hello, it's tuesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. one of britain's most prolific cyber criminals — an unemployed student from essex — made hundreds of thousands of pounds you're watching bbc news at nine with me blackmailing porn users annita mcveigh — the headlines: from his bedroom in barking. this morning he'll find out how long theresa may will travel to berlin and then to paris to urge the german he'll spend in prison. and french leaders to agree to a delay in brexit. theresa may is in berlin and paris this morning meeting europe's most powerful leaders — talks continue between government trying to get their backing for another delay to brexit. and labour ministers in an attempt back home, talks are still going on with labour. we've put three politicians to find a brexit deal acceptable to a majority of mps. with very different views on brexit in an escape room and what we are trying to do is ensure they can only get out if they work together that we arrive at a deal which, first of all, protects jobs and the economy, we don't think theresa what's under the flag? may's deal does that. and we are discussing the issue that apparently it seems she's raised in cabinet as well, behind all the rhetoric and the about going back to the people as well. bluff are actually people trying to do the best, couples in england and wales will be in whatever way they see it. allowed to split more quickly without blaming each other under major changes to divorce laws. israelis are going to the polls — with benjamin netanyahu seeking

a fifth term as prime minister. european scientists set out their plan to recover the oldest ice on earth by drilling deep inside the east antarctic ice sheet. and, eden hazard scores twice as chelsea beat west ham 2—0 at stamford bridge to move up to third in the premier league. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. theresa may is making a whistlestop tour to meet key european leaders ahead of tomorrow's emergency summit, when all 27 remaining eu leaders must agree to an extension if the uk is to avoid a no—deal brexit on friday. this morning, she will travel to berlin to meet

chancellor merkel before heading to paris to meet president macron, in order to get their support meanwhile, here, talks are expected to continue between the government and labour, in an attempt to find a brexit deal acceptable to mps. and, last night, a backbench bill ordering the prime minister to seek an extension to article 50 passed into law — it means a minister must come to the commons this afternoon with a motion pledging to request a brexit delay. with me is berlin correspondentjenny hill. the ball clearly in the eu's court now, regarding an extension. angela merkel seems pretty relaxed about that idea? . yes i think of all the eu leaders, she is among those who are open frankly to any kind of

extension. that is for all sorts of reason, chief among them are that germany is very keen to ensure that there is a good future relationship with britain, it needs a good relationship from a trading and economic perspective. secondly, i think angela merkel and many of her mps look at the brexit impasse through the perspective of a domestic political crisis, the thinking is what britain needs is time to sort that out. what i also sense here from talks behind the scenes in berlin is there a faintest spark of optimism that perhaps mrs may's talks with jeremy spark of optimism that perhaps mrs may's talks withjeremy corbyn, though they have yielded nothing so far, might start to push forward a softer form of brexit, far, might start to push forward a softerform of brexit, something that could come back too the eu and go through the house of commons, allowing that deal in effect to be passed. so there is a sense that there is a little movement and with time it might yield real results. so

thatis time it might yield real results. so that is the perspective here, but there is a great deal of concern about what that might mean for the eu elections. one of angela merkel‘s mps told a german newspaper that an extension to 30th june mps told a german newspaper that an extension to 30thjune is unacceptable extension to 30thjune is u na cce pta ble u nless extension to 30thjune is unacceptable unless theresa may can demonstrate steps as to how to use the time. so they're not ruling the extension out, but they are saying, you know, we need to see a plan on the table, if, because of course that you would mean britain might have to take part in the elections, if we are going to take the risk you will see euro—sceptic mps in the parliament. i chatted with somebody in the parliament who, said, we don't want those idiots in our new eu parliament. there is a great concern about the influence of british euro—sceptic meps in brussels within the next few months.

but back to tashgsd i today, i think from angela merkel you will see a warm reception from theresa may, although i'm told she cannot believe theresa may couldn't do the deals in westminster. but having said that, you will see the warm reception from her. because she wants to sea a compromise on the table, in classic angela merkel style. but what you should expect from germany and france and we know there are differences in how they perceive any extension for theresa may, is a message of unity, because whilst there is that difference, whilst i'm told angela merkel has been on the phone to emmanuel macron, trying to convince him of the need to give britain more time and space, both eu ledders leaders know their strength now lies in appearing unified. thank you. over to westminster and ben wright. so ben, theresa may has a

lot of convincing to do. she needs to reassure eu leaders that she has got a to reassure eu leaders that she has gota plan, to reassure eu leaders that she has got a plan, is there any sense that the talks that are going on between the talks that are going on between the government and labour might give her something to tell these leaders? the fact that the talks are continuing give us something to talk about and she will prom that promise they have the potential to deliver cross party consensus about a vision for the future to form the basis for a house of commons majority for the withdrawal agreement. butjenny talked about unity within the eu, there is little of that in westminster and theresa may has not been waved off with a happy heart from many in her party who, are angry she is seeking a second delay to brexit. there are some even within the cabinet who think it may have been petter better to leave on

friday without a deal. many anxious that the request for a short extension could turn into a long ex—terms and this was interesting from andrea leadsom, she said she wa nted from andrea leadsom, she said she wanted from the prime minister not a short extension, but to re—open the entire agreement. the prime minister is off to see angela merkel today and what i think would be fantastic is if angela merkel will try to support a proper uk brexit, by agreeing to re—open the withdrawal agreement and there have been rumours that some senior members of german government would be willing to do that. that would obviously, well, you know, the prime minister is seeking a delay, that is what the house has pushed upon her and she will seek a delay to up—30th. as the ——june will seek a delay to up—30th. as the —— june 30th. if we could get the prime minister's deal over the line because the eu have decided to support measures on the backstop,

then that would be the best possible outcome. but we will have to see what p whats. s —— what happens. what is striking is the prime minister was explicit last week that she accepted the withdrawal agreement was closed and there would be no renegotiation of the backstop. that has been tried and has not work so, the prime minister has now turned to labour, because she can't get changes on the backstop to win over brexiteers. but andrea leadsom clearly is not thrilled that we are heading to a further extension, the prospect of european parliamentary elections and still saying even at this stage she wants the prime minister to do something other than the theresa may's own stated objective. it was all quite extraordinary. but the talks with labour will continue today. they're at ministerial and shadow cabinet level and one of the people going from the labour side is the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. what we

are trying to do is make sure that we arrive at a deal which is first of after protecting jobs and the economy, we don't think theresa may's deal does that and we are discussing the issue that it seems she has raised in cabinet about going back to the people as well. she has raised in cabinet about going back to the people as wellm she going to move her red lines. hasn't been so far, but we are trying to be constructive in the talks. i'm joining them today. the chancellor as well. so we have broadened the talks out to try and move them on as well. those talks will start at one o'clock and i think no ten will be relieved theresa may can go to the meetings today with the discussions active, evenif today with the discussions active, even if there does seem to be an impasse in them. thank you. any more developments on brexit we will bring to you.

new divorce laws proposed for england and wales will allow couples to split up faster and without blaming each other. under the current rules if people want to dissolve their marriage quickly, they have to give a reason. critics say the new system risks making divorces more acrimonious, and tougher for children. clive coleman has the story. currently, when a marriage is irretrievably broken down, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other on the grounds of adultery, desertion, or behaviour which is intolerable to live with, or prove they've been separated for a minimum of two years. for decades, campaigners have been pressing the government to change the law because they argue that when you're getting divorced, you're being torn apart emotionally and financially, trying to sort out living arrangements for your children. and so to throw fault and blame into the mix at that point is to make a bad situation a whole lot worse. now the government has decided to act. following a consultation, new legislation is to be introduced

that will replace the need to provide evidence around fault or separation, with a requirement to provide a statement of irretrievable breakdown, create an option for a joint application for divorce while continuing to allow one party to apply, and remove the ability of one spouse to contest a divorce. there will be a minimum six—month period from petition to final divorce to allow couples time for reflection and turning back. that blame element can really cause incredible animosity between separating parents and i think that's what can cause difficulty for the children. but it also can cause difficulty for couple themselves. so whatever we can do to reduce that is i think important. the government says the new legislation will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows. our legal correspondent clive

coleman joins me now. first it is hard not to overestimate the biggest change in 50 years, how big a deal this is in terms of divorce law? this is huge, for 50 yea rs, divorce law? this is huge, for 50 years, people who wanted a divorce have been funneled down this blame channel and it comes at a time, as i mentioned in the piece there, that really there is almost nothing more stressful tha n really there is almost nothing more stressful than getting divorced, people are trying to sort out their living arrangements, their finances, where their children are going to live and at that point, in order to get their divorce, either they have to prove that they have lived apart for two years or lived apart from five years if they don't agree. on grounds that are all fault—based. such as unreasonable behaviour,

having to prove that the other has had to behaved so unreasonably that it is intolerable to live with them. so ata it is intolerable to live with them. so at a critical moment, it forces a couple to assign blame, when they're already at loggerheads, it is that that has led to pressure, there have been campaigns, resolution, the lawyers, family lawyers organisation have been campaigning on it for 30 yea rs. have been campaigning on it for 30 years. seniorjudges such as baroness hayle have been in favour of the reforming the law. and we saw the case lastier of the woman who wa nted the case lastier of the woman who wanted a divorce and her husband wouldn't consent. they had been married for a0 years. wouldn't consent. they had been married for 40 years. yes and she was told she had to stay in the marriage until 2020. was told she had to stay in the marriage unti12020. some would argue that as the system stands, it makes things where children are involved more difficult for the relationship between the parents,

the ongoing relationship between the pa rents the ongoing relationship between the parents and for those children. yet in the introduction we referred to the fact that some critics may think it may make things more acrimonious to make it simpler. one of the things that came out of, the change follows a public consultation, which said that the fault—based system does not promote reconciliation and has a damaging effect on children, who after the divorce have to continue living with one or another of the parents. but you're right, there are some people who believe that the current system protects the institution of marriage and if you make it too easy, it will undermine marriage and mean more people will seek divorces. do the changes also apply to civil partnerships s? yes almost identical changes there, the

way civil partnerships are dissolved is very similar to marriage. thank you. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has appealed for an immediate stop to fighting in libya. thousands of civilians have fled their homes since fighting broke out between forces of the internationally recognised government and troops loyal to a general from the east of the country. yesterday, an air strike closed the only functioning airport in the capital, tripoli. a man in his 20s has died after suffering knife and gunshot wounds in newham, east london. paramedics were called just after 9 o'clock last night, but the man died at the scene. it comes after three teenagers were taken to hospital earlier in the day after being stabbed within minutes of each other in north—east london. israeli voters go to the polls today to choose a new government. the incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu is seeking a fourth consecutive term — if he wins he is set to become israel's longest serving leader.

his right wing party faces strong competition from a centrist alliance led by a former military chief, benny gantz and polls suggest the two parties are closely tied. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. well, this has been described as his toughest election yet, but i've covered every election in which binyamin netanyahu has won, ever since the 1990s and they're always described as difficult to call, unpredictable, but even by that standards, this one is pretty tough, because he has a formidable challenger, a former army chief, benny gantz, who has no political experience, but israelis like their soldiers and he was the man who fought wars for israel and now he is fighting these election battles. the thing about israeli politics, one israeli party has never governed on its own in the i20—seat knesset, it's always been a matter of a coalition, so the big question now is, who will win? will it be benny gantz or will it be binyamin netanyahu, with the largest number

of seats with the likud or the blue and white alliance and then who stands the better chance of cobbling together all those small parties which are running in order to form a governing coalition. so it is very much a two—pa rt process. thirteen prison officers had to be taken to hospital after being assaulted by teenagers at a young offenders institution in feltham, in west london. the officers were among about 20 staff attacked during an outbreak of violence at the weekend. prison officers have partly blamed increasing tensions at feltham on recent changes in the treatment of inmates who misbehave. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may will travel to berlin and then to paris to urge the german and french leaders to agree to a delay in brexit. talks continue between government and labour ministers in an attempt to find a brexit deal acceptable to a majority of mps.

couples in england and wales will be allowed to split more quickly without blaming each other under major changes to divorce laws. and in sport: eden hazard scores twice, as chelsea beat west ham 2—0 to get back into the top four in the race for champions league football next season. raheem sterling says walking off the pitch will let racists win. the manchester city player thinks it isn't down to just the players to defeat racism. former england rugby union player christian wade is a step closer to playing american football in the nfl, afterjoining the buffalo bills. more sport in half an hour. the troubled department store chain, debenhams, has requested that its shares are suspended with immediate effect. the firm has rejected an increased rescue offer from the owner of sports direct,

mike ashley. joining us now to discuss this in more detail is the bbc business presenter, dominic o'connell. we just learned that the shares have been suspended, ahead of trading starting. what is going on. mike ashley has been trying to take over debenhams for a while and pursue an alternative plan, made an offer to underwrite a £200 million cash injection at about two o'clock this morning. that was an increased offer. it was 150, before he increased it to 200 million. the company rejected ashley's offer and said it was still in talks about a restructuring that probably means it goes into administration today. and it has suspended its shares. it boils down to that debenhams will live on, but it will go into administration. it has said about 22 of its 166 stores will close. we

don't know if the number will increase, i suspect that is unlikely in the short—term. but debenhams does live on, but the shareholders, including mike ashley who, owns nearly 30%, will get wiped out. remind us why debenhams are against the idea of mike ashley taking over. they're 170 million in debt the idea of mike ashley taking over. they're170 million in debt and its shareholding is worth almost nothing to the lenders are in control, it is a situation where your mortgage is bigger than the value of your house. the lenders say they haven't had a concrete offer from mike ashley. and also theyjudge that the offers he has made doesn't leave them in as good a position as good as their plan to take over. in term of going into administration today it could be placed in administration?m

into administration today it could be placed in administration? it is a prepack administration, that means the administration and the outcome of the administration is preplanned, they go before the judge and say this what is the lenders want and the lenders take control and you know what you're going to do. you leave behind some of debt ands debt and you have a new debenhams. switching stories, the the former nissan chairman, carlos ghosn, what has he been saying? he has made a recorded statement, he knows he was going to be arrested again, and the main thing mrghosn going to be arrested again, and the main thing mr ghosn said was to protest his innocence. i'm innocent of all the charges that have been brought against me and i'm also innocent of all the accusations that

came around these charges, that are all biased, taken out of context, twisted in a way to paint a person of greed and a person of dictatorship. now of course, that was his version of events, there was no questions at the press conference, because he is injail. the bbc couldn't put any questions to him. but it was an interesting line of attack, he didn't go into the details of charges, but he that you he talk odd of a conspiracy to frustrate merger plans and how nissan was not being well run and the performance of the company has suffered since his departure. an interesting line of argument about the reasons for his arrest and how the reasons for his arrest and how the company was performing without him. it is quite a saga. thank you.

courts are to be issued with the first detailed guidelines on sentencing criminals with mental health conditions and disorders. under the proposals, judges and magistrates would try to determine how responsible individuals are for their crimes by asking questions. these would include whether their judgement was affected by their condition, and if it might have been made worse by drinking or taking drugs. these new guidelines give judges a framework for sentence, starting with acknowledging straightaway the defendant has a mental health problem, and then deciding whether or not that reduces the seriousness of the offence before going on to consider harm, the impact on the victim, and then what the right a sentence is. and we hope that by passing sentence in a more structured way, the defendant, the public and the victim will have more confidence in the openness and transparency of the sentencing process. a team of european scientists has announced its intention to recover the oldest ice on earth. the group will drill deep down

inside the east antarctic ice sheet. if the project is successful, researchers believe it'll give them a record of the climate going back around one—point—five million years, which could help with future predictions about climate change. here's our science correspondentjonathan amos. it's a never—ending expanse of white. this is one of the most remote places on earth, high in the interior of the east antarctic ice sheet. temperatures here are regularly down around minus 50 celsius. but it's in this freezer that answers are likely to be found to explain how our planet's climate will change over the the coming century. a consortium of european scientists have picked the location, called little dome c to drill for the oldest continuous ice core on earth. the beyond epica project has spent the past three years camping out on the barren landscape and surveying what lies beneath. they're now convinced that there's a column of compacted snow underfoot that records the contents of the

atmosphere over the past 1.5 million years. what they're after are ice samples like these, which contain tiny trapped bubbles of ancient air, including the important greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. if the scientists can measure the bubbles' content accurately, they'll be able to chart the climate's ups and downs, its ice ages, far into the past and that will give them far more confidence as they project how the climate's set to change long into the future. jonathan amos, bbc news. dr catherine ritz from the institute of environmental geosciences in grenoble. thank you for your time today. why is this drilling so important?m thank you for your time today. why is this drilling so important? it is very important, because we know that something happened one million year ago when the earth changed from

40,000 years to 100,000... years. i mean, the change between glacial and interglacial change and we want to understand what is the role of greenhouse gases in this change. when our correspondent referred to examining bubbles of air trapped in the ice, that is why these air bubbles are important, they give you a picture of what was going on at that time? they give us exactly the atmosphere at that time. it is not a proxy or something that has a connection with, but it is rally the atmosphere that at that time that was trapped when snow dense became ice. what value will this have, as many scientists try to figure out what might happen with the earth's

atmosphere in the future? to make a projection of what will happen, we use models and these models have to be checked to see if all the processes a re be checked to see if all the processes are in and looking at the ability of the models to reproduce what happened in very different earth climate is a big test, because we, the expected changes in the future are going to be great and only observing the present climate is not enough to be sure that the models we have will simulate what will happen. how big a deal is this, you're drilling into this ice sheet to try to recover the oldest ice on earth. has anything like this be attempted before? the oldest record,

ice record we have, is 800,000 years and it comes from the surrounding of the french/italian station and the new spot we have found is 35 kilometres from there, but the ice thickness is a little bit smaller and that means that that should prevent melting at the interface between ice and bad and the melt in the previous drilling prevented to reach old ages, because it removes layers each year. thank you very much. in a moment the weather, but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. this guy is the uk's

most prolific cybercriminal and he is due to be sentenced in court today. from his bedroom, he made hundreds of thousands of pound black mailing pawn users with cyber—attacks. he started it age 17 and then linked up with an international crime gang. more on that and a master piece, the absolutely perfect ending, just some of the praise for last night's flea bag finishing. we will speak to the actor and the director. join us at ten. thank you. now the weather. well we have got some showers this morning across wales, the midlands and also into the south eastern corner and the channel islands and cornwall. through the day they could

turn thundery. but north of this, we have a lot of dry weather and sunshine. it will feel cool down the north sea coastline. gusty winds will ease. but a coolerfeel than yesterday. tonight the rain sinks down into the south, also affecting the channel islands, clearer skies means it will be cold. particularly in the north, where we could see some patchy frost and mi and fog. that leads us into tomorrow and a lot of dry weather. still cold down the east coast. more cloud along the north—east coast and temperatures disappointing for the time of year. we are looking at highs up to about 13 degrees. hello. this is bbc news with annitta mcveigh. the headlines...

theresa may will travel to berlin and then to paris to urge the german and french leaders to agree to a delay in brexit. talks continue between government and labour ministers in an attempt to find a brexit deal acceptable to a majority of mps couples in england and wales will be allowed to split more quickly without blaming each other under major changes to divorce laws. israelis are going to the polls — with benjamin netanyahu seeking a fifth term as prime minister. european scientists set out their plan to recover the oldest ice on earth by drilling deep inside the east antarctic ice sheet time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. back to brexit, where theresa may will travel to berlin and paris to hold talks ahead of this week's eu summit. at home, there's due to be

a people's vote rally — they support a further referendum on brexit — where one of the speakers is conservative mp huw merriman. he could lose his government job by attending — he told radio 4's the today programme why he still wants to speak. iam going i am going to speak, i think it's really important to explain the way i voted last week but also i think it's important to explain to that rally that they don't just speak for people who want to remain, they need to speak to people that actually wa nt to speak to people that actually want the prime minister ‘s deal three and to leave the eu which is what i support. what has been said to you about the consequences of you doing this today. it's been made clear to me that's not government policy. my issue with that, a week ago we were given free votes and i was allowed to vote for the concept of voting the prime minister ‘s deal back to the people to get us to leave the eu. if i then get sacked for actually explaining the way i voted in a free vote, that, to me,

will be a new low in democracy. but it is what you were expecting to happen, is it? i think it's it is what you were expecting to happen, is it? ithink it's probably likely. the point is why did i bother coming into parliament? this is the issue of our times. if i can't speak freely and explain how i voted on a free vote, then i didn't give up my career absolutely ridiculous. and save at any future ballot paper, a future referendum, there are different versions, what would you put on it? i don't want it to be self brexit versus revoke article 50, that gives no choice at all to the 17.4 in people. that is asking the public they want amputated. i want to make sure the prime ministers deal as it is now as an option and that's why i think it's vital i go and speak before the deal gets watered down in any discussions with labour. we have to offer a choice that matters for all people, regardless of which we in the referendum and that has to be

the referendum and that has to be the prime minister ‘s deal. what the other option? my preference will be deal or no deal but i recognise that is not giving a choice to people who wish to remain so we have to compromise and say therefore, for me is the prime minister ‘s deal or its revoke but article 50 of the prime minister ‘s deal? revoke but article 50 of the prime minister 's deal? parliament has failed, we know that, we should recognise it and if the best apparatus to get delivered and actually saying to the people, sorry to trouble you, your mps have failed, this can actually get through, predatory and legally and legally this is a crucial bit, it will be delivered, it might take six months but either option can legally be delivered as soon as people vote. it beats parliament going round and round in circles. ending the blame game —— new divorce rules in england and wales aim to help couples split up more quickly, and with less acrimony. under the current rules one partner has to accuse the other of adultery

or unreasonable behaviour. justice secretary david gauke explained the new law to bbc breakfast. we were very close to making this change is 20 years ago. we've looked at the situation. the current divorce laws create a more acrimonious process for divorcing couples. and that it is right we make these reforms and as you say, there's been a long argument about this and a lot of people have been saying we need to make these changes andi saying we need to make these changes and i think it's overdue. but it's right that we make these changes now. criticism on one side but from the other side, there is an accusation you've given up on marriage. and that there is no, i suppose, when you look through these changes, there is nothing in there to encourage people to try and resolve their differences. well, i don't accept the criticism. i mean, one thing we are doing is putting in a minimum time now between petition and the final decree, the final point of divorce. will be six months

under these proposals. whereas at the moment, it's possible to get through that more quickly and the reason why is that we want to ensure there is proper time for reflection. but frankly, we are not going to keep marriages together by having a divorce process thatjust makes it more acrimonious, tries to apportion blame in such a way that the couple are likely to have a weaker, poorer relationship subsequently than they would otherwise do and particularly when children are involved, it's important that although a married couple may become divorced, the better the relationship between them, the former married couple, the better. i think that we are getting the balance right here and that the current process of apportioning blame does nothing to keep marriages together but it does mean that when marriages break apart, the relationship is perhaps not all that it might be.

yesterday's finale of the hugely popular comedy series fleabag has been met with enthusiastic praise by fans and critics — with today's papers calling it a "near perfect work of art" and a "masterpiece". let's have a look at some of this season's highlights. now is the time to look away, though, if you don't want any spoilers. obviously it's a lot less complicated than romantic relationships. what if you meet someone you like? we talk and drink and laugh and give them bibles. what if you meet someone you love? we are not going to have six. but i would really like to be your friend. i would like to be your friend too. what makes you a normal person? i don't believe in god. i love it when he does that. i don't know what this feeling is. is it god or me? i don't know. i don't know.

entertainment journalist caroline frost spoke to bbc breakfast about what she thought of last night's finale almost flawless, i would say. every storyline perfectly encapsulated, lots of laughs but very sweet, bittersweet ending but perfectly timed to sign up. it's the combination, the performances are fearless. and peerless. the subject matter interesting for a generation of females who feel they haven't been represented as an outsider. evil got that feeling of not belonging and i think she articulated that perfectly but above all it's the weight with which she does that, the quirky asides, she is defiant, vulnerable, a little bit reckless and naughty but she has taken us with her. let's take a look at what you are reading. most of us

know you don't come into work under the influence of alcohol and drugs but this is a story of lloyd's of london, the giant insurance market in the city of london which has issued a new code of conduct with regards to the use of substances which are not thought to be advisable during working hours. it said two years ago that staff should not drink between 9am and 5pm but now this new code of conduct has been issued following revelations of some undesirable behaviour. looking down to number three, the divorce story that we have been telling you about today and two, flea bag, which we've been telling you about. and the story about tariffs on eu products, another front in the the story about tariffs on eu products, anotherfront in the us trade wars which have become more frequent since donald trump has been president. here the us considering imposing tariffs on about $11 billion worth, around eight and a

half billion pounds worth of goods from the european union. this is in response to subsidies and support for airbus. and cheese are among the products that could be hit by the ta riffs products that could be hit by the tariffs from the united states. and then, let's just finally looked tariffs from the united states. and then, let'sjust finally looked down at most watched and i will pick out this story, most of us think of mosquitoes as a nuisance, don't we? but the city for children learning to love mosquitoes, the colombian city mentioned there, mosquitoes are being bred with a naturally occurring bacteria inside them and then released and it is hoped that when they bite people they will help via this bacteria, to stop the spread of diseases like dengue fever. well worth having a look. that's it for today's

morning briefing. time now for a sports update and here is sally nugent. good morning. eden hazard scored twice as chelsea beat west ham 2—0 at stamford bridge last night. the win puts chelsea back into the top four. they move up to third in the battle for champions league football next season. rumour‘s are that hazard will move to real madrid in the summer and his man of the match performance will only heighten the interest for his services from abroad. there are strong links with him to real madrid. do you know anything? not at all. it's not true. i think that every coach wants to keep him. eden hazard dominates many of this morning's back pages. the telegraph — leads with "hazard lights up the bridge". they also have the quotes from rehaem sterling — who told the press yesterday

he wouldn't walk off the pitch in protest of racist abuse. mirror looks ahead to tonight's champions league match tottenham against manchester city — spurs manager mauricio pochettino saying it's the ‘biggest game of my life'. and it also focuses on the sterling quotes. the england and manchester city star saying you would let the racists win if you walk off the pitch — he believes players should ‘stay and fight‘ tackling racism let's have a little listen to what sterling said yesterday — speaking ahead manchester city's quarter final champions league match against tottenham. this is something that's been happening before i was born, before my appearance. i can only speak of events that happen to me and people around me. it's as much as i can do,

raise awareness. i'm not dry to be someone that tries to lead or something like that. i canjust raise awareness and it's for people in higher places to do theirjob. so manchester city continue their quest for an unprecedented quadruple tonight when they travel to tottenham in the first leg of the champions league quarter—finals. it's the first of three games between the two clubs this month. manchester city, in the last few yea rs, manchester city, in the last few years, been there to try and win everything. we have a very good squad, good players. he is one of the best managers in the world. if one club, one team is capable of winning everything its manchester city. they are in a very good place. you can get all the build up from that match on radio 5live from 7pm tonight, kick off at 8pm. liverpool are also in champions league quarter—final action tonight. they host portuguese champions porto who they beat 5 nil on their way to last year's final.

liverpool will be without left back andy robertson who's suspended. it has nothing to do with last year. it's all about showing exactly the right amount of respect but not a little bit more. because we have to be strong, we have to be clear, direct, in the right moments, creative and at other moments, and also, a lot of things to do against also, a lot of things to do against a really strong porto side. justin rose is hoping to become the first world number one to win the masters in 17 years. tiger woods was the last top ranked player to take the green jacket at augusta back in 2002. rose has been looking for a major since his only one at the us open in 2013. but the englishman won gold at the rio olympics and regained the top spot in the rankings this week.

i haven't paid much attention to it. the golf course doesn't know who is the number one ranked player in the world, you had to come in, prepare ha rd every world, you had to come in, prepare hard every time you tee up. every time, the way i see it, rory is probably the favourite, so many guys capable of winning this golf tournament. i don't see the ranking per se, tournament. i don't see the ranking perse, i'm tournament. i don't see the ranking per se, i'm not tournament. i don't see the ranking perse, i'm not one tournament. i don't see the ranking per se, i'm not one of the guys who can win and has a great opportunity to win for sure. i feel i'm very confident being in a position but it certainly not an extra pressure. former england rugby union player christian wade is a step closer to playing american football in the nfl afterjoining the buffalo bills. wade quit rugby in october to join the nfl's international pathway programme, which offers players from outside of the us a route into the league. it's a massive step. like, i've been through so much just to get to the stage and i'm just over the moon and

yes, definitely a lot more emotions. i haven't had much time to process it yet but it's really huge for me and i'm really excited for the next step. before we go, a reminder you can get all the latest sport news on sportsday at half past six tonight on the bbc news channel. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 1115. us actress felicity huffman has said she will plead guilty to charges in a cheating scam aimed at acquiring places for children at elite us universities. she's among 14 who are set to plead guilty. her case is part of what's been dubbed the largest college admissions scam in us history. ramzan karmali has more. felicity huffman up until now has been more famous for playing a desperate housewife on tv. but now a mother so desperate to get her daughter in the college she was willing to cheat. she's decided to plead guilty

to fraud charges and in a statement admitted she had betrayed her daughter who she says had no knowledge of her actions. she went on to apologise to students who work hard everyday to get into college and their parents who make tremendous sacrifices. huffman was accused of paying $15,000 to william rick singer, the confessed mastermind of this alleged scam, to have her daughter's exam questions covertly corrected in 2017. in total, 50 people have been accused of cheating on college entrance exams. they've said to have paid $25 million in bribes just to get their children into high—profile universities. the fbi codenamed the investigation operation varsity blues, ironically named after the 1990s film about the pressures of sports scholarships. some of the best—known universities across the us were where they wanted their children to go. names like yale, georgetown, stanford, ucla. students at the time the scandal broke last month weren't

impressed. it's outrageous because the college application process should be based on equality. it's kind of unsettling, some people have parents who are willing to basically pay their way in. another high—profile hollywood actress lori loughlin has also been caught up in the scandal. she is accused along with her husband of paying nearly half $1 million in bribes to get their two daughters admitted to the university of southern california. they are not among those who have agreed to plead guilty. investigators say they helped them get in on rowing scholarships even though neither student had actually participated in the sport. there's been no suggestion that the universities involved knew about the alleged scams but since the scandal broke students at yale and stanford have been expelled as a result. david beckham has bagged himself a role in a film made by the director ridley scott's production team, in which he appears to speak nine different languages. the former england captain is not having an almighty career change, but instead lending his support

to a new campaign to tackle malaria. keith doyle has the details. he got by with some spanish playing for real madrid but was less successful mastering french while at paris st germain. now, technology has made david beckham appear proficient in nine languages fora new campaign film to fight malaria. the film, made by director ridley scott's team, uses artificial intelligence technology to have david beckham speak perfectly lip—synched the words of malaria survivors and doctors in languages including german, hindi, arabic and nigeria's yoruba. every two minutes, a child dies from malaria. i think that's really powerful. it's a shocking statistic. it's great to be involved in something where the tech side of our lives and our

world get involved. you know, to be one voice of many different people. organisers of the malaria must die campaign want people to add their actual voices rather than their signatures to what they say is the world's first voice petition. they hope this unique, multilingual film will help influence world leaders to fulfil a commitment to halve malaria by 2023. keith doyle, bbc news. it's arguably the most famous passengerjet ever built, and 50 years ago today concorde took off for it's first british test flight. passengers didn't get to fly until 1976 when the jet officially entered service, flying at twice the speed of sound. john maguire reports... this was the moment, the 9th of april, 1969, that concorde made its first british test flight. it was a relatively short hop from fulton airfield

where she was built on the outskirts of bristol to raf fairford in gloucestershire. this was 002. as the project was an anglo—french adventure the very first flight of 001, built in toulouse, had been made a few weeks earlier. from concept to reality engineers had spent the past 15 years getting concorde ready for the skies. incident free apart from the fact that test pilot brian trubshaw had to complete the first landing by site after a problem with instruments, his first interview post flight personified his stoicism. very pleased we got it here, we had a splendid flight. the crew had never been in a concorde before, i was the only one who had been. i think we are quite chuffed. it took seven years before the aircraft entered commercial service in 1976,

flying for almost four decades before her rolls royce engines fell silent for the last time. a controversial yet inspirational and unique chapter in the history of aviation. when it comes to keeping secrets, few did it better than the men and women who worked at bletchley park during world war ii. the codebreakers there were intercepting thousands of enemy messages and are credited with shortening the conflict. but they kept their work a secret until well after the fighting stopped. now a new film's revealing for the first time the crucial role their intelligence played in the d—day landings. graham satchell has been taking a look at the new exhibition.... film narrator: bletchley park helped the allies to create a detailed picture of hitler's fortress europe. rena stewart is 96. she is watching part of a new exhibition at bletchley park where she worked in the war. what was the atmosphere like here at bletchley as d day approached?

well, it was very tense, really. but as far as work was concerned, it was just business as usual. you just carried on? yes. rena was just 21 when she arrived at bletchley. she worked in hut three using her degree in german to type up intercepted messages. this was the centre of intelligence where millions of decrypted messages were indexed and analysed. we knew we were reading german messages more or less at the same time as the germans were. and that the people in the field relied on it completely. so, if i press b, you can see m is lit up. there are 103,000 million million million possible ways of encrypting a message with this machine. that's quite a lot, isn't it? that's quite a lot, yes. it's two to the power of 77.

breaking the german enigma machine changed the course of the war. it's really fundamental to allied success in the war because if you can break enigma you can read such a huge proportion of their traffic and find out about so much of their activity. the new exhibition at bletchley shows just how pivotal intelligence was to the success of d—day. the work certainly saved lives. some say it shortened the war. but it remained a secret for decades. you hadn't told anybody? no! how do you feel about it today because today bletchley is the sort of big visitor attraction? it's quite a relief to be able to talk about it. and to realise that people know about it. and, you know, makes you feel quite proud. graham satchell, bbc news. this year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of leonardo da vinci. he is believed by many to be

the greatest artist of all time. but scientists in italy say they have recently made new discoveries about both him and his work — as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. he was the definitive renaissance man. painter, scientist, engineer, architect, astronomer, historian. the list goes on and on. even now, there is so much more to learn about leonardo da vinci. scientists at this gallery in florence have been taking a closer look at his earliest work. commonly known as landscape 8p leonardo drew this when he was just 21. analysis of and writing at the top of the page confirms what many had long believed, leonardo da vinci was ambidextrous. it is truly spectacular what this analysis yielded and now we do know that

leonardo worked with both hands, not just as we know famously with his left hand. but there's more. on the back of the picture there appears to be incomplete sketches of another landscape, and drawings of a figure. these images are unlikely to have been seen in more than 500 years. perhaps more secrets will now be unearthed in other paintings and illustrations. adding yet more lustre to the legacy of leonardo da vinci. now it's time for a look at the weather,. good morning. a mixed picture across the uk. this is the scene at the moment in east yorkshire. further south across wales, the midlands, east midlands, through the south of england, cloudy with outbreaks of rainfor england, cloudy with outbreaks of

rain for some. that's the scene in shropshire. yesterday, temperatures reached 20 degrees but over the next few days it will turn much colder as airfrom few days it will turn much colder as air from scandinavia uses few days it will turn much colder as airfrom scandinavia uses in, right across the uk. the yellow colour is being replaced by blue. but i mention club this morning across southern parts, outbreaks of rain across the midlands, into the south—east of england, some showers in the south—west, sunny spells here. the best of the sunshine across north wales, the midlands, eastern and northern parts of england, scotland and northern ireland through this afternoon. we've lost the cloud around north sea coast, temperatures here about 7-9d. sea coast, temperatures here about 7—9d. elsewhere reaching 12—14d, not quite as warm as it was yesterday. through tonight, this area of rain across the south continues to move into the south—west, eventually clearing. there will then be lengthy clearing. there will then be lengthy clear spells over tonight, some cloud coming in at times from the north sea. quite a chilly night, especially across scotland and

northern ireland, scurry scotland and northern england, temperatures reaching close to freezing if not below. for wednesday, a week with a front moving south, high pressure is centred towards scandinavia, bringing that north—easterly wind but also bringing quite a settled speu but also bringing quite a settled spell of conditions. on wednesday, fine and dry, lots of sunshine. a bit more cloud coming into the north—east of scotland. north—east england, some cloud around the wash to the south—west of england, either side of that sum sunshine. again, on the chilly side, temperatures 7—9d on the east coast. 10—12d elsewhere. for the rest of the week, high pressure is still there, dominating the weather, blocking any of these weather systems from coming in from the west. keeping the rain bearing fronts away. at thursday, friday come into the weekend, lots of dry weather around, varying cloud, some sunny spells but the temperatures

are fairly similar, between 8—12d, we keep the chilly but settled weather into the start of next week as well. goodbye.