this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has urged americans to be immunised against measles — despite previously casting doubt on the vaccination. health officials believe the recent rise in people contracting the virus is partly connected to misinformation about the jab. 270 students and staff are in quarantine after cases were confirmed at two universities in california. sri lanka's prime minister has told the bbc that he considered resigning in the wake welcome to bbc news, of the easter sunday bomb attacks. broadcasting to viewers he said he simply "wasn't in north america in the loop" for a briefing on warnings of a possible terrorist and around the globe. plot received two weeks before 250 people were killed. president trump urges people to vaccinate after measels outbreaks force two universities to quarantine severe flood warnings have been staff and students. issued in mozambique as cyclone kenneth — the second in as many months — health officials believe the reason moves further inland. people are contracting the virus is because of misinformation about the vaccine. the president's line on measles has not always been consistent. but as the us faces a major resurgence of the disease, he had this message for parents. they have to get the shot, the vaccinations are so important. this is really going around now,

they have to get their shots. a mark change in direction from a man who previously promoted now—discredited anti—vax theories, and suggested inoculations are linked to what he described as "a big increase in autism". his call to arms in the battle against measles comes amid a new outbreak in california, after two infected students attended two separate universities. one visited a campus at the university of california los angeles, potentially coming into contact with 500 people. the other went to a library at california state university, attended by up to 2000 people a day. there is a blanket order and statement, that if you were in this area you would need to be quarantined, notify the health centre, notify your immune status or you will be quarantined. so far this year 700 cases have been reported across 22 states. that's the highest number since the us declared the disease to be eradicated

at the turn of the century. and the outbreak is not confined to the us — the un warns the number of cases around the world has nearly tripled compared to last year. health officials have linked the increase in the us to misinformation about the safety of the measles vaccine, and discredited theories about possible related side—effects. they will hope the president's call to action will encourage more people to get immunised, in turn helping to limit the spread of the disease. sri lanka's prime minister has told the bbc that he considered resigning in the wake of the easter sunday bomb attacks. ranil wickremesinghe said he simply "wasn't in the loop" for a briefing on warnings of a possible terrorist plot received two weeks before suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.

a number of people we've spoken to say they don't trust the government, they have a certain amount of faith and security forces and believe they are doing what they can to deal with the terror threat but it's a politician of the distance not having their ear to the ground and listening to the people and addressing their particular concerns. you've got people in the muslim community fearful of their appraisal after the easter sunday bombings. they don't feel safe, the christian community saying doesn't feel safe, it's a real mess on the ground and that's because as a vacuum at the top of the political leadership with different factions within the government vying for attention and vying for power. and that's why when that warning was given to the authorities here, two weeks before the attacks took base from indian intelligence officers, so from indian intelligence officers, $03 from indian intelligence officers, so a very from indian intelligence officers, so a very important strategic part of sri lanka. an incredible partner partial anger when it comes to intelligence. there were not fit up the chain because of factional

fighting it as a result as i say, there is a marked lack of trust in there is a marked lack of trust in the leadership year. let's get some of the day's other news. a cycle has smashed into mozambique lightning homes. the winds were about 220 kilometres an hour, barely about 220 kilometres an hour, barely a month after a previous cyclone devastated large areas. a 30 year—old russian woman, maria butina, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in washington, after pleading guilty to being a foreign agent. a gun rights activist, butina admitted working on behalf of russia to influence us policy, infiltrating organisations such as the powerful national rifle association. semi—naked activists in spain have disrupted the final rally of a resurgent far—right party, ahead of parliamentary elections on sunday. during the vox party's campaign event, women ran onstage displaying anti—fascist slogans on their breasts. the election is being seen as a battle between established parties and a rising far right.

reaction and analysis from around the world including up—to—date pages, just visit the website. the british and irish governments have announced that talks to break the political deadlock will resume in the wake of the death of the journalist leo mckee. police in northern ireland have released new footage of the man suspected of being responsible for shooting the 29—year—old whilst she was observing a riot in the creggan area of londonderry last week. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. about a minute before the shots were fired that killed lyra mckee, three men are seen walking towards the rioting — one carrying a crate of petrol bombs. with him, a man wearing a camouflage face mask and what police think is the gunman. it's believed they're

all in their late teens. the man in the mask is seen lighting the petrol bombs and later on, another image believed to be of the gunman after the shooting. police believe that's this man, who stepped out from behind a wall, firing at police, but whose fatal shot killed an innocent bystander. for some in northern ireland, talking to police carries a huge stigma, but officers have paid tribute to the overwhelming support they've received from people in derry. but today made a new plea for others to overcome fears about coming forward, saying witnesses will be protected. the reassurance i want to give to people is that i am able to deal with those concerns and those worries really sensitively. all i'm looking for is a conversation. more than two years since the collapse of northern ireland's power—sharing arrangement, the death of lyra mckee has brought divided politicians together, but it's also sparked renewed public anger over theirfailure

to form a government. why in god's name does it take the death of a 29—year—old woman, with her whole life in front of her? applause. i get the sense that people want our politicians to move and they want them to move now. and by that, i mean entering into those talks, and in a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them. today, the secretary of state for northern ireland and the irish foreign minister announced plans to try and re—establish power—sharing after the local elections. we've been here repeatedly before, when previous talks have failed, what makes you think a fresh round of talks will be any different this time? you're right, emma. this isn't the first time talks have been called, but it has been some time since the parties have been together. i think what we saw last week, what we saw this time last week, with the party leaders coming together — it really gives me clear indication that the party

leaders do want to do this. but major sticking points between them remain. i welcome the fact that we now have a process. we will come at it with a good heart. we will come at it with an attempt to try and find resolution. but what we need is not talks for talks‘ sake. it is important that we move forward, with a willingness to get a deal that is a balanced deal. of course, the talks last year ended because there wasn't a deal and, you know, no amount of sinn fein saying there was a deal will make it a deal because if there is to be a deal, it has to be agreed by both sides. the events in derry which led to lyra mckee‘s death were a throwback to northern ireland's past. the question now is whether this tragedy can lead to political change for the future. debenham's has announced it's closing 22 stores next year, as part of its plans to reduce its debts, putting 1,200 jobs at risk.

stores in wolverhampton, guildford and southport are among those being shut. debenham's has 166 stores across the uk, and plans to shut a total of 50 within the next few years. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. it's folkestone‘s biggest store, a cornerstone of the town centre. this morning, shoppers were taking in the news that it's now set to go. it is closing. what's folkestone going to do without it? you know, we've got no shops. so, we will miss it, won't we, joan? definitely miss it, yeah. debenhams has been here for donkeys years, since i was a little child. and it'sjust another big store closing that's going to remain empty. woolworths and marks & spencers, we've lost them all. will you miss it? absolutely! absolutely. it's one of the most decent stores we've got in folkestone, to be honest. what a shame. what a shame indeed.

it's just one of a long list of locations, from altrincham and eastbourne, to guildford and kirkcaldy, 22 stores in all, which debenham's wants to close early next year, including wolverhampton. they were celebrating its opening herejust 18 months ago. nobody likes to close stores. the difficulties on the high street are not unique to debenhams. this shouldn't really come as a surprise to anybody. but what we're trying to do is see if we can make sure that with our discussions with our landlords, we can protect more than 100 stores, going forward, and that we won't disappear from the high street. here's the problem. department stores are expensive to run. it's lunchtime in folkestone, and this huge store, slap bang in the centre, itjust doesn't have enough shoppers. for debenhams, the sums no longer add up to keep stores like this going. but it'll be a big loss for this town. it's just the latest in a long line of retailers retreating

from many of our high streets. and with debenhams, there could be 30 more closures to come. a chain that's still got a fight on its hands to turn its fortunes around. emma simpson, bbc news, folkestone. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says he will not attend the state banquet at buckingham palace injune in honour of president trump. mr corbyn said it would be wrong to "roll out the red carpet" for the us president," whom he accused of using "racist and misogynist rhetoric. " he said the prime minister was wrong to "kowtow" to a president who tore up international treaties. 0ur political correspondent nick erdly says this a controversial move for the labour leader. it's no secret that the state visit is going to be highly controversial. if significant step for the leader of the opposition. this will publicly make clear is going to the cot one of the main events, and in

doing so launching a pretty scary attack on the us president or his record on international treaties, on climate change, from what mr corbin because racist and misogynist rhetoric. at the moment guestlist politically is looking pretty thin because the common speaker, the s&p said they are going to boycott the dinner, too. it's worth pointing out this is not the first controversial state visit to the uk. in 2015, mr corbin did take part in a meeting with the chinese feminist. it's pretty controversial too. the liberal democrats have launched their campaign for the european elections next month with a promise to stop brexit. speaking at an event in east london, their leader sir vince cable reiterated his party's call for another referendum, saying that parliament was gridlocked and the country was demoralised. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports. vince cable's last outing as leader, and as tough as any he's known.

not that that was his message today, launching the liberal democrats‘ push in the european parliament this was. stop brexit. it's simple. it's uncomplicated. it's unambiguous. we are not iffing and butting. it's honest. not easy, though, squeezed by pro—brexit protests, labour, the tories, and the new party of the centre refusing sir vince's call to work together. you reached out to the new party, change uk, and offered partnership. they rebuffed you and they are coming after your votes. has that made a very difficult election all but impossible? there are millions of people in the country who are craving an alternative to the extremes. which they are now getting on the right and left from the tory party and the labour party. and they do want people to come together to have a more moderate centrist approach to politics. he was sure pro—europe centrist parties would collaborate,

just not this time. the brutal logic of the british first—past—the—post system is staring everybody in the face, that you either hang together or you hang separately. a lot of people may admire a tough fight against the odds, but not enough to much help the liberal democrat, if you believe the polls. they are still carrying the baggage and the blame from their years in coalition government. they've been drowned out by the din about europe, and now they are facing a new party equally hostile to brexit. no wonder they are finding it tough just to get a hearing. you still blame them for bringing in tuition fees at universities and colleges? yes, very much so, i was a lib dem supporter, and then i went over to conservative because i thought they are all as bad as each other. i think they are on the wrong side of it at this stage, i think they should focus on enabling a good brexit. vince cable is a really righteous man. he has good virtues and i respect him. i think they have to convince people that they are actually a realistic option, rather than a tiny party

that cannot have any support. you mean, they've got to get people to support them so more people support them ? yes. defending a single european parliament seat under a leader pledged to stand down by summer, the lib dems are hoping they'll defy all expectations, though just now that is setting the bar rather low. john pienaar, bbc news. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump urges parents to vaccinate their children against measles, after two universities quarantine staff and students to try to contain an outbreak. sri lanka's prime minister admits a serious breakdown in the government before the bombing attack on easter sunday, and insists he was "out of the loop." britain's top civil servant has demanded ministers co—operate with his inquiry into a leak of classified information from the national security council. sir mark sedwill has written to ministers — and is reported to have given them an ultimatum — that they either confess to or deny the leak about government plans to allow the chinese technology giant huawei help build britain's new 56 network. 0ur political correspondent

chris mason reports. look who happens to be in beijing today, talking up the prospect of business deals between the uk and china. the chancellor, philip hammond. back home, a row rages, yes, hammond. back home, a row rages, yes , over hammond. back home, a row rages, yes, over a chinese telcom firm, but also who done it. who, after a meeting of the national security council, where those there signed the official secrets act, disclosed what happened. to my knowledge there has never been a leak from the national security council meeting before. therefore i think it is very important that we get to the bottom of what happened here. it isn't about the substance of what was a p pa re ntly about the substance of what was apparently leaked. it is not earthshattering information. but it is important that we protect the principle but nothing that goes on

in national security council meetings must ever be repeated outside the room. the daily telegraph reported that five cabinet ministers disagreed with the prime minister's assessment that a limited role for huawei in the uk's sg rolled out, the next generation of souped up mobile internet coverage, was a good idea. they argued it would be a security risk. all five have since denied leaking the information or strongly criticised the leaks, information or strongly criticised the lea ks, but information or strongly criticised the leaks, but there is fury but it has happened. how serious do you think these leaks are? incredibly serious, actually. this is a complete outrage. i set up a national security council on behalf of the coalition government back in 2010. it is a very special body. the national security council as a senior committee of cabinet. dedicated to particularly sensitive subjects. and it is rather in polling — make but a lack of discipline has now extended to this body. my comment is that people need

to get a grip and start treating serious subjects seriously. huawei has denied there is any risk of spying or sabotage or that it is controlled by the chinese government, and that it is already working here, and an eye is already capped on it. what is called the cell was created, manned four by british intelligence, paid for by huawei but manned by our own people and answerable to our government, who monitor on a daily basis whether huawei is behaving themselves or not. and so far, as far as i am aware, they have not found any obvious examples of abuse. that balance of risk clearly remains an active debate at the heart of government. but it is now over to this man, he had of the civil service, so mike said well, to try to get to the bottom of this leak. -- sir to get to the bottom of this leak. —— sirmark to get to the bottom of this leak. —— sir mark sedwill. citizen's advice says people who miss a single payment of their council tax in england and wales are being punished by having to pay their whole year's bill in one go. it means families suddenly falling into thousands of pounds worth of debt.

0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. unpaid council tax is a growing problem. it's the biggest issue for people contacting citizens advice with worries about debt, and last year, there was more than £3 billion worth of outstanding bills. good morning, everybody, would you like to come in? now citizens advice say the rules for how the debts are calculated need to change to stop debts spiralling. in england and wales, if someone misses a payment, they become liable for the cost of the rest of the year's bill within a fortnight. that is exactly what happened to josh. i received a notice through the door that i had missed a payment and i was now liable for the full annual payment. pretty much within days, i had a bailiff at the door. i wasn't earning a huge amount. ijust started out in my career. and to get a bill

like that would have eaten up a huge proportion of my... ..annual salary, let alone monthly salary. at this point in the financial year, an average missed payment of £167 can land you with a bill of more than £2000 within a few months. citizens advice say that debt can be crippling. last year, around £500 million of additional fees and charges were added onto people's council tax debt. and for an average person who does fall behind, that looks like about £300 in fees and charges, which doesn't help the person repay their debt and actually doesn't help the council, because that money has to be recovered as well as the arrears that they owe. the local government association say that since 2010, councils have lost 60p out of every £1 that they had from central government to run local services. they say councils want it to be easier to recover money without having to go through the courts, so would be in favour of a review of the regulations, including whether to remove the requirement for the entire annual sum to become payable if one

instalment is missed. citizens advice say at the moment, the two million households facing council debts are being pushed further into the red, rather than helped out of it. colletta smith, bbc news, manchester. crossrail won't be open until at least october 2020, a full two years late, and while the chief executive of the project said he was confident they could meet the new deadline, he admitted there were no guarantees. tom edwards reports. totte n ha m tottenham court road is the crossrail station nearest completion. it is huge and impressive. but passengers won't be able to use it until october 2020 at the earliest. you come from there, down here, straight in. today, the man who has had to rescue the

project told us why he announced another delay. so, it is about how you bring the train, the door and the signalling system all into synchronisation. it has got to be at the very highest standards of safety, and that is why there can be no margin of error. that is why we have a window of uncertainty. the main issue now was integrating different software systems. main issue now was integrating different software systemsm main issue now was integrating different software systems. it is a challenge. you know, the trains are very advanced, the signalling system is very advanced. we have doors on the platform between the train under they are very advanced. it is an integration task, to bring them all together. fundamentally, though, although this room is complete, it is not complete in every station everywhere. the worst-case scenario for opening is march 2021. you guarantee that? there are no guarantees at all, tom. i can't really think of something big happening. this is the third day we have had, you are becoming like the brexit of infrastructure projects. the confidence is gone.

this is the third date you have had, and you are becoming like the brexit of infrastructure projects. i've been associated with this project for a couple of years. this is the very first time without an integrated schedule bringing all the activities together. does that concern you? will this have a knock—on effect on other infrastructure projects in london? very much, i'm concerned an disappointed for people, retailers and customers who are not using this railway, and most concerned for tfl to allow them to continue investing in london and that's why i am focused on getting this railway opened as soon as possible. some estimate this delay could cost tfl 1 some estimate this delay could cost tfl1 billion pounds in lost fares. that's used to fund other projects which could now suffer. if you think the crossrail delay doesn't affect you, it might. it's 20 years since the american—born, british—based, 0scar—winning

director stanley kubrick died. for the first time in the uk, a major retrospective exploring his film—making is being held in london. when they came out, many of his films like a clockwork orange, 2001: a space odyssey and dr strangelove were seen as ahead of their time and they still resonate today. 0ur arts editor will gompertz reports. you are entering a stanley kubrick experience, a world of single—point perspective and almost obsessive attention to detail. if film—making was the art form of the 20th century, then stanley kubrick was its da vinci. a fine artist with a mechanical eye who produced celluloid masterpieces, from barry lyndon to a clockwork orange. malcolm mcdowell starred in the film. 0k, malcolm. the sports car he drove takes the lead in the exhibition.

the last time i did this, i think i was in my 20s. oh, my god! what's the matter, will? are you having a problem? my feet are stuck... i'm in. good man, 0k. how did kubrick differ to other directors? i asked him, "how do you direct?" he said, "well, i know... "i don't know what i want. "but i do know what i don't want." and how, wow, that was true. and i think that's why he did a lot of takes. luckily, with me, he never really did that many takes. 0n barry lyndon, i heard he went up to 100 takes. the exhibition charts kubrick's near 50 year career. from his earliest days, earning a living as a chess player and a photographer, to the short films he made as a young auteur, in which he did pretty much everything. each of his major movies is given a gallery, telling its story, presenting the processes, props and people with whom kubrick collaborated.

this is where most of the show‘s contents have come from. the film—maker's home and h0 in hertfordshire, which was a sort of kubrick studios. ok, so, this library was the screening room. this was a workroom. so, the steenbeck was over there, the control table was over here. what connection was he wanting to make with the audience? he wanted to tell stories that made people think. he didn't spoon—feed you what you should think about his movie. and that's why, 50 years down the road, people are still discussing and talking about them. the exhibition ends with his 0scar—winning sci—fi classic 2001: a space odyssey, complete with a space station v installation, and a range of archive material that brings us as close as we are ever going to get to understanding this master film—maker. will gompertz, bbc news. i'll be back with the headlines in a few minutes, but now the weather with helen willets. hello. it will be a stormy start to the weekend for many parts

of the uk. in fact, storm hannah has already brought power outages to parts of ireland. the winds have been escalating through the night and evere gales are expected quite widely around the coast and the hills in the west. this is a deep area of low pressure so late into the season, of course, when the trees are now in full leaf in many areas so we do expect some damage to trees, buildings, power lines and that disruption to transport. there are warnings out there on the website for this storm, mostly for the winds but not entirely because it looks pretty wet as well. we've had one band of rain moving through the night. this next one coming in becomes a slow—moving feature, so with all the cloud around, it's not going to to be a cold start to this saturday morning, but it will be a very windy one. particularly for england and wales where we're expecting severe gales around the coast and over the hills, but inland we're expecting gales, gusts up to 55 miles per hour, which is pretty unusual anyway, and remember, we are very late

in the season now. as well as that we've got this rain which will be persistent across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland, into northern england, north wales, the midlands, across towards the humber and, with that rain and the wind combined, it is really going to feel quite chilly. temperatures barely reaching nine or 10 celsius. to the south, showery, and to north as well with some good spells of sunshine potentially for western scotland. but some heavy thundery showers around too. and the afternoon may bring a strong wind to northern ireland, south—west scotland and the isle of man as well as north—west england and north wales. it will still continue to blow a gale or severe gale further south. a very windy day, certainly not a day for the outdoors. but the winds do ease through the night, and that's because storm hannah starts to blow out to the north sea. and we get a ridge of high pressure building for the second part of the weekend. it's not plain sailing but i think for the london marathon probably the day of the two and almost great conditions for the runners because it will stay cool, we think, quite a bit of cloud around, i think there will be some brightness coming through, and temperatures will be doing a little better than saturday. however, you can still

see this weather front draped into western parts, so northern ireland and wales and south—west seeing further dank weather. further east we'll have the remnants of our weather front. in eastern areas, a few showers around. a cool northerly breeze will be much lighter. 12—15 looking like our highs. they're a little bit more respectable from the days ahead. then high—pressure starts the new week so it could be a bit chilly first thing monday. could be a little bit of mist and fog around, but as the day wears on, we'll start to see this next weather system winding inself to bring some rain into the west. so generally we keep an unsettled picture into early next week. 00:29:29,228 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 bye— bye.