process. and obviously, we have been hearing from the lawrences in recent days because of the anniversary of stephen's murder. has there been any response from the lawrences to this specifically or from anyone close to them? yeah, no responses from doreen or neville lawrence so far today. i think everyone is trying to absorb what this information means. they have been fighting a long campaign to name not just this officer, and of course, so far, all they have got is the cover name of this officer, but also the officers who commanded this particular operation. they have not got very far there. but dwayne brooks, stephen's friend who was with him on the night of the murder, it is widely believed he was one of the primary targets for dave hagan in this operation and dwayne earlier told me that at last he has got some information and he is now demanding

scotland yard release any secret file which names him, which was produced by dave hagan, because he says this is the start of a very long journey to work out how he was personally spied upon and how his attempt to get justice for his friend and for wider justice campaigns in london were subverted by scotland yard. a former cambridge analytica employee has said the misuse of uk citizens' personal data was rife between brexit campaign group leave. brittany kaiser, cambridge analytica's former business development director, has been submitting evidence to the digital, culture, media and sport select committee's inquiry into fake news. our media editor amol rajan joins us now. tell us more. pretty explosive stuff. the gist of it in a written statement comes down to her claim on the experience working with cambridge analytica that there were

many more than 87 million users on facebook affected by the data breach we have been reporting lots, pretty big allegation, not yet produced evidence to back it up, i am sure facebook would deny it, but there is also remarkable claim by her about what arron banks, a funder of one of the campaigns from brexit, what he may have done using his companies. he got rich from insurance companies. let us listen to the clip. all of the staff there were employed by an insurance company and almost none of the staff knew anything about political campaigning, a lot of what i said to them and what i presented to them was novel, they had never heard of any of these tactics, they had never

participated in politics before, and they openly said, i work for an insurance company, help! the people in the call centre, why were you going to see them? were they going to be working on the leave.eu campaign? they were actively working on the leave.eu campaign when i was there. pretty incendiary claim. arron banks, looking at his pretty active twitter account, he has not responded. i am sure he will have a response and he may deny that allegation. what has been claimed is arron banks has an office outside bristol which is where his insurance companies have also does and she says she was there and people who normally work for an insurance company were calling people upon finding out what they think about brexit, that would be improper, if it were the case, we will await arron banks's response with considerable interest. thank you very much. the headlines... theresa may apologises to caribbean leaders for any anxiety caused

to windrush immigrants in the uk. the squeeze on wage growth eases as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. russia says chemical weapons inspectors will, tomorrow, be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in syria. scientists in portsmouth have engineered an enzyme which can digest a type of plastic used to make drinks bottles and other products, which could offer a new way of recycling. the enzyme works by breaking the plastic down. although so far it has only been found to work on the kind of material used in drinks bottles. researchers say it has opened a door to a new way of tackling plastic waste. ben thompson is in didcot with more. welcome to this high—tech research facility here at didcot in oxfordshire. they are using this, what is known as a synchrotron, and they are using it to speed up that process that you mentioned, the enzyme that will break down

plastic, particularly things like plastic bottles, into the two component parts. it could mean an answer to the rising tide of plastic pollution. come with me, let me introduce you to two of the people involved in the project. john's with me, one of the researchers behind this. and sian is a campaigner against plastic waste. nice to see you both. john, just explain to me first of all how this works, an amazing breakthrough, if you can do this on a commercial scale, getting rid of some of that plastic? yes, it is exciting. there is an enzyme that was discovered in a recycling dump. basically, from a bacteria that eats plastic. what we have done is pulled the enzyme out and we have come to the diamond light source here and we have been able to solve the atomic structure which basically allows us to see inside and how it works. why would you need something like this? this is an absolutely vast building, about the size of wembley stadium, there are x—rays flying their way around this building,

what does that let you do? it allows us to see the details, the inner workings of what is happening. the smaller the thing you need to see, the bigger the microscope, and this is a microscope on a huge scale, as you say. very exciting place to work, the diamond light source. sian, you campaign against plastic waste and we know there is so much of it cluttering up our oceans right now and the environment, you must be excited, when you hear something like this, that there could be something that would break it down? yes, very excited. and this is the kind of collaboration that i think the world needs, showing that science can actually come up with some kind of solution, but we have to be realistic. this bottle is never going to be properly recycled, it is never going to become another bottle, unlike something like an aluminium can that will become another can, or a glass bottle. so plastic at the moment is only ever really down cycled. and the other thing we need to bear in mind is that we are talking about what may happen in the future for plastic recycling in the future to truly recycle it. right now, on our planet, we have 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste. i don't know how we will ever fix that problem. how are we ever going to find that plastic, dispose of it?

it's in our oceans, it's in our soil, it's everywhere. we have to turn off the plastic tap. so that is ourjob, really, at the plastic planet, to work with supermarkets, food and drink brands, to help wean them off, really, wean us all off our plastic addition —— addiction, so we can turn off that plastic tap, a big turn, and have less plastic in the world. right now, we're forecast to be world producing 1 billion tonnes of plastic every year from 2015. do we really need all that plastic? there are other materials. let's turn the tap off. sian, john, good to see you both, thanks for explaining all of that. so, there you heard it, a step in the right direction. clearly, a lot more work still to be done. but that enzyme could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in getting rid of some of that plastic. but as you heard, it's about reducing what we use and dealing with the problem of all of the plastic currently cluttering up our planet. ben thomson reporting. leading engineers at nasa have told the bbc that the first person to set foot on mars should be a woman.

we have breaking news to bring you in relation to the windrush story. this is coming from the labour mp david lammy who says the son of a woman who came to britain as part of the windrush generation is due to be deported tomorrow. david lammy says the mother of the 35—year—old got in touch with him saying her son was going to be removed from the country after two failed applications to stay. david lammy has said it is a national disgrace, what is going on in the home office, it makes me ashamed of our great country, the prime minister must act urgently, he says, to hold the deportation and all of the windrush deportations. we did hearfrom a spokesman all of the windrush deportations. we did hear from a spokesman for the prime minister earlier saying there would not be any deportations or detentions of windrush generation residents while the immigration process is addressed and the failings in the immigration process,

the prime minister apologising to caribbean leaders at a downing street meeting earlier. david lammy mps saying the son of a woman who came to britain as part of the windrush generation is due to be deported tomorrow. no doubt we will hear more about that story. returning to the nasa story. leading engineers at nasa have told the bbc that the first person to set foot on mars should be a woman. nasa's top female scientists and astronauts have been speaking to bbc radio 5 live about their work, the barriers they face and their desire to see more women make history in space. they're aiming for a gender balanced workforce, but say they can only achieve that if equal numbers of men and women train for science and technology careers. 5 live's anna foster reports. mission control in houston. they are monitoring the international space station. in this mock—up, astronauts train for the rigours of space. except you would be floating in, not walking. of course. we are on the ground, for starters. but for the women here, there is a new frontier.

my director is a woman, my former division chief is a woman. we have female astronauts. we haven't put a woman on the moon yet and i think that perhaps the first person to step on mars should be a woman. for a long time now, nasa has tried hard to celebrate the achievements of its female engineers and scientists. 2018 marks a0 years since the first women were picked to go into space, the total workforce here is now one third female, and in 2016, nasa selected its first—ever gender—balanced class of astronauts. but there's still one place that only men have ever set foot. one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. when i was selected as an astronaut in the year 2000, i thought that that might be a realistic possibility, that we would be the ones, the next to go to the moon, so it's unfortunate we weren't. it will happen. you know, there's a lot of politics and a lot of money

is needed and all of this, and priorities, and so it is really hard to see it not go faster, but there is just a lot involved and eventually, it will happen. growing vegetables in space is a key challenge, and growing the female scientists of the future is too. 50,000 fewer women than men are graduating with the qualifications they need to getjobs in this field. there certainly were aspects where i was challenged, you know. i wasn't as great in math as some of my colleagues, my handwriting is terrible, so there are things that are not my strengths, but i fell in love with plants and plants were my strength and i really learned and focused on that. scientists like this are at the forefront of overcoming interstellar barriers, but now they want to see the earthly issues of equality and opportunity overcome too. anna foster, bbc news. ajudge in new york has rejected an attempt by president trump's personal

lawyer, michael cohen, to prevent prosecutors reading files seized at his offices and home last week. among those in court was the pornographic actress, stormy daniels, who says she was paid by mr cohen to keep quiet about an alleged sexual liaison with mr trump. our correspondent, nick bryant, reports from new york. at the federal court in manhattan, a media circus, it was not only michael cohen, the president's lawyer who walked through those doors, stormy daniels, who was paid on the eve of the 2016 election, allegedly to prevent her from talking about a sexual encounter she allegedly had with donald trump in 2006. my attorney and i are committed to making sure everyone finds out the truth and the facts of what happened and i give my word that we will not rest until it happens. what michael cohen was arguing was that material seized by federal investigators as part

of the criminal investigation into his activities should not be seen by federal prosecutors because they are covered, in his mind, by attorney—client privilege. the federal prosecutors argued that attorney—client privilege does not apply in a criminal investigation. what the judge has decided is that michael cohen's team and president trump's team should be given copies of the documents seized, they can identify what they believe is covered by attorney—client privilege and then she will make a determination what the federal prosecutors can see. nick bryant reporting. ina in a moment, the news that one, first, the weather forecast. this was the rather wild, wet and windy scene in south wales earlier.

different picture in guernsey, blue skies overhead, a look of late spring and summer, that is a look more you will be going for over the coming days as things gradually warm up coming days as things gradually warm up as well. the warm air currently across spain and portugal, brought up across spain and portugal, brought up by across spain and portugal, brought up by the high pressure to the east. the low pressure to the west has been pushing in a weather front and it is that straddling south—west england, wales, northern england, bringing outbreaks of rain. sunshine and showers in scotland and northern ireland. driest and brightest in east anglia and the south—east. tonight, the weather front fizzles out, a few spots of light rain through wales and northern ireland working north once again. but we will still see clear skies. temperatures will drop the furthest in northern ireland and scotland, but with the general southerly air

flu, the winds easing, reasonably mild start to tomorrow. warning ploughed across england and wales moving north. rain in northern ireland, afternoon rain for western scotla nd ireland, afternoon rain for western scotland into the hebrides, sunshine developing more widely to afternoon, temperatures in the central belt of scotland, 18. 23, 2a in london and the south—east. warmer air to come. atla ntic the south—east. warmer air to come. atlantic air held at bay at the moment. thursday, dragging airfrom the mediterranean. not a completely sunny story to begin with. showers and scotland. cloud here. and western coasts, maybe mystique, for england and wales. sunny breaks developing forjust england and wales. sunny breaks developing for just about all england and wales. sunny breaks developing forjust about all in the afternoon and temperatures shooting up. 19, 20, in scotland. 25, 26 in eastern england. thursday night,

into friday, the atlantic air will gradually cut off the flow from the mediterranean. westerly winds into the weekend, temperatures slowly pushing down, still on the mild side. rain for scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, staying largely dry. theresa may has apologised to caribbean leaders about the anxiety caused by the windrush immigration controversy. the prime minister promises to help people whose right to stay here had