this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. kim jong—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 complex, not war. the first minister of wales, carwynjones, 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. a three—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a sports centre in leeds. a concert has been held in the queen's honour at the royal albert hall tonight to mark the monarch's 92nd birthday. and manchester united are through to the fa cup final,

after beating tottenham 2—1 wembley. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 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. well, our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, said that international focus was now focused on the upcoming meeting between kim jong—un and president trump. it was only a matter of months ago

that president trump and kim jong—un we re that president trump and kim jong—un were on the verge of appearing to declare war on each other and there was genuine global concern. however, the mood has changed. and all of those jibes and all that is respect seems to have disappeared. the focus is now on date yet to be determined that when president trump will meet mr kim. this statement is important. at the same time, there will be people inside the trump administration will be saying very clearly that there needs to be cautioned. that is what two reasons. first of all, it is not giving america what it once, it was kim jong—un to give up its nuclear weapons and this is not denuclearisation. secondly, there are people in washington who remember that de jonge and are people in washington who remember that dejonge and has broken pledges and promises in the past. however, president trump is a leader who likes to follow his instincts, and you get the feeling that he is all in on this fourth green gamble —— pyeongchang. 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 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 ambassador for wales and i'm very proud to have been a member of parliament in carwyn jones'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, carwynjones was in the job for nine years, and his predecessor did ten years. change at the top of welsh politics does not happen very often. nick servini reporting there. 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 airstrikes 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 opcw investigation affects the chances of it being looked into properly. from what we know there was a chemical weapons attack, but it depends on what kind of attack. if it was a chlorine bomb attack, it is harder to have any evidence at this point in time. chlorine evaporates quickly, it does not remain in the body nor in the soil, so it would be difficult to find conclusive proof it was a chlorine attack. if another substance was used, a sarin—like substance or derivative, it stays longer in the body and environment and i would imagine samples could be found. if many people have been evacuated and are no longer available for interview or taking samples to show inspectors evidence, that is a concern because

the government has had access to this territory for a number of days and could have obliterated any traces of the attack. angela kane. a three—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 at the indoor doull —— pool at around 9:30 a.m.. with his family at the indoor doull —— pool ataround 9:30 a.m.. he with his family at the indoor doull —— pool at around 9:30 a.m.. he was found unconscious and pulled out of the water by a member of the team. cpr was carried out by david lloyd's stuff until 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

clu b pronounced dead. in a statement, the club said... we waited around in the gym for a bit and everyone was like upset, some people were crying. we came outside because they told us to evacuate. unlike the radio, people we re evacuate. unlike the radio, people were saying you need to leave the room. david lloyd is really, really good. i have seen lots of lifeguards everyday watching over the children. but i don't know what is happening. and that is scaring me. we are all quite shocked, to be honest with you. as faras quite shocked, to be honest with you. as far as i am aware they have lifeguards there, which are consta ntly lifeguards there, which are constantly bear watching. so a really surprised. the club will remain closed for the rest of the day while investigations continue. police say they are treating this as an extremely tragic accident and their thoughts are with the family at this very difficult time. there we re at this very difficult time. there were a number of other swimmers in people at the time he left before officers could arrive on the scene and they are asking for those people

to please come forward with anything they know. 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 60 suspected murders in the capital this year. nearly a0 of the cases were stabbings. 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. 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 archives in london holds passenger lists of thousands of people who came to the uk decades ago. we 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 in 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 consumer group, which, has warned that reforms to the pension system — introduced two years ago , have failed to address a gender gap. 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, on average, 28 pounds a week less than men's — 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's 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 from 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. simon gompertz, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has announced he's to stand down in the autumn. two weeks after the suspected chemical attack in syria, international experts are carrying out an inspection in the town of douma. north korea's announcement that it's ended its testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has received a largely positive response around the world. sport now. time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. the premier league and champions league may have evaded manchester

united this season butjose mourinho feels there has been too much criticism on his side, after they booked their place in the fa cup finalfor booked their place in the fa cup final for a booked their place in the fa cup finalfor a record equalling 20th time. they beat spurs to happen one at wembley from where our correspondent sent this report. —— 2-1 at correspondent sent this report. —— 2—1 at wembley. for manchester united wembley has been the scene of so united wembley has been the scene of so much success, while for tottenham it is their temporary home, two clu bs it is their temporary home, two clubs on a well trodden path. spurs initially took advantage of the familiar surroundings, christian eriksen supplying the perfect pass, dele alli with the finishing touch. this was the joy of a club desperate to end a run of seven consecutive fa cup semi—final defeats. they were in control but didn't capitalise, and when paul pogba crossed for alexis sanchez to dispatch a marvellous header, the contest was alive. only the width of a post prevented totte n ha m the width of a post prevented tottenham from regaining the lead, though after the break united's big

game pedigree told, ander herrera drilling them ahead, and within touching distance of a place in the final. spurs offered little in response, and for all their promise, will again finished the season without silverware. united won victory away from ending the campaign ona victory away from ending the campaign on a high. really happy for the victory, because we are in another final. we are getting used to being in the finals which is very good, because this club is about titles and playing finals. well, the celebrations of the fans says it all. they will be back on the 19th of may, and as tottenham's long wait for a trophy goes on, manchester united remain in contention to add yet another to their collection. two premier league games today, watford against crystal palace was goalless, a more entertaining draw at the hawthorns, where west brom came from two down to draw 2—2 with liverpool. jake livermore and salomon rondon cancelling out strikes. jurgen klopp has a

champions league semi—final against roma to look forward to now. that is on tuesday. he will hope the pitches in better nick. i see you are smiling at it, you think it is funny. it is football. we need good circumstances. the pitch was dry. that is not good for the football players. that's it. you are saying it should have been watered more? i'm not sure if it should have. obviously each side can decide what it wants. i am pretty sure the pitch will be well watered. jurgen klopp sharing horticultural tips on there. elsewhere, celtic could have wrapped up elsewhere, celtic could have wrapped upa elsewhere, celtic could have wrapped up a scottish premiership title today if they had beaten hibernian, but they lost 2—1. aberdeen close up to ten points behind with four games remaining, beating from a 2—0. dundee beach saintjohnstone, while

spartacus or‘s 2—1win over hamilton lift them off the bottom of the table. in belfast hasjust got under way. you can follow that fight on the bbc sport website. following amir khan's comeback fight, it didn't take too long. he inched —— he promised a clinical showing against canadian phil greco in liverpool and duly delivered, in just a0 seconds. amir khan is back, he said, in his post fight interview. that with a bang and talking about himself in the third person. world snooker championship is one—day—old and is defending champion mark selby is already out, chasing a third world title in a row, well beaten by world number 22 joe perry at the crucible, ten frames to four. most of the damage was done in the first session, losing seven of the first nine frames. ronnie o'sullivan is in danger as well, trailing stephen maguire 6—3. you are up to date from the bbc sports centre.

the funeral for the former first lady of the united states, barbara bush, has been held in houston, texas. four former 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 for many others. that was jeb bush, that wasjeb bush, speaking at his mother's funeral a little earlier this evening. the american actor verne troyer, who starred in the austin powers films, has died at the age of a9. 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. voters in england will head to the polls on the third 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 is one thing you can't change, the weather. only mad dogs and plymouthians would be out on a day like this, but this walking group, a ptly like this, but this walking group, aptly named storm, is made of tough stuff. not me. we taken shelter in a cafe to get down to chatting about the local elections. they don't even ask, sometimes, what we can spend. we pay our council rates, and everything else, but it would be nice to say, well, what would you like to have been spent on? i've lived here all my life. plymouth is a beautiful city and i think sometimes we don't appreciate where we live, having the sea on one side and the moor on the other. all that seems to be happening is new student accommodation. i know that is important, but there are other things as well but i would have thought were a higher priority. history and social change is in the

dna of the seafaring city. there is also political heritage here. nancy astor, the first woman to take her seatin astor, the first woman to take her seat in the house of commons, was a plymouth mp, as well as former labour leader michael foot, and with right honourable mentions, david allen, who went on to form the sdp, and alan clark, his famous diary is transcended the world of westminster. plymouth has, economically and socially, a lot more in common with city somewhat further north, with other industrial cities. and its pattern of politics reflects that. adrian lee, a former head of politics at plymouth university, has analysed elections here for more than a0 years. the electoral landscape has changed significantly. still, the contest this time will be between labour and conservative. particularly as ukip has declined significantly. we ought to mention the fact that the liberal

democrats are fielding a full slate of candidates in the city for the first time for a number of years. but if award is deemed to be a safe seat, margaret tells me canvases are scarce. we never get anybody telling —— coming down our way. general election all local elections, we never see anybody. in terms of the wider issues, defence is a vital industry here. but transport links are industry here. but transport links a re often 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 there will be to take care of the elderly, providing enough opportunity for a workforce that can pay the bills. and you can find out more about the local elections in england on the bbc news website. 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. now it's time for the weather with matt taylor. hello there. it is the typical thing in the uk, a bit of warmth over the past two days and it all goes bad tonight. severe thunderstorms across parts of england and wales in particular. i can just parts of england and wales in particular. i canjust show parts of england and wales in particular. i can just show you where those storms have been over the last two or three hours. they are all linked to this cloud which has been developing across northern france and is pushing north. this cloud will bring more of a drastic change to the weather as we go through the next woody for hours. just focusing on those storms, we have seen sporadic runs in north wales spreading into north—west england, but more widespread ones across the midlands and southern

england at the moment, working north and east. frequent lightning, hail, gusty winds. they will become confined to eastern coastal counties by the end of the night. at the same time, the weather front out to the west will bring some rain, starting tomorrow morning across northern ireland and western parts of scotland. not everybody will see the storms. there will be dry weather as well, temperatures ranging between four or seven degrees in aberdeenshire, 13 or 1a in the south—east of england. so for many it will be a reasonably warm night. but things are changing. this cold front is working its way across the uk tomorrow. that will introduce fresher weather to everybody as atla ntic fresher weather to everybody as atlantic winds wind out for the week ahead. but after the early showers across eastern areas, lots of sunshine here. cloud in the west. the most persistent rain in western scotland. northern ireland will clear away to sunshine and showers. brightening up and western fringes of england and wales tomorrow. much cooler compared to day, temperatures in the 20s., that only 11— 1a

tomorrow. the warmth is still there in east anglia and the south—east which could be enough to set up heavy showers in the afternoon. we might have one or two lingering for the very start of the morning in and around london. the crucial thing for the runners is that it will be pretty warm, with strong sunshine overhead for much of the time. the fresh air will wind out, which means next week we will be back to more typical spring weather. single figure temperatures, even with sunshine overhead. cloud will increase after that sunny start, bringing out rains —— outbreaks of rain. across western fringes of england and wales it will turn rather grey and drizzly later in the day. sunshine present enough across eastern areas, 1a— 17 the highs here. temperatures stopping away next week. showers around, most frequently in the north, where they could be heavy. by now.

—— bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. north korea's announcement that it's ended its testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has received a largely positive response around the world. the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has announced he's to stand down in the autumn. two weeks after the suspected chemical attack in syria, international experts are carrying out an inspection in the town of douma. a three—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a sports centre in leeds.