ireland. some northern ireland. some atlantic winds will threaten to bring some more rain on tuesday for the soul. —— for the salad. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 2pm: north korea suspends all missile tests and announces it's to shut down a nuclear test site. south korea called the move "meaningful progress" with president trump hailing the announcement as "big news". i believe in north korea the path is open for the denuclearisation of north korea. diplomacy is the way to solve conflict, not war. theresa may promises compensation to windrush immigrants who were unfairly threatened with deportation. a major nhs supplier, allied health care, who look after elderly and vulnerable patients, is believed to be in financial difficulties. a three—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. police arrest a man wanted in connection with a burglary in south east london — during which one intruder was fatally stabbed.

tributes are paid to avicii — one of the world's biggest dance music stars, who has died at the age of 28. gun salutes have taken place across the uk to mark the queen's 92nd birthday. soldiers from the king's troop the royal horse artillery fired 41 times in hyde park in london at midday. and coming up in half an hour — get on board the worlds largest cruise ship and meet the man in charge of serving thousands of meals for its passengers. that's all coming on the travel show. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

north korea's leader says he is suspending nuclear—missile tests — and shutting down a key test site. kim jong un made the announcement ahead of a summit — due to take place over the coming months — with the united states and south korea. president trump has hailed the news as "big progress" and here the foreign office have called it "a positive step". our correspondent laura bicker reports from the south korean capital, seoul. north korea's favourite news anchor is back. usually the famous anchor would be announcing the state's latest missile test, but today was different. kimjong un has declared there will be no more nuclear or ballistic missile tests. he is also going to shut down an atomic test site to focus on building north korea's economy. in a tweet, the us president said, "this is very good

news for north korea and the world. big progress. look forward to our summit." these students have defected from north to south korea. they are sceptical of their former leader's claims. translation: there are three nuclear facilities and they are only closing one. it is just to show action, to negotiate with the us. it doesn't mean they are going to give up their nuclear weapons. there is a need to be wary of this announcement. translation: to develop nuclear weapons they have killed tens of thousands of people by starving them. i think north korea is trying to get a reward because they have been pressured by sanction. in seoul, a hotline has been set up to pyongyang to allow to leaders of the divided peninsula to talk to one another. they are welcoming this latest news from the north ahead of a summit meeting between the two sides next week. it's worth noting what kim

jong un did not say. he is not handing over his nuclear weapons, he is simply going to stop testing them. this is not denuclearisation, as ordered by the united states. nevertheless, it is a significant step. it really signals he's all in. and we need to catch up, i think, in terms of our analysis of where kimjong unis. he is ready for the summit with the south koreans, for the summit with donald trump. it is a measure of his seriousness that he is doing this before the meetings. pyongyang has broken nearly every promise it has made to the international community. but there is some hope — that this time, maybe, it will be different. laura is in the south korean capital seoul. so some scepticism, but cautious optimism too. what kind of effect do you think this will have on those upcoming talks?

lets ta ke lets take the optimism to start with. there is optimism in this statement because it gives us a little signal of what kim jong un might want from the summit. first he is laying the groundwork, he didn't have to do this, he didn't have to come out of the list of what he is already prepared to do. and yet he has. so when it comes to the ground work, there it is. he is already doing this. and so he go to these summits and they can bargain for more. he is also talking about the economy, making the economy better, promoting it, making the lives of his people better. that gives a little hint as to what he might be asking for. certainly, these strict international sanctions, there are some signs in pyongyang that it may be feeling the squeeze. so they may be feeling the squeeze. so they may be there to ask the international community to lift the sanctions. so

thatis community to lift the sanctions. so that is the optimism part. the caution in part, as i mentioned, pyongyang has broken nearly every promise it has made the international community. and when it comes to these pledge, these are easy pledges to make. he has already declared he is a nuclear power. they have had six nuclear tests. you may think they don't need to upgrade their weapons any more. and when it comes to the atomic site he is going to close, that may be significant but the site was badly damaged according to many reports during the last test. so when it comes to the caution, these are easy pledges for kimjong unto caution, these are easy pledges for kim jong un to make. caution, these are easy pledges for kimjong unto make. the difficult one will be, here are my weapons, i am going to hand them over. and when it comes to that kind of pledge that is something we have not seen so far. very quickly, what is the feeling like in seoul?” far. very quickly, what is the feeling like in seoul? i think here in south korea they have broadly welcomed this, it is something they

really didn't expect because last year us and north korea were exchanging insults and it was a fear south korea would be caught in another korean war. and now all of a sudden there is the talk of a peace treaty being dangled in front of kim jong un. ithink treaty being dangled in front of kim jong un. i think there is a feeling that they just want this over with somehow. i think if there is going to bea somehow. i think if there is going to be a meeting between president trump and kimjong unit to be a meeting between president trump and kimjong un it will give people a loss of hope here that may be some time, something maybe getting better. thank you. let's talk to gordon chang, author of nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world. he joins us from newjersey. very interested in your take on the timings. why do you think this is all happening now? that is a great question and i think it may be more directed to the south korean president and the south korean populace than it is to the united states and these national community. we have to remember that for seven

decades, from the founder of the north korean state, their core goal has been the takeover south korea. they now have a president in seoul who is very pro—north korea. i think essentially what they are doing is trying to lay groundwork for a very cordial summit whether south koreans will want to pay them a lot of money. the path to talks in this position we're in now, is scattered with broken promises. how far do you think this is going to go?|j with broken promises. how far do you think this is going to go? i think this is going to go to a conclusion, and the reason is you now have an american president with a security adviser who want to deny clear eyes and disarm north korea. and kimjong unisa and disarm north korea. and kimjong unis a very different position. he has been using his father's playbook, we have seen some of the same patterns in the past, but nonetheless we have also have to

remember the sanctions have started to really bite the north korean regime full stop for instance, the chinese are saying office number 39, kim farrelly slush fund, is running low on money. the south koreans are running north korea may run out of foreign currency reserves. the situation may not be that our bite kim needs sanctions relief and the only place he will get that is from the us. just how far is kim invested in this? a lot of people are saying the acid test is going to come in the acid test is going to come in the form of denuclearisation. he holds a very powerful key there. how far would you go? he will go as far as he has to go. of course he does not want to give up his most destructive weapons. and under the current set of incentives and which is operating, he won't. but trump can change those incentives. he can actually tighten the sanctions and

more importantly he can start enforcing anti—laundering laws against chinese. he can do a lot to increase the heat on kim jong un and he may well have to do that to get him to give up his weapons. he needs to make him face the choice of regime survival versus possession of weapons, and trump can do that if he is willing to use american national power. we have had a lot of tough talk from mister trump. maximum pressure, we have been hearing, a lot of scepticism as well. is there a risk that this could irritate kim and thenjeopardise a risk that this could irritate kim and then jeopardise the progress that we have achieved?” and then jeopardise the progress that we have achieved? i don't think this is a matter of kim's feelings. there is a lot of risks but that is not one of them. but you are right, when you suggest the risks are enormous. right at this particular time, with kim making bold

initiatives like this, we can have the best of outcomes and the worst of outcomes. we also have to look at this, we had one dramatic announcement after another, they are coming in short intervals. that means the balls on the pool table are rolling really fast, and so anything can happen at this time. thank you very much. international chemical weapons experts have left damascus to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in syria, according to russia's foreign ministry. the team from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons was said to be travelling to the nearby town of douma. the us has expressed concern that russia might have tampered with the site. both russia and syria deny that any chemical attack has taken place. theresa may has promised compensation to long—standing caribbean migrants who have been unfairly threatened with deportation. it's expected to cover any

financial losses incurred, and more details are expected to be published within the next week. simonjones reports. a show of solidarity. hundreds gathered in south london last night at the aptly named windrush square demanding compensation for those who had been affected. the message? the windrush generation didn't violate any laws, the law violated them. i am a british citizen but they don't recognise that. and there is no way i can prove that. people have been treated beneath contempt and it angers me, because without the windrush generation, iwould not be who i am today. footage: arrivals at tilbury. the empire windrush brings to britain brings 500 jamaicans. it's affected the families of commonwealth citizens who came to britain after the second world war to help rebuild the country caught out by changes to immigration rules before his talent caught hold, taking him on a ten—year career that saw him filling hundreds of venues with thousands of fans. there are very few genuine megastars from my world,

and avicii was one of a handful of them, with a really distinctive melodic sound, a classicjourney up from the underground through to the extreme mainstream. avicii worked with some of the biggest names in the business, from nile rodgers to coldplay, and tributes have poured in. rita ora, who he worked with on the hit track lonely together, tweeted: madonna said: and calvin harris called it: his music has been streamed more than 10 billion times online, and he hit number one spots around the world. his latest collection was nominated for a billboard music award just a few days before his death.

the dj avicii, who's died at the age of 28. the headlines on bbc news: ahead of south korea talks next week, kim jong—un suspends all north korea's nuclear and missile tests. the prime minister promises to do whatever it takes to help the windrush generation including paying compensation. a three—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. one of the uk's biggest providers of home care visits is understood to be in financial difficulties. allied health care — which employs around 12,000 people who look after elderly and vulnerable patients — says it will continue to provide them with care.

the company is seeking a repayment plan with its creditors. it says they'll be no redundancies. a police investigation has been launched after a three—year—old boy died in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. officers were called to a david lloyd club in leeds at about 9.45 this morning following a report that a child had entered the pool and drowned. the boy was taken to leeds general infirmary, but later died. police are treating the incident as an accident, but are appealing for anyone who was in the pool at the time to contact them. the consumer group which has warned that reforms to the pension system — introduced two years ago , have failed to address a gender gap. it says women receive state pensions which are 28 pounds a week less than men's on average — partly because they have patchy national insurance records after caring for children and the elderly. here's our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. nearly 13 million pensioners, but they're not all the same. on average, women get less than men out of the state pension. until recently, there

were two different bits. the basic pension, how much get of that, depends on how many years you've been working and paying national insurance. and the state second pension, linked to how much you earned. what which has found is that men receive £154 per week on average while the typical women's pension is £126, hence the gap of £28, the result of patchy national insurance records and lower pay while working. for people retiring now and in the future, there's a new state pension. it gets rid of the state's second pension, which men do best from, and makes the most of allowances for caring, which go mainly to women. only those who have retired since 2016 get it. but which says amongst them, men have been getting £152 per week on average, while women are getting £1114. so there's still an £8 gap. many women are already having to deal with the fact that their pension age is being raised from 60 to 65. how long will it take for the pension gap to close?

some say it could be a decade. the indian government has approved the introduction of the death penalty for child rapists. protests have been held across the country, following a series of high profile cases of child rape — some involving members from one of india's largest political parties, the bjp. the executive order was cleared at a special cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister, narendra modi. police are continuing to hold a man in connection with the burglary in south east london — during which an intruder was fatally stabbed. billyjeeves, who's 28, was detained in kent yesterday. he's being questioned about the raid at the home of 78—year—old richard osborn—brooks in hither green on april the 11th — when burglar henry vincent was stabbed and later died from his wounds. republicans in the united states have dismissed as frivolous a lawsuit brought by the democratic party against president trump's election

campaign, russia, and wikileaks. the lawsuit accuses them of conspiring to influence the 2016 election. the democrats argue that the trump campaign "gleefully" accepted russian help to subvert democracy. but president trump's current campaign manager called it a "sham action". by her husband, george bush senior. the us aviation regulator has joined european authorities in ordering emergency inspections ofjet engines, similar to the one it's every airline passenger's nightmare, the port side engine

of this south west airlines boeing 737 exploded at 32,000 feet, with debris smashing a window and a passenger almost being sucked out of the cabin. she died from injuries. she was 43, a mother of two and a banking executive. early indications pointed to a fan blade breaking off due to metalfatigue. the first fatal us airline incident in was lesser decade. now almost 700 boeing 737 engines will need to be inspected worldwide over the next 20 days. in a statement, the us federal aviation administration said fan blade failure due to cracking could result in an engine in—flight shutdown. uncontained release of debris and possible aeroplane compression.

—— decompression. any fan blades that fail the inspection will have to be replaced. it's not the first time metal fatigue has caused a fan blade to break off an engine. in 2016, a southwest airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in florida, but investigators are hoping that flight 1380 will be the last. parts of the uk have experienced some beautiful sunshine over the past few days, but the late spring has caused all kinds of problems for farmers in the north west of england. livestock has had to be kept indoors for longer because of wet weather while the price of feed has rocketed. judy hobson reports. fresh air at last. this is the first time that these dairy cows have been let out of their shed since october. they should have been out in the field a month ago, but it has been too cold, and too wet. but this year, there has been a shortage of fodder, and it is expensive. straw has been very hard to get hold of. that is another thing that you can bulk your feed outwith, and that's double the price of normal...

it has been a very expensive winter for the majority of farmers, yeah. the bad weather is notjust affecting livestock farmers. olly harrison tried to drill winter barley in this field in october, but the seeds rotted, so he's trying again. i'm 37 now and i've been farming even when i was at school, and i have never known it this bad. what farmers need now is warm weather and a little rain. for this industry, spring can't come soon enough. a rare aston martin car, owned by the james bond actor, daniel craig has sold at auction in new york for more than £330,000. the model, which has the production number, 007, is one ofjust 100 vehicles produced in 2014 as part of a limited edition series, to mark the firm's centenary. public cinema has returned to saudi arabia for the first time in almost a0 years. it comes after the ban on cinema —

formerly deemed corrupting and un—islamic — was lifted as part of reforms announced by crown prince mohammed. in riyadh — tickets for the hollywood blockbuster "black panther" sold out in minutes. voters in england will head to the polls on the 3rd of may for the first test of electoral opinion since last year's dramatic general election result. with seats on 150 councils up for grabs, john maguire is looking at the issues affecting voters. he's been to plymouth, a council which is hotly disputed between labour and the conservatives. that's one thing you can't change, is the weather. only mad dogs and plymouthians would be out on a day like this. but members of this community running and walking group, aptly named storm, is made of tough stuff. but not me. so we have taken shelter in a cafe to get down to chatting about the local elections. we put them into power, but they do not even ask sometimes what we can spend on.

we pay council rates and taxes and everything else, but it would be nice to say what would you like to spend this £27 million on? i have lived here all my life. plymouth is a beautiful city. sometimes we do not appreciate it. all that seems to be happening is new student accommodation. i know student accommodation is important, it is a lifeline in plymouth, but there are other things as well i would put as a priority. history and social changes in the dna of this seafaring city. there is also a rich political heritage. nancy astor, the first woman to take her seat in the commons, was a plymouth mp. as was the former labour leader, michael foot. and with right honourable mentions for david owen, who went on to form the sdp, and alan clarke, whose famous diaries transcended the world of westminster. well, plymouth has, economically and socially, in many respects, has a lot more in common with cities further north than with other industrial cities, and its pattern

of politics reflects that. adrian leigh, a former head of politics at plymouth university, has analysed elections for more than a0 years here. the electoral landscape has changed significantly, or appears to have done, but still, the contest this time will be between labour and conservatives, particularly as ukip has declined significantly. but we ought to mention the fact the liberal democrats are fielding a full slate of candidates in the city for the first time for a number of years. but if a ward is deemed to be a safe seat, then margaret tells me ca nvassers are scarce. we never get anybody coming down our way. general elections, local elections, you never see anybody. in terms of the wider issues, defence is a vital industry here, but transport links are often criticised. the city's ambition is to grow from 260,000 people to 300,000.

but as the population ages, the challenge here will be to take care of the elderly while providing enough opportunity for a workforce to pay the bills. and you can find out more about the local elections in england on the bbc news website. this weekend's london marathon has already been given the royal seal of approval, with the queen acting as the official starter. it's not the first time royalty have done the honours — last year it was prince harry and the duke and duchess of cambridge. but this time it's not being done from the traditional location, blackheath — but from windsor castle. the last time that happened was 110 years ago — for a london marathon that went down in history, as ian williams reports. the legacy of the 1908 olympic marathon still endures today. even if it did look rather different to what we are used to now.

that day it was the queen's grandmother, princess mary, who helped to send the runners their way. 110 years on it will be the queen herself replicating that moment in windsor. princess mary was wanting the five royal grandchildren to be able to see the start of the race, and so the start was moved as close to the royal nursery as possible. the finish of the race was in white city stadium in front of the royal box, and that distance was 26 miles 385 yards, the distance that is used today for every marathon. through eton, harrow and into london, it was the diminutive dorando pietri who took the lead. but the italian was literally out on his feet when he reached the stadium. he fell and got up again four times as the crowd watched on in white city. and then, richard, this is the actual finish line? yes, indeed it is. but because pietri was helped over the line he was subsequently disqualified. pietri may not have won gold but he did win the hearts

of the british public. and watching queen alexandra who awarded him a special silver trophy that went back to his hometown in italy. until now. and here it is, then, dorando pietri's famous silver trophy. it is on display here at the london marathon expo in the docklands, and it is just the second time in 110 years that it has been back in london. organisers say pietri embodied the spirit of the london marathon. tomorrow 41,000 more runners get their chance to create sporting history. royal gun salutes have been taking place to mark the queen's 92nd birthday. soldiers from the king's troop the royal horse artillery

fired 41 times in hyde park in london at midday. this evening, prince harry will lead the tributes to his grandmother at a birthday concert at the royal albert hall, which will be shown live on bbc one. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle have been welcomed by the australian prime minister at a reception for the next invictus games. prince harry and meghan met servicemen and women from britain and australia at the event in london. sydney is hosting the next invictus games in october and more than 500 sick and injured military and veterans are scheduled to compete. prince harry, who is patron of the games, is expected to attend with meghan, who by then will be his wife. swiss police are on the hunt, after a suspect sped through a quiet village at almost twice the legal limit. given it was a male mallard who set the cameras off, by flying at 52 kilometers an hour, they have good reason to suspect fowl—play.

the feathered felon is still at large, amid fears he may have migrated. now a look at the weather with darren bett.