hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a baby boy for the deep and catches of sussex, prince harry announced the news earlier. as every father of parent would say, your babyis father of parent would say, your baby is absolutely amazing that this little thing is absolutely to die for i am over them in. a royal baby boy has been born today, god say that the green. celebrations in windsor, the new arrival deadline to the throne, we are told that megan and the baby are doing well. i live in windsor to bring you all the reaction to the

wellness. also bring in the main stories of the day you and whiting i million species facing threat of extinction, because that insatiable consumption of natural world by humans. the us is sending aircraft carrier to the persian gulf and saying it wants to deter iran from attacking us troops, we will talk about that. after the ruling party lost the first time around, take the accepted rewrite elections in istanbul. lots of excitement here in the uk. the duke and duchess of sussex — harry and meghan — became parents earlier. meghan gave birth to a baby boy at 5:30 this morning — not that we knew for a few hours. the announcement was made on the official royal sussex account on instagram this afternoon —

and there was no suggestion we'd hear any more. so it was a surprise when harry emerged from his home in windsor to talk to the press. i'm very excited to announce that megan and myself had a baby boy early this morning a very healthy boy mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it's been the most amazing experience i could ever possibly imagine. how many women do what they do is beyond comprehension, but we are both absolutely thrilled and so grateful for the love and support from eve ryo ne for the love and support from everyone out there, it's been amazing so i want to share this with everyone. are you still thinking about names? still thinking, the babyis about names? still thinking, the baby is over do a little bit so we had time to think, so yeah that's

the next bit for us i think we'll see you guys in today's time as planned as a family to share with you guys so everyone planned as a family to share with you guys so everyone can see planned as a family to share with you guys so everyone can see the baby you guys so everyone can see the ba by sto p you guys so everyone can see the baby stop live as with any break is amazing, but for your own child stop live. i had not been to many births, this is my first, it's amazing, absolutely incredible, and so incredibly proud of my wife, and as every father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for i'm just over the. the first we knew that the new arrival was imminent was a short statement from buckingham palace saying that meghan had gone into labour. that was released at two in the afternoon. what we didn't know until a0 minutes later and that instagram post was that the baby had been born much earlier at 05:26. and he weighed 7lbs 3oz or 3.2 kilograms.

we think, though it's not been confirmed, that the birth happened at the couple's home in windsor — at the newly renovated frogmore cottage. the official announcement came this afternoon at buckingham palace. hundreds gathered to watch as a framed notice of birth was placed on display on a ceremonial easel on the forecourt of the palace. it says that the queen and the royal family are delighted to announce the safe delivery of the duchesses‘s sun — and says both megan and her child are doing well. let's get more on today's news from the bbc‘s royal correspondent nicholas witchell. sequence of events today have been rather curious. it was at two o'clock this afternoon the pilot announced she had gone into labour. but of course, actually that baby had been born in eight hours previously. that baby was born at 5:25am this morning and at two

o'clock this afternoon the pilot says she went into labour early iris, so yeah, that's another measure of how determined they are to just keep everybody at bay to keep everybody sort of pushed it away and that is i think reflection particularly of harry's his suspicion verging at times on still slightly hostile attitude towards elements of the traditional media. he has been determined i think not to do it in he has been determined i think not to do itina he has been determined i think not to do it in a way that what we used to do it in a way that what we used to call fleet street would wish, to be at the beck and call it news editors and deadlines and all that sort of thing. so they committed announced first thing this morning that she had gone into labour in the early hours and the baby had been born, but they have left it according to their timetable and maybe it's that they weren't telling anyone in the palace, precisely what was happening they were keeping it to themselves in. we're also told by buckingham palace that megan's mother doria ragland is overjoyed —

and is with the couple. megan's father thomas has also sent his congratulations. he told the sun newspaper that he hoped the child would serve with grace, dignity and honour. meghan‘s relationship with her father has not been without complications since she joined the royal family. lots of reaction coming in to the baby's birth. theresa may: "congratulations to the duke and duchess of sussex on the arrival of their baby boy. wishing you all the best at this happy time." 0pposition leaderjeremy corbyn: "congratulations to meghan and harry on the birth of their baby. i hope they're all doing well." and if you are in london you may have spotted this. the bt tower lighting up the city with this message of congratulations for harry and meghan. the new arrival is queen elizabeth's eighth great grandchild. and is now seventh in line to the british throne. he's not automatically given the title of prince — that has to be bestowed by the queen.

we'll await that decision. and of course there's no shortage of speculation around what this boy will be called. here's one royal watcher assessing the most likely choices. i'm wondering whether it's possible that diana's father, earl spencer, his name isjohn and his one name no one seems to mention so far, but it's possible that it could bejohn. it would be a lovely thought to name the earljohn. and something that came upi the earljohn. and something that came up i was listening to interviews, and he is not in hrh at the moment and it's unlikely the cream will do anything at this point, but if and when childs becomes king, he will then be a prince. i'll happen automatically,

but at the moment now, he willjust be the earl. the baby has dual citizenship as it has a british father and an american mother. here's more on that from roya nikkhah, royal correspondent for the sunday times. i'm sure baby sussex as we know, i will make a trip to the united states some point in the next few months of christ, not going to have lots of family and friends there, it's our home, i'm sure we will see them taking a trip privately in the next three months to america, what role the united states play, it already guys, this is the first anglo—american baby born into the british royal family that's quite a landmark, name it wise we will wait to see. lovely into the said they had more time to think of the names, i think knowing bit about the couple we might get something more modern with a twist that reflects the heritage on both sides. we have to

wait for that. let's bring ina meeting. when we might meet meet this little boy? hello to you, yes prince harry himself said today, we know that originally on wednesday, he was supposed to be in the netherlands both wednesday and thursday for the launch of the in victors games in the netherlands for next year, but that visit on wednesday at least let's cancel it, which gives us a window into today's time, for fedex to be issued. we expect us to be taken on the grounds of windsor castle somewhere maybe just one camera and one photographer, one camera and one photographer, one camera pricing photographer taking those images, but then they will be released certainly on the royal couple's instagram account. and to the rest of the wild media with a

amount of interest in seeing that three of them together as a family for the first time getting back first glance of this little boy. stay with us, we will be back to you ina stay with us, we will be back to you in a moment. there's been a huge show of support for the couple in windsor. this was earlier. champagne bottles popped. plenty of balloons too. here's some more from the well—wishers. really excited everyone loves to hear baby and is so excited for them stop live he is excited as me. hear baby and is so excited for them stop live he is excited as mem really pleased for them, really nice looking forward to the name. really pleased for them, really nice looking forward to the namelj really pleased for them, really nice looking forward to the name. i need to talk to me about the approach of the couple has taken because of lack of people have remarked today that already in the early hour of print

—— parented already in the early hour of print —— pa rented it already in the early hour of print —— parented it took a different report —— approach to the royals before. that's right i have covered the births of prince george and princess charlotte, at this new little ba by‘s cousins, princess charlotte, at this new little baby's cousins, and both for those two birds and indeed the arrival of the prince louis, the three children at the duke and duchess of cambridge, leah and captain, there was not posing for photographs on the steps of the credit maternity hospital and unit in london. but then prince william is directly in line to the throne, said the expectations are around his children are slightly different. prince harry as six to nine, his sun now set a deadline. there is more freedom if you like, for them to do things their way, to do things differently. it was a bit of surprise and prince harry made the announcement himself i think of the news today because the couple made

it known in advance at the birth they were intending to spend the first couple of days after the birth privately as a family celebrating but then you saw prince harry, the i°y but then you saw prince harry, the joy and excitement, it was lovely to see how he could not wait to share the news and stuff presently with the news and stuff presently with the media earlier today. but although clearly, this is a child born to an incredibly high profile couple straddling the worlds of royalty a nd couple straddling the worlds of royalty and show business, the interest of chris right around the rod but especially here in the uk and of course in the united states with the duchess is from, they will know how to handle this out to strike a balance between getting the public what they want, these images from time to time, and also keeping their privacy and allowing in these first weeks certainly, and minds that time for them to get used to being parents as well and to concentrate on this little child who has come into their lives.

concentrate on this little child who has come into their liveslj concentrate on this little child who has come into their lives. i need you, thank you for taking us throughout the day we appreciated. i need to live from murray action. "congratulations, meghan and harry! barack and i are so thrilled for both of you and can't wait to meet him." canada joins the world in celebrating a new addition to the @royalfamily!" meghan‘s former suits co—star patrickj adams tweet @halfadams meghan‘s former suits co—star patrickj adams "just heard that the world just got heavier by seven pounds and three ounces. much love to him and his incredible parents. couldn't be happier for meghan and harry as they begin this adventure." good luck as they begin this adventure. and bishop michael curry who delivered the sermon at harry and meghan‘s wedding. "the jewish tradition reminds us that the birth of every child is a reminder that god is not finished with us yet. there is hope. congratulations to the duke

and duchess of sussex and prayers of blessing for them and their baby." this is a story in the states as well of course. here's the host of the podcast "royally 0bsessed". i think americans are so excited, they had just taken to megan and harry so were marie, there was a huge interest with will and kate of quest, but this is different first of all, harry was kind of beloved in general, everyonejust like his find and height —— light—hearted and kind but to be married on top of that to an american woman that's exciting for people of this year on our side of the pond stop but it's not quite as big as some may have thought. the new york post is running the story, it appears down here on the home page and references comments by meghan's estranged father. the la times is running an article in the more news section. and the new york times is running this opinion piece by british journalist tanya gold who thinks meghan and her new baby are just

what the royal family needs to remain successful. connected media turning to the story not a top story though. let's bring in band, discovering that from washington. but to have you here. has the royal baby fever —— reached you? i would say so not exactly fireworks in the streets are parties or anything like that, but there is a dedicated court of royal watches in the states who are fascinated by the royal family to start with and then there is a bit of added interest in negative and harry particularly because of our american history so lots of california la where she grew up we had a statement from the immaculate heart high school and middle school which

congratulates her and her husband on the birth of their sign. the school community extends its best wishes of happiness to the family. and the celebrity cloud is piled in as well because of christ with a background as an actress, we have heard from alan degenerates on social media. we heard from the bishop who gave that sermon heard from the bishop who gave that sermon at their wedding offering his congratulation and blessings as well, so i think people are interested fascinated endlessly by the sort of step opera side at the royalfamily, the sort of step opera side at the royal family, meghan has the sort of step opera side at the royalfamily, meghan has been on the front pages of magazines for the last 18 months really, i said the wedding so lots of speculation and interest while a deadname b, i love the new baby boy had that us citizenship it sounds like he's entitled to the mother, if that will be something you take sapa what about the involvement of grandparents, how soon to make it trip to the states these are issues that people interested in but perhaps a sign it's not top of the

priority list today, no response whatsoever from the white house or president. band with a long list of questions and at the moment not to many answers questions and at the moment not to ma ny a nswers yet questions and at the moment not to many answers yet to all of them but we'll bring you everything we know about the new arrival in the way of family, turning back now to the story of meghan and harry's new signed later on in the source could as we do we will turn to the important stories around the world. the un are saying species are facing extinction because of human activity. police say and then his question on the adoption of two girls. that if i really it has also suspected of other attacks in the country including rain of an 11—year—old boy

and abduction and rain of a 71—year—old woman. the police gave this update. yesterday evening we we re this update. yesterday evening we were informed he was in the area of cheshire, he was arrested in the early hours of the morning and in custody. between the 25th of april and sunday the 5th of may, his suspected of being involved in five further incidents in the northwest of england. he is being investigated for offences create —— committed in other areas. the detectives from the net continue to lead on the investigation and we are working closely with other voices around the country. all of these will be jointly investigated. at this early stage we believe a total of seven incidents and for to place yesterday. we are live in the bbc news or in

the lead story is that they did and duchess of sussex had had a baby boy, prince harry confirmed the announcement earlier the couple say they had not chosen a name yet. main stories from bbc world service. a cease—fire seems to be holding after fierce clashes in several years, over the weekend palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets into israel during a protest against the blockade of gaza, prompting real italian tory and artillery strikes. 23 palestinians and four israelis we re 23 palestinians and four israelis were killed. the us cruise ship has been cranking again this time by authorities at the dutch caribbean island of curacao and they want to stop the spread of measles after one of the crew member is diagnosed with a disease that free when ship owned by the church of scientology already spent several days and quarantine off the island of st. lucia.

the un has detailed the devastating impact that humans are having on biodiversity. this is the report — you can read it online. it tells us that nature is declining at a speed never previously seen. and that1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. and the biggest driver is human's ever increasing need for more food and and more energy. this is the chair of the panel behind the report. it's a monstrous problem we are losing species and an unprecedented rate and losing our forest and wetla nds rate and losing our forest and wetlands and grasslands, at a historic rated not only does it that nature, it threatens food security and energy security and water security at brian's human well—being. in a moment, we'll hear from matt mcgrath — who was in paris for the launch of this report. first, here's one example we've seen of a small scale project in chihuahua in mexico —

where ranchers are working to support biodiversity. 0ne practise i have looked a lot into isa 0ne practise i have looked a lot into is a holistic plan to raising. that builds on the understanding that animals and plants and land and soil all work together, that animals and plants and land and soilall work together, so that animals and plants and land and soil all work together, so one example is i went to the chair while in mexico, where ranchers are working with bird conservation organisations to create habitat for endangered migratory grassland birds and by working with the title in a way that stimulates growth of grass i a diversity of grass, that creates beautiful habitats for birds and sale on these branches, the birds are returning and butterflies and insects as well and it's lovely to see. the report was released in paris. matt mcgrath was there.

this report may run to over a0 pages but it has an incredible story at the impact of humans on this planet, and the likely impact of the next 30. a because the fact that 75% of the land of the earth has been altered significantly by humans, 55% of ocea ns altered significantly by humans, 55% of oceans pasted by industrial fishing. all this activity and economic activity has been predicated on the fact that human populations have doubled since 1970 economy increased four times, and all of that analyst people need to be fed and clothed and watered and given energy and does not have gone up given energy and does not have gone up and as a result humans expanded into parts of south america cutting down trees and south east asia as well to plant a palm oil plantations in south america dave raised cattle in large numbers. holidays has a desperate impact on native species of the planet and according to the report about 25% of plants and animals are in danger of extinction in the next decade. in fact we are

not sure about, but the report is taken as a whole indicates the imprint of humanity on the planet has never been greater and the decline and the rate of species has never been higher and never been faster and 10 million years. shares around the world have tumbled — after president trump threatened to slap yet more tariffs on chinese imports. you can see the dowjones — which tracks 30 big us companies — took a dive as soon as it opened. mr trump says he will increase tariffs on $200—billion worth of chinese imports from ten to 25% on friday. michelle fleury is in new york. this comes as a chinese delegation is due to arrive for talks in washington on wednesday? i thought this is going better. certainly if you talk to the market watches that's what they were

anticipating we could get a deal at the end of this week and a date possibly for the summit between child and yet here we are once again talking about escalating threats, now apparently america chief trade negotiator was angered by the chinese government tends to reopen aspects added that the deal, which at the last side thought was settled specifically apparently we have understand it has to do with forced tra nsfer of understand it has to do with forced transfer of technology from american companies operating in china, he then shared frustrations with the boss donald trump who tweeted this threat of raising tariffs by the end of the week. and so where does it fit into the process is quite easy to get lost as to what stage in this endless negotiation we are at.|j think there has been taught, is a pa rt think there has been taught, is a part negotiating tactic, is it a way for the president to put pressure on the chinese side to try and resolve

the chinese side to try and resolve the remaining issues or is he overplaying his hand in which case we could see a sort of escalation of tariffs, i think that's why you see nervousness amongst the investors who thought things were progressing more smoothly and then and the reminder that the risk of potential trade war and what that means for global growth is not off the table. i think that's why you see this reaction abroad, but if you look at the markets when they open this morning that guy was down a50 points and recovered almost all too close match with light brown 60 points. i think that is an indication they are not necessarily share how worried they should be at this point. thank you, michelle. to reiterate the point that she was making, if you look at what happened to the shares, they very well explain how jittery investors feel about the state of the talks between china and the last. thank you, that shall we'll be

right back in a few more minutes with more of the biggest stories in the well. hello, this week there are some pretty reasonable chances as seeing a trainee does break out in tornado alley across the united states. we have storms showing up on a satellite picture affect in texas through the day, working to parts of 0klahoma as well. there is a threat at hailand 0klahoma as well. there is a threat at hail and gusty winds with ease, but over the next few days we had a pattern in the jet stream, and to the east of the rockies and it's within the zone, that at the surface wind comes from the south. we get it twisted the atmosphere and these are ingredients he needed to the biggest supersaps ingredients he needed to the biggest super sa ps thunderstorms bringing thunderstorms bringing thunderstorms and tornadoes so we will see tornadoes and spots as he had

through tuesday anyway from texas through tuesday anyway from texas through 0klahoma through tuesday anyway from texas through oklahoma and kansas as well, that's the main risk areas for tuesday but it's a multi—day threat as they go through wednesday thursday eight goes further east, we might see the the end of the week for some areas the united states. across southeast asia, like the start activity at the moment selling app across the philippines that heavy downpour expected here over the next few days. also quite a light of storms for the south of thailand and malaysia, south east winds working in with a trough of low pressure bringing storms to set the china, all these areas capable of bringing localised surface filling in the heavy downpour is and they are likely to affect hong kong although weather becomes dry here later in the week. taking you back to what happened in france over the crest of the weekend. snowfall, not just in the front, which is higher

than all the way to the mediterranean coast, and we had rough seas and thanks to the wind gusting in excess of 100 km an hour. the cold weather is here to stay for another day or sell across of northern and europe. but low— pressure northern and europe. but low—pressure in the atlantic and ultimately it'll start to move closer to your app and start to get more of a southwest wind blowing in. ultimately that brings milder air and. suffered tuesday in paris, you see temperatures climb to 17 degrees cold in berlin for the time of year when temperatures struggling at around 13 celsius however as we get later in the week, it does inc. turned increasingly unsettled and you start to see temperatures come at around 13 celsius however as we get later in the week, it does inc. turned increasingly unsettled and you start to see temperatures, not so in berlin at 217 degrees thursday but rain and showers in the forecast from thursday into the weekend and it's as simple a story that's in the story in paris, quite hot for the sound of year in moscow. here in the uk tomorrow bringing lots of cloud

and an occasional bright spouse with scattered showers and general rain for wednesday. and general rain for wednesday.

hello, i'm ros atkins — this is 0utside source. the duke and duchess of sussex have become parents. it was announced on instagram and then prince harry spoke to the press. as every father and pa rent to the press. as every father and parent will ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for, so i'm just over the moon. a royal baby boy has been born today! god save the queen! as you can see there were celebrations in windsor. the new arrival are seventh in line to the throne. we don't have a name yet but we are told that meghan and the baby are both doing well. let's look at some of the other stories were covering in this

programme. the us is sending an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. it says it wants to deter iran from attacking us troops. in the pilot of a russian plane that burst into flames and crash landed says it was hit by lightning. and we will also turn to turkey because after the ruling party lost in istanbulfor the because after the ruling party lost in istanbul for the first time, now those local elections are going to be rerun. well, let's talk a little bit more about the duchess of sussex. well, before she met harry, she'd established herself as an actress — probably best known for her part in the tv drama suits. she also described herself as a progressive feminist. she gave this speech at the un — the year before she met harry.

iam i am proud to be a woman and a feminist. more recently, two months ago on international women's day, meghan said this of her baby. i feel the ifeel the embryonic i feel the embryonic kicking of feminism! meghan is mixed race — her father thomas is white and her mother doria is african—american. she's spoken candidly about coming to terms with her racial identity and says she was subjected to racial abuse when she was younger — something that reared its head after she she began a relationship with harry. that prompted him to release a statement in which he spoke about the the ‘outright sexism and racism of social media trolls' and asked the media to help. it's a momentous day and i don't think it... i think a lot of people have been scared to mention the fact

that it have been scared to mention the fact thatitis have been scared to mention the fact that it is a mixed—race baby. and i think when it comes to integration, and we are in troubled times politically, generally, everything, economically, but i think the baby will be a sign of hope. in that, if you are british, it doesn't matter where you are from, who you are, what you do, you can make a difference. we will come back to the new royal baby ina we will come back to the new royal baby in a few minutes. let's turn now to international politics. russia has warned against us military and intervention in venezuela, saying it would be catastrophic and unjustified. his comments came after he met us secretary of state mike pompeo in rovaniemi in finland on the sidelines of the arctic council. that is an organisation which helps states in the region work together. as you will know,. venezuela has been in crisis since opposition leaderjuan guaido

launched his us—backed challenge to president nicolas maduro in january, declaring himself venezuela's legitimate interim president. the russian embassy here in the uk has tweeted that us threats against venezuela prove the bitter lessons of yugoslavia, libya, syria and ukraine were quickly forgotten in some western capitals, or maybe never learned. here's what mr pompeo had to say. this decision is being made by the venezuelan people, each and every day. they held an election, their constitution required that the national assembly select an interim president when a fraudulent election was held. they elected juan guaido. people are demanding democracy, they are demanding their country not by hijacked by a socialist and by cu ba ns hijacked by a socialist and by cubans who have destroyed their economy. we have children starving in the streets in venezuela. that is not accepted bail to venezuelan people. well, after that we heard

from venezuela's foreign minister — he's adamant the country can defend itself. translation: we are ready for all scenarios, the first is diplomacy, dialogue and peace. our hands are stretched out to convert with everyone. but while if they opted for the military way we have armed forces, people and national militia that would not only be able to resist and fight, but also defeat any army no matter how powerful it may be in the world. hopefully, that scenario never happens. juan guaido has been speaking to the bbc‘s nick bryant. he's calling for us military intervention. today in venezuela there is president in charge and a national parliament that is looking for change. the only intervention that exists today in venezuela is that of the cubans which makes intelligence and counterintelligence to our armed forces and also intervention of

russian military aircraft on venezuelan soil. i believe it is not and responsible to avoid it, even the crisis and tragedy venezuelans have been through but to maintain an alternative if the regime intends to continue radicalising a process that has brought us to this disaster. i as the president in charge of the national parliament will look at all options if necessary. barbara plett usher is following developments for us from venezuela's capital, caracas. when we look at president maduro's hold on power how do we assess how strong that grip is? well, if you look at the last week, i think you would say he is definitely one the latest round. the uprising that was attempted last tuesday fizzled out and we have seen show across from him since then he has visited various military bases, he has seen exercises with the army, he has had armed forces officials come out and pledge their loyalty, he has said

that they have to be wary of any kind of dissent from within and also they have to be prepared for a us intervention. but he has done his best to portray a vision of unity and loyalty and strength. now, how much strength there really is, i mean, to what degree the military is really fractured is difficult to say, the fact that there were some soldiers who were willing to stand up soldiers who were willing to stand up with mr guaido last week suggests there are fractures, but the fact that that did not go anywhere suggests mr maduro still has a fair bit of power. we heard juan guaido indicating he would be open to us military assistance. is that a position that is widely held by opposition figures in venezuela?” think there's a fair bit of opposition to military intervention in the wider population. i would say some sectors of the opposition would agree with him and some were not.

and he has been very careful how he phrases his words, he does not talk about military intervention, he talks about military cooperation. and he says this is a decision that would need to be made by the national assembly of which he is president, and there would need to bea president, and there would need to be a vote to authorise it. he has also invoked history, he said that when the independent invited british agents into the country in the early 18005 agents into the country in the early 1800s to help the independence movement, that was military cooperation. suggesting that if there was some kind of military assistance from the us it would be donein assistance from the us it would be done in the same vein rather than as an intervention. so it is a sensitive topic. i have spoken to people who support it, i know many do not. so he has to be careful how he talks about it. at the same time he talks about it. at the same time he is indicating that he needs to be open to it if that is the only way to defeat the maduro government. i think there is concern if that maduro government is defeated outweigh that it would open the door to continuing violence and perhaps

even a civil war. in the city that we can see behind you while we are talking, can you sense the crisis, can you see it on street corners or is it not as palpable as that?m can you see it on street corners or is it not as palpable as that? it is not as palpable as that where i am, in the sort of centre of caracas there is a sense of normalcy in the streets, the cars continue to drive, there are restaurants open, there are shops open, you will see children outside the restaurant is hoping that they get leftovers. you see people going through the rubbish. it is when you get into the outskirts of the city or into other areas where there are player places where people are really feeling the pinch where it becomes much more visible. but here in the centre of caracas, especially now the blackouts have been addressed, the electricity is back on, it looks a bit more normal. but under the surface there are always issues, for example i was speaking to one woman

who said she was not able to take showers because the water coming through now was blackened and smelled like sewage. so the public services are very fragile and people are feeling a lot of discomfort, evenif are feeling a lot of discomfort, even if you might not see it always on the streets. thank you very much. if you want more background on the crisis in venezuela you can find it through our website. the us has deployed an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. here it is, the uss abraham lincoln. in this statement on the white house's website, us national security adviser john bolton says it's to send "a clear and unmistakable message to iran". he also says "the united states is not seeking he says it is in response to a number of troubling and escalating indications and warnings. war with the iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack". us officials say there was intelligence that iranian forces may have been preparing

an attack on us troops in iraq. the bbc cannot confirm whether it is true or not. but we know relations are exceptionally bad between these two countries. relations went from bad to worse when president trump signed this memorandum last year and unilaterally withdrww from the iran nuclear deal that had been agreed in 2015. last week, the us also ended the iran oil waiver program — that means countries such as china, india and turkey will all have to stop buying oil from iran or face sanctions. it is definitely very serious and it is getting serious by the day. but it is not the first time it is quite worrying. in 2012 we reached a point similarto worrying. in 2012 we reached a point similar to this when iran threatened it would close the strait in the south of the country where most of the world because my oil has to go

through, and the us had to send the abraham through, and the us had to send the abra ham lincoln to through, and the us had to send the abraham lincoln to the straight. very similar to that. back then, those pressures lead into iran beginning secret negotiations with the obama administration. at the moment, what we are trying to figure out is whether iran might consider doing the same. and in terms of what iranians can do to respond now, what are the options? they have been very cautious. most things have been bearable attacks, they said that us central command is now listed as a terrorist group by the iranian parliament. and they said the iranian soldiers are no longer safe in the middle east. but we can't see anything practical happening. it is more threats. and i think iran has been very cautious and they know this is a war that they can't afford

to survive from. so i think, in practical terms, they have been very careful. what did you make of the americans are saying they can see it increased iranian military activity in some areas? i think it is understandable, they feel under threat. it is understandable that there is movement and they are trying to show that they will respond if they have to do. but whether that will materialise, at the moment, most analysts believe it is very unlikely, and iran has proved to be very clever and they are being very calculating. there might be incidents, but they will be more accidents than thoughtful strategies that iran had planned to do. stay with us on outside source — still to come: the pilot of the russian plane burst into fla m es the pilot of the russian plane burst into flames and crash landed says

the plane was hit by lightning. we will get you an update. as you have no doubt heard, the duchess of sussex has given birth to a healthy baby boy. prince harry says it has been the most amazing experience. the royal family says it has been the most amazing experience. the royalfamily are said to be delighted. and there has been a warm welcome in brixton in south london. harry and meghan made one of theirfirst south london. harry and meghan made one of their first official visits there last year. a warning there is some flash photography in this report. there's been a warm welcome to the news of the duke and duchess of sussex's baby boy in brixton, in south london. the royals made one of their first official visits together

to the area last year, so emma north has been back to gauge reaction. everyone is listening and i'm in the same room as the royal couple right now. in brixton right now the bank holiday had really given people a reason to celebrate. there was extra love and support the newest member of the royal family. very excited. i'm excited to see his hair. i'm really excited to see what the colour will be. i think it will be ginger. it is not the world were used to live in, it is diversifying in the royal family are joining in. another baby, a lot of mess in the house, but i'm sure they have stuff to clean that up. i really like what harry and meghan have done for african—american cultures and for how they are creating a different, how they are paving the way for a new face of the royal family, much more progressive and deviating from what we've seen before, i think it is really good and it shows a new side to the royal family we haven't seen before. prince harry and meghan's visit was one of their first official visits as a couple. they came to see how the station used music and media to inspire young people.

they now have their own young person to nurture and inspire. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the duke and duchess of sussex have had a baby boy. prince harry confirmed the announcement when he spoke to the camera is a little after it was posted on instagram. russian investigators want to know what happened to the plane that crash landed in moscow yesterday — taking the lives of a1 people on board. the plane was on its way from moscow to the northern city of murmansk when it sent a distress call. you can see from this flight radar that the pilot circled moscow twice before crash landing.

there were 78 people on board. a1 lost their lives. here are some of the pictures. this shows the plane a ready landing, already ablaze as it touches down. its fuel ta nks ablaze as it touches down. its fuel tanks were full because it had just taken off, one of their explanations for the vistas of the flames. again, you can see the horror of the fire that played out and the volume of black smoke. you may also be able to make out people jumping down a slide from the plane. this video gives you a closer look at that. you can see them coming down one by one and then understandably sprinting away from the fuselage. then these pictures, shocking pictures released today show the extent of the damage, all the windows completely melted, the interior of the fuselage completely burnt out. you will have seen reports that the plane may have been struck by lightning.

we had a statement recently from the investigation committee responsible for looking into what may have caused the crash, and they have listed a number of possible theories, explanations to what happened, and they are talking about the qualifications of the crew and the qualifications of the crew and the air traffic controllers that they will be looking into, also technical staff who checked the flight technical staff who checked the flight presumably before take—off, also they are talking about weather conditions and the plane itself, whether there was any technical problem with the plane. that is a fairly long list of potential reasons for what might have gone wrong. but beyond that official statement we have also seen the pilot of the flight, the captain, being widely quoted in the media here talking about a lightning strike on the plane shortly after take—off. that seems to confirm what some passengers have said. and he says the lightning strike threat to the electronics of the plane. he lost communications with the ground,

he says, and also the plane was forced into manual mode. and it was when the plane in manual was being landed by him at the airport that it crashed, essentially, onto the tarmac, bounced along and burst into flames, as we have seen, with such disastrous consequences. turkey's electoral board has ordered a re—run of the local elections in the country's largest city istanbul. the local elections were a big blow to president erdogan's akp because although they had the most votes overall, they lost the biggest city istanbul, the capital ankara as well as other large cities. red is where the mayors are of the opposition chp, compared to orange for akp. here is istanbul's mayor reacting to the decision.

translation: go talk to your neighbours, to your friends, translation: go talk to your neighbours, to yourfriends, about this unfairness. for the well—being of turkey and our people, and democracy. go start tonight. seref isler works for us here in the bbc newsroom, and he's turkish. it's an easy one to criticise but there must be a justification, what does the electoral commission say? they are saying it is because officials under electoral law during the voting day need to be civil serva nts the voting day need to be civil servants and some of them have turned out not to be. but of course when we look at the first time this appeal was filed, it was really based on numbers, we were talking about a city of more than 10 million people where the governing party lost by a couple of thousand and mathematically speaking that is such a small margin that it was very clear they were going to go into an appeal based on maths. in the end it

was settled based on bureaucracy. appeal based on maths. in the end it was settled based on bureaucracym there any precedent for this, does turkey have a track record of rerunning elections? not really. there has never been a rerun of the local elections. there has been in 2015 when akp lost this overwhelming majority of the absolute majority in parliament, it went for a general election again, but that was because a government could not be formed in a5 days. that was the only precedent we had. we covered it at the time, but the people who didn't see that coverage remind us why the result of this temple was seen as such an important strike for the opposition. in turkey, politics is played at a very local level. if you are in charge of a municipality, if you are they are, by providing service to they are, by providing service to the people you leave an imprint of what your party can do on a one—on—one basis. so by returning after 25 years these major cities that was about a0 million people

that was about a0 million people that the chp, the opposition, could influence on a day—to—day basis. and akp's influence on a day—to—day basis. and akp‘s rise, them used to be mayor of istanbul. when is the rerun? 23rd of june. and if you speak turkish, you can get coverage of this through bbc turkish dot—com. any royal birth in the uk is always a big event — even when the new arrival isn't in the line of succession. we should explain how this works. the bbc website details how the line of succession. it leads from the queen, prince charles, duke of cambridge, and then william's son george. and so on down. the new royal baby won't be a prince, unless the queen decides to give him that title — something she has done previously

to other younger family who aren't in the line of succesion. here's one royal historian on how that might work. i think we will see this baby, this boy, the earl of dan burton, it will be prince harry cosmic secondary title, obviously he is the duke of sussex and his secondary title is the earl of dumbarton which is a scottish title and that is the his son will carry. i think it will be a role like princess beatrice, they work but they do have titles. i think we can expect quite a normal life for this young royal. one reporter from the german broadcaster deutsche welle posted this earlier tweet @chapotts "hundreds of people are waiting to take a picture of the royal baby announcement at buckingham palace" — and here's the picture — hundreds of people queuing patiently, to take a selfie with a piece of paper on an easel.

probably a lot of foreign tourists there — but among brits, the monarchy is still supported by a majority of people. here's one poll taken last year before the couple married. this earlier tweet @chapotts "hundreds of people are waiting 69% support the monarchy — including in every age group, although older, most. so the royal family knows it has to continually renew its appeal. here's another historian, on that. i think already we've heard a lot happened to me about how the royal family and those around them have in a sense have over the last few decades learnt not to cash in, if you like, not to treat anything or anyone a bit different as a threat, which was their reaction back in dianette days, for example. and heaven knows for many decades and centuries before. i think they have learnt that if they are to continue to survive and thrive through the

zist to survive and thrive through the 21st century and beyond, they do have to embrace any chances that they get to look new, to look fresh, to relate to different groups of people. see you tomorrow. goodbye. for a bank holiday, at least it has been a wash—out but it has been pretty chatty. temperature is below average. and they will stay that way for the remainder of the week. wet weather around mid week. why is it chilly? basically we are sitting on air which has been sourced from the arctic. we are north of the jet strea m arctic. we are north of the jet stream at the moment. milder air trapped to the south. thatjust doesn't quite make it to our shores through this week. by the end of the period, we could have a slightly different story. tuesday, still a bit of cloud around thanks to the

re m na nts of bit of cloud around thanks to the remnants of a weather front across northern areas of england, parts of the midlands and north wales through the midlands and north wales through the day and heavier showers breaking out. to the south, pleasant sunshine but highs in that only 15. still some wintry showers on a chilly day to come across scotland. towards the end of the day cloud gathering in the south—west, head of this deep area of low pressure, which will bring a very wet and windy day for all areas on wednesday. and nagging easterly wind of the north sea to the north of that, running across scotland, wintry weather in the north. heavy rain further south, brighter conditions moving into the south later. but also some punchy thundery showers. even in the sunshine a high ofjust15. 6 degrees in aberdeen with the wind off the seat will feel pretty raw. that will be the case for much of the north. wednesday into thursday and friday the low will work its way into the north sea. a bit of uncertainty as to how quickly that low centre will pull away. at the

moment it still looks pretty u nsettled moment it still looks pretty unsettled across the northern half of the uk at least on thursday, and quite a cutting northerly wind following on behind the low. to the south some occasional showers, some sunny spells, but still disappointing temperatures. remember we are still on the cooler side of the jet. with the we are still on the cooler side of thejet. with the rain in the north we will be lucky to get double figures. friday, should see a great improvement in the way the weather looks because the low is off to the north sea. still cloudy across the east of scotland and north—east england. the northerly wind will feel quite chilly. dryer overall but keep an eye out for heavier rain running into the far south into saturday. he was the change as we move through next weekend, behind the low pressure briefly we pick up a northerly flow, could be a bit cherry first thing next weekend but further into the weekend the jet strea m further into the weekend the jet stream starts to buckle to the north, high pressure builds from the south, and as it does we move into

the warm side and it should become milder. even perhaps warm for a time. this is our outlook for next weekend into next week. average temperatures to start but the weather settling down as high pressure builds, and as the high shifts we move milder air in from the south in temperatures up to perhaps 20 across southern reaches of britain. later in the week, it looks like low pressure will and return and so are cooler, wetter story perhaps the thursday and friday. i think the thing for us to focus on is the story will be quite cool through this week and next weekend it will get quieter and hopefully see a return of warmer weather with temperatures around average or above as we go into the middle of next week.

one million species at risk of imminent extinction, according to a major un report. it says the earth's ecosystems are being destroyed by the relentless pursuit of economic growth. the scale of the problem is immense, it's from local to truly global, and it's urgent. and our other main story on the programme tonight: the duchess of sussex gives birth to a boy who becomes seventh in line to the throne. as every father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for, so i am just over the moon. the pilot of a russian plane that burst into flames and crash—landed says it was hit by lightning. a man arrested in cheshire

is questioned by police