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Pupils in england. And celebrating the best of gaming. Well be live at the British Academy Gaming Awards. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that britains highest court has ruled against a father who took his daughter on holiday to florida during school term time. Jon platt from the Isle Of Wight had won earlier legal battles and refused to pay a fine but the Department For Education took the case to the Supreme Court. The Prime Minister has welcomed the decision, saying it recognised the importance of children attending school. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that it was disruptive to a childs education to remove them from school during term time. Our legal correspondent, clive coleman, reports. Arriving at the highest court in the land, a father, john platt, about to find out if taking his daughter on holiday in term time meant hed broken the law. In 2015, jon platt took his daughter on a weeks holiday. He was fined £120 by his Local Council on the Isle Of Wight forfailing to ensure she regularly attended school. He refused to pay and was prosecuted but argued successfully that his daughter, who had a more than 90 overall record, was regularly attending school. Today, the Supreme Court unanimously disagreed with that. Unauthorised absences have a disruptive effect, not only on the education of the individual child, but also on the work of other pupils and of their teachers. Outside court, jon platt was visibly upset by the ruling. This case now has to go back to the Isle Of Wight magistrates and start all over again. I can tell you, i have absolutely no intention of pleading guilty to this offence when it goes back to the magistrates court. Jon platt has lost his case here at the Supreme Court but he remains defiant. For parents, however, the position is now Crystal Clear you have to obey the Attendance Policy of the school or else youre committing a criminal offence. The government says headteachers still have the ability to decide when exceptional circumstances allow for a child to be absent but that todays ruling removes the uncertainty for schools that was created by the previousjudgment. But many still believe that parents should be able to take their children on holiday during the school year. I think they should be taken out of school because they always did in our day and it never did us any harm. A week or two, they dont lose that much and they learn so much when theyre on holiday. Its really expensive to take children on holiday during holiday times because the Companies Want to make money. Parents have been warned, but some will inevitably choose to Followjon Platt by taking their children on holiday in term time and facing the consequences. With me is our Legal Affairs correspondent, clive coleman. A few things for us to think about, not just the implications a few things for us to think about, notjust the implications of a few things for us to think about, not just the implications of this, but reflecting Public Interest in this story which tells us the scale of this is expensive. This has had a massive response on oui of this is expensive. This has had a massive response on our website and elsewhere. Last year more than 800,000 pupils in england missed one oi 800,000 pupils in england missed one or more 800,000 pupils in england missed one oi more sessions 800,000 pupils in england missed one or more sessions of school for family holidays, up more to 100,000 a year before that. That is interesting because in 2013, because of this fear, the law was tightened up. It enabled local authorities to fine parents. This case now makes the position clear, if you are a pa rent the position clear, if you are a parent and want to stay within the law, you take your holidays with your children during the school holidays, if you dont, you will be committing a criminal offence. Some pa rents committing a criminal offence. Some parents may take you, if i will only be fined £60, then it is a price worth paying, but what the Supreme Court said today, we cannot have the mayhem in our Education System that would consume if you allow parents to ta ke would consume if you allow parents to take their children out of school for holidays whenever they wanted to do so. The Prime Minister today said, iam do so. The Prime Minister today said, i am very pleased with this outcome. When we think of it, what if this problem stays at this level . Is there any evidence a verdict of this kind will encourage people to revise the options . Following this ruling, we dont have any research yet, but parents will not want to be in the position where they are committing a criminal offence, even if it is punishable by a fixed penalty notice. If you continue not to pay, you could be imprisoned for this. This is a very strong message from the Supreme Court to parents, stay within the law. Many parents will continue to Followjohn Platt and take the children up fences, but there is clarity at least now. Syrias foreign minister, walid muallem, has denied that Syrian Government forces were responsible for a Chemical Attack in the north west of the country. More than 70 people are reported to have died in the air strike in Idlib Province on tuesday. Turkey has said the results of postmortem examinations carried out on victims have confirmed that Chemical Weapons were used and its blamed president Bashar Al Assads forces for the attack. This report from our correspondent, richard galpin, contains distressing images. This is the moment on tuesday when the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province was hit by an air strike. But it soon became clear it was not a conventional attack. Dozens of babies, children and adults were left choking and foaming at the mouth. And today, tests on some of those taken to hospital in turkey have proved it was a Chemical Attack. Theres speculation it was the deadly nerve agent sarin. For us president donald trump, this was enough for him to make an abrupt u turn on his comparatively lenient policy towards the syrian regime. These heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal, that people were shocked to hear what gas it was, that crosses, many, many lines beyond a red line, many lines. With hints that washington is now even considering military action, the Syrian Government has acted quickly to deny it used Chemical Weapons in Khan Sheikhoun. Translation our army has never used Chemical Weapons and will not use Chemical Weapons, not only against our civilians, our people, but also against the terrorists who are attacking civilians. But during the long civil war in syria, have been accused of using Chemical Weapons on several occasions. Including a Sarin Gas Attack near damascus in 2013 which killed hundreds. Although this crossed a red line for the then president barack 0bama, there was no military intervention. Instead all stockpiles of Chemical Weapons in syria were supposed to be removed. Now some experts think the Trump Administration may do something more robust. We are looking at some kind of limited air strike, with symbolic value, from the Trump Administration, on the assad regime installations. That would at least show that the americans arent willing to accept these kind of actions. But for now, focuses on diplomatic action at the united nations. Britain and other countries want a resolution condemning this latest attack and calling for those responsible to be brought tojustice. With me is sarah lain a Research Fellow at the Royal United Services institute who specialises in russia and central asia. Can we focus them on the russian angle here and take first of all the approach they have taken at the Un Security Council which caused consternation and anger yesterday. What is the fundamental approach the up what is the fundamental approach the up in . The dynamic is very crucial because in february, it was the seventh time that russia had vetoed some form of resolution that would sanction syria on Chemical Weapons, so they are standing up for the ally. They are leveraging the position to consolidate assads position, which has been crucial to his survived, and also having the power it does within the un, assad would be in a worse situation if not already gone, so that has been a crucial tactic and lasting denial is already in the Un Security Council, saying we need a thorough investigation, you are jumping to conclusions, deflecting attention away from russia. If we accept that relationship is a close one, are people right in saying, russia would be in people right in saying, russia would beina people right in saying, russia would be in a position to influence assad and what he does and tell him not to do things . Is that right . Currently it seems that without the russians and the cover, assad would not be in the position hes in the day. Russia does have leveraged in this situation but the whole premise on which russia is demonstrating in syria it is an equal player to the us means there is a simple irises there. Russia needs to stay engaged in syria and the wind in aleppo, when i was speaking to people in moscow in 2015, analysts were keen that there was no personal connection between assad and putin, that maybe assad will be traded in at some point, but clearly State Institutions are assad at the moment and that is what russia wants to preserve and they have been emboldened by the territorial gains insta nt emboldened by the territorial gains instant middle east text, what it . It has expanded a Military Presence in syria. It is important to the russian way of thinking at the front. But also, after the red line issue in 2012, It Saw A Position for itself, it created opportunities in h and it was pretty sure that the coalition and the us in particular was not going to go much further in terms of intervening in syria, which allowed russia to get an upper hand. This is about regime preservation, russia is serious when it says it does not want Regime Change for the sake of democratisation in syria therefore assad has become the focal point of that. Does public worldwide perception play any part in russian thinking here . We have had angry responses from the kremlin on these allegations, but when they are accused in the Security Council of not caring about children being killed, does that affect their mentality and approach . It does have an effect, and they would draw the russia announced last year, that was in some ways a response and acknowledgement of the reputational damage, russia has a different method towards issues as counterterrorism and stabilisation, and that is factoring into the thinking, particularly in syria, and thatis thinking, particularly in syria, and that is not aligned with many western countries. However the fact this is likely to be a Syrian Government as strike that caused this issue, brush always has that benefit being slightly removed, it is able to say, we were aligned but not directly involved. Given the President Trump yesterday said on that News Conference that his attitude to president assad had now changed and that his attitude to the regime had changed, how will that affect the complex layers of this relationship between the us and russia and syria . When hopes of a grand deal with syria are ebbing, russia has responded to trumps comments, saying, explain yourself. They have said russia should rethink its position based on its alliance with syria. This will potentially push russia the other way in terms of demonstrating still to the us that they are a Strong Player and should be respected. Trumps dynamic is still unique because he is not in the blame or implicate but he has acknowledged that assad is allied with syria but still focused on the Syrian Government. This will put russia back on the assumption that the us is still an anniversary and competitor. For the First Time Since his election, President Trump will meet the leader of the worlds other economic superpower president xi jinping of china. Mr trump has said he believes the summit, at his golf resort in florida, will be very difficult. Relations have become fraught with mr trumps views on trade and the north Korean Nuclear programme. 0ur correspondent, barbara plett, usher is at the resort of mar a lago. Train horn blares muscatine, iowa, the pearl of the mississippi. Its an Old Industrial town in the american heartland, a Brief Stopping Point for mark twain. And more recently, for another famous visitor. Xijinping has friends here. He met them during an Agricultural Research trip as a young man 30 years ago, and returned for a reunion shortly before he became president. This is the house where he stayed . Yes, and i think he had not home stayed before. Im certain he hadnt home stayed before and he ate around the breakfast table. The chinese leader got a taste of American Life by staying with a local family. Then, the bedroom was filled with star trek toys. Now, the house has been turned into a museum aimed at promoting us china ties. I think xijinping has great presence, and when he comes ino the room, shakes his hand, you know, i believe donald trump. Well, i hate to say it this way this is a guy i could make a deal with we cant continue to allow china to rape our country. But Donald Trumps brand is bashing china, particularly on trade. They have taken ourjobs. Could a dose of iowa hospitality fix that . Ask the chinese businessman behind this museum project. Maybe President Trump, i think maybe needs some time to know more about china. Maybe donald trump needs to visit muscatine . Yeah if he know the story about muscatine to china, i think he will have great interest. The story is bigger than friendship its business. Theres no Trade Deficit in iowa it exports a lot to china, especially agricultural products. This town and this state voted for donald trump, but that doesnt mean iowa buys his approach to china. Here, they see china as a business opportunity, not a threat. In fact, this estate does so much trade with china, that it would have a lot to lose if mr trump started a trade war. Theres no sense of uncertainty here. An established, family run Business Pounding Out Steel Stamps for more than 100 years. But the new owner has branched out to tap new markets now looking vulnerable to trade disputes. I am concerned about it, i think the chance of that happening on a large scale is pretty small, so i dont lose any sleep over it. Obviously im exporting a lot of goods to china and i know about the import taxes i pay on my products going in, so i think there does need to be some rebalancing. Rebalancing a complex and crucial relationship that will take more than cornfield diplomacy. Trade will be on the agenda. Probably not some concrete outcome but definitely the Trump Administration wants to set up a framework to discuss trade and investment issues. They want china to re m ove investment issues. They want china to remove or reduce trade barriers. The chinese may meet them halfway or a certain way, the sound of the reconciliatory. It is possible they will have investments that will create more jobs but they will also warn that can trump that if they wa nt to warn that can trump that if they want to trade war, they can retaliate and withdraw the massive imports from the midwest. They do not have to sign contracts to boeing aeroplanes. It will not be an easy discussion. The other issue is north korea. The americans are really worried about it, they believe north korea have the ability to hit america with a nuclear warhead, that the missiles will be powerful enough to hit america within two years, so they do not think it is business as usual and want china to step up pressure on the north korean regime. They will ask the chinese to implement un sanctions and impose tougher ones. That will also be a difficult conversation. A lot to discuss in an informal setting about very weighty topics. This is bbc news at 5. The headlines britains highest court rules against a father who took his daughter on holiday during the school term. The Syrian Government has rejected claims that its forces were responsible for a Chemical Attack which killed more than 70 people. A future Labour Government would add vat to Private School Fees and use the money to pay for Free School Meals for all primary pupils in england. And in sport still no decision on whether world number one Dustin Johnson will compete at the masters. His team say his back injury is improving after he fell at his augusta apartment last night. He is due to the offered just after 7pm our time. Lizzie kelly rides tea for two to win the big race of the day at aintree. They come home in the Betway Bowl Chase ahead of 2 1 favourite cue card. And two of englands big stars are meeting in the ipl jos buttler bashing ben stokes for a couple of sixes before eventually falling for 38 in pune. A future Labour Government would introduce Free School Meals in all Primary Schools in england to improve the health and performance of young children. The party leader, jeremy corbyn, is proposing to cover the cost by introducing vat on Private School Fees. Currently, children in england are eligible for Free School Meals in their first three years of Primary School. Our political correspondent, ellie price, reports. Soggy brussels sprouts and lumpy Mashed Potato are as a general rule a thing of the past in School Dinners these days. In fact, theyre healthier and more appealing. Labour now want Free School Meals to be available to every Primary School pupil in england, and they will pay for it by imposing vat on Private School Fees. We want all children to get it. All the evidence from those councils that do provide Free School Meals is that there is higher levels of attainment, better concentration and Better Health for all of the children. Launching the policy this morning, labour estimates it would cost up to £900 million a year, while introducing vat on Private School Fees would raise around £1. 5 billion annually. Critics say the sums dont add up. This would put up the fees of independent schools, so these hard working parents who are working really hard to pay the fees, they would no longer be able to afford them. So smaller schools would have to close and that would move pupils out of our system into the state system. At the moment, all children up to the age of about eight are eligible for Free School Meals. After that, eligibility depends on whether a family receives certain benefits. The latest figures show that just under 14. 5 of pupils in year three to year six are known to be eligible for and claiming Free School Meals. I would much rather see the extra money, any extra money, being derived from taxation, whether it is on private schools or other sources, given to the poorest children in our country, and not necessarily subsidising those parents who can afford Free School Meals. The policy may sound familiar. Thats because it was in the lib dems Election Manifesto in 2015, although they did not suggest putting vat on Private School Fees. Before that, the Labour Government under gordon brown had promised to pilot the idea at the 2010 election. Whats new about todays policy is the idea of raising the money to fund it through Private School Fees. Jeremy corbyns pitch is that its taxing the rich to feed the poor. He says it is about fairness, a message he hopes will appeal beyond labours base. Mark reckless, who was elected last year as a ukip member of the National Assembly for wales, has left the party and will vote with the conservative group in cardiff bay but has not applied to rejoin the Conservative Party. Mr reckless, a former conservative mp, Originallyjoined Ukip in 2014 and won a parliamentary by election in rochester and strood. Neil hamilton, the ukip leader in the Welsh Assembly, accused mr reckless of ratting on two parties and called on him to resign his seat. Mark reckless joins us from cardiff. Why have you decided to leave ukip . Because now the article 50 have had, we are leaving the European Union, thatis we are leaving the European Union, that is something i have campaigned for all my adult life. Ukip did a huge amount to get that referendum. We have now successfully won a referendum to leave the European Union and theresa may and the conservative government had and i would like to support them. So months ago, when you were elected, was this your plan all along . Note, that was not the case at all. I fought very hard in that referendum and was delighted when we won. I stuck with ukip for another nine months after that and many people in the party was sceptical about whether the conservatives would actually act on that referendum, whether we would leave the European Union properly, but i think theresa may has answered those concerns and she is delivering. Here in wales, we have Andrew Davies who is a very effectively do the conservatives are now becomes Leader Of The Opposition in Welsh Assembly. And plaid cymru wa nt to in Welsh Assembly. And plaid cymru want to break up britain, masquerading as the opposition, but instead we have the conservatives while working with westminster to does good deal and protecting wales interests. Have you applied to join the Conservative Party . No, i have not applied to rejoin the Conservative Party as a member, my discussions had been with Andrew Davies here at the assembly. I am accepting the conservative group at the assembly. But i have not applied tojoin asa the assembly. But i have not applied to join as a member. Why not . The wind is still a little sore. Some people are still against the party before, and it is not for me to wolves back into the party with any sense of entitlement at all. I need to knuckle down here in the welsh separately, support the conservative group, were now the opposition to labour, who have been in charge here for 18 years, and health service, education compared to england, we are not doing as well as we should be in wales, we need to sort that out and see a stronger economy and that means working with the conservative government in westminster and the conservatives here in cardiff bay. For that that lots of viewers, the system under which you were elected means that if you resign there will not be a by election like the one you triggered in rochester. That would not be the case because you were elected on the list, however if you did resign he would be replaced by a ukip candidate. I would like to have a by election. Iam not ukip candidate. I would like to have a by election. I am not shy in facing this and putting decision to the voters, for them to say whether thatis the voters, for them to say whether that is right. It is unfortunate with the pr system under which i was elected, that is not possible, but in may last year, a lot of people voted ukip who are now moving toward the conservatives, and that is because theresa may is delivering on brexit and also the conservatives are reaching out to a much wider group of people perhaps who have not been so attracted to the party before. So many people voted for me and ukip in Southeast Wells last may and ukip in Southeast Wells last may and now themselves voting conservative and supporting the conservative and supporting the Conservative Party. But it is a question of mandate. People are saying, you were elected under a party banner, it was not personal mandate, and now the people of South East Wales do not have you there as a ukip representative, but if you stood aside, they would have that person, so on a democratic basis is the proper thing for you to do would be to take that step. |j the proper thing for you to do would be to take that step. I would like to have a by election if that were possible. Unfortunately, it is not. Many of the people who voted ukip had happy with the manifesto, many conservative members told me they we re conservative members told me they were voting ukip because they wanted to see me in the Assembly Campaigning for brexit, i have done that, but many people who previously voted ukip are now supporting the conservatives and i will try to give them the best representative in the Welsh Assembly. In one sense, you would joining be conservative group on the departed, how could make sense of that . It the conservative group it to make Andrew Davies the official Leader Of The Opposition. We now have the conservatives stronger here and taking on carwyn jones and labour in wales. They have not delivered for wales. There is a alternative and i want to support back, and that meetjoining the conservatives in the Welsh Assembly Asa Conservatives in the Welsh Assembly as a member of that assembly group, knuckling down and doing my best for my constituents in South East Wales. A final point about your former colleagues, Neil Hamilton today very angry, saying you have ratted on two parties in three years. Angry, saying you have ratted on two parties in three yearslj angry, saying you have ratted on two parties in three years. I wish them well. Together we wanted to leave the European Union, we won a referendum to leave the European Union, the conservative government is delivering on that, lets celebrate that and get behind them. Mark reckless who has nowjoined the conservative group in the assembly in wales. Theresa may has launched the conservatives local election campaign, insisting there are no no go areas for the party. Shes promised competence and accused the other parties of chaos and disarray. More than 2,000 seats are being contested, mostly on county councils, as well as elections for mayors in a number of areas, including Greater Manchester and the west of england. The chair of the us house of representatives intelligence committee, devin nunes, has said he is temporarily stepping down from a Panel Investigating claims of russian interference in last years president ial election. Hes been criticised for being too close to President Trump. The Office Of Congressional Ethics says mr nunes is under investigation. Mr nunes says the charges are entirely false and politically motivated. Our correspondent, jane obrien, is in washington. Was this a big surprise and what are the implications . Not a big surprise, he was under pressure. After a visit to the white house he was told that there was information that some of the Trump Campaign had been incidentally under surveillance by the Intelligence Community who we re by the Intelligence Community who were listening in on foreigners. They were incidentally caught up in that sweep. He went to the white house and apparently told President Tromp and then it transpired that the information came from the white house. It became very murky. Nunes became bigger than the story itself. The republicans are glad to see him step aside on this. It wasnt that the investigation into russian meddling was compromised it was that the perception that mr nunes was too close to the white house to conduct an impartial investigation. He has stepped aside and been replaced and life moves on. Thanks very much. Jane obrien with the latest on that situation in congress. Time for a look at the weather. Heres darren bett. Apologies for keeping you waiting. Its been a one day widths quite strong sunshine. Its not been the case everywhere, by any means. Cloud spilling into Northern Ireland, north wales, North West England and western scotland. These areas likely to hang on to the cloud this evening and into the night. Some may wonder south through the midlands but for many southern parts, Eastern England and Eastern Scotland its going to be quite cool. That will lead to low temperatures in the countryside. Tomorrow, perhaps a little bit of cloud developing over eastern areas. The best sunshine in north east england. Again rather cloudy for Northern Ireland and western scotland. Temperatures into the mid teens or so. Its likely to get warmer with more sunshine this weekend. A father who took his child on holiday during term time has lost his legal battle. Britains highest court upheld a fine issued tojon platt by his Local Council saying unauthorised absences had a disruptive effect on pupils. The Syrian Government has spoken about the Chemical Attack in the Northwest Province of idlib for the first time. It denies dropping Chemical Weapons. More than 80 people died in the attack. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says he wants to extend Free School Meals to all Primary School pupils in england. Mr corbyn has proposed covering the cost by introducing vat on Private School Fees. Lets catch up with the days sports news. Heres hugh ferris. Belgian Thomas Pieters has extended his lead in the early stages of the 81st masters at augusta to two shots now. As he and the rest battle some fairly difficult conditions. Pieters currently four under par. Billy hurley is his nearest challenger. Meanwhile world number one dustinjohnson only has around an hour and a half before he has to decide whether hell compete in augusta. Hes due to Tee Off Atjust after 7pm our time. Rory mcilroy has moved ahead of him to second favourite. And he tees off in just over an hours time. Its been a relatively quiet build up to the masters for me which has been nice. Its made a bit of a change from the last couple of yea rs, change from the last couple of years, especially, 15 coming off the back of two major wins in a row and going for the career grand slam. Even last year, last year i felt like the spotlight was shared among a few guys but this year with dustin winning a few times, hes the form player right now. Theres a lot of Storyli Nes Player right now. Theres a lot of storylines but i feel i kitzbuehel relatively quiet which has been quite nice. Not like i can fly under the radar any war but at the same time it has felt that way to me and its been nice to prepare and just go about my business and try to get ready for this tournament. At Aintree Jockey lizzie kelly celebrated a major success as tea for two saw off the 2 1 favourite cue card in the Betway Bowl Chase. It proved to be a furious battle for the line as the two went head to head with tea for two coming out on top. Kelly made history in December 2015 when she became the first female rider to win a grade one race in britain as tea for two landed the kauto star novices chase at kempton. Meanwhile jockey katie walsh is a doubt for the grand national. Shes been taken to hospital following a fall in the fox hunters chase. She was unseated at the chair, the third fence, and appeared to be kicked by a horse as she lay on the ground. Two of englands biggest stars are facing each other in the second match of this years ipl. Ben stokes is the most expensive foreign player in the t20 league. Having cost the rising pune supergiants 1. 7 Seven Million pounds. And hes been Bowling Tojos Buttler who opened the batting for the mumbai indians. First blood to buttler then. Launching stokes back over his head for one of two sixes off two balls but the england Wicket Keeper has since fallen for 38. One of three wickets so far for South African Spinner imran tahir. Stokes eventually took his first ipl wicket in the final over of his four. Finishing with figures of 1 36. Thats all sport for now. You can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. I have more in sportsday at half past six. Lets have a look at what is going on in washington. President tromp is on in washington. President tromp is on his way to florida. He is on his way to host a summit in florida focusing really on relationships with china. He is already expecting a difficult Summit Meeting with president xijinping of a difficult Summit Meeting with president xi jinping of china. There has been lots of expectation around the summit not least because President Tromp has said some controversial things about trade with china. Edfors one will be landing in florida fairly soon. Edfors one. Id like to bring in my guest. He isaan is a an Economics Professor at a beijing school of business. In many ways, President Trump and his daughter are very popular. He is seen as being rich and successful. He is not seem to be interested in human rights. He is destroying us soft power and has handed china leadership on a plate by shutting down tpp. If they can get through the next few days without him throwing a bomb like increasing tariffs. If they can get through this and the chinese willjust love him. You talk about personal style and the rest of it. Is it about containing the outcome of the summit or do they really want to have something they can boast about . They know he is more into political gestures than serious economics. They will probably offer him some gestures that he can use to placate his base. Assume that his attention will switch somewhere else. He is just their ideal president then. Will switch somewhere else. He is just their ideal president thenm terms of preparation, after the meeting with chancellor merkel, there was a lot of talk about the fa ct there was a lot of talk about the fact that Angela Merkel had been, i suppose, rather surprised by the fa ct suppose, rather surprised by the fact that President Trump tended to jump fact that President Trump tended to jump from subject to subject. They know his political situation and his organisational skills. Know his political situation and his organisationalskills. He know his political situation and his organisational skills. He has been read very carefully. He does not have an adviser who has any real knowledge of china. So it is all one sided. Knowledge of china. So it is all onesided. We should underline, notwithstanding what you have said about the chinese approach, they must recognise that he would like to come out of the summit saying he has won some kind of concession, not least in the area of trade where he says that china have been taking advantage of the americans. They understand his political needs so they will give him something that he needs politically. He is in a difficult situation at the moment so they will give him some gestures that he can wave around. Lets talk about north korea. It is bound to come up in some form. President trump has said this is actually the fault of china. If they had dealt with it properly, the situation wouldnt have arisen. Is that an argument that irritates or is alarm bells in beijing and what are they likely to do when it comes up in talks . They have heard this before. The situation in north korea is explosive as far as china is concerned. There could be millions of refugees coming over the border. The situation is not good for china but it is better than anything else that could happen. They are in the business of containing the situation. If he demands that they use their influence, what is the response likely to be . They wont say no but they cannot respond in the way that he wants. It is too dangerous for him. They will be polite and say lets discuss it further. It may sound like a slightly odd question. Will they find it odd that this summit is taking place in this golf resort in florida. They liked the fact that in the uk there was great formality around their visit. I think they have to accept this as part of the personality of mr trump. They have already given him a lot of sweeteners under the table to his family business. He is unintelligible personality to them. A crass, loud billionaire. They have a lot of those in china. So, just one more. A lot of those in china. So, just one more. He says this is going to bea one more. He says this is going to be a difficult. You to be. The way you describe it, they seem to have planned, they want to come out of it ina way planned, they want to come out of it in a way that there is no damage. How difficult do they think it is going to be . I think they are fairly relaxed about it. They know that he. His political position is very weak. He doesnt have much of Unearned Ministry behind him. If they get through it without a blow up, they will be very happy. Look, they still havent taken off. President trump is still abroad and he will be taking off to host the summit with the chinese president and other members of the chinese government. Im sure well see the images of him taking up later. Professor, banks through much for coming in. Very interesting. A Senior Police officer has told the bbc that possession of drugs even cocaine and heroin should not be punished with imprisonment. Paul bunt who Heads The Drugs Strategy for avon and Somerset Police says the Misuse Of Drugs Act is outdated and unworkable. As an alternative, the force has set up the Drugs Education Programme a three hour course which drug users can attend instead of facing prosecution. Fiona lamdin has been given exclusive access. Police out on the streets of bristol, looking for dealers. Their drugs. Theres two in there. And their buyers. When they find them these days many drug users are not being arrested. If police in bristol now catch people carrying even class a drugs, there is another option, other than the criminal justice system. We can deal with this on the street. The Drugs Education Programme or dep, a compulsory three hours in the classroom. We have been given unique access. I decided to get myself clean. Theres hard hitting testimony from a survivor. I found myself homeless and on the street. Graphic images of heroin users designed to shock. Septicaemia. There is an open and frank discussion on the effects of drugs. I hallucinated, a lot. And the consequences of taking them. I was found with cocaine in a nightclub. Understandably, most on the course dont want to be identified. But they all tell us that being here is better than being arrested. I dont think i will use again because of the shock ive had and the whole process and everything. Would you go as far as to say it is a life changer . Yes, definitely, i would have lost myjob if i had a criminal record. This new approach has come from this man, paul bunt. He says the current legislation just isnt working. Is this just not legalising drugs through the back door. No, it is dealing with it appropriately for the 21st century, i think there is a general feeling out there now, that people who use substances and dont use violence or commit crime, why should we be filling our prisons with people like that . Back on the streets the emphasis is on getting drug users on to the course or into treatment. People like this man, addicted to heroin and crack cocaine. Have you got anything on you . You are close to dying, you are trying to find wraps. And even this man blatantly breaking the law, he will face court for criminal damage, but even he will be offered a course for his drug use, critics may call this is a soft touch but Police Forces across the uk are watching with interest, and it could soon be rolled out nationwide. Nationwide. Theresa may has warned donald tusk that the sovereignty of gibraltar wont be up for discussion. Two former barclays traders have been found not guilty of conspiring to rig libor, the mechanism used to set interest rates. Ryan reich and Stelios Contogoulas were cleared in a second trial on a charge of conspiracy to defraud at Southwark Crown court. The pair denied any involvement in manipulating the Interbank Lending Rate at the heart of the banking scandal. The first jury to hear their case failed to reach a verdict last year although four others were jailed. An inquest has opened into the death of a British Airways pilot. 43 year old Richard Westgate had complained for years of severe headaches and Vision Problems and was convinced he was being poisoned by toxic fumes leaking onto planes. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy has this report. This is a British Airways eight 320, just one of the aircraft Richard Westgate flew for many years. One of the safest in the skies. When the 43 year old pilot died in 2012 aged 43, it came after he come plain of Long Term Health problems that he said were due to breathing cabin air. His brother guy, also a pilot, told the court that in the months before his death, richard became irritable and said that he felt like his head had been opened up and his brain sandpaper. This flight to new york shows a visible example of what is called a cab in a fume event. Richard westgate was not involved with this flight. It appears to show what can happen when oil vapour is sucked into the aircraft. This man also suffered air toxicity is a pilot, he says, says what happens is that all commercial aircraft could be affected by this. You assume it is safe. The Airline Industry is incredibly safe. The ruler two reality is that this is the Achilles Heel of aviation. Contaminated air. This doesnt just affect heel of aviation. Contaminated air. This doesntjust affect British Airways. British airways and the baa have denied there is a problem. British airways say they wouldnt operate an aircraft if there was contamination. The baa says that research has said that contaminated Airdoes Research has said that contaminated air does not pose a long term risk. This enquiry is not into cabin air fumes. But while the baa incest insist the air is clean, Richard Westgates family say there is a problem that must be investigated. Tonights the night to celebrate the best of gaming with the British Academy Gaming Awards. 50 games are being recognised within an industry which now makes more money than film and music combined. Just take a look at these numbers sales worth over four billion pounds here in the uk. More than 12,000 people directly employed by more than 2,000 active companies. And, according to the industry, 18 million of us are games players. Lets go live now to the bbcs chris foxx whos at the Awards Ceremony Venue now. Whats going to come up . Welcome to east londons tobacco dock where we celebrate video games every year. There is a real diversity of titles nominated tonight. Leading the nominations is unchartered four. That is a big ticket game that stars and Indiana Jones style character. That is a big money title, competing with it is a game developed by one person on his own, a much slower game, afarm person on his own, a much slower game, a farm simulator. A bit of escapism where you can setup your own farm, tend crops and lead a very different life. Opt for best british game is at the other end of spectrum. Overcooked. An infuriating game where you have the man a kitchen, work with your friends, make sure you are feeding hungry customers. With me is danny wallace. What are you expecting to win tonight . Good games. The best games. I cant give opinions apart from saying that i have immersed myself in these games for some time now. These Triple A Games that play like Action Movies are but against things made by one guy or a small team or one girl in a studio, wherever it might be. Creating what is seen as proper art because it is. Do you think something developed by one person can win against those big games that millions of people download and play . Absolutely. Its notjust download and play . Absolutely. Its not just about throwing money at a game. Its about artistry, the game and execution. It is storytelling. A story in which the player can really immerse themselves and become part of. There is Nothing Better than that. Do you like slow games or are you into big ticket fighting games . Theres nothing wrong. I like puzzles but im not particularly good at them. My brain is, lets blast some things and have fun. Theres been a lot of talk about Virtual Reality. Not many Virtual Reality games nominated. Is it surprising . Huge leaps have been made in Virtual Reality and it is on its way. The stuff they are doing is incredible. It is incredibly immersive. Whenl incredible. It is incredibly immersive. When i was young it was all angles and polygons and it was a bit rubbish. Now you are in a proper world and the games matched the technology. Its going to get bigger and bigger and behold technology. Its going to get bigger and biggerand behold its technology. Its going to get bigger and bigger and behold its going to get smaller and more people will play it. We will find out who wins tonight. The other thing is, augmented reality. Millions of people playing those games. Will they win . We will find out in about an hour. Well have more later from the Gaming Awards in east london. Fiona is here in a few minutes with the news at six. In the meantime, heres darren. Some warm weather on the way at the weekend and in some places its been lovely today. Clacton without a cloud in the sky. One of my good friends sent this picture in from wales where weve had cloudy skies. Its been rather cool. Hes enjoying a glass of wine now. More cloud coming into the north west. These areas likely stay foudy into the night. A few patches of cloud filtering southwards. Stay cloudy. Much of Eastern England, perhaps towards the south west and south wales pretty chilly. In the countryside. It will warm up quickly once the sun comes up. A little drizzle possible in the north west. More cloud for Northern Island and into the northwest. Eastern scotland will get temperatures into the mid teens quite easily. It could be a sneezy day for somebody who suffers from hay fever with high tree pollen. Into the weekend, some than sunshine. More sunshine developing as the wind direction changes. We push that warmth and sunshine into scotland and Northern Ireland. Until sunshine at aintree for the grand national. No rain for the meeting and it should be dry, sunny and quite warm on saturday. Into sunday, the High Pressure sitting over as tends to ship away towards the continent. Allowing Weather Fronts to arrive in the northwest. Otherwise, more of a southerly air flow that will drag in sunny skies and warm air. Temperatures start to shoot up. For much of scotland and Northern Ireland, perhaps some western fringes of wales, there will be some rain. Not high temperatures everywhere but for many central and eastern parts, temperatures getting up eastern parts, temperatures getting up to 22, even 23 degrees. Quite short lived. That Weather Fronts coming in from the North Webster would bring much rain but it will push away all but warm at bringing some cool winds and showers in the north. For taking your child out of school in england without permission. A father has lost his bid for the right to take his child on holiday during term time. The issue is no longer, if ever it was, about term time holidays. It is about the state taking the rights of parents away when it comes to making decisions about their children. But is the situation any clearer for parents now with the rules varying from council to council . Also tonight. As samples are collected for testing, syria denies it carried out a Chemical Attack on its own people. Labours recipe for Free School Meals for every Primary School child in england