this is the briefing. i'm ben bland, our top story: north korea says it's tested what it calls a new type of tactical guided weapon. it's the first missile test since the hanoi summit between kin jong—un and president trump. supporters and opponents of president trump prepare to comb through the report on alleged russian interference in the 2016 election campaign when it's published later. at least 29 people have died in a coach crash on the portuguese island of madeira. many of the victims are thought to be german tourists. a stark warning about climate change as sir david attenborough launches a landmark bbc documentary. the reviews are in, and they make uncofortable reading. several reviewers trash samsung's new $2,000 galaxy fold smartphone

as it develops serious screen issues afterjust one or two days of use. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. from mid—july, the uk becomes the first country in the world to make porn websites verify the age of uk visitors to their pages or face being blocked. it's to try and stop under—18s viewing the material. tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing.

north korea says it has tested a new type of tactical guided weapon, which will increase the combat power of its army. analysts say the test, overseen by kim jong—un, appears to be of a short—range weapon that would not threaten the united states, but could increase tensions. live now to our correspondent, laura bicker, in the south korean capital seoul. laura, what more do we know about this weapon? what more details have they given? very little. the state media in north korea sent out a release earlier this morning our time, describing it as a tactical weapon capable of holding a powerful warhead, and said it had is weighty significance. that is all we have to go on. i think the word tactical, thatis go on. i think the word tactical, that is what everybody is looking out and saying, look, this is not

perhaps the kind of weapon we have seenin perhaps the kind of weapon we have seen in the past, especially in 2017, where we had a number of very large missile test done one of the reasons everybody was worried was because these missiles were capable of reaching the usa. this does not appear to be that kind of missile, nor does it appear that this weapon is in any way, at this stage, nuclear. so when it comes to the kind of provocation, if that is what you want to call it, but north korea has indeed done in the past, certainly this is very low—key by those standards. but it does pose a few questions, and may, instead of provoking a large response, provoke thought in washington, where talks between the us and north korea remain ata between the us and north korea remain at a stalemate.” between the us and north korea remain at a stalemate. i was going to pick up on that point. given all you have said just then, does this have any bearing, any effect, on any potential future summit between north korea and the us? it is difficult to say, because i think at

this stage kim jong—un would say, i have broken a promise, and the kind of weapons i told you i wouldn't test were those long—range missiles and nuclear weapons. this is the kind of weapon we are developing. it does say to washington, there seems to be this thinking that there is no rush while sanctions remain in place, however, pyongyang being able to develop this kind of weapon while sanctions, strict economic sanctions, strict economic sanctions, remain in place, that is kind of pyongyang shrugging and saying, pressure? what pressure? it's kind of hands the ball back to the us when it comes to these negotiations, because if they think they can wait and hope that kim jong—un and his regime and his state will be crippled under the sanctions, but kim appears to be saying is that that is not happening. —— what kim. with these launches, we tend to have a look at the impact outside north korea. but internally, if sanctions are beginning to bite, if there is evidence on food shortages, which we

are certainly beginning to hear about, then this kind of military strength, a show of military power, tends to rally people around kim jong—un at this time, which is perhaps what he is also trying to do, rally support within north korea as well as sending this potential message to those in the united states. laura bicker, thank you very much. that was laura bicker in seoul. robert mueller‘s long awaited report on alleged russian interference in the 2016 us election will be published, in part, on thursday. but there's plenty of controversy about it already. attorney general william barr is going to hold a press conference on it before the redacted version is published. the chair of the housejudiciary committee jerry nadler criticised that decision. aleem maqbool reports from washington. 0ne one man could not appear more confident about what the report will show. i1. no collusion, no

obstruction. i won. show. i1. no collusion, no obstruction. iwon. i have not show. i1. no collusion, no obstruction. i won. i have not read the mother reports, i have not seen it, as far as i'm concerned, i don't ca re it, as far as i'm concerned, i don't care about the mueller report. he is so blase because we have already heard the headlines of what investigator robert mueller found. that russia did try to help donald trump win the election by social media and hacking emails. but he didn't find that members of the trump campaign conspired with russia to do that. on obstruction of justice, he did not conclude the president committed a crime, but didn't do —— didn't exonerate him either. we have only heard this so farfrom a summary of either. we have only heard this so far from a summary of the report by us attorney general william barr, a trump political appointees, and not everybody trusts is interpretation. rather than letting the facts of the report speak for themselves, the attorney general has taken unprecedented steps to spin

mueller‘s nearly two—year investigation. the central concern here is that attorney general barr is not allowing the facts of the mueller report to speak for themselves, but is trying to take in themselves, but is trying to take in the narrative about the report to the narrative about the report to the benefit of the white house. —— bake in. donald trump might feel the spectre of robert mueller‘s investigation has been banished, but our first look at the report itself might well contain damaging details of the president's behaviour, even if they are not enough to build a criminal case against him, as many of his opponents would have hoped. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. supporters of the former peruvian president, alan garcia, have gathered to see his coffin. mr garcia died after shooting himself when police tried to arrest him in connection with a corruption investigation. he was accused of taking bribes from the brazilian construction firm, 0debrecht. he had denied any wrongdoing. boeing says it is making "steady progress" towards certifying

a software update to its 737 max planes which were grounded around the world after a crash in ethiopia. the chief executive, dennis muilenburg, said the final test flight with the updated software took place on wednesday. people in india are voting in the second phase of the general election, the largest democratic exercise in the world. nearly 160 million people across 12 states are eligible to vote in this wave. some of the biggest indian states, including tamil nadu in the south are taking part. facebook says it has unintentionally uploaded the email contacts of 1.5 million new users since may 2016, without their knowledge or consent. in a statement, the company said the data was not shared with anyone and is being deleted, and the affected account holders will be notified. at least 29 people have died in a bus crash on the portugese

island of madeira. the bus plunged off a road and overturned. there were around 50 on board altogether, and it's feared pedestrians may be among the dead. the crash happened just outside the capital city, funcal. madeira is known for its rugged terrain, and it was on a relatively narrow, winding road in the hills surrounding the capital funchal that a tour bus went out of control on wednesday, plunging down a slope and killing most of its passengers. it turned another coach had been transporting a group of german tourists. —— it and another. translation: the information we have is that the bus was relatively new, about five years old. what i can say is that every tourist vehicle and all vehicles on madeira's roads are properly inspected. because of the crash, it is premature to talk about that. in the wake of the accident,

portugal's resident and prime minister expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and to the families of the victims and to the families of the victims and to the german authorities. —— president. madeira's regional government has declared two days of mourning. more than two dozen injured, including a tour guide and the coach's driver, were taken to a hospital in funchal. the accident happened around 6:30pm wednesday. emergency services were on the scene within minutes, but with many of the victims apparently having been thrown from their seats when the coach came off the road, the death toll was high. according to local officials, the passengers were mainly in their 40s. madeira is a popular tourist destination, attracting around 1 million holidaymakers each year, above all from germany and the uk. a major pr problem unfolding for smartphone maker samsung. its new $2,000 galaxy fold smartphone has been tested by the press and the results

are disappointing. several reviewers reports serious screen issues after only two days of use. with me priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech, a uk—based education technology platform. the verge, "screen broke afterjust a day." cnbc, "completely unusable afterjust two days of use." what do you make of this? well, we all use them. this was a thing which was supposed to be so exciting, samsung's opportunity to rival huawei, who came out with foldable screen technology recently. the reviewers who receive this technology, who were supposed to rave about it, apparently, it is claimed that some of them took off a protective screen, you know sometimes with technology you get that film? and you take it off? the

packaging. right. it's not packaging. right. it's not packaging. it's not? no. people have peeled off what looks like packaging, actually it was permanent and it has been claimed that was a permanent part of the screen, so when they have opened the foldable screen it has bulged and broken and left them feeling disappointed. this isa left them feeling disappointed. this is a big blow to samsung. this is going to cost £1800, it is meant to be sold on the market in a few days, and this is a big want to solve. they have been here before with problem phones. one would think this had been tested beforehand. problems arise, you get bugs in phones, softwa re arise, you get bugs in phones, software updates, they have had overheating issues before... that was the big thing, the exploding phones. i tell you the thing, anybody will say, how could this happen? hundreds of phones going out in the market and straightaway the average person has found there are problems. it is not saying that everybody has had problems, but i think there have been a fair amount of reviewers. in fairness to

samsung, they did bounce back from, you know, the burning phones problem. and they still, you know, they are a massive player in the smartphone market. they are a huge player. they make most of their money through the chips they make, for parts. it is really interesting, one funny person somewhere said, why would you buy a phone from a dishwasher maker? we do have very loyal samsung fans out there. they we re loyal samsung fans out there. they were saying, this happens with hardware. what is shocking about this for most people is that they have received this phone, this is the big launch, you know, you want the big launch, you know, you want the hype. and there are so many significant problems. it is not about using the phone, it is not about using the phone, it is not about bugs. it is the actual screen, hardware. they are going to have to sort it out very fast. thank you very much for the moment. you will be joining very much for the moment. you will bejoining us for the papers later. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: spurs stun

manchester city in a 7—goal thriller to go into the semi—finals of the champions league. there pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, there 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: north korea says it's tested what it calls a new type of tactical guided weapon. it's the first missile test since the hanoi summit between kin jong—un and president trump. at least 29 people have been killed in a coach crash on the portuguese island of madeira, many of the victims are thought to be german tourists. sir david attenborough's latest project is a hard—hitting film on the science of climate change and potential solutions to the global threat. ‘climate change: the facts' reveals the already devastating impact of climate change on our planet

and what could happen next, with interviews from some of the world's leading climate scientists. here's a taste. when this ice it melts... the gases are released into the atmosphere and you can actually hear the gases coming out. let's have a look. these layers that we are doing demonstrated the levels contain methane. it's a very potent greenhouse gas. methane is 21 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than c02. so you can imagine a large amounts of gas burping out of the permafrost actually causing the acceleration in the global warming that we see already happening. you look out across the millions of

la kes look out across the millions of lakes in the arctic, you start to wonderjust how much methane all of these lakes could release. for uk viewers, climate change: the facts airs on bbc one tonight at 9pm. if you're trying to cut through the confusion on climate change, you can find a clear and comprehensive explanation of all the issues and even talk to our climate change bot at: bbc.com/news. or, you can download the bbc news app. to afghanistan now, where specialists are painstakingly working to breathe new life into statues of buddha that were destroyed by the taliban. but what does the future hold for these priceless artefacts if the taliban come back to power? the bbc was given exclusive access behind the scenes at kabul museum.

now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your thursday sport briefing, where we start with one of the most incredible football matches. tottenham are through to the champions league semifinals despite losing their quarter final second leg 11—3 to manchester city. five goals in the first 21 minutes set up a classic and after spurs won the first leg 1—0. that means it finished 4—1;

on aggregate, sending mauricio pochettino's side through to a clash with ajax on the away goals rule. i think they are at our heels. i told you all that happens this season, they deserve a lot of praise and reward for everyone. liverpool will play barcelona in the other semi final afterjurgen klopp's side beat porto 4—1 in portugal handing them a 6—1 aggregate win. sadio mane and mohamed salah unsurprisingly were among the scorers setting up a tie against the spaniards as they look to go one better than last year when they were runners up. tonight we are in the semi—final after going against cardiff. that will be in what will be in my mind when i wake up tomorrow, not

barcelona. it's easy to see why they call rafael nadal the king of clay as he swept through his first match since returning from injury at the monte carlo masters. on his favourite surface nadal was too good for his fellow spaniard, roberto bautista agut, and beat him 6—1, 6—1. the 32 year old hasn't lost a match in monte carlo for four years and plays grigor dimitrov in the third round later on thursday. also on thursday, world number one novak djokovic will play in the monte carlo masters. he's up against the young american taylor fritz in the round of 16. djokovic said his contest against philipp kohlschreiber in the last round ‘wasn't the prettiest of matches' and he was made to work before coming through in three sets against the german. afterjuventus were knocked out of the champions league on tuesday, napoli are the last italian side left in europe, but they have it all to do in the europa league against arsenal later. the serie a side are 2—0 down after the first leg in london and will need a big performance in the stadio san paolo

to turn it around. the nba playoffs continue later, with the la clippers hosting golden state warriors at the staples center three days after their incredible victory over the reigning champions in oakland. the clippers produced the biggest comeback victory in playoff history in the first match, making up a 31—point deficit to win by four. to be good at table tennis you need to have lightning fast reactions and pinpoint accuracy. 0ne15—year—old boy has got both! the australian olympic team posted this video on instagram, saying they can't get enough of the so—called ‘aussie ping pong kid.‘ nick rudd's videos have been causing quite a stir on social media. he claims to have had over 150 million views. 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 thursday

sport briefing. i was asked earlier what you thought about our talking point today. what about our talking point today. what about the uk making porn websites verify the age of their uses, if they don't they could face being blocked. this is to try and stop under 18 from viewing material. a lot of you have been tweeting and offering a range of views. someone said "is the government going to ban all virtual private networks, too? " that's to make it seem like they are posting from another country and would be outside the scope of this band. we have another tweet from steve. steve says "this will make buy in from other social media companies, otherwise it will be doomed from day one —— this needs buy in. " and the whole point about virtual private networks existing in that social media, if they don't

come onboard, they — sooner says this is politics to make mps look like they are doing something. dave has a different view. he says "isn't it the responsibility of parents to control what their kids view? why should it affect adults who don't have kids?" some of the plans discussed open the idea is to defraud based on the fact that some of —— someone could ask to send a scan of their passport or drivers license and that could potentially be compromised, the outer. does make that data. troy says that seems a goodidea that data. troy says that seems a good idea but these initiatives need to be monitored closely to make sure they work. dan, though, says it's another way to censor the internet and gain control of the uk's users. thanks for all those tweets, i'll try to get to more of them in the

next section and i'll be back with the business briefing injust a few moments. stay with us, see you soon. if you've seen any of the forecast in the recent days, you're probably familiar with the story that we have an area of high pressure close by in scandinavia settling the weather down across much of the british isles, tending to give pelagic weather fronts at bay. so there is a lot of fine and subtle weather to be had. we have had another benefit from that high pressure area, because as the air sit into the middle of the high, it's tending to heat up. that is a pattern we're going to see of the next few days with temperatures set to rise. it's not all plain sailing, i do not pointed that little island of cloud close to the isle of wight, you probably would not have made anything of it, but what a

difference it makes. this was a scene from van ron. things were made foggy therefore a time, but there's no doubt about it, many other have had weather to more that drier, brighter conditions —— from venron. we start thursday frost free for the most pa rt we start thursday frost free for the most part with still with leaden skies close to the pennines and eastern scotland. and an onshore breeze for some of these eastern areas, that is going to have a real effect on the temperatures. from a weather point of view, a lot of fine u nsettled weather point of view, a lot of fine unsettled weather. it either influence that onshore breeze has close by to the eastern shores of the british isles. temperatures, 12, 13, 14. the british isles. temperatures, 12, 13, 1a. you have to come a lot further south before you start to see for ten and 16. where we cut down the length of that sea track, you are still getting relatively mild airfrom the cap are you are still getting relatively mild air from the cap are consonant. temperatures well in the teens if not 20 or 21 degrees. here we are. good friday. a glorious day. a bit

of fairweather cloud but nothing to scare the horses. just a word, the uv levels are quite high, noticed the temperatures are on the up as well and the pollen levels are quite high as well so take precautions if you have do. here we are on into the weekend. that weather front is just tumbling its way into the north—western part of scotland, the cloud getting along parts of scotla nd cloud getting along parts of scotland and northern ireland, other fronts trying to work their way and towards the western side of the british isles. but, on the whole temperatures reach their peak on saturday and it looks like a pretty decent weekend for many.

this is the business briefing. i'm ben bland. a $12.7 billion valuation. 0nline scrapbooking company pinterest is the latest in a slew of tech ipos. temporary suspension. unable to pay for fuel, india's jet airways cancels all of its flights. and on the markets, asian markets fell on thursday as investors in most countries wound down going into the long easter break. even positive comments on the china—us trade talks were unable to spark much buying activity.