$3? “a: "flat. ., is on the brake of resigning, friends say that he is extremely frustrated over the prime mr‘s plans to start a deal with the eu over a customs partnership. the customs union we are leaving at and she says what goes in its place has become a focal point for the brexit discussions. david davis is known for throwing his toys around and he resigned in 2008 on a so—called point of principle. he said he was going to resign over the whole gaming green scandal and did not. i suspect this is positioning with brexiteers and i do doubt he will leave. it is attention seeking and that it leave. it is attention seeking and thatitis leave. it is attention seeking and that it is in only one paper this is something that has not been rumbling for a while and i believe this was put out in a flash of madness in a way and just dumb tear in the daily express. i am way and just dumb tear in the daily express. lam not way and just dumb tear in the daily express. i am not sure way and just dumb tear in the daily express. lam not sure it way and just dumb tear in the daily express. i am not sure it will keep running. ido

express. i am not sure it will keep running. i do not think he is grooving to quit. i do not think he will quit. he is nearly 70 and has been waiting his whole career to get a job been waiting his whole career to get ajob in the been waiting his whole career to get a job in the cabinet. apparently there is tension between him and theresa may's chief. theresa may's gpu adviser who is jockeying for position and seems to have her ear and he is trying to reassert himself. until they and he is trying to reassert himself. untilthey sort and he is trying to reassert himself. until they sort out the customs use in quick union, they will have to make a decision at some point and until they do this is going to carry on. —— customs union. she then tried to clarify with a tweet but she put it out there and we have matt hancock today why do think had a bit of a up and no

conspiracy involved and he was not clear on the customs union either. putting this narrative out there and this really might be why david davis is sort of... very suspicious of this because if they feel that we do stay in the customs union is tantamount to stay in the eu. this is meant to be a big sticking point. we will see if they managed to resolve that. the other of course big story up the day. this amazing picture and anyone who has been watching the coverage, just incredible to watch, really, when they? the hands of history, the korean leaders plan to scrap nuclear weapons and they are looking like the best of friends. the diplomatic word of the week has been bromance.

diplomacy by handholding, really. remarkable pictures really and they have choreographed shaking of hands, they planted a tree together, it was a beautiful, sunny day and it was just an amazing image after you had two countries at such complete opposite ends of the spectrum and they have been at war since the 19505 they have been at war since the 1950s and they have signed a peace deal. i think what is happening here is you have the north korean leader trying to assert himself globally. he is trying to prove that he can operate as a diplomat and i think this paves the way for meeting with donald trump. that is what it is all gearing towards. he is proving he can do things like this on the world's stage. someone you can trust and bring out for photos and not mess it up and will dutifully plant a tree. i think this is all about a focus next on whether kim jong—un

meets donald trump and how that goes down. donald trump twitting on this iconic moment as well. if it is taken at face value, it is a nice change from the warlike rhetoric that was being paddled. looking at his face and demeanour, is the first time he spoke in front of the world's press which he is never done before. he looks like a different character here and donald trump was looking ahead to the meeting saying it would be quite something in his normal style. is a possibility we end up in a situation where donald trump has managed to get to the point where they bring peace to the korean peninsula? that is what he is putting out at the moment and he is definitely taking credit for this and saying i laid the groundwork for this. and i think that is probably true. i think donald trump, he is sort of goading him and almost flushing him out onto the world

stage has actually been effective. it is incredible with donald trump's diplomacy... despite all of his flaws, anyone who gets in those positions are not stupid. there is clearly something about him, and obviously people underestimated him and to some extent that is to his advantage because expectations were so advantage because expectations were so low. it will be held as a great breakthrough. when we come to it, obviously north korea has to give up its nuclear weapons. that is a different level again, as to whether they get to that point. also, kim jong—un loves the publicity as well. not shy of being in front of the camera. we will see if it leads to that. and i have to ask you about the donald trump visit when he comes here. we had so much about that and they finally announced that he is going to come. do think that is to and in protests? of course. definitely. i think 80,000 people

who have already signed up to a facebook group where people are saying i would like to go and demonstrate on that day. there will be protests. donald trump knows that he had over a year to get to this and they said that he has a thick skin. 0ther and they said that he has a thick skin. other people are saying you can do this visit in use helicopters and you can use checkers and tucking them palace. downing street must be thinking how are we going to do this? do the checkers moments and other moments in quite confined close bases, not let him out and do and a meet and greet. they can't do that because it would be a nightmare for the police but it would be a failure if he does that. he wouldn't wa nt failure if he does that. he wouldn't want that. he wants a choreographed moments on

tv and it will be about this 32nd clips. if you're looking at emmanuel macron this week and angela merkel, would they be worried about her not being part of that? i do think that when she, herfirst... she is the first leader to go and see him and i think it was a bit of a diplomatic coup for them because whatever you think of donald trump, the us is a huge superpower. you think about this and also despite what is going on with brexit, how do reassert on the world stage and make her look like a global figure? the world stage and make her look like a globalfigure? they the world stage and make her look like a global figure? they will be thinking about that and i think it could be a success but it will have to be so carefully choreographed and donald trump will look at the british press who are hostile than the us press which are more deferential. the press conference with them side by side, i am sure they will have a great moment where

someone they will have a great moment where someone will ask a difficult question and he will not be used to such unforgiving press. i imagine it will be a route that kicks off. we can all look forward to that in july. this is obviously the biggest story of the day and i cannot believe our headline. abba reforms after 35 years. i have not gotten better to bash together to tour but they have been ina together to tour but they have been in a recording studio and they are going to release two new singles and there is an avatar tour. they have these two singles which are exciting, for abba fans around the world but this tour is going to involve polygrams world but this tour is going to involve polyg rams so world but this tour is going to involve polygrams so they will perform but they will not be there in person. they will be using the holograms and apparently this has happened before. this is something

that people do. i am sure they are relatively elderly now. there are other bands i cut out on stage into it in person so i think it is a bit ofa it in person so i think it is a bit of a shame for fans to not see them in person. the sun has butted together in two bombshell reunions. abba in north and south korea. use a critics describe it as a pop miracle in the biggest story in the pop music industry. i was brought up with this in the first single i ever bought and they do not even exist any more, it was fernando by abba. there is a new generation of fans out there. are you going to watch them on this tour? i do not know. i texted my friend earlier... they we re texted my friend earlier... they were already listening to abba songs

and had them on so they are excited. so maybe it is coming around again and they are cool again.|j so maybe it is coming around again and they are cool again. i think they were always cool. it is great to see pictures of them here but they do not need the money. they have made a fortune. they do not need to go touring around, schlepping on the world's stage. they are not. it is an extraordinary concept and we will see. that is if her papers tonight, tomorrow an avatar will be presenting them. you can see the papers online on the bbc news website. if you missed the programme any evening you can watch it later on the i player. goodbye. —— on the bbci player. good evening we have fairly cool and

u nsettled evening we have fairly cool and unsettled weather in the forecast as we head through the final few days of april. a bit of it disappointing weekend for some of us. this was the scene early on friday, and we had some rainbows and shower clouds around. most of the showers easing away into the far north of scotland. in the south we have cloudy skies for much of the england and wales with outbreaks towards the east. clear skies further north but we are expecting frost. how is the weekend shaping up? it is really cool and for many of us it is cloudy as well. sunshine in the north and west but heavy rain for the southeast of england in particular late on sunday. saturday's weather, england and wales are pretty cloudy with patchy rain. scotland and northern ireland, sunny with scattered showers. the regional detail, a bit of patchy rain really almost

anywhere and perhaps more brightness in the far southeast. 0utbreaks anywhere and perhaps more brightness in the far southeast. outbreaks of rain and a few showers of northern england and northern ireland and then showers especially for northern and western parts. temperatures not doing great i am afraid in several parts of the country are struggling at eight or 9 degrees under the cloud. it will be 12 or 13 across parts of scotland. eventually the showers tend to ease away towards the east but it stays quite cloudy. further north west, closer and clearer so a frosty start to sunday morning across parts of scotland in particular. after the chilly start for sunday, not a bad day for much of the day. sunny spells and fewer showers in recent days. cloudy for much of england wales and quite a chilly feeling day and it is all down to this low—pressure system

which moved its weight northwards out of france into southeastern parts initially. then further north words. some strong winds could lead to travel disruption on —— travel obstruction on monday. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven: an apology from the home secretary amber ride after a leaked document suggests she may have known about immigration removal targets. a historic meeting between the leaders of north and south korea as they promise complete denuclearisation. as a symbol of unity, the men planted a tree using soil from both the north and south. the british economy grew at its slowest rate for more than five years — in the first three months of the year. his royal highness prince

louis of cambridge — the new royal baby, fifth in line to the throne is named.