this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 4. north korea suspends all missile tests and announces it's to shut down a nuclear test site. president trump called the announcement ‘big news‘! the un secretary—general says it shows that diplomacy works. i believe in north korea the pass is open for the peaceful denuclearisation of the korean peninsula and it also proves that diplomacy is the way to solve conflicts. it's not war. carwynjones says he will stand down as wales‘ first minister in the autumn. theresa may promises compensation to windrush immigrants who were unfairly threatened with deportation. a three—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. also, a major nhs supplier — allied healthcare — who look after elderly and vulnerable patients, is believed to be in financial difficulties. 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 london's hyde park at midday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. britain, the united states and china have all welcomed an announcement from north korea that it is to halt its nuclear and missile tests. kim jong—un made the announcement ahead ofa jong—un made the announcement ahead of a series of historic summits, due to take place over the coming months involving 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. kim jong—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 the 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 bicker there. the un secretary—general antonio gutteres said it's possible that north korea could one day be fully de—nuclearised. i think there is hope, i believe that if things go well, and i believe that if things go well and i think they will go well, they will prove that the security council can be effective when it is united. the problem is that in many aspects, namely syria, we have not been able to have a united security council. when it is united and adopts important measures, they have an impact on the ground,

they can effect change. today i believe that the path is open for the peaceful denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. it proves that diplomacy is the path to peace, not war. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker. she said kimjong—un explained how kim jong—un was positioning himself, ahead of that planned summit with president trump. 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 with the list of what he is already prepared to do. and yet he has. so when it comes to the groundwork, there it is. he is already doing this. and so he can 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.

now 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 there to ask the international community to lift the sanctions. so that is the optimism part. the caution part — as i mentioned in that piece, pyongyang has broken nearly every promise it has made to the international community. and when it comes to this pledges, these are easy pledges to make. kim jong un has already declared he is a nuclear power. they have had six nuclear tests. he 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 kim jong un to 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? 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 we re exchanging insults and there was a fear south korea would be caught 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. i think there is a feeling that they just want this over with somehow. i think if there is going to be a meeting between president trump and kimjong unit will give peoplehere a lot of hope here that maybe some time, something maybe getting better. thank you. international chemical weapons experts have arrived at 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 reportedly entered the city of douma earlier today. 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. carwyn jones, the first minister for wales, has announced he'll be stepping down from his role in the autumn. mrjones — the leader of welsh labour — has been first minister since 2009, but recently faced criticism following the death of ex—welsh cabinet minister carl sargeant. his resignation comes just hours after the party elected its first ever deputy party leader, carolyn harris. our correspondent nick servini is in landudno. how is this news being received? it was a real bombshell when it came. the backdrop to this is that during the course of the day there were

whispers that carwyn jones the course of the day there were whispers that carwynjones would talk about his future plans but when it camei talk about his future plans but when it came i walked into the conference hall with cabinet colleagues of his who had no idea that it was coming and afterwards were clearly shocked by what they had heard. the context as you alluded to his intense pressure on the first minister of wales. during the past five months, following the death of his former welsh government colleague carl sa rea nt welsh government colleague carl sarea nt —— carl sargea nt welsh government colleague carl sareant —— carl sargeant took his own life a few days after being sacked by carwynjones. we know that carl sa rg ea nt sacked by carwynjones. we know that carl sargeant was facing a number of misconduct allegations from a number of different women, his family have complained that he was denied natural justice in complained that he was denied naturaljustice in all this process, above inquiries have gone into various elements of what happened in november, the main inquiry into the

circumstances surrounding the sacking have yet to begin but that has really formed the backdrop of what has been a difficult few months of the first minister of wales and this is what he said on the conference floor when he announced his decision to stand down. in any normal political career you'd expect to be put through the ringer, even have your integrity challenged. i don't think anyone can know what these last few months have been like, no one that is apart from lisa and the kids. they've carried me through the darkest of times. i've asked too much of them at times. and it's time for me to think about what's fair to them. and so, conference, this will be the last welsh labour conference site address as party leader. i intend as i've always maintained to be sure to give every answer to every question but i intend to stand down as your leader in the autumn allowing for a new first minister to take their place by the end of this year. at that point it will make sense to have a

fresh start, for my family, for my party and for my country. it is worth saying that mrjones has beenin it is worth saying that mrjones has been in thejob nine it is worth saying that mrjones has been in the job nine years and before that his predecessor rhodri morgan was first minister of wales had ten years so it's a reference to have a new first minister in recent political terms, in terms of the assembly and who will be the next first minister of wales, and that election process, he will step down in the autumn and there will be a new first minister in place by december, and a number of things i think to be worked out before them, one of them, the current system will be that his successor will be elected via the electoral college system rather than by the one member one vote system and i think there have already been calls and i think this will intensify, for the method of selection of the lead it to change, to go from the one member one vote system which could affect the successor will eventually be.

nick servini in a standard no, thank you. 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 affected. the message, the windrush generation did not violate any laws, the law violated them. 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 i would not be who i am today. arrivals at tilbury the empire wind brush brings 500 jamaicans to britain. as citizens

came to britain after the second world war to help rebuild the country, caught out by recent changes to immigration laws, some could not produce the paperwork that showed how long they had been here and were told they could face deportation. following apologies there is now in public offer of compensation. i give absolute commitment that the uk government will do whatever it takes including where appropriate payment of compensation to resolve the anxieties and problems which some of the windrush generation have suffered. these people are british, they are part of us. they help to build britain and we are all the stronger for their contributions. the issue overshadowed the summit of commonwealth leaders which backed prince charles to become the next head of the organisation when he becomes king. downing street declined to give further details about how the compensation scheme would work but said they would be

announced shortly by the home office. simonjones, announced shortly by the home office. simon jones, bbc announced shortly by the home office. simonjones, bbc news. a 20—year—old man has been stabbed to death in north london, according to the metropolitan police. the death in finsbury park in the early hours of this morning is the latest in more than sixty suspected murders in the capital this year. let's talk to our news correspondent andy moore. and he what do we know about this? it comes against a background of an upsurge in violence, this could be about the 95th stabbing in london this year. it happened around 3am. police have given more details, they said they found a 21—year—old man suffering from stab wounds, he was treated by an ambulance crew and then they found a 20—year—old man nearby who was pronounced dead at the scene. the 21—year—old taken to hospital has been arrested on suspicion of murder, possession of an offensive weapon and affray. he remains in custody. police believe there was a fight involving a group of men before this incident. the

london mayor sadiq khan has been posting on twitter and facebook about this. he says he is deeply saddened by another life unnecessarily lost to violent crime on our streets. users city hall is doing all it can to combat this scourge. he says he is working tirelessly with the metropolitan police and youth groups and has been in contact with the local mp, jeremy corbyn. this comes just hours after police launched another murder investigation, of a man assaulted in merton, south—west london on thursday, he died on friday in the early hours of last night and the man of 31 has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with that incident. andy, thank you for that update. a police investigation has been launched after a 3—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 9.115 this morning following a report that a child had entered the pool and drowned.

we can cross to our correspondent phillip norton, who has the latest on this from leeds. the incident happened at around a quarter to ten this morning in the swimming pool at this david lloyd leisure complex. emergency services we re leisure complex. emergency services were called to reports that a young child had gone into the water and drowned. we understand it was a member of staff who discovered this three—year—old boy unconscious, who rescued him from the pool and immediately began giving cpr while the emergency services were called and my way. he was taken to hospital by ambulance accompanied by his mother but sadly despite the efforts of paramedics and doctors they were not able to save his life. west yorkshire police are treating the incident as a tragic accident but say they want to anyone who was in the pool at the time to get in

touch. in a statement detective inspectorjames entwistle says this appears to be a tragic accident and our thoughts are with the boy's family at this difficult time. but there was nothing to suggest that there was nothing to suggest that the death was suspicious we have a duty to investigate the circumstances of what happened. he says, we understand there were a number of people in the pool at the time who left the area before the police arrived and they want these people to come forward and give the accou nts people to come forward and give the a ccou nts of people to come forward and give the accounts of what they saw and heard. the complex has been closed for the rest of the day but david lloyd has put out a statement, saying they are deeply saddened by today's incident at the leeds club. the child was with his family in the indoor pool at the time and was found unconscious just after 930 this morning and was rescued by one of the team. ourclub morning and was rescued by one of the team. our club teams are fully trained, they say, to deal with incidents of this nature and

immediately administered cpr while the umbilical cord. they say the whole team at the club are deeply shocked and saddened and therefore so very much with the boy's family at this sad time. thank you. the headlines. ahead of south korea talks next week, kim jong—un suspends all north korea's nuclear and missile tests. at the welsh labour party conference first minister carwyn jones says he will stand down as leader in the autumn. the prime minister promises to do whatever it takes to help the windrush generation including paying compensation. in sport to all between and in sport to all between bromwich and birmingham, there could bea bromwich and birmingham, there could be a relegation this weekend if results go against them. celtic would have won the title with a win at hibs but lost 2—1 instead, they are still 13 points clear and good to ta ke are still 13 points clear and good to take the title this weekend if aberdeen and rangers lose. great britain are tied at 1—1 in the federation cup play—off against japan. johanna konta to one her

match in straight sets after heather watson lost her opening rubber. the first of the fa cup semifinals in the next hour, team news is in, rashford is on the bench for manchester united, spurs are at full strand at wembley apart from the goalkeeper, michel vorm will start instead of hugo lloris. a full update for you in the next hour. one of the uk's biggest providers of home care visits is understood to be in financial difficulties. allied healthcare — which employs nearly 9,000 staff 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 there'll be no redundancies. earlier our business correspondent, joe lynam, said the company has had its funding squeezed since 2010. local authorities, councils, banners, etc, have had their budgets

squeezed and they outsource a lot of this social care and a lot of work in the health care sector to companies like allied health care. added to that the national minimum wage has crept up in recent years and many of the people who work in social care depend on the national living wage. so that pushes up costs for allied health care. that has all come to a head so now they are applying for a company voluntary arrangement, in order to shield it from some of its creditors so that it can restructure some of its own business, sits around the table with its land laws, its creditors, with its land laws, its creditors, with its pension trustees and says, guys, if you can give us breathing space we have a plan to set the business on firmerfooting, if we have a plan to set the business on firmer footing, if you give us some breathing space, maybe forgive usa some breathing space, maybe forgive us a few months rent will be in a better place and we won't have to go to the next stage, filing for administration in which many more people will lose much more money. do

we have examples? it's kind of administration lite for want of a better word, it's kind of an insolvency process but not as damaging as an administration process. but six years ago we had jj bee sports which applied for cva. they restructured and they are back ona they restructured and they are back on a much more solid footing and so did blacks leisure, the retail group. carpetrite and has of fraser have also filed for cva. usually it involves financial pain and job losses, at the moment we have been told that no job losses and the social care they do will continue. tributes have been paid to one of the world's biggest electronic dance music stars — swedish dj avicii — who's died in oman at the age of 28. he was best known for his million

selling uk number one single "wake me up". avicii had retired from touring in 2016 due to health problems. here's andrew plant. # so wake me up when it's all over. ..# the dance music dj avicii, whose club anthems made him famous worldwide. tim bergling began making music in his bedroom in sweden, 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 us aviation regulator has joined european authorities in ordering emergency inspections ofjet engines, similar to the one which exploded during a flight on tuesday, killing a passenger. tests must take place within 20 days. here's russell trott. it is every airline passenger's

nightmare, the port side engine of the southwest airlines boeing 707 exploded and 32,000 feet with debris smashing a window and a passenger almost sucked out of the cabin. jennifer reordered and died from her injuries, she was 43, a mother of two and a banking executive. early indications pointed to a fan blade breaking off due to metal fatigue. the first fatal airline accident in almost a decade, no regulators say almost a decade, no regulators say almost 700 boeing 3707 engines will have to be inspected worldwide in 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, and contained release of debris and possible aeroplane decompression. any fan blades that fail the inspection will

have to be replaced. not the first time metalfatigue has caused have to be replaced. not the first time metal fatigue has caused the fan blade too big of an engine, in 2016 southwest airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in florida that investigators are hoping that flight 1380 will be the last. 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. the consumer group, which, has warned that reforms to the pension system introduced 2 years ago have failed to address a gender gap. it says women receive state pensions which are £28 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 are not all the same, an average women get less than men out of the state pension. until recently there were two betts, the basic pension, how much you get depends on how many years you have worked and paid national insurance, and the state second pension linked to graduate. which has found men get £154 a week on average while women typically receive £126, hence the gap of £28, the result of patchy national insurance records and lower pay while working. four people retiring now and in the featured is a new state pension which gets rid of the second pension that men do best from and makes the most of allowa nces for best from and makes the most of allowances for caring which khamenei to women. only those have retired since 2016 get it but which says of them men have had 152 bands with an

average with women getting still and eight bandgap. many weren't already have 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 a decade. simon gompertz, bbc news. the fa cup semi—finals will get under way at wembley stadium this evening. manchester united and tottenham hostpur are the first teams to go head—to—head at in what has been tipped to be an ‘all or nothing' match. our sports correspondent david ornstein is watching the match in wembley stadium. welcome to wembley where kick—off in this first fa cup semifinal is fast approaching. i'm delighted to be joined by former tottenham and england midfielderjermaine jenas. it's a big occasion today, especially perhaps for tottenham at their temporary home. do you see them having some advantage?” their temporary home. do you see them having some advantage? i don't, i don't buy into that. i would prefer the semifinals to be done the

old—fashioned way and played at villa park old trafford, not today of course because manchester united playing, but i think when half the stadium will be full of championship smack —— manchester united fans and the other hot spurs fans, it won't feel like home advantage at all. united have been here often enough, so united have been here often enough, so that horrible feeling of home advantage will not be here. —— that whole of feeling. the worst record in english football for spurs and semifinals were last manchester united are playing in a world record equalling 29th semifinal, they've got players like paul pogba and sanchez and a manager in a jose used to performing at the highest level. spurs have big game players but manchester united have won things, the european trophy last year, the uefa cup, the europa league and the fa cup as well. so even the younger

players have had that feeling of winning and that is what spurs are trying to get to. but there's no doubt the spurs players in the dressing room have that quality on the world stage as they proved in the world stage as they proved in the champions league this year, it is whether they can equate that into trophies now. finally jermaine how will the match go, the winner will face chelsea or southampton so this huge expectation, what are your thoughts? i've watched the game in the premier league and i don't expect mourinho to make the same mistake twice. i think you'll go with three in midfield. a very tricky game for tottenham and spurs will have to find the ability to play ugly will have to find the ability to play ugly if they want to win this, and wina play ugly if they want to win this, and win a game. too often they have to play exhilarating football to win. today it might not go their way but they will have to find a way to get the job done. jermaine thank you for your time. kick—off is at 515 and you can watch the match live on

bbc one. david ornstein at wembley stadium. the queen turns 92 today — and celebrations including royal gun salutes are taking place around britain. in hyde park at noon, a 41—gun salute marked the occasion and at one o'clock, a 62—gun salute was fired at the tower of london, while 21—gun salutes are taking place at edinburgh castle, windsor castle and york. her majesty, who this week has been hosting the commonwealth heads of government meeting, also has an official birthday in june. this evening, musicians including kylie minogue and tom jones will perform for her 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. in a moment we'll be joined by viewers on bbc 1 for a full round—up of the national and international news but first, let's get the weather with darren bett. hello there. it's slowly turning cooler this weekend, but we have seen temperatures into the mid—20s in one or two places. for most of us it has been a lovely day, plenty of warm sunshine like this. not quite the same everywhere — through the west country into the midlands we have had threatening cloud like this, which has produced what earlier on was some quite light rain. you can see from the satellite picture, we have cloud trying to come in from the atlantic, but it is this cloud here that has been moving up from the near continent that has been bringing the earlier rain, and it threatens to bring some storms as we head through this evening and overnight. perhaps running through the midlands, north wales, up into northern england, the threat of some torrential

downpours here, but also we could see some storms later on through the south east into east anglia — the worst of it out into the north sea later on in the night. these storms are not guaranteed by any means, it is a risk through across england and wales. what is more likely, perhaps, is this rain that is going to come into western scotland and northern ireland towards the end of the night. it's pretty mild out there and a warm start even before the runners get going, i think, for the london marathon. one of the warmest on record — temperatures plateauing at 22 or so in the afternoon, and later on there is the chance of notjust some sunshine, but also some downpours as well. the showers coming on that weather front there, which starts life as a band of rain, it tends to generate into a band of showers as it runs its way eastwards, and then behind it we draw in this cooler, fresher air that is moving in from off the atlantic. but for sunday it is quite a wet start for northern ireland and into western scotland. that rain should run away and then we've got this band of showers running eastwards across england and wales. engaging that warm pocket of air in the south east and east anglia we could see some heavy and thundery showers into the afternoon — here,

temperatures of 22 or 23 degrees. behind the weather front, behind that band of showers, as it brightens up we introduce this cooler and fresher air. i think for all of us, over the course of next week, we are back to normal spring weather — temperatures around the mid—teens, there will be some sunshine at times, there will also be some spells of rain or showers. the first of which probably arrives on monday, initially across northern ireland. you can see we have these atlantic winds coming our way. we have showery rain coming into northern ireland, into southern parts of scotland, south—west scotland, one or two showers in the north east, but further south east of scotland, south—west scotland, one or two showers in the north east, but further south—east those temperatures still 17 degrees or so, but 13 in north—east england and northern ireland. good afternoon. britain, the united states and china have all welcomed an announcement from north korea that it will halt its nuclear and missile tests. will halt its nuclear the move comes ahead of a summit between north and south korea on friday. of a summit between north president trump's hailed the news as "big progress".

here, the foreign office have called it "a positive step". our correspondent laura bicker reports from the south korean capital, seoul. reports from the south north korea's favourite news anchor is back. usually the famous ri chun—hee would be announcing the state's latest missile test. would be announcing the state's but today was different. would be announcing the state's kim jong—un has declared there will be no more nuclear or ballistic missile tests. there will be no more nuclear he is also going to shut down an atomic test site to focus on building north korea's economy. an atomic test site to focus in a tweet, the us president said, "this is very good news for north korea and the world. "this is very good news big progress. "this is very good news look forward to our summit." "this is very good news 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. three nuclear facilities it is just to show action to negotiate with the us. it doesn't mean they're going to give up their nuclear weapons. the 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 sanctions. a reward because they have been in seoul, a hotline has been set up to pyongyang to allow the 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. weapons, he is simply this is not denuclearisation as ordered by the united states. nevertheless, it is a significant step. it really signals he's all in, you know, and we need to catch up, i think, in terms of our analysis

of where kim jong—un is. he is ready for the summit with the south koreans, for the summit with donald trump. with the south koreans, it is a measure of his seriousness is that he is doing this before the meetings. is that he is doing this pyongyang has broken nearly every promise it has made to the international community. every promise it has made but there is some hope that, this time, maybe it will be different. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. time, maybe it will be different. carwynjones is to step down as wales' first minister this autumn. he made the announcement at the welsh labour party conference in llandudno. at the welsh labour party mrjones has been first minister and the welsh labour leader since 2009. he said the recent death of carl sargeant, who was found dead days after being sacked by mrjones from his cabinet officejob, had had a big impact on his family life. from his cabinet officejob, had had i don't think anyone can know what these last few months have been like, no one, that is, apart from lisa and the kids. no one, that is, apart

they have carried me through the darkest of times. i have asked too much of them at times and it's time for me to think about what's fair to them. at times and it's time for me and so, conference, this will be the last welsh labour conference i address as party leader. the last welsh labour conference our wales political editor, nick servini, joins me now. he's been under lots of pressure, but was this resignation anticipated ? of pressure, but was this there of pressure, but was this had been speculation abc future there had been speculation about his future but i have to say the timing of the announcement this afternoon took people by surprise. i walked into the conference hall right by his cabinet colleagues in the welsh government and they had no idea it was coming. he has been under real pressure in recent months all related to the death of his former colleague carl sargent who the sacked in november. it is thought outside and took his own life due date late that while facing misconduct allegations from a number of different women and there have been a range of enquiries into whether the correct procedures were

followed. the main one is yet to report back. that is the backdrop, as you heard, and it had clearly put as you heard, and it had clearly put a huge strain on his family and that was the reason why do he will stand down late in the year. it triggers a process we do not see very often we did the election of a new first minister of wales. carwyn jones did the election of a new first minister of wales. carwynjones put ina nine minister of wales. carwynjones put in a nine year stint, his predecessor, rhodri morgan, did the job for ten years. change at the top of welsh politics does not happen very often. thank you very much. it's emerged that documents recording the arrival of thousands people who came to the uk from the caribbean after 1948 are being stored at the national archives in west london. at the national archives in the government has been criticised after many of the so—called windrush generation have struggled to prove that they live in the uk legally. the home office says the records don't provide proof of ongoing residency, but will review evidence provided. here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. the empire windrush brings to

britain 500 jamaicans. could that finally be some good news for hundreds of the windrush generation? many in this first wave of commonwealth immigration do not have proper paperwork and are struggling to prove their right to remain after immigration rules were tightened. despite being here legally, some have been threatened with deportation, denied access to nhs treatment and lost their jobs. deportation, denied access to nhs treatment and lost theirjobs. but now it has emerged as the national archives in london holds passenger lists of thousands of people who came to the uk decades ago. we arrived in england... samantha's dad has been here since 1959 but after returning to jamaica he says he has been refused entry back into the uk. he says, i don't have a criminal record so why can't i come back? i'm co nsta ntly record so why can't i come back? i'm constantly reassuring him it is nothing he has done. the prime minister has apologised to commonwealth leaders and the emergence of the records will help

people caught up in the row but they will still need further evidence to prove their long—term residency. london is the place for me! the government has promised compensation for those of the windrush generation who have been treated unfairly but for those who have been here for decades and call the uk home, it will be little comfort until their situation is finally sorted. police have launched an investigation after a three—year—old boy drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds this morning. in a swimming pool at a leisure the emergency services were called to a david lloyd fitness club in the cityjust before ten o'clock this morning. the boy was taken to leeds general infirmary, but later died. our correspondent philip norton is in leeds. terrible news, philip, on a day when many families will have enjoyed being at the pool. on a day when many families what more do we know? on a day when many families this on a day when many families incident happened at 9:30am this incident happened at around 9:30am at the swimming pool at this leisure complex where the young boy

was swimming with his family. we understand he was discovered unconscious by a member of staff who rescued him from the pool and immediately began giving him cpr while emergency services were called. he was taken to hospital accompanied by his mother but sadly, despite the work of doctors and paramedics, they were unable to save his life. west yorkshire police are treating this as a tragic accident but want anybody in the pool at the time to contact them. the leisure complex has been closed for the remainder of the day. david lloyd clu bs remainder of the day. david lloyd clubs has issued a statement saying, "all of our team are deeply shocked and saddened. our thoughts are very much with the boys's family at this very sad time." thank you. in syria, a team of international experts has visited the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack two weeks ago. experts from the opcw collected samples that will be sent to their laboratories for analysis. samples that will be sent the us has expressed concern that russia might have tampered with the site. that russia might have both russia and syria deny that any chemical attack has taken place. royal gun salutes have been

taking place to mark the queen's 92nd birthday. taking place to mark 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. at the royal albert hall, manchester united take on tottenham in the first fa cup semifinal this afternoon. on tottenham in the first fa cup the match gets under way at wembley in half an hour's time and our sports correspondent, david ornstein, is there. david, this is the last chance each side have of winning some silverware this season. side have of winning some it side have of winning some is and bought manchest a it is and bought manchester united, a club synonymous with winning trophies, although they usually prioritise the premier league and champions league, they will be desperate to pick up this silverware in what is a record 29th, record

equalling 29th fa cup semifinal. spurs have not won the cup since 1991, picking up just spurs have not won the cup since 1991, picking upjust two league cups in the interim period and they wa nt to cups in the interim period and they want to show their rights under mauricio pochettino is worthy of a trophy. —— with their rise. they are both named attacking starting teams in what is tottenham's temporary home but they are in the away dressing room today and the crowd will be split 50—50. kick—off is at 5:15pm and live on bbc one. thank you. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 10.10pm. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. for the news where you are. good afternoon from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. a contemporary crime writer takes on one of the great stories

of ambition and revenge. jo nesbo's macbeth has as its central character a policeman, not a warrior who nonetheless martyrs his way to the top. listening of course to the siren voices of which is on the way, —— witches —— they're drugged up prostitutes, and being egged on by his wife in his retelling of the story known simply as lady. he ushers in a time of bloody chaos, and this is hardly a plot spoiler, because it is macbeth, to his own distraction. it's one of eight re—writings of the plays in the hogarth shakespeare series. jo nesbo re—writes the bard. welcome. was it scary to take on a story like this that everyone knows? not really, because where i com

from from people don't... well, they know the story, but it's not like in the uk where you read shakespeare in school. in norway, we read henry gibson in school. my relationship was not so much to shakespeare, as it was to macbeth because i saw the movie by roman polanski when it was in my early teens. i was so fascinated by the story that i would actually go and get the written edition of the play in english at the age of 13 or 14, i didn't understand one sentence. the power of the story is so visceral, it is such an elemental story that it just draws you on. you are expressing there what the imagination

does with this tale. for me, it was the first time that i had come across a story where you are sort of manipulated by the storyteller to sympathise with what seems to be the protagonist of the story and then suddenly, a few minutes later, you are caught on the wrong side, the dark side, and you are sort of forced into trying to understand and sympathise with the villain. you kept it in scotland. you start with a description of a drugs bust that goes wrong at the beginning. it strikes me that's the kind of thing you just love, the thing thatjust explodes all over the page. the play is fast—paced and so is the book. it needs to be. it's set.. it could be set in scotland, i use the scottish names.

you just say a northern city. it's more newcastle in the ‘70s, get carter with michael caine. did you struggle with working with the names? you had to have duncan. did that bother you ? not really, there were a few too many macs for norwegian and so mcduff was the only name that i really shortened. let's talk about what makes a good crime thriller of the kind that you write. what is the secret of that genre? what keeps you going in it? the big difference between the series is that mine

is a who did it crime mystery and macbeth is a why did they do it mystery. then again, the protagonist, the heroes of the story is similar. while harry is flirting with the dark side, of course macbeth is taking the full step into the dark side. the thing about harry as a policeman is that he does everything he can to put you off, he is pretty unpleasant. his relationships are all over the place, he's a drunk and all sorts of things. yet we like him. why do we like him? i think because we can relate to his sins. it's him making the wrong moral choices, they are more intriguing and interesting to us than him of making the right moral choices and he will do both. there's a read over to macbeth there. however monstrous his behaviour is, and he perpetrates a terrible deed, his wife is no more attractive in this book and she is in the play

as a character anyway. and yet we have got a sneaking understanding of why he does it. that is why people keep coming back to macbeth. they, like you said, it's really fast—paced and things happen and it's an action story, and although they have these long monologues, you still have to find the answers yourself. there are many people standing on that edge and looking at an opportunity that they will not grab. they would have to cross that moral line. macbeth does, and although there are suggestions in the text of why he does it, still it's a question you have to come up with the answer for yourself. will people believe that he can go just like that to murder of a king, from the prophecy

and the belief and ambition? we know that some people do and that's why we believe in him. we know it's possible. however horrible. in the play we know macbeth is presented with the prophecy, the thing is his reaction, that he will be stunned and almost scared. it's as if he already can see himself becoming a murderer because of the prophecy. in my novel, i have stuck more or less very loyal to the play. not out of loyalty but i realised there's a reason why it's a classic. we really can't change it. it's a beautiful construction. in my novel, he strikes a deal

with the three witches which in the novel is not a supernatural element, but they are definitely on the dark side. they are striking a deal with macbeth that if he kills duncan he will himself become the chief of police. in a way it's more understandable. but it's still at the start of the story. it is loyal to duncan and he is the protagonists. you believe that he's the defender of good causes, that he is sort of an idealist, and what he is doing both in the play and the story, is using a rhetoric to convince himself that it's the right thing to do. once you have a character who works, then everything else follows and it's got to be that way around, and not the plot that throws up

a character who happens to be good. you find the right character and you're away. yes, the stories are not about murders or thrones, they are about people, real people like you and i, making moral decisions. and conflict within that character. that is what i've been writing about since i started and that is very much at the core of the story of macbeth and that is why when i was asked, can you write a novel based on the shakespeare play? i said i can't write on any play but if you give me play hello, it is slowly turning cooler this weekend. for most of us it has been a lovely day, plenty

of warm sunshine like this. not quite the same everywhere — through the west country into the midlands we have had threatening cloud like this, which has produced what earlier on was some quite light rain. you can see from the satellite picture, we have cloud trying to come in from the atlantic, but it is this cloud here that has been moving up from the near continent that has been bringing the earlier rain, and it threatens to bring some storms as we head through this evening and overnight. perhaps running through the midlands, north wales, up into northern england, the threat of some torrential downpours here, but also we could see some storms later on through the south east into east anglia — the worst of it out into the north sea later on in the night. these storms are not guaranteed by any means, it is a risk through across england and wales. what is more likely, perhaps, is this rain that is going to come into western scotland and northern ireland towards the end of the night. it's pretty mild out there and a warm start even before the runners get going, i think, for the london marathon. one of the warmest on record — temperatures plateauing at 22 or so in the afternoon, and later on there is the chance of notjust some sunshine, but also some downpours as well.

the showers coming on that weather front there, which starts life as a band of rain, it tends to generate into a band of showers as it runs its way eastwards, and then behind it we draw in this cooler, fresher air that is moving in from off the atlantic. but for sunday it is quite a wet start for northern ireland and into western scotland. that rain should run away and then we've got this band of showers running eastwards across england and wales. engaging that warm pocket of air in the south east and east anglia we could see some heavy and thundery showers into the afternoon — here, temperatures of 22 or 23 degrees. behind the weather front, behind that band of showers, as it brightens up we introduce this cooler and fresher air. i think for all of us, over the course of next week, we are back to normal spring weather — temperatures around the mid—teens, there will be some sunshine at times, there will also be some spells of rain or showers. the first of which probably arrives on monday, initially across northern ireland. you can see we have these atlantic winds coming our way. we have showery rain coming into northern ireland, into southern parts of scotland,

south—west scotland, one or two showers in the north east, but further south east of scotland, south—west scotland, one or two showers in the north east, but further south—east those temperatures still 17 degrees or so, but 13 in north—east england and northern ireland. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm: north korea suspends all missile tests and announces its to shut down a nuclear test—site president trump called the announcement ‘big news'! the un secretary—general says it shows that diplomacy works. i believe in north korea the path is open for the peaceful denuclearisation of the korean peninsula and it also proves that diplomacy is the way to solve conflicts. it's not war. carwynjones says he will stand down as wales first minister in the autumn theresa may promises compensation to windrush immigrants who were unfairly threatened with deportation. a 3—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. also, gun salutes have taken place

across the uk to mark the queen's 92nd birthday.