welcome to bbc news. our top stories: gwyneth paltrow takes the stand in atrial where she's accused of causing a skiing accident which left a man with brain damage and broken ribs. i was skiing, and looking downhill as you do, and i was skied directly into by mr sanderson. biden and trudeau talk tough, as the us and canada pledge to stand together against authoritarian regimes. king charles�* first state visit to france is postponed, as growing unrest over president macron�*s pension reforms grips the country. a russian child's drawing against the war in ukraine sparks a police investigation and tears a family apart.

don't look up! an asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between earth and the moon this weekend, but scientists say it won't make contact. the hollywood actress, gwyneth paltrow, has been giving evidence on the fourth day of a trial in which she's being sued over a skiing accident in utah seven years ago. ms paltrow is counter—suing 76 year old terry sanderson, claiming it was he who skied into her, not the other way around. sophie long sent this report. gwyneth paltrow has been present throughout this trial, listening to emotional accounts from two of terry sanderson�*s daughters about the impact the accident had on their father. today was the oscar—winning actress's turn to give her account of the collision that mr sanderson says left him with a permanent brain injury and four broken ribs.

i was skiing and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart and there was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise, so my brain was trying to make sense of what was happening. i thought, is this a practicaljoke? is someone doing something perverted? this is really strange. my mind was going very quickly and i was trying to ascertain what was happening. thejury must decide who hit whom on the scopes of park city, an upmarket ski resort, which is home to the sundance film festival. miss paltrow is accused not just of causing the crash but skiing off without checking if mr sanderson was hurt. at the time of the collision, were you aware of the rule that, if you're in a collision, you need to share your name and contact information with the person you're in a collision with? i don't think i was

aware of the rule. were you aware that there is kind of a rule of common decency to do that? i would not have left the scene without leaving my information, and my information was left. did you provide that information? no, erik christiansen, who was the ski instructor with us, said he would leave the information. he wants her to be held accountable, she was to clear her name, any victory will be a long one. mass protests against a planned increase in the state pension age in france have led to the postponement of king charles�* first state visit as monarch. president macron requested that the three—day trip be put on hold, amid on—going unrest across his country. demonstrators there are angry about mr macron forcing through his plans without a vote in the french parliament. from paris, here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell.

tear gas. riot police. this is paris at the moment. there are piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets and angry demonstrators on the streets, furious with president macron over his plans to raise the state pension age to 64. matters appear to be deteriorating and next week's state visit by king charles and the queen consort was clearly in the protesters sights. so, from president macron, a change of plan. translation: we'd have lacked common sense if we'd proposed | a state visit to his majesty the king and the queen consort in the midst of the protests. the two men met several times when charles was prince of wales. after today's decision was taken, the president telephoned the king to explain that the first state visit of his reign would have to be postponed. so what should have been

the glittering confirmation of a restored relationship with a ceremonial welcome here at the arc de triomphe will have to wait. paris, quite simply, is in no fit state to welcome the king and the queen consort. the entente cordiale between the two governments may be back on track after the post—brexit tensions, but on the streets of france there is anger. and that's the problem. this was the town hall in bordeaux last night, a building the king and the queen consort had been due to visit next tuesday. and this was the national assembly a few days ago as france's prime minister did her best to explain why members weren't being given a vote on the pension reforms. the king had been due to address the french senate, and this very grand building is the palace of versailles, where the state banquet had been planned for monday evening. hardly the right backdrop in present circumstances.

the state visit to france will be rearranged. the visit to germany will go ahead as planned. but paris hasn't been completely denied the sight of king charles. the local waxworks unveiled its version of a kilted king today. nicholas witchell, bbc news, paris. let's get some of the day's other news. joe biden has said he's prepared to act forcefully to protect americans after ordering airstrikes in northern syria in retaliation for an attack by iranian—linked groups, which killed an american contractor, and wounded five us soldiers. firefighters in spain are battling the country's first wildfire of the year, which has destroyed almost 20 square kilometres of forest. around 1,500 people have been forced from their homes in eastern valencia. 500 firefighters have been deployed and are supported by planes and helipcopters. three fragments of sculptures from the parthenon that had been held in the vatican's collection for more than two centuries have been returned to greece.

officials there hope the move will spur other overseas institutions that hold parthenon sculptures to return them, most notably the british museum. shares in us banks have rallied in new york, after volatile trading in the european banking sector. the fall in stocks was led by germany's biggest lender, deutsche bank, which suffered a fall of almost 8.5% in frankfurt, before rebounding later. earlier i spoke to the chief economist of moody's analytics, mark zandi who told me it's been a diffcult time for the banking systems. the global banking system is under a lot of pressure, central banks of the federal reserve, the bank of england, they are raising interest rates very aggressively, and they have been for the past year, and that puts a lot of pressure on the banking system, and it has come to a head here in the last couple of weeks with a couple of failures here in the us,

and of course the emergency rescue of credit suisse, the big swiss investment bank by ubs, and i was just going to say, you have investors that are very nervous, very skittish, stock investors, bond investors, and any creditor in these institutions are just watching this and are on edge, and i think this is what we are seeing in the trading action. do you think these nerves are a direct response to what we saw with those interest rate rises in the us and here in the uk, because there was talk about perhaps a steadying of interest rates, but then we saw inflation figures are a bit higher here in the uk, and they ticked up a little, do you think that was a direct response? it's hard to know. it can't help. raising interest rates puts pressure on the banking system, makes it more difficult for banks to get funding they need to finance their operations, their lending, so certainly it was not a positive for the banks, so hard to know

if that was the catalyst for the continued angst, it is probably deeper and broader than that but nonetheless it puts the pressure on central banks to call it here, take a pause, make sure that the financial system is on solid ground before they go back to fighting inflation. in terms of deutsche bank, do you think that is perhaps a blip or will there need to be intervention there as well? that i don't know. it feels odd that deutsche bank was under pressure. i think it is the lightning rod for all of this general angst about what is going on in the system right now, so i don't know it well enough to know the answer to that question but i do think it does reflectjust a broad sense of unease that exists among investors at this time. the system is under a lot of pressure. the us president has spoken of north american unity and improved economic ties

in a landmark address to the canadian parliament in ottawa. mr biden said the two countries�* prosperity was deeply connected to their shared security. he and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, pledged to stand together against authoritarian regimes. president biden also addressed rumours about the chinese government supplying arms to russia. i don�*t take china lightly, i don�*t take russia lightly, but i think we vastly exaggerate. i have been hearing now for the three months about china was going to provide significant weapons to russia, and they haven�*t yet. it doesn�*t mean they won�*t, but they haven�*t yet. if anything has happened, the west has coalesced, significantly more. how about the quad? how about the japan and the united states in south korea? how about what we have done in terms of aukus?

i just want to put it in perspective. i don�*t take it lightly, what china and russia are doing, and it could get significantly worse, but let�*s put it in perspective. we are united, a coalition. we, we the united states and canada. our correspondent, david willis, in washington had this to say. yes very much so. there has been cordial relations between these two leaders, which i sense was from whenjoe biden was elected president, a change of course from was elected president, a change of course from the situation under donald trump, where at times, the relationship was somewhat hostile, and today, the two leaders agreed amongst other things on the need to stand up economically to china by boosting, for example, semiconductor production and the mining of the sort of minerals that go into electric cars and batteries. canada is rich injust such minerals, and

indeed, the two leaders seem to be getting on famously, justin trudeau calling president biden �*joe�* at the press conference they held in ottawa today. another bromance brewing. in terms of the detail of what they covered, they covered a lot of ground in terms of what about asylum seekers? that�*s an area that canada has had problems with of late. last year alone, 40,000 migrants are thought to have gained entry to canada illegally, through border — unofficial border crossings, and that�*s put a strain on social services and put political pressure onjustin trudeau. now they are doing it for a couple of reasons, not least because the us is tightened its migration policies, and because canada has been famously

welcoming of those fleeing political persecution in the past. well, up to now, canada was bound by a law, or an agreement going back to 2004 which forbade the deportation of asylum seekers who had crossed illegally into canada. well now, that agreement has been tweaked and as of midnight tonight, canada will be able to send back to the us those migrants who have entered the country through illegal border control points. immigration advocates have condemned the move, they say that this will make life all the more difficult for some of the poorest people in the world. it�*s worth making the point as well that canada has agreed and returned to take in 15,000 migrants per yearfrom central and south america. the hope of being, or the intention being that will ease the pressure on the border of the south of the united states, the border it

shares with mexico. also an agreement was reached between the two leaders today, and given that many of these migrants are coming from haiti, to put more money into boosting the police force in haiti, which has been increasingly riven by the collapse of law and order. this is bbc news. our main headlines this hour — oscar—winning actress gwyneth paltrow has been giving evidence on the fourth day of a trial in which she�*s being sued over a skiing accident in utah, seven years ago. she�*s counter—suing terry sanderson, claiming he skied into her. us presidentjoe biden and the canadian prime minister justin trudeau have pledged to stand together against authoritarian regimes and said they�*ll reduce their economic dependence on china on a visit to ottawa. a child�*s simple picture against the war in ukraine has ripped a russian family apart. the 13—year—old schoolgirl

who drew this has been removed from her father after her school objected to it and reported her to the police. herfather is being prosecuted for anti—war posts on social media and now risks losing his daughter. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from the town of yefremov. this is the last time masha moskalyova was seen in public. police had just detained her father for anti—war social media posts. masha was taken to a children�*s home. it was on i march. but the story began last year with a picture. 12—year—old masha drew it at school. "glory to ukraine," it says. "no to war," as russian missiles fly in. then the problems started. town counsellor olga podolskaya says masha�*s father, a single parent, contacted her to say the school,

shocked by the drawing, had called the police. translation: her father, alexei, told me he was - dumbfounded. then, the police began checking his social media. they told him he was bringing up his daughter in a bad way. the authorities want everyone to toe the line. no—one is allowed to have their own opinion. alexei is under house arrest and not allowed to talk to us. since masha drew that picture, he�*s been charged twice with discrediting the russian army. he could now be sent to prison. his lawyer says alexei is distraught without his child. translation: alexei is very worried about his daughter. l he doesn�*t know what�*s happening to her. the social services seem obsessed with this family — i think that�*s purely for political reasons. the family�*s problems only began after the girl drew that picture.

we tried contacting masha�*s school to get its side of the story. school number 9 didn�*t respond to a written request for comment. so we went along there but were told, "no, we couldn�*t come in." we tried calling — same result. dialtone beeps. across town, supporters of the family gathered in court. "return masha to her father," it says. the localjuvenile affairs commission is taking legal action to restrict alexei�*s parental rights. the commission has yet to respond to our request for comment. alexei moskalyov had wanted to come here to court but he wasn�*t allowed to interrupt his house arrest to be here, even though what�*s at stake is whether his rights as a father are going to be restricted and whether his child will be taken

away from him. local activists are doing what they can to help, buying food and supplies forfather and daughter. but when we ask the moskalyov�*s neighbours what they think, they�*re reluctant to say. "i�*m scared to," angelina says. "i�*m frightened to answer. "sorry," she says. "i won�*t express an opinion." and that, too, paints a picture of today�*s russia — of the level of fear. dissent is unacceptable, punishable. what those in power here expect is people�*s support, no matter what decisions are taken. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yefremov, russia. an asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the earth and the moon this weekend — luckily for us, missing both. the object, named 2023 022, was discovered a month ago. although asteroid flybys are common, nasa says that given its proximity and size,

it is a once—in—a—decade encounter. i�*m joined now by dr sara webb who is an astrophysicist at swinburne university of technology. thank you very much forjoining us. it�*s very interesting. this is something that happens quite a lot but a specific sighting is quite rare?— is quite rare? yeah, that's exactly right. _ is quite rare? yeah, that's exactly right, so _ is quite rare? yeah, that's exactly right, so we - is quite rare? yeah, that's exactly right, so we live i is quite rare? yeah, that's exactly right, so we live in the solar system with thousands, millions of asteroids, little bits of state but doublespaced up and robbery and quite often little ones come by the earth and that is of no cause of concern but this one is quite large in the grand scheme of things at about 90 metres across —— space dust. it�*s probably more concerning to have found but an excellent test of some of our observational facilities around the world to be able to identify with plenty of time to model its orbit.— identify with plenty of time to

model its orbit. been reassured there is no _ model its orbit. been reassured there is no sort _ model its orbit. been reassured there is no sort of— model its orbit. been reassured there is no sort of danger- model its orbit. been reassured there is no sort of danger to - there is no sort of danger to us but in terms of sort of potentially dangerous asteroids, is a kind of easily identifiable, do you think? yeah, potentially dangerous asteroids are identified by how close they come to the earth and also the size of them so you have quite an extensive list of potentially dangerous asteroids that i continually tracked and monitored and this will most likely be added to the list because of the risk of how close it is coming right now and how close it could potentially come in 2026 as well. ., , , well. now, slightly baffling for me, this _ well. now, slightly baffling for me, this asteroid will. for me, this asteroid will return, like you say, in 2026. how does that happen? that's ri . ht. how does that happen? that's right- just _ how does that happen? that's right. just like _ how does that happen? that's right. just like us, _ how does that happen? that's right. just like us, asteroids . right. just like us, asteroids are on orbit around our solar system and sometimes we get lucky coincidences where the orbits line up just right and they will come nearby us again so there�*s several asteroids that do continually orbit the earth, it tends to be on a much longer time scales what we�*re seeing here but we can think of

it as a friendly hello. it enjoyed earth so much, we will see it again in a few years! and if say for example an asteroid was kind of deemed as being hazardous, would we be able to react in time? in theory. _ able to react in time? in theory, potentially yes. so this is quite a difficult question because were onlyjust now starting to think about really how do we be... defensive, kind of, as a planet? so how do we defend ourselves from beyond our place here on the surface of the earth? and we�*re starting to see that with some really unique experiments. last year we have the double asteroid redirection test or dart which crashed itself into a moon of an asteroid to see if we could use its momentum to knock it off because a little bit and it was a complete success and that�*s kind of our first stage in confirming that these methods we think will work could potentially work in the future, however we are definitely not at the stage yet where we could use it right

now. where we could use it right now, ,,., ., ., ~' where we could use it right now. ., ., ~ , ., where we could use it right now. ., ., ~ ., now. sara, thank you for “oininu now. sara, thank you for joining us. _ now. sara, thank you for joining us, we _ now. sara, thank you for joining us, we will- now. sara, thank you for joining us, we will look. now. sara, thank you for l joining us, we will look out for fireballs joining us, we will look out forfireballs in the joining us, we will look out for fireballs in the sky. dr sara webb. philippe petit is the original man on wire — a legendary tight—rope walker who has been the focus of award—winning films and who has captured the global imagination with his aerial performances. his most recent exploits found the 73—year—old in washington, dc, putting on a high—wire performance at the national building museum. that�*s where the bbc caught up with him. applause. i became a very different tightrope walker than the people you see in the circus or the people who are after breaking records.- the people who are after breaking records. me, i am after perfection. _

breaking records. me, i am after perfection. a -- - after perfection. a —— unattainable. and i inspire people to look at the sky and say wow, i can move mountains now. nothing is impossible. so that�*s why i love what i do. i collect in my life amazing sites where i would dream one day to do a high while walk and —— high wire walk. 15 or 20 years ago i was counting in washington, dc and i saw a tourist brochure and there was a coloured picture of the inside of the national building museum. the columns being the largest and tallest in the world. so i think that maybe, it would be the most beautiful show in my life. and it has to do with the majesty and be, you know, the glorious view of inside this building. the first

very visible high wire walk illegally was between the towers of notre—dame cathedral. i was arrested. and released. and then in 1973, i was in australia doing some street juggfing australia doing some street juggling tour and i saw the sydney harbour bridge, the largest steel artist bridge on earth. and illegally able to wire between the northern pylon. wire between the northern . lon. 35:1: wire between the northern - lon. 35:1: ., pylon. 1300 feet above the streets of _ pylon. 1300 feet above the streets of manhattan, - pylon. 1300 feet above the streets of manhattan, they pylon. 1300 feet above the - streets of manhattan, they have 'ust streets of manhattan, they have just put — streets of manhattan, they have just put up the second tallest building — just put up the second tallest building in the world. they've called — building in the world. they've called it — building in the world. they've called it the world trade cenien _ called it the world trade center. �* , ., ., center. and the year after that, i am _ center. and the year after that, i am married, - center. and the year after i that, i am married, actually, that, iam married, actually, the twin towers, but that was almost a few years adventure i had this idea plan to be my head when i saw a picture of a model of the twin towers were not built the time when i got the idea. i have a net in my head much stronger than all of

the net you can web and actually and it can be every bad thing if you�*re falling on the net one way, you can your neck. so i have developed a way of being certain before i put the first foot on the wire that i am absolutely certain that the last foot will be successful. if not, i would not get on that wire, you know? so i never leave anything to chance and i wear this safety net in my head for the past 55 years. so, ivalue net in my head for the past 55 years. so, i value life too much to waste my life and i do something i think much more inspiring and novel. i don�*t risk my life. i carry my life across, you know? philippe petit there. you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @bbcvishalasp. i�*m also on instagram. thanks for watching.

hello there. the month of march has been a bit of a roller—coaster, hasn�*t it? and friday was no exception. look at these contrasting weather conditions — a beautiful afternoon in scarborough, north yorkshire. pleasantly warm as well. different story in wiltshire. in fact, there was just shy of an inch of rain by some torrential and at times thundery downpours that moved through the country. we have actually seen quite an unsettled month for many — some areas seeing double the amount of rainfall — and the month is not out with more wet weather to come before we move into april. now, as for the start of the weekend, we are going to see further showers, not quite as many as friday, but this little weather front will enhance the showers from time to time. it�*s going to be a mild start to the day. sunny spells and a few isolated showers during the morning

become a little bit more widespread into the afternoon, but there will be some drier, brighter interludes and favoured spots for that is where we had the wettest of the weather, actually, on friday, so across southern and south west england, along with wales, 13 or 14 degrees. a line of showers from that front across east anglia, northern england and into northern ireland. a little bit more cloud but some sunshine into northern scotland but noticeably cooler as that northerly wind starts to kick in — 5—9 degrees here. now, it looks likely that we are going to see some wetter weather, though, from saturday into sunday with this area of low pressure bringing some rain once again into the south—west and so, that brings a bit of a contrast first thing on sunday morning. milder air sitting down to the south—west but eventually as that rain clears, the cooler northerly flow starts to push further south across the country. so, a grey, potentially wet start across the south first thing on sunday morning slowly easing away to brighter, sunnier skies.

a few wintry showers in the far north of scotland, keir sitting in the cooler air with around 4—6 degrees. further south, it will be noticeably cooler but not particularly biting with it. now, it looks likely that that cooler trend stays on monday with plenty of sunshine before more rain arrives for tuesday. and just before i say goodbye, don�*t forget, as we move into the early hours of sunday morning, it�*s the start of british summertime. we all lose an hours�* sleep but we gain more daylight. take care. —— we all lose an hour�*s sleep but we gain more daylight. take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the american social media influencer and actress gwyneth paltrow has been giving evidence on the fourth day of a trial in which she�*s being sued over a skiing accident at a resort in utah in 2016. ms paltrow has counter—sued and testified that she was the victim of the incident. president biden and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, have agreed to deepen their countries�* economic cooperation and to stand together against authoritarian regimes on a state visit to ottawa. king charles�*s first visit to france has been postponed as demonstrations continue across the country against president macron�*s changes to the country�*s retirement age.