of palestinians in gaza. they say it's the bloodiest day the palestinian territory has suffered in years. protests were stoked by the opening of the us embassy injerusalem. and with 5 days to go before the royal wedding, the daily mail is reporting that meghan markle is pleading with her father to walk her down the aisle. it is unclear whether meghan markle‘s father will attend the wedding on saturday as planned, after he controversially made a deal with the paparazzi. the financial times reports that a us supreme court has paved the way for legalised sports gambling across the us — after it struck down a federal law that banned such wagering in almost all american states. the decision could open up the us to betting companies that have long

sought access to the lucrative market. the washington post says the us city of seattle has voted to impose a new tax on the biggest companies based there. amazon — the city's biggest employer — and starbucks are amongst those who will pay $275 a year per employee. the china daily features the extraordinary story of a pilot who saved over 100 passengers onboard a plane with a broken windshield. the paper speaks to the captain who describes the moment the chinese plane's cockpit windshield blew out at 32,000 feet, nearly pulling his co—pilot out of the window. he managed to make an emergency landing in sichuan province. so let's begin. with me is maike currie, investment director at fidelity international. let's start with much of the

coverage with what happened yesterday, 55 palestinians killed, one of the bloodiest days for quite some time. in this article in the guardian gives you this stark contrast of what was happening. these events, not far apart at all. you have ivanka trump looking very glamorous opening the embassy and two people carrying a body. in stark contrast, this glossy inauguration ceremony and the deaths on the gaza strip. the irony is, moving the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, the contested capital of israel, nothing is going to happen. the administrative staff are still staying in tel aviv but we see all these depths. this kind of paradoxical divisiveness has become quite characteristic of donald trump's presidency. but more

conflict in the middle east and the us really losing some of its power oi’ us really losing some of its power or some of its credibility as an honest broker in the middle east process. given the kind of anniversaries we are seeing today, the 70th anniversary of the founding of israel, the 51st anniversary of the six day war, we will probably see more violence today that is quite tragic. as you say, the administrative staff, the practicalities, not much has changed but it's the symbolism of it? regardless of that. as you say, the presidency of donald trump, you have this huge event taking place in israel yesterday with his daughter they are, with his husband who is a close adviser to president trump, both there to oversee this opening of the new us embassy but let's not forget only last week, they pulled

out of the iran nuclear deal and since then, the unrest in the middle east has really escalated. truly a paradoxical presidency. let's talk about the wedding. 0nly days to go now and poor meghan markle, i do have to say, the palace is saying eve ryo ne have to say, the palace is saying everyone must respect their perversity in their decision—making at this time, the daily mail says she is pleading with herfather but we don't know what the situation is. we are reading between the lines but it's very, very difficult, isn't it, for herfamilyjoining it's very, very difficult, isn't it, for her family joining up it's very, very difficult, isn't it, for herfamilyjoining up with it's very, very difficult, isn't it, for her familyjoining up with the royalfamily? at for her familyjoining up with the royal family? at the for her familyjoining up with the royalfamily? at the moment, they are due to step into the royal family, you and those closest to you are in the spotlight and must be ha rd are in the spotlight and must be hard but what i find interesting is that all this news around whether her father will walk down the island not and somebody calling for some man to walk down the aisle, some are

suggesting prince charles, why can't her mother? she is very close to her and has played a key role in her life? absolutely. meghan wants her mother to have a key role, she has been very careful to see that both her mother and father are honoured ina similarway. her mother and father are honoured in a similar way. it's a very similarthing. in a similar way. it's a very similar thing. there is so much to consider, not least her own family and her closest family, and what their likes and dislikes are. let's move on to the financial times. this isa move on to the financial times. this is a story that broke yesterday afternoon in the uk but we saw reaction on financial markets. us judge is clear the way the sports gambling. what did they decide here in the us? it is significant and interestingly enough, this case was brought forward by newjersey which is home to the struggling casinos in atla ntic is home to the struggling casinos in atlantic city and what they have been trying to do is emulate the las vegas model of gambling because this

has been now overruled, we could see sports gambling legalised in all us states. that is a major game change ofa states. that is a major game change of a global betting companies and we saw shares of companies like william hilland saw shares of companies like william hill and paddy power shoots through the news. european gambling companies have surpassed the us rivals because of this. it's very controversial because gambling raises a lot of revenue via taxes but it does target vulnerable people. this is a real problem. shares in william hill were up 8%. it is staggering. the final hour of trade in london, it caused a real stir. let's talk about this. seattle passes a compromised tax and buy

that it talks about the fact that the tax is not going to be as big as originally proposed that this is quite a big dealfor the likes of amazon and other employers in that state. starbucks is another employer. the state of emergency on homelessness back in 2015, and the problem has not gone away and linked to the problem is a lack of housing. people are saying, instead of spending 90% of their income on rent, they would rather be homeless it's a major problem and it's because house prices in seattle, it is home to those tech giants and big multinationals, have shot through the roof and this is a problem globally in big cities like seattle, evenin globally in big cities like seattle, even in london, because house prices have gone up so much, people are struggling to get homes. what happens with this tax, it's a fine balancing act because you don't want to jeopardise job creation by taxing these companies too much and they

must be wise about spending the money. tackling homelessness is not simple. it is a problem right here in london, it's a problem in seattle and many countries all the world. 0ne viewer, thomas, says he works near a homeless shelter and safe injection site and seize on a daily basis the struggles that people face. it's mental illness, addiction, unemployment. these people are our fellow citizens, we have a moral duty. seattle is home to microsoft and bill gates foundation as well, it's based in seattle and we know that doesn't awful lot to help those in need. let's have a look at china daily. pilot lands passengerjet let's have a look at china daily. pilot lands passenger jet safely after the windshield shatters at 30,000 feet and his co—pilot was going out the window. an airbus at

cruising altitude, the co—pilot, the windshield shattered, the co—pilot was pulled halfway through the window get the pilot managed to land the plane and rescue his co—pilot. it has the makings of a good movie. this is definitely a hollywood movie but the last time we heard of an aeroplane —— an aeroplane with a whole was in the us and the poor lady pulled out, she had not survive that. everyone on the plane, unwell, unhurt, landed, counting their blessings. thank you for your company. i will be back in a few minutes on bbc world. on bbc one, join the breakfast team. hello there, good morning.

21 celsius was our high on monday. tuesday could be a little bit warmer. it's settling down, really, this week, a lot of dry weather around, some sunshine just as we saw yesterday. the week ahead sees very little rain at all. very weak weather fronts heading our way because high pressure is essentially in charge. a bit cooler around the middle part of the week. the cooler air is going to come in behind that very weak weather front there. that's the first one to approach the uk but it's running into high pressure. not completely plain sailing, mind you, because there's areas of mist, fog and low cloud around some north sea coasts, burning back to the coast, lingering perhaps around the south—west approaches, then our weather front around scotland, northern ireland, with it a little rain or drizzle. late sunshine in the far north—west but it's ahead of the front where we have the warm sunshine and perhaps highs of 23 celsius. the weather front pushes down from scotland and northern ireland, into northern parts of england and wales. still a bit of rain in drizzle on that, more cloud coming in off the north sea towards east anglia and perhaps the south—east. clearer skies, scotland and northern ireland, quite cold here.

down to about 2 degrees or so. a chilly feel one way or another i think on wednesday. more of a breeze coming in off the north sea. more cloud for england and wales. maybe a little rain or drizzle heading down towards the south—west. nothing in the south—east, only 17 degrees here. further north, despite some sunshine, temperatures struggling to around 12 or 13. so a bit of a chilly feel on wednesday. the weather front does move away and high pressure begins to build in across the uk. the winds begin to drop down a little bit. it may not feel quite so chilly on thursday. a little bit of a dry day, i think. some spells of sunshine around too. bit of cloud, fair weather cloud bubbling up, filling up a little bit inland. but a fine day, a dry day 17 degrees in london but 17 in glasgow, certainly an improvement here. pleasantly warm in the sunshine as well. there is a high pressure, still around the end of the week. notice we've got some weather fronts here. again, very weak, approaching the far west corner of the uk. another fine day just about everywhere on friday. some spells of sunshine, light winds too.

more of an atlantic band of cloud coming to the west of northern ireland, the western isles of scotland may produce a few spots of rain but for many of us, it should feel a bit warmer on friday, those temperatures beginning to climb once again. the weather still fine across england and wales at least this weekend, should be perfect weather for the royal wedding in windsor. sunny spells, dry, a temperature of 21 degrees celsius. hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. prince harry and meghan markle call for "understanding and respect" amid reports that her father won't attend the royal wedding. thomas markle had been due to walk his daughter down the aisle on saturday, but it's now thought he may not come at all. good morning. it's tuesday the 15th of may. also this morning:

fears of fresh violence in gaza a day after israeli troops killed 55 palestinian protesters. the reality is if you are in something like that at such a