you're watching bbc news at 9 with me, rebecca jones. the headlines... uk universities are accused of using gagging orders to stop bullying and sexual misconduct allegations being made public. the bbc has found that millions of pounds have been spent on non—disclosure agreements since 2017. french president emmanuel macron says notre—dame cathedral will be rebuilt "even more beautifully" following a massive fire on monday. translation: yes, we will rebuild the notre dame cathedral and it will be more beautiful than before and it will be done in five years. new research suggests that eating even small amounts of red and processed meat,such as a rasher of bacon a day, can increase the risk of bowel cancer.

extra time for new mums and dads. campaigners call on the government to extend parental leave forfamilies with premature babies. our world on view — these amazing pictures are from a new bbc series, which invites viewers to look at the earth from a brand new perspective. and manchester united are out of the champions league after a 3—0 victory for barcelona last night. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. universities are being accused of using "gagging orders" to stop bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct allegations becoming public.

dozens of academics have told the bbc they were "harassed" out of theirjobs and made to sign non—disclosure agreements after making complaints. figures show uk universities have spent at least £87 million on payoffs since 2017. rianna croxford reports. i have been bullied for six years across two universities by the same man. once designed to protect trade secrets, now creating a culture of silence, nondisclosure agreements are keeping allegations of misconduct in the dark. feeling trapped but desperate to be heard. after i complained i was advised to sign an nda and leave. i ended up hundreds of miles away at a new university, only for the bully to follow me and continue his harassment. i'm depressed and it's cripling my career. the bbc has spoken to dozens of people who say they felt pressurised into signing an nda. many have faced racist and sexist bullying.

others describe being groped and harassed. one woman said she was disciplined for not being at work on the day of her miscarriage. and this academic has decided to break her nda. it's actually been super helpful. she signed one during ongoing grievances relating to her disabilities, teaching and research role, particularly following her cancer diagnosis, that she felt had not been failry addressed. i want to break my nda because i want to encourage other people to break theirs because we cannot see each other and therefore we can't make a community. the university of liverpool said... the government is trying to tighten the rules on what ndas are used for. these women hope breaking their silence will stop them being misused. rianna croxford, bbc news.

joining me now is rebecca hilsenrath, chief executive of the human rights commission. thank you for coming in to talk to us. thank you for coming in to talk to us. how surprised are you these are being used in this way?” us. how surprised are you these are being used in this way? i am not surprised. i am sad for the women and disappointed. we have seen a lot of harassment across all sectors. we are hearing about increased use of nda is. nda is about a culture of secrecy, nda is. nda is about a culture of secrecy, the antithesis of learning lessons and understanding the problems. i am shocked that in the university sector we are seeing a relu cta nce university sector we are seeing a reluctance to engage with truth, transparency and learning lessons. should they be used at all by universities? there is a legitimate basis for using ndas to protect property and business interests.

they should do is be used if it is something the victim wants but they should not be used to perpetrate a problem and bully and silent victims. what universities uk say is they use these agreements for many reasons quite like protection of commercially sensitive information. they say we expect senior leaders to make it clear the use of confidentiality clauses to prevent victim speaking out will not be tolerated stop do you believe them? it is great to hear and good to hear about senior leadership. ndas should only be signed off at senior leadership level. we have asked the government to make it unlawful for n das to government to make it unlawful for ndas to be used other than at evicting's request and we are drawing up technical guidance to provide a framework for the use, providing employers to provide

independent legal advice and trade union representation and so on and so union representation and so on and so forth. we are hoping our technical guidance will be used as a statutory code of practice. are these agreements being used more in universities? we are hearing across the piece about this. we heard from 1000 the piece about this. we heard from iooo victims of sexual harassment he spoke about increasing use of ndas to silence them. what was frightening, of those we had bothered to report what happened and only half of those who reported it saw anything happen. we need a culture change the victims believe something will be done and they will be taken seriously and they will not be taken seriously and they will not be afraid of victimisation. thank you for your time. good to talk to you. thanks. emmanuel macron has promised that notre dame cathedral will be rebuilt within five years after it was extensively

damaged by fire. more than 800 million euros has already been pledged to pay for the restoration work. the french president said the paris landmark will be rebuilt "even more beautifully", and in time for the city hosting the olympic games in 202a. but some architects warn his plans are too optimistic. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. chamber music playing hundreds joined together for a vigil on the banks of the seine last night to show solidarity in the face of this most unexpected of traumas. they sang hymns and said prayers and paid tribute to the courage of those who worked so hard to save this world famous landmark. inside the 850—year—old cathedral, the damage is now on display for all to see. the fire took hold of the ancient building's roof, burning through hundreds of tonnes of oak in just a few hours,

raining ash and embers onto the floor below and toppling the famous spire. 500 firefighters battled for four hours before managing to get the blaze under control. another 30 minutes and the story would have been one of complete destruction. something paris would have found difficult to bear. though the stone structure is still standing, there has been a significant loss. as well as most of the roof, it is estimated between 5%—io% of the precious artworks housed in the cathedral have gone. but the crown of thorns some believe was worn byjesus on the cross, several important paintings, the medieval organ and the famous rose windows remain and this most historic of buildings will be repaired. translation: and, yes, we will rebuild the notre dame cathedral and it will be more beautiful than before and it will be done in five years. hundreds of millions of euros have

already been pledged to that cause. notre dame has survived but is badly scarred and thoughts now turn to what will be one of the world's most important restoration projects. kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news. let's go straight to paris and our correspondent who is outside the cathedral. huge amounts of money have been raised to help restore and reconstruct the cathedral. to be had any sense yet as to how much it might will cost? —— do we have? any sense yet as to how much it might will cost? -- do we have? not really. it is a case of the 600 million, 700 million euros pledged by all of these companies will make a big dent in the bill. i imagine it will be more than the 700 million euros, more likei billion, 2 billion. no one knows stop no point

speculating really. whatever it is, the amount pledged is a big sum and they can move ahead with some confidence that the bill will be paid for quite easily. in a sense, the bigger question is, what kind of restoration do they want to go for? will it be a restoration that is a com pletely will it be a restoration that is a completely creation of what was before, and a lot of purists will say it should be, all should it be something using more modern methods and more modern materials, which might be quicker and cheaper to achieve? these are the kind of almost philosophical debates that have to be decided and concluded before we move ahead to recovering getting this money, these massive pledges. the timescale is key as well. president macron has said five

yea rs, well. president macron has said five years, wanting it done by 202a. that is not necessarily unrealisable stop whatever, it will be a very long process. we are on day two before people can start. they had to stabilise the building and protect what is there and then they can start, which will take us into the next decade and beyond. a government minister said notre dame came 15 to 30 minutes away from total destruction. what has he based on? that statement, which may or may not be slightly exaggerated, as occurred toa be slightly exaggerated, as occurred to a key moment in the fight against the conflagration on monday which is when the right hand tower, the north, big belltower came close to going up in flames. knotted itself

but the wooden structure inside it. —— not it. wooden structures are the casings for the bell structure. the fire had spread to the wooden parts of the north tower. had firefighters not been able to intervene rapidly and put out the fire that was beginning to threaten the north tower, then the structure of the north tower would have been fatally weakened and the bells themselves would have fallen causing huge damage below and potentially that could have weakened fatally the structure of the north tower and you could have foreseen the whole building could have followed. it does seem there was a key moment on monday night when the saving of the north tower save the whole building. many thanks. a study suggests that eating even small amounts of ham, bacon and red meat increases the risk of contracting bowel cancer. the study, led by oxford university,

found that those who stuck to the nhs guideline of eating about 70—grammes of red or processed meat a day — that's a slice of roast beef and a rasher of bacon — still increased their risk of bowel cancer by a fifth compared to those who ate very small amounts. emma shields is from cancer research uk, who commissioned the study. so for people who are looking to reduce the risk of cancer then the advice is the less you eat the lower the risk. this doesn't mean that you have to completely give up bacon or go vegetarian if you don't want to, but simple ways that you can cut down on the amount that you are eating can all make a big difference in your risk of bowel cancer. mums—to—be should be routinely offered an ultrasound scan at 36—weeks, to help stop risky breech deliveries, when a baby's bottom orfeet emerge first. researchers from the university of cambridge, say the extra scans would avoid 4,000 emergency caesareans and eight baby deaths a year in england.

currently, midwives and doctors tend to rely on the shape and feel of the mother's bump to check. parents of premature babies should be allowed extra parental leave, according to campaigners. at the moment, leave is at the discretion of employers, and many parents face going back to work, whilejuggling on—going medical appointments. to mark neonatal mental health awareness week, rachel burden has been looking at the issues. every year, tens of thousands of premature babies are born in the uk. for some mothers this can mean weeks in hospital alongside their baby. i'll come in and do repairs, like changing her nappy. maybe get her out or feed her. i'll stay till about four, half four, then i'll go home, meet my husband, have something to eat and then we just come back for the evening.

meanwhile, maternity leave has started and is slowly slipping away. i'm not actually at home with my baby now. there's mothers out there whose babies were born at the same time who are at home doing normal things, but i'm coming to hospital every single day. i'm only going to be able to spend proper time with her when she's at home and then before i know it she won't probably be sitting down properly and it'll be time to go back to back so it's really unfair. the sights and sounds here at the royal oldham just remind me so much of my time on a unitjust like this with my little boy who was born nine weeks early weighing just 3lbs. it's a really stressful time but even as you're totally focused on the care of your little one, in the back of your mind you're also weighing up the potential financial impact. look, what are you eating there? but some organisations are beginning to change their parental leave policy. rochelle had triplets at 25 weeks, all weighing less than 2lbs each. when your employee says, "ok, your maternity leave has

started now" and you think, you start doing the calculations in your head. by the time i go back to work they'll be really young and then you start thinking about, "ok, i've lost out on this." all to do with your finances you start thinking about, and how am i going to cope? am i going to have to leave my employment once my maternity leave is over? you start thinking, "how am i going to support myself and how am i going to support them?" her employers, waltham forest council, were one of the first to extend maternity pay. they paid rochelle for the 14 weeks her babies were in hospital. having that reassurance and that bit of stability is a huge help and it's a huge difference. other organisations are beginning to follow their lead, including the bbc. one mother of premature babies has been driving this change. the smallest thing has been campaigning for some time asking government to make this change for families whose babies are born premature. a couple of years ago they introduced acas guidelines but they don't go far enough.

we need to make sure that all parents who find themselves in neonatal intensive care have the additional time that they need. the government says it's reviewing parental rights for parents of premature babies. meanwhile, for these families, it's a case of taking each day one tiny step at a time. rachel burden, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... uk universities are accused of using gagging orders to stop bullying and sexual misconduct allegations being made public. the bbc has found that millions of pounds have been spent on non—disclosure agreements since 2017. french president emmanuel macron says notre dame cathedral will be rebuilt "even more beautifully" following a massive fire on monday. officials have said the 850—year—old building was minutes away from total destruction. new research suggests that eating

even small amounts of red and processed meat, such as a rasher of bacon a day, can increase the risk of bowel cancer. a messy night for manchester united. they are out of the champions league after a 3—0 defeat by barcelona. lionel messi scored twice. a big win for cardiff city, giving them hope of staying up. brighton are now in a relegation battle. some doubts over the next fight for anthonyjoshua. miller has provided an adverse sample to anti—doping authorities. more on their stories at around 9:1i0am stop —— those stories at around 9:40am. not enough support is being given to help people affected by the windrush scandal

claim compensation, according to some of those who've lost their homes, jobs and access to benefits. earlier this month, the home secretary sajid javid announced there would be no limit on the amount of money victims could claim. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. this time last year, sylvester ma rs hall, 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, i tried to get my medication. everything was just locked 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 his job 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? this is a day of national shame. newsreel: the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans. a large number of people affected arrived in the uk between 19118 and 1971. some as children on their parents‘ passports, known as the windrush generation. they were granted indefinite leave to remain. but many weren't given their own formal documents. glenda caesar and her sisterjoyce came to the uk from dominica in the 1960s. not having 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, ‘cause i get calls a regular basis where people aren't able to understand what's going on, and "where do i go to, glenda? who do i turn to?" i'm going through this. and they're just coming out of the woodwork. and they're like "i don't know what to do." the family now hope compensation will go some way to helping overcome the trauma they've experienced. adina campbell, bbc news. 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.

our correspondent karishma vaswani sent us this from jakarta. counting is taking place at polling stations across indonesia now. from the two polling stations we had been to, you can see the division that is evident in indonesian society. the first poll was for the incumbent president and a second for his rival. every time somebody‘s name was read out, there were loud cheers and rounds of applause from residents and people who have come to see this election taking place. you will not get the official result for another month right now. in the next few hours we should know at least to the president of indonesia and the next vice president will be. this election has taken place quite smoothly across the archipelago, not understanding some of the logistical challenges we had seen. one of the

issues that has been raised by both candidates is the issue of islam, of religion. it is not a religiously muslim nation. five otherfaiths decides it's time i had to be practised and that is inscribed in the constitution. the fact that islam has become such a touchstone point in the election is worrying for indonesia's multiethnic and multireligious democracy. the brother of one of saudi arabia's most prominent women's rights activists has told bbc news his sister has been tortured in custody. loujain al—hathloul is one of nearly a dozen women arrested last year after publicly campaigning for the right to drive, just weeks before the ban was lifted. they're due to appear in court today accused of spying and undermining national security. the saudi government says the detained women have been treated lawfully, the ecuadorian president, lenin moreno, has defended

the decision to allow british police to enter his country's embassy in london to seize the wikilea ks 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, about why he decided to revoke the asylum forjulian assange. translation: several things from verbal insults against ecuador when he referred to our country as a completely insignificant country on one hand and on the other, excuse me that i have to say this here, but even smearing his faeces

on our embassy‘s walls. i think this is sufficient reason to revoke and terminate his asylum. and how did he treat staff? translation: well, pretty bad, very bad. in a despotic way, he even attacked some of the guards, something that definitely can't be tolerated. i say again, he exhausted our patience and pushed our tolerance to the limit. i heard reports that he was spying on your staff, what does that mean? translation: well, honestly, yes. he installed cameras and made his own decisions without consulting in any way the embassy staff. it's important to state that the group he led, tapped and hacked into my phone, my wife's and, in a miserable way, he published private pictures of my family, my wife and my daughters. and, honestly, the only thing they found is a united and happy family. ok, but one of the photos showed you in a hotel room, on a bed, there was some lobster. was that the final straw?

some people suggested that it was because you were embarrassed at a time when you were introducing austerity into ecuador, that was the reason that you kicked julian assange out of the embassy. well, i'm going to say something. that was my birthday, i was watching soccer in bed, it was a great day. my wife gifted me the pyjamas i was wearing, and the lobster, as a way to celebrate that special day for us. that's it. mr president, a final question. are you relieved that he is gone? translation: i think all ecuadorans are relieved. theyjust did a survey showing 80% of ecuadora ns wanted mr assange to leave. that he did not behave the way an asylee should, with respect for the country that has warmly welcomed him, sheltered him and given him food.

in a moment the weather, but first, here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at 10am. good morning. a family escaping the g re nfell tower good morning. a family escaping the grenfell tower buyer has been told they need to go on the council waiting list to find permanent accommodation and it is not possible to tell them how long it will take. kensington and chelsea council say the acquisition programme for helping people into homes has now finished. it will bring you more on that in the programme. now it's time for a look at the weather with carole. it has been foggy for some this morning, particularly in the south of england, where we have had dense fog patches. the rain across northern scotland will also start to clear. we will get a largely dry

daily sunshine, turning hazy this afternoon. there could be a show in east anglia and the midlands tonight. temperatures up to 20 degrees. hula along the north sea coastline and the wind will pick up in the south—east of england and the channel islands. also some low cloud coming in from the north sea. along the coasts and hills will be fog and heal fog. temperature wise, the coasts and hills will be fog and healfog. temperature wise, we the coasts and hills will be fog and heal fog. temperature wise, we are in pretty good shape but not particularly cold. tomorrow will be dry with a fair bit of sunshine for many of us. there might be an odd isolated shower but no more than that and it will still be quite breezy, particularly in the south. temperatures could hit 20 —— 21 in the midlands and the north of england.

hello this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines... uk universities are accused of using gagging orders to stop bullying and sexual misconduct allegations being made public. the bbc has found that millions of pounds have been spent on non—disclosure agreements since 2017. french president emmanuel macron says notre dame cathedral will be rebuilt "even more beautifully" following a massive fire on monday. officials have said the 850—year—old building was minutes away from total destruction. new research suggests that eating even small amounts of red and processed meat, such as a rasher of bacon a day, can increase the risk of bowel cancer. extra time for new mums and dads — campaigners call on the government to extend parental leave forfamilies with premature babies. and a view of our world from space.

these amazing pictures are from a new bbc series which invites viewers to look at the earth from a brand new perspective. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. eating just a rasher of bacon a day could increase your risk of developing bowel cancer. a new study from oxford university found people who eat less than the nhs's daily recommendation of red and processed meat are still at a greater risk of contracting cancer. drjulie sharp from cancer research uk told the today programme on radio 4 why eating even a small amount of red meat can still be harmful. there are obviously lots of different factors that can increase risk, particularly risk of bowel cancer. we know there are several different preventable causes of bowel cancer.

but this study has obviously allowed for these different factors and obviously taken account for people's other habits and lifestyles. and on the subject of other habits and lifestyles, the plus point is that people who eat high fibre diets then reduce their risk of bowel cancer, again in a manner that is quantifiable. that's right. as little as ten grams a day of fibre can reduce your risk of bowel cancer and it is particularly important to eat those fibres that come from breads and cereals, and that can really make a difference. so, hang on. if you have the bacon and the high—fibre stuff, can you kind of balance it out? obviously there is a balance to everything! but we do know that for bowel cancer, over 50% of cases are preventable and that is by keeping a high fibre diet, reducing the red and processed meat, and keeping a healthy weight. so, in all of these things, it is a balance and there are steps that people can take to help reduce that risk.

with me is our global health correspondent, smitha mundasad. thank you for coming in. are we sure first of all that these statistics are solid, if you like? what is being said? with apologies to anyone tucking in to a fire right now, this is yet more evidence that we have seen is yet more evidence that we have seen growing over the last few years that processed meat and red meat could perhaps cause bowel cancer. the world health organization said in 2015 that processed meat can cause bowel cancer and that red meat can probably cause it. what this study adds is of the uk population, almost half a million people here, directly relevant to our types of dietand directly relevant to our types of diet and patterns here, and what they found is that even small amounts of red and processed meat that the who looked at in 2015 does raise your risk of bowel cancer, even a rasher of bacon a day

increases your risk. but as with all of these things, how big is that risk? that is where it is up to an individual to decide. they say that about 5000 of the 40,000 bowel cancer cases in the uk each year could be prevented if people stopped eating red and processed meat. there isa eating red and processed meat. there is a risk, it gets big the more red 01’ is a risk, it gets big the more red or processed meat you eat, but compared to things like smoking which causes so many more cancers, 50,000 a year in the uk, it is small. it ends up being up to the individual to decide what is on their plate. you explained that very well. i suppose the question following on, there is an increased risk if you're eating red meat but how do they know that other factors are not involved ? how do they know that other factors are not involved? you mentioned smoking, but other lifestyle factors which could increase your risk. they acknowledged there are a lot of risks to getting bowel cancer and diet is one of them. smoking, exercise, having a healthy lifestyle protects you against things like

bowel cancer but what they did in this study, for 10,000 people who eat three rashers of bacon a day for example, they followed them for five 01’ example, they followed them for five or six years and they found that about 48 out of the 10,000 got bowel cancer. those who just ate one rasher of bacon a day over those six yea rs, rasher of bacon a day over those six years, just 40 got bowel cancer. an extra eight cases for the people whose diets were different. they looked at everything else which essentially stay the same but the diet had change, the more red meat and processed meat. they are saying it does make a difference. the guidelines here in the uk are but if you are eating 90 grams of red meat a day, then yes, think about cutting down to about 70, which is about three rashers of bacon or half a sirloin steak a day, but what this research is adding that actually, no red meat or processed meat is without harm if you are really

worried, cut down more. and also lead a healthy life. thank you so much for that. ijust lead a healthy life. thank you so much for that. i just want to tell you that the rate of consumer price index inflation has been released by the office for national statistics and that figure is 1.9% in march. we will bring you more on that in the next half an hour. the french president, emmanuel macron, has promised notre dame will be built "even more beautifully." following monday's devastating fire, mr macron said he wants the cathedral rebuilt in five years — in time for the 2024 summer olympics in paris. the sculptor sir anthony gormley, whose works include the angel of the north, told the today programme what notre dame means to him. it's impossible not to feel... i love the gargoyles, for example, on notre dame! which were saved, i believe. yes, i think they have been saved.

i think the building itself is an extraordinary... william golding wrote that wonderful book, the spire, and i think he tries to analyse what it is about gothic architecture in particular that catches that notion of collective aspiration. and we have to think that in the 13th century, the only high—rise in paris was notre dame. that extraordinary idea of a reaching to the sky... life was difficult. people lived in the mud, in darkness, and here was this building that expressed aspiration, that expressed, in a way, a collective idea of a future. the future, admittedly, in a mythical heaven, but i like the idea that art can be everybody‘s. and in the gothic model, which is a very difficult one to overcome because it is so powerful, the idea that generation after generation can continually build this thing, often

at heights that nobody could actually see, so craftsmen... we don't know the architect of... yes, it wasn't an ego trip in that sense, was it? no, it was this idea that everybody, like building an ant heap or something, everybody could contribute to this thing that, in some senses, was otherworldly, that would take them out of the mud. i wonder whether they weren't also thinking, hmm, if a little bit of that money was spent on my house, i would have somewhere decent to live! but the interesting thing is that it was their house. i think that's the point. and i think that's the point that the bishop was making very well, that actually, art in those days i think was collectively owned and it is only in our time that it has become both privatised and institutionalised. from skyscrapers covered in snow to discovering mysterious ice rings, a new bbc documentary series hopes to uncover the mysteries of the earth from a different angle. earth from space uses cameras hundreds of kilometres up in the atmosphere to explore some of the most remote habitats.

let's take a look. from space... ..the view of our planet is breathtaking. satellites orbiting the earth can now look down on it in absolutely extraordinary detail. bbc breakfast has been speaking to the series producer, chloe sarosh, and director, barney revill, about where how the concept for earth from space came to life. we are really excited to show everyone. it's a brand—new thing, i don't think it's been done on tv before. and we can't wait for people to see it. and what you seem to be doing,

you have used so many different satellites, it must have been complicated trying to put that all together. pretty complicated! yes, we are using satellite companies all over the world who are taking pictures of every corner of the earth at any given moment and we are able to bespokely ask for those pictures to be taken for us to help tell world life stories from a brand—new perspective. really exciting and very complicated but the results are good, we hope. tell us about penguin poo. why is it so important for allowing us to find exactly where they are? remarkably, you would think we know pretty much everything about the natural world and all the animals that there are everywhere these days. and yet, through satellite images, they were able to look around the antarctic, which is obviously pretty ridiculously impossible to get to at some points, and what they realised is that penguin poo looks a slightly different colour to the rocks of the ice down in antarctica. so if you are scanning vast

swathes of antarctica, you can pick these colours out and through it they could actually find new colonies. and they have actually doubled the number of emperor penguin colonies that were known about to date just through the use of satellite images. that you have looked at so many different things and these are gorgeous pictures. what seems extraordinary watching it, tell me about the elephants as well, you are looking at some elephants. you look at them on the earth and then you see them from space. how does it work? we didn't know we could! theoretically, we said, of course, high resolution satellites can take images with 33 centimetre per pixel. so, you can see a house, a car, trees. they were like, well, can we see an elephant? they were like, theoretically. but, as long as you can tell us where they are going to be on a specific day. we were like... 0k! let's take a lot at what you've been watching online.

and it's a simplejob, but is the nightmare of many parents — asking their children to clean their bedroom. this may bcome a thing of the past as a company injapan is trying to teach a pair of machines how to tidy a child's bedroom. the key is trying. i'm looking at that, maybe not that tidy but for the sake of the promotional video... it will be interesting to see how they get on. i think it looks more like tidying than cleaning but there you go. robots injapan might be the a nswer to you go. robots injapan might be the answer to a child's untidy bedroom in the future! that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre,

here's mike bushell. a disappointing night for manchester united. it really was and the last few weeks have been disappointing. the size of the rebuilding task ahead, for the manchester united manager, ole gunnar solskjaer, has become clear, after they were blown away by barcelona last night. he said his side are a couple of levels below teams like that, after their humbling champions league exit, in the nou camp, as natalie pirks reports. they said they were here for the love, not the glory. it was just as well. fun in the sun would soon turn cold. barcelona's arrogance would be justified, but first united almost crashed the party. marcus rashford smashing the crossbar inside the first minute. united's flame was soon extinguished though and things were about to get "messi".

that was lionel‘s 23rd goal against english teams. his 24th came courtesy of a collector's item. david de gea, often united's saviour, could only look on in horror as messi's shot wriggling under him. remarkably, it was to get worse. ex—liverpool player philippe coutinho with the pick of the bunch. what a way to silence his critics. alexis sanchez almost pulled off a consolation in his old hunting ground but the night belonged to one man, this mesmerising magician — doesn't it always? natalie pirks, bbc news at camp nou. as you'd expect, manchester united's exit dominates the back pages this morning. the sun calls it a ‘total messi'. the guardian says united were on their knees. whilst the i says it was a ‘messi masterclass‘. so, barcelona through to the last four, and they'll be joined by ajax

who beat the italian champions juventus to go through in turin. after knocking out champions real madrid in the last round, they upset the odds once again. matthijs de ligt with the winner — he's the captain of this side, atjust 19 years of age. brilliant result for an historically huge club. in european football this is their first semifinal since 1997. sojuventus, and indeed cristiano ronaldo, out, and we liked this stat on social media. since 2007, cristiano ronaldo has reached the semi—finals of the champions league, every year, except... when a toy story film has been released. so he missed out in 2010, when toy story 3 came out, and now in 2019, ahead of toy story 4. two matches in the champions league tonight — and they're big ones for the english sides. manchester ciy host spurs who are one up from the first leg. whilst liverpool take a 2—0 lead to porto. live commentary from the etihad

with updates from portugal on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. there was a huge win for cardiff in the premier league last night. they beat brighton 2—0 at the amex, and that result drags brighton right into the relegation fight. they're just a couple of points ahead of cardiff, who now take real momentum into theirfinalfour matches of the season. everybody knew how big it is. we knew we'd be relegated really if we lose the game today. we're not going to catch up eight points on anybody at this level, so itjust makes it interesting, really, doesn't it. we do not give up and, like i said, i thought we scored two good goals and we played some good stuff as well. we heard quite a few pundits today saying it would be ourfinal game there's some doubt over anthonyjoshua's next big fight. he's due to fightjarrell miller in new york onjune1st, but promoter eddie hearn has confirmed that miller

has provided an "adverse" sample to anti—doping authorites. ade adedoyin reports from manhattan. the irony of this is that jarrell miller accused anthonyjoshua the irony of this is that jarrell miller accused anthony joshua of using performance enhancing drugs when they had the promotional tour after the fight was announced and he finds himself in a situation where he is having to defend a charge of failing a drug test himself. his sample was collected by a voluntary anti—doping association which is used by promoters and the major sanctioning bodies to test fighters ahead of major fight and they have uncovered the majority are positive tests in boxing in recent years. this situation throws this matchup between miller and joshua into doubt because miller will have to have a hearing with the new york state athletic commission and if they do not give them a licence he will not be allowed to fight. eddie hearn, anthonyjoshua's promoter, be allowed to fight. eddie hearn, anthony joshua's promoter, says be allowed to fight. eddie hearn, anthonyjoshua's promoter, says they will continue with preparations for a title defence at madison square

garden on june one a title defence at madison square garden onjune one and potentially they might have to find a new opponent forjoshua. jarrell miller was on a winning streak and is a larger—than—life personality would have created headlines which is probably why he was selected as an opponent forjoshua but these are not the kind of headlines that the joshua camp would have wanted. let's run you through some of the morning's other sports headlines, and israel folau is going to challenge his sacking, over a homophobic post on social media. rugby australia cancelled his contract, after folau said that "hell awaits" gay people. at the weekend, the 30—year—old said he was standing by "what the bible says". he's now asked for a code of conduct hearing. one man who's supported folau is the england forward billy vunipola. he got a formal warning from the rugby football union yesterday, but his club saracens say they'll stand by him and want to move on. and england announce their squad, for the cricket world cup today, it could include this man — jofra archer. it would be a controversial selection because he was born in barbados, but now qualifies to play for england, and some

players aren't happy. a reminder you can get all the latest sport news on sportsday at half past six tonight on the bbc news channel. more at 11:15am. the bbc has announced the line—up for the 2019 proms — the world's biggest classical music festival. there will be special events featuring music ranging from jazz to hip hop and performances celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. here is a quick look at the line—up. classical music plays.

applause i'm joined now by david pickard, director of bbc proms, and the violinist and conductor stephanie chilldress. thank you for coming in. hip—hop, break dancing and a nina simone from, are you programming glass memory rather than the proms?! certainly not! the promise always has had a place for popular as well as classical music we are still abutting the 150th anniversary of its founder, henry wood, who mixed the popular music of his day with contemporary classical music and that's what doing today but i think in his day it was victorian songs and today it is an amazing melting pot of hip—hop, jazz, folk, all the music that we enjoy, all of us, alongside classical music. plenty of beethoven and the rest? nobody need worry about there not been classical music! what will you be doing? i

will be playing in from 49 which is a prompt for the last word, surrounding a book. i will be playing the violin part of that. it isa playing the violin part of that. it is a brilliant book by robert mcfarlane. it surrounds the idea of the fact that we are losing words, words connected to nature and especially in young children, we don't have words like bluebell or fern any more will stop we are surrounding the prom with that idea. david, i note you are featuring a selection of songs by prince albert. are they any good? they are beautiful! they are a very simple selection of four or five songs that have been chosen and the most important thing about that, that is we are using queen victoria's piano which has been loaned by buckingham palace and which will be played outside the palace for the first time ever. how did you get them to agree to lend it to you? the

wonderful stephen huff happen to have little contact at the royal collection! we went on bended need to the royal family and asked to use and they were incredibly helpful and has loaned it to us. we are looking at it, add magnificent —looking piano i think it is normally in the white drawing room so we might have seen white drawing room so we might have seen it in the background of a christmas message? you will have donein christmas message? you will have done in last year's message. it is also a beautiful 19th century piano. what better instrument to play music of the time by mendelssohn as well as prince albert and mendelssohn was as prince albert and mendelssohn was a composer but queen victoria knew and loved. why are the proms important? i think because they obviously bring classical music to a wider audience but also this mishmash david talked about, the fa ct we mishmash david talked about, the fact we are happy hip—hop and we had break dancers in the video, it is a wonderful mix to have, especially in this day and age possible it is

important as a showcase for young artists as well. we have seven women conductors as well including on the first night which is the first time a woman conductor has graced the stage in that capacity. it is a wonderful platform. to pick you up on that, it is a big moment, the first woman to conduct the first night of the proms but relatively speaking there are still not that many female conductors. why is that? i think it is because it is something that has been traditionally ingrained into the audience's psyches and also the psyches of musicians, the fact that we had not been used to seeing women conductors, but it has completely changed. they have been there but they needed to be promoted. i think they needed to be promoted. i think the proms is an amazing platform for that. you conduct, how did you manage to break through?l that. you conduct, how did you manage to break through? a lot of determination! i have been surrounded by some amazing women who have been so supportive. i think having that steely determination in any profession is always hard but especially conducting. and it is

also levelled that they were not enough female composers featured not only at the proms but in repertoire around the world. are you trying to address that as well. we are. like women conductors, unfortunately we inherit history of composers which is largely male so even more important that the composers for the future have a proper balance of men and women. we have committed in 2022 to make sure we have an equal balance of commissions from men as well as women and this year there are 11 commissions for women and 12 for men so we are almost at that balance. we are also doing something which i think is interesting, celebrating some women composers from the password in our chamber series which include people like clara schumann, who might not be household names but were writing music in the past and we cant revive their music and show there was brilliant music being written before the 21st century. there will be a

mindfulness prom. what will it involve ? mindfulness prom. what will it involve? are we going to lie in the dark and meditate amazing make of it isa dark and meditate amazing make of it is a late—night prom night been struck by many people come to these because they want to hear and see music they feel is right for them at that time of night. we have had a big success with things like the bark from, and we had a moment in a hushed hall where you heard beautiful music that felt right at that time of night. it is an extension of what we are doing but i wa nted extension of what we are doing but i wanted to play around with it a bit and maybe include a mixture of different composers from different periods. there will be some bach and some schubert but all of a very meditative nature, the kind of thing you might want to listen to before you might want to listen to before you go to bed. briefly, how does it work? does david come to you and say, we would like you to play this particular piece, or say, say, we would like you to play this particular piece, orsay, play anything you like? in this case he said, would you be a part of this wonderful prom and obviously i said

yes, but so much goes into the planning of the proms and i'm sure you are planning even five years ahead so it is a complicated process but one that yields amazing results. and you perform at the proms before? i led the national youth orchestra of great britain in 2015 so i have graced the stage before and i'll be excited to come back as a soloist. lovely, good luck with it, especially to you, david! you have a long few weeks ahead! great to talk to you and thank you for coming in. that is it for now but let's catch up that is it for now but let's catch up with the weather with lucy. hello, a bit of a murky start for some this morning with patches of mist and fog but over the next few days we will see a fair amount of dry and fine weather and temperatures picking up as well widely into the high teens and low 20s. through today, plenty of good

spells of sunshine developing. the small chance of one or two showers for east anglia, parts of the midlands, perhaps southern parts of northern england. temperatures between 11 and 20 degrees. feeling warm in the sunshine but always a bit cooler on the north sea coast. also something to be aware of, high pollen levels across much of england and wales and also parts of strathclyde. this evening and overnight, we will see the showers are easing. the potential of some fairly pretty sunset further south with high—level cloud. more in the way of cloud feeding in from the east and with that the potential for some mist and hill fog. temperatures not falling too far, overnight lows between four and 9 degrees. in the next few days we will see temperatures warming up thanks to this mild airwe temperatures warming up thanks to this mild air we are bringing in off the continent and we have those yellow and orange colours in the next few days. we start tomorrow with some low clouds, some mist and

fog first thing but it will lift and we are looking at a largely dry date with sunny spells and areas of cloud. temperatures a little up on today, a maximum of 20 or 21 degrees. moving into good friday, a good deal of dry and fine weather to come, plenty of sunshine around. temperatures creeping up a little further on good friday, looking at 22 or 23 celsius and even on the north sea coast you can see temperatures creeping up a bit further as well. that takes us into saturday and there is a bit of uncertainty on the detail on saturday, the exact positioning of this front pushing into the north—west, but away from that, the further south and east you come, we will have a good deal of dry and fine weather and this is where we expect to see the highest temperatures, 24 or even 25 celsius inafew temperatures, 24 or even 25 celsius in a few spots so certainly warm in the sunshine. moving into the second

pa rt the sunshine. moving into the second part of the easter weekend, a bit more uncertainty in the detail. it looks like we could start to see some more unsettled weather feeding in from the north and west so stay tuned to the forecast for the next few days. goodbye.

hello. it's wednesday. it's 10 o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. relatives of knife crime victims are holding a demonstration in london today to call for more government action on knife crime. today to get an insight into why some teenagers carry knives. we hearfrom them. i had never, ever carried that knife out or pulled it out to hurt somebody, or hurt somebody innocent. i never pulled it out at all, you understand that? until i was caught with it. the only intension i had was, if i ever saw the person who threatened me, and they came to me again, i would use it to defend myself. i would not run up to him with it if i saw him with it.