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star kim cattrall will be here later. i am counting. and if you have got a question for her, get in touch this morning. we will talk about ageism in hollywood and her incredible career. good morning and welcome to the programme. this is the week when most of the parties set out their ma nifestos, most of the parties set out their manifestos, we get some promises and some figures. what they say they will do if they win enough votes to form a government. labour will launch at 11 o clock. and plaid cymru will launch their at ten o clock. we will also talk about the new mcdonald s advertisement about a boy grieving for his father, which some say is offensive. these get in touch with us. the top story today. moors murderer ian brady has died. he and his partner tortured and murdered five children in the ‘60s. myra hindley died in prison in 2002. origi, who was believed to be terminally ill with cancer, had been receiving palliative care at as hworth receiving palliative care at
welcome to bbc news. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbi director, james comey, was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. anisa kadri reports. a red carpet welcome for president trump, who s touched down in saudi arabia. he was met by the king, on his first foreign visit since taking office. he tweeted that he will be strongly protecting american interests, that s what i like to do. but he might be glad to leave washington for a while, after the week he s had. it started with the accusation that he d leaked classified information to the russians. then reports of a memo which claimed president trump asked the fbi director to drop an investigation into his former national security advisor, michael flynn. the next day, it was announced that a special council will lead the enquirery into russian meddling i
and the actor roy barraclough, best known for his role in coronation street, has died at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. brexit will become the focus of campaigning in the general election this afternoon, as the conservative, liberal democrat and labour leaders all hold events to outline their position on the eu. earlier, theresa may, who was in teeside, said the uk will be more prosperous once it leaves. in the next hour, labour leader jeremy corbyn is expected to warn that mrs may s approach to brexit is reckless and could harm jobs. here s our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the whole of last night s debate no show, and on to the safer ground of brexit. a brighter future awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do great thin