hello, this is breakfast, with tina daheley and charlie stayt. a crack down on high—cost credit. doorstep lenders and rent—to—own shops are expected to be targeted in a major review out this morning. yes, as the financial conduct authority gives the strongest indication that they plan to intervene in the market. i'll be looking at what it means for lenders, borrowers and those on low incomes. good morning, it's thursday, the 31st of may. also this morning... raising the steaks — north korea's top official dines with the us secreatary of state, to try and get the countries‘ planned summit up and running. back from the dead — the russian journalist reportedly murdered in kiev, is alive and well, but the ukrainian government is facing mounting criticism for the deception. in sport, he thought a shoulder injury had ended his dream of playing at the world cup, but mo salah

will be fit to play some part for egypt in russia. and paradise is shutting down at least for now — we report from thailand, as one of its most famous beaches closes to tourists. and carol has the weather. good morning from the roof of new broadcasting house in london. there isa broadcasting house in london. there is a lot of cloud around today. and also first thing this morning, some dense fog. violent thunderstorms in the south—east and east anglia, travelling further north and west. it could lead to disruption and flash flooding. more detailed in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. stricter controls on doorstep lending and other types of high cost credit are expected to be announced this morning. the watchdog, the financial conduct authority, has been looking at the issue of large repayment fees, and the alternatives available to people who struggle to get loans through high street banks and building societies.

sean is here with more. good morning. this is all about how much it costs you to borrow money especially if you use credit cards, overdrafts, rent—to—own and payday loans which can involve hefty repayment fees. it been a growing problem. stepchange debt charity estimates that 1.4 million lower income households resorted to high cost credit to meet day to day living costs last year — that's up almost a third from 2016. one example is 27—year—old kenneth murray, who found himself trapped in a cycle of debt. it put me in a lot of difficulty. first it was easy to pay. coupled with a o—hours contract, a rent to owfi with a o—hours contract, a rent to own laptop i got as well, because againi own laptop i got as well, because again i couldn't get access to credit at a traditional high—street electric store. i help —— had

multiple debts that i was trying to juggle multiple debts that i was trying to juggle and no stable source of income. i ended up taking out loans to pay loans and it got me in a cycle of debt i only got through about two years ago. so what can we expect from today? well, three years ago the regulator capped interest rates for short term pay day loans. so the financial conduct authority could set the ball rolling on another cap for these other type of high cost debt, either on interest rates or the amount that can be borrowed. it may also look at ways to make alternative credit options, such as credit unions, more widely available. we'll find outjust after 7:00. thank you. seven o'clock is when those details, rode. —— come out. and we will speak to the fca later in the programme. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says he had a good working dinner with general kim yong—chol, the most senior north korean to visit america in nearly 20 years. the pair are trying to smooth the way for president trump to meet kim jong—un next month.

our state department correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. just months ago, the idea that this powerful north korean official could visit new york city was unthinkable. but here he is with a mission to salvage the summit. kim yong—chol got close to president trump's inner circle during the south korean winter 0lympics. but there was no communication then. and the communication since has been on again, off again, over differences about the extent and pace of nuclear disarmament. now, the north korean leader has sent him to and find some common ground. the conversation is going to be focused on denuclearisation of the peninsula. that's what these ongoing conversations taking place now will be centred on, as well as the summit that will take place in singapore. and we're going to continue — as long as that is part of the discussion, we are going to continue to shoot forjune 12. 0ptimistic words, and friendly images from the dinner

with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, at a private residence in manhattan. but officials here say for the summit to be successful, the north koreans have to make clear what steps to denuclearisation they are willing to take. last week, president trump decided to pull out of the historic event in response to what he called anger and hostility from pyongyang. but a conciliatory response from north korea changed the mood music. and it's clear now both leaders want the summit to take place. so, many believe these two men will find a way to make it happen. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, new york. ukraine has been heavily criticised for faking the assassination of russian dissident journalist, arkady babchenko. authorities in the country say it was an attempt to expose russian agents operating in the country. caroline rigby reports. applause. alive and well, the russian journalist and prominent kremlin critic, arkady babchenko, appearing at a press

conference into his own death nearly 20 hours after authorities in kiev reported he had been shot and killed. this, the reaction of shocked colleagues at the ukrainian tv channel where he worked. translation: i have buried friends and colleagues many times. and i know the sickening feeling. i'm sorry you had to experience it. but there was no other way. in an astonishing turn of events, it soon emerged that mr babchenko had been a willing participant in a security service sting that we're told attempted to foil a russian plot to kill him and up to 30 other people. one person has now been arrested. but as mr babchenko met the ukrainian president, relief that he was alive had already turned to debate around the ethics of the operation. i think that our security services have worked very specifically

under their mandate, and they've carried out their responsibilities professionally. russia's foreign ministry called the state murder an anti—russian provocation. the ukrainian authorities say the plot was justified. but many questioned whether this fake news assassination will have a lasting impact on the country's credibility, and even that of its western allies. caroline rigby, bbc news. the muslim council of britain has repeated its demand for the conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into alleged islamophobia within the party. in an open letter, it says there are now "more than weekly incidents" involving tory candidates and representatives. a conservative spokesman said all allegations were taken seriously, and the party had suspended anyone who had behaved inappropriately. nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of £960 million — nearly twice what was expected. the regulator,

nhs improvement, blamed increased patient demand and rising staff costs. ministers have promised a new long—term financial plan for the nhs, which is expected within weeks. however, the independent health charity, the nuffield trust, argues the underlying position could be even worse. there's a lot of windowdressing in today's figures, which are bad enough on the face of them. but they are flattered by very large amounts of one—off emergency funding, which will not be available in future years — one—off savings and also one—off sales of land and properties that the nhs has managed to find last year, but obviously you can't sell a spare hospital building every year. they don't fit in, don't want the hassle, and struggle with "complex issues" — they are just some of the excuses given for not appointing women to the boards of the uk's top 100 companies, according to a report on gender balance. the government—backed review called it shocking, while a minister branded the reasons "pitiful".

it has recommended that at least a third of ftse company board members are women by 2020. scientists in germany say it's not possible to have a healthy heart and be overweight — even if there were no signs of other health problems. the researchers followed 90,000 women for more than two decades, and showed any level of excess fat led to a greater risk of heart attack and stroke. however, scientists in the us have criticised the findings. they say their own work shows being fit can protect the heart, even in obesity. get ready for the return of sequins, the glitterball and spray tans! stricty has announced three new professional dancers who arejoining its line—up for this autumn‘s competition. johannes radebe, luba mushtuk, in the centre, and graziano di prima, on the right, join 15 others to make it the biggest number of professionals to ever compete.

it was announced earlier in the year that brendan cole wouldn't return. fa ncy fancy it, charlie? what, exactly? strictly? no. no, no, no! if you're married, and you're the one that proposed, you'll recall the agonising seconds waiting for an answer to, "will you marry me?" well, when becky mccabe got down on one knee to propose to girlfriend jessa gillaspie in memphis, there was excitement and then a touch of confusion. what is happening? because seconds later, jessa pulled out a ring to propose to becky — neither knowing what the other was planning. they both proposed to each other at exactly the same time. what are the

chances? and it happened that somebody was filming it. you are so cynical. what do you think, sally? i was about to say the same thing. somebody was filming it. that was handy. i thought she was going to a nswer handy. i thought she was going to answer her phone or something! we were talking all the way through that. but clearly, there was a genuine moment of loveliness. and they have it recorded for life. remember yesterday we saw pictures of mo salah arriving in spain for treatment on his shoulder? touch and go whether he was going to be available for the world cup. good news if you are a fan of egypt. mo salah is expected to be fit. you'll remember the liverpool star going off in tears after falling on his shoulder during the champions league final. the egyptian fa say he'll be out for no more than three weeks, which means he'll be ready for at least their second group game. aston villa captain john terry has left the club following their play—off final

defeat to fulham on saturday. the former england captain announced his departure on instagram last night, but is yet to say whether he is looking for another club. cameron norrie's second round fightback at the french open was stopped by bad light. he'll restart his match later today, two sets to one down against lucas pouille. ben stokes is a doubt for england's second test against pakistan tomorrow at headingley. the all—rounder will have a hamstring injury assessed this morning in leeds. england have called up uncapped surrey all—rounder sam curran as cover. all these sports news in a moment. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. if you are stepping out this morning there is a lot of cloud around and some dense fog, particularly across the south eastern quarter of the uk. some

tricky travelling conditions. most of that will push back towards the north sea. then, we have some thundery weather coming across the south east to start with and pushing further north and west. some torrential downpours with some impacts quite likely. further north, a quieter scene. we will see some sunshine. fewer showers. wherever you are it will be a muggy day. all that cloud and fog to start with. through the morning the thunderstorms coming in across the east anglia and the south—east, heading towards the midlands. moving to southern parts of england and wales. some of them will lead to flash flooding. there is likely to be some disruption and some power cuts. similar amount of rainfall in a short amount of time as we saw in kent and a short amount of time as we saw in kentand birmingham a short amount of time as we saw in kent and birmingham in the last couple of days. if you are travelling, bear that in mind. still hit and miss. moving further north,

the showers will fade in northern ireland. some sunshine coming through. fewer showers in northern england and north—west scotland. this evening and overnight you will find those showers will migrate further north. again, some of them will be heavy and sundry. at the same time we will have more low cloud coming in from the north sea and spreading inland. that is how we start the day tomorrow. another muqqy start the day tomorrow. another muggy start to the day tomorrow. the concentration of the showers tomorrow will be in the west. and once again, some of them will be downpours. they are likely to be thundery and may lead to further impacts and disruption. quieter in the east and it has been. a fair bit of cloud. as we head on into saturday, first southern areas where we have had the thunderstorms going this week, high pressure starts to build in and things quieten down. more sunshine. it is the turn of the

north to see those showers creeping in. and a lot more cloud. it will still feel muggy. sunday looks like the driest day of the week. today, we're looking at violent thunderstorms in southern areas from the south—east that could lead to some disruption. a lot of rainfall ina some disruption. a lot of rainfall in a short amount of time. thunderstorms will be slow moving. thank you. i look through the papers 110w. thank you. i look through the papers now. the guardian front page. this story is fascinating on so many levels. we will be talking about it quite a bit. arkady babchenko. this time yesterday morning, we were announcing his death. then that extraordinary moment when it was announced that he wasn't dead and a p pa re ntly announced that he wasn't dead and apparently this was a plot by the ukrainian secret service to save his life form what they say was a threat. yeah, back from the dead. looking

very much alive on most of the front pages. the front page of the daily mail. they focus on the energy users. millions face paying £100 a month heating and lighting after the last of the big six energy firms hike tariffs. a revisit constantly. a totally different story leading the front page of the daily mirror. they claim they have uncovered papers that show british pilots were deliberately exposed to radiation in cold war nuclear experiments. they say they have documents to prove that. i know that one of the money stories is our lead story this morning. yes, we're looking at the financial conduct authority looking into lending. this one jumped conduct authority looking into lending. this onejumped out at me. do you want to do the front and i will do the inside? these are the excuses some of the biggest companies use not to employ women on their board. an ongoing review is going on. as

pa rt an ongoing review is going on. as part of that they have interviewed many bosses in the 350 biggest companies listed on the stock exchange. these are some of the reasons given as to why some of these businesses may not have more women 01’ any women on these businesses may not have more women or any women on the boards. i don't think women fit comfortably into the board environment. these are executives giving this is part of interviews. the government has given some of these out, exposed them. what did they say? i don't think women fit comfortably into the board environment. most women don't wa nt board environment. most women don't want the hassle of sitting on a board. another male leader in this ftse 350 set of companies says there aren't that many women with the depth of credentials to sit on the board. the issues covered are extremely complex. laughter. women struggle with extremely complex issues. when they were asking people the

nature of the problem... a big review into it. a lot of these conversations, they probably didn't think these comments would be published. it seems a shame that this is the main way to get big businesses to get more women on board, by publishing figures, the gender pay stuff. it's like you have to publish these figures.|j gender pay stuff. it's like you have to publish these figures. i know these things are not comparable. yesterday morning we were talking about serena williams and her whole thing about empowerment and what she does. and the contrast in that sentiment... after we spoke yesterday about serena williams and her catsuit, lots of people commented to me on social media, why are we talking about a catsuit? you are talking about a catsuit? you are talking about her clothes. actually, the point we were making was that she had chosen to present herself in that way and it made her feel

powerful and great, and because she had brought that into the conversation, we were doing it. and she just does her thing, which is what we all have to do. if anybody has a vacancy on their board, i am available! i will put my glasses on. it's a similar problem in sport. look at the upper excellence. sport is doing a lot more proactively to fix it. i spent last week in zurich with the secretary—general of fifa, a woman. you speak tojudy with the secretary—general of fifa, a woman. you speak to judy murray, hugely influential in bringing through girls. they have had to be ahead of the curve. these excuses are being used for the purpose of shaming companies into action. yes. a lot of the time if this was going on in sport, i think a lot more women would feel a lot more confident speaking out about it because they have a voice now. they would complain.

have you got some other stories? would complain. have you got some other stories7m is interesting. i am absolutely shocked by that. you think you're getting somewhere, then see this. we have to do with complex issues? and the hassle! i have to do with complex issues? and the hassle! lam have to do with complex issues? and the hassle! i am so mad. the back page of the times. an interesting tactic ahead of the england friendly against costa rica. they have picked an asian referee for that match for an asian referee for that match for a particular reason. that is because there are no asian teams in england's world cup group. they figured they are more likely to have a referee from asia. the style of referees from asia is much more picky than basically a european referee. they warned that the game flow. they will be on top of any disciplinary problems. that is a good sign that gareth southgate has gone into that level of detail.

bring it on. we will see you later on. the creative industry relies on talent from across europe. questions are being asked about what brexit will mean for this booming sector. david sillito has been to meet some of those concerned. what you are looking at is the work of a british company called jellyfish. and as you can see it makes special effects. this is a star wars. we have done quite a lot of work on star wars the last two years. this is really high—end hollywood stuff? yes. we

are one of the leading centres for doing special effects animation in the world. this has become very big business. there are more people doing special effects in the uk these days than working in the coal industry. but what is really striking is how international the workforces. everybody is busily working away. there are people from spain, poland, belgium, sweden, ireland. we have to get everyone together to show you what it is really like. here they all are. if you take away the workers from other european union countries, you begin to see how much business relies on access to european talent. it's all about the people. this firm doesn't have any computer hardware. it is all in the cloud. this office in particular has no computers. it is very rare in our industry. that

gives us the ability to pick this up and move it to ready talent is. and we will do that if we have to. many of us are already doing that. but what of other part of the so—called creative industries? this is the city of birmingham symphony 0rchestra. this violinist this from holland. she began in the eu youth 0rchestra, which was based in the uk and is now moving to italy. you feel pa rt of and is now moving to italy. you feel part of one big european family. it's very sad this as now, crop art. for the man it's very sad this as now, crop art. forthe man in it's very sad this as now, crop art. for the man in charge, leaving the eu is about practicalities. much of their income comes from touring europe. if we had to sort out visits to embassies, visas, work permits and all of that, just go to germany, france, those tours become non—viable. not only because we rely on the income, but we rely on that

pool on the income, but we rely on that pool. paperwork for every instrument crossing every frontier is not what they want. so there are many questions. but the big issue is how we can continue to grow our creative exploits. it is possible the new trade deals we will do the rest of the world will assist that. there is a caveat. the creative industry is about selling digital packages around the world. you don't need rules, regulations and standards for that. we don't want the new trade deals to say, you should run yourselves differently. so, there are hopes that brexit could help unlock new global trade deals. there is clearly still much to resolve. you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning... she was enjoying the bank holiday sunshine, but four—year—old cecily ended up being rushed to hospital with burns to her feet.

she'd jumped barefoot on to the discarded embers of a disposable barbecue. a burns charity says it's happening more and more. cecily‘s mum will be here with a warning to other parents apologies, the images shown they're not connected with that story. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara 0rchard. detectives investigating the murder of a teenager in chadwell heath, have arrested a 16—year—old boy. he's the fifth person to be arrested on suspicion of the murder of 18—year—old lyndon davis. the boy's been taken to an east london police station, where he remains in custody. lyndon davis was found suffering from a stab injury by police on the 14th of march. he later died in hospital. in the uk around 15 people die everyday from bladder cancer. now in a first—of—its—kind study, the impact of exercise on bladder cancer treatment will be studied at guy's and st thomas' hospital. this major new research is being funded by a nearly £2 million donation from londoner dianne roberts.

her husband, graham, died of the condition in 2016. a woman from berkshire has designed a course to empower women in a deprived part of reading. professor carol fuller grew up in whitely, where life expectancy for women is four years below the national average. her work for the university of reading is designed to address health issues and unemployment in the area. this is really striking that we have this one, which has an experience that's completely different to the rest of the town. and, in fact, probably the rest of the thames valley, if we're honest. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains — there are delays and cancellations on some thameslink services due to the timetable changes. 0n the roads mist and fog is affecting visibility on routes thru greater london this morning this is the picture of the conditions on the m25 nearj4 delays are expected on flights from most airports in the south—east due to this mornings low—visibilty.

and in catford, westbound delays are building on the a205 south circular heading into the catford gyratory. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello there. bit of a grey start to the day for many of us with mist, murk and fog. there will be some sunny spells at times, but also the risk of catching a heavy, thundery downpour. as such, the met office have issued a yellow weather warning for rain. those thunderstorms could bring torrential rain, some frequent lightning and therefore the potential for some disruption and flash flooding. so a grey start this morning, some mist and fog around first thing. that should burn back to the coast. we will see some sunny spells developing. those thunderstorms starting to spread in from the south. not everyone seeing one of them, they will be fairly hit and miss but where you do catch one, they have the potential to cause some disruption. temperatures today at a maximum of 23 celsius. fairly light winds, it will be feeling humid. as we go through this evening and overnight, still one or two showers for a time.

they will gradually work their way north and west, we'll see low cloud, mist and fog pushing back in again. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning to cover the thunderstorms as they move north and west. thatjust reaches into western parts of the region. that is in place for tomorrow as well. tomorrow, another grey start, some mist and fog. again, that should burn back to eastern coastal areas and we'll see some sunny spells developing. just the risk of seeing a heavy, thundery downpour but i think the chance tomorrow, less great than today and again it's looking warm. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and tina. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with tina daheley and charlie stayt. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning... whether it's renting household appliances, or borrowing from doorstep lenders, more and more people are being hit by huge interest rates. as a major report looking at ways to stop it are announced we'll speak

to hollywood star michael sheen who's been campaigning for an end to high cost lending. he's described himself as vladimir putin's number one enemy. british financier bill browder was briefly arrested yesterday on a russian warrant. this morning he'll tell us why he thinks moscow wants him dead. and, it was made famous in the hit movie the beach, but the popularity of thailand's spectacular maya bay is causing lasting damage according to environmentalists. we'll hear why it's being closed to tourists in a bid to save it. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. stricter controls on doorstep lending and other types of high—cost credit are expected to be announced this morning amid concerns that they are pushing vulnerable people deeper into debt. the watchdog, the financial conduct authority, has been investigating doorstep lenders and firms that offer loans to buy furnishings and electrical goods at very

high interest rates. mps have been pushing for the cap on payday lending, introduced three years ago, to be extended to these schemes. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says he had a good working dinner with a north korean diplomat, ahead of a potential summit in singapore between the leaders of the two countries. the pair are trying to smooth the way for president trump to meet kim jong—un next month. general kim yong—chol the most senior north korean to visit america in nearly 20 years. having a toast over what we are told was a steak dinner. authorities in ukraine have been condemned for faking the murder of russian journalist and kremlin—critic, arkady babchenko the plot, which was designed to expose hit men paid by russian forces, only came to light when babchenko appeared at a news conference about his own death. an official from the organisation for security and co—operation

in europe said ukraine was spreading false information, while the group reporters without borders said it was part of an information war. nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of £960 million — nearly twice what was expected. the regulator, nhs improvement, blamed increased patient demand and rising staff costs. ministers have promised a new long—term financial plan for the nhs, which is expected within weeks. however, the independent health charity, the nuffield trust, argues the underlying position could be even worse. the muslim council of britain has repeated its demand for the conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into alleged islamophobia within the party. in an open letter, it says there are now "more than weekly incidents" involving tory candidates and representatives. a conservative spokesman said all allegations were taken seriously, and the party had suspended anyone who had behaved inappropriately. they don't fit in, don't want

the hassle, and struggle with "complex issues" — they're just some of the excuses given for not appointing women to the boards of the uk's top 100 companies, according to a report on gender balance. the government—backed review called it shocking, while a minister branded the reasons "pitiful". it has recommended that at least a third of the 350 ftse company board members are women by 2020. a man believed to be in his 40s has died after being stabbed several times in west london. police were called to the scene in kensington at around 10:20pm last night. detectives say no arrests have been made. american reality tv star kim kardashian west has met president trump to appeal for clemency for a 63—year—old woman serving a life sentence for a first time, non—violent drug offence. donald trump posted a picture with the reality tv star inside the oval office, saying they'd talked about prison reform and sentencing. ultimately it will be the president

who decides if alicejohnson should be granted a pardon. the new york papers have gone to town on the meeting. 0ur favourite headline is in the new york post — "the only kim he could get" the weather has become a little cooler in the last few days, so when one man went to grab a jumperfrom under his bed he got a bit of a surprise. paris zarcilla opened the draw to find a cat, that wasn't his, had given birth to a litter of kittens in his room. paris, who lives in london then indulged twitter by posting lots of pics and calling himself "cat dad". what you do get amongst my

convoluted explanation of what but was, cute pictures of kittens. you have lost me completely, what happened. man was looking at is flatter and there were kittens there, lovely. how could you not know if you had kittens in your drawer. more questions than answers. exactly. when we saw mo salah injured last weekend, we thought we had broken his arm. it is a dislocation, which is better news for him and for egypt. you couldn't help but feel sorry for liverpool's mo salah when you saw him going off the field in the champions league final with a shoulder injury. he was in tears, knowing full well that it could mean him missing out on the world cup.

but there's been some good news from the egyptian fa who say that salah will be fit to play some part in russia. they say that his rehabilitation will take no longer than three weeks, which means he would be fit for their second group game at least. john terry has left aston villa. the former england captain announced his departure on instagram last night, saying that he is "still hurting" over their failure to get the club back into the premier league. the 37—year—old is yet to announce whether he is looking for a new club or if he's going to retire. the former england striker dion dublin says frank lampard will be under immediate pressure if, as expected, he's made manager of derby county. lampard is expected to be given his firstjob in management this week, and dublin, who spent most of his playing career in the midlands, says there are big clubs in the region that are starved of success, and derby are no different. i think there's a huge amount of pressure, you know, from above at derby, from the fans at derby to say, right, we have to achieve now.

i don't really care who is in charge, if you want to appoint him, appoint him, but it's got to work this time. a second round fightback from britain's cameron norrie at the french open was temporarily stopped by bad light. as the sun began to set at roland garros, norrie fought his way back from two sets down against home favourite lucas pouille to take the third set before the umpire called off play for the evening. he's scheduled to re—start this morning. fellow brits heather watson and kyle edmund are also in second round action today. novak djokovic is safely through to the third round, but says he can play better. the former world number one is now seeded way down in 20th, beat munar in straight sets in the second round. and world number one simona halep is in second round action today after winning her delayed first round tie with alison riske.

halep plays another american — taylor townsend. ben stokes is a doubt for england's second test against pakistan tomorrow at headingley. the all—rounder will have a hamstring injury assessed this morning in leeds. sam curran has been put on standby. if curran does play, it would be the second change to the side that lost heavily at lords last weekend. 0pener keaton jennings returns instead of mark stoneman and says he's keen to show how he's changed his game since he was dropped last summer. you only getjudged on the amount of runs you score and having gone away in the winter, spending a month working on certain things in australia and then going out to the west indies, its two sort of pretty tough tours. and two pretty tough tours from an england man side point of view as well. so look, it's been interesting, there's been a lot of people who have had an impact on me in the last six to eight months and hopefully that work's paid off. and finally back to the tennis and the men's number two seed, alexander zverev says he's fallen inlove... not with a person, with the yorkshire accent. listen to his response to a journalist at his post—match press conference yesterday.

where are you from, buddy? do you want to guess? yorkshire, in england. jesus, 0k. nice. if they ever make the tournament there, i'm definitely coming just because of that accent. love it. i didn't understand a word you were saying, but that's not important. could roland garros be a turning point for you in having success in a grand slam? sure, why not? just because you said it so nicely and going to believe that now. that was jonathan pinfield from live sports fm who enchanted the german with his dulcet tones. he says he's now seeking a translator for the rest of his time in paris. he handled it really well? he handled it beautifully. this is his tweet. had a very interesting interview with alexander zverev. there is his yorkshire flat. did you think it was a pie? he has a lovely

way about him, thereof. he enjoys his tennis and he has that thing. he is very charming. he is not the first tennis player to notice jonathan's accent, i think novak djokovic mention on it. jonathan is flattered by it and handled it with great sense of humour. thank you, sally. the right—hand man to north korean leader kimjong—un has met us secretary of state mike pompeo in new york to discuss a historic summit between the two countries. general kim yong—chol dined with mr pompeo and the two are due to meet again later today. he is the most senior north korean to visit the us in nearly 20 years. 0ur news correspondent, hywel griffith, joins us now from seoul. good morning to you. i think probably we can see the image. they posted an image of the dinner that took place. a moment in time, so we

have the evidence, there is something happening? there is something happening? there is something happened, but we know more about what they ate apart from what they discussed and what they have agreed. shortly after the dinner, the secretary of state said they had enjoyed some states, corn and some cheese. he wouldn't give us any insight into the small talk. because although they met around a table, we think there is a pretty big gap between the us and north korea and what they both understand denuclearisation would mean for the korean province. clearly, the us wa nts korean province. clearly, the us wants something more solid, something irreversible and very visible. north korea may want something more gradual so i think they will be meeting up again possibly over some more steak and cheese to work on those wordings. the clock is ticking if a are to stick to the stated date. i know it

is all injeopardy, stick to the stated date. i know it is all in jeopardy, but what is the thinking around that? normally be summits take months, if not years to bring together. we are down to a couple of weeks now. we are in an era of president trump where unexpected things can happen. this isn't the only discussing going on about the summer. there are discussions happening in the korean peninsula as well in the demilitarised zone between the us diplomat and demilitarised zone between the us diplomatand an demilitarised zone between the us diplomat and an north korean diplomat. they may be hammering out some of the detail of what could be agreed between the two countries, what the fine print of what both leaders would sign. there is a third discussion going on in singapore where people are scouting out hotels, looking a photo opportunities. there is a huge flurry of diplomatic opportunity going on to make due on the 12th happen. but it is not officially on, so don't book your ticketjust

happen. but it is not officially on, so don't book your ticket just yet. thank you very much. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the financial conduct authority is due to publish the results of its investigation into high—cost credit, amid concerns such schemes are pushing vulnerable people deeper into debt. the united states and north korea have stepped up diplomatic efforts to get next month's summit between president trump and kim jong—un back on track. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. good to see you have got your waterproof jacket on. good morning. good to see you have got your waterproofjacket on. i will need it later on. good morning. what we have to start the day is a cloudy start with mist and fog. the fog is across the south—eastern quarter of england. we have the ramadan sobhi yesterday's front

affecting northern ireland, western scotla nd affecting northern ireland, western scotland and the northern isles. some of it will be thundery, particularly in the northern isles but it will drift away. the real action will be the thunderstorms coming in this morning across the south—east. they are not too far away crossing the english channel as we speak and they will come into the southeast and east anglia first of all, travelling across other southern areas, wales as we go through the day. they will be hit and miss, but if you catch one it will be torrential. there is the risk of flash flooding, the risk power cuts and the risk of disruption. we're looking at a lot of rain in a very small amount of time. those thunderstorms will be slow—moving and there isn't much of breeze. we are looking at levels like we had in kent and birmingham this week. moving away from the thunderstorms, won or two showers across northern england. showers dying out across northern ireland

and the sun will come up for you. showers clearing across scotland. brighter skies but thicker cloud pushing back to the north sea coast, where it will be cooler. but it will feel muggy where ever you are. this evening and overnight, thunderstorms continue to bang away as they push further west across a posting on, wales, north—west england and south—west scotland. another muggy and cloudy night with mist and fog forming. we start the day tomorrow with all this cloud, mist and fog in central and eastern areas in particular. pushing back towards the east coast generally but a lot of showers in the west. the potential for them to be heavy and thundery. a lot of water coming out of the sky ina lot of water coming out of the sky in a short amount of time. we will not all see them, they will be hit and miss and it will be another muqqy and miss and it will be another muggy day. on saturday, cloudy start to the day and the concentration

will be to the north. in the south, things drying out. where we have had the thunderstorms things tend to settle down. still white high temperatures for this time of year, still feeling muggy and sunday from feels like the driest day of the weekend for us all. just to reiterate, more violent thunderstorms this morning coming up from the south—east, through east anglia, travelling through the midlands and into southern counties of england and wales. we won't all see them but they will be disruptive causing flash flooding. in the next few minutes the financial regulator is expected to announce stricter controls on doorstep lending and other types of high—cost credit. this comes amid concerns that fees and charges are pushing vulnerable people deeper into debt. sean's here. you have been looking at this in more detail, quite an important day? it is, the regulator worked out over

the last year, more than 3 million people took on at least one high cost loa n. people took on at least one high cost loan. but there are certain areas where they think people are particularly vulnerable and people are at risk. you mention overdraft, common product for many people but if it is authorised to camp a a lot of money in interest. their doorstep lending where you have alone and somebody comes to your door to collect those payments each week. you have the rent shops where you pay a certain amount each month on credit for your washing machine or your sofa and can pay huge amounts back when you own it in the end. catalogue credit is still an issue for the regulators to look at. we can have a little chat now, we have kenneth murray who had one of these loa ns kenneth murray who had one of these loans and matt upton from citizens advice. kenneth, what have you gone through?

like a lot of people in poorer parts of the country, doorstep lending and high cost lending, they will be the only option to you. when you need access to a laptop for university. did you have to take one of these on? yes, £100 worth of clothes cost me about £150. and the laptop, i only paid it off about two years ago. did you know how much money you would have to pay back in total at the end? when you borrowed £100 to buy clothes, did you know you would have to pay back extra? yes, but it isa have to pay back extra? yes, but it is a trap. but you cannot get a student overdraft, you cannot get a bank loan because you are a student. even though you have no bad credit,

so even though you have no bad credit, so debt is the only option. you have no option or the bad option. so debt is the only option. you have no option or the bad optionm so debt is the only option. you have no option or the bad option. is that afamiliar no option or the bad option. is that a familiar tale for you, people know what they are getting into but they turn to it because of the huge interest involve? yes, i only met kenneth this morning but he has been telling me his story, like others across the country, the doorstep lenders and rent to own companies. about half of rent to own customers end up taking on other debtsjust to make their payments but over half of doorstep lending customers find themselves in what they would call cycles of debt and often taking on up cycles of debt and often taking on up to three loans just to try and cover their previous loan. very typical story, which is why we are eagerly awaiting this announcement and we think this precedent, the payday lending cap, that has been

affected so we don't see any reason why they won't extend that to the other markets we have been talking about. we will talk to the boss of the fca later, so take for example and you talked about buying a laptop and you talked about buying a laptop and the initial cost was £300, you are on a credit agreement. did you know at that point how much it would end up costing you? yes, you have an idea, we have experienced people who get these agreements. they call because they know we are trapped in that poverty cycle. it ends up costing what? if you don't make a payment, the interest rate gets higher, even if you have other things to pay, like rent. with this announcement, do you think there should be an absolute cap? you buy it for £300, should it be what, it could never go beyond you having to

pay £150 more than the value, what do you think, how do you think they should restrict back? in terms of restriction, access is quite important because people are trapped and that is their only option so if they cap it is grey. a guy in my office had to sell his playstation to pay his rent, so what happens after that and after that? the problem is, somebody can crack down on the suppliers but is the demand. why can't people get credit like kenneth from the bank at a more reasonable rate in the first place? we think there is a lot more banks could do to extend credit to the kinds of customers we are talking about. lots more options. you will probably hear them talk about alternative lenders, more ethical, payday and rent to own as well. what

kenneth is talking about and that echoes with our clients, is people who don't have other options and are forced to go to these companies and then are faced with extortionate interest rates and it escalates to three times more than what the item is worth what the original loan was. you can talk about alternatives, but unless you put a ceiling on back credit... what should the ceiling be? payday lending is a good guide, thatis be? payday lending is a good guide, that is double. i am not saying it is cheap, but we're not being unrealistic. if someone is at a higher risk, interest rates will be reflective of that. but in this announcement, we want them to look at where in interest rate cap could be set, they should take it away to look at rather than some of the other alternatives. if it ended up being double and the names on the high street vc go out of business because they cannot make enough money, where will people go then?

when the payday loan cap was announced, there was at the scare stories that payday loan people will go bust, and everybody will turn to loa n go bust, and everybody will turn to loan sharks. didn't theyjust go to doorstep lending and rent alone? most were able to get their payday loans, and those who weren't able, 63% said they were glad they couldn't because it wouldn't have helped them. but the majority could get credit, theyjust weren't exploited to the same degree. it is just about capping exploitation and the don't think it would destroy the market in the way a lot of people are saying. kenneth, have you sorted yourself out? i am a working professional, is still the only access to credit i can get is a credit card owned by a company that has a high interest rate. if you

have had similar experience and you are in debt, share your stories with us. we will be speaking to the head of the financial conduct authority. thank you both for coming in and sharing your story with us. we should have that report in a few minutes. since it was made famous in danny boyle's film the beach, thailand's maya bay has become one of the must see attractions for tourists heading to the country. but its popularity is problematic, with environmentalists claiming the sheer numbers of people and boats visiting the island are causing lasting damage to the coral reef. so for the first time ever, on june 1st, thai authorities will shut the iconic beach to tourists. radio1 newsbeat‘s steve holden reports from maya bay. in the film, leonardo dicaprio's character richard, stumbles across paradise. in reality, it's now become an extremely busy paradise. thousands of tourists descend here on maya bay on koh phi phi

every day are getting that photo to make it look like you are the only one here, well that's tricky. # it's calling you. we came here, we didn't think it would be this busy, but it still really good, isn't it? yeah, really good. have you managed to take a photo where you're the only ones in it? no, literally that's what we're trying to do now near the long—tailed boats, it's so difficult. literally. you can see, it's so busy. most tourists only stay for couple of hours before leaving on one of the many boats that dock here. but environmentalists say that is damaging what's under the water. a decision was made earlier this year to shut maya bay

from the beginning ofjune. when it opens four months later, the plan is to cap visitor numbers to around half what they are now and ban speedboats from docking in the bay. i think we just thought we were entering some serene, empty white beaches by ourselves and if you look around, its not so empty, but it's still beautiful. thailand is receiving more tourists year on year and some say that means it's notjust maya bay that needs protecting. when danny boyle made the beach he probably didn't think maya bay would become the draw that it is today. tourism brings huge amounts of money into thailand, but authorities have to make sure that doesn't come at a cost to the environment in the long—term, otherwise the very beauty people come here for could be ruined for ever. steve holden, bbc news, koh phi phi. it isa

it is a beautiful place. i wouldn't mind being there right now. no offence, charlie. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. detectives investigating the murder of a teenager in chadwell heath have arrested a 16—year—old boy. he's the fifth person to be arrested on suspicion of the murder of 18—year—old lyndon davis. the boy's been taken to an east london police station, where he remains in custody. lyndon davis was found suffering from a stab injury by police on the 14th march. he later died in hospital. in the uk, around 15 people die everyday from bladder cancer. now in a first of its kind study, the impact of exercise on bladder cancer treatment will be studied at guy's and st thomas' hospital. this major new research is being funded by a nearly £2 million donation from londoner dianne roberts. her husband graham died of the condition in 2016. a woman from berkshire has

designed a course to empower women in a deprived part of reading. professor carol fuller grew up in whitely, where life expectancy for women is four years below the national average. her work for the university of reading is designed to address health issues and unemployment in the area. this is really striking that we have this one, this is really striking that we have this one pocket, which has an experience that's completely different to the rest of the town. and, in fact, probably the rest of the thames valley, if we're honest. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays and cancellations on some thameslink services due to the timetable changes. 0n the roads, mist and fog is affecting visibility on routes and in catford, westbound delays are building

on the a205 south circular heading into the catford gyratory. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello there. bit of a grey start to the day for many of us with mist, murk and fog. there will be some sunny spells at times, but also the risk of catching a heavy, thundery downpour. as such, the met office have issued a yellow weather warning for rain. those thunderstorms could bring torrential rain, some frequent lightning and therefore the potential for some disruption and flash flooding. so a grey start this morning, some mist and fog around first thing. that should burn back to the coast. we will see some sunny spells developing. those thunderstorms starting to spread in from the south. not everyone seeing one of them, they will be fairly hit and miss but where you do catch one, they have the potential to cause some disruption. temperatures today at a maximum of 23 celsius. fairly light winds, it will be feeling humid. as we go through this evening and overnight, still one or two showers for a time. they will gradually work their way north and west, we'll see low cloud, mist and fog pushing back in again.

the met office have issued a yellow weather warning to cover the thunderstorms as they move north and west. thatjust reaches into western parts of the region. that is in place for tomorrow as well. tomorrow, another grey start, some mist and fog. again, that should burn back to eastern coastal areas and we'll see some sunny spells developing. just the risk of seeing a heavy, thundery downpour but i think the chance tomorrow, less great than today and again it's looking warm. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though, it's back to charlie and tina. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with tina daheley and charlie stayt. a crack down on high—cost credit. doorstep lenders and rent—to—own shops are expected to be targeted in a major review out in the next few minutes. yes, as the financial conduct authority gives the strongest indication that they plan to intervene in the market, i'll be looking at what it means for lenders, borrowers and those on low incomes. good morning, it's

thursday, 31st may. also this morning... raising the steaks — north korea's top official dines with the us secretary of state to try and get the countries' planned summit up and running. back from the dead — the russian journalist reportedly murdered in kiev, is alive and well. but the ukrainian government is facing mounting criticism for the deception. in sport, he thought a shoulder injury had ended his dream of playing at the world cup, but mo salah will be fit to play some part for egypt in russia. and carol has the weather. good morning. showers across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england today. we have got some violent thunderstorms in south

and southeast in england. they will move into the midlands and wales through the day. they could lead to flash flooding and general disruption. more details in 15 minutes. thank you. stricter controls on doorstep lending and other types of high—cost credit are expected to be announced in the next few minutes, amid concerns that they are pushing vulnerable people deeper into debt. the watchdog, the financial conduct authority, has been investigating doorstep lenders and firms that offer loans to buy furnishings and electrical goods at very high interest rates. mps have been pushing for the cap on payday lending — introduced three years ago — to be extended to these schemes to prevent people being trapped in a cycle of debt. we need thousands of people every year who fall into one manageable debt with doorstep lenders and rent to own companies. just to take an example, about half of our customers and up taking out other debts just

to make their payments. 0ther doorstep lending customers find themselves in what they would call cycles of dead, often taking on several levels to —— loans to cover their previous loans. at 07:40, we'll hear from christopher woolard from the financial conduct authority. that report is out now. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says he had a good working dinner with general kim yong—chol, the most senior north korean to visit america in nearly 20 years. the pair are trying to smooth the way for president trump to meet kim jong—un next month. our state department correspondent, barbara plett—usher, reports. just months ago, the idea that this powerful north korean official could visit new york city was unthinkable. but here he is with a mission to salvage the summit. kim yong—chol got close to president trump's inner circle during the south korean winter olympics. but there was no communication then.

and the communication since has been on again, off again, over differences about the extent and pace of nuclear disarmament. now, the north korean leader has sent him to and find some common ground. the conversation is going to be focused on denuclearisation of the peninsula. that's what these ongoing conversations taking place now will be centred on, as well as the summit that will take place in singapore. and we're going to continue — as long as that is part of the discussion, we are going to continue to shoot forjune 12. 0ptimistic words, and friendly images from the dinner with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, at a private residence in manhattan. but officials here say for the summit to be successful, the north koreans have to make clear what steps to denuclearisation they are willing to take. last week, president trump decided to pull out of the historic event in response to what he called anger and hostility from pyongyang. but a conciliatory response from north korea changed the mood music. and it's clear now both leaders want the summit to take place.

so, many believe these two men will find a way to make it happen. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, new york. ukraine has been heavily criticised forfaking ukraine has been heavily criticised for faking the murder of arkady babchenko. authorities in the country said was an attempt to expose russian agents operating in the country. caroline rigby has this report. alive and well, arkady babchenko, appearing at a press conference into his own death nearly 20 hours after authorities in kiev reported he had been shot and killed. this was the reaction of shocked colleagues at ukrainian tv channel where he worked. translation: i have buried friends

and colleagues many times, and i know the sickening feeling. i'm sorry you had to experience it. but there was no other way. in an astonishing turn of events, it soon emerged mr babchenko had been a willing participant in a security service sting that we are told aims to foil a russian plot to kill him and up to 30 other people. one person has now been arrested. but as mr babchenko ahmed ukrainian president, relief that he was alive had already turned to debate around the ethics of the operation. had already turned to debate around the ethics of the operationlj had already turned to debate around the ethics of the operation. i think that our security services have worked very specifically under the mandate and they've carried out their responsibilities professionally. russia's foreign ministry called the fake murder provocation. the ukrainian state said it was justified. provocation. the ukrainian state

said it wasjustified. but provocation. the ukrainian state said it was justified. but it may have an effect on the lasting credibility of the country and its allies. nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of £960 million — nearly twice what was expected. the regulator, nhs improvement, blamed increased patient demand and rising staff costs. ministers have promised a new long—term financial plan for the nhs, which is expected within weeks. however, the independent health charity — the nuffield trust — argues the underlying position could be even worse. there is a lot of windowdressing in today's figures. they are bad enough on the face of it. they are flattered by large amounts of emergency funding which will not be available in future years. one of savings and one—off sales of land and property that the nhs has managed to find last year but obviously you can't microcell a spare hospital building every year.

let's go back to our main story this morning. sean has joined let's go back to our main story this morning. sean hasjoined us. we have got this report. this is all about lending and the damage it has done to some of the people who are most vulnerable. particularly high cost lending. overdrafts, the rent to own sector, doorstep lenders. the financial conduct authority has said something on all of those. what'll happen to overdraft, it is going to put forward some immediate proposals to try and save customers £140 million a year. the interesting thing it will do is consider more radical options like banning fixed fees. again, these our proposals but these are steps towards banning fixed fees. if you have got an overdraft a nd fixed fees. if you have got an overdraft and you go overdrawn, you have a certain amount every day you are charged. they are looking to have an influence on that. they have talked about this kind of thing in the past. some banks are already

starting to change the way they do overdraft already. the bank will look more into overdraft, particularly banning fixed fees and other overdraft stuff as well. on the rent to own sector, we were just talking with matt dunne from citizens advice and kenneth murray, had experience in this. —— matt upton. they are proposing a caps on the rent to own sector. that will need another big investigation by the financial conduct authority. they could have just said, as they say for other sectors, we're looking at other areas. that washing machine you may want to get on the high street on credit, where you and up ping back many multiples of the cost of the washing machine, that may now end up not been many multiples. it may be capped every day. or the total amount borrowed may have a limit put on it. that will have a huge impact on those successful businesses that make a lot of money

on the high street from lending people money effectively to get white goods. what other areas are in there? doorstep lenders, as we have been referring them... they're announcing reforms that will encourage the industry to help customers in trouble more, but not only as drastic as a potential cap that we could see in the rent to own sector or the potential banning of certain fees that many banks implement on overdrafts. they are the big things. visaro proposals. how likely is it they will actually come into effect soon? we will find out from the financial conduct authority. often when they do an investigation and publish a report, they are a very important body with a lot of powers, if they are suggesting something, the inclination is that is what will happen. the rent to own sector, they are open to other ideas, but they

think there is enough risk to customers out there that a caps is needed. in a nutshell, i know you have lived in the development of time to watch —— look at the proposals, does this indicate a sea change in the attitude of the regulators to these people who do this kind of work? it is one step at a time. with payday lending, when there was a caps on that, that felt like a sea change. now the rent to own sector, if this gets implemented, that would be a huge change to this sector. we have talked about problems for years. the other areas, maybe not so much of a sea change. certainly rent to own and overd rafts, they sea change. certainly rent to own and overdrafts, they are big changes. let me bring you a message that has come in from somebody who has got in touch to say they have lived with their overdraft for 20 yea rs, lived with their overdraft for 20 years, because they were unable to pay it back. £5,000 in charges and

interest and still paid none of the overdraft off. the numbers stack up horribly. these are the people who are most vulnerable. we will be putting all of these issues to the boss of the financial conduct authority in about 25 minutes. if you have other thoughts, let us know. they don't fit in, don't want the hassle, and struggle with "complex issues" — they're just some of the excuses given for not appointing women to the boards of the uk's top 100 companies, according to a report on gender balance. the government—backed review called it shocking, while a minister branded the reasons "pitiful". it has recommended that at least a third of the 350 ftse company board members are women by 2020. the muslim council of britain has repeated its demand for the conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into alleged islamophobia within the party. in an open letter, it says there are now "more than weekly incidents" involving tory candidates and representatives. a conservative spokesman said all allegations were taken seriously, and the party had suspended anyone who had behaved inappropriately. get ready for the return of sequins,

the glitterball and spray tans. stricty has announced three new professional dancers who arejoining its line—up for this autumn's competition. johannes radebe, luba mushtuk in the centre and graziano di prima on the right, join 15 others to make it the biggest number of professionals to ever compete. it was announced earlier in the year that brendan cole wouldn't return. 12 minutes past seven. when 100 indian doctors were refused visas to work in the uk last month, it sparked a row about what sort of impact the tightening of immigration rules was having on the nhs. health leaders said patients were being put at risk, as positions were left unfilled. now the british medicaljournal has launched a petition calling for restrictions to be lifted. andrew foster is chief executive of the wrightington, wigan and leigh nhs foundation trust, and joins us now. good morning. why are you

petitioning? my organisation coordinates one of the biggest overseas ethical recruitment schemes for doctors. it has been running for 12 years. last year we brought in 60 doctors from largely in the about 20 other countries as well. the plan this year was to increase the scheme even more because of the massive shortage of doctors we have in this country, and we are planning to bring in at least 120 doctors this year. we interviewed year, last had loads of people willing to come here. 100 of the first of these applications were rejected in march, 100 were rejected in april, and almost all of them were rejected in may. because of stricter visa rules? because of reaching the visa caps. this has been going for 12 years with no problems. this year i believe that other industries are trying to bring people in from overseas. there is a limit on the

monthly numbers and it has begun to hit back the nhs. my argument is this is barmy. you have one branch of government trying to fill the desperate gaps we have got in the health service, and another branch of stopping it. doesn't that mean more people will be trained in the uk? the scheme that we run is called aaron, learn and return. people come here for a couple of years, they do a masters degree in the wrong time. we employ them full—time. at the end of that they return to their country. it is not replacing people here. there is an increasing medical students. it will not reduce new numbers for ten years. if you can't bringing the numbers you want to, and you know there are gaps, there arejobs that and you know there are gaps, there are jobs that need doing today, tomorrow, six months, what does happen? who will people see when they go and try to see a doctor? when we have a shortage of capacity,

than best simply people wait longer. at worst, it can become an issue of patient safety. if we can't have enough doctors to look after people who are seriously ill, it is a threat to patient safety. aria that stage now? you are looking ahead, you try to bring people in all the time? —— are we at that stage now?|j time? —— are we at that stage now?” think you have just had an item showing how the nhs has had its most difficult winter ever. this is with 10,000 doctor vacancies, 40,000 nurse vacancy “— 10,000 doctor vacancies, 40,000 nurse vacancy —— vacancies. a 10,000 doctor vacancies, 40,000 nurse vacancy —— vacancies. a branch of government is preventing the solution. the home office say the system is in the national interest and makes sure employers look to the uk first before recruiting from overseas. and also, the people whose these applications are rejected, can apply again and there are

specialities, including radiology and a&e, and they haven't been refused visas. it is correct a small numberare refused visas. it is correct a small number are getting through. we have desperate needs in other specialties as well. it is notjust a&e and radiology. it is gastroenterology... when they say it is in the national interest, is it really in the national interest to have a service thatis national interest to have a service that is understaffed? i understand they are trying to control immigration. if you are to ask the public, would you rather have a proper doctor service or meeting some arbitrary number of visas, i am pretty sure most people would say. thank you for your time. talking about recruitment of doctors from overseas. it is whether time. let's go to trial to find out what is happening. good morning. first thing this

morning it is a cloudy start. as you can see here in london. we have also got some mist and dense fog, particularly in the south—eastern quarter of england. what you will find is that will lift and the global push back as it has done in recent days to the north sea coastline. we have showers across parts of scotland and northern ireland. some of those are heavy and sundry. most of these will fade. then we start to see some real weather action in the shape of some thunderstorms across the south east initially, and then southern counties of england. through the day they will move into east anglia, the midlands and parts of wales. you can see the weather front responsible for that slowly moving westwards. some of those thunderstorms will be torrential, violent, slow—moving and could lead to disruption. travel disruption, flash flooding, possibly some power cuts. in a short amount

of time we could see a lot of water coming out of the sky. first some of us, on the scale of what we had in kent and us, on the scale of what we had in kentand birmingham us, on the scale of what we had in kent and birmingham this week. don't ta ke kent and birmingham this week. don't take it as gospel you can see the thunderstorms on the chart, because they will be hit and miss. these early kind of areas likely to be affected. moved north, for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, fewer showers. nowhere near as heavy. it will brighten. northern ireland will see some sunshine. a muqqy ireland will see some sunshine. a muggy day on the north sea coastline. through this evening and overnight, those thunderstorms continue to push out towards the west into parts of wales, get into northern ireland, northern england and said west scotland. —— south west. another muggy night. some mist and fog forming. that is how we start tomorrow. the main focus of the showers tomorrow will be in western areas. this is where they

will be heaviest. we could see some thundery downpours. mist, cloud and fog in the east. that is pushing back towards the north sea coastline again. there will be some brighter skies. 23 degrees in scotland. by the time we get to saturday, the northern half of the country will see a northern half of the country will seeafair northern half of the country will see a fair bit of cloud. there will also be some showers. south, high pressure builds. where we have had all the thunderstorms this week, we're looking at some dry conditions and temperatures up to 24. as we head into sunday, in case you're wondering, it looks like being the driest day of the weakened. we have got some violent thunderstorms coming our way got some violent thunderstorms coming ourway in got some violent thunderstorms coming our way in southern england, in through the midlands and wales, the south—east and east anglia. not all of us will see them but they could lead some disruption. thank you. it isa it is a story that is almost stranger than fiction. just hours after the news

broke that russian dissident, arkady babchenko, had been assassinated outside his home in kiev, thejournalist surprised the world's media by arriving at a news conference about his own death. ukraine's security chief confirmed the move was part of a sting to expose a russian plot to kill babchenko. jonah fisherjoins us now from kiev. good morning. you have been involved personally as a reporter in this story. take us back a little bit. you were reporting, as we were, the death of babchenko, and then? yes, tuesday night we were all told by yukonian police that this assassination had ta ken yukonian police that this assassination had taken place in the outskirts of kiev. —— ukrainian police. yesterday morning we went to the apartment to have a look around, where he had apparently been

assassinated. we interviewed friends who were obviously very disturbed, upset by what had happened to their friend. and then... to everybody‘s utter amazement, arkady babchenko was brought out in front of the media, surrounded by seniorfigures in the front of the media, surrounded by senior figures in the security establishment in the ukraine. it was announced that it was all part of a big stink, that they had indeed been a plan to kill mr babchenko, but the security forces in the security agencies here, revealed they had effectively put a fake assassinating the chain of command and had followed through with a fake assassination so that they could then document evidence against an alleged russian agent, who they say it is operating in kiev, trying to

kill russian nationals. they went through with it, so they could then document what happened next, the exchange of money. they have released a video of that exchange. and also, any communications this alleged russian agent was making in the aftermath of the assassination. if you are scratching your head, well, i think a lot of people here in the ukraine still are. it is simply incredible, unbelievable, but that's what happened. where does this leave putin? in a way, of course, the russians, presumably the line will be there was no plot and what you have done is create fake news. it is complicated? yeah. and i think it really pollutes the discussion about fake news. you have to remember that over the last months and indeed years, russia has beenin months and indeed years, russia has been in the face of, let's put quite frankly, in the face of investigated

evidence about the skripal case in the uk, the downing of the airliner in the ukraine, russia has been co nsta ntly in the ukraine, russia has been constantly saying it is fake news, do not accept what your so—called intelligence agencies are telling you at face value. it is not true. it is all part of an anti—russian agenda. now they would be able to point out what happened here in ukraine and said, there you go, that's an example of what we have been saying all along, that arkady babchenko was a classic case engineered to make russia look bad. you fell for it, hook line and sinker. don't say to us that russia is making up stories. ukraine have fabricated perhaps the biggest of all the fakes. jonah fisher, thank you for your time. if you watch a blockbuster movie these days, there's a strong chance that much of it was made in britain. there are more than 6,000 people working on special effects in london alone. but the creative industry also relies on talent from across europe and questions are being asked about what brexit

will mean for this booming sector. our arts correspondent, david sillito, has been to meet some of those concerned. what you are looking at is the work ofa what you are looking at is the work of a british company called jellyfish. and as you can see, it makes visual effects. this is star wars. we have done quite a lot of work on star wars in recent yea rs. quite a lot of work on star wars in recent years. this is high end stuff? absolutely. we are one of the leading centres for doing special effects animation in the world. this has become very big business. there are more people doing special effects in the uk these days than working in the coal industry. but what is really striking is how international the workforce is. everybody is busily working away.

there are fellows from spain, poland, ireland, belgium, sweden... if we are going to show you what it is really like here, we have to get eve ryo ne is really like here, we have to get everyone together. here they all are. if you take away the workers from other european union countries, you begin to see how much business relies on access to european talent. it's all about the people. this firm doesn't have any computer hardware. it is all in the cloud. this office in particular has no computers. it is very rare in our industry. that gives us the ability to pick this up and move it to where there talent is. and we will do that if we have to. many of us are already doing that. but what of other part of the so—called creative industries? this is the city of birmingham symphony orchestra. this violinist is from holland. she began in the eu youth orchestra,

which was based in the uk and is now moving to italy. you feel part of one big european family. it feels very sad that this is now ripped apart. for the man in charge, leaving the eu is about practicalities. much of their income comes from touring europe. if we had to sort out visits to embassies, visas, work permits and all of that, just go to germany, france, those tours become non—viable. not only because we rely on the income, but we rely on that reputational pool. paperwork for every instrument crossing every frontier is not what they want. so there are many questions. but the big issue is how we can continue to grow our creative exploits. —— exports. it is possible the new trade deals we will do the rest of the world will assist that. there is a caveat.

the creative industry is about selling digital packages around the world. you don't need rules, regulations and standards for that. we don't want the new trade deals to say, you should run yourselves differently. so, there are hopes that brexit could help unlock new global trade deals. there is clearly still much to resolve. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. detectives investigating the murder of a teenager in chadwell heath have arrested a 16—year—old boy. he's the fifth person to be arrested on suspicion of the murder of 18—year—old lyndon davis. the boy's been taken to an east london police station, where he remains in custody. lyndon davis was found suffering from a stab injury by police on the 14th march.

he later died in hospital. in the uk, around 15 people die every day from bladder cancer. now in a first of its kind study, the impact of exercise on bladder cancer treatment will be studied at guy's and st thomas' hospital. this major new research is being funded by a nearly £2 million donation from londoner dianne roberts. her husband graham died of the condition in 2016. a woman from berkshire has designed a course to empower women in a deprived part of reading. professor carol fuller grew up in whitely, where life expectancy for women is four years below the national average. her work for the university of reading is designed to address health issues and unemployment in the area. this is really striking that we have this one pocket, which has an experience that's completely different to the rest of the town. and, in fact, probably the rest of the thames valley, if we're honest. let's have a look at the travel situation now. you should expect delays at most

airports in the south—east due to mist and fog causing low visibility. the woolwich ferry is currently suspended because of fog. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello there. bit of a grey start to the day for many of us with mist, murk and fog. there will be some sunny spells at times, but also the risk of catching a heavy, thundery downpour. as such, the met office have issued a yellow weather warning for rain. those thunderstorms could bring torrential rain, some frequent lightning and therefore the potential for some disruption and flash flooding. so a grey start this morning, some mist and fog around first thing. that should burn back to the coast.

we will see some sunny spells developing. those thunderstorms starting to spread in from the south. not everyone seeing one of them, they will be fairly hit and miss but where you do catch one, they have the potential to cause some disruption. temperatures today at a maximum of 23 celsius. fairly light winds, it will be feeling humid. as we go through this evening and overnight, still one or two showers for a time. they will gradually work their way north and west, we'll see low cloud, mist and fog pushing back in again. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning to cover the thunderstorms as they move north and west. thatjust reaches into western parts of the region. that is in place for tomorrow as well. tomorrow, another grey start, some mist and fog. again, that should burn back to eastern coastal areas and we'll see some sunny spells developing. just the risk of seeing a heavy, thundery downpour but i think the chance tomorrow, less great than today and again it's looking warm. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though, it's back to charlie and tina. bye for now. there were many areas we have been

talking about but there are two specific areas they have looked that. overdrafts, they say it is complex, the prize is too high so they want to look at banning fixed fees where you might pay a daily amount for your overdraft and those unauthorised overdraft charges where you don't agree with the bank you are going to go overdrawn, they want to look at that as well. we have seen some changes. but the rent to own market, that is where there could be a good change. they are

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for the conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into alleged islamophobia within the party. in an open letter, it says there are now "more than weekly incidents" involving tory candidates and representatives. what have they come up with? lots of incidents have been happening and they reckon they have been happening on more than a weekly basis. they said the comments range from offensive comments about muslims posted online and then re—tweets of endorsements about islamophobia views. one tweet says all muslims are parasites who live off the state. he says the tip of the iceberg and they suggest

something far more sinister is going on and he calls for an investigation and he wants to see more education and he wants to see more education and training, and you programme, if you like. in response the conservative party said all incidents of islamophobia are taken seriously and that is why the party had suspended all those who had behaved inappropriately and they had launched immediate investigations. eleanor, thank you very much. nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of £960 million — nearly twice what was expected. the regulator, nhs improvement, blamed increased patient demand and rising staff costs. ministers have promised a new long—term financial plan for the nhs, which is expected within weeks. however, the independent health charity, the nuffield trust, argues the underlying position could be even worse. there are fresh calls to review immigration policies for doctors from outside the eu who are applying to work in the nhs. the british medicaljournal, which launched the petition,

said that more than 1500 visa applications from doctors withjob offers in the uk were refused in the space of four months. the home office said the policy of capping visas was in the national interest, but hospital bosses say patient safety is at risk. the world's largest known freshwater pearl, which once belonged to catherine the great, is going up for auction in the netherlands. known as "the sleeping lion" due to its shape, it is thought to have been originated in chinese waters in the first half of the 18th century. the pearl is thought to be around 300 years old, during which time it has changed hands between colonial merchants, noblejewellers and european royals. can we see it again best remark as i am looking at it, if you look to the right, it looks more like a dragon.

the eye at the top and then the front, or like a crocodile. i am seeing a brain. it is not hugely attractive, is it? iam seeing a brain. it is not hugely attractive, is it? i am sure someone will buy it. it looks like an old piece of chewing gum. worth how much? a lot. what have you got for us? you couldn't help but feel sorry for liverpool's mo salah when you saw him going off the field in the champions league final with a shoulder injury. he was in tears, knowing full well that it could mean him missing out on the world cup. but there's been some good news from the egyptian fa who say that salah will be fit to play some part in russia. they say that his rehabilitation will take no longer than three weeks, which means he would be fit for their second group game at least. john terry has left aston villa. the former england captain

announced his departure on instagram last night, saying that he is "still hurting" over their failure to get the club back into the premier league. the 37—year—old is yet to announce whether he is looking for a new club or if he's going to retire. the former england striker dion dublin says frank lampard will be under immediate pressure if, as expected, he's made manager of derby county. lampard is expected to be given his firstjob in management this week, and dublin, who spent most of his playing career in the midlands, says there are big clubs in the region that are starved of success, and derby are no different. i think there's a huge amount of pressure, you know, from above at derby, from the fans at derby to say, right, we have to achieve now. i don't really care who is in charge, if you want to appoint him, appoint him, but it's got to work this time. england will try to rescue the series against pakistan when the second test gets under way at headingley tomorrow, and they might have to do it without ben stokes. the all—rounder has a tight hamstring and will be assessed in leeds this morning. surrey bowler sam curran has been put on standby, but it would be a blow to lose stokes with england already one down

in the two test series. a second round fightback from britain's cameron norrie at the french open was temporarily stopped by bad light. as the sun began to set at roland garros, norrie fought his way back from two sets down against home favourite lucas pouille to take the third set before the umpire called off play for the evening. he's scheduled to re—start this morning. heather watson and kyle edmund are playing today. novak djokovic is safely through to the third round, but says he can play better. the former world number one is now seeded way down in twentieth and has been struggling with his form for a while now, but he says there are bigger things to worry about. to sit here and talk about how tough it is and you have people starving to death, there is no point in talking about bad. it is just a matter of work that i have put into,

look at times and circumstances that iam in. and finally back to the tennis and the men's number two seed, alexander zverev says he's fallen in love with the yorkshire accent. listen to his response to a journalist at his post—match press conference yesterday. where are you from, buddy? do you want to guess? yorkshire, in england. jesus, ok. nice. if they ever make the tournament there, i'm definitely coming just because of that accent. love it. i didn't understand a word you were saying, but that's not important. could roland garros be a turning point for you in having success in a grand slam? sure, why not? just because you said it so nicely and going to believe that now. that was jonathan pinfield from live sports fm who enchanted the german with his dulcet tones. he did slow down though.

he says he's now seeking a translator for the rest of his time in paris. iam mishu i am mishu mink that is his flat cap. he is very charming and he plays with real exuberance. he is relaxed and he is relaxed off court, which is lovely to see. isn't it nice to see people in press conferences being normal and having a laugh. yes. thank you, sally. in the last half an hour, the financial conduct authority has a crackdown on companies offering high interest credit. the watchdog is considering a cap on rent—to—own costs as well as changes to bank overdraft charges.

we're joined now by christopher woolard, director of strategy and competition at the financial consuct authority. good morning. can you spell out exactly what action you are taking to help the very people who are on high interest credit, including people watching this morning. what we are announcing this morning is a package of measures to help the 3 million people who use high cost credit in the uk. we want to give them more control about when they do borrow and the other is to give them a greater degree of protection. you have talked about this earlier, but there are four main elements. first round overdraft is where believe the charges are unfairly distributed, that we need to have some greater measures around those in terms of protection for the consumers. we will be putting out immediate changes we are suggesting but more

radical one, longer term. what are the immediate changes you are suggesting? the media changes around ove rd rafts, suggesting? the media changes around overd rafts, is how suggesting? the media changes around overdrafts, is how people understand they are going into their overdraft. get a text message or an alert to know they are stepping over the line. the second part of the package is around rent to own and that is where you can buy white goods like fridges and freezers on the high street, but often at many, many times the cost you would than if you had gone into a store and paid cash. sometimes we are seeing up to five times the cost for the customer so there are immediate things there but also... iwill there are immediate things there but also... i will stop you there, i wa nt to also... i will stop you there, i want to go back to overdrafts. somebody got in touch to say they paid £5,000 on an £800 overdraft. so

simply text in that person on the phone does not help. were high cost credit products which are intended to be products, are being used in that way. there are some immediate measures we think will save customers around £140 million with the proposal we want to introduce, but also some more radical options, including ending fixed costs and fees associated with overdrafts and a total cost cap. what does that mean if you have an overdraft?m you have an overdraft today, we are trying to give people more control and more knowledge of when they might be using an overdraft. when we are discussing and putting proposals forward for is how we make the costs of overdraft is more predictable for people but also they are not using it as people but also they are not using itasa people but also they are not using it as a means of long—term credit.

rent to own, kenneth smalling said he bought a laptop for £300, but ended up paying £1000. can you give mea ended up paying £1000. can you give me a specific cap that you will recommend? we cannot do it today because we have two decisions to make. we think the case is made in principle for a cap. setting the cap like we did on payday lending requires an amount of analysis. if we don't set the cap at the right level, people who otherwise might have got credit quite reasonably, would have been denied it. if we do that work and we think a cap is still appropriate, there will be one in place by 2019. you have had a long time to do that analysis and this might sound basic, but if you are paying three times more for a la ptop are paying three times more for a laptop that cost £300, that is too much? the case you have mentioned is pretty typical. we are seeing three,

four, five times a multiple when people are using this as a source of credit. what we are trying to do is to explore, if we opted for a cap, where would be the right level to putit? where would be the right level to put it? that is what we did in the process on payday lending and it is important we do this well. it doesn't stop people using those high interest lenders, so what do you do to deal with back? isn't part of the problem the banks are not lending to people in the first place? people see high cost credit is their only source of lending. alongside the measures we have announced, things that include catalogue credit and also doorstop lending, we're looking at how we encourage better be more alternatives that have low interest rates associated with them. two things like community finance initiatives and also credit unions. do they exist at the moment? they do, but often they are not

well—known and one of the other things we are looking at is how important people in this chain, social landlords and local authority can give you better information on where you can get those cheaper sources of credit. the other side to this, if you impose some of those caps and some of the businesses go out of business themselves, it will offer rent to loan deals, won't that then drive those people further into debt, or they may end up looking for even dodgy deals, if you like? that is one of the reasons why we have got to do such a carefuljob about whether we consider to impose a cap. when we discussed payday lending, people tend not to go to the illegal end of the market, they tend to cope in some way. but we need to set whatever limits, in a really considered manner. what you are working out is what the cap will be but you are saying a cap will

happen? what we are saying in the document is we think the case in principle is made. we are doing the work that could lead to a cap, but we are still open—minded. if other ideas that came out of the consultation will solve this problem then we are open—minded about those as well. can you give me a timeline on this, when do we expect this to come in? the consultation ends around august. if we move towards a cap on rent alone, we expected to be in place by april 20 19. cap on rent alone, we expected to be in place by april2019. thank cap on rent alone, we expected to be in place by april 20 19. thank you for joining in place by april 20 19. thank you forjoining us this morning from the financial conduct authority. weevil digests of that information and discuss some of the practical implications for the people who have been caught up in debt in the past. that is later on. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, we have a lot of cloud

around, mistand good morning, we have a lot of cloud around, mist and fog across parts of south—east england. most of it will lift or push back towards the north sea coastline. we have showers across northern ireland, parts of northern and western scotland. they will push away, most of them and it will push away, most of them and it will brighten up. the other thing we have coming our way and just showing its hand in sussex ‘s blunder storms. we're looking at heavy, thundery showers as we go through the course of the day. it will be muqqy the course of the day. it will be muggy wherever you are, apart from the north sea coastline. it will feel like it is cooler. the best and driest of the weather will be in the far north of the country. for scotla nd far north of the country. for scotland and northern ireland there will be more cloud around when you have been used to in recent days. this morning, you can see how be heavy, thundery showers move up from the south coast. they're going to moving across southern and south—eastern england, across east

anglia heading towards the midlands and other parts of southern england and other parts of southern england and heading towards wales as we go through the day. some will miss them all together, don't take the chart as gospel. but we will have a lot of water coming out of the sky in a short amount of time. it could lead to flash flooding or travel disruption and possibly power cuts. the northern england, brightening up and northern ireland you will lose the showers as he some sunshine and just a few showers left across the far north—west of scotland. this evening and overnight the showers in the south will push northwards and west, getting into parts of wales, north—west england, northern ireland and on to south scotland. the cloud comes back in from the north sea and we will see some patchy mist and fog. once again it is going to be an muqqy fog. once again it is going to be an muggy night in prospect. we started like that tomorrow, cloud around like in previous days, a lot of it

will push back towards the north sea coastline. tomorrow, the focus for the showers will be in western areas. some leftover from today and others will develop. again, some of them could be heavy and thundery. brighter skies develop, particularly in the east. on saturday we have a north, south split. in the north, more cloud and also showers. in the south, with high pressure building we will see brighter skies, even some sunshine. even though we have highs of 24 it will feel quite muggy. on sunday, we are looking at a dry day, across the board. if you catch a thunderstorm today, it could be torrential, so do bear that in mind. is that the code you wear when you go to your festivals? sometimes, is that the code you wear when you go to yourfestivals? sometimes, i also have a pink one, so yes.

sometimes she hasn't got a clue why iam asking, sometimes she hasn't got a clue why i am asking, she has no idea. shall iexplain? i i am asking, she has no idea. shall i explain? i was trying to link it with sean who was looking a bit bemused because he is talking about ticket clap daily—macro prices. there's been plenty of public anger about the inflated price of gig tickets on secondary sites recently. sean's got the latest on a crackdown by the advertising watchdog for one of the biggest players. yes it's so annoying isn't it when you try and buy tickets for a gig — miss out and see them on secondary selling websites seconds later. and there's been a lot of anger about the inflated price of gig tickets on those secondary sites. yes it was back in march that the advertising standards authority told the four big secondary sites — viagogo, ?stubhub, get me in and seatwave —

that they had to be clearer on pricing. they wanted to stop "drip pricing" where the cost goes up as you proceed through the transaction — and can add up to a lot more than the first price you see. the asa set a deadline of tuesday to be clear but only viagogo didn't comply. so asa said viagogo was in breach of advertising rules and they referred it to trading standards — which means it could be fined and prosecuted. viagogo still hasn't commented. even after the digital minister open warning people to avoid them. the watchdog also said it's talking to google and bing about taking down paid for ads that bump the secondary ticket sites to the top of searches. that could be good news for consumers? will it make things more fabricated? adam webb is campaign manager at fan fair alliance which has been campaigning for more regulation of the secondary ticket market.

when you heard viagogo were not complying, did it surprise you? not really. they are a strange company, it is not just really. they are a strange company, it is notjust this ruling, they are not compliant with consumer law in general so they are the focus of the competition and markets authority and force must investigation as well. they are a serial offender. why would one company out of the big four decide not to be as transparent, whereas the other three going along with the rules? this is interesting, because i think viagogo is being isolated, it is a serial offender. part of it is due to the make—up of the company, it is registered in switzerland. it is lacking in transparency in terms of who operate it, how it is structured, who is selling the tickets on the platform as well. any

of these measures that force it into greater transparency or compliance with the law is disruptive to its business model, so that is why it is so reluctant to make the changes. the music industry is very powerful, loads of money, why have they allowed it to get to this point where the likes of viagogo and those other websites, even exist to be able to get people to pay more than face value and then put on a load of commission on fees at the end? face value and then put on a load of commission on fees at the end7m has been such a dilemma for many people in the music business. one of the issues, people want to allow audiences to be able to resell give. i don't think there is a problem with that for genuine fans, if they cannot go, resell their ticket to other fans. but the cannot go, resell their ticket to otherfans. but the but cannot go, resell their ticket to other fans. but the but the way the market has evolved you have these big platforms and it is creating a market distortion because of the ticket touts. one of the positive

things is, we are seeing a different secondary market emerged so the services and innards of one out there that are allowing the face value trader happened. hopefully if we can change this market, they will be the kind of services we will see in the future. adam, thank you very much. secondary ticketing websites, something we have looked at a lot. we'll viagogo even comments because they are under pressure at the moment. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard.

detectives investigating the murder of a teenager in chadwell heath have arrested a 16—year—old boy. he's the fifth person to be arrested on suspicion of the murder of 18—year—old lyndon davis. the boy's been taken to an east london police station, where he remains in custody. lyndon davis was found suffering from a stab injury by police on the 14th march. he later died in hospital. in the uk, around 15 people die every day from bladder cancer. now, in a first of its kind study, the impact of exercise on bladder cancer treatment will be studied at guy's and st thomas' hospital. this major new research is being funded by a nearly £2 million donation from londoner dianne roberts. her husband, graham, died of the condition in 2016. a woman from berkshire has designed a course to empower women in a deprived part of reading. professor carol fuller grew up in whitely, where life expectancy for women is four years below the national average. her work for the university of reading is designed to address health issues and unemployment in the area. this is really striking that we have this one pocket, which has an experience that's completely different to the rest of the town. and, in fact, probably the rest of

the thames valley, if we're honest. let's have a look at the travel situation now. the district line and the overground are both part suspended this morning, but there's a good service on all other lines. on the trains, there are delays and cancellations on some thameslink services due to the timetable changes. you should also expect delays at most airports in the southeast due to the mist and fog causing low visibility. on the roads, there's westbound traffic building from the m1 at staples corner into neasden. the woolwich ferry is currently suspended due to the foggy conditions. lets have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello there. bit of a grey start to the day for many of us with mist, murk and fog. there will be some sunny spells at times, but also the risk of catching a heavy, thundery downpour. as such, the met office have issued a yellow weather warning for rain. those thunderstorms could bring torrential rain, some frequent lightning and therefore the potential for some disruption and flash flooding. so a grey start this morning, some mist and fog around first thing. that should burn back to the coast.

we will see some sunny spells developing. those thunderstorms starting to spread in from the south. not everyone seeing one of them, they will be fairly hit and miss but where you do catch one, they have the potential to cause some disruption. temperatures today at a maximum of 23 celsius. fairly light winds, it will be feeling humid. as we go through this evening and overnight, still one or two showers for a time. they will gradually work their way north and west, we'll see low cloud, mist and fog pushing back in again. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning to cover the thunderstorms as they move north and west. thatjust reaches into western parts of the region. that is in place for tomorrow as well. tomorrow, another grey start, some mist and fog. again, that should burn back to eastern coastal areas and we'll see some sunny spells developing. just the risk of seeing a heavy, thundery downpour but i think the chance tomorrow, less great than today and again it's looking warm. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and tina. bye for now.

hello. this is breakfast with tina daheley and charlie stayt. a crackdown on high—cost credit. in the last hour, the financial watchdog has proposed a cap on the cost of hire purchase deals and has warned the overdraft market needs fundamental reform. it could be an end to fixed fees if you go overd rawn it could be an end to fixed fees if you go overdrawn and extended warranties for rent to own products may be removed. those are some of the proposals on the table and i will have all the details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday 31st may. also this morning: raising the steaks. north korea's top official dines with the us secretary of state to try and get the countries' planned summit up and running. back from the dead. the russian journalist reportedly murdered in kiev is alive and well but the ukrainian government is facing mounting criticism for the deception. in sport:

he thought a shoulder injury had ended his dream of playing at the world cup, but mo salah will be fit to play some part for egypt in russia. and i hope he has a marmalade sandwich or two safely packed away. paddington heads to st paul's cathedral for his final adventure. we are looking forward to that. and now the weather with carol. good morning from the roof of the bbc in london. the sunshine is trying desperately to breakthrough but for many of us it is a cloudy start with some bog in the south—east which will tend to lift. we will also see some thunderstorms which could be heavy and violent and might lead to disruption. across southern part of england, east anglia, the midlands and wales. more details on all of that in 15 minutes. in the last hour crackdown has been

announced by the financial conduct authority. sean has the details. yes, they are cracking down on the reds to own sector. —— rent to own sector. those companies like bright house, where you buy a washing machine and you end up spending much more than if you had just bought it up more than if you had just bought it up front. they want to implement a cap and they think everything is in place for a cap to be put in place in april next year on the amount that can be repaid. we heard of something similar in the payday loa ns something similar in the payday loans market. that is on rent to own. and on overdrafts, they want to look at fixed fees, where you pay a certain amount every day if you go overdrawn, which can be very unfair. and also unauthorised overdraft charges. what they didn't give as much detail on what the catalogue credit market, the doorstep lending market. guidance that they would

like to improve standards amongst companies, but nothing anywhere near as extreme as a potential cap. we spoke earlier to christopher woolard from the financial conduct authority and here he is on the rent to own sector. we think the case is made in principle on a cap. actually setting that cap like we did on payday lending and now requires an enormous amount of analysis. we have got to get it right. if we don't set it at the right level then people who could have got credit will be denied it and people will suffer. if we think the cap is still appropriate after all that work, we think one will be in place by april, 2019. we have had a lot of texts and emails from people this morning caught up in these situations. people who don't have much money and find themselves in these situations. how much comfort can they get from the turn of what has happened today, given that it is part of a process? the language is cautious. we are considering, we are looking at, we

are investigating. tangibly, what will change? they said something similar about the payday loans market. they made the proposal that there should be a cap and did not give a fig and then after some time the figure came in and it ended it up the figure came in and it ended it up being a cap of 0.8% interest every day on payday loans and you could only pay back double what you had borrowed in the first place. so further down the line, unless there is some drastic idea that somebody approaches them with that is different, maybe the industry themselves will be lobbying against that, there will be a cap in place by april 2019. but if you are in the middle of paying back your washing machine or yourfridge at middle of paying back your washing machine or your fridge at the minute and that is huge amounts, there will be no change today or tomorrow u nless be no change today or tomorrow unless the businesses themselves decide to change the way they are acting because they know something might happen. that seems unlikely until they are told to. there has been a lot of criticism of this industry and overdraft that banks over the years and it has only been

when the regulator has got to the point of making a big decision, as with overdrafts, that certainly banks are changing their policies, for example. we will leave it there. thank you. people have been pouring through the details, including hollywood star michael sheen who has been campaigning on these issues for some time. we will catch up with him later to find out what he makes of this and the practical schemes he has been involved with in the past. thank you for all of your messages. somebody has just that i have never beenin somebody has just that i have never been in debt but i still can't get credit because of the credit reference agency, who say i am still a risk, and that is one of the big issues here. people are sometimes using high interest lenders because they can't get credit through their banks, for example. keep your m essa g es banks, for example. keep your messages coming in. some hours after the news broke that the russian dissident arkady babchenko had been

assassinated outside his home in kiev, the journalist surprised the world's media by arriving at a news conference about his own death. ukraine's security chief confirmed the move was part of a sting to expose a russian plot to kill babchenko. jonah fisher will be joining jonah fisher will bejoining us live to discuss that in a minute. mark pompeo has said there has been a good visit in north korea. they are trying to carve the way for president trump's visit in a few months. the conversation is going to be focused on denuclearisation of the peninsula. that's what these ongoing conversations taking place now will be centred on, as well as the summit that will take place in singapore. and we're going to continue —

as long as that is part of the discussion, we are going to continue to shoot forjune 12. optimistic words, and friendly images from the dinner with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, at a private residence in manhattan. but officials here say for the summit to be successful, the north koreans have to make clear what steps to denuclearisation they are willing to take. last week, president trump decided to pull out of the historic event in response to what he called anger and hostility from pyongyang. but a conciliatory response from north korea changed the mood music. and it's clear now both leaders want the summit to take place. so, many believe these two men will find a way to make it happen. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, new york. nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of £960 million, nearly twice what was expected.

the regulator, nhs improvement, blamed increased patient demand and rising staff costs. ministers have promised a new long—term financial plan for the nhs, which is expected within weeks. however, the independent health charity — the nuffield trust — argues the underlying position could be even worse. there is a lot of windowdressing in today's figures, which is bad enough on the face of them, but there is one emergency fundable that will not be available in future years and one—off savings and one of the sales of land and property that the nhs has managed to find last year but obviously we can't sell a spare hospital building every year. they don't fit in, don't want the hassle, and struggle with complex issues. they're just some of the excuses given for not appointing women to the boards of the uk's top 100 companies, according to a report on gender balance. the government—backed review called it shocking, while a minister branded the reasons pitiful. it is recommended that at least a third of the 350 ftse company board members are women by 2020. the muslim council of britain has repeated its demand for the conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into alleged

islamophobia within the party. in an open letter, it says there are now more than weekly incidents involving tory candidates and representatives. eleanor garnier has more on this. give us the gist of what they are saying. in this letter they have written to the conservative party chairand written to the conservative party chair and they have listed incidents of tory councillors, tory party members, allegedly expressing islamophobic views. one example they give is someone saying that all muslims are parasites who live off the state. in his letter, the secretary—general of muslim council of britain says there is serious concern that islamophobia is poisoning some elements of the conservative party. he goes on to claim that last month there were more than weekly incidents. he says there is a serious problem and he wa nts there is a serious problem and he wants there to be an investigation. he wants there to be a new programme

of education and training. he says, yes, he acknowledges the cases that he raises in this letter. they have all been dealt with. but he thinks they are just the tip of the iceberg. in response, the conservative party said it treats all incidents of islamophobia very seriously and that is why the party has suspended all those who behaved inappropriately and launched an immediate you. -- immediate investigations. thank you. the president who made his name through reality tv has met with the queen of the format. donald trump posted a picture with kim kardashian inside the oval office. it's understood she used the meeting to raise the case of a 63—year—old great—grandmother who has spent more than two decades in prison for a first—time, non—violent drugs offence. there you go. that brings you up to date. it is 8:11am. the british businessman,

bill browder, who describes himself as putin's number one enemy, has said he believes that russia wants to see him dead. the claim comes after mr browder, who used to run an investment fund in russia which he says uncovered corruption in various state—backed companies, was briefly arrested in spain yesterday on a russian warrant. with the warrant being deemed invalid, he was allowed to return to the uk. he joins us now from our london newsroom. thank you very much with your time this morning. it is worth taking people through what happened to you step—by—step. could you do that?” was in madrid yesterday. i was there as part of myjustice campaign for my murdered lawyer who was murdered in russia eight and a half years ago by the putin regime. i was meeting with the prosecutor about money—laundering in spain. at 9:40am yesterday morning there was a knock on my door at my hotel room in central madrid and two police officers from the spanish national police presented themselves. they

asked for my identification and i gaveit asked for my identification and i gave it to them. they said i was under arrest and i said what for? they said interpol russia. they escorted me down to the police car and they put me in the back of the base car and they turned on their blue lights and sirens and we went whisking through the streets of madrid. we got to the police station andi madrid. we got to the police station and i sat there for about an hour while they were making inquiries from interpol. then surprisingly, interpol came back and told them that whatever noticed they were operating on, they should not operate on it any further and they released me. ishould point operate on it any further and they released me. i should point out this is the sixth time that russia has tried to use and abuse the interpol system to have me arrested in different situations around the world. as i understand it, the russians are putting forward some kind of applications, a case, that somehow get accepted, even though when they are investigated, they shouldn't be. is that what is

happening? basically it has been universally determined that russia's pursuit of me is illegitimate and politically motivated, and that has been determined by the british government and interpol‘s highest bodies, and various other governments, the united states, etc. and russia, as a member of interpol, they continue to put these notices system. once they are in the system, then stuff like this happens. i get arrested. last october they did the same thing and i lost my ability to travel to the united states. all of these things get cleared up but what it says is that interpol, which is supposed to be a crime—fighting organisation, has now become the long arm of putin to pursue his enemies abroad. when you are describing your story a moment ago, you said you had a knock on the door. given what you describe about your own lawyer, and of course people will be familiar with the

skrpals in salisbury. a knock on the doorfor you is skrpals in salisbury. a knock on the door for you is presumably skrpals in salisbury. a knock on the doorfor you is presumably a cause for real concern. what are your concerns for your own safety right now? i have been threatened with death and kidnapping and with arrest, extradition. with lawsuits, with propaganda movies all coming from vladimir putin and the russian government. he would like to see me destroyed or dead. the reason that putin is so angry with me is i am the principal driving force behind something which imposes visa sanctions and asset freezes on people in the putin regime who do terrible things like the murder of my lawyer so terrible things like the murder of 93v- terrible things like the murder of my lawyer so gay. in the uk, wejust gotan my lawyer so gay. in the uk, wejust got an amendment that went through the sanctions bill as part of parliament and putin hates this because he realises as a very rich man that is money could be potentially frozen offshore. that is the reason that he hates me and why they pursue me in these different ways. you will be aware of what has

happened in connection with babchenko and the authorities saying they foiled what they say was a plot. moscow is saying this is proof of fa ke plot. moscow is saying this is proof of fake news and there was never plot and this didn't exist and it has been fabricated. this is a complicated picture. when you are describing your concerns for your own safety, it would be reasonable to say, what is the evidence apart from what you consider to be your belief? it is a conjugated situation that not only you find yourself in but other people find themselves in. —— complicated situation. i don't think it is complicated. the british government determined definitively that the skrpals were poisoned using high grade nerve agents from russia. i think it has been proven definitively that alexander litvinenko was murdered with

radioactive poisoning grosvenor square. there is no mystery about how the russian government behaves. to give them any benefit of the doubt isjust to give them any benefit of the doubt is just feeding into their own bad narrative. i wasn't really intending to give them the benefit of the doubt. when you hear that particular story, and it was pointed out by our correspondent in kiev, who himself had visited babchenko's death, upon reporting on his death, it turned out that the ukrainian authorities created that scenario, it does get confusing. i am not suggesting, i am it does get confusing. i am not suggesting, iam not it does get confusing. i am not suggesting, i am not forgetting all the evidence you said and what the british government has said about what they have determined. but the picture is not straightforward in respect of that situation. it is a highly unorthodox and unusual situation but what would we rather have? a dead oppositionjournalist or having caught the people that would have killed him? it is stark black and white. i have spent so many years dealing with murders and trying to investigate who did the

murder. we now have a situation where we pre—empted the murder and the hit men were caught. to say that is somehow wrong... babchenko is still alive, thank god. that is what i think about that. i completely understand that. from your personal perspective now, how does everything thatis perspective now, how does everything that is happening, the death threats that is happening, the death threats that you talk about, your concern for your safety, how do you intend to carry on your life? how does that affect what you are going to do?” have been a high value target for the last eight years ever since my lawyer was murdered and i have been fighting forjustice. my levels of alerts are the highest level and they have been at the highest level and nothing has changed from and after. i can't talk about the protocols that i have put in place but what i can say is that the russians do kill their enemies and they killed them in russia and abroad. people like me have got to be very careful. thank you very much

for your time this morning. interesting to talk to you. now it is time to get the weather with carol. how is it looking? it has been very unpredictable lately. it has. good morning, everybody. we will have a similar scenario with thunderstorms today. to start with it is cloudy with some mist and fog around which will lift and the cloud will push back to the north sea coastline and for many of us it will brighten up. some showers across scotla nd brighten up. some showers across scotland and northern ireland. in northern ireland it will brighten up for you and you will see sunny spells with showers becoming less frequent in scotland. but thundery showers in the forecast coming in from the south. they are already coming in across parts of southern england on the coastline and across the english channel. some heavy showers, sometimes thundery. as we go through the day, you can see the progress that weather front moving north and west, taking them with it. we have got them coming in from the

southern counties, pushing through east anglia and into the midlands and other parts of southern england and other parts of southern england and also wales. they are hit and miss. as tina alluded to. but if you catch one it could lead to flash flooding and power cuts and disruption. the kind of values we are looking at roughly 30 to 40 millimetres in an hour. and in up to three hours we could have doubled that. you can see what i mean. moving north into england, northern ireland and scotland, a brighter day for you with many fewer showers but more clout than we have been used to. wherever we are, it will feel humid but cooler along the coastlines. showers drift north and west, still the potential for them to be heavy and the risk of thunder as well. at the same time we will see more cloud rolling in from the north sea and further mist and fog patch is falling. it will be a humid night again. that is how it will be

tomorrow. risk of showers tomorrow being heavy and thundery but we will not all see them. in the east, we are looking at cloud going back towards the east coast and brightest quys towards the east coast and brightest guys coming through and bright in parts of the south—east we have been used to. —— brighter skies. temperature is still in the low 20s and feeling humid. on saturday the northern half of the country will see more cloud and showers. the southern half, high pressure starts to build in, and it starts to settle down. london seeing 24 and 16 in northern scotland but still feeling humid. sunday looks very much like the driest day of the weekend. just to reiterate, the risk of some heavy, thundery downpours coming up across southern and central parts of the uk today, including wales and east anglia, which could lead to some disruption. thank you. 8:21am.

a bank holiday family day out turned into a 100 mile emergency trip to hospital for four year old cecily when she suffered serious burns to her feet. she'd been playing barefoot when she jumped onto discarded barbecue embers thinking it was sand. unfortunately she's not the only one. the children's burns trust has told bbc breakfast this sort of injury has gone up by 12% in a year. we're joined now by cecily and her mum bbc presenter susannah streeter from their home now. good morning to you both and thank you for speaking to us. it is good to see that she is ok. can you take us through exactly what happened? we we re us through exactly what happened? we were visiting friends over the weekend and we had just arrived in the lake district and we went paddling. we came out of the water and put on her shoes, and then we went and had a picnic. we had lunch.

and then she took off her shoes and ran upa and then she took off her shoes and ran up a grassy slope. she was waving to us at the top and having a great time with her brother and some other children were running around. and then she ran down the other side of the slope and i couldn't see her. shejust of the slope and i couldn't see her. she just screamed. i of the slope and i couldn't see her. shejust screamed. i ran over and she was lying on the floor. what had happened, she had run through what looked like sand, maybe dirt. in fa ct looked like sand, maybe dirt. in fact it was discarded barbecue embers, which were still really hot. ididn't embers, which were still really hot. i didn't really know at the time just how serious the burn was. i quickly picked her up and we found a bucket and put water in it and we put her foot straight into water and drove to the nearest hospital after calling 111. they said go to baron furness hospital and we went. it was quite a bad burn and we were transferred by ambulance to alder

hey hospital in liverpool, the specialist burns unit, and they were amazing. all of the ambulance crews and the staff at the hospitals were amazing. she has hurt herfoot a little bit. but you can see that she is in good spirits. la la la! it must have been terrifying for you asa it must have been terrifying for you as a mother. you were not in the middle of nowhere, but you had to make a 100 milejourney middle of nowhere, but you had to make a 100 mile journey to get the help that you needed. what were you told when you got there? it was really terrifying. we were told when we got there that first of all, in barry... don't touch that because we need to talk through this! in barrow in furness they said it was quite a bad burn. and the blisters had come up bad burn. and the blisters had come up on her foot bad burn. and the blisters had come up on herfoot at bad burn. and the blisters had come up on her foot at that point. and when we got to alder hey, they

looked at it again and they said, luckily, it is relatively superficial on the sole of her foot, even though it had blistered, but between her toes, that is where it was a bit deeper and it has been very painful. i think cecily wants to follow in your footsteps in your tv career! well, she is full of beans, as you can see! looking back on it now, how do you feel, especially knowing this is a problem thatis especially knowing this is a problem that is happening to other people? actually, yes, i discovered at the hospital that another child had done exactly the same thing over the weekend. you want everybody to have a lovely time and go out and barbecue and i wouldn't want anybody to stop doing that but it is just remembering that the embers are hot. aren't they, cecily? and people must make sure that they are completely extinguished. put water on them. don't take them out somewhere that

is not safe at all. you don't know how long they will be burning for. i think the people who did it would be horrified to know what happened as a result. they probably thought they would probably cool down soon but it was a really hot day over the weekend. they just was a really hot day over the weekend. theyjust didn't cool down. we don't exactly know when the embers were discarded but they were certainly very hot when she ran down that slope. the fact that they look like sand, it looks like dirt, she is aware of what fire is, what ash looks like, and would probably have avoided it, but itjust didn't look dangerous. i do feel guilty that she wasn't wearing shoes at that point, but part of the joys of childhood which i remember is running barefoot through the grass. and i don't want that to be taken away completely. i just hope that people can just think a little bit more. thank you so much for speaking to us. and cecily. it

is good to see that she is ok. if they didn't want it any more then they didn't want it any more then they should just leave it. is that cecily‘s advice? they should just leave it. is that cecily's advice? yes, leave it in the barbecue if you don't want it any more. great advice. thank you. wise words from a four —year—old. i thought that cecily was going to give as a song and i wanted to know what it was but he didn't quite get there! time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. downpours will be affecting parts of the country later on and this is what they could bring, if localised flooding and some disruption is

possible as well, with thunder and lightning in places. after all of the mist and fog in the morning, if troublesome in its own way, now we have got the downpours reaching the south coast. let's zoom in and see what is happening around 11 o'clock in the morning. into parts of western england and wales also some scattered around across parts of the midlands and schuyler further east as well. across the rest of the country it is a different story. in scotla nd country it is a different story. in scotland and the north—east of england and northern ireland it is going to be fine with some cloud lingering into the afternoon but essentially another fine day. this is what it looks like middle of the afternoon, you can see the storms scattered around across parts of the midlands and into wales and some southern areas as well. going through this evening they will tend to drift in a north—westerly direction, perhaps affecting northern parts of wales and some possibly crossing the irish seat

with some rain possibly nudging into northern ireland by friday morning. another murky and muggy night to come. the following day showers are expected but this time in other parts of the country. you can see them in wales and northern ireland this time. here is a look at saturday, if still some showers around across scotland and northern ireland, some of them heavy. but the weather is starting to improve across southern areas with a bit more sunshine. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and samantha simmonds. steeling themselves for a fight. the eu's top—trade official warns europe is unlikely to be spared the latest round of us tariffs. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 31st may. the tariffs would add billions

of dollars to the cost of steel and aluminium sold by europe to the us. the eu has already lined up retaliatory measures. also in the programme... prosecutors raid the headquarters of korean air — investigating allegations of embezzlement against the airline's chairman and his family.