notre dame cathedral as restoration continues, four years since a fire destroyed significant parts of the world heritage landmark. hello, i m lucy gray. the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister fumio kishida has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. pm kishida made a speech in another location later, where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has been giving us the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screa
living where i will be. in sport, a missed opportunity for manchester united, as they throw away a two goal lead to put their europa league hopes injeopardy. and we find out about how donating something usually discarded after childbirth the umbilical cord can save lives. and here at aintree, it is ladies day in the grand national festival. looking promising behind me at the moment, but rain and the focus for many of you today. all the detail on that and your weekend forecast all coming up here on breakfast. good morning. it s friday 14th april. our main story the royal college of nursing will announce whether its members in england have voted to accept the government s new pay offer later today. the union, which represents nurses and other health workers, has recommended that its members accept the deal, which includes a 5% pay rise for this year. it comes as junior doctors in england start the final full day of a 96 hour walkout over a separate pay dispute. our cor
also coming up on sportsday. what a routine, what a performance! what what a routine, what a performance! what a competition! jake jarman adds another medal to his growing haul. a silver in the european all around in turkey. hello again. amateur boxing has had a big break up. one that some hope will get it back together with the olympics. a large number of national federations. including britain s. have split from the current world governing body in an attempt to overturn a decision by the ioc not to include the sport in the 2028 games in los angeles. the international boxing association run the amateur game right now. but they. and their russian president umar kremlev. ..are mired in scandal. an independent investigation accused the iba of fixing fights at the rio olympics, selecting judges and referees to manipulate the results the same report detailed decades of financial mismanagement and deception and it led to the interntional olympic committee stripping the iba of it
By romain yen tourist. Andreea christea was on holiday from romania. She was catapulted into the thames during the attack. Ambulances under pressure. Theres a sharp rise in the number being turned away by A E Departments in england. And, its ladies day at aintree on the second day of the grand national festival. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Lee westwood is the leading british player after the opening round of the masters. He is third, five shots off the lead, at augusta. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. The us has carried out a Missile Strike on a Syrian Air Base in response to the Chemical Weapons attack earlier this week in idlib province. It is the first direct us Military Action against forces commanded by syrias president. The kremlin, which backs the assad regime, has condemned the move. The Missile Strike hit the shayrat airbase in the west of syria, north of the capital, damascus. Six people are thought to have been killed, and the pentagon says ai