thanks for coming in to discuss derek walcott. glyn maxwell, friend and colleague of derek walcott. a it of shows we are covered in a lot of cloud. out in the atlantic, plenty more cloud heading our way. it's going to bring some rain to many of us. over the next few hours, plenty of rain, most of it in the west. snow over the high ground in scotland, a keen breeze as well. it is that little bit drier the further you are. some rain overnight in east you are. some rain overnight in wales and the south west. not particularly cold, - or nine particularly cold, eight or nine celsius. in the north of particularly cold, eight or nine celsius. in thl that:h of particularly cold, eight or nine celsius. in thl that bitf particularly cold, eight or nine celsius. in thl that bit lower, and a temperatures that bit lower, and a touch of frost here. tomorrow morning, still quite mild. through the midlands and much of east anglia the midlands and muchof eastangfra the midlands and muchof eastangt'ra the south—east, not particularly and the south—east, not particularly wet but cloudy and - the wet b

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some news coming in now about the poet and play light, derek walcott, his family say he‘s died at hisal rule. derek walcott was professor of poetry at the university of essex, his epic poetry was considered his finest achievement. he has died in his home in the country of saint lucia. lets return now to the row over whether — and when — there might be another vote on scottish independence. this morning, the snp said that an independence vote will take place, despite theresa may‘s view that now is not the time. speaking to the bbc, the leader of the snp nicola sturgeon says she has tried to compromise with the prime minister, but feels that she has been met with a brick wall. we‘ve got a disagreement. what i‘m saying today is let‘s try and work our way through that disagreement. i‘m no paragon of virtue and comes to these things. it takes two to make a relationship, i absolutely accept that. but i‘ve tried really, really hard to find compromise with the prime minister over the last few months. i did that because she came to edinburgh and said, in terms, that she wanted to find an agree

derek walcott was 87 years old.ll to come on the newshour: the secretary of state talks tough about north korea during his first trip to asia. a major physicians' group speaks out against the republican health care plan. mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. an author's inspiration from norse mythology, and much more. >> woodruff: secretary of state rex tillerson at one of the tensest places on the planet: the border between north and south korea. it's the second stop on an important, three-country whirlwind tour of asia, where allies and adversaries are both close at hand. hari sreenivasan has that. >> let me be very clear: the policy of strategic patience has ended. >> sreenivasan: from south korea, secretary of state rex tillerson signaled a tougher line on dealing with north korea, including the possibility of a pre-emptive military strike. >> certainly we do not want to, for things to get to a military conflict. if they elevate the threat of their weapons program to a level that we believe that

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the nobel prize—winning poet and playwright sir derek walcott has died aged 87.lo and welcome. each other for the first time at the white house. let's get some analysis on - they have been discussing from our correspondent. it was businesslike and measured, this press conference, given how these two leaders are so different in personality, worldview and policy positions. they stated those positions, they also emphasised areas of commonality where they had them, where there weren't those areas they made sure the differences were known as well, a little like setting out the agenda before they went into their main talks. and also setting out the agenda as they are trying to reset any relationship, with a new us president. here's a bit of what president trump said. we also recognise that immigration security national security. we must is national security. we must protect our citizens from those who seek to spread terrorism, extremism, and violence, inside our borders. immigration is a privilege, not a right. and the our right. and the safety of our citizens must alw

the nobel prize winning poet and playwright sir derek walcott has died aged 87.was regarded as one of the leading voices of west indian literature. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it's rare for britain's intelligence community to make a public statement. but the secret surveillance agency gchq has firmly rebutted allegations — repeated by the white house — that it spied on donald trump. gchq said the claims were "nonsense, utterly ridiculous, and should be ignored". this morning, downing street said it was promised by the white house that the allegations wouldn't be repeated. richard lister reports. it is an extraordinary claim, that donald trump was bugged by gchq on the orders of barack obama, a claim that has ruffled feathers and led to strenuous denials from london. these worthy tweets that set the ball rolling. who said his phone had been tapped before his inauguration. he said president obama was a bad or sick guy. the evidence? last night—ihéfiéfiublifinfiéé—eéfiété= intelligence committee said there was no evidence. the latest in a series of dismissal