this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at 10. the first minister of wales, carwyn jones, will leave his post in the autumn. two weeks after the suspected chemical attack in syria, international experts conduct an inspection in the town of douma. north korea suspends all missile tests and announces it's to shut down a nuclear test site. a 3—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a sports centre in leeds. and manchester united are through to the fa cup final — after beating tottenham 2—1 wembley. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

our top story this evening — the welsh first minister, carwynjones, has announced he's standing down in the autumn. he told delegates at the welsh labour party conference in llandudno that his departure would give his family, his party and the country a "fresh start". mrjones said the last few months had been difficult, after his colleague, carl sargeant, was found dead four days after he had sacked him. this report from our political correspondent arwyn jones. 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 have carried me through the darkest of times, i've asked too much of them at times. and it's time i asked what is fairfor them. so, conference, this will be the last welsh labour conference i address as party leader. i intend, as i've always maintained, to be here 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. and with that, it was over. in a move nobody predicted and without telling the cabinet, carwynjones announced that he'd stand down in the autumn and in the first week of december, he'll no longer be the first minister. wales for ever, welsh labour for ever. this was an emotional speech where he spoke about the pressures of being leaderfor the best part of a decade. the last few months following the death of carl sergeant will have been the most difficult, but leading labour members said he'll be remembered for more than that. carwyn has done wonderful things for wales. he's been an exemplary leader and exemplary first minister. he has been a wonderful ambassador for wales, and i'm very proud to have been a member of parliament in carwyn jones's welsh labour party. i don't think he does leave under a cloud. what there is, though, is there's an unresolved position about that final inquiry, and that's about the

two sides agreeing. and i don't think it's helpful for me or anyone else to second guess those conversations about trying to get to a point where, as the first minister has said, all the detail and information available will be passed over to that inquiry. inevitably, thoughts will now turn to his successor, with the finance secretary mark drakeford saying he'll give serious consideration to standing. arwenjones reporting. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are poliitical commentatorjo phillips and political editor of the sunday mirror and the sunday people, nigel nelson. chemical weapons inspectors in syria have finally managed to visit the site of the suspected chemical attack in douma. their mission has been postponed several times over the past week. a number of samples have been taken for analysis. the uk and the us took part in air strikes last week in response

to the alleged use of chlorine or sarin gas on the rebel—held area. russia and syria have both denied any such attack took place. angela kane is a former chemical weapons inspector and was in charge of the investigation in syria in 2013. she says the delay of two weeks to the 0pcw investigation affects the chances of it being looked into properly. if it was a chlorine bomb attack it is harder at this moment, chlorine eva porates is harder at this moment, chlorine evaporates quickly and does not remain in the body, in the soil.m will be difficult to find conclusive proof it was a chlorine attack. if another substance was used, a sarin

like substance that stays much longer in the body and in the environment, so i would imagine that substance could still be found but if many people have been evacuated and are no longer available for interview, or taken samples to show inspectors evidence it happened when the bombs came down, that is a concern, because the government has had concern, because the government has ha d a ccess concern, because the government has had access to this territory for a number of days and could have obliterated any traces of the attack. a 3—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a fitness club in leeds. the david lloyd centre in moortown has been closed following the boy's death, which happened this morning. helen mackey has the details. the three—year—old boy was swimming with his family in the indoor pool at around half past nine this morning. the club say he was found unconscious and pulled out of the water by a member of their team. cpr was carried out by david lloyd staff until the emergency services arrived and took over. the child was taken to leeds general

infirmary with his mother, but was sadly pronounced dead. in a statement, the club said... we waited around in the gym for a bit and everyone was upset, some people were crying. and we came outside because they told us to evacuate. and on, like, the radio, people were telling us, "you need to leave the room." david lloyd is really, really good, and i've seen lots of lifeguards every day watching over the children. but i don't know what is happening, and that is scaring me. well, i'm quite shocked to be honest with you, because as far as i'm aware, they've got lifeguards, which are constantly there watching, so i'm really surprised. the club will remain closed for the rest of the day while investigations continue. police say they're treating this as an extremely tragic accident and their thoughts are with the family at this very difficult time. there were a number of other swimmers in the pool at the time who left before officers

could arrive on the scene, and they're asking for those people to please come forward with anything they know. helen mackey, bbc look north, leeds. the funeral for the former first lady of the united states, barbara bush, has been held in houston, texas. fourformer presidents were among the mourners but president trump stayed away with the first lady attending. barbara bush died at the age of 92 on tuesday. her sonjeb bush spoke a little earlier. the last time my mom went into the hospital, i think dad got sick on purpose so that he could be with her. that's my theory at least, because literally a day later, he showed up with an illness. he came into her room when she was sleeping and held her hand. his hair was standing straight up, he had on a mask to improve his breathing, he was wearing a hospital gown. in other words, he looked like hell. mom opened her eyes and said, my god, george, you are devastatingly handsome! laughter.

every nurse, doctor, staffer had to run to the hallway, because they all started crying. i hope you can see why we think our mom and our dad are teachers and models for our entire family and fpr many others. the queen has been marking her 92nd birthday this evening with a star—studded concert in the royal albert hall. the prince of wales, and her grandsons princes william and harry were among the first to arrive at the venue, along with the earl of wessex and duchess of cornwall. prince harry also paid tribute to his grandmother at the event. in a moment, we'll bejoined by viewers on bbc one for a full round—up of the evening's main news but first, let's get the weather with matt taylor. they disturbed night on the way

particular across parts of england and wales, after a lovely day. warmer in western and northern parts and temperatures into the high teens here. clear skies have given way from the south to cloud. this brought showers. and this has brought showers. and this has brought rumbles of thunder and potentially torrential downpours to nine. the first across wales and northern england will push off quickly. some across east anglia and the south—east. some will avoid them altogether and most will have pushed away at the end of the night, when we turn attention to the west and wet weather that will bring a change tomorrow. the warmer air eventually swept away by a weather front. it will bring showers and introduce fresh air by the end of the day. a big change across western areas. we

can takea big change across western areas. we can take a look at what happens. the weather system in the west and persistent rain across parts of scotla nd persistent rain across parts of scotland first thing. showers working eastwards. sunny in east anglia and the south—east into the afternoon. temperatures up to 23, enough to spark off after they showers and in east anglia a rumble of thunder. in the west, 10 degrees down on what you experience today. for the marathon, it will be warm in london but not as warm as recent days. the chance of showers later. the fresher air will win out as we finish sunday. back to what is typically normal spring weather next week. monday, dry and sunny and that will continue in the east. thicker cloud in the west bringing rain to northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and north—west england and wales. around the coast, turning

damp later. sunshine in the east. down on what we have seen in recent days, temperatures here. in the north, frequent showers will be widespread, some heavy and light night —— unlike tonight, thundery. world powers broadly welcome north korea's commitment to stop its nuclear and missile tests. kimjong un has not committed to giving up the weapons he has — but the un has expressed hope for the future. 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. not war. the move comes as plans are made for an historic summit between president trump and kimjong un — we'll be live from washington. also tonight. the first minister of wales, carwynjones will leave his post in the autumn after what he called the darkest of times.

a potential lifeline for windrush generation migrants as records of their arrival in the uk could be found in the national archives. and manchester united beat spurs to book their place in this year's fa cup final. good evening. global powers have broadly welcomed north korea's announcement, that it will halt its nuclear and missile tests. the country's leader kim jong—un made the statement ahead of historic summits — due to take place next week and in the coming months — with south korea and the united states. president trump's hailed the news as ‘big progress'. there's been caution, too, as there's as yet no indication that

north korea will agree to get rid of its existing nuclear weapons — as our correspondent laura bicker reports. north korea's favourite news anchor is back. usually, the famous ri chun—hee 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's 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." today 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. not war. others were more guarded. translation: what's important

is whether this move will lead to complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment of north korea's nuclear and missile programmes. we'll have to watch it closely. 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're only closing one. it's just to show action, to negotiate with the us. it doesn't mean they're going to give up their nuclear weapons. translation: to develop nuclear weapons they've killed tens of thousands of people by starving them. i think north korea is trying to get a reward because they've been pressured by sanctions. 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's not handing over his nuclear weapons — he's 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, you know, and we need to catch up, i think, in terms of our analysis of where kim jong—un is. he's ready for the summit with the south koreans, for the summit with donald trump. it's a measure of his seriousness that he's 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, bbc news, seoul. 0ur correspondent chris buckler joins me from washington. all eyes now turn to these upcoming meetings? yes, i with that in mind it is worth

remembering it is only a matter of months ago that president donald trump and kimjong —— kimjong—un since be on the verge of declaring war against each other, but that disrespect seems to have disappeared, although the summit has not been decided yet, when president trump will meet kim jong—un. not been decided yet, when president trump will meet kim jong-un. at the same time there will be people inside the trump administration who said there needs to be caution, and thatis said there needs to be caution, and that is for a couple of reasons, this is not giving america wasn't wa nts, this is not giving america wasn't wants, because they want kim jong—un to give up is now clear weapons and thatis to give up is now clear weapons and that is not the case here, and secondly they —— there are people who remember kim jong—un secondly they —— there are people who remember kimjong—un has broken promises in the past. but president trump likes to follow his instinct and you get the impression with every optimistic message on twitter

that he is all in on this north korean gamble. chris, thanks for joining us. the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has announced that he'll step down from the post in the autumn. speaking at the welsh labour party conference, he described the past few months as "the darkest of times". mrjones, who's been party leader since 2009, said the recent death of carl sargeant, who was found dead days after being sacked by mrjones from his cabinet office job, had had a big impact on his family life. here's our bbc wales political editor nick servini. i'm glad to say there will be funding announced next week. this was always going to be the toughest conference speech for carwyn jones as first minister of wales. as it turned out, it was his last, as he shocked party members by saying a bruising few months had taken its toll on his family life. 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. so, this will be the last welsh labour conference i address as party leader. carwynjones has faced intense pressure since the death of his colleague carl sergeant, who he sacked from the welsh government cabinet in november. a few days later it's thought mr sergeant took his own life while facing a number of misconduct allegations from different women. there have been questions about whether correct procedures were followed. the crisis for carwyn jones that came to a head, comes after yea rs in jones that came to a head, comes after years in which it has been untouchable at the head of welsh politics for the critics have questioned his record on public service delivery, but the more pressing question is whether his legacy will be overshadowed by the death of his former colleague. he has done one for things the wires, he has been an exemplary leader and

first minister and been a wonderful ambassadorfor wales first minister and been a wonderful ambassador for wales and i'm very proud to have been a member of parliament in ca rwyn proud to have been a member of parliament in carwynjones's welsh labour party. people will think back over his time as first minister as a time of consolidation and success and taking wales forward and solidarity and of confidence. this now triggers a rare event, a contest to become the next first minister of wales, ca rwyn to become the next first minister of wales, carwynjones was in the job for nine years, and his predecessor did ten years. change at the top of well ‘s politics does not happen very often. —— welsh politics. labour members in the bars and restau ra nts labour members in the bars and restaurants will be taking in this news, there was speculation about his future, but the timing did take people by surprise, and even though the contest is in the autumn things could move pretty quickly, the man many people considered the favourite, the finance secretary, mark drakeford, favourite, the finance secretary, mark dra keford, he favourite, the finance secretary, mark drakeford, he has said he is

giving it serious consideration. studio: thanks. police have launched an investigation after a 3—year—old boy drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds this morning. the emergency services were called to a david lloyd fitness club in the cityjust before ten o'clock this morning. the little boy was taken to leeds general infirmary, but later died. in syria, a team of international experts has visited the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack two weeks ago. experts from the 0pcw collected samples that will be sent to their laboratories for analysis. 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. it's emerged that documents recording the arrival of thousands of people who came to the uk from the caribbean after 1948, are being stored at the national archives in west london. 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. news archive: the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans. could there finally be some good news for hundreds of the windrush generation? many in this first wave of commonwealth immigration don't 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. but now it's emerged that the national archive in london holds passenger lists of thousands of people who came to the uk decades ago. he arrived in england on the 20th of the eighth... samantha's dad has been here since 1959 but after returning to jamaica he says he's been refused entry back into the uk. my dad's been taken away from me, but he's still alive. and that's not a nice feeling. ijust think, where's your heart? all right, you might have made a mistake, that's fine,

you've made a mistake. but that mistake can be corrected and the mistake can be forgotten. the prime minister has apologised to commonwealth leaders and the emergence of the records will help people caught up in this row but they'll still need further evidence to prove their long—term residency. the home office is expected to set out exactly how it plans to compensate windrush migrants who have been unfairly treated within the week. but the row has been extremely embarrassing for the government and the pressure is unlikely to ease until there is significant progress in the process to help people prove their right to be here. # london is the place for me... for those who have been here for decades and call the uk their home, uncertainty will remain until their situation is finally sorted. eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster. the american actor verne troyer, who starred in the austin powers films, has died at the age of 49. most famous for his mini—me role

in the movies, he was also a stuntman and comedian. he was taken to hospital by police last week after friends raised concern for his welfare. in a statement his family said, he was an "extremely caring individual, who wanted to make everyone smile, happy and laugh". with all the sport — here's 0llie foster at the bbc sport centre. premier league and fa cup highlights follow the news, but if you want to know what happened in today's football, then i've got some goals and results coming up for you right now. manchester united are through to a record equalling 20th fa cup final. they came from behind behind to beat tottenham hotspur 2—1. from wembley here's our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. for manchester united wembley has bbc now so much success and for autonomy it is their temporary home. two clubs on a well trodden path and

spurs took advantage of the familiar surroundings, christian eriksen supplying the perfect pass and dele alli with the finishing touch. this is the joy of a club desperate to end a run of seven consecutive fa cup semifinal defeats. they were in control but did not capitalise, and when paul pogba crossed for alexis sanchez to dispatch a marvellous header, the contest was alive. 0nly the width of a post prevented totte n ha m the width of a post prevented tottenham regaining the lead, and there after the break, united's big—game pedigree put them ahead, ander herrera putting them in front and within touching distance of the final. spurs offered little in response and they will again finish the season without silver hair, united just one victory away from ending the campaign on a high for the very happy with the goal and the victory because we are in the final, and this club is about titles and

playing finals. the celebrations of the supporters says everything, they will be back here on the 19th of may and as tottenham's long wait for a trophy goes on, manchester united on the verge of adding another to their collection. chelsea and southampton play the second semi final at wembley tomorrow. there were two matches in the premier league today, liverpool threw away a two goal lead against bottom club west bromwich albion. it finished 2—2 at the hawthornes. the baggies could be relegated tomorrow if swansea beat manchester city. watford and crystal palace also drew 0—0 this afternoon. celtic will have to wait at least another week to win the scottish premiership title. that's after they lost 2—1 at hibernian. celtic are 10 points clear and can win their seventh title in a row if they beat rangers next weekend. dundee beat st johnstone, aberdeen are second after their 2—0 win at kilmarnock. partick are off the bottom, they beat hamilton and jumped above ross county who drew with motherwell. scarlets have failed to reach rugby union's europen champions cup final

after a heavy defeat to leinster in their dublin semi final. johnny sexton scoring one of the tries. it could be an all irish final with munster facing racing in the other semi final tomorow just like last weekeknd's grand national at aintree, there was a photo finish in today's scottish grand national at ayr. the race was given to the outsiderjoe farrell. the 33—1 chance, ridden by adam wedge, beat the fast finihsing ballyoptic by a nose. there's been a shock on the first day of the world snooker championship. the defending champion mark selby was knocked out in the first round. joe perry beat him 10—11. selby was chasing a fourth crucible title in five years. you can follow all the snooker on the bbc sport website, and from 4am tomorrow morning you can watch great britain's fed cup tie againstjapan, their world group play off is tied at 1—1. you can see more on all of today's stories

on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. a disturbed night on the way particularly across parts of england and wales, after a lovely day. warmer in western and northern parts and temperatures into the high teens here. clear skies have given way from the south to cloud. this brought showers. and this has brought rumbles of thunder and potentially torrential downpours tonight. the first ones across wales and northern england will push off quickly. some across east anglia and the south—east. some will avoid them altogether and most will have pushed

away at the end of the night, when we turn attention to the west and wet weather will bring a change tomorrow. the warmer air eventually swept away by a weather front. it will bring showers and introduce fresh air by the end of the day. a big change across western areas. we can take a look at what happens. the weather system in the west and persistent rain across parts of scotland first thing. showers working eastwards. sunny in east anglia and the south—east into the afternoon. temperatures up to 23, enough to spark off afternoon showers and in east anglia a rumble of thunder. in the west, 10 degrees down on what you experienced today. for the marathon, it will be warm in london but not as warm as recent days.

the chance of showers later. the fresher air will win out as we finish sunday. back to what is typically normal spring weather next week. monday, dry and sunny and that will continue in the east. thicker cloud in the west bringing rain to northern ireland and western scotland and north—west england and wales. around the coast, turning damp later. sunshine in the east. temperatures down on what we have seen in recent days, temperatures here. in the north, frequent showers will be