About the politics and International Diplomacy around this, because russia maintains this was that syrian air strike on a store of rebel held weapons, they hold the veto on the security council. There will not even be a resolution, probably, condemning this . Russia has consistently used its veto on the council to veto any attempt to castigate assad, given the fact that moscow is his biggest patron. Until recently, President Trump made clear his Main Objective in syria was to defeat Islamic State and he was considering cultivating assad as an ally and now this has happened, any attempt to cultivate assad or support Vladimir Putin becomes morally unconscionable for trump and at the same time he criticised president obama for being weak and he failed during the last chemical attack to abide by his promise to ta ke attack to abide by his promise to take action if assad breached the red line and he cited chemical attacks. He also said, whatever you do, do not go into syria . Do not ta ke do, do not go into syria . Do not take military action . When trump changes his mind every few days, depending on the last person he spoke to. He recently blamed resident obama are not taking action after assad breached the red line and now you would expect him to be decisive and this is a geopolitical powderkeg, very dangerous, given the involvement of Vladimir Putin. We do not know what he might have in mind when he says, his ambassador said that if the un will not take on syria, we will. Let us look at the guardian and the look at the new york times, the same story. The right hand man and of trump loses the National Security role, steve bannon. Many eyebrows were raised when he was given the seat at the table and there are all sorts of sensitive information. It was quite astonishing when he was appointed to this board, the committee on the National Security council, the council is the nerve centre of American Foreign policy and you have the Chief Advisor to the president being appointed and everyone was worried this would politicise American Foreign policy, he is a very controversial figure, American Foreign policy, he is a very controversialfigure, he American Foreign policy, he is a very controversial figure, he was the head of breitbart, a very right wing neo conservative media organ. He is depicted as the dark leader of american domestic policy. And he is an ideologue in many ways. The front page of the new york times, trump removes steve bannon from the National Security council. This is how it looks on the internet. Who was this a result for . It is not quite clear yet who has engineered this. Mcmaster, who was appointed, he seems to consolidate his power and other people say that Jared Kushner is up and steve bannon is down but he still occupies a very important part of the white house and he can continue to exert influence on domestic policy but his wings have been kept with Foreign Policy in this committee, which has been very military dominated. We can move on to the telegraph, a story that kate has had some involvement with. Trust might liz truss might lose her position. Liz truss, ten yea rs lose her position. Liz truss, ten years ago, asjustice secretary, you automatically became Lord Chancellor because that was held byjudges . What is happening . This is interesting. It has been building over the past couple of months. Cabinet ministers have told the telegraph that they believe these rules need to be spit, tony blair brought them together in 2007, that happened, and that means liz truss is not only the justice happened, and that means liz truss is not only thejustice secretary but the Lord Chancellor and those rules are different, they sit in the same department and has been criticism of the fact that from very seniorjudges, the most senior in the country, that this Lord Chancellor will, liz truss is not doing a good enoughjob. She was heavily criticised a week ago for not coming out strongly enough and standing for the judiciary, particularly in the wake of some attacks in the newspapers on them after the Brexit Court Case and there have been other businesses are concerned about the way the department is running and while the present policy is managed. There have been other incidents recently but things have not gone to plan. These are sources talking to the telegraph about how that role needs to be spit and they are appealing to the Prime Minister to say we need to look again at how this works. This is something that is likely to take a long time because it is completely dead and something that has not been done for a while, ten years ago these rules were put together. It is something we need to keep an eye on but it is interesting to see people moving against liz truss in that way and that position. Is she on borrowed time . Itll be interesting to see how things proceed. The Department Admits the Lord Chancellor role is not working properly, if you remember about three weeks ago, they had to change the discount rate, which sounds technical but it resulted in concerned about insurance premiums going up as a result. In the consultation document subsequent to that, the ministry admitted that perhaps an independent body needs to set that in future, which i believe isa set that in future, which i believe is a condition they do not think that google is working properly. Quite a lot to keep an eye on. That role. The financial times, theresa may envisages Free Movement past 2019 as the brexit stance softens. It seems to be softening as he is out of the country. Hold on. Getting rid of Free Movement was one of the main reasons for not wanting to remain part of europe . Another example of the government appearing to backtrack on the cornerstones of the reasons for brexit in the first place. Britain wanted control over its borders but if you want that, that means you lose being in the Single Market, which is economically important and at the same time, Britain Needs Workers from the eu for the economy to function well. It seems like she is hedging their bets. Isnt this a transitional phase . Is not a permanent acceptance of Free Movement forever . Quite. Theresa may says that after 2019, she has admitted there was likely to bea she has admitted there was likely to be a transitional period so everything can be sorted because two years is not very long. And this is an admission that effectively, while you remain in the Single Market and if we do in you remain in the Single Market and ifwe do ina you remain in the Single Market and if we do in a transitional period, we would also abide by the rules. There are many interesting points but two particularly is that this looks like were starting to see how theresa may will play ball with the eu. We had harsh words recently, all other stories about security linking to the economic feature and people getting frustrated that perhaps the Prime Minister might make a threat like that, even if it was thinly veiled. And we can see theresa may softening her position to say that there may be some we can give and we might not be quite as hard line on this as you thought. That is going to be interesting because it keeps people on their toes. Is she really ha rd people on their toes. Is she really hard line . He she prepared to give a little bit of ground . Interesting quote from steve baker, a conservative mp. He was one of the leading lights behind the Brexit Movement and he has championed this for a long time. He says that i do not want to discuss hypothetical scenarios, we cannot have mps tying the hands of the pm by drawing new red lines with every twist. The question is, how long will that hold . How long question is, how long will that hold . How long will question is, how long will that hold . How long will the hard core brexit mps be prepared to allow her to play her hand without rumbling from the sidelines . That is the question going forward. Back to the daily telegraph. This is a light relief we promised. A couple have been fined 2000 euros because of their cooking i will not spoil this. My guests can explain. A court in rome has come up with the most marvellous word. Olfactory molestation the case of a couple who enjoyed cooking pasta and that is so smelly that the residents in a tower block have complained about that rich pasta source and mixed seafood, a beloved dish to italians, but some noxious these people have filed a legal suit that has gone all the way to one of the highest courts. It seems to be quite a problem in many places in italy . |j would problem in many places in italy . would not mind my neighbours cooking pasta had as a benefit to having somebody next door who can cook. There is a funny set of quotes in this about how there has to be a line drawn between the people cooking and those complaining because was another man who wants to prosecute his neighbour because she cooked chicken soup at eight oclock in the morning. I have never had that for breakfast it does sound like this is one case and there are lots of others who will not end up in court. Olfactory molestation and iam thinking in court. Olfactory molestation and i am thinking of moving there that is with this offence took place. Nice part of the world that is its. Fragrance free dont forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Its all there for you seven days a week at bb. Co. Uk papers. And if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. Thank you to my guests. Goodbye. A fine spring day, 16. 6 in cardiff. We have some breaks in the cloud, a fine spring day, 16. 6 in cardiff. We have some breaks in the cloud, we could hang on to clear skies for much of the night towards south south west and Eastern Scotland and the north east. 0therwise, enough wa nt to the north east. 0therwise, enough want to keep the temperatures at around 7 degrees in towns and cities and a drying out, as it will be tomorrow. I pressure in charge, light wind from most of the uk, a lot of thin, high cloud around but sunshine at times. The difference is at the top with the wind is stronger across scotland, Western Scotland will be cloudy with drizzle for Eastern Scotland. Maybe not much sunshine for Northern Ireland, some sunshine for Northern Ireland, some sunshine at times perhaps for the North East Of England and we cannot rule this out elsewhere. There will bea rule this out elsewhere. There will be a lot of cloud around. But as sunny for the south east as it was today but still some sunshine at times for south wales and the south west of england. Boosting those temperatures to around 16. Simmerfor friday, those temperatures to around 16. Simmer for friday, the cloud then and so brighter skies and more warmth also. And dry weather. I pressure in charge. That will not stay there. 0ver Pressure in charge. That will not stay there. Over the weekend we will see changes. The High Pressure is drifting to the near continent, allowing the threat of rain in the north west but also on sunday introduce more of a southerly airflow, bringing some drier air and warmer air, especially airflow, bringing some drier air and warmerair, especially to airflow, bringing some drier air and warmer air, especially to england and wales. This is saturday. Not quite in the warm air, still a nice day with dry weather, away from the north west, spells of sunshine and ten pitchers creeping up a little bit. It should feel very pleasant. Looking good for the grand national. No rain in the run up to the grand national, financed right over the coming few days. On sunday we see this drier air giving more sunshine for england and wales is brighter skies for Eastern Scotland but Western Scotland and Northern Ireland under more cloud. We have that band of rain from the north west later so not warm everywhere by any means, mainly england and wales with the sunshine and possibly 33 degrees. Quiet spell of weather with dry weather due to High Pressure and sunshine at times, during the second half of the weekend we get more sunshine that those temperatures really shoot up. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11 00 President Trump says the syrian gas attack on children had a big impact on him describing it as an affront to humanity. I will tell you, its already happened, that my attitude towards syria and assad has changed very much. The duke and Duchess Of Cambridge and prince harryjoin families of the victims of the westminster terror attack at a service of hope. 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