as it is this weather pattern, as it continues the able progressively colder from the west. during wednesday the changes really gather place. thus make peace. for the midlands, northern england, northern ireland, there is the potential of heavy, thundery downpours to break out into the afternoon, with gusty winds. even further north where it stay largely dry it will be windy. cloudy across the eastern side of scotland. most locations during wednesday probably won't get to 20 degrees. as we go through wednesday night we will see further showers and thunderstorms drifting north. some clear spells in between as well. we're not expecting it to be particularly chilly during the early pa rt particularly chilly during the early part of thursday morning, 6—9d. as we get to thursday, low pressure by this stage very much in charge. systems blundering around the low. 0n systems blundering around the low. on thursday looks like we will see

quite a few downpours drifting northwards across the british isles. it may well be that the north—east of scotla nd it may well be that the north—east of scotland stays driest and brightest through the day. but look at the temperatures, well done on where they have been. 13—15 at best. friday will bring some sunshine. we will see a band of showers and thunderstorms drifting eastward through the day. it may be that north—east scotland has the best of the dry and sunny weather. those temperatures still in the 12—15 degree range. for the weekend, some computer models spin up quite a deep area of low pressure. uncertainty about the exact track. it looks like on saturday we will see a suite of very wet and potentially very windy weather. it is with stjude to the forecast if you have travel plans on saturday. likely to turn drier and brighterfrom the saturday. likely to turn drier and brighter from the west of the day wears on. it will be very chilly. birmingham nine degrees at best, example. in amongst this wet weather we may see some wintry weather over high ground. sunday looks likely to

give a chance to draw breath. a transient ridge of high pressure building intoa transient ridge of high pressure building into a temporary spell of drier, brighter weather. those temperatures recovering much. 13—14. into next week, the unsettled weather resumes. the jet stream remains to the south of the uk. it may be that the wettest conditions are in the south. it might be slightly drier further north. some computer models, but only some, build high pressure in more strongly towards the end of the week will stop that would settle things down. but think it is only a small chance. for the most part, next week will bring rain at times, it will be breezy, some sunshine, and a small chanceit breezy, some sunshine, and a small chance it will turn dry out later. but it certainly is not going to file summer. —— feel like summer.

hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines: as the number of dead after the attacks in sri lanka rises to 321, this footage shows one of the suspected church bombers. it's also emerged that intelligence about the attacks may not have been passed on to ministers. it's confirmed that us president donald trump will make a three—day state visit to the uk injune. change uk, the pro—remain party which backs another brexit referendum, has launched its european election campaign. fire crews have been tackling a huge mountain blaze above the town of blaenau ffestiniog in north wales. and billy mcneill, the celtic legend and the first british man to lift the european cup, has died at the age of 79.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator lance price, and deputy political editor of the sun, steve hawkes. thank you forjoining us tonight. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian leads with an image of teenage climate activist greta thunberg, who has hit out at the uk government for its continued support for fossil fuels and airport expansion, saying such behaviour would be remembered in history as one of the greatest failures of humankind. the metro reports on the environment secretary's admission that the government has done too little to tackle global warming. michael gove told swedish student greta thunberg that her views had been heard after she addressed mps at westminster. similarly, the times features mr gove‘s pledge for tougher measures on climate change. it also covers the news that the islamic state group have admitted responsibility for the easter sunday bombings in sri lanka. theresa may defies ministers and the us over huawei —

that's on the front of the telegraph, with the prime minister giving the go ahead for the chinese telecoms giant to supply technology for britain's new 5g network. no room at the palace for trump — the daily mirror reports on the us president's state visit, quoting royal sources who say it won't be possible for the queen to accommodate him and his entourage. and the daily star warns of an apparent invasion of killer vipers — vets say the heatwave has led to an influx of snakes. have you seen any? only in westminster. everyone has had a breakfrom westminster. everyone has had a break from westminster, so hopefully they will be in a fine mood, and of course the times and many papers have greta thunberg on their front page. it is a funny photo, invites a caption competition. superb photo, caroline lucas has been campaigning for yea rs caroline lucas has been campaigning for years and along comes a

16—year—old swedish girl to steal the headlines and the praise. she has been around all day on radio and tv, and at westminster. she was brilliant in the way she conveys a message for someone so young, compassionate and composed, i would pull up compassionate and composed, i would pullupa compassionate and composed, i would pull up a couple of points... no conservative cabinet minister will oppose anything, they want to be the leader. they will praise people to the hills. the fact that she is saying that our exploitation of fossil fuels and expansion of airports is beyond absurd, i have some. . . airports is beyond absurd, i have some... i would airports is beyond absurd, i have some... iwould hit airports is beyond absurd, i have some... i would hit back slightly and potential problems for labour, heading out at planning permission for a new coalmine. corbyn routinely says he would like a new coalmine to that lot. michael gove says we need to do more. we do need to do more. the tories, david cameron, had their green moment which came and went. politicians have to do seem to be

seen to be delivering. they have talked the talk for some time going back 20 years or more. politicians have said they get their message on climate change. and they use political imagery, like having the huskies... a renewable hoodie. to try to convince us that they are taking it seriously. then something like this comes along, and we have had the demonstrations in london and elsewhere over the easter break, and then this extraordinary girl comes and has the whole of westminster in the palm of her hands. nobody capable actually of making even gentle criticism that steve was raising about some of the things that she was saying. they had to nod and agree with what she said because she is who she is but also the moral authority and clarity with which she

was speaking. and then to have michael gove, who has been the environment secretary for a couple of years, turn around and say you have really made me feel guilty and lam have really made me feel guilty and i am shocked and we really have to do more. what has he been doing for the last two years? it is a very important wake—up call. they will nod their heads and agree. let's see how things are a few weeks down the line when the political debate moves oi'i line when the political debate moves on and whether there will be a big change in policy. when it comes to the cost of it. michael gove is burning straws. that caused kickback already. why are we getting rid of it? what are we going to do? papers draws keep collapsing. it is all very good and people will agree with every idea, like the blue planet programme, it is the fallout in everyday life and the cost as well. yes, lots of elections in the offing. we will see what comes up in any one's manifesto. just moving on.

the daily mirror has someone who has made a name for himself on climate change in the opposite direction, who is also coming to london soon, will he be given a similar greeting at westminster if he manages to speak in parliament, donald trump lassila extraordinary day at the top of the agenda that it has gone out to the great climate change denier in chief, president trump. he will be here in earlyjune. and the protesters here who are out in a very good— natured way protesters here who are out in a very good—natured way on the streets of london over the extinction rebellion campaign about the environment and they will be much more angry when donald trump is here. it will be a security nightmare, it will be a diplomatic nightmare, it will be a diplomatic nightmare for the government, and it will be something of an embarrassment for her majesty the queen. it makes me wonder whether or not it is too convenient that there

are renovations going on. there is no room at the palace and so he can't stay there. he will presumably stay in the high security us embassy in regents park where he has stayed in the past. i think the queen probably will be looking forward to spending as little time as possible as she can with him. it is a state visit. i notice on the sun, your paper, they say maternity leave for meghan, i wonder whether that is a way to avoid dinner with the president. who knows? there is a serious message, the defence minister said he might not be eve ryo ne minister said he might not be everyone ‘s cup of tea, but america is our biggest ally in the world by far — security, trade, business, going back years, and we should remember d—day, with the anniversary, and you'd hope the protesters, of course they are allowed to protest, but bear in mind

how critical america was that time ago. do you think the visit will get the same level of attention? it will get attention, but obviously we had the protest, we had the balloon, he came, he went, they managed it. he was kept away from central london by choice. if he follows the normal pattern of these things, there will bea pattern of these things, there will be a procession down the mall from trafalgar square to buckingham palace, which is a gift to protesters and they might try to alter that in some way so that he doesn't get the normal routine for a state visit and then there is the question about whether or not he should be allowed to dress both houses of parliament. some people have the idea that this is the norm. i think only two us presidents, reagan and obama, were the ones who

addressed both houses of parliament, so addressed both houses of parliament, so there will be a big fuss about whether he should do that. i think he shouldn't address both houses of parliament, but he should come. we just have to hope that he doesn't use it to insight division, which is what he is famous for and what is his trademark because the anniversary of the d—day landing ought to be a solemn, dignified occasion, and it is significant that even the leader of the council, portsmouth council, after london, he said he rather wishes he wasn't coming because of the risk that he will distract attention from what should be the veteran's day and should be the veteran's day and should be the veteran's day and should be a solemn and serious occasion. just briefly, how much do you think brexit will play a part in this? will he say something about it? remember last year, we had the interview with donald trump where he said, look, she is making a mistake of brexit, she should have listened to my advice, there will not be a trade deal. at that time the people

who hate him now love him because he served their political point at the time. iam served their political point at the time. i am sure he will say something about brexit but he might be more guarded. it is a diplomatic visit and he is the least diplomatic leader and politician, so no matter how careful the planning is there is no telling what he will say and what he will get on his phone and tweet. laughter. all hell will break loose. well, brexit continues unresolved and the independent hasjohnson on his front page, targets eu, in brackets, no, not that one, referring of course to rachel johnson. on the list of candidates for change uk, which were used to call the independent group, who have announced that candidates for the european elections, assuming they go ahead, and rachael johnson, european elections, assuming they go ahead, and rachaeljohnson, not surprisingly, is the one who has the most attention because it is a sort of feud in the johnson family, so

thatis of feud in the johnson family, so that is irresistible. you can see why the independent groupjumped at the chance to have her on their list. previously in the lib dems and i think before that the tories. she has changed parties more than once, but there is tradition of that in british politics. you have the sister ofjacob rees—mogg. british politics. you have the sister of jacob rees—mogg. the brothers are in the conservatives... the independent group, change uk, whatever you want to call them, they are seen as a great force, which they could turn out to be, and the head of yourformer they could turn out to be, and the head of your former parish, they could turn out to be, and the head of yourformer parish, where he is another candidate, he is an ex— bbc man, the brexit party, like donald trump, they don't want to talk about, don't really like, u nfortu nately for talk about, don't really like, unfortunately for many people they are polling a 27% and they could win the euro elections in a little reminder that out there away from the westminster bubble there are people who like these parties and in america there are people who like

donald trump. and again, the change, took a chuka umuna, said this will remind us about where people stand on brexit but not the way that he thinks. why people also possibly thinks. why people also possibly think differently in local and european elections than they would in general. succeeded obviously in the last one, and obviously did not form... the truth of the matter is nigel farage and his new brexit party ca n nigel farage and his new brexit party can probably mop up the hard line or those who feel very strongly about brexit and think that it should go ahead, the question is whether or not change uk, the group we are talking about, can do the same on the other side of the argument. if they are trying to present this as a pseudo— referendum, presenting themselves as the remains side of the referendum, then they have a lot of work to do

to catch up, to get into the public consciousness as the alternative to brexit, if it is to be a referendum. and tap into that emotion as well. sorry, brexit tapped into the emotion of, look, they are ignoring us. whereas change uk, where is the drive, where i am going to get out and prove my point? there is always pa rt and prove my point? there is always part of the difficulty, seen as the rational side of the argument... and what the psychologist like to call differential turnout. we have this fantastic woman, greta thunberg here telling us about how important it is for there to be change in politics, and yet there are those who could vote who are not registered to vote, something like 30% under the age of 30 haven't bothered to register to vote —— psephologists. they are the votes that change uk need who are

registered to vote and many of whom will vote for nigel farage. let's move onto the world's biggest election, the ft has a picture of narendra modi, the leader in india. he has been voting in one of their super tuesday votes. this election has seven phases the spread over five weeks. the results coming in late may. before this started, narendra modi was predicted as winning, possibly in a coalition. we have just had an winning, possibly in a coalition. we havejust had an indian subcontinent, these terrible attacks in sri lanka. narendra modi is known for campaigning in india on national security platform, that is part of his appeal to voters. i wrote a book on him in the last indian general election. and they are fascinating processes. the larger democratic

processes. the larger democratic process anywhere in the world by far, with overi billion voters. narendra modi made some extraordinary promises in order to get elected in 2015. and, to be honest, he has failed to deliver on many, many, many, many of those. the congress party that used to dominate indian politics is still struggling to get back on its feet. and because modi appeals to the nationalist sentiment in india, the hindu nationalist sentiment in india so effectively and is a very good campaigner, he has to be the favourite to remain as prime minister. but whether he will be able to repeat his success of 2015 when he managed to get a majority of his party, the bjp, in the lower house, albeit a narrow one, is unlikely. the chances are he will stay as prime minister, but, as you say, in some form of coalition. steve, would the sun ever put modi or the steve, would the sun ever put modi orthe indian steve, would the sun ever put modi or the indian election on its front

page, do you think? in this country we are page, do you think? in this country we a re interested page, do you think? in this country we are interested in the us elections, we give them huge levels of coverage. but other countries? the ft has only given it a picture caption. what strikes me about this is you talk about the number of voters. at the moment we are speaking to mps and activists on the ground, they are knocking on doors and getting them slammed in their faces because people are fed up with politicians. it is incredible that so many people are voting in india. it's fantastic. it will be a very pa rt it's fantastic. it will be a very part of this election, but when we went to india with the pm last year, it is all about the relationship between india and breaks britain and what it does about immigration and if these trade deals ever happen —— brexit. if there were trade deals to happen what india would demand from us. we know that theresa may is not shifting. she hasn't so far. let us see what happens when we have the results of the indian elections and the european elections. that will be

an all—nighter. thank you for joining us. thank you for watching the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, lance and steve. goodbye. good evening. i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sports centre. here's your latest sports news: tottenham have boosted their hopes of a top four finish, thanks to a late christian eriksen strike that gave spurs a 1—0 win over brighton this evening. the result means chris hughton's side face a nervy run in, for their premier league survival. austin halewood watched the action. a stadium that demands a top—quality

performance was dumb and all—star crowd inside to see tottenham in full flow. the footballer display was anything but the greatest show. right from the comedy game fell into pattern. tottenham with all the ball and all the chances. just unable to put them away. hanging perilously above the drop zone, with just one point from their last five matches. brighton came for a draw. more than prepared to soak up pressure. and relied on lewis dunk when they needed to. 0ccasionally, they caught totte n ha m needed to. 0ccasionally, they caught tottenham on the break. but with no goals in their last five it was no surprise they struggled to shoot. the spurs' forwards failed to score. they looked a bit further back, first offender danny rose with a shot from distance. then toby alderweireld went shot from distance. then toby alderwei reld went closest shot from distance. then toby alderweireld went closest of the lot. but just as alderweireld went closest of the lot. butjust as the brighton barricade looked to hold out, heartbreak from christian barricade looked to hold out, heartbreakfrom christian eriksen. a deserved point snatched away from the seagulls waltz both go three points clear in third. austin howard, bbc news. there was a record breaking

night for this man here — southampton striker shane long scored the fastest goal in premier league history in their 1—1 draw at watford. and this is it, from kick—off — all it takes is a mere 7.69 seconds for long to find the net. a nice finish too — forjust his fourth of the season. and as much drama approaching full time, with andre gray grabbing a late equaliser for the hosts. so let's have a look at how those results affect the table. tottenham with that win, consolidating third spot, three points clear of chelsea in fourth, four ahead of arsenal in fifth and six ahead of manchester united in sixth. arsenal and united do have a game in hand and both will play tomorrow. watford move up to seventh. at the bottom, southampton after the draw, are two places and six points above the relegation zone in 16th. brighton, if they had just held on, could have picked up a big point. they're in 17th, three points above cardiffjust below them. both teams with 3 games to play.

the 5—time world champion ronnie 0'sullivan, has been knocked out in the first round of the world championship by amateur james cahill. 0'sullivan was 5—4 down overnight and though he pulled it back to 5—5, and 8—8 he seemed strangely out of sorts, missing some very simple pots. he also appeared to be struggling to stay awake when he was in his chair. this pink would have put him 9—8 up, but the miss was typical of his performance. cahill won the match 10—8 to stun the favourite in one of the tournament's greatest ever upsets. i thought eye would be nervous when i went out there, but i wasn't. it surprised me, to be honest. i've felt really good. 0bviously surprised me, to be honest. i've felt really good. obviously i was a bit tense in parts, but apart from that, if they can hopefully now kick

on, i know my scoring and my game. i've done good pressure clearances. i think i've done good pressure clearances. ithinki i've done good pressure clearances. i think i have shown quite a lot of bottle. i think i can offer a bit more than that as well. another big name is in trouble. world number 7 judd trump faces a battle to stay in the championship. he'll resume his first round match against thailand's thepchaiya un—nooh tomorrow — 6 frames to 3 down. saracens and england winger david strettle is to retire from professional rugby at the end of the season. the 35—year—old played 1a tests for his country between 2007 and 2013, scoring two international tries. he also helped sarries to two premiership titles. that's all the sport for now. goodnight. as forecast the warm spell is coming to an end. but it is a very gradual

process. it will not be that cool on wednesday. temperatures still make it up to 20 degrees or so. there will be cloud and showers and all of thatis will be cloud and showers and all of that is starting to realise itself now on the satellite image, you can see the weather fronts heading in our direction. this is the story for the rest of the week. gradually the temperatures will dip away as we head towards friday and the weekend. right now there are still some oranges and yellows, that is the temperature of the atmosphere. this cold air stream from the north atla ntic cold air stream from the north atlantic will be arriving by about thursday, friday. wednesday morning, this is the temperature, 10—11 in the south, six in the north. quite fresh in aberdeen. showers from the get go across south—western parts of the uk. some of the showers moving into wales, central southern england, the midlands by the time we get to about midday. they are showers so they will come and go. by the time we get to around 2pm it is already dry across the south coast and it is rain we need for our

gardens and our parks as well. those showers will move into merseyside by the time we get to the middle or latter pa rt the time we get to the middle or latter part of the afternoon. there could be cracks of thunder as well and downpours with hail. temperatures may get up to 20 degrees in some spots. for most of us degrees in some spots. for most of us we're talking about the high teens, still very decent for the of year. wednesday evening the showers will make theirjourney a little further northwards into places like belfast and glasgow. later this week, that cold and stream will arrive. it will turn quite windy across the uk as well, particularly by the time we get to the weekend. 0n by the time we get to the weekend. on thursday, further showers on the way. some of them could be happy. thunderstorms around, potentially, on thursday. quite a bit fresher. don't think we will be making 20 degrees on thursday, more like 1a or 15 celsius. by friday, the temperatures will probably dip further still. maybe even in the far north of the country barely making double figures. you can see the

showers dotted around almost anywhere across the uk. only 12 degrees in plymouth. the outlook into the weekend, a lot of shower symbols, pretty much every day and every city. look at those temperatures. 0nly every city. look at those temperatures. only 11 in belfast and edinburgh. changeable weather. much cooler weather on the way. bye—bye.

hello, you're watching newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in colombo. the headlines: anger amid the anguish. sri lanka's president admits even he wasn't told of prior intelligence on the easter day attacks and promises a shake—up of security services. meanwhile, the grieving say goodbye. the first funerals take place for some of the bombing victims including young children at a sunday school. translation: i didn't expect they would die. i'll never see them again. i can't love children like them anymore. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: it's confirmed north korea's kim jong—un and president putin will hold a summit this week.