singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where president trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north korean leader kim jong un. the president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. that may worry america s allies. japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. a short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. i can say this. he is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. how safe our troops in the world. how safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the defence systems we have provided, and what is the status of those? well, nobody is safe. the guy has nuclear weapons. i would like to say they are very safe. these are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. and we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the lin
i will be talking to the british chambers of commerce about their manifesto. the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the sound of spring, but for how much longer? we join the the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the dawn patrol as they go in search of the nightingale. in sport: a third crucible crown for mark selby. he fights back to beatjohn higgins and become only the fourth man in the modern era to successfully defend a world title. and carol has the weather. good morning. again today we are looking at a fair bit of cloud coming in across the east of the uk, accompanied a noticeable breeze. there will be a few showers, but for many of us it will be dry. there will be some sunny spells, the lion s share of which will be again gci’oss lion s share of which will be again across the north west of the uk. i will have more details 15 minutes. inis minutes. good morning. first, our main story: there has been further fallout from last week s talks
wants his legacy to be overturning those bereaved payment changes. we ll talk to campaigners before 10am. and found alive after 32 hours in the sea. the extremely lucky surfer who was rescued off the coast of belfast. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11am. throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you. a little later we ll hear from paula radcliffe who says european athletics proposals which could lead to world records being rewritten are cowardly. the governing body wants to eliminate any doping doubts. it means radcliffe s marathon world record from 2003 would be wiped out under the plans. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. labour is promising to put 10,000 more police on the streets of england and wales if it wins the election. the
to his board. police are searching for at least two people over the fatal shooting of a marketing executive who was killed in his dorset home. the german chancellor angela merkel will meet vladimir putin in her first visit to russia for two years. also this hour. dueting with britain s favourite songbird. as they return from migration, folk singers welcome them back in the first national nightingale festival. and why marathon runner paula radcliffe could lose her world record under new proposals by european athletics. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he is not posted offender the home secretary as she stated the wrong cost. this morning, diane abbott initially told lbc the policy would cost three hundred thousand pounds, before correcting herself to about 80 million . mr corbyn has said the policy will cost £300 million . following developments from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. todayis t
april on record. only four millimetres of rain for the whole month. amazing weather pictures though. in the highlands, not a cloud in the sky. western scotland, you will see the best of the weather this week. yesterday, the warmest in the country. we could see 19 today. little dip in the middle of the week but by the weekend, backed up to 19, 20. a good slice of dry weather here. temperatures around 17 celsius. certainly, west is best in terms of the sunshine. a few isolated showers through the afternoon but nothing particularly significant. nowhere near enough to water the garden is that the show was will drift their way steadily through the south and west preventing temperatures from falling too globe. in sheltered glens in scotla nd too globe. in sheltered glens in scotland temperatures could be down as far as scotland temperatures could be down as faras minus scotland temperatures could be down as far as minus two. the little weather front down into the south east with mo