today at 5: police in canada charge the man accused of driving a van into pedestrians with ten counts of murder. get down! kill me! no, get down! get down! this was the moment the suspect was confronted by police. the canadian prime minister spoke of his shock. the events that took place yesterday in toronto were a senseless attack and a horrific tragedy. we'll have the latest from toronto. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: donald trump welcomes president emmanuel macron to the white house, praising the close relationship between the us and france. here's the scene at the white house, where we are expecting a joint news conference from the two presidents in the next hour. jeremy corbyn says he has an "absolute determination" to ensure there is no anti—semitism in labour, as he meets jewish community leaders. the first statue of a woman in parliament square is unveiled, commemorating dame millicent fawcett, one of the key figures in votes for women. and gun salutes across london

to mark the arrival of the duke and duchess of cambridge‘s third child. a canadian man accused of mowing down pedestrians in toronto in a van has been charged with ten counts of murder. the suspect, 25—year—old alek minassian, was arrested with no shots being fired. the first victim has been named as anne—marie d'amico, who worked for an investment management firm. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has described the incident as a "tragic and senseless attack". jon donnison reports. this is the moment armed police confronted the attacker — he has just killed ten people.

get down! kill me! no, get down! get down! he urges the officer to shoot him. it looks like he might be pointing a gun. reports suggest it was, in fact, a mobile phone. but the policeman holds his nerve and moves in to take him alive. earlier, a spring day in the northern suburbs of toronto had turned into a nightmare. using this van as a weapon, the attacker reared up onto the pavement, ploughing into pedestrians. witnesses say he continued for half a mile, travelling at up to 80 miles an hour. a lot of people got hurt. i saw a scene i never seen in my life. you see it in a war zone. the person just went through the sidewalk. he did not stop. it isjust shocking. police say this was the driver, 25—year—old toronto resident alek minassian. in the past, islamic as well as right wing extremists have used vehicles to carry out similar attacks.

but the authorities say for now they are not treating this as a terrorist incident. obviously all canadians will continue and continue to have questions about why this happened and what could possibly be the motive behind it, as was indicated last night by our public security minister, at this time we have no reason to suspect that there is any national security element to this attack. but obviously, the investigations continue. security in the area remains high but toronto's mayor mrged people to stay calm. this kind of tragic incident, it is not representative of how we live or who we are or anything to do with life in this city on a day—to—day basis and i hope people will reflect on that, reaffirm that. last night a candlelit vigil was set up to remember those who died. people are talking but we need

a place to heal and express ourselves because this is a horrible tragedy, unfortunately, that has struck a very peaceful and friendly community that is so multicultural and diverse. both the community and the police are now trying to answer the same question — why? jon donnison, bbc news. we have just learned that two people among the ten victims who were killed are south koreans. we can now cross to our correspondent, nada tawfik, who is in toronto with the latest on this. he has appeared in court today charged with ten cans of mud, do we have a clue as to what the motivation is? -- ten counts of murder. no question, we do not. justin trudeau said it will take some time for investigators to piece

together exactly what his motive was. we know that investigators have been speaking with alek minassian, he had previously not been known to them, he was not connected to any known terror group, so it really will be key what information they we re will be key what information they were able to get from him in that interrogation. but here in toronto, as you can see behind me, people have been streaming through all morning, trying to come to terms with what happened so close to home for them. they have been leaving m essa 9 es for them. they have been leaving messages at this makeshift memorial and have been speaking with a few of the people. one man who was walking his daughter to daycare this morning and he said her daycare was on lockdown when this and that really put him in a state of shock, and he was just unnerved, waiting for any news from that. and he said that what this underscored for him was that something like this can happen anywhere, so as i say, just here in

toronto, people are really still in a state of disbelief and shock at what has happened. and i imagine many people there are commenting on the extreme professionalism and composure of the policeman who was involved in that video, because it was quite clear that the suspect wa nted was quite clear that the suspect wanted to die, he was calling on him to shoot him in the head. yes, absolutely. from bystander video, you can see that he constantly tries to have the police officer engaged ina can to have the police officer engaged in a can of gun battle. he says, shoot me in the head! kill me! he says, i have done in my pocket, to which the officer responds, i don't care, get down, get down. what was remarkable is that the officer was out there in the open without any protection, and really assessing the situation, understanding that he doesn't have a gun, even though the suspect is constantly throwing his hands up, pretending he is trying to

apprehend the suspect. that officer has had praise from officials here in canada, the prime minister saying that they without hesitation were facing fear straight on, others saying the policeman was a hero for what he did and how he really should restrict in that situation. i should also just restrict in that situation. i should alsojust point restrict in that situation. i should also just point out that among the investigations is also an effort to identify the victims. the first of the town has been identified as anne—marie ganago, who worked at an investment management firm just not farfrom here investment management firm just not far from here and the company investment management firm just not farfrom here and the company in a statement didn't go into too many details out of respect for the family but did say that she succumbed to her injuries. do we know about the 15 injured? that's right, 15 remain hospitalised, several still in critical condition. we are expecting an update from police later this afternoon, where we do hope to get an update on their

conditions, but one of the hospitals that was responding just really describe what they witnessed as pure carnage, and that is a similar sentiment we have been hearing from eyewitnesses here, and as i say are just in the seat of disbelief of what they witnessed. they describe this street, now closed off, is feeling very here because it's normally such a lively part of toronto. thanks very much. the father of the seriously ill boy alfie evans says his life support has been withdrawn by alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. but tom evans says the 23—month—old is breathing on his own and has been given oxygen. lawyers have returned to the high court to argue that it cannot be in the interests of the child to be left to die in hospital. danny savage reports. alfie evans in the arms of his mum. after the courts and doctors concluded further treatment was futile, his father says ongoing care was withdrawn last night. he then breathed for hours, unassisted.

his father, who has campaigned for his son's life and treatment to continue, feels vindicated and wants him transferred to a hospital in italy. it's nine hours alfie's been breathing for now. he's still breathing now. it's come to a point where his mum's actually sleeping next to him, so she can actually go to sleep, she feels comfortable with him. as it stands, i was right by my son. so respect me now and give alfie this transfer to italy, because he's clearly shown the life, and that's all it is now, it's down to alfie. the strong italian connection is partly down to support from the pope. alfie's father had an audience with him last week. last night, the pope tweeted further support, saying, "i renew my appeal that the suffering of his parents may be heard and that their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be gra nted." it is understood transport is standing by to move alfie to rome. doctors there aren't pledging radically different treatment, but palliative care to improve his quality—of—life. alfie! alfie! alfie!

yesterday as supporters chanted his name outside alder hey hospital, alfie was granted italian citizenship. but a late—night legal hearing heard that status made no difference to alfie's situation, again denying permission for him to be taken to rome. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. president trump has formally welcomed the french leader, emmanuel macron, to the white house for talks, with the focus on trade and the iran nuclear deal. mr trump is threatening to scrap the agreement — under which tehran curbed its nuclear programme in return for an easing of sanctions. iran's president rouhani has warned of dire consequences if washington abandons the deal. speaking at a photocall in the oval office, mr macron spoke of the great relationship the men shared. i want to thank president trump and your country, your people, for this

very warm welcome, this wonderful ceremony. we are both reminded how great our common history is, and that each time we work together, in order to protect the liberty and freedom and peace, we have a lot ahead of us regarding our two countries, terrorism, security and a lot of other issues we will discuss. so we have a lot of work to be done together, but i'm very pleased, because whatever the context could be, this relationship is stronger and on top of it we have an excellent personal relationships all i want to thank you for that. thank you very much. we will be talking about iran and many things that like terrorism generally but we will be discussing the run deal, i know the

president wants to speak to me about that. we will be discussing probably the paris accord, and various other things. so we are going to have... we have not much time to do a lot of discussing, but a lot of things we will work out. we have got a very special relationship. i don't imagine it has ever been closer in the history of our two countries, and it's a long and beautiful history. so, we will be talking about a lot of different subjects, but the iran deal will be one of them. we are going to be talking about it, i will say. them. we are going to be talking about it, iwill say. people know them. we are going to be talking about it, i will say. people know my views on the koran deal, it was a terrible deal which should have never, ever been made. we are expecting a press conference shortly and we will take you to that when the two men appear. dr robin niblett is the director of chatham house and is here with me now. they put a lot of store in this

relationship they have forged, but when you look at the key issues, syria, iran, trade, paris, they are practically on opposite pages.|j mean, macron is the obama of europe toa mean, macron is the obama of europe to a certain extent, but i think he understands he needs a leader who projects strength, who projects the kind of same type of personal leadership that trump himself is trying to project. he has a bad relationship with germany right now, he sees angela merkel being behind the big trend problems —— trade pummels with america, britain is distracted by brexit. some macron has seized the moment and trump has accepted it and he has paid him due deference. now replicated with this great first state visit, which is a big feather in the cap for macron. has europe accepted it? has mr macron become the great interlocutor now? in europe i think there is a

great nervousness, even scepticism about the re—emergence of a franco german leadership of europe. there are few europeans who want to see france speak for europe alone, but at the moment there are two critical deadlines, the 1st of may, whether us will or will not exempt the eu, including funds, from the tariffs on steel and aluminium. maybe 12, when the us president and congress other will or will not extend the nuclear deal. it is such a critical moment and you need a strong voice speaking on behalf of europe. a very big political risk for macron because the french media do not warm to donald trump. but you can't blame him for kind to find some sort of way through on iran. i think the french have always taken a tough line on iran, tougher than the us. if you will agree that a deal that they really put their all into looks like it might be convivial ruptured right now, for europeans, it is much closer to home, this is the

neighbourhood, france has a deep sta ke neighbourhood, france has a deep stake in syria, the deal goes wrong on iran, it could spill over into the syrian conflict as well. so perfectly understandable from a european standpoint, the nuclear accord with iran is one of the linchpins of international relations right now. when we get the press conference, that will be presumably some statements made on iran on and —— and on syria. the difficulty from us —— and on syria. the difficulty from us to macron is that the last person in the room with the president is the one that convinces him, and therefore it is very difficult to ta ke therefore it is very difficult to take what he says with any great confidence. i think that the donald trump confidence. i think that the donald tru m p style confidence. i think that the donald trump style of everything, including being president, is to keep your allies, opponents, he doesn't have allies, opponents, he doesn't have allies, on the back foot, to always been making the threat, then you discover there is a timeline in which to try and fix it, then change your mind. for example, if he was to scrap the nuclear deal, for the us

to pull out, where would that leave the negotiations with north korea? on the one hand, you strike deals, then you rip them apart. he feels his impulsiveness gives him negotiating leverage, and changing personnel has the same effects, it concentrates all the power around him. it is a style that is not under change, would love to get used to it. what is going on in downing street right now? here is the french president swanning in, being fitted by donald trump and the first lady, ata time by donald trump and the first lady, at a time when we have pulled up the drawbridge on the state visit to the uk. it is what it is. brexit britain has the focus on brexit first, and i think from theresa may's standpoint, not having the destruction of trying to manage a relationship with somebody as unpredictable as donald trump is probably a plus in relative terms. i think britain can afford to step back, let somebody else take the heat of this unpredictable relationship. theresa may has plenty

on her plate in trying to get brexit done. and angela merkel arrives on the 27th, a couple of days later. this is a bit of a jamboree. it is a play between two alpha males, a power struggle constantly going on, if it's not the handshake, it's a little bit of this, take a look. president trump welcomed his french counterpart into the oval office, and the two shared a rather intimate moment — have a look at this. they all say —— saying what a great relationship we have, and it is not fa ke relationship we have, and it is not fake news. we do have a very special relationship. in fact, fake news. we do have a very special relationship. infact, i'll get fake news. we do have a very special relationship. in fact, i'll get that piece of dandruff off... we have to make him perfect. he is perfect. so it is really great to be with you, our special friend. it is really great to be with you, our specialfriend. thank it is really great to be with you, our special friend. thank you. just not absolutely perfect. a little bit of one—upmanship there. not absolutely perfect. a little bit of one-upmanship there. donald trump will not have forgotten about the

handshake last time. you saw the drab at the end. —— the drab. his hand got pulled, but his body didn't. i saw it on your clip, the kiss ontojigs, it didn't. i saw it on your clip, the kiss onto jigs, it is a didn't. i saw it on your clip, the kiss ontojigs, it is a rare didn't. i saw it on your clip, the kiss onto jigs, it is a rare thing in the us. but for trump there is nothing to lose here. the up—and—coming young leader of europe coming up and paying his respects to the man in the white house, it's the kind of donald trump story that he would love to be able to have. and a lot of it is about the physical presence and the show of it. so for trump, this is all good. for macron, a bit more, located. for all stu d e nts of a bit more, located. for all students of body language, there is one more for the catalogue! this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: a man accused of mowing down pedestrians in toronto in a van has been charged with ten counts of murder. donald trump welcomes french president, emmanuel macron, to the white house, praising the close relationship between the two countries.

jeremy corbyn says he has an "absolute determination" to ensure there is no anti—semitism in labour, as he meets jewish community leaders. in sport, liverpool are getting ready to take on roma in the first leg of their champions league semifinal in the next hour or so. we would will be live at anfield for all the dollar. leeds united have announced a couple of friendlies as well, they are playing me janmaat, of friendlies as well, they are playing mejanmaat, who have been accused of ethnic cleansing. and ten friends to three to reach the second round of the snooker world championship. and more of those story is a little bit later on. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is meeting jewish leaders at westminster about now, to try to reassure them he is tackling anti—semitism within the party. the board of deputies of britishjews and the jewish leadership council are expected to press for

"concrete action' from mr corbyn. he's already apologised for the pain caused by what he described as "pockets of anti—semitism". here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. one month on from protests outside parliament, jeremy corbyn faces a meeting with those who say he has not done enough to tackle anti—semitism in his party. the labour leader has repeatedly condemned all forms of racism but he told our deputy political editorjohn pienaar he has more than words to offer. we will discuss with them the processes we have in our party, the new general secretary is working very hard on the issue, i have every confidence injennie formby. it is a sorry state you are having to have this meeting at all? i have met them before and no doubt will meet them again because i reach out to all communities and have meetings with all organisations all the time. for some, patience is running out. labour's anti—semitism is much worse since jeremy corbyn became leader. at least 80 cases of anti—semitism not dealt with.

regularly, almost daily, i hear allegations of anti—semitism and within the jewish community itself there is anguish and anger. the jewish leadership council and board of deputies set out the agenda in a letter tojeremy corbyn last month. they want him to take personal responsibility for tackling anti—semitism, a fixed timescale is needed, they say, to deal with outstanding cases, the party should engage with mainstream jewish organisations, not fringe groups, and they want an independent ombudsman to oversee the pa rty‘s performance. some still talk of a witchhunt againstjeremy corbyn and say anti—semitism within the party is being exaggerated, but senior figures are clear more needs to be done. the labour party must be a zero tolerance place for anyone with racist views. if somebody is anti—semitic, they are a racist and the labour party should not be a home for them. we have to make sure if allegations are made against anybody a member of the party,

and upheld, they must be kicked out. he and others are frustrated cases are taking too long to resolve. ken livingstone has been suspended from labour since 2016 for claiming adolf hitler once supported a jewish homeland. jeremy corbyn has said he is determined to root out anti—semitism wherever it exists but the jewish groups he is going to meet in westminster tonight have said he must go further to prove he is tackling the problem in his party head on. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. the meeting just getting under way, what will labour mps be hoping to get out of it? the meeting hasjust started in a parliamentary building not far from started in a parliamentary building not farfrom here, away started in a parliamentary building not far from here, away from the glare of publicity. certainly it started on a positive note with the board of their bodies, saying it

hoped it would be a turning point in relationships with the liberal party have nothing many labour mps, some of whom took part in an anti—semitism debate here detailing some of their own personal experiences and some of the abuse they had suffered, they will certainly hope he is right about that. but i think it will be nonetheless quite a difficult meeting. jeremy corbyn will be there alongside the newly appointed general secretary of the party, so they are already trying to get on top of this issue, they admitted they were too slow to act. jeremy corbyn suggesting some of labour's internal processes, what they are doing to speed up disciplinary processes , doing to speed up disciplinary processes, convinced of anti—semitism and how they deal with them, there was a report into anti—semitism by shami chakrabarti, but some of the demands in coming, some of the demands needed to satisfy the two big groups, the board of deputies and thejewish leadership council, are challenging

forjeremy corbyn. for example they wa nt forjeremy corbyn. for example they wantan forjeremy corbyn. for example they want an independent ombudsman to look at progress when deal —— dealing with complaints and reporting to the board of debit is and the jewish leadership reporting to the board of debit is and thejewish leadership council. some in the labour party will be very wary of allowing outside groups to look at that. also, the resident marne and that in effectjeremy corbyn recognises the two groups as broadly representative scripts and spends less time on what they call fringe groups. these smaller groups are likely to be more supportive of jeremy corbyn's leadership and indeed some of them are invited to a roundtable at westminster but that has had to be indefinitely postponed because the larger groups that he is meeting today were not very keen to be sitting around with groups that are likely to have had an opposing view. so it will be very challenging andi view. so it will be very challenging and i think ifjeremy corbyn is to provide an antidote to this

politically toxic issue, he has to get the jewish groups politically toxic issue, he has to get thejewish groups coming out after the meeting saying they are satisfied there is an action plan they can sign up to and they are satisfied with the progress. if not, the row could be reignited ahead of very crucial local elections, especially in london and some areas where they have very high especially in london and some areas where they have very hithewish populations, very sceptical of how this issue has been handled by the current labour leadership. the chief executive of tsb has told the bbc he's "deeply sorry" for the it issues which left some customers facing major problems accessing mobile and online banking forfour days. in his first interview since the crisis began, paul pester said the systems were being taken offline — to enable further work to be done to solve the problems. he also promised that no customers would be left "out of pocket". well, obviously, it's a big apology to our tsb customers. it's not the sort of service that we want to give them, nor the one they're used to receiving from tsb. we are optimistic that the fixes that we're now putting in, the tuning we are now doing, will lead to the platform being much more responsive over the coming

hours of this evening. how are you going to be compensating customers? lots of them are saying they've lost out from this. of course, it's an enormous inconvenience to our customers, and we apologise. any customer that is out of pocket should contact us through the normal channel, we will make sure that no customer is out of pocket as a consequence of the inconvenience we've created. how many do you think were affected by the failures? well, of course, if it affects any customers, it's bad news for us and it's bad news for the customers. but of our over five million customers, yesterday actually ran smoothly for the vast majority. standing orders, direct debits, payments, debit cards, atms, all of this stuff is working as expected. a few customers had trouble accessing the app and getting into our digital channel, so a fraction of our customer base, and i apologise unreservedly to those. joining me now is our business correspondent, jonty bloom. it seems that all this has flowed

from the system upgrade they were putting in place of the weekend? and all that comes about because tsp used to be part of lloyds bank and it was made to split away from lloyds. eventually they said, we will have to change the computer system. so they had a lot of preparation, they had the weekend to ta ke preparation, they had the weekend to take the system done, get the new one working and they told everyone it would be ready by sunday. they brought it back and it wasn't working properly. people who were using the mobile app or online banking found they couldn't access their accounts, couldn't see what was in them, sometimes the sums were wrongs and most shockingly, sometimes they could see other people's bank details. goodness! so, they are still off—line, they are taking them down again today, is there any news as to when customers will get access? they took it down this afternoon and said they would try and be back as soon as possible. they were tried to fix it while it was supposed to be up and running.

one of the big problems was so many people were trying to log in and check it was working properly that it was overloading the system. so people who back online with mobile apps from tsp cannot access those accounts. the bank does assure all its customers that debit cards, credit cards and other bank accounts are not affected. but for those customers... they can still get money. but for online customers who wa nt to tra nsfer money. but for online customers who want to transfer money or check their account, they in limbo. thank you very much. soldiers and other specialist teams have begun decontamination work in salisbury, following the poisoning of former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia last month. barriers were put up last week around the maltings and eight other sites where traces of the novichok nerve agent were found. our correspondent richard galpin sent this report from salisbury. wearing protective suits and gas masks, the troops began their

decontamination work this morning, here in the city centre. removing grass, soil and paving stones from a spotin grass, soil and paving stones from a spot in this small park. later this week, they will test the ground again to see if all traces of nerve agent have now gone. it was on a bench here that so gay and yulia skripal were found critically ill on march the 4th, having ingested the deadly nerve agent novichok. now, seven weeks later, officials believe they can finally read this city of they can finally read this city of the persistent poison. when you understand it can be broken down by a caustic solution into a harmless product, the fact is actually disbursed by water, once it is identified, once you know what it is, i'm fully confident that the specialists we have working with us will clean it up and salisbury will return to the historic and beautiful city it always has been. the fact that this decontamination process

has now started should at least give some hope to people here that there is an end in sight to this awful event. it will be months, but at least people can believe that they will eventually be able to get back to normal. but it is slow, painstaking work, with everything potentially contaminated being put in bags ready to be incinerated. and this is just in bags ready to be incinerated. and this isjust one in bags ready to be incinerated. and this is just one of nine different sites across the city needing to be cleaned up. in sum, the contamination level is high. that's why the authorities here believe it could potentially be christmas before the nightmare which began in march will finally be over. it is exactly 5:30pm. the headlines shortly but first the weather. good evening. sunshine and heavy showers, typical april weather over the next days. today we have had

more persistent rain coming across this middle third of the uk. it has been wet across wales and north—west england and north—east england and the north midlands increasingly to east anglia. this is where the heaviest rain is, like rain pushing across the southern counties, and behold what moves away to the southern sea. clearer skies follow, with showers towards the north—west mostly. cold in north—eastern scotland, not far away from freezing here after sunshine of today. that was where to beaver sunshine today. sunny start tomorrow for many but not long before our clients develop and move in on these brisk and westerly winds, showers developing widely, and few places will miss them. if you catch a shower, it could be happy with a risk of hail and thunder. gusty winds with heavier showers and temperatures 11 or 15 celsius. most showers on thursday for the northern half of the uk. this is bbc news.

the headlines: a man accused of mowing down pedestrians in toronto in a van, has been charged with ten counts of murder. alek minassian, who's 25, was not previously known to the authorities. the canadian prime minister has spoken of his shock. the event that took place in toronto were a senseless attack and a horrific tragedy. donald trump welcomes president emmanuel macron to the white house, praising the close relationship between the us and france. the news conference is expected shortly. jeremy corbyn says he has an "absolute determination" to ensure there is no anti—semitism in labour, as he meets jewish community leaders. and the first statue of a woman in parliament square is unveiled, commemorating dame millicent fawcett, one of the key figures in votes for women. now let's take a look at the sport.

hello to you. surprise champions league semifinalists they may be, but ahead of tonight's first leg, liverpool and romar feel they have a chance of extending their incredible ru ns chance of extending their incredible runs in the condition further. stunning performances in quarterfinals had got them this far. we will speak to a person presenting a special sports day in an hour's time. two teams were not fancied when the season began but now they deal with being the favourites. yes, they will once. not the favourites for the quarterfinal against manchester city, nor were roma, who managed to take at barcelona with a fantastic comeback victory in the last round. it is a rainy evening at anfield and liverpool fans are already in fine voice ahead of the game, during the name of one man, most salafist 41 goals in 46 appearances, so by the

season, a few days ago crime and the pfa player of the year. jordan henderson spoke to the media ahead of the game and he wants him to stay at the club, with rumours he may be going to rail bid at the end of the season ——. mohamed salah. hopefully this is the start of something special for the squad. i feel as though the manager has definitely been brilliant, and since he has come to the club we have improved every season. we have done well this season to get at this stage and we must keep going and keep working hard and improving, and hopefully this is the start of many huge games to come in the next few years at liverpool. you mentioned the fans are starting to arrive despite the rain, but the atmosphere played a huge part against manchester city last round. they will hope to deliver for their tea m they will hope to deliver for their team again tonight. they will. their manager is calling

them to improve on that atmosphere, and even better is what he is hoping for at anfield this evening. interestingly the roma team will be coming into anfield in the coming minutes, and ugly scenes in the last round when manchester city arrived at anfield road. we know what the liverpool fans can provide, huge atmosphere, but the manager got things spilled over. people be dan sidhu singing and supporting sharing passionately as they do inside the stadium later on. a 7:45pm kick—off and there will be special sports day from 6:30pm where i can imagine we will have plenty of fine liverpool songs sung behind us. thank you very much indeed. some other stories now. and leeds have announced they'll play two games in myanmar. the matches will take place in a country that's been accused of ethnic cleansing, with hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims having fled the country to bangladesh. leeds insist they're avoiding areas of conflict, but have told their fans "to wait for further advice" before arranging travel.

chelsea and england striker fran kirby has won the first football writers association women's footballer of the year award. kirby has scored 22 goals this season for chelsea who lead the women's super league, have also reached the final of the women's fa cup and are in the champions league semifinals. kirby also starred for england as they reached the semifinals of euro 2017. ding junhui is through to the second round of the world snooker championship after beating xiao guodong in the first round this morning. the world number three held a healthy 6—3 overnight lead, and quickly reeled off four frames in a row to clinch a 10—3 win, setting up a clash with either anthony mcgill or ryan day next. ricky walden isjust ricky walden is just a frame away from joining him. that is all the sport for now. you can get all those stories on the bbc sport website... we are building up to the big game at anfield and we will be back with you at 6:30pm for a special sports day. we look forward to that. now our top story... president trump has formally

welcomed the french leader, emmanuel macron, to the white house for talks, with the focus on trade and the iran nuclear deal. they've been holding a news conference in the last hour. there is a ticking clock on this because the president has two sign off again on the sanctions and that comes on may 12. that is correct. may 12 is the deadline we are thinking about in terms of whether the us will decide to stay in the iran deal or to pull the us out of it, which in effect would happen if mr trump decided to restore those sanctions. the europeans have been in a full—court press for some time to try to get mr trump to change his mind, and president macron taking the lead with his special trip here, the first state visit mr trump is hosting. mr trump has spoken strongly about the iran deal already

today, calling it insane and a terrible deal, and he has warned the iranians if they started... if they restarted their nuclear programme they would face more problems than ever before, he said. he is taking a tough line, a contrast to president macron who says the deal is necessary for european security, to contain iran. there is an indication the discussions behind the scenes have gone well reasonably and mr trump said they had a substantive talks and thinks they are coming closer to understanding, but we will get more information in a little while. we are waiting for the two men to give their formal press conference, injust a men to give their formal press conference, in just a few minutes coming up. europeans will be watching closely when it comes to trade, barbara. there is an exemption at the moment on steel and aluminium but not permanent and they are looking for something to be done. that is another thing on mr macron's agenda, the tariffs president trump

issued on steel and aluminium, and they have a temporary exemption until may one, and that is the key month for them. they want to get those permanent exemptions. we have not heard any indication about which way that is going, as far as mr trump is concerned. on another trade issue mr macron is expected to raise issue mr macron is expected to raise is the russian sanctions, the sanctions the americans put on oligarchs in russia, which are having an effect on europe as well. it is affecting some metals, some suppliers the european industry. he will raise that, acting for those sanctions to be eased as far as it affects europe. be kind of moves mr trump has been making on trade is having a knock—on effect on europe. for the moment, thank you. you will have seen on your screens the room being set up by the press conference. the cameras are already there. there are the podiums in front of the flags. it is due to

start in five minutes' time. we will go straight to that when the two men appear. in the meantime... a bbc editor has told the high court he has no concerns about the airing of helicopter images of sir cliff richard's flat during a police search. sir cliff says broadcasting the images was a "very serious invasion" of privacy. he is suing the bbc for naming him and broadcasting the footage of his flat in berkshire during a sexual assault inquiry into the singer. sir cliff, who denied the allegation, was not arrested or charged. our correspondent helena lee is at the high court. tell us what went on today. the end of day nine of this case. today we have been hearing from jonathan munro, head of news gathering at bbc news. he has been saying in his evidence this afternoon, as you touched on, is they will write to use the helicopter. he said it was normal to put it up where it would be difficult to capture images from

ground level. they will remember the bbc used a helicopter to get the footage of the raid on sir cliff richard's house in 2014. there was an exchange in court between sir cliff richard's barristerjustin rush brooke qc and jonathan munro. the barrister put it to him, was it a cce pta ble the barrister put it to him, was it acceptable in this case to have the helicopter buzzing over the development? mr munro replied, i believe it was acceptable, yes. justin rush brooke said, is it a cce pta ble justin rush brooke said, is it acceptable to use a camera mounted ona acceptable to use a camera mounted on a helicopter which is on private property to spy into somebody else's home? jonathan munro replied, i would not use the word spy. i think it is acceptable in the scenario we talk about body camera to be watching the operation, yes. —— for the camera to be watching. the barrister said, i suggest to you if

thatis barrister said, i suggest to you if that is your genuine belief then you are unfit for your job. would that is your genuine belief then you are unfit for yourjob. would you like a comet that? jonathan munro replied, not particularly. we will hear more evidence tomorrow in court from other witnesses and then we expect closing submissions in this case to take place on monday and tuesday of next week and possibly then a reserved judgment by the judge in this case, but court resumes tomorrow morning at 10:30am. joining us now with the latest from the high court is our correspondent helena lee. the first statue of a woman in parliament square in london has been unveiled. the bronze cast, honours dame millicent fawcett. in 1866, at the age of 19, she gathered signatures for the first petition calling for women to get the vote — a campaign that eventually succeeded more than 50 years later. our correspondent frankie mccamley sent this report. by

by ministers, presidents, civil leaders, and no one has ever had their contribution to society recognised in this way until today. it was a moment worth celebrating and hundreds gathered to commemorate the life and legacy of millicent fawcett. it has been a long time coming but finally parliament square has its first statue of a woman by a woman, to mark 100 years since women first got the vote. the idea came from an activist and writer who was granted into action during a job as a writer. nelson mandela, gundy, abraham lincoln, impressive men for sure, but there was no getting away from the fact —— mahatma gandhi. they were all men, all 11 of them. i could not believe it was 2016, had this not already been sorted? women are still woefully underrepresented in all areas of british cultural and

political light, not least in statues. checking the record she found there we re checking the record she found there were more statues of men called john baron historical women. millicent fawcett started the petition for women's rights to vote in 1866, gathering teenagers from an across the country and lobbying politicians. she led the suffragist movement which unlike the suffragettes started peaceful protest. at age 81 she watched from the public gallery at the house of commons as women were given the vote on the same terms as men. her legacy lives on for another generation. iam inspired lives on for another generation. i am inspired by millicent fawcett and what she has done for the feminist movement. she was intelligent and persistent and determined to give women rights. some will say, what is the point of the statue? does it make a difference? it is what it signifies and shows everyone, and there are so many male statues, and we need equality and we must you women are just as good as

men and we can do things as well. millicent fawcett‘s statue watches over parliament, keeping a close eye on the fight for gender equality that continues 150 years after she started campaigning. bbc news, westminster. it is 5:45pm. we will ta ke westminster. it is 5:45pm. we will take you live to the white house where president trump and the french president emmanuel macron are holding eight news conference. in a minute or so they will hold a joint news conference. people have taken their seats. there has been the minute warning. 20 discussion already from the two men today. lots of talk about the iran deal. strong language from donald trump as well. we heard just a few minutes ago... he described the iran deal as insane, terrible and many problems with it. there have been substantive talks today, and emmanuel macron is trying to urge the president to stick with it. his comments to fox

news ahead of this visit included him saying there is no plan b, no alternative to the iran, so maybe they have been looking to how they can satisfy the president that his concerns are being met. those concerns are being met. those concerns mainly our ballistic missile programmes that the americans are watching in iran. and the original expansions of the involvement of iranian groups in the region. there are the first ladies. you can see milan yet trump wearing a rather fetching hat. you can see milan yet trump wearing a ratherfetching hat. —— melania trump. a big day for the first lady because she has been organising the state dinner this evening. no outside organiser has been brought into it, she has done it all herself. a three course meal for 130 guests. that is tonight. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states... the guest of honour is the french

president. they have taken their seats and we expect as they take to their feet that the two men will soon come in. here they are. let's listen. thank you very much. melania and i are truly honoured. melania and i are truly honoured. melania and i are truly honoured to welcome the french president macron and mrs macron to the white house. thank you very much. we are thrilled that the first official state visit of my presidency is not only with a great friend but with a leader of america's oldest ally, the republic of france. today in our nation's capital, the stars and stripes proudly fly alongside the tricolour flag, a symbol of the world and to

the world of unity, fraternity and friendship, that forever links our nations together. 40 years after the end of our war, the great general lafayette travelled to george washington's home at mount vernon to visit the grave of the father of our country, and president macron, we are deeply moved that nearly two centuries later the president of the republic of france made that same tribute last night. a beautiful evening. thank you. thank you very much. this past summer, melania and i had an incredible visit with you and the first lady in paris to celebrate bastille day. we were all about beauty of your country and the great hospitality of your incredible people. they are incredible people.

together we commemorated the 100th anniversary of america's entry into the first world war. we remember the french and american patriots who shed their blood together in defence of civilisation. their noble sacrifice will echo through time forever, and immortal tribute to our people and to our freedom. during the horror of the first world war, more than! the horror of the first world war, more than 1 million the horror of the first world war, more than! million people the horror of the first world war, more than 1 million people were killed or injured from chemical wa rfa re killed or injured from chemical warfare in the aftermath of that horror, civilised nations came together to ban chemical weapons. two weeks ago, following syrian dictator bashar al—assad's barbaric use of chemical weapons against his own people, the united states, france and the united kingdom joined together to strike at the heart of the syrian chemical weapons

programme. these actions were designed to establish a strong deterrent against the use of these heinous weapons. president macron, i thank you for your leadership in this effort. and it was a well executed effort at that. and i thank you and the members of the french military for their courage and their great skill. the united states and france are also cooperating to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. we are grateful for france's key partnership in our campaign of maximum pressure on the north korean regime. as you know, i will soon be meeting with kim jong—un as we seek a future of peace, harmony and security for the

whole korean peninsula, and in fact for the whole world. however, in pursuit of peace, we will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations. the campaign of maximum pressure will continue. france and the united states also agree that iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapons, and that regime must end its support of terrorism. all over, no matter where you go in the middle east, ucd fingerprints of iran behind problems —— use either fingerprints. fingerprints of iran behind problems —— use eitherfingerprints. we also wa nt to —— use eitherfingerprints. we also want to thank president macron for france's vital contributing to our successful campaign against isis. as we drive these aces killers from syria, it is essential that the responsible nations of the middle east step up their own contributions

to prevent iran from profiting off the success of our and tight isis effort. —— anti—isis effort. rich countries must make major contributions and they have not been doing this as they should. a major topic we discussed a while ago. they must step up tremendously, not a little bit, but tremendously, their financial effort. mr president, on behalf of the american people, i again express our solidarity in the wa ke again express our solidarity in the wake of the terrorist attack in southern france last month. i share the confidence you conveyed at the memorial service for the heroic kernel back in time we will achieve the ultimate triumph of right and of justice. in the fight against terrorism, we both know that we must be strong from within to defend

ourselves from threats outside. we will do what we must to protect our countries. you are our oldest ally and you are truly one of our great allies, and we appreciate it. they will always —— we will always be there for you. the us and are dealing with a challenge that has gone on for a long, long time. it is uncontrolled migration. in the elected states, we are taking strong action to regain control over our borders and over our sovereignty. it has gone on for too long and we have slowed it down substantially and we are going to stop illegal immigration. i know that you face similar challenges in france and, mr

president, i admire the leadership you have shown in addressing them in an honest and direct fashion. and not always popular... both of our elections owe much of the success to the desire of everyday citizens to be heard, to be listened to, i do have control over their own nations and their own futures. let us demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will a lwa ys that the voice of the people will always reign over it at all times. during our meetings, we discussed the robust economic relationship between our countries, they acted states is setting records in business and we will continue —— the united states. i know that france will be setting records under your leadership soon. we look forward to exploring increased opportunities for bilateral trade and investment

based on the principle of fairness and importantly reciprocity. mr president, thank you for accepting our invitation to the white house. it has been such an honour. the foundation of our friendship draws from the deepest wells of civilisation, and it is sustained by our people's love of their history, culture and liberty. for two centuries, the alliance between france and the united states has been the cornerstone of freedom. now the strength of this mighty alliance is in our hands, linked together by fate and destiny. i am confident that our future has never, fate and destiny. i am confident that ourfuture has never, ever looked brighter. thank you, mr president. thank you, donald. macron speaks french

translation: how pleased we are, together with my wife brigitte and the french delegation, how pleased we are to be your guests for three days, through this wonderful visit. and the honour he made by attending bastille day in paris. in our speeches earlier today, we referred to the deep shared bones between our two countries, going back to the founding revolution of your country, and have been true through both our histories. these bones are based upon our deep attachment to freedom and peace, and each time they have

been threatened, we stood by one another. and we celebrated last night, the four of us, by going to mount vernon, given that no one else could illustrate as well as george washington the strength of commitment and the bond between our two countries. mr president, please allow me to go back to issues fundamentalfor our allow me to go back to issues fundamental for our relationship. the first topic is iran. you said once again in front of the press what your position was during the campaign, and as well as the president of the united states... it is not a mystery we did not have the same starting positions, fences, and neither you nor i have a habit of

changing our stances or going with the wind. that being said, i can say we had a very frank discussion on that, just the two of us. you will consider that the iranian deal, the one negotiated in 2015 with iran, is a bad deal, that is what you consider. for a number of months i have been saying this was not the ideal deal but enable us at least until 2025 to have some control over their nuclear activities. we therefore wish from now on to work ona therefore wish from now on to work on a new deal with iran. what we need, and i believe that our discussions allow this to shed light on our convergence of use, is we

must cover for on our convergence of use, is we must coverfor topics. on our convergence of use, is we must cover for topics. the first topic is to block any nuclear activity in iran until 2025. this was feasible thanks to the deal. the second is to make sure that even longer there is no nuclear activity. the third topic is fundamental to this is to be able to put an end to the ballistic activities of iran in the ballistic activities of iran in the region. and the fourth one is to generate the conditions for a solution, a political solution to contain iran in the region, the yemen, and syria and lebanon. on these topics, i did not change. i co nsta ntly these topics, i did not change. i constantly said... studio: we are watching a press conference at the white house, president trump hosting president macron. you can continue watching this conference here on the news channel. the six o'clock news is starting shortly on bbc one. translation: in the weeks and months

to come, this is the only way to bring about stability. france is not naive when it comes to iran. we have also a lot of respect for the iranian people, which through its history always has shown it strength. we will not repeat the m ista kes strength. we will not repeat the mistakes of the past. each time we tried to unilaterally replace something for our people, we have brought about some more terror. before our allies, we want sustainable stability, and i believe the discussions we have had together make it possible to pave the way for a new agreement, an agreement on which we will work and beyond our european partners, we will