it is cooler along the north sea coast. any rain clears away from the south coast into sunday. till a breeze for the north sea coastal areas. get away from that towards the western areas we have got spells of sunshine and it's going to be that bit warmer. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11pm: counting is under way following the local elections. early results in some areas are expected around 2am. the duke of edinburgh announces he's to retire from all public duties with full support from the queen. but it was business as usual for the 95—year—old today, who took his place alongside the queen this lunchtime. president trump moves a step closer to replacing 0bamacare, as the us house of representatives passes a new healthcare bill. emmanuel macron and marine le pen are back on the campaign trail in france following their hostile tv debate ahead of the polling day on sunday. and coming up at 11:30, we'll take a look at tomorrow morning's front pages, including the sun on the prince

it looks like a decent second part of the weekend away from the north sea coast.you need them online. hello — you're watching bbc world news with me tim willcox in washington. a major legislative victory for president trump as republicans in the us congress pass their health care bill. make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of 0bamacare, make no mistake about it. republicans secured just enough votes to push through the legislation. all democrats voted against the bill. and it will face big hurdles in the senate. meanwhile the president will now head to new york to meet the australian prime minister. it's donald trump's first trip home since taking office and i'm christian fraser in paris. after a brutal tv debate between the contenders just 3 days to go until french voters return to the polls. centrist candidate emmanuel macron takes legal action over claims

the breeze is less noticeable on the north sea coast.ing elsewhere clear and quite chilly. temperatures lower than this away from large cities and town centres. gardeners take note of the potential impact on delicate plants of this cold temperature. a sunny start on wednesday especially in england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland seeing sunny spells. more cloud the further north you are in scotland. some outbreaks of rain around. some warmth in the sunshine again. warmer around the north sea coast compared with recent days. on thursday, most places staying dry. variable cloud and sunny spells. cloud building in the south of the uk. we begin to get showers and outbreaks of rain. that will lift north in friday and saturday. not a washout. as we move from high pressure to low pressure, though, there will be rain in areas that have nothing very much for quite some time. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the former us attorney general s

the weekend looks like it will be trying, breezy on saturday with a cool field do things on the north sea coastorth sea coast but with those winds it will feel pretty good. thank you. our main story... prince philip retires from public life at the age of 95. this decision is not health—related. that's all from the bbc news at six. it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the us house of representatives set to hold a vote on a revised healthca re bill that republicans hope will replace obamacare. the duke of edinburgh announces he's to retire from all public duties in autumn, a decision supported by the queen. adrift for 32 hours in the irish sea. in an exclusive interview, rescued surfer matthew bryce tells the bbc that he had ‘prepared for death'. emmanuel macron and marine le pen are back on the campaign trail in france after their bad—tempered to debate. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be live in washington as the us hou

celsius in the sunshine and light winds, it will feel pleasant indeed, but calls cooler for the north sea coaste got this air low pressure to the west of us, but this reg of high pressure will keep things quiet into monday. still a keen breeze for the north sea coast. light winds, sunny spells and again, it is light winds, sunny spells and again, it i515, 16, light winds, sunny spells and again, it is 15, 16, 17 celsius. pleasant enoughin it is 15, 16, 17 celsius. pleasant enough in the sunshine, but cooler down the eastern coast. by tuesday, the weather fronts trying to push their way into the north—west of the uk. might bring cloud and rain into northern ireland, but elsewhere, it looks like another decent day, but the pattern does repeat. cooler down the pattern does repeat. cooler down the north sea coast with a fair bit of cloud. central and western areas seeing the best of the spells of sunshine. and then later next week, i think through the middle of the week, it looks quiet, wednesday is a decent day for most. we start to see low pressure systems heading our way. this one will be fillin

the breeze is less noticeable on the north sea coast.go on through tuesday night into wednesday morning. but then for wednesday, we will start elsewhere clear and quite chilly. temperatures lower than this away from large cities and town centres. some areas will be close to freezing, as wednesday begins, so gardeners take note of the potential impact on delicate plants of this cold temperature. a sunny start on wednesday especially in england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland seeing sunny spells. more cloud across the north of scotland, the further north you are in scotland, some outbreaks of rain around. but again, there's some warmth in the sunshine. warmer around the north sea coast compared with recent days. and then on thursday, whilst most places staying dry, variable cloud and sunny spells. cloud building in the south of the uk. we begin to get showers and outbreaks of rain. that will lift northwards into friday and saturday. it's not going to be a washout. but as we move from high pressure to low pressure, there w

particularly on the north sea coast.t shower or two. northern counties of england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland still have the sunshine around lipm. not quite as warm as today. on wednesday evening, we keep a lot of cloud for a large part of england and wales, with a few light shower was around, not amounting to much. many of us will stay dry. again, on thursday, the odd shower dotted about. clearer in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. on friday, the wind in southern parts will be stronger and it will feel cooler. at the weekend, low system is kept at bay by blocking area of high pressure to the north, and around that, and easterly breeze keeping easel coast —— eastern coastal areas chilly, warmer in the west. this is bbc news. the headlines: theresa may signals handbags at brussels, as tensions with the eu are laid bare, while out on the campaign trail in cornwall. during the conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a blood

and a good deal warmer, the further south—west you go. 0nly ten or 11 at north sea coast.art so in charge. the isobars easing apart so the winds aren't quite so strong that a noticeable breeze. a lot of dry weather to be had on tuesday, fairly cloudy, 11 degrees on the north sea coast. getting up to a0 or 15 at the best. in the middle of the week, high pressure but the northwest, low pressure is gathering and to the south—west as well. midweek, most of mostly it's a decent day. maybe some showers and north scotland but most places dry without amateurs around 17 or 18 degrees. a5 without amateurs around 17 or 18 degrees. as we had onto the latter pa rt degrees. as we had onto the latter part of next week, the areas of low pressure will begin to bring their influence. rob the building cloud and rain, and winds picking up, and if you're underneath the clouds, it will feel cool towards the end of next week. we will be in the low to middle teens. we will get some sunshine, dry and bright intervals, as it will be the other teams. it will should feel pleasant enough but tempers w

north sea. elsewhere we should see the sunshine coming through, especially in the afternoon, for southern parts of england and wales, turning it quite warm. along the north sea coastedorth sea coasted forfeel quitejolly. and one degree the onshore chilly breeze bringing more cloud to eastern areas of the uk but even that will break up now and again. further west we will see more in the way of sunshine. that should lift temperatures into the midteens, possibly a touch high at them that towards the south—west. 910 for eastern scotland, warmer elsewhere in the sunshine. with high pressure on the way for the bulk of next week there is little or no rain around and it will feel warm and sunshine. hello my name is tom donkin, welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. here's our top stories: france's presidential election reaches its climax but could the hacking attack on emmanuel macron‘s campaign affect sunday's result? 82 nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by islamist militants three years ago have now been freed. with just hours before france chooses a new president, the authorities have warned the public and the media not to share

we are likely to exceed today's temperatures, around the north sea coast again the north sea is stillime of year which will temper the feel, it won't be as hot so if you're finding the heat sultry you can head to the coast. that said, even on the coast the uv level is justified, coast. that said, even on the coast the uv level isjustified, and usually we are seeing high levels in the last couple of days, unusual at any time of year in the uk, we are just three weeks away from the longest day. it all starts to change on friday with the arrival of thundery rain. it looks as if the intensity and duration will be more likely across northern parts of the country but we will see some thundery showers for southern areas, it is just thundery showers for southern areas, it isjust more thundery showers for southern areas, it is just more likely it will break the heat with some potentially nasty thunderstorms doing today on saturday, and potentially in the south on sunday, there is still that heat and humidity around, back to a scattering of sunshine and showers in the north on bank holiday mond

some could sunshine breaking out to the west of london. 0n the north sea coast, given that the north early it will be chilly. —— eight or nine. if you can get some sunshine it should be pleasant enough. the rest of the week should stay dry, with some sunshine in used as well. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. after huge gains for the conservatives in the council votes, thoughts return to the general election campaign. while the labour leader jeremy corbyn says they face a historic task to win next month, theresa may has insisted she's taking nothing for granted. good morning, it's saturday the 6th of may. also ahead: the campaign of the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says it's suffered a massive hacking attack before france goes to the polls. the teenage british racing driver who lost both legs in a formula four crash says he'll get back behind the wheel.

a big contrast with the north sea coast, 10 celsius around hull. ost to start the day tomorrow morning. much of northern england, a bright start to the day, and some good sunny spells around for wales and south—west england. for the midlands, across much of south—east england and certainly into east anglia, a good deal of cloud around to begin the day, the cloud around to begin the day, the cloud thickening further, bringing some patchy outbreaks of mostly light rain in as well, not amounting to much on the gardens. with a strong north—easterly breeze, it will feel cool. elsewhere, given some sunshine, inland, you will get someone. some sunshine, inland, you will get someone. temperatures in the high teens in a few spots again in western scotland, though not as warm as today. by tomorrow evening, parts of england and wales cloudy with rain. 0n of england and wales cloudy with rain. on thursday, a good deal of cloud across the south, one or two showers. northern england, northern ireland and scotland seeing sunny spells but maybe notjust as much blue

on it could be even cooler for some on the north sea coast with more cloud around and still the breeze. the best of any sunshine across western areas. and for nearly all of us it will be dry. welcome to 100 days, north korea says that it is pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. two us bombers have been taking pa rt war. two us bombers have been taking part in military exercises alongside key allies in the region. in south korea, an american anti—missile defence system is now fully operational, much to the displeasure of beijing. the german chancellor makes a rare visit to russia for a meeting with president hollande and put in, on syria and ukraine, there is plenty that divides them. prime minister theresa may calls reports of her meeting withjean—claude juncker " brussels gossip" and says that she will stand her ground in " b rex it" that she will stand her ground in "brexit" negotiations.” that she will stand her ground in "brexit" negotiations. iwas described by one of my colleagues as a bloody difficult woman...! i said at the time, the next person to find that

cooler along the north sea coast.ock this evening before those fade away. it will be cool in the countryside to the north and west and some frost inafew to the north and west and some frost in a few spots going into tomorrow. lots of sunshine again tomorrow in scotland, northern ireland, northern counties of england. cloud increasing elsewhere. still cool along the north sea coasts. warmest in the west. this is the picture during wednesday evening, and looking ahead to thursday, the odd shower in england and wales. decent sunshine elsewhere. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. theresa may tells the bbc she would be a "bloody difficult woman" in brexit negotiations and said she'd already made clear that eu commission president, jean—claude juncker, would discover that. during the conservative party leadership campaign i was described by one of my colleagues as a ‘bloody difficult woman'. i said at the time that the next person to find that out would be jean claude juncker. jeremy corbyn says he's not embarrassed

the breeze is less noticeable on the north sea coast.esday night into wednesday morning. but then for wednesday, we will start elsewhere clear and quite chilly. temperatures lower than this away from large cities and town centres. some areas will be close to freezing, so gardeners take note of the potential impact on delicate plants of this cold temperature. a sunny start on wednesday especially in england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland seeing sunny spells. more cloud the further north you are in scotland. —— more cloud acroos the north of scotland, the further north you are in scotland, some outbreaks of rain around. some warmth in the sunshine again. warmer around the north sea coast compared with recent days. 0n then on thursday, whilst most places staying dry, variable cloud and sunny spells. cloud building in the south of the uk. we begin to get showers and outbreaks of rain. that will lift northwards into friday and saturday. it's not going to be a washout. as we move from high pressure to low pressure, though, t

the breeze is less noticeable on the north sea coast.res lower than this away from large cities and town centres. gardeners take note of the potential impact on delicate plants of this cold temperature. a sunny start on wednesday especially in england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland seeing sunny spells. more cloud the further north you are in scotland. some outbreaks of rain around. some warmth in the sunshine again. warmer around the north sea coast compared with recent days. on thursday, most places staying dry. variable cloud and sunny spells. cloud building in the south of the uk. we begin to get showers and outbreaks of rain. that will lift north in friday and saturday. not a washout. as we move from high pressure to low pressure, though, there will be rain in areas that have nothing very much for quite some time. this is bbc world news. i'm sarah corker. the headlines: the polls have opened in south korea's presidential election. the front runner, moonjay—in, has criticised the perceived privilege of south korea's

the breeze is less noticeable on the north sea coast. wednesday, we will start elsewhere clear and quite chilly. temperatures lower than this away from large cities and town centres. some areas will be close to freezing, as wednesday begins, so gardeners take note of the potential impact on delicate plants of this cold temperature. a sunny start on wednesday especially in england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland seeing sunny spells. warmer around the north sea coast compared with recent days. and then on thursday, whilst most places staying dry, variable cloud and sunny spells. cloud building in the south of the uk. we begin to get showers and outbreaks of rain. that will lift northwards into friday and saturday. it‘s not going to be a washout. but as we move from high pressure to low pressure, there will be rain in areas that have nothing very much for quite some time. this is bbc news. i‘m chris rogers. our top stories: the former us attorney general says she warned president trump‘s administration that general michael

onshore wind keeping things a bit cooler towards the north sea coast.orning, a few changes. wales producing a few spots of rain. something heavier edging its way to cornwall. an area of low pressure a cross its way to cornwall. an area of low pressure across the bay of biscay. at the moment, it looks as though it will be parts of cornwall, the channel island singh rain through the day. david may also see splashes of rain. saturday, northern england morning rain or drizzle. —— devon may also see. more sunshine through east anglia and the south—east were it will start to feel warmer. whether the rain gets through to the south coast, it will push away into the continent. winds into a more north—easterly direction. a bit more sunshine in southern areas. cooler across northern and eastern areas with the wind off the seas. cloud. and and northern ireland. hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charlie stayt. large gains for the conservatives in the local elections while labour and ukip have made big losses. the tories have gained 115 seats and four c

north —— much of scotland. away from the north coast, temperatures pegged back. we see spells of sunshine in northern ireland. northern england, more cloud than today. still cool down the north seaon. get down to the south—west, that thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain mainly in cornwall, some might creep into devon. whatever we see will clear through the evening. most other places will be fine and dry on saturday night. just the odd light shower in the west midlands, maybe into wales as well. into the second pa rt into wales as well. into the second part of the weekend, this breeze still, a northerly, cold from the north, bringing low cloud, maybe light rain, drizzle to go with that. further west it's brighter and a good deal warmer as well. a cool feel to things with that breeze along the north sea coasts, nine, ten degrees sunday afternoon. further west, 15, 16. it's dry over the next few days basically. it looks like it will stay dry into the early pa rt looks like it will stay dry into the early part of next week. maybe beginning to see some rain developing later on next week. we keep you up to date with the details on all of that. bye for now. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown

coast quite chilly. northern ireland, parts of western wales, north—west england seeing the best or the highest temperatures, best of the sunshine. but actually, near the north seas of western scotland, here, because of that breeze coming in. but we could see 18, a little bit higherfurther south, with a few more breaks in the cloud. and as for next week, it looks set to stay dry, and the east should enjoy some sunshine as well. hello and welcome to bbc news, my name's tom donkin, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. here's our top stories: the campaign team for the french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says it's the victim of a massive and co—ordinated hacking attack. mr macron and marine le pen go head—to—head on sunday as voters go to the polls in the run—off. russia's military sets up four safe zones in syria but some rebel groups have rejected the plans. big gains for the conservative party in british local elections with just five weeks before the main general election. the campaign of the french presidential candidate

it is going to start feeling warmer on the north sea coast.t places going to stay dry, but first signs of change for the south, the chance of change for the south, the chance of some showers, rain, possibly even some thunder. all of that pushing northwards, low pressure taking over, it is not politically wash out but showers around. this is bbc news. an clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00. the transition of power is under way in france, as the newly elected president emmanuel macron, prepares to take office. no backing down — a conservative government will stick to its target of cutting net migration to the tens of thousands says theresa may. labour targets child ren's health, saying it'll ban alljunk food tv ads, before the 9pm watershed, if it wins the election. coming up on that newsnight, paris is the centre of world attention. that's how they like it. we are here, looking at how politics is changing. are there lessons for britain and the west from the rise of the

cooler on the north sea coast. hello. this is bbc news. royal duties in the autumn according to buckingham palace. the decision was made by prince philip himself and is supported by the queen. emmanuel macron, the centrist candidate fighting to become the next french president, says he is to file a lawsuit against his rival, the far right candidate marine le pen. the dispute centres on le pen's suggestions that monsieur macron holds an offshore bank account. the surfer rescued after 32 hours stranded in the irish sea speaks exclusively to the bbc — matthew bryce says he thought he was going to die. he drifted 13 miles from the argyll coast. now the sport. good afternoon. the everton manager, ronald koeman says he hopes to see his winger, aaron lennon, back in his squad soon, but only when he's ready, and he says the player's well being is paramount. the club will give lennon all their support, after he was detained under the mental health act. and koeman, has confirmed, that they've had contact with lennon and his family. as you know that

overnight we pick up some fog near the north sea coast but it will be fairly remote foremost.t isa will be fairly remote foremost. it is a clear night, the most notable feature is how warm it will be, not just by day but monty by night, particularly in north. —— muggy by night. only really around winwood coasts will it be any cooler. even if it is cooler, more refreshing around the coasts, the levels of uv arejust as around the coasts, the levels of uv are just as high, around the coasts, the levels of uv arejust as high, it is not temperature dependent, and unusually we are seeing temperature dependent, and unusually we are seeing very temperature dependent, and unusually we are seeing very high levels of uv in the country. that is high for here in the uk. as would go through tomorrow evening and overnight we have this area of low pressure moving in so it is the breakdown. as is ever the case with these breakdowns, it is difficult to pinpoint the detail but it looks like northern ireland, western scotland, england and wales will bear the brunt of some of the heaviest showers

still quite cool along the north sea coasts and that continues into thursday and friday. 0n coasts and thursday and friday. on thursday quite a bit of cloud for england and wales and the odd shower around. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may promises to live up to her reputation as a "bloody difficult woman" during tough negotiations over brexit with eu chiefs. during the conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a "bloody difficult woman". i said, at the time that, the next person to find that out would be jean claude juncker. jeremy corbyn defends his shadow home secretary who came unstuck in a radio interview over the cost of the party's plans for more police in england and wales. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry... 10,000 police officers, what are you paying them? a failure to support the family of anorexic teenager pippa mcmanus, when she left hospital, is found to be a factor in her taking her own life.

around the north sea coast again, the north sea is quite cool at this time of year. the coast. that said, even where it is cooler, the uv index isjustified. unusually, we are seeing high level of these last couple of days in southern areas. that is unusual any time of year in the uk, we are only three weeks away from the longest day. it starts the trains on friday night with the arrival of thundery rain. -- night with the arrival of thundery rain. —— starts to change. the intensity and duration will be more likely across northern part of the country. we will see some thundery showers across some areas, breaking the heat with nasty thunderstorms and severe weather in the north across doing the day on saturday. potentially in the south on sunday as well. we still have that heat and humidity around. we have lost that timidity by that stage back to a scatter showers and sunny spot in the north in the north into bank holiday monday was we still have the warm, humid airclose holiday monday was we still have the warm, humid air close by the south. there will always be the ri

this is closer to the north sea coast in your yorkshire. grey skies, the cloud is persistent. asant with the north when dragging in. but it is dry. whether you have sunshine or crowd, it is dry. it is a trade for friday but until then there is no real way in forecast. —— no real rain forecast. it's clear, starry skies, central and eastern areas for high on the cloud and rain, it is not cold certainly in belfast. it will be colder in some rural areas, such as in scotland. tomorrow morning, we start on a beautiful mode again. in the western isles, inverness, sunshine too. the western coast of wales and into pembrokeshire, pool, devon and the west country, and the south coast. lots of areas waking up to clear, blue skies. quite a few areas also stuck under the cloud. the midlands, eastern areas, lincolnshire, wolverhampton and newcastle. parts of scotla nd wolverhampton and newcastle. parts of scotland as well. the cloud will break up doing today across the western areas especially. essentially, the west hangs onto the sunshine with the best temperatures, such as belfast at 18 deg

it will be cool on the north sea coast, heading inland and will easily have 16 or 15 degrees possiblyf the most part, and the driving continues next weekend. throws the dry theme this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: big wins for the conservatives. they have taken control of 11 councils and gained more than 500 seats. labour has a tough time after it loses more than 380 seats and seven authorities, including glasgow city council, which they have held since 1980. mixed fortunes for the liberal democrats. the party is down by 42 council seats. disappointment for ukip, as they lose all of their seats bar one. and the snp is the biggest party in the scottish council elections, with tories replacing labour as the second—biggest. in other news: the government finally publishes its draft plan to tackle air pollution, but it has been criticised for being too unclear.

but it of sea fog in the north sea coast, temperatures especially in the north overnight will be so highes coming into the south—east tomorrow, feel a little fresher, just around the coasts in the south and east that we will again see temperatures in the high 20s, in northern ireland and across the london region again, 28, 29, even around the coast where it is a bit more refreshing the strength of the sun is still very high in the south, it is not temperature dependent which is unusual for the uk. i will have more for you later. hello and welcome to 100 days plus. manchester police say they have made significant arrests in connection to monday's attack. it comes as a minute's silence is held across the uk to remember the 22 victims. there have been more raids as police hunt the network that supported the suicide bomber. eight people are now in custody. the arrests that we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. leaks of the investigation to us media are causing a serious row between the two co

wales, northern england, you will see some sunshine at time, temperatures are held down along north sea coastses are to the west, where some spots reach the high teens so not as warm as has been for the past dumb of day, variable cloud and sunny spells on friday and the chance for the odd shower in the south, going into the weekend, there isa south, going into the weekend, there is a lot of uncertainty about this weather system coming up which may bring outbreaks of rain to southern england into the channel islands but it is farfrom england into the channel islands but it is far from certain at this stage, so keep checking the forecast. it may not look like this, elsewhere, perhaps a shower that m ost pla ces elsewhere, perhaps a shower that most places are looking dry, the breeze easing a bit during the day, in fact by sunday the wind is going to be much lighter, west is best for any sunshine on sunday, cloudy to the east and most plaices are going to be ending the weekend dry. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. an unparalleled attack by the prime minister on eu officials and politicians

it could be even cooler for some on the north sea coast with more cloud around and still the breeze. ern areas. and for nearly all of us it will be dry. welcome to 100 days, north korea says that it is pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. two us bombers have been taking pa rt war. two us bombers have been taking part in military exercises alongside key allies in the region. in south korea, an american anti—missile defence system is now fully operational, much to the displeasure of beijing. the german chancellor makes a rare visit to russia for a meeting with president hollande and put in, on syria and ukraine, there is plenty that divides them. prime minister theresa may calls reports of her meeting withjean—claude juncker " brussels gossip" and says that she will stand her ground in " b rex it" that she will stand her ground in "brexit" negotiations. that she will stand her ground in "brexit" negotiationslj that she will stand her ground in "brexit" negotiations. iwas described by one of my colleagues

north sea. some strong winds as the week goes on. here are the sea temperatures. eight or nine degrees, a touch higher over southern parts of the north sea. it won't be particularly warm on the coast. it will build chile in the week —— east. this is where we will see higher temperatures. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: after weeks of threats, president trump now says he'd be honoured to meet and have talks with north korea's leader under the right circumstances. if the circumstances present themselves, we are prepared to, but they are clearly not at this time. violent scenes on the streets of paris, as the city's traditional mayday march becomes a protest against marine le pen. they can't even agree to disagree. britain and eu leaders offer rival explanations for what happened at a downing street dinner. after months of demonstrations, venezuela's president says he's creating a new citizens assembly which could give him much greater power. and the faces of war. a new exhibition focuses on the americans who fought in iraq and afghanistan.

coast quite chilly. northern ireland, parts of western wales, north—west england seeing the best or the highest temperatures, best of the sunshine. but actually, near the north seaecause of that breeze coming in. but we could see 18, a little bit higherfurther south, hello, my name is tom donkin, welcome to bbc news. the campaign of the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says it's suffered a massive hacking attack which has resulted in thousands of internal documents being shared online. it says authentic stolen documents have been mixed with fake ones to raise doubts before sunday's run—off vote between mr macron and his far—right opponent, marine le pen. thoma fessy is in paris and he's been gauging the mood of voters. it's election season in france and at this satirical theatre, comedians take a swipe at the politicians running for president. with the many twists and political scandals,

in the way of cloud the midlands and the south—east as well, particularly chilly near those north sea coastsds are coming from an area of high pressure that extends back towards greenland and that is dominating our weather for the start of the week at least. again a lot of dry weather on tuesday, just a few showers in the far north—east of scotland, a bit more cloud further west, not as much sunshine on to say, that cloud spreading out a little, bright and sunny spells almost everywhere, temperatures typically into the mid—teens. more cloud around on tuesday, still high pressure on wednesday although things change later in the chances of some potentially heavy rain later in the week. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11pm: emmanuel macron triumphs over his far—right adversary in the french presidential election. he's set to be the country's youngest head of state since napoleon. to make a will translation: i will respect this and be faithful to the commitment taken. i will protect the public. but more than a third of french voters chose marine le pen's hard—right vision

along the north sea coast, cold and cloudy. decent breaks in the cloud further west.is bbc news. the headlines. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says his party is facing a challenge on an "historic scale" to win back power, but insisted he could close the gap with the tories. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general election victory. the liberal democrats say they would put a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for the nhs and social care were they to get into power. french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says he's the target of a massive hacking attack on the day before the people of france go to the polls. the teenage racing driver billy monger, who lost both his legs in an horrific formula four crash has said he's lost for words after receiving support from around the world. but despite his injuries, he's vowed to race again. those are the main stories and i am back at 11am. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show... rajan is in jerusalem, the world's holiest city. this is, for christia

north—west england seeing the highest temperatures and the best of the sunshine but need the north sea coasttern scotland because of the breeze coming in. 18, higherfurthersouth. next looks set to stay dry and the east should enjoy some sunshine as well. this is bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the campaign team for the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says it's been the victim of a massive and co—ordinated hacking attack. mr macron and marine le pen will find out on sunday who will be the new president of france. big gains for the conservative party in british local elections with just five weeks before the main general election. it passed by a whisker in the house, now the really hard work starts for trump's healthca re bill in the senate. russia's military sets up four safe zones in syria but some rebel groups have rejected the plans. hello and welcome to bbc news.

north sea. some strong winds as the week goes on. here are the sea temperatures. eight or nine degrees, a touch higher over southern parts of the north sea. it won't be particularly warm on the coastne in the west — this is where we will see higher temperatures. we will be looking at the papers and business shortly but first, the headlines. president trump has said he would be willing to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un, despite weeks of tough talk against his regime. however, a white house spokesman said the right conditions for a meeting did not yet exist. after months of anti—government protests, the president of venezuela, nicolas maduro, has called for a new citizens‘ assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution. he said it would bypass the opposition—controlled parliament. the palestinian militant group hamas has published a new policy document, in which it declares for the first time a willingness to accept a transitional palestinian state, although without explicitly recognising israel. chancellor merkel of germany will travel to the russian black sea resort of sochi to meet russian president vladimir putin

but look at the difference, on the north sea coast, and the wind, it was not even pleasant.cture. and we're going to see this pattern, on choose d, many of the western areas have sunshine, little rain. we can take a look at the forecast, on tuesday, and certainly the western isles of scotla nd and certainly the western isles of scotland doing beautifully through the afternoon. the same form of an island. 15, possibly even 18. good weather, across most of wales, but to the east, the thicker the cloud and east anglia, it looks as though you are going to be hanging onto that. but some of this, going to be breaking up, on choose to, going to win state, and it is going to be chilly. grass frost, some areas. temperatures, could only be two first thing. but those temperatures, going to be shooting up to the mid teens. and wednesday, going to dusty, starting to see some change. this pressure coming from the south west. overall, increasing amounts of cloud. possibly some sports of rain. to the north, dry. chilly, northern isles. and on friday, we expect the weather front from the sou

coast quite chilly. northern ireland, parts of western wales, north—west england seeing the best or the highest temperatures, best of the sunshine. but actually, near the north seaeze coming in. but we could see 18, a little bit higherfurther south, with a few more breaks in the cloud. hello, my name's tom donkin. welcome to bbc news. the campaign of the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, says it's suffered a massive hacking attack which has resulted in thousands of internal documents being released online. it says authentic stolen documents have been mixed with fake ones to sow doubt before sunday's run—off vote between mr macron and his far—right opponent, marine le pen. thoma fessy is in paris where he has been gauging the mood of voters. it's election season in france and at this satirical theatre comedians take a swipe at the politicians running for president.

a bit of rain in the south wales, the southeast should be brighter. 11 or 12 degrees on the north sea coastlfast. this is bbc world news. i'm kasia madera. our top story... dramatic gains for the conservative party in local elections here in the uk. with just five weeks to go until the snap general election, the party and the prime minister are trying to avoid looking complacent. iam not i am not taking anything for granted. i will be going out for the remaining weeks for the remainder of this general election campaign to earn the support of the british people. campaigning is drawing to close in the french presidential election, with opinion polls suggesting emmanuel macron is pulling further ahead of marine le pen. also in the programme... a challenge to boeing and airbus. china's first commercial passenger jet makes its maiden flight.

still chilly with that breeze along north sea coasts. tomorrow evening, againafew north sea coasts.ain, the arrows indicate whether breeze is coming m, indicate whether breeze is coming in, adding a chill from the sea. there is no difference on friday. southern parts of the uk may brighten up a bit. barely any wet weather to talk about. it has been a very dry april. for the weekend, high pressure develops to the north of us. we keep this flow of air from the north sea, keep it cool for eastern coastal parts. elsewhere, someone in the sunshine, especially in the west, and it is looking dry for the weekend. theresa may says no one should accept that striking the right deal with the eu will be anything but tough. —— should expect. with the eu will be anything but tough. -- should expect. during the leadership campaign i was described by many colleagues as a bloody difficult woman, i said, the next person to find that out will be jean—claude juncker. person to find that out will be jean-claude juncker. today at five, theresa may says she‘ll live up to her reputation as "that bloody diff

sunny skies and then closer to the north sea coast, it isa then closer to the north sea coast, it isn the west we are basking in the sunshine. not unusual. but it happens. big contrasts in our weather today. not much change tonight, it stays pretty cloudy across some of these eastern and central areas, whereas western areas will have the clearer skies and temperatures will be around about six or 7 degrees. let's start with the weather tomorrow morning, around about rush hour. a fairly similar picture on the way. beautiful weather, especially on these beaches around the western isles, northern ireland, south—western scotland, around liverpool bay and the south—west, stunning weather greeting us first thing in the morning but we have a bit more cloud around across the midlands and some of these eastern areas. the south coast not doing too bad, around 9 degrees. what is going to happen tomorrow is that these central areas will stay fairly cloudy. even some of these more western parts of the midlands could be a little bit on the cloudy side during the course of the cloudy side during the

lower on the east coast, especially when you have the cloudbe the reason for the chill in the north sea coastearly may. cloudy for a proportion of england and wales. light and patchy rain. for thursday, a similar picture. plenty of cloud for england and wales. patchy light rain. feeling a bit chilly. the best of the sunny spells in the north and the west of the uk. a top temperature of 14—15. friday, the breeze picks up. nippier close to the coast. the best of the sunshine in northern and western areas. temperatures range from around ten to 15. the weekend. a ridge of high pressure keeping the weather system that day. largely fine and dry. chilly on the coast. the best of the sunshine in the north and west. i'm kasia madera in london, the headlines. as brexit talks loom — tensions deepen between britain and the european commision — there's a warning the road ahead could be bumpy. gearing of the conservative party leadership campaign and i was described as a bloody difficult women. i said at the time that the next person to find that out would be jean—claude juncker. it's good to talk. a phone

cooler along the north sea coast with the breeze coming in. bbc news, the headlines at 6pm. theresa may has dismissed difficult dinner talks was jean—claude junker. i have to say from what i have seen it as brussels gossip and just look at what the european commission said immediately after. police say the burglars suspected of shooting dead dorset homeowner guy hedger were armed with a shotgun, wore bala clavas armed with a shotgun, wore balaclavas and stole jewellery in a pre—planned raid. three teenage women are arrested on suspicion of terror offences in raids linked to a police operation in north london on thursday in which a woman was shot and injured. also: scuffles in paris as rallies are held by both candidates in the presidential election.

still we have the breeze coming from the sea and that really is starting peg back temperatures along these zero the coasts. the breezes coming in from the cool northre only around eight or 9 degrees so that is suppressing the temperature while the north sea coast, the easterly flow continues on thursday and friday, even into the weekend. this high—pressure close by means a few showers and south—east england and east anglia, a lot ofi south—east england and east anglia, a lot of i weather to come, cooler in the east, the west has the warmest weather. goodbye.

the reason for the chill in the north sea coast is the temperatures in the ocean not more than 8—10. gland and wales. light and patchy rain. for thursday, a similar picture. plenty of cloud for england and wales. patchy light rain. feeling a bit chilly. the best of the sunny spells in the north and the west of the uk. a top temperature of 14—15 degrees. friday, the breeze picks up. nippier close to the coast. —— so it will feel nippier, particularly close to the coast. the best of the sunshine in northern and western areas. temperatures range from around ten to 15. the weekend. a ridge of high pressure keeping the weather system that day. so it stays largely fine and dry. chilly on the coast. the best of the sunshine in the north and west. them i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top stories. ahead of crucial brexit talks — there are signs of growing tensions between britain and the european union. following leaked reports of a very difficult meeting with european commission president jean—claude juncker — british prime minister theresa may has signalled the road ahead could be bumpy.