this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: president macron tells france the notre—dame can be rebuilt within five years as donors pledge almost a billion dollars for the task. voting's coming to a close in indonesia's elections, which saw old rivals find a new role for religion. nearly 300 climate change activists have been arrested after blocking roads in central london for a second day. managing expectations — netflix posts healthy subscriber growth that's better than expected, so why are its shares falling?

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be a part of the conversation. today we're asking why is notre dame so special and where is your favourite place and why? we'd love to hear from you. do get in touch. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we begin in paris where president mccrone has vowed france will rebuild the notre—dame cathedral in five years following the fire that caused widespread damage on monday. fundraising towards the restoration works has already brought in $500 million from some of france's richest individuals.

—— almost $1 billion. there is relief that so much of notre dame cathedral — and what was inside it — has survived. but much has been lost for good. kathryn stanczyszen reports. hundredsjoined hundreds joined together for a vigil on the banks of the same last night to show solidarity in the face of this most did of traumas. —— seine. they sang him there hymns and prayers and fundraiser to save this world famous landmark. inside the 850 year old cathedral, the damages now on display for all to see. the fire took hold of the ancient wooden‘s roof, burning through hundreds of tons of oak in just a few hours, raining ashen members onto the floor below and toppling the famous spire. hundreds of firefighters titled four hours

before managing to get the blaze under control. another 30 minutes in the story would have been one of com plete the story would have been one of complete destruction, something paris would have found difficult to bear. how can died kind of thing happen right now? it's impossible to accept that. if all the life of older parisien is, even in europe and the world, it exists as a symbol. we needed. though the stone's structure is still standing, there has been significant loss. as well as most of the roof, it is estimated between five and 10% of the precious artworks housed in that the precious artworks housed in that the drill —— in the cathedral has gone. but the crown some believe jesus has worn on the cross, several important paintings, the medieval organ in the famous rose windows remain. and this most historic of the audience will be repaired.

translation: yes, we will rebuild the notre—dame cathedral and it will be more beautiful than before, and it will be done within five years. hundreds of millions of euros have already been pledged today because, notre—dame has survived, but is badly scarred. thoughts now turn to what will be one of the world's most important restoration projects. kathryn stanczyszen, bbc news. we will have more in that story later in the programme. we will also share some of the comments you sent in. we will share those a little later. now, let us move on to indonesia. 193 million indonesians are heading to the polls in what may be the world's most complicated election. indonesia's presidential, parliamentary and regional elections are all happening simultaneously, for the first time in its history. karishma vaswani is inside a polling station for us.

it is really complicated, and so much choice for voters, isn't there? a lot for them to get their head around. yes. this has never happened before. in this polling booth, over the last couple of hours some 200 residents in each of these polling stations have had to make an extraordinary choice, they are not just picking who the next president, who the next vice president is going to be, but there are 245,000 candidate vying for something like 20,000 seats across local, national and provincial levels of parliament. it's really quite a feat for indonesia to pull this off stop and forget this is a massive archipelago, from west to east it spans the distance between london and baghdad. the logistical challenge of getting the selection under way, observers have been spread out over 800,000 polling booths like this across the country

to ensure that this vote goes off without a hitch. what is the most important issue, if there is just one? i know that there are many things on the minds of voters depending on what's importance to them locally, but also on a national level. i think it would be fair to say, sally, from a national level the economy is very much at the top of the minds of people here. but religion and issues of identity politics have also come to the forefront. particularly in the campaigns of the two major contenders for the presidentialjob. the incumbent president, joko widodo, who had roads of power back in 2014 on a sort of common man representing every indonesian‘s aspirations for the future, he is 110w aspirations for the future, he is now under pressure to prove that he is good for the role, his chosen a claridge for his running mate, is appointing many of his supporters.

0n the other side we have prabowo subianto going against mrjoko widodo again in a rematch of the 2014 elections and he has also ordered hard—line islamic groups. does make ported. many of the people who i have spoken to who are voting today said religion‘s not that much ofan today said religion‘s not that much of an issue for them, but others have pointed out to me that having a religiously minded candidate is an important agenda for them in this election. so it's divided the country in a way that we haven't seen before. thank you karishma vaswani for now. i know we will talk to you again as this progresses, but let's review, the viewer, on some of the other stories in the headlines today. new zealand's terror threat level has dropped from high to medium. prime ministerjacinda ardern announced the change after a review by authorities. the level has been high since 50 people were killed in a terror attack on mosques in christchurch. a medium threat level, however, means an attack is still believed to be feasible. whistleblowers across the eu have

won greater protection under new legislation aimed at encouraging reports of wrongdoing. the new law, approved by the european parliament on tuesday, shields whistleblowers from retaliation. it also creates so—called "safe channels" to allow them to report breaches of eu law. president trump has vetoed a bill passed by the united states congress last week that would have ended us support for the saudi—led coalition in the conflict in yemen. in a statement, mr trump described the resolution as "an unnecessary and dangerous" attempt to weaken his constitutional powers and a threat to the lives of american citizens. iran's first ever woman boxer sadaf khadem won't be returning home following her debut win in paris at the weekend. human rights activists have expressed concerns about the safety of her and her coach if they returned to the country and iran's boxing federation has distanced itself from khadem. in a statement it said it was not responsible for any of her activities.

let's talk netflix. many of you may bea let's talk netflix. many of you may be a subscriber to the streaming service. it's in growth once again at the start of this year. looking ahead, it's a warning that growth may actually slow down. it's rolled out price increases for the united states, also reporting strong sales and profits injanuary, february, march and including up to 9.6 million new subscribers. shona ghosh, senior tech reporter from business insider, joins me now, for the first time! welcome! what do you make of netflix‘s views? it's still growing, but it's not impressive enough for investors, is it? oh it's interesting. the idea that firms will always grow forever. we know that the big tax farms, facebook and snapchat, that growth

does have to flatten out. netflix has grown over many years, now we are perhaps hitting peak netflix. everyone who is going to subscribe has pretty much already subscribed, now they just need has pretty much already subscribed, now theyjust need to keep them loyal. peak netflix is something like a problem for them, they're planning to spend $15 billion on original content, but when you have is on, while disney and other companies trying to move into the market, they have to stay head somehow. content, as you said, is one way to do that, they also have a lot of money to spend on original series like mac the crown. it is going to be about growing viewers in emerging markets, perhaps in western markets they have grown as much as they can or close to peak their market data original series like the

crown. but with the arrival of disney's new service, disney+ and amazon's new services, there is a lot of competition. thank you for now. a strong coffee in the green room for her. let's crack on with the other stories. over 300 people have been arrested after a second day of climate change protest which have blocked key routes into central london protests and the north bridge in edinburgh. —— london. further action is expected today. it's all the work of a group that call themselves ‘extinction rebellion' as ramzan karmali reports. these climate change protesters know exactly what they are doing. this is extinction rebellion, i plan to stop traffic and get as many people arrested as possible. any regrets? no, no end. it needs to be done.

why? because the planet's in crisis. in london, almost 300 people have been detained. they've blocked waterloo bridge, camped out at the arts, and taken a pink boats to the middle of oxford circus. the police have detained people blocking roads, but demonstrators are organised and have used social media to: people willing to be arrested for their cause. it's an awareness raising strategy that earlier in the year saw some of their members stage and naked demonstration in parliament. that's temporarily halted a brexit debate stop extinction! rebellion! before the arrest started taking place, the protests had been peaceful but passionate. we have children, we have grandchildren. we are sick with worry about what they

are sick with worry about what they are inheriting. we need the government to listen to us and act on climate change. if the only way for that to happen is rust to get arrested, then that needs to happen. closed roads and bridges have caused traffic chaos in the capital city and commuters are fuming. they need to do it at another time. just don't upset london's traffic. it makes me — hard life. upset london's traffic. it makes me - hard life. but the protesters believe that civil disobedience and participation maximises their chance of real change the policy. they say they are willing to shut down london insulation pull 29. extinction rebellion says on wednesday it will escalate its actions and target the london underground system. the ecuadorian president, lenin moreno, has defended the decision to allow british police to enter his country's embassy in london to seize the wikileaks founder, julian assange. there have been accusations

that the arrest was illegal under international law. meanwhile, demonstrators clashed with police in ecuador‘s capital during a protest against moreno's action against assange, his firing of state workers and the government's taking of a loan from the international monetary fund. the president is currently on an official visit to the united states. he's been speaking to our north america editor, jon sopel. there have been talking about why they decided to revoke the asylum of julian songs does makejulian sands. he referred to our country is a com pletely he referred to our country is a completely insignificant country. —— julian assange. and he even dismissed his faeces on our embassy‘s walls. i think this is sufficient reason to revoke and

terminate his asylum. that was the president of ecuador. you are with the briefing. still to come: you might call it a ruff sea rescue but the dog found 200 does not 150 miles off the thai coast has been given a hero's welcome on dry land. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only

contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: in indonesia, voting is drawing to a close in the biggest elections ever held in the country — the president, parliament, and local officials were on the ballot papers. president macron promises notre—dame cathedral will be rebuilt within five years — donors have already pledged almost a billion dollars. a year after the british government promised to put right its appalling

treatment of the windrush generation and committed to reform the home office, many of those affected by the scandal remain in acute financial difficulties, the government was shamed into action a year ago on the opening day of the commonwealth heads of government meeting in london, when news that downing street had refused a meeting with caribbean leaders to discuss the problem triggered international condemnation. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. this time last year, sylvester marshall, who was born injamaica, was denied life—saving nhs treatments for prostate cancer. 12 months on, he's finally had radiotherapy and is now in remission. but at one point he was faced with a £54,000 health bill, despite living in the uk since the early 1970s. it was really rough. a

bad experience. because even when they had been evicted did, try to get my medication. everything was just lock away. i could never get hold of it at all. which i think was really terrible. as well as a delay to his healthcare, he lost hisjob asa to his healthcare, he lost hisjob as a mechanic and is still living in as a mechanic and is still living in a hostel. his case was one of the most high profile when the scale of the scandal first came to light 12 months ago. can she tell the house how many have been detained as prisoners in their own country? can she tell the house how many have been denied health under the national health service? how many have denied pensions? how many have lost theirjob? have denied pensions? how many have lost their job? this have denied pensions? how many have lost theirjob? this is a day of national shame. the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans. large number of people affected arrived in the uk between 1948 and

1971. some as children on their pa rents‘ 1971. some as children on their parents‘ passports, known as the windrush generation. they were granted indefinite leave to remain. but many words given their own formal documents. glenda and her sisterjoyce came to the uk from dominique in the 1960s. not having the right paperwork recently led to the right paperwork recently led to the end of their careers in the nhs and police service, causing the whole family to suffer. i'm not only fighting this for me or my sister, because i get calls a regular basis when people aren't able to understand what's going on, went away go to, hooda moto2, i'm going through this. just coming out the woodwork. the family now hope compensation will go some way to ove 1120 m e compensation will go some way to overcome the trauma they have experienced. adina campbell, bbc news. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre.

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is your wednesday sport briefing — where we start with the champions league footballing news where ajax are through to the semifinals for the first time since 1997. the dutch side beatjuventus 2—1 on the night and 3—2 on aggregate in their quarter final tie and they'll play either manchester city or tottenham for a place in the final translation: it was a good performance and it is very important for dot‘s foot wall. for many years dutch football has been getting worse but now we are coming back. football teams have positive moments and negative moments. this will also be true in the future. but we are a small country in football and it can happen that things do not go as they are right now. now we have incredible talent that if we can create a team with these talents things can only get better. in the other quarterfinal barcelona, eased through to the semi finals after a 3—0, second leg win over manchester united. lionel messi scored two at camp nou with phillipe coutinho notching the third as the catalans made it a 4—0 aggregate win and they'll face

the winner of liverpool and porto in the last four. world number one novak djokovic survived a bit of a scare at the monte carlo masters. djokovic beat philip kohlschreiber in three sets, but the german proved a tricky opponent. and at one point djokovic took his frustration out on his racket. 0nce he'd got himself a new one, he won the final set 6—4 to go through to the third round. later on wednesday liverpool will take a 2—0 lead to portugal when they play porto in the second leg of their champions league quarterfinal. jurgen klopp's side hold a 2—point lead in the premier league as well over manchester city who'll also feature on wednesday, as they try to overturn a 1—0 deficit against tottenham in their quarterfinal if they're to keep alive their hopes of winning four trophies this season. pep guardiola's team start the match as favourites to reach the last four as they have home advantage, but he says he's curious to see how city's fans respond.

they are human beings and there will be bad moments in the game. in those members we need our supporters. without supporters you cannot go through. ——in those moments. i am curious as to how our fans will react tomorrow. really curious. the king of clay, rafael nadal, begins his defence of the monte carlo masters title later on wednesday. nadal takes on fellow spaniard roberto bautista agut in a tournament he's won the last three consecutive years. nadal is returning from his latest injury setback after he hurt his knee playing at indian wells. the nba playoffs continue later with three first round matches including the milwaukee bucks who take a 1—0 lead into the second game of their series with the detroit pistons. the boston celtics also lead the indiana pacers after taking the opener while the houston rockets will look to james harden again as they press for a 2—0 lead against the utah jazz. argentine football legend diego maradona is the latest

addition to the teqball family after receiving two customised tables as a gift from fellow former footballer and friend ronaldinho. the two tables, one featuring a stylised photo of maradona set on the argentina flag and the other with ronaldinho's signature, will be used by players of the mexican second division team dorados, currently managed by maradona, to warm up ahead of training and games. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing. al thanks. you may have seen the story about the dog that was rescued in the ocean more than 200 kilometres off the coast of thailand. now the animal has been brought back to port to be given a health check. he was discovered swimming in the gulf of thailand on monday. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story.

back on dry land, a miracle on four legs. this little champion has been named boonrod, a thai word that roughly translates as "the saved one". you can say that again. he looks ok now, a little dehydrated, but basically alright. it was a very different story a day earlier. this was boonrod when he was pulled onboard an oil rig in the gulf of thailand. bedraggled and exhausted, the animal had been found swimming in the water. where he came from, how he got there, and how long he was in the sea — no—one knows. there's been some speculation he may have fallen off a fishing trawler. whatever the answer, this was quite a feat of doggie paddling. after his rescue, boonrod was transferred onto a ship and brought to this port in southern thailand. when he has completely recovered and given the all clear, he will then move to a new home in the north—east of the country,

about as far away from the sea as you can get. tim allman, bbc news. stay with me on bbc news. don't you just love a happy ending. we are going to talk about what you have been saying where is your special place, if you have one, of course, and why some of you feel that notre—dame cathedral is one of those. many people around the world do. we have tommy, one of the viewers. he sent me pictures of his special place. so much detail, thank you, tommy. then we have thomas. a regular at then we have thomas. a regular at the briefing.

thanks for the picture, thomas. thanks for the picture, thomas. thank you for your other comments. i will see you for business briefing. hello there for many parts of the country it was cloudy on tuesday. 0ver country it was cloudy on tuesday. over the next few days they will be more sunshine, more widely. it will be turning warmer in that sunshine as well. there is still cloud on the scene at the moment. this cloud should not bother us. it will bring cooler, what into iberia. it brought the rain and drizzle earlier on that is petering out through the night. darkness for scotland. 0ur braking further south. that means mist and fog patches through wales, the midlands, and southern england. that'll take a few hours declared in the morning. it moves away from western scotland. sunshine develops widely. the cloud bubbles up from east anglia towards the pennines.

may squeeze out a light shallow from that. on the whole, a dry afternoon with sunshine. warmer than it was on tuesday, highs of 19 or 20 degrees. the only downside with all this temperature and sunshine, the high pollen levels we will see on wednesday across england and wales, in particular. through the evening and overnight we will have clear skies for a while. voeckler probably developing towards the north—east coast, that will push its way further in a —— low cloud. chilly in rural areas. those are the temperatures in towns and cities. as we had over the next few days we are going to find warmer weather pushing across the whole of the country. it is warming up across central areas of europe. that is where the air is coming from. as we look to thursday, we will have that mister mcleod to start the day. that will tend to break up. there will be patches of cloud here and there does make mist and cloud. south—easterly breeze. chilly towards some north sea coasts. temperatures rising in

general, 17 degrees in glasgow. 21 — 22 in the south of england. 0n friday, hardly any cloud around at all. the gentle south to south—easterly breeze. that is pushing the warmth northwards. possibly the low 20s through the central belt of scotland. as of 22-23 central belt of scotland. as of 22—23 through the midlands into the north—west of england. this is a flavour of what is to come over the easter weekend. the heat is probably picking on saturday. northern areas for more cloud around, patchy rain, particularly on sunday —— peking.

this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. managing expectations — netflix posts healthy subscriber growth that's better than expected, so why are its shares falling? and the big mystery — apple and qualcomm settle their long—running dispute at the same time as intel pulls out of the mobile phone modern business. our technology reporter dave lee will explain. and the markets in asia were given a boost by the latest economic numbers out of china, with gdp in the first quarter coming in at 6.4%.