this is bbc news. our top stories: from the slopes to the stand: gwyneth paltrow gives evidence in atrial over a skiing accident she's accused of causing and insists she was the real victim. i was skiing, and looking downhill as you do, and i was skied directly into by mr sanderson. king charles�*s first state visit to france is postponed as growing unrest over president macron�*s pension reforms continues to grip the country. biden and trudeau talk tough as the us and canada pledge to stand together against authoritarian regimes. a close call with a space rock capable of wiping out a city: the asteroid that's about to pass between the earth and the moon.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 then there was a body pressing against me and there was a very strange grunting noise, so my brain was trying to make sense of what was happening. i thought, am i... is this a practicaljoke? is someone doing something perverted? this is really, 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. and attracts throngs of celebrities. 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 your contact information with the person that you're in a collision with? i don't think

i was aware of the rule. 0k. 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 all 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�*s first state visit as monarch. president macron requested that the three—day trip be put on hold amid ongoing 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. 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 ministerjustin 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 is 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 and 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. president biden speaking in ottawa. 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 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 in just 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 across the water. in terms of the detail of what they covered, they covered a lot of ground in terms of what you mentioned, economic ties, but they also talked 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. now, 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 year from central and south america. the hope being, or the intention being that it 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, 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 driven by the collapse of law and order. david willis speaking to me from washington. 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. mark zandi, chief economist at moody's, says it's been a difficult 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, european central bank and others, 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 just very nervous, very skittish, stock investors, bond investors, and any creditor in these institutions arejust 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, right. raising interest rates puts pressure on the banking system, makes it more difficult for banks to get the funding they need to finance their operations, their lending, so, certainly, it was not a plus for the banks, so hard to know if that was the catalyst for the continued angst here, it is probably deeper and broader than that, but nonetheless, it puts the pressure on central banks to cool 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 some 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 reflect just a broad sense of unease that exists among investors at this point in time with good reason — the system is under a lot of pressure. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: queen elizabeth's dresser and her pall bearers are among those recognised by king charles in a special honours list. applause i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis.

with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa will be excluded from the 1970 competition. chanting streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. wow! this is bbc world news. the latest headlines — gwyneth paltrow has repeatedly insisted that she was the victim in a skiing accident seven years ago that's the subject of a lawsuit in the us state of utah.

the oscar winner said she'd been hit from behind by terry sanderson, who claims he was the victim and is seeking damages. president biden has called for improved economic ties on his visit to canada. mr biden and the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau also pledged to stand together against authoritarian regimes and said they'd reduce their economic dependence on china. 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. speaks russian. 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. monitoring groups say as many as 14 members of pro—iranian militia groups may have been killed in american air strikes in the east of syria. the us launched the attack after one american contractor was killed and six other people were wounded in what the pentagon says was a one—way, or kamikaze, drone strike on a facility in hasakah using an iranian—made drone. a us spokesman said groups linked to the iranian revolutionary guard were responsible for that attack and several other recent incidents, and described the american response.

two us airforce if 15 two us air force if 15 five fourfighter two us air force if 15 five four fighter pycroft based in the area of responsibility struck two irgc affiliated facilities in approximately 7:40pm eastern time or 2:40 am local. the facilities were located near de rosa, in eastern syria, and were continuing to assess the outcome of the strikes. initial indications other facilities were destroyed. in regards to any militant casualties, are still assessing. 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 asked dr sara web, an astronomer at swinburne university of technology, about the significance of this sighting.

we live in a solar system with thousands — millions — of asteroids, little bits of space dust and debris and quite often, they — quite small ones — come by the earth, and that's of no cause of concern. however, this one is quite large in the grand scheme of things at about 90 metres across. it's one that is probably more concerning to have found, but an excellent test of some of our observational facilities around the world to be able to identify it with plenty of time to model its orbit. now, we're reassured that there's no sort of danger to us, but in terms of sort of potentially dangerous asteroids, is that kind of easily identifiable, do you think? yeah, so, potentially dangerous asteroids are identified by how close they come to the earth and then also, the size of them. so, we do have quite an extensive list of potentially dangerous asteroids that are continually tracked and monitored and this will most likely be added to that list because of the risk of how close it is coming right now and how close it will potentially come in 2026 as well. now, what's sort of slightly

baffling for me is that this asteroid will return, like you say. so, you're saying in 2026 we're going to see it again. how does that happen? that's right. so, 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 near the earth. they tend to be much longer time scales than what we're seeing here, but we can think of it as like a friendly hello. itjust enjoyed earth so much, we'll see it again in a few years! chuckles. and if, say, for example, an asteroid was kind of deemed as being sort of hazardous, would we be able to react in time? in theory, potentially yes. so, this is quite a difficult question because we're only just 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. so, last year, we had 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 course a little bit, and it was a complete success, and so, that's kind of our first stage in confirming that these methods we think will work could potentially work in the future. however, we're definitely not at the stage yet where we could use it right now. dr sara webb. eight pallbearers who carried queen elizabeth ii's coffin at her funeral are among those to be recognised in a special honours list. britain's longest—serving monarch died in september last year, aged 96. our reporter shelley phelps gave me more details. this special honours list following the death of queen elizabeth includes scores of members of the royal household and military personnel who were involved in

the queen's funeral and others who were involved in the queen's lying in state — i'm sure we can remember those queues — hundreds of people queueing to see the queen and pay their respects. you mentioned the pallbearers — the eight grenadier guards. they have been awarded the royal victoria medal. of course, they played such an important role in the queen's funeral. if you think of some of those poignant scenes as they carried the queen's coffin, draped in the royal standard with the crown atop of it, and they were watched by millions of people around the world and some viewers actually reported holding their breath as the pallbearers carefully carried the queen's coffin into st george's chapel. now, also being recognised are members of the royal air force flight, who transported the queen from scotland to london, as well as some of her advisers like angela kelly, who worked with the queen as her dresser for 25 years. she is said to have ensured that the queen looked stylish

and modern and that she always had a bit of sparkle. and another of her advisers, paul whybrew, who was one of her aides has been honoured — he was memorable for the olympics sketch, the james bond sketch, where the queen appeared with daniel craig. yes. and who decides on these honours? they are the gift of the king but they are independently stowed. —— bestowed. they are not awarded on the advice of the prime minister or anything to do with downing street. they are all about recognising those who have served the monarch and the royal family in a personal way. shelley phelps. a reminder of our top story. actress gwyneth paltrow has denied in court she caused the 2016 ski collision in utah. kerry sanderson is seeking damages of $300,000 after he says the accident left him with life—changing injuries. when this culture has countersuit, testifying she thought she was

being assaulted and was distracted by her children on the scopes when the incident occurred. the case will continue on monday. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcvishalasp and thank you 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 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 during a state visit to ottawa. king charles�*s first visit to france as monarch has been postponed as demonstrations continue across the country against president macron�*s changes to the country's retirement age.