else if it wins the next election. three gunmen storm a five—star hotel in the pakistani province of baluchistan, killing at least one person. fly—tipping in england is up by nearly 40% in the past five years. councils say nobody has yet been given the maximum sentence. and england set pakistan a target of 374 to win in their one—day international, asjos buttler hits a century off just 50 balls. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the united nations says houthi rebels in yemen appear to be honouring a pledge to withdraw troops from key ports. it's the first signficant step since a ceasefire agreement was signed in december. the three ports are crucial for the distribution of international aid in a country where millions are on the verge of starvation. for the last four years, the houthi, supported by iran, have been fighting the yemeni government, which is backed by a coalition of countries led by saudi arabia. awarning, this report from the bbc‘s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, contains some distressing scenes. a vital lifeline for a nation on the brink of famine. nearly all of yemen's aid comes through here. the houthis control this port and two others nearby. now they say they are pulling out theirfighters. if they do, it's the first step in the deal reached in stockholm in december, hailed then as a rare breakthrough. now the deal is on the verge of collapse. so is yemen, a country facing what the un calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. images like this have shocked the world. not enough to end a brutal war between houthis aligned to iran and yemen government forces backed by a saudi—led coalition and armed by the west. earlier this year we saw how a fragile ceasefire in hudaydah was largely holding. but both sides agreed in stockholm to withdraw their forces from this strategic corner of yemen. there is deep distrust. if this first step succeeds, it could lead to broader peace talks. if it doesn't, yemen's best chance in years could also fail. lyse doucet, bbc news. concerns over climate change might restrict the growth of aviation in the uk, the government has admitted. a senior civil servant says ministers may have to review their strategy, including plans to expand heathrow. it follows a recent warning from the committee on climate change, which advises the government, that the planned increase in aviation would need to be curbed to control carbon emissions. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. flying is on the up and the government has been planning for it to continue to grow. what about climate change, you might ask? well, under current policy, industry will have to cut more greenhouse gases so aviation can expand. but the government is now considering a plan to virtually eliminate emissions by 2050. and a civil servant has admitted in a letter to a green group that it may have to take note of advice from the independent climate change committee, saying that although people could continue to fly while meeting climate change targets, it was not possible for aviation to keep on expanding. in the end, i think the logic of this is completely inevitable. we know that we have to reduce our emissions urgently and radically, and expanding them is going in the opposite direction. itjust does not make sense and i don't think the public want to see the government committing to a plan that is inconsistent with a safe and prosperous future for all of us. any policy change may affect controversial plans to expand heathrow. it definitely means the government will have to think hard about whether aviation can continue to grow at a time of what parliament calls a climate emergency. roger harrabin, bbc news. the united states says it's ready to defend its forces and interests in the gulf as tensions with iran escalate. the pentagon is sending an extra navy vessel and a patriot air defence missile system to the region, but said it was not seeking conflict with tehran. as america's carrier strike group moves closer to the gulf, the pentagon sends more firepower to the region in a show of military force. a navy ship and an air defence missile system are also heading to the middle east, just days after the uss abraham lincoln and b—52 bombers were deployed. washington says it is sending a clear message to iran, because they had warnings about an unspecified attack. it released this statement but did not go into detail. the us patriot missile defence system can counter ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft, and had been scheduled to go to the region, but at a later date. last week, john bolton, america's national security adviser, said any iranian attack would be met with unrelenting force. iran swiftly dismissed that, and claimed american psychological warfare. the foreign minister with this message on twitter. if the us and clients do not feel safe, it is because they are despised by the people of the region. blaming iran will not reverse that. tehran has retaliated by threatening to cut off access to the strategic strait of hormuz, through which about one—fifth of all oil consumed globally passes. but tensions are not just at sea. this week, iran's president threatened to restart his country's nuclear activities within 60 days if his country is not shielded from the effects of sanctions. the move risks killing a landmark nuclear deal which america pulled out of a year ago. but this is what the iranians call us intimidation. one of america's powerful military assets has now passed through egypt's suez canal as it steams towards the persian gulf. gunmen have killed at least one person in an ongoing attack on a luxury hotel in south west pakistan. reports from the port city of gwadar in baluchistan suggest gunfire is continuing between the security forces who've rushed to the scene and militants who've entered the pearl continental hotel. guests have been evacuated but some hotel staff may still be inside. an armed separatist group has claimed responsibility for the attack. joining me now from islamabad is our correspondent secunder kermani. tell us more about what is unfolding. earlier this evening, three gun men, we understand, entered the heavily guarded pearl continental hotel in the port city of gwadar in the south—west of the country. they killed a security guard who was attempting to stop them and entered the hotel where security forces, we understand, have engaged them in a gunfight. we believe the gunfight is still ongoing. a group has claimed responsibility for the attack. it is an armed separatist group and it said it was targeting chinese and foreign investors. this militant group is part of a long—running nationalist insurgency in the province of balochistan, it is pakistan's most deprived province and the militants claim its natural resources a re and the militants claim its natural resources are being exploited by outsiders. the port city of gwadar where this attack is taking place is the focus of a huge chinese infrastructure project, to link china and the arabian sea to cut import times. separatist have targeted chinese interest in pakistan before, last year, attacking the country's consulate in karachi. from what we understand so far, there has only been one casualty, the pakistani security guard. the hotel guests have been safely evacuated, according to the pakistani military. two men have appeared in court charged with rioting offences in londonderry on the night that journalist lyra mckee was killed. 51—year—old paul mcintyre is accused of petrol bomb offences, arson of a hijacked vehicle, and rioting. christopher gillen, who's 38, faces the same charges, plus another of hijacking a truck. ms mckee was shot dead while watching disturbances in londonderry last month. our reporter louise cullen is in belfast and has this update. two men appeared in court in londonderry magistrates‘ court. they were 51—year—old paul mcintyre from ballymagowan park in the creggan area of londonderry. and 38—year—old christopher gillen, who is from balbane pass in the city. both men are charged with riot and petrol bomb offences. paul mcintyre is also charged with arson of a hijacked vehicle, while christopher gillen is also charged with the arson and hijacking of a tipper truck. both men refused to stand and acknowledge the court when they were brought into the dock. a detective said that the evidence against the men had come from mobile phone footage handed in by members of the public and also from footage seized from a documentary being filmed by mtv on thursday april 18th in derry, which included filming in the offices of the dissident republican linked group saoradh in derry and also rioting in creggan during which lyra mckee was shot. he also said he believed the two men ringleaders. the two men were ringleaders. both men were denied bail when the judge said he didn't believe there was a safe address in the city, at any stage, for them to be remanded to and they were both remanded in custody. labour say if they win power, they will change the minimum wage, so that 16 and i7—year—olds will be paid ten pounds per hour, up from the current rate of £4.35. it would put them on the same rate as that pledged by labour to older workers. some business leaders say it could risk reducing the number of under 18—year—olds in work, especially apprenticeships. here's our business correspondent katy austin. how much should you pay a young person to work for you? workers in the hospitality and retail sectors are the most likely to be on the lowest pay. today, labour says the youngest employees should be paid more. we will abolish the youth rate of the minimum wage. workers should be rewarded fortheirwork, not theirage. equal rights for workers means just that, irrespective of age, gender, nationality or ethnicity. at the moment, the independent low pay commission advises the government on what the minimum wage should be. workers under the age of 18 are currently entitled to a minimum wage of £4.35 per hour. for over 25s, it is nearly double that, £8.21 per hour. under labour's plan, a £10 per hour real living wage would extend to people under 18, adding, it says, £2,500 to the amount 16 and 17—year—olds earn each year. this is a very big change, we do not know what the effect would be because nothing like it has been tried before. this is more than doubling the minimum wage for 16 and 17—year—olds. the risk is that employers might not want to take them on at £10 per hour and the particular risk is, if this applies to apprentices, it may reduce the amount of training some of these young people are getting. labour says it would give smaller firms support to help them afford the rise, saying it would use savings from a reduction in the amount the treasury pays in in work benefits to pay for it. the group representing small businesses told me firms are already squeezed and it wants to hear more detail about exactly what support would be on offer to help them shoulder the cost and avoid job cuts. the conservative vice—chairman for policy said... labour's idea is clearly designed to appeal to younger voters. the verdict from businesses, more detail needed. katy austin, bbc news. the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps, sir graham brady, says he expects theresa may to give more detail in the coming days about her plans to leave downing street. the prime minister is due to meet the committee's executive next week. earlier i spoke to our political correspondentjessica parker, who said that sir graham has asked for clarity from theresa may. i think he would say he represents the views of backbench conservative mps and let's be clear, those views do vary somewhat, but there are certainly some conservative mps, i think increasingly this is the case, who want theresa may to set an unconditional timetable for her departure, because at the moment, what she has said is that she will go once phase one of brexit is delivered, the withdrawal agreement, the divorce settlement, if you like, of leaving the european union. sir graham brady, he has said, talking to the bbc, that he does understand why the prime minister might be reluctant at this stage to name an exact date. i do not think it is about an intention of staying indefinitely as prime minister or leader of the conservative party, i think the reticence is the concern that by promising to go on a certain timetable, it might make it less likely that she would secure parliamentary approval for the withdrawal agreement rather than more likely. how likely is it that she will have to go of her own accord rather than being given the shove? look, who can say exactly what will happen over the coming days and weeks? what sir graham has also said is he thinks it would be strange if this meeting did not result in some clearer understanding of theresa may's plans for her departure, but theresa may still wants to secure some kind of brexit legacy and if she does feel that by naming the exact date, that means that those opponents of her deal are more likely to dig in rather than relent, because they can see her departure date in sight, perhaps she will not want to name an exact date, so they might ask for that this coming week, but there is no guarantee that they're going to get it. does sir graham want to throw his hat into the ring for any leadership battle? he hasjoined the many people who have said they are not ruling it out. the headlines on bbc new: aid workers say a pledge by houthi rebels in yemen to withdraw troops from key ports is a "big game changer", as it may open a lifeline for millions of people facing famine. concerns over climate change might restrict the growth of flying in the uk, according to a senior civil servant. jeremy corbyn is pledging that labour will pay 16 and 17 year olds the same minimum wage as everyone else — if it wins the next election. masses have been taking place in catholic churches across sri lanka in memory of the victims of the easter sunday bombings. more than 250 people were killed in a series of attacks on christian churches and hotels. sunita jaswal reports. a moment of silence, a time to reflect, and an opportunity to pray for the victims. a country torn apart, but a country that wants to heal through religion. survivors and the families of victims gathered for a special ceremony to remember their loved ones, as churches begin their doors. it's notjust a time to remember those who died, but to pray for those who also survived, still injured, survived, still injured, still hurt, but they are in church with their faith intact. it's almost three weeks to the day when an armed group launched a series of coordinated attacks on christian churches and hotels in the country. security was ramped up in the immediate aftermath, but fears of further attacks forced many schools and churches to close. earlier in the week, the archbishop of colombo, malcolm ranjith, presided over the first mass at saint sebastian's church in the city of negombo, where 102 people were killed. held outside, under a temporary structure, the special service honoured the victims and was only open to survivors and theirfamilies. this small shrine room was reopened at saint anthony's church, also a target on one of the most religious days of the christian calendar. here, low whispers of prayers from a handful of devotees are drowned out by the sound of drilling and banging, as workers continue to rebuild the site. translation: as a catholic, i'm very happy that we could pray and light a candle in the church again. i hope catholics and others will come and pray and light a candle like i did, rather than a stay—at—home in fear. and that is the message authorities are also sending out, promises that the streets of sri lanka are safe. we don't have to worry about sri lanka's situation. it is controllable, it is contained. so that is why i said, we don't have to worry about it. let the armed forces handle it, you get back to work. people should have their normal lifestyle again. armed soldiers guarding religious institutions might be the norm for a while, but that added security at least gives churchgoers hope that they are safe to pray. but despite normality starting to settle in slowly once more, sri lankans say they will make sure the victims will never be forgotten. a 74—year—old man who was shot with a crossbow bolt as he adjusted his satellite dish at his home in holyhead, on good friday has died. the bolt had travelled through a significant part of gerald corrigan‘s upper body, narrowly missing his heart and then passing through his right arm. north wales police said he died as a result of the horrendous injuries he sustained. fly—tipping has increased by almost 40% in the past five years according to councils in england. the local government association said nobody convicted of fly—tipping since 2014 had been given the maximum penalty of a £50,000 fine or a year in prison because of funding pressures. the government says they've strengthened local authorities' enforcement powers. i've been speaking to guy smith, deputy president of the national farmers union — he explained to me the extent of the problem fly—tipping is on his land. this will come as no surprise to farmers, and approaching 1 million cases, but many farmers will tell you, this is not the whole picture, because many farmers like me, we just don't bother to report it any more, we just get on and clear it up out of our own expenditure, because we are fed up with reporting it and nothing happening. so it is under reported as well. what sort of experience have you had? look, this is, for a farmer close to a conurbation, this is, if not a daily occurrence, a weekly occurrence. fridges, sofas, household waste, and for some farmers i know, particularly in south essex, 25 tonnes of recycling waste being bashed through fortified gates, tipped up and then away, and that is organised crime. why do you think it has got so much worse? well, it is commercially attractive for a firm to clear someone‘s garden, take the rubbish out of the garage and have a few quid, and then dump it into a farmer's field or into his ditch, in the knowledge that the risk of being detected is low, and if it does come to court, the fine‘s going to be low, so it is a commercially attractive thing to do. what sort of damage can it do to your land, crops and animals? well, farmers take immense pride in the beauty of their farms, hedges, and whatever, and to see it used as a rubbish tip is depressing and frustrating. it makes farmers angry, we take pride in the beauty of our farms, and just to see them abused like this, you know, it is depressing. the powers exist to bring people to court, so, what is the solution, in your view? well, we have heard defra's report and the government's response to this that they have increased powers, but it's clear that it isn't working. so, government do need to speak to local authorities and police to find out how we get this to work, how we have effective deterrents. i would also plead to your viewers that if people are coming and knocking on your door and saying they will take away your household waste, make sure they are a reputable company, make sure they have a landline, a waste disposers carrier's licence, and if they are offering you a cheap deal, ask yourself, why is that? we implore on local authorities not to be restrictive or close civic amenity tips, because thatjust makes it difficult to get rid of household waste. it is a false economy if it ends up where it's not meant to be. and we would employ central government to realise that they have reacted, that it isn't working, and they need to have a summit between police and local authorities to find out how they can unlock this increasing problem. how do you, then, go about disposing of these pieces of furniture, these fridges that we have just been seeing pictures of? it is obviously at a cost to you. yes, it is my problem, someone has dumped their problem on me. i'm not allowed to put this on a tractor, trailer or van and take this to my civic community tip, because it's deemed to be i'm operating some sort of commercial waste facility and i'm turned away. so it's a real dilemma for me, but i'm notjust going to leave them there, polluting my ditches. i have to get rid of them, i have to dig into my own pocket and do it. some councils are more helpful than others, i'll accept that, but for me, this is just cost. in just 12 days' time voters will be asked to elect 73 representatives into the european parliament. the delay in a brexit deal being decided means the uk is obliged to take part in the european elections on the 23rd may. tim muffet has been to grimsby, which overwhelmingly voted to leave the eu, to see what businesses and residents think about the vote. "gutted." that's howjohn feels about the uk's participation in the european elections. i think it's absolutely disgraceful and i think we should have been out now. will you take part in the elections? no. what is the point of voting when that is not what we want to do? this is the alfred and enderby smokehouse in grimsby. the way we traditionally smoke haddock and salmon is unchanged for centuries. the tannins and the flavours within the fabric of the building are part of that taste. when it comes to the european elections, for some employees there is also a whiff of anger. i don't think we should be in europe in the first place. it is a waste of time and a waste of money. in the 2016 referendum, grimsby was one of the most pro brexit parts of the uk. 70% of those who voted, did so to leave the eu. for this company, eu rules and regulations play an important role. we have a protected geographic indication and that is something that is given not easily by europe. things like parma ham and champagne. in lincolnshire there is only one protected name and that is grimsby traditional smoked fish and it took several years to get that. how do you feel that we will take part in the european elections? we do need to be engaged. if we stay in, and there is every chance we may, we want someone in there who will represent our interests. the fishing industry in grimsby dates back over 1000 years. the legend has it that the town's name came from a danish fisherman named grimm who settled here. today it lies within a european constituency of yorkshire and the humber. they have not delivered on brexit. it is just a big circle whether common man is not being listened to. those who voted to remain will be more serious this time. do you think there has been a change since the last european election because of the referendum? yes. i think it has brought it more to the forefront. i don't really know about europe, ijust know about brexit and what we were supposed to get and what we did not get. this constituency elects six meps. last time it picked two from labour, three from ukip and one conservative. this time they will be up against english democrats, liberal democrats, change uk, the green party, the yorkshire party and the brexit party. confused. you don't know what direction to look in. it is probably not in everybody's face as it should be. i don't care. i'm not interested. probably fixed and all that, anyway. if brexit has made some more engaged with politics, it is had the opposite effect with others. political changes across the north sea leave many here cold. you can find out more about who is running in the european elections on the bbc news website. now, with the campaign for the european parliament elections under way we're going to be speaking to all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel over the next few weeks. and we want you to send us your questions. on tuesday at 5.30 we'll have nigel farage of the brexit party, then the next day at the same time chuka umunna on change uk. contact us at the details below. you can also use the twitter hashtag. simon armitage has been named as the new poet laureate, a role that will last for 10 years. the west yorkshire writer says he wants to use the role to ensure poetry embraces major global issues, including climate change. earlier my colleague shaun ley asked him how he views the role. it has really changed, if you go back a few hundred years it was a very mysterious post, it was a job for life and on occasions people would be obliged to write to commission for royal occasions and there is still some of that element attached to it but it has really been modernised over the last two decades, since it became a decade—long appointment. it is more about rolling our sleeves up these days, some elements are ceremonial and ambassadorial, but there are other parts which are to do with the promotion of poetry and celebrating poetry and trying to encourage younger writers to try their hand at it and to identify people who might have a future in poetry. with the title poet laureate that might open a few doors in terms of the lobbying you do on behalf of poetry and the work of your fellow poets? that's the key, the fact it is a royal appointment, it helps to raise the prominence of this post and if the role is about making noises and asking questions, lending a voice to certain ideas and ideologies, that association with the monarch, i suppose, is probably the reason why i'm talking to you this morning. that probably is the reason, when else would we invite a poet onto a news programme? that is a fair comment. it's a busy morning for many people, on a saturday, i wonder if you could read us something? because you say poetry should be for crazy times as well as calm times. it's a poem about climate change and clean air, something you were talking about earlier — it's called in praise of air. "i write in praise of air, i was six or five when a conjurer "opened my knotted fist and i held in my palm the whole of the sky. "i carried it with me ever since. "let air be a major god, its being and touch, "its breastmilk always tilted to the lips, both dragonfly "and boeing dangle in its see—through nothingness. "among the jungled bric—a—brac i keep a padlocked treasure chest "of empty space and on days when thoughts are fuddled with smog "and civilisation covers the street with a white handkerchief "over its mouth, and cars blow kisses to our lips from theirs, "i turn the key, throw back the lid, breathe deep. "my first word, everyone‘s first word, was air." the new poet laureate there, simon armitage. a baby elephant has been rescued from a lake in northeastern india after being separated from its mother. the calf was struggling to keep its head above water among water plants but rescue workers guided the elephant to safety using sticks. eventually it made its way out of the water and ran back into the forest. the district's zoo says the first priority will be to reunite the calf with its mother. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. it has been a day of sunshine and showers with dramatic clouds filling the skies across central and eastern england, clouds like these, cumulonimbus clouds threatening skipton in north yorkshire. thanks to our viewer for sending that weather watcher picture in. now those showers lasting across eastern england for a time during the next few hours so there are still some heavy downpours around, potentially a rumble of thunder, but essentially those showers will fade away as we go through the night, and with light winds and clearing skies it will be a cold night, cold enough for temperatures in the towns and cities to get down to low single figures but head out into the countryside and you will notice some blue on the charts, yes, there will be patches of frost to start the day on sunday, so a chilly start to things, but plenty of sunshine throughout the day across most of the country thanks to high pressure building. that said, high cloud in the western isles making the sunshine hazy and showers for the northern isles, but otherwise dry. 16 in edinburgh and manchester, 17 in cardiff and london. that is your weather. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the un says houthi rebels in yemen appear to be honouring a pledge to withdraw troops from key ports, opening a lifeline for millions of people facing famine. concerns over climate change might restrict the growth of flying in the uk, according to a senior civil servant. jeremy corbyn announces that labour would pay 16 and 17—year—olds the same minimum wage as everyone else if they win the next election. equal pay for equal work is hardly a controversial idea, so why are we discriminating against young people? three gunmen storm a five—star hotel in the pakistani province of balochistan, killing at least one person. fly—tipping in england is up by nearly 40% in the past five years. the local government association says nobody has yet been given the maximum sentence. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello. tomorrow is the final day of the premier league season — liverpool and manchester city going for the title. it's certainly been a remarkable week for football hasn't it! midweek drama in the champions league. can we expect more today, with the race to join the top flight for the championship playoffs? norwich and and sheffield united are already up. we'll update on derby and leeds in a moment. first, let's see what happened in the first semifinal. aston villa against west bromwish albion. michael redford reports. with a place in the premier league on offer, the championship play—offs are never short of drama. throw in the added element of a west midlands derby and this match had an extra spark. an early goal would have settled any pre—match nerves, combination of fingertips and cross bar combination of fingertips and crossbar deny jay rodriguez and west brom that luxury. with so much at sta ke, brom that luxury. with so much at stake, pressure can affect even the most experienced players. glenn whelan with a rare mistake, and west brom's plate of the year dwight gayle making him pay. chances were few and far between for both sides. one moment can change a match and substitute conor hoola han one moment can change a match and substitute conor hoolahan provided it. four minutes later, aston villa we re it. four minutes later, aston villa were ahead, jack grealish brought down, penalty. a massive moment in the tie, tammy abraham calmness personified. it would get worse for west brom before full—time, marcus gayle shown a second yellow card and sent off for this challenge. he will miss the next lag. aston villa are a step closer to a second successive semifinal. so advantage villa in the first game. leeds are playing derby in the other championship play off semifinal. they're well into the second half. leeds, who came 3rd in the table, on terrible run of form picking upjust one point in their last 4 league games. derby on the other hand, have only lost once in the last 12. currently goals, 20 minutes gone. —— goalless. sunderland take on portsmouth in the first semifinal of the league one play offs at 7.30. it's a repeat of the efl trophy final. doncaster face charlton in the other semi tomorrow. to the scottish premiership now. kilmarnock are back into 3rd. they beat hibs1—0. eamonn brophy with a 32nd minute penalty. aberdeen had earlier gone third, with a win over hearts. kenny miller scored the only goal for already relegated dundee — who ended a run of 10 straight defeats with victory at livingston. stjohnstone secured seventh place with a comfortable victory over nearest rivals motherwell. arsenal women secured the women's super league back in april in front of a new record wsl crowd of 5265. they've dominated all season, losing only twice. and today, they beat manchester city 1—0 to end city's unbeaten season — arsenal ending their campaign with 18 victories in 20 games. miriam walker—khan has more. the gunners have waited seven years to live the wsl trophy. that is a long time for the most decorated clu b long time for the most decorated club in english women's football. but this year has been a breeze. they only lost two games all season and when they were already guaranteed a title with a game to 90, guaranteed a title with a game to go, the celebrations were never in doubt. a stunning emma mitchell left—footed shot in the 88th minute somehow found the top corner. but it meant more than just 1—0. somehow found the top corner. but it meant more thanjust1—0. a consolation prize for manchester city was that they had not lost a game all year. that was until today. as fate would have it, those bragging rights taken away by the champions. this makes it the 15th time arsenal have won in the top flight time arsenal have won in the top flight since 1993, and the first since the arrival of the manager. for the gunners, it is back to winning ways. here's a check on today's scores. despite that defeat manchester city still finish second in the table. liverpool beat everton 3—1. chelsea won 3—2 at reading to secure third place. brighton won 4—0 at west ham, while already relegated yeovil town ladies went down 2—0 at home to birmingham. it's been a day for the batsmen so far in the second one dayer with pakistan fairing well in chasing down 374 to beat england in southampton. england got off to a flyer with openers jonny bairstow and jason roy both passing 50, the latter making 87. the innings was given real impotus at the end withjos buttler clubbing an unbeaten century as the home side posted 373 for 3. in reply, pakistan's opener fakhar zaman has kept pakistan in with a strong chance of winning with a century of his own. this is how pakistan are doing at the moment in their reply. pakistan are chasing the target of 374. fakhar zaman approaching a century. he reached his 50 in 39 balls. we are approaching halftime in the champions cup final between leinster and saracens at st james' park in newcastle, with both teams set to set a new record if they win. lei nster could go where no other team have gone before today. if they win, they will be the first side to win the champions cup five times. whilst saracens could set a record of their own because no other premiership club has claimed the trophy three times. we should just say that it is lei nster we should just say that it is leinster against saracens. it is 10-0. tune into bbc radio 5 live for live commentary. two titans of european rugby going head—to—head. once again mercedes' valtteri bottas will start on pole for the formula one grand prix in barcelona on sunday, after beating his team mate lewis hamilton to the top of the grid in qualifying. nick parrott has the details. formula 1 drivers to thousands of la ps formula 1 drivers to thousands of laps during pre—season testing at barcelona, but despite the familiarity, it can still catch you out. those who struggled range from the experience like nico hulkenberg to the richie brittain george russell. at the sharp end, valtteri bottas was looking more comfortable than ever. his mercedes team could not catch ferrari during pre—season testing but look invincible now. at the end of the second session, the finnish driver broke the track record and at the start of the final one, he did it again. in the other mercedes, world champion lewis hamilton was looking ragged. the british driver usually reigns in spain but was dethroned by more than half a second. the one—point gap between them in the championship look set to grow. i really enjoyed that, i enjoyed the adrenaline rush you get from those laps, so i am very pleased. practice was difficult with the spin, so we have moved on. idid not with the spin, so we have moved on. i did not get the labs together so the last couple of laps were, in q3 in particular, they were not strong. i had to go out early because i came into early and had a low battery pack, so i had to go out ahead of everyone , pack, so i had to go out ahead of everyone, but it was not a good enoughjob. everyone, but it was not a good enough job. with the ferrari of sebastian vettel a distant third, the season is shaping up to be a two horse race between the mercedes team—mates. jean—eric vergne has won the formula e—prix in monaco to become the first driver to win two races this season. he moves top of the drivers' championship. it is a closely fought drivers championship. eight different winners from the first eight races of the season. vergne finished ahead of britain's oliver rowland in second. and ex—formula 1 driver felipe massa, who got his first formula e podium by finishing third. england's matt wallace remains in the lead of the british masters at southport going into the final round. wallace — who is chasing a fifth european tour title — had raced to a three shot lead early on in the third round, but dropped his first shots of the tournament on the back nine to finish on 14—under par overall, tied for the lead with sweden's marcus kinult going into the final round. in rugby league, championship side bradford shocked super league leeds rhinos to reach the quarterfinals of the challenge cup. bradford led 22 points to 14 at half—time, mikey wood with this tryjust before the break. the rhinos almost forced extra—time when tom briscoe crossed late on, but liam sutcliffe's conversion hit the post and the bulls held on to record a 24—22 victory. so a real shock there at bradford, what a win for the bulls. also through to the quarterfinals are challenge cup holders, the catalans dragons, after they thrashed doncaster, and hull kingston rovers, who won at salford red devils. the iaaf world relays are being held in tokyo this weekend. it's the fourth edition of the event, which takes place every world championship year. and it was a great start for team gb. the women's 4 x 400 team qualified for the final, bagging the second qualifying spot, after poland caught emily diamond in the last few metres. they'll face the likes of usa and jamaica in tomorrow's final. the men's 4 x 400 team also qualified on times, after finishing third in their heat. but team gb missed out on the mixed 4 x 400 final, with canada, germany and kenya dominating their heat. the mixed four by four is a new event, and it will be included in the 2020 olympics in tokyo. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. now it's time for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have got this week? something for everyone, hopefully. we have the hustle, which is a new take on a familiar story. we have pokemon: pikachu detective — i know you're a huge fan. high life, a science fiction film directed by claire denis. that a was very telling look. i know you're a huge fan of the hustle! did you see dirty rotten scoundrels? yeah. funny, not really. that was already a remake. now we get another version of the same story, in which we have a gender flip. so now we have rebel wilson, who is a low level scam artist, who meets anne hathaway's much more upmarket con woman on a train. they are both headed to a similar destination. their paths cross. they are forced against their will to work together through a strange mixture of coincidence and blackmail. and what they will end up doing is working together, but also against each other in a competition. here's a clip. i work alone. i get it. but what you're not getting is that a girl like me can make it real uncomfortable for you in this town. itjust takes one phone call. hello, interpol? tell me, penny. why are women more suited to the con than men? because we're used to faking it? it comes down to one universal truth. no man will ever believe a woman is smarter than he is. we'll always be underestimated, and that is what we use. does this mean you're going to teach me? i'm teaching you now. yes! wait, what was that last part? i couldn't hear you, you were talking into the ocean. i'm loving anne hathaway's very posh english accent. it's a terrible english accent! which is weird because she can do great accents, but it's kind of ear—scraping. here is the thing — when comedy doesn't work, it is like the worst thing to happen. particularly when a film's been made almost with gaps in the dialogue for the laughter to happen. and the strange thing with this movie is — it's two stars who i really like who are really funny and really sharp in other movies, and it is a story that has been done a couple of times before. but what happens is there's laughs in the first 5—6 minutes, and you think, "this is great, i can turn my brain off". and then suddenly, it all stops. and there is like 90 minutes of arid, desert — tumbleweeds blowing through the auditorium as gag after gag just fails to land. there is nothing like being in a pretty packed cinema and watching a comedyjust suffocating, just sucking the air out of it. it's one of the unfunniest mainstream comedies i've seen in a long time. sometimes mainstream comedy, i'll find stuff gross or offensive, or annoying, but this was just completely dead. you have a test, don't you? six laughs? six laughs. did it get any laughs out of you? what is weird is that in the first five minutes, there was a couple of parts i thought, "this is fine — two laughs". but then — finished. as i said, comedy is really hard, and i think it comes down to directing. you and i were speaking before we came on air about how sometimes a movie that bad can get. it's because a script can look funny, the cast can looks funny, the setup can look funny — but when you actually get it into the editing room, it is all to do with timing. is the script funny though, or is itjust the directing? you know... i would like to say that the script is funny, except now that i'm thinking of it, i can't think of a single funny line in it. so the script is awful, and the direction is awful. it is terrible. detective pikachu? it isn't terrible. so i'm not the target audience for a pokemon movie. noram i! this has been hailed as — this sounds like damning with faint praise — it's been hailed as the best—reviewed live action film adaptation of a video game, which is pretty damn specific, frankly. but actually, it's pretty good. the story is that you have a young man who has to team up with pikachu, played by ryan reynolds, in order to follow the trail of his father, following a tragedy. and it takes place in this future city in which pokemon and humans live side—by—side, but there is still an underground wargame going on. one of the reasons it works is that ryan reynolds is basically doing a much more pg orfamily—friendly version of the character that he did to some extent in deadpool. there's a certain amount of the live action animation interface — do you remember who framed roger rabbit? remember the first time you ever saw, that it was astonishing, what they were doing with it? actually the live action animation stuff works really well here. actually, it is designed really nicely. some of the cityscapes look — dare i say it — a little bit blade runner—y. and for someone who has absolutely nothing invested in the idea of watching a film based on pokemon go, ifound myself laughing — i laughed more times in this than in the whole of the hustle in the first ten minutes of it. it's a little bit shambolic and a little bit ricocheting in terms of the plot, but i enjoyed myself and nobody was more surprised than me because i had thought at the beginning of the week, "i'm going to like the hustle, i'm going to endure detective pikachu". it was completely the other way around. life is full of surprises. it really is, and good for it. so is the cinema. high life — i'm rather intrigued by this, actually. it's a sci—fi drama, convicts sent into space, part of a social engineering experiment. it's a science fiction film directed by claire denis who made trouble every day. funny enough, his does have a connection to trouble every day, because at one point claire denis was thinking of vincent gallo as a lead for it. as you said, it is — this strange cargo freight—like spaceship which is heading towards a black hole. there is some form of social experiment going on. because the story is told nonlinearly, we are told information out piecemeal. an awful lot of the film is to do with you having to put together what order the story is in, how all the characters fit together. what we know is that robert pattinson is on board and he leads this kindke of monk—life celibate existence. juliette binoche is the doctor who is running strange reproductive experiments. as they move towards the black hole, the crew starts to fall apart. they all start to fragment, and it becomes a sort of existential film in which outer space is really inner space. here's a clip. do you have the baby dog? i had to leave it. why didn't you take it? we could have kept it. we couldn't have kept it. i wanted a dog so bad. you know what? step away from the door. i've got to clean myself, i've got to disinfect. it'll die in there. it is cruelty! what do you know about cruelty? you don't know anything about it. i have to clean — i have to disinfect myself. step away from the door. move away from the door! get out. i love the, "what do you know about cruelty? you don't know anything about it." whenever you see this type of science fiction film, you automatically think about things like solaris, which is the perfect embodiment of outer space and inner space. and black holes have been something that science fiction has used since the discovery of black holes. we recently saw films like interstellar, and there is that idea that if you move towards an abyss, it will reflect yourself back to you. it is the case that if you try and do a simple linear version of what happens in the story, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. what i liked about it was that, as i was watching it, i found some of it frustrating and some of it really mesmerising. i found some of it a bit chilling. afterwards, ifound myself sifting through individual fragments of the narrative and finding connections with claire denis' work that i hadn't initially seen. the first thing is — it is a film you need to give time. second thing — this is a very good cast — i think robert pattinson is really good. ijust take great pleasure in looking back at the twilight movies and looking back at the amount of sniffiness they got from mainstream critics. and when you look at the two key players in the twilight movies, they have forged paths where they have sought out proper film—makers who make challenging movies. they have used their high profile to work in projects that could really benefit from that high—profile involvement. and they are both willing to take risks. i think pattinson — i have always been a fan of him. if you look at him in david cronenberg's cosmopolis, a strange, deep and tortured movie, he is great in it. i think is really great in this. i don't pretend to understand what the whole film is about. there are things in it which are ludicrous, but i don't mind any of them because i think the film is reaching for something which it occasionally manages to grab. i find it hard to believe you didn't understand what it was about. i thought you knew everything! what's the best out? have you seen eighth grade? yes, i really loved it. isn't it great? tender and beautiful. directorial debut of bo burnham — doesn't it look like a film made by someone who's been making films all their life? the anna meredith score is great, really gets into the head of its central character. but the most important thing is — both you and i are nothing like the central character, but didn't you feel the depiction of the anguish of being a 13—year—old was universal? absolutely. it felt like me as a 13—year—old. yeah, which is astonishing! when you think of it — it's13—year—old growing up facing problems that neither you or i know anything about on a first—hand level, it puts you right in the middle. i loved it. highly recommended. best dvd? the favourite is out on dvd. we should always remember that the dvd and home viewing market is enormous, particularly compared to cinemas. the favourite was a big winner at awards season, and rightly so. many people will be seeing it for the first time now. it is a historical drama, but it's the least historical drama i remember seeing. and anna meredith, who does the score for eighth grade — some of her experimental music turns up in the favourite, so the two are connected. i enjoyed that one a lot as well, also very highly recommended. thank you very much, that is it for this week. thanks for watching and goodbye. it's been a day of sunshine and showers. the skies in the western isles of scotland looked at this point today. you are not going to get showers out of those clouds and much of the day has been dry with sunshine. across eastern areas of england and northern england, we have seen an accumulation of flowers over skipton and those clouds no doubt brought heavy showers here. the showers have been widespread across the eastern side of england in particular. as we go through this evening, there will still be some hefty downpours around, still with the odd clap of thunder as well but ultimately the showers give up the goose. as we go through the night it becomes dry for pretty much all of us with clear skies and light winds. it will be a cold night for the time of year. temperatures into single figures, maybe zero in newcastle and patches of frost in the countryside. a chilly start to the day on sunday. big change in the weather thanks to this area of high pressure building over the top of the british isles. once it is with us, it is going nowhere fast so a lot of dry weather to come. after the chilly start tomorrow, most areas will have sunshine. a few blustery showers working in the northern isles for a time and more cloud working into the western isles, making the sunshine hazy here. otherwise a glorious day with lots of spring sunshine. temperatures up to 16 in edinburgh, 16 in manchester and 17 in both london and cardiff as well. into next week the area of high pressure is going nowhere fast and that means more dry weather to come and feeling warm in the sunshine. monday, there will be plenty of sunshine to go around but high cloud moving in across scotland, making the sunshine hazy here. temperatures continue to rise. 17 in belfast and 18 in edinburgh and cardiff and 17 in london. we keep the dry weather going in the week. temperatures above average generally across southern and eastern parts of the uk. it is across the north and the west we have the highest temperatures. in aviemore, 23, 24 degrees on tuesday and wednesday. becoming pretty warm for some. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 6: aid workers say a pledge by houthi rebels in yemen to withdraw troops from key ports is a "big game changer" as it may open a lifeline for millions of people facing famine. the signs on the ground are people are saying it is tentatively looking good, but let's see in the coming days if that is fulfilled and people's lives are saved. three gunmen storm a five—star hotel in the pakistani province of 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