Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo
Well have the latest from westminster and holyrood in a moment. The other main stories on bbc news at 5 at westminster, mps are preparing to vote again on the brexit bill and on giving parliament a final vote on the brexit deal. Rail services on some of the busiest lines in england are being disrupted because of a 24 hour strike. Islamic state fighters in mosul put up tough resistance as Iraqi Forces Advance on their positions in the citys old town. And the queen launches the baton relay for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in australia. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the political showdown between theresa may and Nicola Sturgeon on the question of holding a second referendum on Scottish Independence. Earlier today, scotlands First Minister announced she would seek permission to hold another referendum by the spring of 2019 because scotland did not want to leave the european union, and she accused theresa may of refusing to compromise on her governments approach. But the Prime Minister has
The uk representative to the eu will hand over that letter from theresa may signalling the start of two years of negotiations on leaving. Well bring you all the latest news and reaction throughout the day, from across the uk and European Union. Good morning. Im outside the Houses Of Parliament on College Green ahead of the triggering of article 50 which marks the start of the formal process for the uk to leave the eu. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has just left number ten downing st. She is on her way to parliament. She will be addressing mps this lunchtime after Prime Ministers questions. She will be telling mps that today marks the time for the country to come together as it embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We embarks on what she describes as a momentousjourney. We know that embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We know that the Prime Minister has already signed that letter giving official notice under article 50 of the lisbon treaty. That lett
or majority stakes in things like the shard, sainsbury s, the london stock exchange, barclays, and they ve invested billions in this country. but they are controversial at the moment, because they provide a home to hamas, to the political wing, the external political wing of hamas. a lot of israelis will say, what do you mean, the external wing, the political wing ? there s no such difference, they re all terrorists, all of them. but qatar doesn t view things quite that way. qatar is very much on the side of political islam, and that s why it was up on the naughty step recently for several years. saudi, bahrain, uae all ostracised qatar. because they don t trust qatar. they think that it is a trojan horse for letting in the muslim brotherhood and its ideology that they find dangerous. and finally, on our geographical tour. mm.