antonyjoshua beatsjermaine frankin in his comeback fight, but fails to land a knockout punch. our ancient woodlands standard stead fast and tall, it is with this past that we build a future for all. the unmistakable voice of damejudi dench, as the king says thank you for the three million trees planted in honour of the late queen. good morning, a fairamount good morning, a fair amount of cloud around this morning but things will brighten up through the day. it will be less windy with more sunshine than we saw yesterday. more details, shortly. it s sunday 2nd of april, out main story. three british men are being held in custody by the taliban in afghanistan. a humanitarian organisation said two of the men were arrested injanuary, while a third was detained on a different date. the foreign office says it s working hard to make contact with them, as helena wilkinson reports. back under taliban control since the summer of 2021, now it has emerged that three british men are being
courage, imagination and perseverance. those qualities brought an imperfect but enduring peace to a place taught to believe no such peace was possible. to all those who lead us to that piece, including those in this hole and there was no longer with us, let us take this moment to say to all of you thank you. including those in this hall. for those of us like me who inherited this extraordinary even intimidating legacy, our challenge today is to fulfil the promise of the work you ve began. to honour your legacy we need to create a more stable devolved government in northern ireland and that means getting the institutions up and running. applause i believe there are two tasks, first to remove the biggest block to the institution returning, and that is why when i came into the office i made it a priority to fix the northern ireland protocol, and we were deeply conscious of the lessons of history as we did so, that is why our aims were of history as we did so, that is why oura
for urgent action early, and we ve been doing a lot over the past few years to strengthen our cyber defences. we have published the national cyber strategy, and we have a new and effective cyber sanctions regime, which we recently used for the first time against a group of russian cyber criminals as part of a joint campaign with the united states. and we are working closely with international partners to tackle the proliferation of sophisticated commercial cyber tools. at the same time, the government itself continues to face a range of attacks, including ransomware and espionage, and so we are constantly looking to strengthen our cyber defences. oliver dowden. let s speak to matt tait, director of capability for dragos a cyber security firm in the us. he formerly worked for gchq and also taught cybersecurity at the university of texas. did i get that right? yes, absolutely. did i get that right? yes, absolutely. thanks - did i get that right? yes, absolutely. thanks for
in qatar, a senior football ambassador says homosexuality is damage in the mind and that visitors to the world cup will have to respect the country s laws. the fight for power in the us congress as trump and biden rally the party troops for the mid term elections. ding dong, you re not wrong! and leslie phillips best known for his roles in the carry on films has died at the age of 98. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a losing start for britain in the billiejean king cup, in their opener with kazakhstan. it means they could face an early exit in glasgow. good evening. it s taken just two weeks to prompt the first cabinet resignation of rishi sunak s premiership. a short while ago sir gavin williamson resigned as a senior minister following days of allegations about his conduct. he said he aimed to clear his name of any wrongdoing. downing street was already investigating accusations of bullying and harrassment and sir gavin has also been reported to the parli
the bison move through so this baby bison could be just the beginning. jonah fisher, bbc news, in kent. time for a look at the weather. here s tomasz schafernaker. high. good afternoon. it is going to stay mild over the next few days but big downpours lurking on the horizon today and indeed the weekend is going to be quite changeable. certainly not a wash out, we have some sunshine on the way but it will change. this is what the satellite picture looks like now. quite a complicated sort of pattern of clouds, you can see there are vortices, low pressure swelling around the uk, and the air is crucially coming in from the south, from the southern climes so hence it feels so mild out there. as we go through the weekend you will see areas of low pressure sweeping across the uk bringing further outbreaks of rain through that very changeable autumnal picture. the temperatures today, 19 in london, more typical in the mid teens but the average in london this time of year is closer to