an historic meeting between the leaders of north and south korea. after a lengthy handshake on the border — kimjong un and president moon pledge a new era of lasting peace. as a symbol of unity, the men planted a tree using soil from both the north and south. translation: we are one nation. when we met we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. translation: we declare there will be no war in korea and a new age of peace has begun. we'll ask whether this new spirit of co—operation will last. also tonight. continued pressure on the home secretary amber rudd — a leaked document suggests she may have known about immigration removal targets. a fall in consumer confidence — the economy grows at its slowest pace for more than five years. and, four days after his birth, a name for the royal baby — he's prince louis of cambridge. and on reporting scotland...

the company in charge of maintaining 17 edinburgh schools is accused by the council of hiding from its responsibilities. and there's anger among tsb customers who still can't access their money. good evening. after an historic face to face meeting, the leaders of north and south korea have declared their commitment to work towards the complete de—nuclearisation of the korean peninsula. kim jong—un and president moon jae—in shook hands on the border — in the demilitarized zone, at panmunjom where an armistice was signed in 1953 pausing the korean war. in a joint statement at the end of their talks, the leaders said there would be no more war on the korean peninsula. laura bicker reports from south korea.

this one outstretched hand could offer the korean peninsula a fresh start. the north korean leader, often a figure of fear, smiled as he took the historic step south. and then he decided to direct the action. together the two leaders crossed back and forth. over a border that has separated them for 65 years. mr kim announced he felt a swirl of emotion. an upbeat honour guard seemed to capture the mood as they headed for talks. a new chapter of history is being written, he said. i came here as if standing at the starting line, firing the starting signal.

it was an emotional moment in this class as nearly half of the children are from north korea. many left their families behind. a peace treaty may be the only chance they have of seeing them again. we can't show some of their faces to keep their loved ones safe. when was the last time you saw your mum? translation: i last saw herjanuary 212011. i hope from this meeting we can live in a world where there is no war and no more nuclear weapons. translation: the first handshake is always the hard part. after that it is easy. they did it, we did it. after lunch, mr kim was running a bit late, which meant a good cardio work—out for his security detail. and then, in a day of extraordinary moments, came this.

they simply went for a stroll in the most heavily fortified border in the world. and then sat for a chat. while the world tried to lip—read in korean. they didn't keep us waiting long for their declaration. translation: facing each other, i wholeheartedly feel, once again, that north and south are the same people and the same blood, and we cannot be separated. translation: chairman kim and i, we are firm today that a korean peninsula without nuclear weapons is a shared goal through complete denuclearisation. applause so they toasted thejointaim to formally end the korean war and work towards a peace treaty. they've also promised to reunite the families torn apart by division.

on the face of it, these are strong words of ambition and hope. but amidst the lofty language, there is very little detail. and kimjong—un did not say he was willing to give up his nuclear weapons. there was more political theatre as the two said farewell. just months ago, they were on the brink of war. now, the world is watching this warm embrace. there is no doubt it's a good start, but the way ahead is still not clear. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. it's not the first time the prospect of peace between the north and the south has been presented to the world. so how different is today's summit — and what lies ahead?. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has this assessment. these are genuinely historic scenes

from the inter—korean summit. a symbol of real detente between two long—standing foes. but is there actually a prospect for peace here, or is this just some kind of ploy by the north korean leader? let's not forget these divisions go back many yea rs. the korean peninsula was carved in two by the united states and the soviet union at the end of the second world war. then in 1950 the communist north invaded the south with the help of its soviet allies. american and other western forces fought back. the war lasted three years, claiming more than 2 million lives, ending in armistice. but not peace. and if today's scenes look familiar, here's why. there was another historic summit in 2000 when the leaders of north and south met for the first time to try to normalise relations between both countries. seven years later, there was another summit when both sides agreed the north would freeze its nuclear programme in exchange for economic aid. but neither produced peace,

let alone disarmament. since taking power in 2011, kimjong—un has worked hard to develop his country's nuclear weapons capability, repeatedly testing ballistic missiles that he now claims can deliver warheads accurately to the united states. so is he is sincere about denuclearisation and what does he mean by it? well, the international response has been one of cautious welcome. donald trump said, good things are happening, but only time will tell if one day both sides could live in harmony and peace. when i began, people were saying that was an impossibility. they said there were two alternatives. let them have what they have or go to war. and now we have a much better alternative than anybody thought even possible. some believe that it's donald trump's hard line that has encouraged president kim to the negotiating table. 0thers believe kim is just looking to escape

western sanctions by promising limited arms control. the question is whether the complete removal of nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula is possible when the leader in the north sees them as so crucial to his status, security and survival. so today's summit does mark a real de—escalation of tension. but it is just the start of a long process and there were no guarantees that at some point one side won't walk away. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is at the white house: donald trump claim, certainly at least some of the credit for this? think he can and i think it's fair to say no other president could have done it quite like donald trump has done it quite like donald trump has done it. he inherited a policy of strategic containment. that was going nowhere. you saw north korea developing its nuclear programme, far more advanced than the west

thought it was. the donald trump ramped up the rhetoric to volume ten. little rocket man, our weapons are locked and loaded. fire and fury. he even talked to the un about the destruction of north korea altogether. that had two effects. it made north korea think, there is someone very made north korea think, there is someone very different is now in charge of ex—dean hundred pennsylvania avenue. it also frighten the chinese a bit. donald trump has been quick to praise the chinese for imposing sanctions across the border. it's all been very decisive. when donald trump came to office, frankly, he saw his moment in history coming with peace in the middle east. that didn't go so well. maybe it'll now be on the korean peninsula. i think what has happened is that donald trump still thinks it's possible it'll get derailed, that things will go wrong, it won't happen. i've just come from a news conference is given with angela merkel, who's in town, and he's sounding very upbeat. he says there are two possible venues for there are two possible venues for the talks likely to happen in a few

weeks. yes it could all be derailed. but six months ago we were talking about the likelihood, the possibility, of a nuclear conflict between america and north korea. now we're talking about the possibility of peace. and in any one's language that must be seen as significant progress. thank you, jon sopel. the home secretary amber rudd is facing more questions tonight about her claim that she didn't know about immigration removal targets — after new leaked documents suggest she may have been told about them. we can talk now to our political correspondent, alex forsyth. this, alex, a story that really is not going away. no, there is significant pressure on amber rudd tonight. started by the windrush scandal but extended now to much wider questions about the government's overall approach to immigration and, crucially, the systems in place in the home office and amber rudd's management of

those. 0n and amber rudd's management of those. on wednesday amber rudd told mps, there are no targets in place for the deportation of illegal immigrants. then yesterday she was forced to go to the house of commons to clarify, saying their local targets in place, but she wasn't aware of them. then today the guardian newspaper obtained this memo, which was written injune of last year. it was copied into amber rudd and her senior team and clearly referred to those targets set on a national level. that prompted fresh calls for the home secretary's resignation, not least from labour, who suggested she had misled parliament. we had several hours of silence after that from the home 0ffice. silence after that from the home office. in the last half an hour or soa office. in the last half an hour or so a series of tweets from the home secretary in which she says she didn't see that leaked document, the right knowledge as it was copied into her office. she said again she wasn't aware of those targets but accepts she should have

been and apologised again. she says she will be making a statement on monday to the house of commons, adding, i will work to ensure our immigration policy is fair and humane. it seems she's staying in herjob. perhaps humane. it seems she's staying in her job. perhaps part humane. it seems she's staying in herjob. perhaps part of the reason is any resignation could be very destabilising to the government. and could leave theresa may, the previous home secretary, vulnerable to criticism. why amber rudd doesn't appear to be going anywhere tonight, i don't think the pressure on her shows any sign of letting up. the economy grew at its slowest pace since 2012, in the first three months of this year. figures from the office for national statistics show it grew by 0.1 % — less tha n ma ny a nalysts had predicted. bad weather and the beast from the east had some impact, but experts say that wasn't entirely to blame, because construction and manufacturing in particular were already struggling. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed reports. the big freeze. snow and ice are rarely good for the economy, and the last three months have seen plenty of both. whether you build houses or drive trucks, it's been a tough opening to the year. it took us the best part of six weeks to clear up the backlog we had from a couple of days' snow.

we know it's certainly hit our business dramatically, and i'll be honest with you, financially, very very hard. and it was the best part of £250,000 off our bottom line. the chancellor of the exchequer. it all seemed so different in march. i, meanwhile, am at my most positively tigger—like today. now a more cautious treasury on the economy, and it's not just the weather. there are underlying weaknesses. this is the worst economic growth figure since 2012. don't you worry that some people might think you are coming across as a little bit complacent? i'm not complacent at all. we are doing all we can, whether it's boosting our skills, whether it's investing in infrastructure, whether it's making sure that we have the land for housing to do what we can. we've got record levels of employment, and now some of those challenges that we've had for years and years, whether it's about our skills, whether it's about infrastructure investment, those now need to be dealt with.

and quickly. poor figures on construction, weaker figures on manufacturing, bad figures on house—building. the government's economic record is in the dock. the issue is lack of investment in our economy, wages being held back, still lower than they were in 2010, and people in significant debt. this is an economy that needs investing in. the whole of the economic policies that the government have pursued for the last eight years have brought us to the state where our economy is grinding to a halt. why is the economy performing so poorly? there is the bad weather, that has an effect. there's brexit, and many economists believe that is a big negative for britain. and there is the fundamental issue, and that's about us, the consumer, struggling with an income squeeze. and that has brought real gloom to the high street. firms have closed, jobs have been lost, carpetright the latest high street name to feel the pain. with a weaker economy,

all attention is now turning to the bank of england. will they really raise interest rates next month? if the trend that we are seeing at the moment of a slightly weaker growth continues throughout this year, then interest rates are likely to remain lower than otherwise. the consumer drives 60% of that growth. if we are too worried to spend, then the whole economy feels the negative effects. kamal ahmed, bbc news. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories: the family of corey and casper platt—may, the young brothers who died after a hit and run crash, have urged the government to introduce tougher penalties for dangerous drivers. robert brown was jailed for nine years at warwick crown court today, after admitting counts of causing death by dangerous driving. labour has expelled an activist, marc wadsworth, for bringing the party into disrepute. labour's national constitutional committee found he had breached the party's rules when he verbally

attacked the mp ruth smeeth, at the launch of a report about anti—semitism two years ago. environmental campaigners worried about a decline in the bee population have welcomed a near—total eu ban on the use of neo—nicotinoids — the most widely used insecticide in the world. a number of scientific studies have linked their use to a decline in bees and other pollinators. the ban is opposed by some farmers and food producers. dozens of nhs trusts in england have accused the home office of putting patient safety at risk by blocking visas for 100 indian doctors who'd been recruited by the health service. the visas were refused after immigration quota levels were reached for skilled workers. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. for the past nine months, indian doctor anu desai has been working in the nhs, helping overcome a shortage of qualified british doctors. she is part of the respected

postgraduate training scheme that has now fallen foul of home office visa rules. and that could cost the nhs badly needed staff. if there are people who are willing to help and there are people who are willing to grow, they're not out for yourjobs, they're just willing to learn and they're willing to help you out for the crisis. then help us help you. 35 nhs trusts say the visa ban will affect patient care and safety. expensive locums will be needed to plug gaps in rotas. and the trusts describe the decision as almost impossible to understand. the 100 or so doctors who were meant to be starting work in 35 trusts, including this one, were desperately needed to ease pressure on a system that is already struggling to recruit and retain properly qualified staff. that's why this visa ban has prompted such a strongly worded response. it's hugely disappointing news. we were very much looking forward to welcoming these 100 doctors to greater manchester.

if we've got gaps in rotas, for example, in our accident & emergency department, it means that patients are waiting longer to be seen. according to the home office, nhs workers already take up around a third of the available visas. applications are never refused for roles like nursing, where there is a recognised shortage. but those jobs still count towards a monthly migrant cap. nhs managers want them taken out. there are important areas of the economy, like the health service, like social care, where actually posts are in shortage. and what we're proposing is that those posts, the shortage occupation list posts, are dealt with separately from the cap. meanwhile, health service bosses say they are horrified and bewildered the home office is obstructing them from accessing a skilled workforce that could help with a recognised shortage of doctors. dominic hughes, bbc news. next thursday sees council elections across england. more than 4000 seats are up for grabs on a 150 councils. conservative—run swindon is one

local authority facing the polls. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar has been there to test the mood amongst voters. your turn, will you try for me? whichever way you read it... much better... ...just giving our children a decent education is costing more and getting harder. this school gets high marks from inspectors, but it's also in one of the country's poorest areas and on top of a tight school budget, it's feeling the squeeze on local council social services and childcare. this school gets great results. those results are now in jeopardy, because we are not able to put all our teachers into teaching time. we have to provide a great deal of time to support social work. we have children's centres in swindon. these are being closed and ours is being closed. that means we're not intervening with young children at a time when they are very vulnerable and they need support. let's just look at the nationalfigures. the government put in an extra £1.3 billion last year.

but with pay rises and inflation, that really just amounted to a cash freeze. and now, an education body is saying we need another £2 billionjust to keep up with pupil numbers and rising costs. we are gathering messages to parties, to voters to anyone who'll listen. tell us yours. i'm proud of the results our children get in this school and the teachers are doing a fabulousjob. however, i'm going to lose teachers with the financial squeeze and now the local authority needs to step up so that we get improved services to schools and that we don't have to use our teachers as social workers. the election is also about who can best manage tight budgets and convince parents who are feeling the pinch. my main concern is the contributions that are required within schools. you know, these children need these school trips but the money isjust not there for them. we don't have the money ourselves, that's what we rely on the school to take care of. we feel like our children are missing out because we can't afford to pay the monetary contribution.

street by street, door by door, people are deciding what they see as the issues that matter most. what's a big issue for you at the local elections? definitely parking in my area. it's very hard with a little child. it's a local incinerator that's being builtjust down there and there's lots of things we don't understand what's going on. don't tell me. ok. your message to anyone who is listening about these elections, what is the big one for you? ijust want to say it's potholes. they are a damn nuisance, they damage your vehicles and if you are a keen cyclist like i am, driving around in potholes isjust horrendous. home comforts cost money. social care is about making a little go a long way. while national parties and politicians play politics with long—term reform. what's the daily reality? the key challenges for us are the levels of funding we receive from the local authority and the nhs and difficulties in getting staff recruited and trained into the home.

we would like to do more with our residents, we'd like to get them out to the garden centre every week, to the cinema, activities which they've enjoyed before. we just can't do as much as we want to. so the government has promised an extra £2 billion by next year and allowed authorities to put up the council tax by 2%. but experts say there's still a £2.5 billion funding gap and that's what councils are going to have to deal with when they are chosen next week. what's your message to anyone who's listening? the national politicians need to get on with the reform, but locally, we need help now. among voters here, anywhere, parties have to show they'll manage the available cash well. not everyone is bothered with local elections. some seem to care a lot. what's the issue for you? what isn't the issue? everything. absolutely everything is the issue. john pienaar reporting from swindon on some

of the issues concerning voters. and more details about next thursday's vote can be found on our website, bbc. co. uk/election2018. the duke and duchess of cambridge's their top is louis arthur charles. here is our royal coloured, correspondence. “— here is our royal coloured, correspondence. —— royal correspondent. it's taken four days, twice the time it took to decide the names of george and charlie, but finally the damage baby has a new name, louis. —— george and charlotte. it is a departure from the anglo—saxon names the royals normally choose for something which is french and german in origin. so what is going on? is this a subtle message of solidarity with europe? or is it simply that william and catherine liked the name? the evidence suggests the latter. after william's birth in 1982 he was named by his parents, william arthur philip louis. it was a tribute by prince charles to his beloved great—uncle, lord louis.

earl who had been murdered by the ira three years before william's birth. so the name has threaded its way through the generations. now, with the arrival of the latest royal baby, the british royalfamily has a prince whose name has family links and a cross—channel connection. louis is a name with strong european associations in royal terms. most particularly with france. france had 18 kings called louis, including louis xiv, who reigned for 72 years. so what do people make of the name louis? we are french so we kind of like it, obviously. and as for the brits. i love it, i love the name louis. i'm so pleased it's not going to be arthur, so pleased that's a middle name. louis arthur charles. four days old and little louis is already creating his own entente cordiale.

nicholas witchell, bbc news at kensington palace. that's it from us. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening and welcome to bbc london news with me louisa preston. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm will perry. the headlines tonight: it's only football. liverpool managerjurgen klopp condemns the violence which marred their champions league semifinal first leg at the club holds meetings with police in italy ahead of wednesday‘s tie in rome. the most dramatic of finishes at welford road, find out if newcastle were awarded a try for this in the battle for the final play—off place

in rugby union's premiership is the ronnie comeback on? the five times champion has a battle on his hands to stay in the world snooker championship. and going out on a high. jockey katie walsh announces her retirement after riding her final winner at punchestown. after violence earlier this week before their champions league semifinal first leg against roma, liverpool representatives held an extraordinary meeting with roma, uefa and italian police today ahead of wednesday's second leg in the italian capital. liverpool officials describe the meeting as "positive and productive" and say they'll now share what they discussed with those

fans travelling to rome as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. be quite it was liverpool said, a positive and productive meeting, they met with officials to seek reassurance over their fan's safety and established important guidance especially over transport arrangements to try to make sure this does not happen again. tuesday night's violence in which liverpool fa ns were night's violence in which liverpool fans were attacked had prompted concern over the return leg and the clu b concern over the return leg and the club of my immediate thoughts remain with the injured liverpool fanjohn cox, still in critical condition in hospital and this morning the manager said he was shocked by what happened. my heart... i cannot describe my emotions in english. to be honest. that should never have

happened. it should never happened before, it should never happen in the future. and we have to, we all have to do everything we can to make sure that things like that will not happen any more. yesterday to italian men appeared in court in liverpool after being charged over tuesday night's violence. ahead of a return leg there is more concerned, especially over roma's reputation. fans have been targeted in the past and despite the occasion, safety is priority. i really ask for the responsibility of everybody.